What is the limit x-->0 (sqrt(1+x)-sqrt(1-x))/x ?

You should
substitute 0 for x such that:

`lim_(x->0) (sqrt(1+x) - sqrt(1-x))/x =
(sqrt(1+0) - sqrt(1-0))/0`

`lim_(x->0) (sqrt(1+x) - sqrt(1-x))/x = (1-1)/0
= 0/0`

The indetermination 0/0 could be solved using l'Hospital's
theorem...

If a regression analysis was to be completed on body mass index (BMI), what could be an independent variable in that analysis? Why? If we could, what...

A logical
independent variable to use in regression analysis on BMI might be a measure for class, such as
annual family income. As class has an intense affect on people's ability to access healthy food,
it can easily be tied to various health outcomes, such as BMI. Other independent variables might
include number of home-cooked meals eaten per week versus fast food versus restaurants, a
variable to measure time spent working out, and possibly a dummy variable or some other way of
indicating whether respondents are following an intentional diet.

Examining
the R^2 value from the regression analysis would show the extent to which the model explained
BMI among respondents.

It should be noted that BMI is a highly controversial
measure. Many challenge the extent to which it is backed by any real data and argue that it
simply social prejudice against heavier people in the language of science. It is commonly argued
that it is a flawed measure that fails to take into account the natural variance in body types /
builds and furthers already unhealthy cultural attitudes that idealize thinness even when the
steps necessary to take it are unhealthy. This points to a general lesson about statistics:
they're only as useful as the values they measure, and without a critical understanding of what
you're measuring, you risk unhelpful interpretations of your data.

What is the diction of short story (Young Goodman Brown) ? The author's choice of words??

This is a
fairly big question -- broadly considered,means word choice, and author's obviously choose
thousands of words when they write stories.  What you are actually being asked to consider, I
think, is  to give examples of specific diction that enhance the meaning of the story
or contribute to the overall effect of the story. By considering it this way, you
have a more focused purpose to your analysis.

With that in mind, you should
think about what this story is about or what it means.  It is a story of a young man who is
tempted to a meeting of witches being held in the dark forest.  He leaves his wife and takes
this journey with much trepidation, and in the final moment of the meeting decides to turn away
from the devil's promises and return to town.  Unfortunately, the experience leaves him
embittered and cynical.

Here are a couple of examples...

How did the federal governments response to the civil rights movement change from 1957 to 1964?

Nineteen
fifty-seven was the year in which the first Southern public school was integrated. Central High
School in Little Rock, Arkansas was integrated by nine black teenagers, upon the orders of the
Supreme Court which had decided that segregation in public schools was a violation of the
"equal protection" clause in the Fourteenth Amendment (Brown v. Board of
Education of Topeka, Kansas) in 1954. The Court had also ordered the integration of
Southern schools "with all deliberate speed" in 1955 (Brown v.
Board II).

President Dwight D. Eisenhower had appointed
Chief Justice Earl Warren, formerly the governor of California, to the Supreme Court. Warren had
secured a unanimous decision on Brown v. Board. Due to the importance of
states following national laws, Eisenhower demanded that Arkansas governor Orval Faubus
cooperate with the integration of the school and warned Faubus against using Arkansas National
Guard troops to hinder the progress of integration. Faubus claimed to worry that integration
would only spark violence. Eisenhower's attitude was less about direct activism than ensuring
obedience to federal law.

In 1960, John F. Kennedy was elected. Kennedy was
less concerned about civil rights than he was about international policy, particularly the
spread of Communism, which resulted in his disastrous attempt to overthrow Castro in Cuba in the
Bay of Pigs incident and the United States's initial involvement in Vietnam.

Civil rights leaders' relationship with the Kennedy Administration was ambivalent. They
were aware of being wire-tapped by Robert F. Kennedy, who served as attorney general.
Furthermore, Kennedy seemed sympathetic to civil rights but failed to express any direct concern
until he witnessed the reaction in Birmingham, Alabama to protesters from the Southern Christian
Leadership Conference (SCLC) in April 1963. This prompted Kennedy to deliver the Civil Rights
Address and to lay the groundwork for the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

Kennedy was assassinated on November 22, 1963, leading to Lyndon B. Johnson's
presidency. It is possible that the Civil Rights Act may not have passed through Congress if it
were not for Johnson's skillful maneuvering. Nicknamed "Master of the Senate" during
his years as a senator from Texas, Johnson was adept at securing the passage of legislation that
was otherwise difficult to get through Congress. As president, he resorted to every possible
technique to secure passage of key legislation.

In the early 1960s, Congress
was still overwhelmed by the conservative coalition, which included a group of long-term
incumbent Southern Democrats who were hostile to civil rights. Though they encouraged Johnson to
wait on the passage of the civil rights bill, Johnson refused and signed it into law once he got
his majority. However, upon signing the bill, he famously said that, with the stroke of his pen,
the Democrats would lose the South forever. He was right. Southern states have since been
solidly Republican in every presidential election.

Referring to the Battle of Britain in 1940 , Winston Churchill said "Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few."...

There are two
aspects to this statement.

First, why was so much owed to these people?  This
was because the people Churchill was referring to (the RAF) had prevented the invasion of
Britain by Germany.  If the Luftwaffe had succeeded in destroying the RAF and in doing more
damage to England, Germany might have been able to invade.  This would have devastated England.
 Therefore, many people were benefited by the battle.

Second, why were there
"so few" who were owed?  This is because the Battle of Britain was fought by a
relatively small group of fighter pilots.  They, along with the support staff who maintained the
airplanes and used radar to direct them to the battles, were the only ones who really
participated in the battle.

What is the difference between liberalism, conservatism, and radicalism? political science.

Liberalism, as the
term is generally used within political science (its common language use in the United States is
somewhat different), is a political ideology that envisions relaxed government intervention in
both the social and economic spheres. In party politics, liberal parties - such as Germany's
Free Democrats and Finland's Centre Party - often congregate within the Liberal
International.

