From the story "A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez, explain the lines: "He awoke with a start, ranting in his hermetic...

The late
Colombian author and journalist Gabriel Garcia Marquez was known for his surrealistic style of
writing, as well as for his journalistic nonfiction depictions of his native land. His short
story "" fits neatly into his surrealistic fictional style. This particular story,
however, also fits into something of an unofficial genre involving themes wherein the general
populace is in dire need of spiritual rejuvenation or in need of a heroic figure onto which to
cling for security or salvation and believes, incorrectly, that it has discovered some such
figure. Films like Being There and Down and Out in Beverly
Hills, to name just two, successfully depicted these situations, the former
illuminating the perceived need for wise leadership, the latter for purity of soul. "A Very
Old Man with Enormous Wings" is about the discovery of an old, decrepit man with wings in
whom the local population invest their hopes for some sign of divine presence. There is nothing
save his wings to suggest anything magical or mystical about him--the popular perception is
that, because of his wings, he is an angel--but he quickly becomes a symbol of hope and the
elixir for the myriad ills brought before him.

The old man, it turns out, is
apparently lacking in the mystical or spiritual powers that the local population assumes on his
behalf. As Marquez's narrator notes, the old man's "only supernatural virtue seemed to be
patience." In short, the masses are growing disillusioned, and the old man is growing
increasingly irritable and lethargic. The narrator notes concerning the increasingly contentious
relationship:

"The only time they succeeded in
arousing him was when they burned his side with an iron for branding steers, for he had been
motionless for so many hours that they thought he was dead."

It is this passage that is immediately followed by the reference to the old man being
awoken "with a start...." What, then, is the meaning behind Marquez's description of
the old man's hermetic language and teary eyes and the flapping of his wings? The author is
emphasizing the old man's weariness and frustration with being perceived as a form of deity to
be exploited and, after the onset of disillusionment among the people, to be ridiculed and
harassed.

Stories such as those referenced above and Marquez's invariably
display the disillusionment of the populace when the hoped-for deity or hero is revealed to be
imperfect. The proverbial idol with feet of clay has proven a resilient theme for many stories
over the years, beginning, obviously, with the Bible. Marquez's very old man with enormous wings
is just that: an old man with wings, and, apparently, nothing more.

What themes are explored in The Boy in the Striped Pajamas?

The two
major themes of are friendship and innocence. Bruno and Shmuel share such
a desire for camaraderie that they form one from literally two different sides of a fence. Owing
partly to Bruno's naivete, the two are able to become fast friends, even if the friendship is
doomed to end in .

The theme of innocence is very evident in the , Bruno.
Due to the neglect and purposeful obfuscation of information on the part of his parents, Bruno
has no idea of the true nature of Auschwitz, and even refers to prison clothes as "striped
pajamas." Shmuel has obviously lost his illusion of childlike innocence and finds an
incredible comfort when he sees it in Bruno. The book assigns a dark significance to the folly
of this innocence, as it eventually causes Bruno's death.

What is animalism according to Animal Farm? 1. What is Animalism 2.What do you think is the purpose of the text based on what you are reading? (Animal...

Since you
are only supposed to ask one question here, I will answer the first one and try to incorporate
as many answers as possible.  Animalism is the version of communism/socialist espoused by .  Old
Major describes a community where animals are in charge and not subordinate to humans.  Another
feature of animalism is that all animals are equal.  There are seven commandments:

THE SEVEN COMMANDMENTS

 1. Whatever goes upon two
legs is an enemy.

2. Whatever goes upon four legs, or has wings, is a
friend.

3. No animal shall wear clothes.

4. No animal
shall sleep in a bed.

5. No animal shall drink alcohol.

6.
No animal shall kill any other animal.

7. All animals are equal.

These are the basic tenets of animalism.  They are intended to keep
the animals from being corrupted by man, and to develop a society where all animals are
equal.

Over time, animalism is corrupted.  The pigs take control of the farm
and lord over the other animals, and they slowly chip away at the tenets of animalism by
changing the commandments until they are all gone and there is only one.

ALL ANIMALS ARE EQUAL

BUT SOME ANIMALS ARE MORE
EQUAL THAN OTHERS

In other words, the pigs are in charge
and all of the other animals are equally subordinate to them.

Alice Greenwood and her mother are not slaves: How do they still fall under the slave system?

Alice
Greenwood and her mother are free slaves. Alice's husband, Issac Jackson is a slave, and after
Rufus tries to rape Alice, beats up Rufus. Alice and Issac decide to run away after the fight.
They are caught and Issac is sold to slave traders to Mississippi. Alice is beaten and enslaved.
While she is in enslaved, Rufus, who claims to love her, buys her and takes her home. He asks
Dana to nurse her back to health. He tells Dana to convince Alice to become his
partner.

Alice is horrified at the thought of being with Rufus. Dana tells
her that...

Discuss how the seven commandments are the key to understanding Animal Farm.

I can see the commandments as related to the 7 deadly sins, but I don't see any further
conjecture. They may be important but not vital to the story. It does add afurtherto Christian
theology.

  I didn't mean to point out a relationship ...
I just used a couple of the religious groupings to point out the significance of the number 7
which plays an interesting role in the Christian religion.

Is Hester Prynne a saint or sinner in The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne?

Of
course the answer to this question is "neither" if she must be only one or the other.
In one way,in 's is a much less complicated character than her lover
because her great sin is known to all and how she deals with it is overt; however, because of
that public punishment, Hester does not have to deal with the effects of her sin on her soul in
the same way thatmust. 

If a sinner is defined simply as someone who has
sinned, then Hester is, indeed, a sinner. If we think of a sinner as being someone who persists
in committing the same sin--then I might make the case that Hester is a sinner. The truth is
that Hester is really only sorry for getting caught, which she does because she is pregnant. Her
sin was not getting pregnant, though; her sin was loving a man who was not her husband while she
was married. Thus the scarlet "A" for adultery emblazoned on her breast. True
repentance requires a turning away from the sin, and...

Where in To Kill a Mockingbird do Jem and Scout find out that Boo Radley is the one leaving gifts in the tree for them?

In
,andbegin receiving several small gifts in the knothole of the Radley tree from an anonymous
gift giver. The children receive a ball of gray twine, a whole package of chewing gum, and two
carved soap dolls. Initially, the children believe the knothole is someone's hiding spot and
wonder if Mr. Avery carved the soap figures and put them in the tree. Later on, the children
receive an old spelling bee medal, a broken pocket watch, and an aluminum knife. While Scout has
no idea of the anonymous gift giver's identity, Jem has a feeling thatis the person leaving them
small gifts. When Jem decides to leave the anonymous gift giver a note in the knothole of the
tree, Scout metions that he debated on tellingabout their situation. Scout then says,

He [Jem] had been on the verge of telling me something all evening;
his face would brighten and he would lean toward me, then he would change his mind. He changed
it again. (Lee, 16)

Whiledoes not explicitly...

What does Animal Farm teach about life? What does Animal Farm teach about life?

The lesson that I take
from this book is largely a political one: Authority is easily abused. 

Corruption, however, is not automatic. It's gradual and that is a life lesson, I
think.andboth began to take advantage of their position early on, but it took quite a bit of
time before Napoleon began to wear human clothes and walk on two feet. 

There
was time to stop him. Action could have been taken. One moment of inaction, however, led to
another as the animals of the farm chose to turn a blind eye to what was actually happening.
Perhaps this suggests another comment on life and people: We see only what we want to
see.

Discuss if the Berlin Wall a catalyst to the Cold War.

I think
that the Berlin Wall is not as much a catalyst to the Cold War as a reflection of it.  When I
consider the role of a "catalyst," what comes to my mind is something that initiated
the event.  I don't see this description in the Berlin Wall.  I think that the construction of
the Berlin Wall was a reflection of political reality and mistrust between...

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Who is failing at teaching our young men and women that it is dishonest to cheat? Is it our teachers, their parents or the environment? Who is...

Cheating has
become a societal problem.  I think that parents and teachers do tell the kids not to cheat, but
when it comes down to it the child will do whatever it takes to get the work done and get a
grade.  It's acceptable within the child's community.

