What are some advantages and disadvantages stemming from the way powers are typically allocated in Parliamentary and Presidential systems of...

Power is
allocated quite differently in a parliamentary system as compared to a presidential system.  In
a presidential system, executive power is centered in one person, the president.  In a
parliamentary system, the prime minister is important, but the political party is more important
than the prime minister.  This has several advantages and disadvantages.

• In a parliamentary system, it is easier to get things done.  In such a
  system, the party that runs the executive branch always has the support of a majority the
  legislature.  This allows parties to get their agendas enacted much more easily than is possible
  in a system like that of the US where the president and Congress can be controlled by different
  parties.
• In a parliamentary system, it is easier to know where credit or
  blame is due.  Right now, the US President is a Democrat while part of Congress is controlled by
  Republicans.  Therefore, it is hard to know whom to blame for our current political problems. 
  This problem is not present in a typical parliamentary system.
• In a
  presidential system, there is more of a check on the power of the legislature.  In a
  parliamentary system, there is nothing to stop the legislature from doing whatever it likes. 
  This means that bad policies are more likely to be enacted.  The presidential system makes it
  harder for policies to pass without a broad consensus in their favor. 

Are the feelings of the boy in the story James Joyce's "Araby" justified?

The
narrator in 's "" struggles with his sense of separation from those around himand
later with his realization that the world as he thinks he knows it, is not
at all what he imagined.

The narrator (unnamed) spends a great deal of time
alone, reading the books of the deceased priest who used to live with the narrator's aunt and
uncle. Although Mangan is the narrator's friend, the narrator does not talk about his feelings
for his friend's sister. The narrator believes he loves her, but he also sees her as some holy
and mystical woman, much like the Virgin Mary.

The narrator becomes obsessed
with thoughts of her; in her he imagines a figure of holiness, who he worships. He follows her
everywhere:

When she came out on the doorstep my heart
leaped. I ran to the hall...I kept her brown figure always in my eye...This happened morning
after morning.

The narrator's preoccupation is fed by his
imagination and perceptions . He has never had a conversation with this
young woman....

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What is the significance of Winston thinking, "Your worst enemy, he reflected, was your own nervous system" in 1984 by George Orwell?

"Your worst enemy, he reflected, was
your own nervous system" reflects an essentialin and also a central
theme of the book, betrayal. 

's worst enemy was the state, in the form of
Big Brother. It is Big Brother who controls not just every physical aspect of Winston's life,
but even his psychology and sense of history. The whole point of newspeak is to reduce the
possibility of dissent through limiting the language available to the people. Ironically, in his
resistance to Big Brother, Winston has to deal with the fact that the human nervous system
reveals the existence of undesirable thoughts and makes it impossible to hide his resistance. He
might intellectually resist Big Brother, but his body becomes a betraying enemy as he does
so.

The political system represented in 1984 is based on
mutual betrayal. A major way of keeping people under control is to make sure they can trust no
other human being. Winston tries to avoid betraying , but he ultimately fails. The antique shop
owner andtake a more cynical approach to betrayal through being agents of the state and lying to
Winston. No characters in the story are able to find their way out of this insidious
system. 

What were the political goals of the Urban League? How did they differ from the political goals of the NAACP?

The Urban
League, founded only a year after the NAACP, championed equality and integration in much the
same way as its predecessor. There were slight nuances, however, that distinguished their
actions. Most importantly, the types of cases that each organization undertook to try and bring
about racial equality is what led to their differentiation.

The Urban League
is echoed in the modern day efforts for ubran development and cost-effective housing. This
organization tried to improve the lives of impoverished minorities by fighting for their rights
to equal housing opportunities. Additionally, they vied for better job opportunities to try and
improve the overall economic situation of African Americans. Because of the harsh inequality in
jobs and housing, African Americans ended up in a cycle of poverty that the Urban League was
determined to overcome.

The NAACP was more concerned with social issues such
as education and voting rights, particularly with their famous case Brown v. Board
of...

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What is Eveline's turning point in her life in Joyce's "Eveline"?

Arguably, the
turning point forhappens when she meets Frank, a young man who wants to marry her and set up a
new life abroad.

Prior to meeting Frank, Eveline's life is restrictive and is
mainly centered on her domestic responsibilities at home. This is shown clearly in the text.
Eveline, for example, is portrayed as "working hard" to keep her family together. In
addition, she cares for her two younger siblings who need a mother figure in their
lives.

Meeting Frank, however, prompts huge changes in Eveline's life, as we
see from the line, "She was about to explore another life with Frank."

In other words, her life is about to change dramatically. Instead of devoting herself
to her family in Ireland, Eveline has the opportunity to start afresh in Buenos Aires with
Frank. This turning point prompts much reflection from Eveline and creates considerable
apprehension and conflict. In the end, however, Eveline is unable to leave her family behind and
chooses to stay in Ireland.

How does Squealer excuse changing the Commandments in Animal Farm?

As a
propagandist, 's job is to convince the other animals that any decisions made byare correct and
that to disobey is to risk reverting to human control. When the pigs move into the farmhouse,
Squealer makes the first substantial change in the Commandments: he adds "with sheets"
to the injunction against sleeping in a bed.

"A bed
merely means a place to sleep in. A pile of straw in a stall is a bed, properly regarded. The
rule was against sheets, which are a human invention... You would not rob us of our repose,
would you, comrades? You would not have us too tired to carry out our duties? Surely none of you
wishes to see Jones back?"
(, , msxnet.org)

Squealer uses two techniques here: first, he outright lies and
pretends that the addition was always there. By making the alternative seem seditious, he
convinces the others that the Commandments were not changed, but that they just "don't
remember" the addition. Second, he argues semantics, acting as if the original Commandment
-- which is really about animals adopting human traits -- specified sheets instead of the entire
bed; by moving the goalposts, Squealer is able to bypass the issue of whether the original
Commandment still applies.

Using the events below, construct the plot "Thank You, Ma'm." -Mrs. Jones drags Roger to her house. -Roger wants blue suede shoes. -Mrs. Jones and...

The events
listed in the question about ' short story "" are in a different order than they
happen in the story. The fact that Roger wants the blue suede shoes
is what prompts him to try to steal Mrs. Luella Bates Washington Jones's
purse. When he tries to grab the large purse, the strap breaks and he falls
backward, thwarting his getaway plans. After scolding him, she begins to ask him questions. She
notices that he is not clean, and determines from his actions that he doesn't know right from
wrong.

" 'You ought to be my son. I would teach you
right from wrong. Least I can do right now is to wash your face. 'Are you hungry?' 'No'm,' said
the being-dragged boy."  

Mrs. Jones
drags Roger back to her house in a half-nelson. She makes him wash his face and
asks if he is hungry. Even though her methods are unorthodox, readers can make a reasonable
inference that Mrs. Jones is showing kindness to the boy by caring for his needs. She shows him
respect by asking his name and offering to make him a meal. Because of this kindness, and the
trust that Mrs. Jones places in the boy by going behind the screen and leaving the purse beside
him, he doesn't want to violate her trust. While Mrs. Jones is cooking them lima beans and ham,
Roger sits as far away from the purse as he can. When Mrs. Jones is
finished cooking on her gas hot plate, the two share a meal. After
they are done eating and chatting, Mrs. Jones gives Roger ten dollars to buy the blue suede
shoes. All he can manage to say is "Thank you, m'am," and then Roger
goes home.

Which forms of government keep the power for themselves and allow less of that power to be in the hands of the people?

It might be
more nearly correct to state that democracies in their several forms are the ONLY governments
that allow ultimate power in the hands of the people; in fact the name implies as much.
Dictatorships, autocracies, oligopolies, theocracies, etc. place power in the hands of the few,
or a single person. Ironically, with the exception of some of the Greek City-States, democracy
is historically an anomaly in governments. The common belief for many years was that the people
were incapable of competently governing themselves. Alexander Hamilton, in a letter to Robert
Morris commented:

It has been observed that a pure
democracy if it were practicable would be the most perfect government. Experience has proved
that no position is more false...

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What do Lady Capulet and the Nurse have to say about Paris in Romeo and Juliet?

likesvery much and thinks that he would be the perfect husband for . The little matter of love
doesn't enter in her calculations at all; in keeping with the prevailing custom, Lady Capulet
sees her daughter's forthcoming marriage as a strategic alliance between two noble
families.

On a personal level, Lady Capulet thinks that Paris is an
incredibly...

In a five paragraph cause and effect essay, discuss how Susie's parents react to her disappearance and the knowledge that she was murdered.