Conservatism, as the term is generally used, is a political
ideology that envisions relaxed government intervention in the economic sphere accompanied by
proactive government support for the maintenance of certain traditional cultural values. In
party politics, conservative parties - such as the United States' Republican Party and the
United Kingdom's Conservative Party - often congregate within the International Democrat
Union.

Radicalism is an ideology that supports a fundamental restructuring of
the social and political order. Within international relations specifically, radicalism is often
used interchangeably with Marxism, though in its most general sense it can include both
left-radicalism (communism) and right-radicalism (fascism).

The differences
between these three ideological approaches is, therefore, one of constants. Liberalism and
conservatism support the basic continuity of the political and social order while radicalism
calls for its complete upending.

In "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God," what is the writer's main purpose?

s main goal
in writing and delivering his sermon was to persuade people to love God and give their hearts
to him.  If they do this, Edwards believes they can be saved.

Before the
Great Awakening (of which Edwards was a part), many religious Americans believed in
predestination. They believed God had already decided whether they were going to Heaven or Hell
and that there was nothing they could do to change their fate. Preachers of the Great Awakening
disagreed. They believed people deserved to be damned but could save themselves by accepting
Gods love and loving God in return. 

The main purpose of Edwardss sermon is
to convince the people who are listening that this is true. He warns them about how they are in
danger of going to Hell, and claims they would completely deserve that fate. He says, there is
an opportunity for them, though; they can accept God and improve their chances for salvation.
Edwards tells his listeners that God has given them

an
extraordinary opportunity, a day wherein Christ has flung the door of mercy wide open, and
stands in the door calling and crying with a loud voice to poor sinners.

He tells them that many other people have already accepted Gods
love and that their

hearts [are] filled with love to him
that has loved them and washed them from their sins in his own blood, and rejoicing in hope of
the glory of God.

He urges them to do the same so they
might be saved as well and be able to live with God in Heaven. His main goal in this sermon is
to get people to accept Gods love and to love him back so they can be saved from
damnation.

Was Napoleon for or against the French Revolution? Thanks

You could
argue this both ways.

Napoleon was clearly a part of the French Revolution. 
He participated in the Revolution and was an ardent Jacobin.  He is also known for having
defended the new government against conservative rebels in the battle in Paris on 13
Vendemairie.  So, in this sense, he was clearly a supporter of the Revolution.

However, you can argue that he was not, in the end, a supporter of the values of the
Revolution.  Napoleon did not, after all, bring about a system of "liberty, equality, and
fraternity."  He did not create a democratic system once he was in power.  Instead, he
created another monarchy with himself at its head.  In this way, he did not really support the
Revolution.

Overall, then, it depends on what it means (to you) for someone
to be "for" or "against" the Revolution.

In what ways does the Party employ technology? Another version of the question: How does technology affect the Partys ability to control its...

I believe the
Party uses technology mainly as a way to control its citizens.  It does this by using technology
for surveillance and for propaganda.

The main image of technology in
is, to me, the television screen.  These screens are two-way things that
allow some one to watch everyone who has a screen all the time.  We also know that the Party can
plant microphones in various places.  If you never knew when the Party was watching you or
listening to you, I would think that would control you a lot.

The Party also
uses the screens and movies for propaganda.  It uses them, for example, in the Two Minutes
Hate.  This sort of use affects the way people think.  That helps the Party control them as
well.

According to Goldstein, for what reason do the three superpowers prefer continuous warfare to peace?

As was
mentioned in the previous post, continuous warfare is necessary for each of the superpowers to
destroy the surplus of production. Before the atomic war, citizens lived in a society where they
had the ability to gain wealth. With wealth came new opportunities to learn, advance, and
realize that there is no need for an elite class. The problem became how to keep the wheels of
production turning without increasing the wealth and well-being of the population. The solution
was constant warfare. During war, citizens freely give power to the elite class to ensure their
security while necessary destruction is accomplished. Continuous warfare also keeps the citizens
of the superpowers in constant psychological distress. Through anof hysteria, the population is
easily controlled....

Why is Mr. Knightley confident that Mr. Elton won't choose Harriet in Emma?

Mr.
Knightley tellsquite forcefully that whatever she might think, Mr. Elton will not marry Harriet.
First, he notes that Harriet is the illegitimate daughter of nobody-knows-who. Being
illegitimate is a stain in this society that a man of Mr. Elton's stature is unlikely to want to
bear. Further, as Mr. Knightley points out, Harriet has no dowry and there is no sign that her
family, whoever they are, wish to elevate her status above that of a border at Mrs. Goddard's
School.

Mr. Knightley also informs...

Summarize the major similarities and differences between the forms of drama, poetry, and the short story.

The
essential difference betweenand drama as genres was first articulated in Plato's Republic and
then fleshed out in Aristotle's Poetics, despite fiction per se not having been invented (the
generic distinction for Plato would have been epic vs. drama). Drama uses imitation by means of
direct mimesis -- actors in stage pretend to be characters -- whereas fiction and epic imitate
their objects by means of a mixture of diegesis ( or narration in the voice of a person talking
about the action) and direct imitation.

In antiquity, both epic and drama
used verse rather than prose. The presence of meter only became central to the concept of genre
with the invention of the ancient novel in the second sophistic. After the invention of extended
fictional prose narrative, literary genres began to be distinguished by rhythmical form as well
as mode of imitation:

Drama: in verse or prose is still defined as a mimetic
genre

Fiction: is prose narrative

Epic: long narrative
poems

Lyric: shorter, often non-narrative poems

 

 

 

 

 

 

In "1984" why does Winston rent the room above Mr. Charrington's shop, even though he knows it's dangerous? Chapter 4, Book 2

rents
the room above Mr. Charrington's antique shop as a place for him andto carry out their affair.
In chapter 4, Winston walks into his rented room and is aware that he will be arrested or killed
in the near future by the authorities.writes,

Folly,
folly, his heart kept saying: conscious, gratuitous, suicidal folly. Of all the crimes that a
Party member could commit, this one was the least possible to conceal (172).