How is it appropriate for the subject the two are discussing in the story "Hills Like White Elephants"? it just seems difficult to do especially with...

When reading
this particular short story, one must take into consideration the time period in which it was
written. The story itself was published in 1927 and the time setting of the story would appear
to the be same.

At the time, abortion was an illegal operation and was
certainly not a word spoken in polite, or public, society. Since they cannot say the actual word
(and indeed because Hemingway would have taken a major risk had he printed it) the...

What is the meaning of "bars of rage" mentioned in the second stanza?

s poem
reflects the anguish of a divided society, as she compares the free bird, who can do anything he
pleases, with the caged bird, who can only dream of happiness as he sits in his
prison.

The free bird leaps / on the back of the wind as he travels in
infinite space. He has the freedom to go anywhere and to do anything. His possibilities are
endless, so he names the sky his own. He thinks of traveling with the breeze and of the fat
worms of opportunity he has only to pluck from the grass. Staying under the warmth of the sun,
he will always have chances to achieve his dreams.

In contrast, the caged
bird sits in his cage, knowing the free bird flies and that he cannot follow. He stalks / down
his narrow cage because he is angry at his helplessness. He has no opportunity to see beyond
his bars of rage. Angelou attributes the anger to the bars of the cage, but it is really that
of the caged bird. His rage follows because he feels trapped and sees no way out of his
situation. His wings are clipped, so he can only sing about the freedom he so desperately
desires. He knows he should be out there flying in freedom instead of standing on the grave of
dreams. He has given up his goals and dreams, and only his shadow shouts now.

Angelou depicts the situation that Black Americans face in society; however, her poem
can also reflect all types of oppression. By juxtaposing the free and caged birds, she clearly
depicts the unfairness and cruelty of oppression. She pleads with her audience to understand and
to correct the wrongs.

Are English as a Foreign Language and Second Language Acquisition the same? Give examples It's related to teaching and learning English in schools

While I
have seen several different terms used for people who are learning a new language, these two
seem quite different and each contains its own meaning in its words. 

An
English as a Second Language (ESL) student has a first "mother" tongue that is not
English and is now acquiring the English language. Interestingly, this term is sometimes used
quite imprecisely.  Many students who are designated as ESL students know two or more languages
before they learn English, and might be more properly characterized as English as Third or
Fourth Language learners.   This is particularly true of students who have been raised in a
country like India, on the African continent, or in Europe. Also, while we use this term in the
United States, technically, an ESL student could be in Bolivia, in an English class. 

Second Language Acquisition (SLA) is a term that refers to someone who has a mother
tongue and is now learning a second language. The first language could be English and the second
French.  There are not languages in particular designated in this term.  English is my native
language, and as I took French in high school and college, this term could certainly have
applied to me.   

In a "Death of A Salesman" how does the cycle notion of family patterns affect this story "Cycle notion of family pattern affect

I would also
add the enabling issue in this particular family.

Linda enabled Willy's
infidelity by not questioning her husband enough, not getting to know exactly what was going on
on his trips. After so many years of marriage, you must question exactly how ignorant she was on
the situation. She is still enabling Willy, as she still has not stood a firm ground on getting
help for him. Instead, she pretends that all will pass, and that those episodes of insanity she
has to just put up with. She also wants to continue enabling Willy by asking the boys basically
to "work around him". Linda also chose to basically blame Biff for everything instead
of opening her eyes to see what was going on. She didn't set the record straight with Biff, nor
Happy- it was all a matter of not facing the elephant in the closet.

Happy
is also an enabler: He was tapping around the issue if Willy's illness and each time Biff tried
to bring...

What is the interior monologue of Eveline in "Eveline" by James Joyce?

s is a
story that follows the frustration and desire of a young woman, the titular Eveline, as she
desires to leave her father and family behind. The story employs a very interesting form of
narration to tell the story. The majority of the tale is written in omniscient third-person to
outline the feelings and motivations of each character, but it slips into the mind of Eveline to
give greater detail on her thoughts and feelings.

This type ofis known as
free-indirect discourse, and it allows the narrator to focus on a single character to flesh out
their mind and personality. By doing this, we get a deeper look at the experience of Eveline as
she shows her frustration and sadness at feeling trapped with her father and inability to move
away with the man she loves. The transition flows almost imperceptibly between the omniscient
point of view and the thoughts of Eveline to center the story around her and take a deeper look
at her character.

Please explain the poem "The Character of a Happy Life" by Sir Henry Wotton.

"The
Character of a Happy Life by Sir Edward Wotton describes the formula for creating a character
that will help you to life a happy and fulfilled life.  In each stanza, Wotton mentions
different ways in which a person can be strong and fulfilled, and achieve happiness.  I'll go
stanza by stanza, and summarize the point he makes in each.  In the first stanza, he mentions
that happiness is "honest thought...utmost skill," and a life where you are free and
don't have to "serve another's will."  So, a person who is capable of thinking well,
who has a skill and purpose, and doesn't have to live in servitude.  In the second stanza,
Wotton mentions that you must have control of your "passions," be "prepared for
death," and not care about wealth or fame.  The third stanza talks about how you should not
envy, or give too much praise, or have bad habits (vices).  The fourth stanza describes a person
who is "from rumours freed" and who is not subject to flattery or ruin by men, and has
a clean conscience.  The fifth stanza mentions that praying is important, and reading scriptures
makes a better day.  The last stanza states that if one follows all of these bits of advice, and
is able to forge these trait in their character, that they will be "Lord of himself...and
have all."

Essentially, Wotton, in his poem, is saying that the key to a
happy life is to develop an outstanding, moral, honest, and tempered personality and character. 
It isn't until you are master of yourself, that you are free to be happy.  I hope that those
thoughts help; good luck!

What significance does "dust" have and why is it mentioned so often in Joyce's story "Eveline"?

Dust is
associated with decay and lifelessness.lives a dismal and hopeless life, and it is the idea of
spiritual lifelessness and paralysis which drives the narrative of Joyce's story
"Eveline."

As the narrative opens, Eveline sits at the window and
regards the evening as it "invades the neighborhood." She is tired and her nostrils
inhale the "odour of dusty cretonne" in the darkening room. Eveline looks around the
room, wondering at the yellowing picture of the priest, whose name she has never learned.
Clearly, there is an aura of spiritual corruption about the priest friend of her father, who
would only say "He is in Melbourne now," a location where many Irish prisoners were
sent. Then, Eveline thinks of the store where she works and the lifeless position she holds
there with Miss Gavan, who often scolds her, "Look lively, Miss Hill,
please."

Similarly, at home Eveline lives a stagnant life. She works
every day and turns over her salary to her father. After her mother's death, Eveline has had to
do all the housework and cooking. And, yet, with all her drudgery and discontent and even
physical abuse by her father, Eveline is still uncertain about departing from her home with her
sailor named Frank. For, it is the Catholic duties of obedience to her father and caring for her
brother that paralyze Eveline, leaving her in the dusty house and the stagnant environment.
Eveline, a victim of her self-delusion, surrenders to the dust and hopeless paralysis of this
self-deception.

Please discuss the poem "Anger Lay by Me" by Elizabeth Daryush.

Elizabeth Daryush's poem "Anger Lay By
Me" depicts the speaker's relationship with her anger. In the poem, the speaker's anger is
described as person (anger is personified). Anger is repeatedly referred to as "He,"
which may lead some readers to think Anger is actually a person, a male figure who is angry with
the speaker. I think, though, that the personal pronouns are meant figuratively and that what we
see in the poem is the speaker's internal conflict.

In the first stanza, the
speaker introduces Anger and his relationship to her:

Anger lay by me all night long,
His breath was hot upon my brow,
He
told me of my burning wrong,
All night he talked and would not go.

Not only does Anger stay by her side all night, he/it is actively
breathing on her "brow." The speaker's anger is very close to her at all times and has
a physical effect upon her. She then describes Anger as speaking to her about her "burning
wrong." This might indicate two things: either the speaker feels wronged by something (and
that has caused her anger), or she is angry with herself for some wrong she has committed. The
stanza ends with the persistence of Anger, as he/it stays "All night . . . and would not
go."