Like its
name, the cause and effect essay discusses the reasons or causes for something and the outcome
of this. In this particular example, you would be looking at the lead-up to her disappearance
and murder, as well as these effects on her parents. There are a couple of different ways that
you can structure a cause and effect essay, both of which start with an introduction paragraph
and end with a concluding paragraph. In the body paragraphs, you can discuss separate causes and
effects in each paragraph, or you can discuss the causes first and then transition into your
effects in the second half of your...

What does the word "petulantly" mean as it is used in paragraph 10 of The Necklace?

To be petulant means to
be rude in one's speech or behavior, and it can describe someone who is marked by a temporary or
unpredictable irritability produced by something seemingly small or insignificant. In the story,
Madame Loisel is provoked by the invitation that her husband has procured to a fancy party from
the Minister of Education and his wife.

Monsieur Loisel expects his wife to
be delighted, as she is someone who has always felt that she was destined to enjoy all the
luxuries and prestige that life has to offer and that only the circumstances of her birth and
marriage have kept her from them. However, she is upset, and she flings the invitation across
the table "petulantly"in a childish way. She is not grateful for his efforts; rather,
she is irritated when she ought to be happy and unpredictably peevish when she ought to be
grateful.

What are the pros and cons of the decision to use the atomic bomb?

While many
people would argue that there were cons to this decision, I would argue that most of the cons
were overridden by the pros.

One con that some might offer is the fact that
many people in Hiroshima and Nagasaki were killed by the bombs.  I would argue, however, that
many more Japanese would have been killed if it were not for the bombs.  If the US had had to
invade the Japanese home islands, the devastation would have been worse.  The US would surely
have bombed all major cities in Japan incessantly, killing more people than the atomic bombs
did.  The US would then have invaded and tremendous numbers of people would have been killed in
the fighting.

Another con is that it unleashed nuclear weapons on the world. 
However, it seems obvious that nuclear weapons would have come about even if the US had not used
them right then.  It may, in fact, be better that they were used when they were relatively weak
rather than later when hydrogen bombs and other more powerful weapons had been
developed.

The major pro is that the decision ended the war quickly.  This
saved countless numbers of lives, both American and Japanese.  The US military estimated that it
would face 1 million casualties if it had to invade.  Casualties on the Japanese side would
surely have been even greater.

The dropping of the atomic bombs was a
terrible thing, but an invasion would have been even more terrible.

In "Hills Like White Elephants" by Ernest Hemingway, how does the relationship between the man and the woman change?

At the start of the
story, the relationship between the man and the woman is very uncertain, because as we discover,
they have to decide on whether the woman is going to get an abortion or not. It is the man who
clearly wants her to have an abortion, and the woman who is unsure about this. However, what
changes during the course of the story is the way in which the man is completely unthinking
about what the girl is facing. He keeps on talking about the abortion,...

What happens when Nell and her grandfather stay overnight at The Valiant Soldier Inn because they are caught out in a thunderstorm?

When
the two wanderers end up at the Valiant Soldier Inn, Nell's grandfather sees a card game going
on at a table nearby. Being a compulsive gambler, he goes over there and cuts into the game
himself. Nell carries their traveling money, since she is the more responsible of the two of
them, but her grandfather uses what authority he has as an adult to make her give him everything
they have in her purse. Nell, being obedient, reluctantly complies; however, she is crafty
enough to hide some money on her person, so she can arrange for the two of them to have a room
for the evening.

Of course, Nell's grandfather loses their money as always.
That night, Nell has a hard time sleeping because a servant told her robbers prowl the inn. And
Nell does hear a man going about the room when she is in bed. However, the next morning, she
realizes the man was her own grandfather, robbing her so he could get more gambling
money.

This is an important illustration of Nell and her grandfather's
relationship. Though the grandfather is the adult and should be looking out for Nell, he gambles
constantly and acts in irresponsible ways, while Nell is forced to endure it because she is
still just a child.

What could be a thesis statement for the short story "The Open Window" by Saki?

One thesis
statement for an essay on the story could argue that "" typifies 's style in that he
is clever and unconventional, socially satiric, and surprising.

In his social
, Saki sometimes uses a young character who plays a practical joke upon a priggish and finicky
character such as Framton Nuttel. This young personage, such as Vera, is perceptive enough to
identify the adult's weakness and exploit it. Often the reader is caught unaware, as well as the
character who is satirized.

Vera, the young niece of Mrs. Sappleton to whom
Nuttel is to be introduced, exemplifies Saki's subtle satire since her name suggests truth
(veracity). When she learns that Mr. Nuttel has come to her area for a rest where he is not
acquainted with anyone, Vera takes advantage of his vulnerability and weaves her tale with just
enough veracity to convince Nuttel that it is true. She deceives him by supposedly explaining
the reason for the open window:

Poor aunt
always...

From The Epic of Gilgamesh, it is clear that Gilgamesh and Enkidu complement each other and have strong mutual feelings for each other. Are they a gay...

It is not
really implied in this poem that Gilgamesh and Enkidu are a gay couple. Certainly they are
extremely close, they come to share a very deep bond, and Gilgamesh is inconsolable at Enkidus
death. However, to suggest that they have some kind of homosexual relationship is probably more
reflective of modern critical trends than of the poem itself. Rather their relationship may be
characterized as a homosocial one, that is to say they share a very
close male friendship, as though they were brothers. This depiction of homosocial relationships
is common to the ancient heroic tradition: think of the friendship between Achilles and
Patrocles in Homers Iliad, where Achilles is similarly devastated by the
death of Patrocles and sets out to wreak revenge. The heroes of ancient epic, then, are often
portrayed as having a close male friend with whom they ride to battle and share all other manner
of dangers and adventures. Their bond is strengthened by all the activities that they share
together, but such relationships do not need to have a sexual element.

There
is more of a case for regarding Gilgamesh and Enkidu as being representative of the different
sides of the human psyche. Although there are some similarities between them, like their great
strength and bravery, the differences between the two are more noteworthy €“ and they are
consciously conceived as being opposites. Gilgamesh is the worldly-wise, cultured king, at the
very centre of human society whereas Enkidu lives out in caves far from human habitation and
among wild beasts, and himself appears as rough, hairy, completely unrefined. Gilgamesh
represents worldly knowledge, custom, and civilization; Enkidu is a savage, representing the
wilder, untutored side of the human psyche. In a word, he symbolizes nature. Yet these two come
together and form a powerful bond €“ they are not shown to be antithetical, but capable of
co-existence. Indeed, it goes further than that. The story of Gilgamesh and Enkidu shows how
really one is incomplete without the other. Their friendship represents a uniting of opposites,
and suggests that both are needed in order to lead a whole and rounded-out
existence.

In the novel Kindred, how does Margaret feel about Dana? How does she feel about Kevin?

Margaret is
an educated woman who is prone to passing judgements on those around her. She spends less time
in her consideration of Kevin than in her criticism of Dana. She sees that Kevin does not
conform to the black role, he is not...

How does the chorus's view of life and Gods differ from Jocasta's?

Thein
, much like the character , functions as an extension of the presence of
the gods in the world of the play. Like the seer, thewarns against , which is thematically the
downfall of man within the Theban trilogy. They consider the words of oracles to be of the
utmost importance and are all too aware that men must heed their words, kings most of all.


is rebellious, if not outright antagonistic, toward the will of the gods
and believes that the word of a seer is nothing against the power of the crown. Like her son,
her attempts to defy the prophecies of the gods are precisely what lead her to fulfilling them
entirely. Suffering the cruelestimaginable at the hands of the gods, Jocasta sees no recourse
but to end her own life.

In Never Let Me Go, why don't the "donors" in the story just escape? Why don't they just refuse to sacrifice themselves by giving away their organs?

The clones
don't think of escaping for the simple reason that this is not really a novel about clones or
bioethics. The point is that we just do. All of us. Most of us are not even aware that of the
inevitability of our fate. We just go on though we know that there is only one end. To read the
novel as sci fi is to misread. The entire premise is a symbolic one.

What are the key themes presented in chapter 28 of To Kill a Mockingbird?

The physical confrontation sets up a crucial
theme in the novel: Evil hides in the dark, trying to kill that which is
good. Bob Ewell has toldthat he would seek revenge against him for defending Tom
Robinson in the trial, but Atticus likely didn't foresee that Bob would seek out his children.
In the dark, Bob has attackedandwith every intention of killing them. Jem has been more badly
injured, and Scout is scared at first that he has died. Bob Ewell personifies evil: he has no
redeeming qualities in the story and only seeks to destroy goodness.