Despite the consequences of his crime, Winston feels an inherent
desire to experience privacy and affection. Winston also needs a respite from the terrifying,
stressful, hysterical environment created by Big Brother and wishes to satisfy his sexual
desires. In Winston's perspective, Mr. Charrington's rented apartment provides him with privacy
in a relatively hidden part of town. Winston also knows that he has nothing to lose, which is
another motivating factor as to why he chooses to rent the apartment. He has already committed
"thoughtcrime" numerous...

What are the characteristic features of poetry during the Romantic Movement?

Three chief
characteristics of Romantic poetry during the Romantic movement of the late eighteenth and early
nineteenth century are the following:

An emphasis on
emotion: The Romantics are best known for writing lyrical poetry, verse which
expresses strong emotions. Romantics are poets and writers who primarily want you to know how
they feel. They are less interested in the rational than the emotional, the
spiritual, and the fanciful. As Wordsworth wrote in his Preface to Lyrical
Ballads:

poetry is the spontaneous overflow of
powerful feelings: it takes its origin from emotion recollected in tranquillity

An emphasis on the common person: the
Romantics wanted to show ordinary, everyday people in the most positive light possible. This was
a departure, as much of poetry up until this point focused on aristocrats and famous
peoplegenerals, kings, and heroes. Common farm people and laborers, when included, were often
treated with contempt or ridicule. Poets like Wordsworth, however, showed the virtues in the
simple and honest lives of the poor. Today, Wordsworth would write poems showing the beauty and
wisdom of those we might write off as rednecks or trailer trash.

An emphasis on nature: the Romantics admired nature. They
most often found it purer than civilization. They saw it as a way humans could be in touch with
and renewed by the divine force that created the natural world and which human society had
corrupted. Much of their poetry exalts the beauties and the spiritual aspects of the natural
world.

Is "Young Goodman Brown" an Initiation Story? Nathaniel Hawthorne's "Young Goodman Brown"

According to
Litweb glossary, an initiation story is "one in which a character--often a child or young
person--first learns a significant, usually life-changing truth about the universe, society,
people, himself or herself."

While 's initial state is somewhat altered
by his witness of the Black Mass in the dark forest where he "loses his Faith" and he
becomes confirmed in the belief of the depravity of man and his impossibilty for redemption,
Brown does not learn a significant truth about either others or himself.  Rather, he is simply
initially deluded about himself; then, after his experiences, he
continues this delusion. The ambiguity
of the conclusion of the experience in the forest underscores the continuing ambiguity in the
mind of Brown about himself as a Christian.

Returning to the expostion
of...

If George Orwell wrote 1984 as a warning, what is it that he warns us about?

In ,warns his readers of mankind's potential to destroy what makes
us human. This destruction of man's humanity is accomplished by different means:

• Totalitarianism

One a socialist,became disillusioned with this ideology after living the life of a
wandering socialist. When he witnessed what occurred under the Stalin regime, Orwell felt he
should alert people to the dangers of the oppression that communist regimes wield. 

The proles are examples of the poor people who are virtually thrown away. The others
are watched by Big Brother. Big Brother also exemplifies Orwell's concern that technology could
be used against people's individual...

• 
  

Why doesn't the weather affect Scrooge in Charles Dickens's novel A Christmas Carol? Why doesn't the weather affect Scrooge in Charles Dickens's novel

Not only is
the miserly Scrooge impervious to the needs of fellow humans, but he is also insensitive to the
deprivations of Nature itself.  Indeed, this description of him is symbolic.  Scrooge is not
fully human.

Explain the importance of having a non-technical SLA constructed as part of the service contract. Who are the intended users of a SLA and how is it...

At a high
level, the primary intent of an SLA is to level-set expectations between supplier and buyer and
tie said expectations to specific metrics (i.e. downtime, response time, etc.). From the buyer
standpoint, the SLA outlines the level of service that the supplier will provide and also detail
the remedies/penalties should the supplier not provide the outlined level of service.
Conversely, from the supplier standpoint, the SLA, if well-written, clearly details what the
supplier will be providing (i.e. the service) and protects them from overreach by the
buyer.

The primary components of an SLA are:

1. Quality Metricsan SLA needs to clearly and crisply detail the when/what/how much
   service will be provided as part of the overarching services agreement. This can be accomplished
   via the creation of agreed-upon quality metrics and their respective thresholds (i.e. downtime
   less than 99.99%). Agreeing upon the metrics ahead of time and covering as many of your bases as
   possible will save significant headaches down the line.
2. Communication
   Channelsit is important to clearly define how communications regarding service level will be
   made between the two parties. This ensure that both parties are able to appropriately respond to
   requests / concerns by having the correct personnel involved and also creates a paper trail
   should there be a dispute down the line.
3. Penaltiesthe penalties (typically
   financial) for supplier non-performance, and the process for disbursement (i.e. straight cash
   payment, discount off of next period's service payment, etc.) must be clearly
   defined.
4. Dispute resolutionif it's not addressed in the over-arching
   services agreement, defining the process for dispute resolution is paramount. Because of the
   high-cost of litigation this is especially key if there's an imbalance in the size of the two
   parties.
5. To wrap up, everyone benefits from having a strong SLA. It ensures
   that everyone is on the same page, and gives both parties something to point to throughout the
   life of the agreement.

What were the advantages and disadvantages of fighter planes in WWI?

Aerial
warfare was still in its infancy in WWI, the airplane having been invented only fourteen years
prior to the start of the war. One of the greatest disadvantages to fighter airplanes was the
pilot's inexperience. Most pilots were killed during training exercises. If a pilot was lucky
enough to survive this, he was often killed by pilots more experienced than himself. Fighter
planes had limited armament and limited fuel supplies in WWI, meaning they could only inflict a
minor amount of damage over a limited space.