In the next stanza, the speaker describes Anger's effect on her in
the day:

He stood by me all through the
day,
Struck from my hand the book, the pen;
He said: €˜Hear first what Ive to
say,
And sing, if youve the heart to, then.

As
the speaker's internal anger continues to accompany her throughout her day, she finds it
distracting. Anger "Struck from [her] hand the, the pen," which implies that Anger
keeps her from working, from writing. Anger insists that she "'Hear first what I've to say,
/ And sing, if you've the heart to, then.'" Anger is rather confident that once the speaker
dwells on her feelings, she won't want to or won't be able to write.

Finally,
the speaker ends this figurative meditation on anger in the following stanza:

And can I cast him from my couch?
And can I lock
him from my room?
Ah no, his honest words are such
That hes my true-lord, and
my doom.

The speaker gives in to Anger's power over her
at the end of the poem. The first two lines of this stanza are written in parallel structure,
both questions the speaker asks that indicate her feeling that she has no control over Anger.
She ends the poem giving in to her nemesis, admitting Anger is "honest" and "That
he's my true-lord." Anger has complete power over the speaker. She also recognizes, though,
that Anger will be her downfall, her "doom."

Daryush approaches her
speaker's inner conflict in an interesting way, using a simplistic rhyme scheme and extensiveto
dramatize the way anger can control a person's whole life.

What role did Neoplatonism play in Augustine's conversion?

Neoplatonism played a vital role in St.
Augustine's conversion to Christianity. As Augustine himself states quite explicitly in the
Confessions, it was only when he came under the influence of the
Neoplatonist Bishop Ambrose that he began to take Christianity seriously.

Since the time of St. Paul, Christian doctrine had become deeply imbued with certain
elements of pagan philosophy. As Christianity spread throughout the Greek-speaking world, it
needed to be able to speak to the educated using concepts they could readily understand. As time
went on, Christian theology became almost a synthesis of Judaism and Greek philosophy, with a
growing emphasis on the latter. St. Augustine was one of the many inheritors of this
intellectual tradition.

As with many Christian Neoplatonists, however,
Augustine came to see Greek philosophy as a means to an end, as a way of clarifying certain
elements of Christian dogma and doctrine. For instance, Augustine draws freelyperhaps a little
too freelyupon Plotinus's elaborate metaphysical system to provide what he considers to be
compelling proof of the veracity of the Trinitythe Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Whether
Augustine's somewhat liberal interpretation of Neoplatonism is entirely accurateand one would
argue that it is notthere's no doubting his sincerity in believing that the Bible and the
Neoplatonists said exactly the same thing in relation to key elements of Christian doctrine such
as the Trinity.

As an educated man with a generous stock of pagan learning,
Augustine naturally gravitated towards the Neoplatonist school of philosophy for intellectual
sustenance. But in this elaborate system of thought, he found much more; he found that
Neoplatonist metaphysics could provide an entr©e into learned, academic circles for a religion
hitherto regarded as a vulgar collection of superstitions fit only for women and slaves.
Neoplatonism allowed Christianity to be taken seriously, not just by Augustine himself, but
countless others who came after him.

Based on the interior of the apartment, what assumptions can you make?

One can assume
that the Younger family lives in run-down apartment. In fact, they have been living there for
years.is thirty-five and they have been living there his entire life. The carpet is worn. The
furniture is wearing out. The apartment is filled with roaches. Although the apartment is worn
and tattered, the Younger family keeps it very clean.

Mama Younger takes
pride in her house keeping. Although it is clean and well kept, it is...

In the context of this poem, how do people face death?

In this
poem, the narrator argues that the "seraphs" (angels) in heaven are so envious of the
love he and Annabel shared that they send a chill wind to kill her. She dies, and the speaker
mourns, but he copes with death by insisting that the bond he shares with Annabel can never be
broken. He states that nothing, neither angels nor demons, can ever

dissever my soul from the soul

Of the beautiful...

The souls of the two lovers are forever united. The seraphs have
lost out in their attempt to spoil the love between the two.

Further, the speaker copes by seeing reminders of Annabel in nature,
especially at night. The moonbeams comfort him as reminders of her. When the stars shine in
heaven, they seem as if they are her eyes shining down on him. The sound of sea at night also
acts as a memory of her, bringing solace.

Describe the racist instances in Robinson Crusoe.

As the other
answer indicates, Crusoe is both a slave owner and slave trader before his shipwreck and seems
to have no qualms about buying and owning people from Africa.

After his
shipwreck, and some years into his stay on the island, he comes across visiting cannibals. After
he saves one of them, Friday, he uses him as a servant. Because of his racism, it never once
crosses Crusoe's mind to see Friday as an equal from whom he might learn. In every way, Friday
is expected to adapt himself to European cultural norms, which are considered infinitely
superior to what Friday has left behind him. He adopts a European name, learns English, and
converts to Christianity. Friday shows intense curiosity about Christianity, especially the
devil, even posing questions Crusoe can't easily answer, but Crusoe completely dismisses
Friday's god Benamuckee. Crusoe even evaluates Friday's looks in terms of European beauty norms
in a way that is racist:

yet he had all the Sweetness and
Softness of an European in his Countenance . . . especially when he smiled. His Hair was long
and black, not curled like Wool; his Forehead very high, and large, and a great Vivacity and
sparkling Sharpness in his Eyes. The Colour of his Skin was not quite black, but very tawny; and
yet not of an ugly yellow nauseous tawny, as the Brasilians . . .

Friday calls Crusoe "master," and Crusoe thinks of him as a "child"
despite Friday's adulthood.

In the Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, how was his life with Mr. Covey? How did Douglass' life change by living with Mr. Covey?

This section of
Douglass' narrative deals with his year with Edward Covey, a "slavebreaker".  This man
was too poor to own slaves himself, so he made his reputation on training rebellious slaves to
"mind their masters". Douglass was one such slave.

His life with
the slavebreaker was harsh and unforgiving.  He was beaten horribly on several occasions for
minor offenses, the first being that, being a city slave, he did not know how to handle oxen,
and he broke a cart and a gate when gathering wood for Mr. Covey.  The beating was so severe
that welts on his back were sore and bleeding for weeks afterwards. He said of the
beating:

I lived with Mr. Covey one year.During the first
six months, of that year, scarce a week passed without his whipping me.I was seldom free from a
sore back.My awkwardness was almost always his excuse for whipping me.

Most importantly though, is Douglass' tragic admission of how Covey
succeeded in breaking his spirit, and the reader is reminded of how absolutely crushing the
weight of slavery must have been, to take away the spirit of a man with such great intellect and
potential.  Admitted Douglass:

If at any one time of my
life more than another, I was made to drink the bitterest dregs of slavery, that time was during
the first six months of my stay with Mr. Covey... I was somewhat unmanageable when I first went
there, but a few months of this discipline tamed me.Mr. Covey succeeded in breaking me.I was
broken in body, soul, and spirit.My natural elasticity was crushed, my intellect languished, the
disposition to read departed, the cheerful spark that lingered about my eye died; the dark night
of slavery closed in upon me; and behold a man transformed into a brute!

 

 

In the poem "No Men are Foreign" by James Kirkup, how does the poet suggest that all people on earth are the same?

In the poem "No Men
Are Foreign," the poet, James Kirkup, emphasizes that people are alike, no matter their
nationality. In stanza one, the poet tells us that "no men are strange, no countries
foreign." All people are united by being a part of the human race. Also, countries are
united by being a part of the same earth. In fact, everyone is a citizen of the world, no matter
where one lives.

In stanza two, the theme of unity continues as Kirkup tells
the reader that all humanity has the same eyes. That is, we all have eyes that
wake and sleep. All humans have the same needs no
matter where one lives. Again, a parallel is drawn with all lands having unity: "In every
land is common life."

In stanza three, the poet's message shifts to
remind us not to hate our brothers. As well, if we do go to war with each other, he warns us,
"It is the human earth that we defile." The poet ends with the repetition of his
message that "no men are foreign and no countries strange." Indeed, we are all a part
of humanity and live in the same world and must honor one another.