Another
theme that emerges is this: When times are tough, ordinary people can do
extraordinary things.has lived as a recluse in his house for many years. It is
clear through this scene that he has still been keeping an eye on the children who played games
in and near his yard, and he knew they were in danger on this night. Boo hides himself in the
woods and emerges just in time to save the kids from the danger of Bob Ewell. Boo kills Bob and
takes Jem home to Atticus. After this heroic act, he doesn't emerge from his house again. His
extraordinary bravery saves the kids's lives.

What does George Orwells quote in 1984 mean? "those that control the past control the future and those who control the present control the past."

This  answer
is simply pulling apart the quotation.   If you control the present, you are able to present
your version of the past because no one else is in control.  Only you will be able to frame the
past through your lens on history or the past.  If you can control the past, that allows you to
shape the future in your vision framed by what has happened in the past via your version.  For
example, if you see the laws governing pollution control as a good thing, you would present your
view that the laws should continue so that the earth is not poisoned with pesticides or the
chemical runoff of factories.  If you see the laws as a bad thing, your vision of the future
would be that the laws should allow businesses to do as they wish with waste products because
that would be good for their businesses and thus good for the country.   The laws would be
considered government interference and thus up for change.  The future would thus be much freer
for businesses without the regulations controlling what they do.  Now apply the same ideas to
politics itself, and you can see that the quotation applies equally to the business of politics
and the political party or people in control.  They can slant news releases to support their
versions of the future.

In Flowers for Algernon, why does Charlie argue with Professor Nemur?

is the title of a short
story and novel by . It was the inspiration for the Oscar-winning
1968 film Charly.

In all versions of the story, Charlie
Gordon is a man of below-average intelligence. Scientists experimenting with memory-improvement
techniques perform an experiment on him that increases his intelligence greatly, but which is
shown to decrease with time, leaving him with less aptitude than before.

Professor Nemur is the innovator of the memory-improvement techniques, and he intends
to use Charlie as the proof of his concepts. However, as Charlie's intelligence increases, he
starts to look at Nemur as a glory-seeking phony, too concerned with his own status to dig past
surface problems. They have an argument late in the book:

"...we had no control over what happened to your personality, and you've developed
from a likeable, retarded young man into an arrogant, self-centered, antisocial
bastard."

"The problem, dear professor, is that you wanted someone
who could be made intelligent but still kept in a cage and displayed when necessary to reap the
honors you seek. The hitch is that I'm a person."

He was angry, and I
could see he was torn between ending the fight and trying once more to beat me down.
"You're being unfair, as usual. You know we've always treated you well -- done everything
we could for you."

"Everything but treat me as a human
being."
(Keyes, Flowers for Algernon, Google Books)

Nemur thinks that Charlie should be all-grateful for the
improvement in his intelligence, and that his personality changes are not important. Charlie
thinks that he should be treated with more personal respect and not like a lab animal. Their
clash comes from the difference in opinion on fault; Charlie thinks that Nemur should have taken
more care to socialize him and give him the interpersonal skills necessary to get along with his
improved intellect, while Nemur considers Charlie's base intellect itself his only
concern.

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How does Big Brother and the Party's abuse of power affect Winston in 1984? Please be as detailed as possible.

Big
Brother and the ruling Party abuse power by eradicating individuality and requiring complete
orthodoxy from Party members at all times, which negatively impacts 's personal and public life.
As a member of the Outer Party, Winston works in the Ministry of Truth, where he fabricates and
alters historical documents to coincide with the Party's current policies. At work, Winston must
maintain his composure, behave in a completely orthodox manner, and hide his negative feelings
towards Big Brother. Winston is also forced to attend community events that honor Big Brother
and pretend to admire Oceania's fearless, omnipotent leader. Despite the fact that Winston
completely disagrees with the Party's policies and does not believe or accept their propaganda,
he is forced to act like he loves and respects Big Brother.

Big Brother also
negatively affects Winston's private life because he is prohibited from engaging in any personal
interests or embracing his individuality. Winston...

What are the nine most important things in the book in sequence in "Ender's Game"? i have mine i'd like to compare them to yours

9 things, huh?
And in chronological sequence?

The Buggers attack.

Mazer
Rackham beats them back.

Ender is conceived...

In Nature, what does Emerson mean when he talks about a "poetical sense" of looking at nature?

As always, it is
particularly important to look at quotations in context to help us be aware of what the author
is trying to say by including them in their writing. In this case, if we have a look at the
lines immediately after the quote you refer to, we can easily see the meaning that Emerson is
trying to attain through talking about the "poetical sense" of looking at nature and
the way that it contrasts with the normal human way of regarding the natural world:

It is this which distinguishes the stick of timber of the
wood-cutter, from the tree of the poet. The charming landscape which I saw this morning, is
indubitably made up of some twenty or thirty farms. Miller owns this field, Locke that, and
Manning the woodland beyond. But none of them owns the landscape. There is a property in the
horizon which no man has but he whose eye can integrate all the parts, that is, the
poet.

To look at nature with a "poetical
sense," therefore, is to see it in a way that "integrates" all of nature and does
not regard nature in a way that is purely functional or seen in relation to man's posessions and
interests. Emerson uses two examples where he talks about the wood-cutter who only sees a
"stick of timber," whereas the poet is able to see the "tree." He then talks
about farms that are measured and cut off from each other and owned by different families. The
poet is the only person, Emerson argues, who is able to "integrate" all of these human
divisions and see nature in its wonderful entirety.

In "Letter to His Son" by Robert E. Lee, how does Lee describe secession? In your own words, explain Lee's argument against secession.

In his
letter to his son, Robert E. Lee makes it clear that, although he's prepared to defend states's
rights, he does not believe that the best way to do that is through secession. He says that he
can imagine no greater calamity than the dissolution of the Union (which, ironically, is an
opinion he shared with Abraham Lincoln). Lee shares the grievances of most of his fellow
Southerners, but he believes that the best way to address them is through constitutional
means.

Secession is to be avoided primarily because it represents an attack
on the United States Constitution. Like most men of his time, Lee deeply revered the
Constitution, which he regarded as a depository of great wisdom. That being the case, it was
simply unacceptable for the Confederacy to undo the good work of the Founding Fathers through
secession. Seceding from the Union...

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How do Blanche's costumes demonstrate a different persona that effects her own tragedy? A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams

Soon after the opening of Scene One of , written byand first
performed on Broadway in New York City in December 1947, Blanche du Bois enters the stage
looking for the house where her sister, Stella, lives with her husband, Stanley Kowalksi.
Blanche is carrying a valise, and she's searching for a house number that matches the address on
the slip of paper in her hand.

In the stage directions, Williams describes
Blanche's appearance as "incongruous" with the poor, working-class neighborhood in
which she finds herself. She's dressed in a white suite with a fluffy bodice, and she's wearing
a pearl necklace and earrings and a white hat and white gloves, "looking as if she were
arriving at a summer tea or cocktail party in the garden district."

Williams makes an important remark in the stage directions that foretells Blanche's
tragic fate:

There is something about her uncertain
manner, as well as her white clothes, that suggests a moth.

In scene 2, after...

What is the climax and resolution of The Alchemist?

Throughout
the novel , Santiago is searching for treasure. Along the way, however, he
is learning lessons from a variety of teachers and is trying to understand alchemy and the
fundamental interconnectedness of all things. Theof the novel comes when he and the alchemist
who has acted as his teacher have been captured and are going to be killed unless Santiago turns
into wind. Focusing with all his might on the unified nature of reality, he manages to transform
and save them.

The book resolves itself as Santiago reaches his destination
alone and begins digging for treasure. He is accosted by thieves and is brutally beaten, but he
learns something in that moment. The leader of the thieves reveals that there is a Spanish
church that holds the treasure, which is supposedly used by shepherds and the homeless as a
shelter. This is the church from which Santiago started his journey, and now he knows to go home
and find the treasure.

How does Gregor's father react to his appearance in The Metamorphosis?

The best
word to describe Gregors fathers reaction in this moment is hostility. When Gregors manager
arrives, the entire family is trying to placate him and help Gregor retain his job. His
appearance frightens his manager, which enraged his father. Gregors father, incensed, forces him
back into the room, raging at him.

The transformation has not only affected
Gregor, but has impacted his entire family, as he is the sole breadwinner. This change upsets
his parents, in particular his father, because Gregor has been attempting to pay off his fathers
debts. The transformation has torn away their hope at getting out of their situation and enrages
Gregors father, which is why he reacts so violently and angrily. Gregor, unable to communicate
except with unintelligible growls and hisses, wallows in misery because he has disappointed his
family.