The planes did have many
advantages. A good fighter pilot could capture the imagination of his country and be used to
promote the war and sell war bonds. Fighter aircrafts helped to promote the concept of air war
in general and their effectiveness against the dirigibles, ended the idea that blimps would be
the primary air arm in future wars. Fighter planes could also be used as reconnaissance,
scouting enemy trenches and noting the effects of artillery barrages. Fighter aircraft could
also be used to protect the early bombers of the period, though these bombers had limited
payloads and range.

What revelation does Elizabeth experience in "The Minister's Black Veil"?

Elizabeth realizes that the world will judge Mr. Hooper for the veil even if it's only a sign of
an innocent sorrow, as he says. Elizabeth isn't afraid of the veil at first. She says that the
only problem with it is that it hides the face of the person she loves. She...

How might Willy's madness be judged reasonably in Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller?

makes
it clear that Willy Loman suffers from several mental health issues, but it seems extreme to
consider him mad. His anxiety and depression are compounded by the difficulties he faces at
work and his inflexible attitude toward aging.

His attachment to a narrow
idea of success,...

`f(x) = (3x - 1)/(sqrt(x))` Find the derivative of the algebraic function.

`f(x) =
(3x-1)/sqrt(x)`

`or, f(x) = (3*sqrt(x)) -...

Why did the relationship between business and government change during the Progressive Era?

During the
Progressive Era, reformers redefined the purpose of government. They rejected smaller government
for one which could mediate between diverse interests. Progressives fought for greater
government regulation of industries in order to protect the rights of working
citizens.

Due to technological innovation, the United States experienced an
explosive growth in manufacturing output by the turn of the 20th century. Most significantly,
the transportation revolution led to an expansion of business interests nationwide. The modern
corporate structure was born during this period of unprecedented growth. At the same time,
businesses neglected to protect both the consumer and the working class workers who formed the
backbone of the industrial revolution. Employees worked long hours in hazardous conditions and
at low wages. Businesses exploited child labor for material gain, and farmers found themselves
at the mercy of railroad monopolies that threatened their livelihoods.

The
industrial...

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How has industrialization changed the food system in the United States?

Industrialization has had a major impact on
the American food system, in some ways for the better and in some ways for the worse. Prior to
industrialization, food was mostly local, which meant that people in areas with little farmland
had more difficulty obtaining food, especially in winter, and that people had relatively little
exposure to foods from outside their area unless they were wealthy. Industrialization allowed
the production of food to be more centralized and on a larger scale, which allowed more types of
food to be produced and distributed cheaply to a wider range of areas. For better or worse, it
also encouraged farms to change from "jack-of-all-trades," low-specialization systems
to highly specialized single-product or dual-product companies.

However,
industrialization has had a lot of negative impacts on our food system in the United States.
Cheap mass-production of meat has led to animal cruelty using systems such as battery farms, as
well as unsafe practices such as overusing antibiotics or using dangerously low-quality feed. In
some cases, it had led to practices that may not be unsafe, but are ethically dubious, such as
using "meat glue" to fake high-end steak using low-end scraps, or mislabeling fish to
sell cheap tilefish as expensive snapper. We have an overabundance of farms producing cheap
grains like wheat, corn, and soy, which have entered the American diet in almost every arena and
have contributed to ballooning waistlines. Additionally, there have been negative environmental
effects from mass-production farming and farms that do not rotate their crops. Finally, while
industrialization helped spread more food to many corners of the country, the proliferation of
cheap, low-quality food has meant that many areas still remain "food deserts," where
food is available, but only nutritionally poor, "affordable" food, such as McDonald's
or convenience store meals.

In The Face On The Milk Carton what is the rising action?

The rising
action is the series of events leading up to theof a story. It's when the excitement usually
begins to build up. In , the rising action begins when Janie sees her own
childhood picture on the milk carton at lunch and her world gets turned upside down. The events
following this discovery are also a part of the rising action. This includes Mrs. Johnson
denying Janie her birth certificate, Janie snooping in her mother's office and the trunk, Janie
writing a letter to the Springs, finding the polka dot dress in her attack that matches the
dress she wore in her picture on the milk carton, discovering information about Hannah, dialing
the 800 number on the back of the milk carton, and Reeve's ultimatum for Janie to tell her
parents what she's learned. All of these events lead up to the climax, where Lizzie explains
everything to Mr. and Mrs. Johnson.

How is sexuality typically portrayed in Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man?

Sexuality is primarily presented as both CIS/straight desire and as deeply conflicted.
Once the teenaged Stephen Dedalus begins to experience sexual arousal, he can barely stop
thinking about his desires for women. At the same time, as he thinks ahead to his future career
or vocation, he is contemplating becoming a Catholic priest. He understands this commitment as
being fundamentally at odds with his heterosexual desires, which causes him considerable
internal conflict.

The author also presents a conflict between the romantic
or idealistic side of Stephen's attractions for women within his normal social circle and his
initial forays into sexual activity. Stephen understands the girls he knows as being
unapproachable: he would be rejected, probably condemned, and possibly reported to adults if he
made sexual advances to them. Stephen's desires are also presented as insatiable; in addition to
masturbating, he begins to visit prostitutes to find sexual release.

How can I analze the poem "Breaking Silence" by Janice Mirikitani? please help me with this poem. "Breaking Silence"

This poem
focuses on Janice Mirikitani's mother, who was taken to a href="https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/japanese-american-relocation">Japanese
internment camp during World War II. In this poem her mother testifies about her
experiences in front of the 1981 Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Japanese
American Civilians.

Her testimony is given approximately 40 years after her
experiences in the internment camp. Throughout those 40 years, she remained silent about her
mistreatment. The poem incorporates small portions of Mirikitani's mother's words from her
testimony. The poem's title, "Breaking Silence," references how her mother finally
talks about her treacherous experiences, such as getting her property taken from her and being
forced into an internment camp.

In the poem, Mirikitani discusses how her
mother came to America believing it to be a place of freedom and opportunity:

We speak . . . of oceans bearing us toward imagined
riches,
of burning humiliations and
crimes by the government.

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As a topic of my drama class, we are supposed to write an essay on the historical background and the historical development of English Drama. From...