Discuss Emerson's style with reference to some of his essays.

, a
Transcendentalist, felt that the self is an autonomous spirit which acts according to universal
moral laws. Located in all objects, this spiritual self develops from communion with nature.  In
his essay , Emerson employs analytical reasoning as he points to
the heavenly state of nature whose existence is in conjunction with the spirit:  As he explains
the reactions of people to nature, Emerson is forced to conclude that its power to delight does
not exist independently.  Instead, he argues, "Nature always wears the colors of the
spirit."  For the man who is happy, there is a delight in nature, but for the man who has
just lost a friend, the "sky is less grand."

Thus, with Emerson's
arguments, there is in Nature a recurring tension between emotion and
intellect.  When he is more rational, Emerson denies that nature has a soul, but when
his emotion overwhelms him, he endows nature with a transcendence. 

In his
essay , Emerson makes use of many figures of speech that compare abstract
ideas with ordinary things or events.  For instance, he usesas he writes that

Society is a joint-stock company in which the members agree for the
better securing of his bread to each shareholder, to surrender the liberty and culture of the
eater. 

Emerson also makes other points through the use
of ; for example, he writes

This sculpture in the memory
is not without preestablished harmony.  The eye was placed where one ray should fall that it
might testify of that particular ray.

He also
uses illustration.  For example, when Emerson writes that "to be great is to be
misunderstood," he alludes to such greats as Pythagoras, Socrates, Luther, Copernicus,
Galileo, and Newton, who were all misunderstood.

Because most of Emerson's
essays contain all of his major ideas, they may sometimes seem to be without logical connection;
however, Emerson's central ideas are powerful and are always expressed succintly and with much
insight. In fact, critics remark upon Emerson's masterful command of common language.

 

 

What is one negative event that influences Rachel in The Girl Who Fell From the Sky?

The death
of her mother and siblings is a negative event that influences Rachel.

The
deaths of Rachel's mother and her siblings sets the entire narrative in motion.  It is an event
that also profoundly impacts Rachel.  As a result, she is forced to live in Portland.  The
entire questioning of her identity on racial grounds takes place in this setting.  

The absence of a mother plunges Rachel into a world of...

Explain Doublethink in "1984". Why is it essential to the success of the party? part 1

Doublethink is one of the founding principles
of the Party and is essentially the technique of believing two contradicting ideas
simultaneously in one's mind.defines doublethink as "reality control." Thus, it is the
ability to "use logic against logic" in order to believe any information propagated by
the Party. The Party expects all of its members to maintain complete orthodoxy at all times and
to passively accept any idea delivered to them, regardless of whether it makes sense or not.
Using doublethink, one could believe that two plus two equals five. A Party member must be able
to accept and believe this illogical answer with doublethink.

The practice of
doublethink also allows the Party to maintain control of its populace and enables the government
to alter facts and history continually without being questioned. Throughout the novel, Oceania
continuously switches enemies with Eastasia and Eurasia and relies on Party members to alter
every past document to coincide with the regime's current status. For Party members to accept
Big Brother's agenda and believe that they've always been at war against one enemy, Party
members must utilize doublethink to accept the government's current
stance.

In Gulliver's Travels, why were Blefuscu and Lilliput enemies?

In
, Gulliver discovers that Lilliput and a nearby island Blefescu have been
at war for a long time over what seems to him to be a ridiculous issue: a dispute over which end
one should break open when opening a hardboiled egg. The dispute over eggs extends back to the
reign of the present Lilliputian emperor's grandfather, who, while a boy, cut his finger while
attempting to break open his egg on the larger end. His father made a law against cracking eggs
from that end, and it sparked a series of bitter civil wars that were encouraged by
Blefescu: 

It is computed that eleven thousand persons
have at several times suffered death rather than submit to break their eggs at the smaller end.
Many hundred large volumes have been published upon this controversy; but the books of the
Big-endians have been long forbidden, and the whole party rendered incapable by law of holding
employments.

 

Gulliver's
Travels is a , and Swift is using this absurd state of affairs to show that men go to
war over things that aren't worth killing over. When understood in the context of his own time,
he has in mind the series of conflicts between England and France that were intensified by the
fact that England was a Protestant nation and France was Catholic, and that Catholic France had
encouraged the pro-Catholic Stuarts during the seventeenth century, especially James II. If a
giant from a faraway land had wandered into early eighteenth-century England, he would have
probably viewed the conflicts between Britain and France as absurd as a long-standing war over
eggs.

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Briefly summarize the song "We Are the World" by Michael Jackson.

We Are
the World was written by the late Michael Jackson and Lionel Richie and produced by Quincy
Jones. The song was a response to the wide-scale famine which was then occurring in Ethiopia, an
East African country suffering the effects of endemic poverty.

Certain parts
of the world have historically (circa the twentieth century) attracted attention for the wrong
reasons, mainly for their propensity for man-made and natural disasters. During the 1970s and
1980s, Ethiopia was one such case. Government mismanagement combined with drought resulted in a
famine with many deaths and incalculable suffering. The scale of thewas such that most
governments were seemingly paralyzed by inaction. In an effort at both drawing attention to the
plight of the Ethiopian people and raising money for famine relief, Jackson wrote We Are the
World and enlisted scores of well-known recording artists to participate in the
production.

Maktub

"Maktub" loosely translates to
"it is written" in English.  It doesn't necessarily mean something has actually been
written down on a piece of paper or stone tablet.  It's more of a destiny thing.  The crystal
merchant introduces maktub to Santiago.

"Maktub," the merchant said, finally.

"What does that
mean?"

"You would have to have been born an Arab to
understand," he answered. "But in your language it would be something like 'It is
written."

Santiago gets into some difficult
situations throughout his journeys to find the treasure and complete his own personal legend.
 But as he gains confidence and knowledge with the Soul of the World, Santiago realizes that he
can be more assured of his success.  He can be more assured of his success, because of maktub.
 Fate has a way of falling into place for those who are following their own personal legend.
 Why? Because of maktub.  Because it is written.  Santiago's success is written; it's up to him
to accept it and step into that role.  

What are the settings in the poem "What Is Red?" by Mary O'Neill?

Setting refers to the time, place, and
environment in which events in a piece occur or unfold. As such, it also includes aspects such
as a historical period, timing, geographical location, circumstances, and conditions which a
piece of writing relates to or covers.

"What is Red?" by Mary O'
Neill does not have a particular setting in this sense. The poem explores the different meanings
that red has by asking and then answering the question, which is also the title of the
poem.

The speaker responds to the question by providing the reader with a
series of associations which red has in different contexts. The list refers to the common
symbolic meanings linked to the color. It is clear that each meaning is associated with its
context. In this sense, then, one could say that there is a setting because the word is
contextualized within such event, time, or place.

In the first stanza, the
speaker mentions nine contexts: sunset; being courageous in a
situation that demands action; getting sunburned; the sheer depth of color one sees when
admiring a rose; an injury which leads to bleeding; observing the color of a building block;
being at a concert; the sensation one feels when embarrassed; seeing the simple colors of
certain objectsspecifically ones associated with danger; and an incident wherein one becomes
angry, which causes a rush of blood and brings on a headache.

In the second
stanza, the speaker once again relates red to
seven conditions: as a description of
an American native; a symbolic heart signifying love; a circus where one would find a cart with
red decorations; a form of make-up; hearing a warning or the expression of anger; a sign that
symbolically gives a warning; and a large ball, probably found at the beach. All these
descriptions of red are conventional and reasonable.

The speaker moves away
from the generally accepted connotations that red has and presents an opinion by stating
that

Red is the giant-est
Colour of
all.

and

Red is a
show-off,
No doubt about it €“

The speaker is
clearly impressed by the color red and then, by asking a , suggests that one cannot imagine life
without it.

Why has Chaucer been regarded as the Father of English poetry?