What are the 5 most important rights provided to citizens in a democratic state (captions and brief descriptions may be helpful here)? Include also a...

The right to
be educated is crucial in a democracy, since a democratic government cannot endure without an
educated populace. Free public education has always played a fundamental and vital role in
American society. If public education should truly fail, the country as we have known it can't
survive.

What new gifts do Jem and Scout find in the knothole in To Kill a Mockingbird? (There are five.)

In 's
, at the start of Chapter Seven,andfind other "gifts" left in the
tree.

First, there is a ball of grey twine. Scout tells Jem not to take it,
thinking it is someone's hiding place, but Jem doesn't think so. Next they find two images or
"statues" carved out of soap. One was a boy, and the other a girl: they could tell
because "she" was wearing a "carved" dress. Jem praises the workmanship,
saying he's never seen carving so good. Soon they realize that the figurines represent them: Jem
and Scout. Next an entire pack of chewing gum has been left in the knothole, and the following
week, there is a...

Why is the Odyssey about the journey more than the goal?

If the
Odyssey does not quite fit the maxim that the journey is the reward, the
journey nevertheless is the center of the story and the reason why we keep on reading. It could
be argued, too, that the journey is necessary for Odysseus to fully appreciate the reward of
arriving home to Penelopeand to acquire the self-discipline to deal with the home situation that
confronts him.

First, Odysseus's longing for Penelope is enhanced and his
love for her confirmed by his seven years with Calypso. By the end of it, he does not want to
stay with this tempting figure; he wants to return home to his true beloved, and Calypso is
forced to release him. Without this test through from another woman, Odysseusand his
audiencemight not have been as sure of his love for Penelope.

Penelope's love
for Odysseus is also tested through his long absence of twenty years as he journeys slowly home.
She proves her loyalty to him and her ingenuity in keeping other suitors at bay.

Odysseus also goes through a...

I am currently doing an assignment on apartheid laws. I chose the Separate Amenities Act. In an interview, what would be some good questions to ask...

The
Separate Amenities Act of 1953 codified much of apartheid into South African law. It made it
legal to exclude people from public spaces and to create separate facilities that did not need
to be of equal quality.

The purpose of an interview like yours is to get a
firsthand, if anecdotal, picture of what it was like living under this particular law. Consider
the following line of questioning.

Start off by asking some questions to
establish who the person you are interviewing is. How old were they during apartheid? Ask some
questions to establish who their family was and what socio-economic and racial communities they
were part of. This will place the interview in a better context.

Next, you
can ask for any specific stories of how this person was affected by these laws. It is always a
good idea to ask the interviewee to share stories, not just facts. This gives the interview a
more human feeling and makes it more relevant to others. It's also best to let the interviewee
do most of the talking and just ask clarifying questions.

You should ask
about how they felt about these laws. Also ask them if they know how others felt about it, like
friends, family members, and neighbors. Understanding how apartheid was perceived at the time is
great information to have.

You can end your interview with some questions
that ask the interviewee to do some reflection on the topic. What advice do you have for South
Africans today? What would you like people around the world to learn from your experience?
Questions like these remind people that the lessons from the past are still relevant in the
present.

can you differentiate the old generation from the new generation? Can you differentiate the old generation from the new generation?

This is
interesting.  It reminds me of the recent visit and converstions with my mother about discipline
and children.

My parents raised me fairly strictly.  As a result, their
example has influenced the way I try to raise my children - I confess I am almost 'Victorian'
which leads to a lot of stress and conflict.

Imagine my surprise when my
mother said that children were different these days and one needed different methods of
discipline.  The thought that struck me was that as much as we are influenced by the last
'generation', they in turn are influenced in turn.  I wonder if there is really in any value in
talking about generations as though they were unmutable and monolithic?

Did Mrs. Hale change as a character?

In
"Trifles," Mrs. Hale doesn't change as a character, but she gains a heightened
awareness of how she has failed her old friend Minnie Wright.

From the start,
Mrs. Hale is more sensitive to the "trifles" that the men dismiss and overlook. She
knows, for example, if the men do not, that the mess in the kitchen is not due to Minnie being a
poor housewife: she realizes from the start that it is a sign Minnie was under duress.

It becomes more and more evident from the small details that Mrs. Hale and Mrs. Peters
find that Minnie must have snapped and murdered her husband after he wrung the neck of her
beloved bird. As the facts of Minnie's isolation and desperation become clear, Mrs. Hale
remembers what a vibrant woman Minnie once was. As she grows more aware of Minnie's suffering,
she begins to realize she should have reached out more to her old friend. As she says:

Oh, I wish I'd come over here once in a while! That was a crime!
That was a crime!

What is Balance of Payments?

Balance of
payments is a term that refers to the net value of transactions that people in one country make
with people in another country or countries.  We tend to use the term balance of payments to
mean the same thing as balance of trade, but it is...

What oratorical devices does King use to add vitality and force to his speech?

King usesand metaphors
in order to really paint a picture with his words and to capture and keep his audience's
attention. Imagery is the use of words to convey sensory
experience, and metaphors are comparisons where one thing is said
to figuratively be another. For example, in a particularly salient example, King
states,

One hundred years [after the Emancipation
Proclamation was signed] the life of the Negro is still badly crippled by the manacles of
segregation and the chains of discrimination. One hundred years later the Negro lives on a
lonely island of poverty in the midst of a vast ocean of material prosperity.

This description draws a vivid visual image of a black man or
woman bound by heavy iron manacles and roped with chains, captive on a desert island, in want,
while he or she continues to see white people all around who have everything they need and more.
It also compares the racial segregation to manacles (after all, "separate but equal"
was never remotely equal) and...

Whose voice dominates "Girl" by Jamaica Kincaid?

As the
previous Educators have mentioned, it is the voice of a mother which dominates the narrative,
which is a . We know that it's more than likely a mother speaking, as opposed to a grandmother,
an older sister, or an aunt, due to the admonishing tone of someone who is worried that, if the
girl misbehaves, it'll reflect poorly back on her. The speaker also tells the girl how to iron
her father's khaki shirt and pantsa task that would have usually been performed by a
wife.

The other Educators have discussed the narrator's focus on propriety,
but the speaker also passes down key aspects of culture, particularly cuisine and home
remedies:

this is how to make a bread pudding; this is how
to make doukona; this is how to make pepper pot; this is how to make a good medicine for a cold;
this is how to make a good medicine to throw away a child before it even becomes a child . .
.

The repetition of "this is how" stresses to
the girl that there is a particular way to do something. This...

What is the message of the poem "To India My Native Land" by Henry Louis Vivian Derozio?

The
message of "To India My Native Land" is a simple one, yet one built on complex poetic
devises and one embedded in history and revealed through . To begin to understand the message of
the poem, first understand the history driving the dominantthat begins, "let me dive into
the depths of time."

In its glory days before British Empire and
colonization, India had a role of prosperity and power among pre European empire civilizations.
The antiquities and artifacts of India's "days of glory past" attest to the truth that
India was reverenced and metaphorically "worshipped as a deity" among other
civilizations.

With...

Explain the film Crash.

Adam Worcester

Crash explores racial and social tensions in Los Angelesand by
extension, Americathrough a story that follows a dozen characters through the use of
interlocking narratives. It starts with a car accident (hence the title), then works backward,
via flashbacks, to reveal how the lives of all involved in the collision, including police
personnel called to the scene, intersect in various ways.

Within this
context, the movie makes statements on relationships between...

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Explain briefly the themes of war in the poem "This is the Dark Time, My Love" by Martin Carter.

This poem,
written by Guyanese poet Martin Carter, was published in his 1954 poetry collection called
Poems of Resistance. Carter was a member of the People's Progressive Party,
which was anti-imperialist, engaged in a struggle to liberate Guyana from British rule. Carter
was imprisoned in 1953 on the suspicion of causing dissent against Britain and participated with
others in a hunger strike to oppose incarceration. The poem was written from his prison cell to
his wife, Phyllis.

The theme or message of the poem is that a war or struggle
for independence is a dark time in the life of a country and its people. The speaker describes
the beauty of Guyana as marred by the struggle: the sun is hidden and the red flowers bend down
in sorrow. The sun and the flowers act as metaphors for the sad souls of the people. The poem's
speaker says that now is:

the season of oppression, dark
metal, and tears.
It is the festival of guns, the carnival of misery

He expresses the current moment as a time of fear and uncertainty.
People are anxious, wondering who might come for them in the night. He describes the rule of the
British as the "boot of steel" that crushes the grass. He wonders if death is on the
horizon, either physical death or the death of the "dream" of freedom.