There
are a large number of antecedents to modern English drama. This answer focuses on European
sources from the Middle Ages onward. English drama owes a great to deal to the classical
antecedents. Roman drama drew heavily on the earlier Greek drama but also developed unique
styles of comedy and . The plots, many of the stock characters, and dramatic conventions such as
thewere later adapted by English playwrights.

In Medieval Europe,
Christianity provided a strong impetus for dramatic developments. The Miracle and Mystery plays,
which were often staged by traveling bands of players, adapted Biblical tales to their
contemporaries. One early example with staying power is Everyman. Mystery
plays were drawn from events in the life of Jesus Christ, hence their alternate name, Corpus
Christi plays. The York Cycle is among those that survive. Often supported by guilds, cycles
were linked to specific locations, such as York and Chester, and some were still being performed
when professional acting companies were established in the late-sixteenth century.

Elizabethan drama, notably that of William Shakespeare, is considered the golden age of
English drama. Other notable playwrights of the era were Christopher Marlow and Ben Johnson.
Along with comedies and tragedies, and history plays also became an established element of
playwrights repertoires. The formal structure of five acts continued as the standard in
seventeenth-century Jacobean drama, from the reign of James I.

Under the
Puritans, the theaters were considered decadent, and were closed in the 1650s€“1650s. With the
late-seventeenth-century Restoration of the monarchy, however, productions became more
excessive, and sexual intrigues were soon a regular aspect of dramas; older plays were also
revived. By the early-seventeenth century, plays based on vernacular English themes were
regularly produced; notable among them is John Gays Beggars
Opera.

The Enlightenment ushered in a focus on the individual,
embraced by Romanticism, but the emphasis on reason over emotion led to the development of . The
popularity of theater, actors became celebrities, such as Edmund Kean; they were often renowned
for their performances of Shakespeare, whose works were sometimes rewritten with happy
endings.

The late-nineteenth century is fully part of the modern age.
Significant social commentaries, often through , became established cornerstones of English
drama, while two major contributors were actually Irish: George Bernard Shaw and Oscar
Wilde.

For further information on the earlier antecedents in Greek and Roman
drama, including individual playwrights

Does government by committee make the role of individual members of Congress less important?

The best
answer to this is it depends.  Some individuals are clearly made less important by the
committee system.  However, others are made more important than they otherwise would have
been.

In our current system, the members of Congress who are not on a given
committee have relatively little power over the laws that deal with that committees area of
law.  This is particularly true in the House of Representatives.  The committees do the real
work of marking up and amending the law and the rest of the members of the House are more or
less expected to vote based on what their party leaders say or what the members of their party
on the relevant committee say.  This takes some power away from those members.

However, the system makes each legislator more important in the areas of the committees
that they are on.  If the whole House had to consider each law, it is likely that only a few
party leaders would have much input on any given law.  With the committees, however, each member
(particularly in the majority party) will have more input on the bills that come before their
committees.

Thus, the committee system actually increases the role of the
individual members of Congress in some areas while decreasing it in
others.

What does Ulysses want his listeners to do?

In
Tennyson's " ," we meet an aged Ulysses struggling against the effects of time,
mortality, and old age. In stark contrast to the dashing hero who led armies in the Trojan War
and beguiled monsters during his travels back to Ithaca, Ulysses is now an old man who resents
his responsibilities to his subjects and family. Ulysses says "I am become a name"
(11), thus...

What are some of the reasons behind prison overcrowding?

There are two
main reasons for prison overcrowding.

First, there is the fact that the
United States imprisons a very large percent of its population when compared to other developed
countries.  The United States tends to have laws that are much more punitive than those of many
other countries when it comes to imprisoning people.  We imprison people for many crimes and we
tend to give them longer sentences.  We also do not do a very good job of rehabilitating them in
prison or helping them after they are released.  For these reasons, there is a huge number of
people who must be incarcerated.

At the same time, prisons are tremendously
expensive.  It costs tens of thousands of dollars to incarcerate any one inmate in a given
year.  This is increasing as more inmates come to be older with more health problems.  Because
prisons are so expensive and because there are so many demands on government funds, governments
are not eager to build more prisons. 

When there are large numbers of people
needing to be incarcerated and governments are reluctant to spend on new prisons, it is
inevitable that there will be overcrowding in American prisons.

How does Poe create suspense in "The Pit and the Pendulum"?

One way that Poe creates suspense from the very beginning is by giving us an unreliable
narrator to narrate the events. He opens the narrative by telling us that he himself doesn't
fully trust his senses:

I was sicksick unto death with
that long agony; and when they at length unbound me, and I was permitted to sit, I felt that my
senses were leaving me.

If the narrator himself doesn't
feel that he has full control of his senses and faculties, how can we be sure of the details
that follow? How will he portray the events?

Suspense is further generated by
the setting. Part of the narrator's torture is that his punishment is hidden in
darkness:

At length, with a wild desperation at heart, I
quickly unclosed my eyes. My worst thoughts, then, were confirmed. The blackness of eternal
night encompassed me. I struggled for breath. The intensity of the darkness seemed to oppress
and stifle me. Thewas intolerably close.

The unknown
terrors that lay waiting for the narrator in the darkness...

What is the role played by money in Great Expectations?

In , the two characters who wield the greatest financial power,
Miss Havisham and Magwitch, use it not for their own enjoyment, but as a means of manipulating
others. They are parallel figures, since Miss Havisham is training Estella to be a lady (as well
as a breaker of hearts and her revenge on the race of men) at the same time as Magwitch is
spending all the money he makes in Australia in training Pip to be a gentleman. Neither Miss
Havisham nor Magwitch lives like a rich person and, while Magwitch has good intentions, they
both cause a great deal of trouble to others with their attempts at manipulation.

While Dickens demonstrates how useless money is to those who have it, he also shows a
plethora of hangers-on and aspirants who are convinced that it would transform their lives if
they had it. Chief among these are the "toadies and humbugs" who hang around Satis
House to flatter Miss. Havisham. Pip, who initially thinks that money will make him happy and
that his...