Considered the
preeminent English poet of the Middle Ages,was well versed in other languages; in fact, he
translated two tremendously influential works from Latin and Old French into Middle English.
And, while he was not veritably the only one who wrote poetry in English, he was extremely
influential in promoting English from something other than the "vulgar" language that
it was considered to be.  His poetry that reflects Latin, Italian, and French sources--he wrote
much French poetry--evolved into the verses that he wrote for .  Clearly,
his remaking of French, Latin, and Italian sources and treatment of secular and religiousinto
his delightful tales brings the vernacular of English in The Canterbury
Tales to a new respectability.  Perhaps, then, for this reason, that he brought
legitimacy to the vernacular English when the dominant literary languages were Latin and French,
Chaucer is somewhat mistakenly credited with being "The Father of English
Poetry."

With the publication of The Canterbury
Tales in English, then, Chaucer made a strong contribution to shaping English
literature. With English, Chaucer realistically shaped the speech of the pilgrims while
also realistically satirizing their manners, thus creating what was to become a popular
literature among people of the same social types. In short, Chaucer brought literature to all
levels of society, not just the nobilty and elite.

In addition, Chaucer
experimented with different forms of verse,

...establishing a decasyllabic line that, to become the iambic pentameter of the
sonnet, , and heroic , is English poetrys most enduring line.

This experimentation which left a lasting mark upon English poetry is a contribution of
Chaucer's that is also cause for considering him the father of English
poetry.

Who Dies In Frankenstein

The novel
mentions the death of ten people. They die in the following order:

The first
one to die is  Beaufort's father. After the death of her father, Caroline marries Victor's
father.

Several months passed in this manner. Her father
grew worse; her time was more entirely occupied in attending him; her means
of subsistence decreased; and in the tenth month her father died in her arms, leaving her an
orphan and a beggar. 

Elizabeth's mother dies while
giving her birth. (In a variant of the novel, however, Victors fathers sister dies and her
husband leaves Elizabeth in...

What do the children "Want" and "Ignorance'' symbolize in A Christmas Carol?

Ignorance, the boy, can
be interpreted as symbolizing the ignorance that keeps the poor, in Victorian England, poor.
Without education, what chance can they have of bettering their situation? If people are
ignorant, it is hard for them to know what to do to find a job, to know how to keep a job, and
so on. If, however, the poor are given a chance to be educated, and to feel the care of society
at large, then they will be much better positioned to help themselves. Want, the girl, can be
interpreted as symbolizing the sheer lack of resources and the need experienced by the poor.
Although we often associate "want," in the twenty-first century, as a pure desire for
something that we do not actually need, the word itself does mean to be
needy or to have unmet needs. The Victorians would have understood want
to...

Why didn't Maryland join the Confederacy, and what would have happened if it did?

Lincoln would
never have allowed it.  How could he? It was a border state that surrounded Washington DC on
three sides, with rebel Virginia across the river on the 4th side.  If Maryland left, the
capital would be surrounded by a foreign country and effectively under siege.

Lincoln recognized the danger.  When the Baltimore City Council undertook a resolution
supporting secession, Lincoln had them all arrested, including the Mayor, and locked up for two
years without charge or trial.  He did the same with more than 2000 others in Maryland who were
sympathetic to the southern cause, openly breaking the Constitution and reinforcing southern
claims that he was a dictator.  He had no choice, as if Maryland went, the war was likely lost
for the Union.

How Does Aunt Alexandra Feel About Calpurnia

Whilevalues
Calpurnia and treats her like part of the family, Aunt Alexandra takes a different view.
Believing thatneeds a proper female role model, Aunt Alexandra informs Atticus that Calpurnia is
no longer needed. Atticus disagrees. He feels that Calpurnia has done well with the children and
that they love her. He believes Calpurnia "tried to bring them up according to her lights,
and Cals lights are pretty good."

Aunt Alexandra, along with most of the
citizens of Maycomb County, has racist views. Her racism may surface in more subtle ways, but
her opinion is clear. For example, when Scout asks to visit Calpurnia's home, Aunt Alexandra
replies, "You may not."

In, Atticus and the
family are discussing events from the attempted lynching of Tom. Referring to Mr. Underwood,
Atticus says that he "despises Negroes." Aunt Alexandra reprimands him for speaking
like that in front of Calpurnia. Her reason for doing so, however, was not to protect Calpurnia
from hearing...

Is Hamlet a revenge tragedy? Is Hamlet a revenge tragedy?

is awhere
revenge is an important part, but I don't think thatsimply wants revenge.  Hamlet's tragic flaw
is not so much pride as sensitivity, in my opinion.  He is not ready for the world he gets
thrown into.

 

What is happening in the first four lines of the story "The Pit and the Pendulum"? Describe the dramatic tension this opening creates.

The
narrator gives the impression, at the opening, of waking from a nightmarebut it's actually a new
nightmare that is beginning for him. The robed figures surrounding him are Inquisition judges
who have just pronounced his death sentence. What's unusual, perhaps even for Poe, is the way
the reader is thrown off balance by this particular start, in which it's
difficult to reconstruct what has already happened despite the vividness of
description:

I was sicksick unto death with that long
agony . . .

With "that long agony"? What could
he be alluding to? Only a prior knowledge of the Inquisition and its methods would enable us to
grasp that he has already been tortured. The effect is slightly ironic that
he is being unbound, and the reader must wonder, for what purpose now? We know that he's to be
killed, so why are they unbinding him? This mystery, in the context of dreamlikein which the
robed figures appear like ghosts with their exaggeratedly white lips and the...

Explain Jean Jaques-Rousseau's idea of social stratification.

For
Rousseau, social stratification is based on a fundamental perception issue.  Rousseau believed
that individuals possess two types of love of self.  One type is called amour de soi and the
other one is amour propre. The former represents a love of oneself that is affirmative of one's
state of being in the world.  This love of self is one where individuals do not seek to compete
with others, and is one that reflects a "man in state of nature" element.  Rousseau
contrasts this with amour propre.  This type of love is predicated upon self love, but it is a
love of self that is contingent on how others see oneself.  Amour propre is never ending because
individuals no longer understand their own sense of self, but rather see themselves as how
others see them.  This helps to breed competition and rivalry within society and is responsible
for the stratification that exists between people.  For Rousseau, displays of wealth and the
sense of vulgarity that results from it does so because individuals view themselves as how
others view them, distorting their reality, preventing solidarity, and creating stratification. 
Individuals thereby need social stratification as it is a reflection of status and privilege,
key elements in amour propre.  For Rousseau, social stratification and division can only be
overcome when amour de soi is evident in both politics and social order, eliminating the
presence of amour propre.

In Night, how does the first hanging affect Elie?

In
chapter 4, Elie recalls witnessing the horrific hanging of a young pipel, who was beloved by the
prisoners in the camp. Elie describes the boy as being angelic and beautiful. After a stash of
weapons is found in the Oberkapo's block, the pipel is tortured before being sentenced to death
by hanging. During the hanging, the pipel's body is too light, and he continues to breathe as he
hangs from the rope. For a half an hour, the pipel dangles from the rope, "lingering
between life and death." The prisoners are forced to watch the delicate, beautiful child
hang to death in the middle of the prison. Elie mentions that the pipel was still alive when he
walked past him. When one prisoner begins to ask where God is, Elie silently answers,

Where He is? This is wherehanging here from this gallows . .
.(90)

Elie then says that the soup tasted like corpses
later that night. Elie's response to the prisoner asking about God and his statement about the
soup tasting like corpses could be interpreted as him beginning to question his faith. Watching
the young child hanging to death is a traumatic experience for Elie, who truly understands the
horror that surrounds him in the concentration camps. Elie's comment about God hanging from the
gallows also indicates that there is no presence of mercy or God's grace during the Holocaust.
Essentially, Elie believes that God is dead after witnessing the pipel's horrific
death.

How do poetic devices create an overall effect in "Annabel Lee"?

There are plenty of
aspects of this tremendous poem that you could talk about, but you might like to think about the
way in which the connection between the speaker andis described throughout the poem. Above all,
this is a poem of a love that even death itself cannot separate, and so a key theme is the
nature of their relationship. For example, examine the penultimate stanza and how it presents
their link or bond:

But our love it was stronger by far
than the love
Of those who were older than we-
Of many far wiser than
we-
And neither the angels in heaven above,
Nor the demons down under the
sea,
Can ever dissever my soul from the soul
Of the beautiful Annabel
Lee.