Carter's message is that that war brings sadness and fear.

How did the band Babes in Toyland contribute to rock music?

Put
together in 1987, the band Babes in Toyland contributed to rock music through advancing its
brand of punk music. The band was a lean configuration. It originally had four band members.
However, it did pare down to three members and it employed a hard-driving style to its brand of
punk rock. This female band, as a trio, consisted of Kat Bjelland on guitar, Maureen Herman on
bass, and Lori Barbero on drums.

Babes in Toyland originated in...

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What is D-Day?

D-Day is
June 6, 1944. It was on this day that the Allied invasion of France began in .

The Allies had a plan for defeating the Axis Powers in Europe and in North Africa.
First, the Allies wanted to liberate North Africa from Axis control. Then, the Allies would
invade Italy. The Allies also wanted to secure the Atlantic Ocean. With new technology such as
radar and sonar, we were able to...

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Please discuss the theme of saving Friday in Robinson Crusoe. what are the results of this saving

When Crusoe
rescues Friday, he is, in my opinion, acting for his own reasons and not to help Friday.  He
saves Friday only because he thinks cannibalism is evil, not because he cares about
Friday.

Then, when he has saved Friday, he makes him his...

How does Hawthorne illustrate hypocrisy in "Young Goodman Brown" of the Puritans? Nathaniel Hawthorne's "Young Goodman Brown"

, the
contrast between what is expected and what actually happens or is said, appears in its different
forms throughout Hawthorne's story, "."  In fact, even the title of this story is
ironic, representing from the beginning the hypocrisy often found in the Puritan. Here are some
examples:

• After telling Faith that he will just go out this one
  night, "With this excellent resolve for the future, Goodman Brown feels himself justified
  in making more haste on his present evil purpose."  In his Puritan sanctimony, Brown thinks
  nothing will happen to him when he attends the black mass in the forest.


• When the old man calls to him, Brown explains that "Faith kept me back a
  while."  At the end of the story, Brown, who has admitted to abandoning his faith, sees all
  others as faithless.
• Goodman Brown tells his...

  
  

Why is the stream-of-consciousness technique particularly appropriate for "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge"?

Stream of
consciousness is a literary technique that focuses on the flow of thoughts within the minds of
characters rather than objective linear narrative. The term was first described in The
Principles of Psychology by William James.

Consciousness, then, does not appear to itself as chopped up in
bits. Such words as "chain" or "train" do not describe it fitly... It is
nothing jointed; it flows. A "river" or a "stream" are the metaphors by
which it is most naturally described. In talking of it hereafter, let us call it the stream of
thought, of consciousness, or of subjective life.

The short story "" bytells of a Confederate sympathizer during the
American Civil War who has been captured by the Northern army and is condemned to be hanged as a
spy. As he stands upon a railroad bridge with his hands tied behind his back and a rope around
his neck, he thinks back to the circumstances that have brought him to this moment, and he even
fantasizes...

Please provide 4 key points regarding how location, geography and trade influenced fashion in Ancient Rome (Roman Republic-Roman Empire).

Located on the
Tiber River near the western coast of central Italy, the city of Rome is in an excellent
location to encounter numerous different cultures. During the first few centuries of Romes
recorded history, fashion would have been influenced by native Italian cultures, like the
Etruscans, who controlled several towns to the north of Rome. Images of Etruscan-made jewelry,
for example, can be easily found on the internet.

Besides being influenced by
local Italian fashion, the Romans would have also been influenced by the fashion of other
cultures around the Mediterranean region. As time went on, Rome began to add various provinces
to her territorial holdings. In 241 B.C.E., Rome acquired her first province. By 120 A.D., Rome
had more than 50 provinces. By the middle of the second century B.C.E., Greece had come under
Roman control and the Romans were fascinated by Greek culture. Roman women especially wore
garments, such as the peplos and chiton, that were influenced by the Greeks.

In the latter half of the first century B.C.E., Rome gained control of Egypt and this
African countries fashions and customs also influenced the Romans. We know of some Romans being
mummified and one Roman, Caius Cestius, even had a small pyramid built to house his remains
(this pyramid can still be seen in Rome). The Egyptian queen Cleopatra, the lover of Julius
Caesar and later Marcus Antonius, had some famous pearls. Speaking of pearls, these became a
highly desired part of Roman fashion accessories. Julius Caesar, in the mid-50s B.C.E.,
allegedly invaded Britain in search of pearls.

The Romans connection with
Egypt also brought them into contact with the famous Silk Road, which would have allowed the
Romans to acquire that wondrous fabric from China.

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According to Jonathan Edwardss sermon "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God," what is a constant threat to all human beings?

' sermon
was delivered to a congregation in Enfield, Connecticut during a time when it was widely
believed that many Congregationalists had become comfortable in their own salvation, and thus
insufficiently zealous. Edwards, like many other ministers often identified with the Great
Awakening, hoped to win back, or more accurately reinvigorate these lapsed church members. The
sermon itself was a comment on Deuteronomy 32:35, which read "Their feet shall slide in due
time," and Edwards' strategy was to portray man, inherently evil, as being constantly in
danger of immediate destruction:

There is no want of power
in God to cast wicked men into hell at any moment. Men's hands cannot be strong when God rises
up. The strongest have no power to resist him, nor can any deliver out of his hands. He is not
only able to cast wicked men into hell, but he can most easily do it. 

The only thing, Edwards averred, that caused God to forbear was his
mercy, and he emphasized that unless the members of the congregation turned to Christ, they
could be cut loose, like a spider hanging from a string, to descend into the pit of Hell. There
was, ultimately, hope, but first people had to understand how immediate the danger
was.

 

 

How is Lord Acton's famous quote, "Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely, applicable to George Orwell's Animal Farm?

Lord
Acton's belief about the corrupting nature of power can be seen in the political landscape that
defines .

One of the reasons why 's novel is so powerful
is because it is a study of political power. Whoever is in political control of the farm
displays corruption. As the novel opens, Farmer Jones is corrupt. He abuses and exploits the
animals because he can. No one is able to challenge his authority. Part of the reason why 's
appeal resonates with the animals is because he is right in expressing Farmer Jones's
corruption: 

And you hens, how many eggs have you laid in
this last year, and how many of those eggs ever hatched into chickens? The rest have all gone to
market to bring in money for Jones and his men. And you, Clover, where are those four foals you
bore, who should have been the support and pleasure of your old age? Each was sold at a year
oldyou will never see one of them again.

Jones is
corrupt...

Under what circumstances can a noncompete agreement be unenforceable?

In the
United States, unenforceability is determined if any or all parts of a noncompete clause or
contract is found to be "an unfair restraint on trade" (West's Encyclopedia
of...

In Nathaniel Hawthorne's "Young Goodman Brown," why might we see this allegory as an attempt by Hawthorne to atone for the sins of his...

Stephen Holliday

Hawthorne clearly wanted to distance himself from his hanging-judge ancestor, John
Hathorne, and he began that process by dropping the "w" from his last name.  Denying
one's name often signals a denial of family, and in Hawthorne's case, it is reasonable to
believe that he wanted to atone for his great-grandfather's actions by depicting the negative
effects of Puritanism on men and society.  Several of Hawthorne's short stories, including
"" and "," explore the disastrous sense of guilt on man's view of the
world.

Among the many things that Puritans feared, dreams were close to the
top of their list simply because dreams could not be controlled and, more important, left the
dreamer susceptible to the Devil's intervention.  If we can agree that Goodman Brown's journey
through the forest is part of a dream vision, then we can see that Brown's desire to explore his
dark...

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What does Winston's dream, with the girl with dark hair, mean?

The dream of
the dark-haired girl in the Golden Country who rips off her clothes with a defiant gesture
represents forhis desire to defiantly rip away his own pretense of conformity to the Party. He
feels no sexual desire for the woman in the dream. Instead, he experiences intense pleasure at
her gesture in becoming naked:

With its grace and
carelessness it seemed to annihilate a whole culture, a whole system of thought, as though Big
Brother and the Party and the Thought Police could all be swept into nothingness by a single
splendid movement of the arm.

As we know, Winston wants
very much to rebel against the system that oppresses him. He has started the process through
buying the diary and actually writing in it, an act he knows will probably lead to the death
penalty. The dream of the woman is a continuation of his thought crimes.