How is the song "We shall overcome" similar to a poem?? this was used in the civil rights movement. also, if you can find any melody/rhythm in it, let...

A very common
technique in poetry is : the repetition of initial consonant sounds (for
example, "Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers" repeats the "p"
sound at the the beginning of most of its words).

"We Shall
Overcome" contains many cases of alliteration.  For example:

a)
"deep in my heart I do
believe";

b) "We'll
walk...";

c)
"wide world."

 

Another common technique in poetry is : the
use of "word-pictures" to represent ideas and emotions.  A poet would not usually
write, "Relax and enjoy yourself"; rather, he might say, "Kick off your shoes and
relax your socks" (see second link below).

Although "We Shall
Overcome" is not particularly rich in imagery, it does contain some.  Some examples
are:

a) "We'll walk hand in hand" (meaning, we'll work and live
together);

b) "The whole wide world around."

 

 

What type of structure is in the scene where Julia and Winston go to O'Briens home? out of these 3 which is it and why: dramatic: sequence of events...

I believe
Chapter 16 is a dramatic chapter.  It has all the hallmarks of dramatic literature (, ,
symbolism), and it builds to a powerful conclusion, although the resolution is
unclear.

The chapter might stand alone as short dramatic one-act.  It begins
with a description of setting and has powerful dialogue, the most important of which is the
exchange between(Satanic figure) andand(Adam and Eve).  They are effectively selling their souls
to the Devil here:

You are prepared
to give your lives? Yes. You are prepared to commit murder? Yes.

To commit
acts of sabotage which may cause the death of hundreds of innocent people?  Yes.

To betray your country to foreign powers? Yes. You are prepared to cheat, to forge, to
blackmail, to corrupt the minds of children, to distribute...

What are the settings in "Charles" by Shirley Jackson?

The
settings in the story are the home and the school. Laurie is a little boy who lives in a house
with his parents. The story takes place during his first year of school. Almost all the action
occurs in the home and consists of interactions between the boy, his mother, and his father. At
the beginning, through his mother's eyes, the reader sees him walking down the street. Although
the school is an important setting, the reader hears about it almost exclusively through Lauries
tales of what happened there. A possible opportunity to go to school for a PTA meeting and meet
another parentthe mother of the problematic evaporates when Lauries parents have to stay home
with their other child, who is ill. In the last part, the parents finally go to the school for
the next PTA meeting. There, they learn from Lauries teacher that Charles does not existor
rather, as they conclude, he exists only in Lauries mind. The reasons for his behavior are not
further explored.

Discuss the similarities and differences in the way the British and French empires administered their colonies before 1763.

Both the
French and British participated in the brutal Atlantic Slave Trade. The British enslaved
millions of African people who were forced to work on plantations and in households across the
South, the Mid-Atlantic, and New England. The French enslaved African people to toil on
plantations in the Caribbean and on the plantations of French-held Louisiana. Both empires also
directly warred against Indigenous people and participated in state-sanctioned massacres against
them and forced removal from their homelands. Both empires also based their colonial wealth on
the growing of raw materials and staple crops such as cotton, tobacco, indigo, and
sugarcane.

The French and British empires differed in how the colonies were
settled by citizens of the colonial empires. The British colonies were much more heavily settled
by shiploads of settlers who built towns and homesteads (through the murder and forced
displacement of Indigenous people). In addition to poorer settlers, wealthy
aristocrats...

In act 2, scene 2 why does Romeo not tell Juliet he's there at the very beginning? What is he doing instead?

In
act 2, scene 1 of Shakespeare's ,is walking home after meetingfor the first
time at the Capulet's party. He decides that he has to talk with Juliet:

ROMEO: Can I go forward when my heart is here?
Turn back,
dull earth, and find thy centre out (2.1.1€“2)

Romeo
impulsively jumps over the Capulet's garden wall and finds himself in the Capulet's orchard,
which, unbeknownst to Romeo at the time, is just below Juliet's bedroom.

andare passing by in the street outside the wall, calling for Romeo and making fun of him. Romeo
ignores them, and Mercutio and Benvolio continue on their way, ending the scene.

Scene 2 shifts to the orchard, where Romeo mumbles to himself:

ROMEO: He jests at scars that never felt a wound. (2.2.1)

A light suddenly appears at an upstairs window.

Yikes! We can imagine Romeo ducking behind a tree until he knows who's at the
window.

ROMEO: But soft! What light through yonder window
breaks? (2.2.2)

Juliet appears at her bedroom
window...

In "The Raven," what six things does the narrator ask or say to which the raven responds "Nevermore"?

""
byopens with the narrator trying unsuccessfully to distract himself from thinking about how sad
he is over the death of his beloved . He briefly smiles when he is distracted by surprise as a
raven suddenly knocks at his window and flies inside.

The narrator comments
on how serious and spooky ("grim" and "ghastly") yet regal
("stately") the bird is and then asks his first question: "Tell me what thy
lordly name is on the Night's Plutonian shore!" Throughout the poem, the raven answers his
questions and statements with only the single word "Nevermore!" At first, the narrator
simply takes the reply as a funny name for a bird and is disappointed that the bird says nothing
else.

When the narrator comments that the raven will likely leave because
"other friends have flown before," the raven repeats, "Nevermore." It is
effectively saying that it will never leave. This is even more jarring, but the narrator finds
it amusing again, at least until his thoughts drift inevitably back to lost Lenore.

The narrator next says aloud that the raven was sent by God as "respite and
nepenthe, from [his] memories of Lenore" to help him forget his grief. According to
Merriam-Webster dictionary, nepenthe is a "potion used by the ancients to induce
forgetfulness of pain or sorrow." The raven immediately denies it by repeating,
"Nevermore."

When the narrator hears the bird offers no hope of a
break from his deep sadness, he demands it answer another question: "Is thereis there balm
in Gilead?" This is a reference to a Bible passage, Jeremiah, which said that even if there
is balm in Gilead, it does no good. The narrator is asking a hopeless question, which gets the
hopeless answer "Nevermore."