Note how this stanza consists in a central
comparison of the love of the speaker and Annabel Lee with those who are "older" and
"wiser." The comparison serves to emphasise the deep connection that they have
together and the way in which it defies age and wisdom with its purity and profundity. Likewise,
the connection is described as being so strong and eternal that neighter "angels" nor
"demons" can "dissever" their souls. The word "dissever" suggests
that in some way there is a kind of strong link that not even death can break, indicating the
depth of the relationship.

I hope this gives you some idea of how to begin.
You can go back now and examine other stanzas to identify other techniques and use ofto support
this idea. Good luck!

If the economy suffers deflation, what will happen to the real interest rate?

If an economy
suffers from deflation, the real interest rate will rise.  It will then likely become impossible
for a central bank to lower the real interest rate low enough to prompt more people to borrow
money.  This is one reason why deflation is something that economists fear.

Deflation can be defined as a drop in the overall price index.  This is the opposite of
inflation.  When deflation occurs, goods and services in general become less expensive.  This
sounds like a good thing because things get cheaper and consumers are able to buy more things
with their paychecks.

Deflation is really not a good thing, though. One major
reason why deflation is bad is that it increases the real interest rate.  Imagine that I borrow
$1000 and have to pay 4% interest on that money.  At the end of the year, I must pay back
$1040.  If deflation occurs, that $1040 is actually worth more than it was when I borrowed it. 
For example, it might be worth as much as $1060 at the point when I borrowed the money.  What
has happened is that my real interest rate, the real cost of borrowing money, has
increased.

Now imagine that the economy is in a recession, which is usually
the case when deflation occurs.  The central bank wants to increase the money supply by lowering
interest rates.  The problem is that there is deflation, which adds to the real interest rate. 
Because of the deflation, the central bank cannot lower the real interest rate enough to get
businesses to borrow money again.  The deflation has increased the real interest rate and
prevented the central bank from using one of its main levers of monetary
policy.

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During Edwards' "Sinners" sermon, some records state that listeners cried out and fainted. What parts of the sermon would evoke such responses?

Edwards
vividly illustrates the title of his sermon by describing man's dire state of being dangled over
a fiery pit.  However, it is not simply this image of man's precarious position that would
instill such fear in listeners, it is more likely the furious God whom...

Does Mrs. Higgins approve of Pickering's and Higgins' attitude toward Eliza?

No. "You
certainly are a pretty pair of babies, playing with your live doll," Mrs. Higgins quips to
her son, Henry, in Act III of . Though Mrs. Higgins is a woman of society
and though she cares for her son, she does not believe that Henry and Colonel Pickering are
considering Eliza as a person. Pointing out that both men are looking at Eliza like a doll
clearly shows that she does not approve of their experiment. At the end of Act III, Mrs. Higgins
asks Henry if he's thought about what will happen to Eliza after his experiment is over. Henry
shrugs it off, saying she'll be fine and that there is no need to worry over such triviality.
"The advantages of that poor woman who was here just now! The manners and habits that
disqualify a fine lady from earning her own living without giving her a fine ladys income!"
Shaw uses exclamation points to emphasize Mrs. Higgins' outrage at Henry's attitude and
disregard for Eliza's welfare outside of his experiment. She points out that if elevated in
society through her speech, dress and manner, Eliza will no longer have an easy time of finding
employment. She is already removed from her former social class and, if not taken care of, may
end up destitute. Mrs. Higgins is not at all happy with her son. Henry has little time to think
on the matter. He has to complete his social experiment and prove he can make a duchess out of a
flower girl from Covent Garden through the power of speech.

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What is a suggestions for a thesis for "The Fish" by Elizabeth Bishop? I am writing a essay on this poem but need 3 points for a thesis. I was trying...

I would
first establish that the fish is a symbol of nature by quoting thethe narrator uses that shows
its intimate connection to nature:

He was speckled with
barnacles,
fine rosettes of lime,
and infested
with tiny white
sea-lice,
and underneath two or three
rags of green weed hung down.

Second, I would show that Bishop introduces a conflict between
nature and civilization through also having the narrator use imagery about the fish that
associates it with civilization. The narrator struggles between her understanding of the fish as
a natural creature and her desire to deny the fish's essential nature as a free creature by
domesticating it, making it an artifact of human culture:

his brown skin hung in strips
like ancient wallpaper,
and its pattern
of darker brown
was like wallpaper:
shapes like full-blown roses

Finally, I would note that the narrator's encounter with looking
into the eyes of the fish decides her attitude toward the fish. She goes from the triumph of
having caught it as...

Charles Walluas says that they cant make decisions based on fear. Do you agree? Please explain.

I agree
because IT is doing its best to get control of the children's minds. IT is already in control of
their father. Though fear tempts the threesome to turn and run away from Central Central
Intelligence, as Charles Wallace notes, they won't make the decisions that will free their
father if they give into fear. They need, instead, to face their fears. As Calvin says, quoting
Mrs. Who, who was quoting Franklin Delano Roosevelt, the only thing the children had to fear was
fear itself.

IT is trying to hypnotize the children. If they keep thinking,
rather than allowing themselves to be paralyzed by fear, they can block out IT and avoid mind
control. They have to keeping thinking thoughts that are not IT's thoughts and that means
overcoming their terror. 

What is the background of the story "Girl" by Jamaica Kincaid?

's "" has been alternately categorized as a dramatic , a short story, and
even as a poem. It consists of advice from a mother to her daughtera girl on the verge of
womanhoodabout how to conduct herself, mainly on sexual matters, with which she seems to be
obsessed (and in which, she suggests, the girl has transgressed already). Kincaid has said that
she heard her mother's voice in her head continually when writing the story. She had a difficult
relationship with her mother and moved to the United States in part to escape from
her.

The overbearing mother of the story sees herself as passing on the
wisdom of generations of Caribbean women, initiating her daughter into womanhood, as she was
initiated by her mother. The advice she gives, however, is obviously rooted so firmly in her
culture and her generation that, although there is no response in the text, any reader of
Kincaid can readily imagine how acerbic the girl's reply would be.

Why is Mary Shelley's Frankenstein still relevant today?

Consider
Shelley's chosen subtitle, "The Modern Prometheus." With this , she is comparing to
the man who stole fire from the gods to give to the humans. Both tales are of humans having
power that ought to be reserved for gods, be that the power to make fire or the power to create
life from death. At its heart, Frankenstein is a story about science and
technology advancing past the point of being containable by moral considerations or
rules.

Well, since then technology and science have advanced far further
than it is likely Shelley could have ever even imagined. From the...

How did Raphael exemplify the spirit of the Renaissance?

Raphael
Sanzio, most commonly known as Raphael, was an Italian architect and painter who is considered
one of the three most important artists of the High Renaissance, the other two being
Michelangelo and Leonardo da Vinci. He began his career by painting portraits, and, after
studying Michelangelo's style, he started to paint frescoes as well. He was often regarded as a
"modern painter," as he managed to embody and exemplify the true spirit of the
Renaissance into his works, which is mostly due to his unique artistic style.

Raphael often combined several different styles into one cohesive whole, and he was a
very sought-after artist, mainly because of his well-balanced artistic technique and his
unparalleled painting skills. While Michelangelo was seen as the artistic genius who thought out
of the box and wasn't afraid to challenge the limits of creativity, Raphael followed all of the
art rules and produced well-composed, detailed and symmetrical works, which were described as
simple yet divinely beautiful, graceful, and majestic. He painted calmly, gently, and carefully
and often used various shades of red, blue, and yellow pigments, which was actually the typical
Renaissance color palette.

One of the main reasons why he became one of three
most influential artists of the Renaissance period was his tendency to paint the characters
vividly and realistically, stripping them of tension and mystery and focusing on the execution
rather than the creative process.

What are some examples from The Crucible of how truth gets lost in hysteria?

The ending
to Act I and the trial in Act III are two examples from  when truth gets
lost in hysteria.