Interestingly, too, the dream very closely mirrors reality when he secretly meets
withfor the first time out in nature after they both listen spellbound to the song of a
thrush:

And, yes! it was almost as in his dream. Almost as
swiftly as he had imagined it, she had torn her clothes off, and when she flung them aside it
was with that same magnificent gesture by which a whole civilization seemed to be
annihilated.

It is no wonder that Winston falls in love
with this woman. She is almost literally his dream come true.

Do the arts have an important role within modern day Britain?

I would
agree with the other answer that the main role the arts play in modern Britain is to fuel
tourism, an important industry in that country. Britain is especially a premier home of
literature, having produced what is considered the greatest body of literature in the world, but
also contains great works of art and architecture. As the world's superpower and premier Empire
in the nineteenth-century, it gathered important art from all over the world into its museums
and great homes. The British Museum, for example, is home to such treasures as the Greek Elgin
marbles.

Tourists can also visit such sites as the homes of Virginia Woolf,
Jane Austen, the Brontes, the Wordsworths, Shakespeare, and morea list too exhaustive to
catalogue. It is home, too, to such architectural treasures as Saint Paul's cathedral
and...

Are the three unities observed in Oedipus?

As other commenters
have explained, the three unities described by Aristotle are the Unity of
Time (events should take place within a one-day period), the Unity
of Place (events should occur in one locale, not many), and the
Unity of Action (the drama should focus on one main plot only,
without any focus on subplots pertaining to other ).  

adheres to Aristotle's Unity of Time because the events of the play
occur within the space of one day. In other words,is approached by thesometime in the morning,
and by evening he has been exiled from Thebes. In fact, events really seem to occur as if in
"real time" on stage, though some actions do take place off-stage (e.g. 's
suicide) and are reported by a .

The play adheres to the Unity
of Place because everything happens on the palace steps. When Oedipus wishes to
speak with someone who is not...

What does Goodman Brown's pursuit of sin in "Young Goodman Brown" have in common with Alymer's quest for perfection in "The Birthmark"? How do these...

You may be
hard pressed to prove that young Goodman Brown is in "pursuit of sin" since his
aversion of it is what causes him to become a "stern, a sad, a darkly meditative, a
distrustful, if not a desperate man."

Yet the single-mindedness both he
and Aylmer share can in one sense be compared. Brown was a carefree, happy man until the
unfortunate night he...

What are words to describe Vera in "The Open Window"?

The
author describes Vera as being self-possessed. This would be about
the same as being poised,
relaxed, self-assured,
self-confident, and sophisticated. The
author emphasizes these qualities to prepare the reader and Framton Nuttel for a shock when she
fakes a look of dazed horror while staring out the open window.

The girl is
obviously intelligent, imaginative,
and creative. She is
shrewd about judging people. She is
cautious, as she shows by questioning Framton Nuttel before telling
him her story about the hunters being accidentally killed three years ago while walking on the
moor.

We can assume that Vera is bored
and restless. As a young girl in Victorian times she has no
freedom. She cannot go hunting with the men because that just wasn't done. She seems like
an avid reader. Since she
is bored and restless in her confinement in this big old house, she probably favors
escapist-type reading about travel and adventure. She must have gotten that story about the man
being pursued by pariah dogs from a book.

One of her outstanding character
traits is that she
is mischievous. She keeps
this trait a deep secret and pretends to be a polite,
well-bred, conventional young lady.
But underneath her self-possessed exterior, she is a young rebel.
She doesn't like being used as a substitute hostess, because she realizes that her aunt is
training her to become another dumb country housewife like herself--and Vera doesn't want to
become another Aunt Sappleton.

 

What is the black thing in "A Wrinkle in Time"?

The Black
Thing is the power of evil, even Evil itself.  L'Engle presents darkness as the absence of
light, rather than just nothingness.  Dark is totally opposite of light.  "The light shines
in the darkness, but the darkness has not understood it." (John 1:5)

Earth is presented as a "shadowed" planet, in which the darkness surrounds
it, but has not gained total control over it.  This is the cosmic battle of light versus
darkness, good vesus evil.  Mrs. Whatsit is presented as a star that has given up itself in the
fight against the dark.  Yet she has not been totally destroyed, because light cannot destroy
dark.

The ultimate manifestation of the dark is hate.  It is through love
that Meg is able to rescue Charles Wallace from the dark power of IT. "Anyone who claims to
be in the light but hates his brother is still in the darkness.  Whoever loves his brother lives
in the light, and there is nothing in him to make him stumble.  But whoever hates his brother is
in the darkness and walks around in the darkness." (I John 2:9-11)

The
planet Camazotz is a planet that has totally submitted to the dark.  There, darkness is
manifested by loss of freedom and individuality. What the people are is shrouded, as if in
darkness.  Shining the light on each person as an individual leads to
freedom.

What does Hawthornes parable show about how communities may treat those who are different or behave?

American
author(1804-1864) was deeply influenced by the Puritan legacy of New England. He was born and
lived out his life in this part of the country. His short story The Ministers Black Veil
(subtitled A ) was inspired by a real person who died about eighty years earlierReverend
Joseph Moody. Hawthorne explains this in a footnote on the first page of the story. Reverend
Moody wore a black veil as a life-long penance for having accidentally killed a friend in his
youth. Hawthorne writes in the footnote that his s reason for wearing a black veil is not the
same as Reverend Moodys. This initial clue helps the reader discover the symbolism of the veil
as the story unfolds.

It is also important to understand the meaning of the
subtitle A Parable." The word parable is derived from a Greek word for comparison. A
parable is a symbolic story that illustrates a moral lesson, and parables often appear in sacred
writings....

Describe Curzon. Explain what he says he fights for.

Curzon
is a young male slave in the book . His owner is Bellingham, but Curzon
enjoys a fair amount of freedom as compared to Isabel, who is worked to the bone by Madam
Lockton. Curzon is also an extremely well educated slave when it comes to knowing about politics
and the war. This works well for him since he spies for the Patriots against the Loyalists. He
even recruits other slaves like Isabel to help him spy. Curzon is also a passionate
American Patriot. He believes in the revolutionary cause to his core. He
even is unafraid to publicly call himself an American soldier.

Curzon is also
a devoted and caring friend to Isabel. He is one of the first characters to show her any
kindness, when he shows her the Tea Water Pump and takes her to the Lockton's household. He also
acquires food for the two of them, but he declares he isn't hungry when he sees how starved
Isabel is. Curzon is also the person that enlists Lady Seymour's help for Isabel after her
branding. His kindness greatly pays off, because Isabel risks her life and her freedom to break
him out of jail and get him out of the city.

Identify a key theme in Homi Bhabha's "The Commitment to Theory."

One theme
in Bhabha's writing is how the relationship between nations needs to be reconfigured to ensure
that there is a "commitment to theory."  In this case, the theory that is being
examined is whether that we have escaped the colonial or imperialist condition in which nations
relate to one another.  This theme takes on different forms, but drives the article.  Bhabha's
notion of exploring the relationship in which the theory of internationalism is merely used to
prop up "First World capital to Third World labor" is a part of this
exploration.

For Bhabha, the commitment to theory has become a new way to
pursue the ends of colonial control.  "The Other" has become relegated to a condition
in which control is being advocated through new and surreptitious means.  Bhabha's example of
the film festival in which the entry from India depicts the most hopeless and destitute helps to
enhance the condition in which "First world" nations feel little in way of reticence
to ensure that messages are communicated that suggest that national identities should be formed
in accordance with "Western" ideals.  The relationship between both "the
other" and those who benefit from this configuration is a significant theme in his
work.

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To what does Romeo compare Juliet in Act 1 Scene 5 of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet?

In Act I,
Scene V of 's, the young son of the patriarch of the Montague clan has
sneaked into the Capulet's formal ball along with his friend and cousinand friend .is determined
to observe Rosaline, with whom he is more than a little infatuated, but knows that the Capulet
estate is forbidden territory for a Montague. While immersed in the scene, Romeo spies a young
woman who makes him forget about Rosaline: . Upon first observing this beautiful young woman,
Romeo inquires of a servant, "What lady is that, which doth enrich the hand Of
yonder knight?" To the servant's declaration of ignorance, Romeo then makes the
following comment regarding the fair Juliet:

O,
she doth teach the torches to burn bright!

It seems she
hangs upon the cheek of night

Like a rich jewel in an
Ethiopes ear;

Beauty too rich for use, for earth too
dear! So shows a snowy dove trooping with crows, As yonder lady oer her fellows
shows.