The narrator the asks if he will ever
see Lenore and hold her again in "Aidenn" or Eden, the blessed afterlife promised to
those who accept Jesus Christ's salvation in Christianity. The bird again says
"Nevermore." This might suggest that Eden isn't waiting for Lenore, that she isn't
there, or that the narrator will not be welcome. In any case, not having that reunion waiting in
the future upsets the narrator badly.

The narrator then shrieks for the bird
to leave and take its "beak from out [his] heart" (that is, to stop deeply upsetting
him). As it implied before, however, the bird is not willing to leave. It says again,
"Nevermore." Rather than being the distraction the narrator hoped for, the raven
turned out to be the cause of an even more complete despair and hopelessness than the grief he
was feeling at the beginning of the poem.

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Include three website/address details of businesses and how each of them can assist with building macros (50 words).

There are a
number of resources to help with building and developing macros. A macro is a simple program
written or recorded to automate some functions, typically within a Microsoft Office application
(for example, a macro in Excel to automatically calculate interest payments given a few standard
inputs). Naturally, the first place to look would be the Microsoft website.

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Additional resources can be found throughout the internet, but this is a good starting
place, since macros deal with Microsoft products. Another site that offers assistance is Zapier,
at the link below:

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Zapier is an online business that deals strictly with automation, so they know a lot
about designing macros to automate some functionality.

Finally, you can get
help from resources such as PCWorld, which has generic information on what kinds of things you
can do with a macro, linked below:

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I hope this helps!

Would you please criticize "Young Goodman Brown" by Nathaniel Hawthorne from the New Critical Approach (New Criticism)?

New Criticism
is a formalist literary criticism in which critics approach the work of literature as a stand
alone work,  as if it were self-contained. The reader's response, author's intention, or
historical and cultural contexts are not considered as important as the inherent qualities of
the work. New Critics believe the structure and meaning of the work of literature should not be
examined separately. They pay special attention to the use of literary devices in a text. So, if
you want to criticize as a New Critic, in the strictest sense of the
word, you would have to ignore its historicity. That is hard, don't you think?
Because...

Is it possible for companies both to maximize financial value and be socially responsible?

Companies can maximize their profits and be socially responsible at the same time.
Consumers today are conscious about the products and services they buy and their impact on the
environment. Therefore, consumers are more inclined to associate themselves with companies that
are socially responsible. For this reason, companies can use corporate social responsibility
(CSR) to increase awareness of their brands. In the short-term, a company may lose its financial
value by investing in CSR; however, there is a...

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Please give a summary and critical appriciation of "The Lotus" by Toru Dutt.

"The
Lotus" by Toru Dutt is a beautiful example of a Petrarchan sonnet. In the opening lines, we
see a conflict between the rose and the lily flower. The mythological goddess of Love,
Aphrodite, has come to Flora, asking for a creation that would be seen as the new
"undisputed queen" of all flowers:

Love came to
Flora asking for a flower
That would of flowers be undisputed queen . . .

Both the rose and the lily use their "bards of power" to
attempt to win this title. The rose will "never tower like the pale lily," but in the
next line the author wonders if this truly makes the lily a lovelier flower.

In the final six lines of the poem, we find a solution to crowning an undisputed queen.
The Goddess Flora creates a brand new flower, the lotus, which is both "rose red" and
"lily white" and has characteristics of both flowers.

Interestingly, while the title of the poem is "The Lotus," the flower itself
is not mentioned until the final lines of the poem. The lotus flower is a well known symbol of
India as well as of the Hindu faith. We can see the author showcasing her pride in her own
religion and culture as she presents the idea that the lotus is the most beautiful of all
flowers.

What are some thematic connections between Tennyson's poems "The Lady of Shallot" and "Ulysses"?

s poems
and are two of his most famous works. These poems share a number of common themes or motifs,
including the following:

• A sense that the two main characters of
  the poems are isolated from their societies.
• A setting in a remote and
  mythical past.
• A sense of melancholy shared by the two main
  characters.
• A fascination, by both characters, with activity and movement,
  from which they both feel isolated at the moment.
• A determination to make a
  significant voyage in a boat.
• A sense that the voyage each character
  undertakes may (and in the...

What did Milo think was the greatest waste of time? Why?

Milo is
bored by pretty much everything in life. He always wishes he were somewhere else. When he is
indoors, he wants to be outside, and when he is outdoors, he wants to go back in. Milo does not
feel like doing anything with his life, as absolutely nothing interests him in the slightest.
Numerous toys, games, books, and tools all lie around in his bedroom, underused and gathering
dust.

School is probably the worst place on earth for someone suffering from
perennial boredom. Spending time in class is absolute hell for Milo. Solving problems,
subtracting turnips from turnips, knowing where Ethiopia is, and learning how to spell
"February" is all just a complete waste of time for him. But for Milo, the biggest
waste of time of all is the process of seeking knowledge. Thankfully, this attitude begins to
change after he revs up his toy car and drives through the phantom
tollbooth.

What can you tell me about voodoo and hoodoo, certain practices of African Americans?

Voodoo is an
series of underground religious practices that were brought to Louisiana by African slaves
sometime in the early 1700's. It bases its religious tenets upon ancient customs from Africa,
and uses potions, charms, spells, and dolls to carry out its rituals.

One
rather odd practice of voodism is using a voodoo doll to supposedly inflict harm or death to
another person. They stick pins or knives into the doll, cast spells on it, and even burn it!
Their belief is that whatever is done to the doll really happens to the real person!

While it's not certain if voodism really works, it's popular in the south and still
practiced by many. In New Orleans, it's quite a tourist attraction.

Hoodoo (folk magic) is also prevalent in the south, but is
more connected to witch doctors and black magic. Hoodism bases its beliefs, strangely, upon the
Bible, and many hoodoo doctors believe they are called of God to perform their duties. These
doctors use spells to cast out evil spirits which they believe cause any and all diseases, and
potions made from herbs, animal parts, and body fluids to help cleanse and purify the
body.