At the end of Act I, Abigail notices that Hale's
questioning has a very lawyerly tone that seeks to get at the truth.  For her part, Abigail has
shown that she is very flexible with the truth.  She displays a cavalier attitude with the truth
when she is alone with Proctor.  It is clear that Abigail does not care for the truth.  She
manipulates it for her own benefit.  As Hale questions Tituba, Abigail recognizes that he is
looking for "names."  This proves her with the perfect opportunity to create hysteria.
 In the midst of Hale's questioning, she seizes the moment:

Abigail rises, staring as though inspired, and cries out. 

Abigail: I want to open myself! They turn to her, startled. She is enraptured,
as though in a pearly light. I want the light of God, I want the sweet love of Jesus!
I danced for the Devil; I saw him; I wrote in his book; I go back to Jesus; I kiss His hand. I
saw Sarah Good with the Devil! I saw Goody Osburn with the Devil! I saw Bridget Bishop with the
Devil! 

Miller uses the word "inspired" in the
stage directions to describe Abigail.  He does this to show how Abigail is able to create an
instant where the truth is lost in hysteria.  As Abigail begins to name names, Miller follows it
up with "Betty is rising from the bed, a fever in her eyes, and picks up the
chant." As the girls fraudulently name names, they are able to seize this moment
as their own.  They are able to ensure that the truth is lost.  From this point, no one pays
attention to what the girls were doing in the forest, why they were dancing, or what girls like
Abigail sought in the first place.  Instead, in the hysteria of witches and who might be one,
the truth is lost.

In Act I, Abigail demonstrates an "inspired"
approach.  She has a gift of being able to stir up hysteria when the truth gets too close to
her.  This is evident during the trial in Act III.  Abigail recognizes that Danforth's
questioning might move too close to scrutinizing her own motives.  It is at this point that she
acts in an another "inspired" way to create a hysterical diversion from the truth.  As
Danforth questions Abigail, Miller writes that Abigail breaks from answering him,
"Suddenly, from an accusatory attitude, her face turns, looking into the air above
- it is truly frightened."  Abigail is able to create hysteria again in acting as
if "a cold wind, has come" and overtakes her spirit.  Abigail furthers this hysteria
when the other girls end up joining her.  They corner Mary Warren, forcing her to capitulate on
the stand.  Abigail has once again been able to initiate panic and hysteria.  It is a diversion
from the truth.  Abigail is the common denominator between the hysteria which closes Act I and
the trial's hysteria in Act III.  She is able to ensure that the truth is lost in hysteria.  As
a result, Abigail is able to consolidate her own power.

Many pathogenic bacteria species are becoming resistant to antibiotics. Explain how such adaptations can develop through the process of natural...

Evolution, natural selection, adaptation, and
survival of the fittest are all interrelated terms that this answer should explore. An evolution
of a species means that the species has gone through change over a period of time. It relies on
natural selection, and natural selection relies on adaptation. Adaptation relies on genetic
changes. Sexual reproduction creates genetic diversity, but genetic mutations can alter genetic
coding for species that reproduce asexually. Those genetic changes lead to organisms developing
various traits. Some of those changes are beneficial for a particular environment at a
particular time, and those beneficial changes result in an organism being better adapted to that
environment. Any organism that is better adapted to a situation is more likely to live and pass
on that genetic information to the next generation. The adapted organism has a higher fitness
level, and that is where we get the saying "survival of the fittest." In this way, the
fittest organisms are most likely to survive, so it looks like nature is naturally selecting
which traits get passed on from generation to generation.

You can apply those
same steps to a population of bacteria. Due to genetic changes that occur for a variety of
reasons, there are likely some bacteria that are genetically different than the billions of
other bacteria. The unique bacteria just might have a random genetic change that makes them a
tiny bit more resilient to antibiotics, and a fraction of them survive the medication designed
to wipe out the bacteria. These bacteria then reproduce asexually, and an entire population of
bacteria has now been created that are slightly more resilient than previous bacteria. The
adaptation increased bacterial fitness which then caused that group to survive through natural
selection. If this happens over and over again, the evolved bacteria are vastly different than
the ancestral bacteria that were once susceptible to antibiotics. A human response is then to
make more powerful medications, but that simply pushes the evolution of bacteria along even
more.

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What was Scrooges behaviour towards his nephew in "A Christmas Carol"?

I think what
is important to remember about the way Scrooge acts toward his nephew is that in the beginning
of the story, he is in his own world, not realizing necessarily how harshly he comes across to
other people, including family members.  Because of this, he acts unkindly toward his nephew. 

Throughout , however, Scrooge is visited by a series of spirits: Christmases
past, present and future. These spirits show him how his actions have affected him and the
people around him, and how they will continue to affect those people.  What particularly pains
Scrooge and prompts a turn around is when he sees his nephew in Christmases present and future
not speaking kindly of him with his friends, and not remembering him fondly in the future.  He
decides at this point that he wants his family to remember him fondly, and this includes acting
much more kindly toward his nephew.

Pygmalion As A Problem Play

As stated
above, a "problem play" is a drama revolving around the theme of one specific social
problem or a group of related social problems. , like many of Shaw's plays,
addresses the problem of the changing roles of middle class women. Aristocratic or upper class
women would be supported by their families or husbands. There were many jobs available for lower
class women, ranging from domestic service to factory positions. When Eliza is catapulted into
the middle classes via accent reform, she can no longer return to her old life as a flower girl,
but she lacks the financial grounds for entry into the upper classes and sees sponging off
Pickering and Higgins as morally problematic. Instead, what Shaw suggests is that for women to
live lives of moral integrity, they must have freedom to develop careers in the same way as men
do. Eliza's choice to open a high-end flower shop is a typically Shavian solution. In many ways,
Pygmalion, as well as being a highly entertaining drama, functions as a
logical argument concerning how the "new woman" can live a life that engages her
mental faculties and potential as a human being. 

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Discuss the importance of dance and music in India.

Music and dance
have been used in India for thousands of years as a form of worship for their many gods and to
tell stories and pass down cultural identity. Recently, with the popularity of Bollywood, it has
also become a commercial venture.  Each region has its own distinct variations, but there are
some common themes that unite all traditional Indian music and dance.

All
traditional dance is based on the nine emotions of  anger, disgust, sorrow, fear, courage,
compassion, happiness, serenity, and wonder.  The body is used as an instrument to express these
feelings and to tell stories that are passed down through generations.  Indian music is based on
these nine emotions as well and is also used for worship, to pass down stories, and for
celebration.

Since India is comprised of many different religions and
regions, there is tremendous diversity in the expression of dance and
music. 

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How does Washington Irving's "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" connect with the American Romanticism period?

connects with the American Romantic period
in its use of the staple themes of Gothic literature, much similar to actual Romantics such as
Poe, Wilde, Stoker, Shelley, etc.

The typical themes of Romantic/Gothic
literature include:

• The use of the supernatural


• Dark atmospheres symbolizing a fear of the unknown
• The
  inevitability of fate and death
• A path leading to


• Nostalgia and Fear
• The battle of good...

What is globalization? Please list its advantages and disadvantages.

The previous
answers have covered most of what globalization is. Some additional aspects are that personal
computers and the internet have boosted the easy connectivity of peoples throughout most of the
globe. Thus, communication is almost instant.

Business and trade is now
interconnected between commercial and individual concerns face to face through monitor screens
via pc, smart phones, etc.

Social websites have created a global interconnect
of meeting individuals, making friends, forming relationships that could develop into lasting
relationships.

Honest communication between people on a global scale can
break down prejudices and educate us that people throughout the globe pretty much have the same
basic needs and goals.

Dishonest communication on the other hand can
frustrate and lend to a lack of trust that is sad because you see just how much fraud is being
promoted by selfish people. You wonder, "who can I trust?"

Glitches
in technology, such as email that cannot be sent or received or viruses that dishonest people
penetrate can be frustrating and sometimes cause one to think that we were better off not
globally connected.

These are additional aspects of globalization in response
to the original question.

With whom do you think Vonnegut sympathizes in "Harrison Bergeron"? Does he present Harrison as a hero, or is the story hero-less? Why?