Romeo succeeds in making Juliet's
acquaintance and the mutual attraction is immediate and intense, although Juliet plays coy in
the beginning. As the scene nears its end, Romeo makes the following comment to Juliet, in which
he compares himself to a pilgrim visiting a shrine:

This holy shrine, the gentle fine is this:

My lips, two blushing pilgrims, ready stand

To smooth that rough touch with a tender kiss.

So, in rapid succession, and withtrying desperately to convince
Capulet to expel this intruder, Romeo compares Juliet to a rich jewel and a holy shrine, in
addition to making other comments intended to convey the intensity of his feelings for the young
woman upon whom he has only just laid eyes for the first time. The intensity of his feelings for
Juliet, and her's for him, sets the stage for the fateful chain of events to
come.

Why weren't any American aircraft carriers sunk during the Pearl Harbor attack?

The reason
for this is that the US was very lucky.  None of its aircraft carriers were in harbor on the
date that Pearl Harbor was attacked.  This was just luck, not the result of any sort of
plan.

At the time of the Pearl Harbor attack, the US had three carriers in
the Pacific Fleet.  One was USS Enterprise.  This carrier was a mere 215 miles from Oahu when
the attack happened.  It was on its way back from a mission to Wake Island.  A second was
USS Lexington.  This carrier was on its way to Midway Island at the time of the attack.  The
final carrier was USS Saratoga.  This carrier was in San Diego at the time of the attack,
getting ready to take on airplanes to bring to Pearl Harbor.

Thus, by luck,
no US aircraft carriers were at Pearl Harbor to be sunk.

What are some quotes that prove Hester's daughter, Pearl, is a treasure and not a punishment to Hester?

Another important
place, I think, that showsas being a treasure to her mother rather than a punishment, is whenand
Pearl are leaving the governor's home.The governor and other town leaders have discussed taking
Pearl away from Hester so that Hester cannot corrupt the child with her own sinfulness; however,
Hester and the Reverendargue vehemently against taking this action.As the mother and daughter
leave, the governor's sister, , invites Hester to a witches' meeting in the woods with the Devil
that night.Hester asks Mistress Hibbins to explain to the Devil why she could not come, saying,

"I must tarry at home, and keep watch over my
little Pearl.Had they taken her...

What is the meadow? What does Kit think about the place?

Kit loves
the Great Meadows, those green, wide open spaces that remind her of home. Very little else in
Connecticut is reminiscent of Barbados, so this is a sight for sore eyes. It's also a place,
indeed the only place in Wethersfield, where Kit can feel like she truly belongs.

As Kit stands all alone in the midst of a sea of waving grass, her mind reaches back to
certain features of the Barbadian landscape she left behind; the sugar cane fields and the
endless reach of the ocean as it stretches out to the golden horizon.

It is
in the Great Meadows that Kit will first meet Hannah, the Witch of Blackbird Pond herself, whose
friendship will come to mean so much to her. It's also the place where Kit will teach little
Prudence Cruff how to read.

What are similarites and differences in context between George Orwell's 1984 and The Matrix?

The context of these
two texts is one that is used to shape so much of the theme, plot and character of the two
texts. 's classic is set very firmly in the year , though, asreflects, it is unsure as to
whether this is the actual year, or whether time itself has been mutilated and adapted by the
Party for its own purposes. Note what Winston tells the reader about the context of the novel,
however:

This, he thought with a sort of vague
distaste--this was London, chief city of Airstrip One, itself the third most...

What might the grandmother represent in the story "A Good Man is Hard to Find" ?

The grandmother
represents people who enjoy cultural privilege. She is white, and she is likely from an
upper-middle class background. As such, she has a very particular stance on the pastshe thinks
of it as a time when things were better; it was a time when people were trustworthy and shared
her values. It was a time when ladies acted like ladies (unlike her daughter-in-law, who wears
slacks), and men were "good" and well-mannered, polite and polished. In fact, she even
dresses up for a road trip because, just in case the family gets into an accident and she's
injured or killed, she wants people who see her body to know that she was "a
lady."

The grandmother is precisely the kind of person who would have
judged and imprisoned the Misfita poor, uneducated man who can easily be scapegoated because he
lacks much of the privilege the grandmother enjoys and has no one to fight for him. She might
have taken one look at him, in another situation, and never once considered his humanity, his
similarity to her. This is what makes her final epiphany, that they have more similarities than
differences, so shocking, and it explains the Misfit's comment that "she would have been a
good woman . . . if there had been someone there to shoot her every minute of her life."
She wasn't actually a "good woman," ironically, for most of her life; only in her
final moments were her priorities in order and only because she knew they were her final
moments.

How was Finny and Gene's friendship? A Separate Peace by John Knowles

In
concurrence with the statement that Gene and Finny do become friends at the end of the novel: 
Upon his return to Devon as he traverses the campus, Gene remarks,

Everything at Devon slowly changed and slowly harmonized with what had gone before. So
it was logical to hope that since the buildings could achieve this, I could acieve, perhaps
unknowingly already had acieved, this growth and harmony myself.

Having made this remark after reflecting that he has a "well-known fear"
preserved from his Devon days and that the couple of places he wants to see are "fearful
sites," the reader understands that Gene's early relationship with Finny was not a true
friendship, but one of rivalry and jealousy on the part of Gene.  For, Gene has feared and
distrusted Finny's noble nature that knew no pettiness.  Gene has projected, instead, his own
pettiness upon Finny so that he could feel justified in his performing above Finny in his
classes.  But, Finny did not care, so Gene could not be...

Please compare Hamlet's soliloquy at the end of act 4, scene 4 with act 2, scene 2.

The tone of 'sat the end of act 2, scene 2 is frantic. He is desperate to uncover the
truth about : "If he but blench, / I know my course." He is distraught that a mere
actor can bring tears to his eyes over the imagined actions of Hecuba, andsees himself by
comparison as dull and hesitant, seeming to be an actor in someone else's life.

Hamlet is pretty self-loathing in this speech, referring to himself as a
villian, a slave, hesitant, a
coward, an an ass. He feels simultaneously compelled
to act on behalf of his father's murder and unsure if he has the courage to do what is needed to
uncover the truth and then act on it. By the end of this soliloquy, he bolsters up his resolve
for action: "I'll have grounds / More relative than this. The play's the thing / Wherein
I'll catch the conscience of the king."

In act 4, scene 4, Hamlet has
emerged as a more steady voice. Here, he feels confident that "all occasions do inform
against [him] / And spur [his] dull revenge."...

From Coelho's The Alchemist, in what ways is the alchemist the most important character? He helps the boy through his adventure, but are there any...

The alchemist
can be considered the most important character in Coelho's novel not only because his name is in
the title, or because he shows Santiago how to achieve his Personal Legend and cross the desert
without being killed. The alchemist is the most important character because of what he
represents. He is the example of one who has already achieved his Personal Legend. He also
represents the possibility for the boy, as well as the reader, to fulfill the measure of his
creation. The measure of one's creation can not be fulfilled unless a transformation happens,
though. For example, Santiago's transformation takes him from being a simple, inexperienced
shepherd to a spiritually mature and transformed being. The boy could not have achieved this
without paying attention to what he learns about alchemy. Plus, the alchemist knows what the boy
must suffer and endure in order to transform...

Based on Liza's feelings for Higgins and Freddy, does Pygmalion suggest that true love is possible and good, and why does Liza marry Freddy?

While gender roles is a major theme within Shaw's , true love and
romance are not, they are, it would seem, minor themes embedded mostly in Freddy's relationship
to the overall play. The more important themes that relate to Liza and Higgins are gender roles
and the idea of personal transformations in accord with ubermensch ("superman"). 
Having said that, Shaw does introduce a subplot of romantic and true love into
Pygmalion that is emphasized by Freddy's love for Liza.

In Pygmalion , Shaw has let it be known from the outset with the
two confirmed bachelors, Higgins and Pickering, that his characters will act out of consistent
accord with their natures, as Higgins points out about himself in Act V, saying "I can't
change my nature." Therefore all audience/reader hope of a miraculous change for Higgins or
for Liza--who from scene one has demonstrated strength of mind, of will, of independent
determination--is foretold as being a...

A quiz consists of 10 multiple-choice questions, each with 4 possible answers. For someone who makes random guesses for all of the answers, find the...

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The minimum passing grade is `70%` means at least `7`
questions must be answered correctly. At least `7` means exactly `7` or exactly `8` or exactly
`9` or exactly `10.` All these possibilities are mutually incompatible, so we'll sum up their
probabilities.

The probability of answering each questions correctly is
`1/4,` incorrectly is `3/4.` Denote the number of...

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What literary devices could I use to trace the theme of paralysis throughout "Eveline"?

Joyce
uses stream-of-consciousness to convey 's mental paralysis. By entering into her troubled mind,
we're able to follow her thought processes as she veers back and forth between deciding to
remain with her family in Ireland or heading off to Argentina with her lover, Frank. Right up
until the end of the story she's unable make a firm decision, her mental paralysis neatly
encapsulated by the incredibly powerful pull that her selective memories of the past have upon
her.

But in the end, stream-of-consciousness can only get us so far.
Eveline's not really thinking of anything as she stands there on the quayside, rooted to the
spot while Frank sails off into the distance for a new life on the other side of the world, a
life which Eveline could've had if only she weren't so stuck in the past.

factor polonomyial in quadratic form this one `6x^5 - 51x^3-27x` ``

`6x^5 -51x^3
-27x`

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`==gt 3x(...

What is Juliet's appearance in Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet?

We are not
told much by Shakespeare about 's appearance, but may be able to
surmise a few things.

One thing we know for sure
is that she is very, very young. She is presently thirteen and will
soon be turning fourteen.  One place we are told Juliet's age is whenasksfor Juliet's hand in
marriage, apparently not for the first time, and we see Capulet respond by saying, "She
hath not seen the change of fourteen years; / Let two more summers wither in their pride,"
meaning that she is just barely fourteen, and he wants her to wait until she is sixteen to
become married (I.ii.9-10). Since we know that Juliet is still very young, we know that most
likely she still looks very young. She may
have a fully developed figure; she may not. We know she is very beautiful, but due to her age,
her face probably also still looks very
childish.

We may also be able to surmise some things about her
looks based on the thingssays about her. For example, he is frequently saying how
brightly she shines. We might be able to deduce from this that she has
fair coloring, including fair skin; bright, blond hair; and fair
eyes, but we must also remember that this is set in Italy, and most Italians have dark coloring.
If we don't want to deduce that she has fair coloring, we can at least deduce that she must have
very fair skin. We see Romeo allude to Juliet's brightness the very
first time he sees her. For example, he declares, "O, she doth teach the torches to burn
bright!," meaning that she is brighter than even the flames on the torches emitting light
and therefore teaching them how to burn (I.v.46). Hence, since Romeo frequently refers to her as
bright, we can deduce that, even if she is not blond, she most likely has very
fair skin.

Who is more responsible for the tragic events in Macbeth, Macbeth or Lady Macbeth?

In
Shakespeare's time, women were generally considered weaker than men and were supposed to act as
helpers to their husbands rather than initiating action independently. This is reflected in Lady
's plea "Come, you spirits/ That tend on mortal thoughts, unsex me here ..." Although
Ladydoes steel herself to plot with her husband and strengthen his resolve, she does not
actually kill anyone and eventually is driven insane by guilt and commits suicide.

Macbeth, on the other hand, voluntarily listens toand does the actual act of killing ,
gives orders to have his friendkilled, and evolves into an evil tyrant, with his better
qualities completely subsumed by his ambition. Whilegives bad advice and counts as a
conspirator, the actual culprit is Macbeth and thus he is more responsible. In fact, appropriate
masculine behavior of his period would have dictated that he not listen to the witches or his
wife but instead follow a strict moral and...

What two leaders emerge after the rebellion in "Animal Farm?"

After
the animals succeed in driving Mr. Jones from the farm, and
emerge as the two opposing leaders. Snowball forms numerous
committees and begins making elaborate blueprints for a windmill. Snowball wishes to
industrialize the farm and plans for the windmill to generate electricity, which will
dramatically improve the standard of living on the farm. Despite Snowball's enthusiasm for
constructing a windmill, Napoleon opposes his plans and even urinates on the blueprints.
Napoleon is a less charismatic pig than Snowball but has a method of intimidating animals in
order to get his own way. Napoleon believes that food production should be the main focus of the
farm and rejects Snowball's political agenda. During an assembly in which the animals are
supposed to vote on the issue, Napoleon usurps power by instructing his ferocious dogs to chase
Snowball off the farm. After Snowball flees the farm, Napoleon begins to rule as a tyrant and
conditions onrapidly deteriorate.

What are the five main reasons that people of color are over represented in the criminal justice system? Of what significance is the difference...

First of
all, when your question says the five main reasons, it sounds as if you might be expected to
provide a specific list of reasons.  I suggest that you consult your textbook and/or lecture
notes to find this list.  Different people will have different lists of reasons for this
phenomenon.  Let us look at some explanations that some people have given.

Some people argue (though this is generally considered to be a racist argument) that people of
color are simply more prone to criminality.  It is clear that more people of color are arrested,
and some...

How does Oedipus treat those who are reluctant to obey him throughout the play and what does this tell about Oedipus character?

This
question focuses on the central flaw in the character of . In many ways, he is an admirable
leader. He is intelligent, hard-working, and devoted to the good of his subjects. His actions
illustrate the central qualities of a good king. however, as is usually the case with tragic
protagonists, his character has one central flaw, namely arrogance. He is overly aware of his
own combination of physical and intellectual gifts and too much in love with his own abilities
and authority. This means that he is very bad at listening to others and this is a key element
in his downfall.

First, he refuses top listen to , reacting to Creon's quite
sensible suggestions with paranoia. rather than thinking about what Creon has to say, Oedipus
takes any suggestions from Creon as evidence that Creon is trying to usurp his
authority.

The prophetis an even more important example of Oedipus' failure
to listen. Teiresias is a religious authority and his words reflect the will of
Apollo...

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In Ernest Hemingway's short story "Hills Like White Elephants," what is the couple's probable final decision?

At the very
end of his short story ,fails to make absolutely clear the decision that the couple finally
make: do they plan to have an abortion (as the man desires) or do they plan to have the baby (as
Jig seems to desire)?  The closing paragraphs of the story provide no unambiguous evidence
either way:

He picked up the two heavy bags and carried
them around the station to the other tracks. He looked up the tracks but could not see the
train. Coming back, he walked through the bar-room, where people waiting for the train were
drinking. He drank an Anis at the bar and looked at the people. They were all waiting reasonably
for the train. He went out through the bead curtain. She was sitting at the table and smiled at
him.

Do you feel better? he asked.

I feel fine, she
said. Theres nothing wrong with me. I feel fine.

Jigs
very last words are clearly ironic: she does not feel fine. Whether they
are deliberately ironic and self-consciously sarcastic is another question. She may simply be
exhausted and compliant. Hemingway effectively leaves the ending of the story ambiguous so that
readers will have to think for themselves and decide what they think the couples future will
be.

If one had to predict their future, a good case can
be made that the American does get his way. Some reasons for making this assumption include the
following:

• He has gotten his way, apparently, all throughout their
  relationship up to this point.
• Jig seems, by this point in the story, to
  have lost her desire to fight. She even smiles at the man, although whether that smile is
  sincere or forced is another point of uncertainty.
• The man does move the
  bags to the other side of the station €“ the side where the train will be arriving.  He seems to
  assume that Jig will board the train and go on to Madrid, as planned. Whether she will actually
  have the abortion once she gets there is yet another question that Hemingway leaves open. It is
  entirely possible that they will have another argument after they board the train or after they
  arrive in Madrid.
• Jigs final comment €“ I feel fine €“ can be read as a
  sign of resignation and defeat.
• Despite his claims, it seems unlikely that
  the man will support any decision by Jig to have the baby. Therefore Jig will have to decide
  whether she is willing to be an unwed mother without a supportive and loyal male and without a
  dedicated father of her child. Given all the pressures she faces, it seems reasonable to assume
  that Jig succumbs to the man one more time.

 

 

 

 

 

If information is the blood in an organization, every manager should have it. Discuss this statement.

Information
is often referred to as the lifeblood of the organization, because the firm needs it to survive.
For example, if an organization didnt have data on the market, it wouldnt know what the
consumers want. As a result, the organization wouldn't be able to make any profit on
sales.

In most organizations, there are three levels of management:
low-level, middle-level, and top-level. All these managers need information for them to do their
work more effectively and steer the organization forward. Top-level management is in charge of
general decision-making and formulation of strategies and objectives. They communicate that
information to middle-level managers.

The middle-level managers use that
information to set objectives for their departments and pass it on to low-level
managers.

Low-level managers include foremen and line bosses. These managers
use the information to assign roles and responsibilities to employees. Low-level managers are
responsible for strategy implementation and execution of the firm's
objectives.