Vonnegut's short story depicts the dangers of
complete uniformity and cultivating anwhere talented and extraordinary humans are oppressed for
the sake of equality. Given Vonnegut's underlying message, he creates sympathy for , George, the
talented ballerinas, and even Hazel (who has average intelligence and can only think in short
bursts).

By illustrating the torturous tiny ear radio that blasts loud noises
in George's head every twenty seconds, the reader sympathizes with his difficult experience; the
reader can imagine how annoying and painful his government-issued handicap must feel. The reader
also sympathizes with Harrison Bergeron because he is an extraordinary young man who is forced
to wear cumbersome handicaps and lives an oppressed life.

While there are
certainly aspects of Harrison's situation that make him a sympathetic character, he is also
portrayed as a confident, authoritative, and ambitious young man. Upon further examination,
Harrison's arrest was justifiedas he immediately attempts to usurp power once he escapes from
prison. Harrison's actions guide the reader to second-guess the government's oppressive
policy.

Regardless of Harrison's questionable intentions, one could argue
that Vonnegut creates the most sympathy for George and Hazel. The readers sympathize with George
and Hazel because they long for their child, and Hazel cannot remember witnessing the tragic
death of her son. George cannot even reminisce about Harrison, which is extremely sad and
creates sympathy for his character. The government's policy requiring complete uniformity ruins
George and Hazel's relationship with their son and prevents them from thinking deeply about his
absence.

In Edgar Allan Poe's "The Raven," how is the raven described in stanzas 12 and 13?

"" byis one of the most famous
poems in American literature, and arguably the star of the poem is a symbolic black raven who
appears to a grieving man. We know that the raven finally enters the room in stanza seven, and
then he sits, perched on a bust above the door.

In other places in the poem,
the raven is called an "ungainly fowl," an "ebony bird," and "a stately
raven." These are short descriptions which could apply to any raven.

In
the two stanzas you referenced nothing changes; man and bird are still sitting. However, in
these verses we get a more detailed description of the visiting bird. The narrator has moved his
chair so he is sitting directly in front of the raven, and then he really looks at it.

In stanza twelve, the narrator usesto describe the raven:

this grim, ungainly, ghastly, gaunt and ominous bird of yore.

In stanza thirteen, the speaker of the poem is still sitting and
looking at the strange bird. Again he uses alliteration and describes it as

the fowl whose fiery eyes now burned into my bosom's core.

These two descriptions give us a clearer picture of the strange,
symbolic bird, and he is depicted as evil. Note that nearly all of the descriptors are
indicative of something rather demonic. This image is borne out in the following stanza, when
the grieving man calls the raven a "fiend" and a
"devil."

Use the upper and lower Riemann sums to approximate the area of the region using `m=5` equal subintervals Estimate the area under the curve...

The
upper sum `U` is the sum of the highest point of the function in each of the `m=5` intervals
multiplied by the width of the intervals

`U =...

What is the message presented by "Young Goodman Brown" by Nathaniel Hawthorne?

byreveals the impact of society on peoples lives. The narration is provided with a third person
omniscient point of view. The primary characters include a young Puritan and his wife Faith who
have been married only three months. 

The story uses three events from
history to add to the reality of the story:  1675 Indian and colonists fights; the Salem Witch
trials of 1692; and the attempt to make illegal Quakerism.  These historical references are
utilized to create anmaking it feasible for the storys events to happen.  The setting of the
story Salem village has a dubious history.  This legacy integrates the historical roots of
Goodman Browns fascination with the devil and the dark side.

There is no way
to judge if the events in the forest really happened. What is apparent is that Brown functions
as every man for Hawthorne. In many of his stories, Hawthorne emphasized the idea that man is
continually tempted and is...

How can business managers leverage the strategic planning process to better understand a company's internal strengths and external opportunities?

Strategic
planning is the process of an organization outlining it overall strategic posture in regard to
plans, organizational direction, resource allocation and other relevant organizational tasks. 
The strategic planning process includes five major elements: 

What were the incidents that inspired and encouraged the boy to leave his hometown and go to an alien land in The Alchemist?

The boy,
aka Santiago, has always had a desire to travel. That is why he had become a shepherd. That job
allows him to travel around the countryside of his native Spain. However, alife is not enough to
satisfy his wanderlust and allow him to achieve his Personal Legend.

His
inspiration to leave for foreign lands first comes in the form of a...

Why is Jane Austen's Emma labeled as her "perfect" novel? Do you think that Austen would agree that this is her perfect novel/that Emma is the perfect...

In
,employs a third-person omniscient narrator, a choice which allows the
author to provide a broad perspective of the novels setting and insights into the characters.
This narrator primarily offers Emmas views, which are very limited both because of her
personality and the circumstances of her upbringing.

The novels reputed
perfection connects with Emmas qualities. Theis that Emma seems to be the perfect heroine
precisely because she is far from a perfect person. The readers ability to see how Emma changes
and grows up are important factors in making it such an interesting book. The ironic tone of the
novel, with its tendency toward , helps us see that the narrator is not an advocate for Emmas
behavior; her interference demonstrates her self-righteousness and immaturity, and her treatment
of Miss Bates is not just thoughtless but cruel. The narrator summarizes these unpleasant
qualities with the simple statement that Emma is inclined to think a little too well of
herself.

In addition, the narrator explicitly reminds us that they are
telling us a story. Breaking out of the frame, the narrator enters the narrative and speaks to
the reader, a device called the intrusive narrator; they comment on
as well as report the novels events.

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Who is the main character in "Marriage is a Private Affair"?

The
main character in "Marriage is a Private Affair" is Nnaemeka. The entire story is
about Nnaemeka's love for Nene, Nnaemeka's decision to marry her, and Nnaemeka's altercations
with his dad over this decision. At the beginning of the story, Nnaemeka and Nene are discussing
what Okeke's reaction will be when he hears about the couple's engagement. Even though Nene
remains optimistic, Nnaemeka feels that his father will be upset for many reasons,
but...

How might one compare and contrast Ralph Ellison's story "Battle Royal" with M. Carl Holman's poem "Mr. Z"?

s short
story can be compared and contrasted with M. Carl Holmans poem Mr. Z in a number of ways,
including the following:

• Holmans poem is about an African American
  man who chose, during his youth, to adapt himself as much as possible to the demands and
  expectations of white culture. Although his skin was black, he essentially chose to live as an
  upper-class white. In contrast, Ellisons story is about a youth who seems tempted to behave as
  Mr. Z. does, but who finally decides to choose a very different path €“ a path of resistance
  and lack of compromise.
• Mr. Z, in his youth, like theof Ellisons story, is
  educationally accomplished. He uses his intelligence to make a secure place for himself in white
  society. Ellisons protagonist, on the other hand, never really has the chance to use his
  intelligence in such a way. He may think that he will be admired for his talents, but in fact
  the ceremony supposedly designed to honor him has precisely the opposite effect.


• Mr. Z leads a relatively calm and untroubled life. He achieves his goals of being
  accepted by most whites; he even marries a white woman. In contrast, Ellisons protagonist is
  abused and humiliated at an early age by a group of mean-spirited, racist whites. He is never
  given the chance to blend into white culture and society as Mr. Z is able to do.


• Both the story and the poem end on notes suggesting that the racial identity of
  African Americans is something they are never allowed, by white society, to forget or escape. In
  the case, of Mr. Z, this insistence on racial identity persists even after he has
  died:

Not one false note was struckuntil he
died:

His subtly grieving widow could have flayed

The obit
writers, ringing crude changes on a clumsy phrase:

One of the most
distinguished members of his race.  (23-26)

 

 

 

What is the rising action of On the Road?

The rising action
is depicted primarily throughby Sal, who tells us of his journey west and back again, winding
across the United States in search of a higher intellectual or spiritual truth, looking to find
the Socratic "It," the shadow on the cave wall. is a roman  
clef, which is to say a novel with a "key," and offers many hints of the fact that Sal
is a rough stand-in for , who wrote extensively about exploring America, mind-altering drugs and
substances, notions of Far East philosophy, and the business of making meaning. In On
the Road , we could consider the rising action as Sal crisscrossing the
country...