Both voodism and hoodism is very prevalent, even today, among the
African American population of the deep south, namely Louisiana.

How did the policy of appeasement and isolationism affect World War II?

It could
reasonably be argued that both appeasement and isolationism contributed greatly to the outbreak
of World War II. As Hitler made ever greater territorial demands in Europe, many politicians
believed that giving him what he wanted was a price worth paying for avoiding another world war.
The horror and bloodshed of the First World War were still fresh in the minds of millions, and
the last thing many wanted to do was to go through yet another destructive conflict. Besides,
many countries such as Britain and France were woefully unprepared for war, either economically
or militarily.

However, the policy of appeasement failed miserably. It was
clear quite early on that once Hitler had been given what he demanded, he'd simply go on
demanding even more. And that's precisely what happened after the Munich conference, the
high-water mark of appeasement. Though he'd been given the Sudetenland, Hitler had further
territorial designs on Europe. Appeasement had emboldened him to go on grabbing more and more
land. If he couldn't obtain it by diplomacy, he'd get it by force. And so he did, invading
Poland in 1939, which led to the formal start of World War II.

Closely allied
to appeasement was the policy of isolationism. This was the dominant attitude of both
politicians and public alike in the United States. To a large extent, this was a reaction
against America's involvement in World War I. As far as most Americans were concerned, the
United States had intervened to make the world safe for democracy, yet Europeans were still at
each other's throats. The general consensus was that the rest of the world should sort out its
own problems instead of expecting the United States to do it for them. The rejection by the
Senate of the League of Nations was an emphatic illustration of the isolationist
attitude.

Once again, however, isolationism, like appeasement, helped
establish the conditions for the outbreak of war. The United States' lack of active involvement
in international affairs had emboldened the likes of Nazi Germany, Fascist Italy, and Imperial
Japan, allowing them to carry out acts of aggression against weaker states with total impunity.
Without American involvement, the League of Nations was powerless to stop the constant violation
of international norms and standards.

Ultimately, isolationism, like
appeasement, proved to be a false economy. Not engaging with international affairs meant that
serious problems that needed to be dealt with urgently were simply kicked further down the road.
So when the United States did finally get involved, it could only be on the basis of another
armed conflict, one that might have been avoided had the policy of isolationism not been
followed.

What do Julia and Winston tell O'Brien that they would be willing to do for the Brotherhood, and what are their limits?

In
Chapter 16 (also designated Book II, Chapter VIII) of s depiction of a futuristic dystopian
society, , OBrien is bringingandinto an inner circle of the Brotherhood,
the fictitious resistance to the Party created to ferret out disloyalty. s Brotherhood appears
to have been modeled on the real-life organization The Trust, created by the newly-established
dictatorship in the Soviet Union and located in Western Europe.  The Trust was a fake
organization supposedly comprised of defectors from the U.S.S.R. living abroad who were deemed a
threat to the Bolshevik regime.  Once such individuals approached this phony organization, their
identities became known to the Soviet secret police, who would monitor and, occasionally, murder
them.  Orwells Brotherhood, it appears, served the same purpose for the ruling Party in
Oceania.  When OBrien sits down with Winston and Julia, he is intent on determining whether they
would be loyal...

Explore and discuss how Capote presents imprisonment in the novel In Cold Blood.

Capote spends a great
deal of time discussing the way in which Dick Hickock and Perry Smith live when imprisoned. They
had been paroled from prison when they committed the Clutter murders, so imprisonment has failed
to reform them. 

In "The Corner," Capote describes in intimate
detail the way in which Dick and Perry live while on death row in Kansas State Penitentiary
(they would spend five years there before being executed in 1965). While on death row, as Dick
says, there is "no rest for the wicked" (page 321). The convicts are subject to
extremes of hot and cold: "winter cold...

How do John and Lorraine describe Norton and Dennis?

John is friends
with Norton and Dennis before meeting Lorraine. They take her on as the fourth friend in their
group and include her in drinking beer with them in the cemetery at a place called Masterson's
Tomb. John and Lorraine seem to relate to one another a little better than they do to Norton and
Dennis, so they keep the fact that they have become friends with an old man named Mr. Pignati a
secret. They also don't trust Norton and Dennis because of their shady characters. Dennis isn't
as bad as Norton, but Lorraine says in chapter four that both boys are "disturbed."
John, on the other hand, doesn't mind Dennis too much, and even invites him to their party in
chapter 13 because he knows that Dennis will deliver alcohol and behave appropriately.

Lorraine, however, has more to say about Norton, which sheds more light on his
character as follows:

"Norton has eyes like a mean
mouse, and he's the type of kid who thinks everyone's trying to throw rusty beer cans at him.
And he's pretty big, even bigger than John, and the two of them hate each other"
(23).

In addition, John says that Dennis and Norton are
"demented" in chapter five because they believed a lie that John told them during
their prank-call game. John lied to them because if Norton found out that they were going to
collect $10 from Mr. Pignati, he would try to get more out of the old man. Eventually, Norton
stalks John and Lorraine and finds out that they visit Mr. Pignati quite a bit. He wants to know
if there is anything worth stealing from the old man and John gets so upset that he doesn't
invite Norton to the party. Therefore, Dennis isn't as shady as Norton, and he's not as
demented. Norton, though, is a selfish, violent character with criminal
intentions.

How can we compare the moral and ethical issues in Kazuo Ishiguro's Never Let Me Go with our current society?

This
question is a broad one, so I will address one specific moral and ethical issue in detail. By
writing , Ishiguro insists that the reader confront the tension that exists
around the normalization of artificiality in today's society. This is a moral and ethical issue
for many people, as things that are artificial are being mistaken for real, which causes
problems of trust and reliability.

Artificial is a synonym for fake,
or...

In act 5, What do you think of the play's ending? Is it satisfying or diappointing, effective or otherwise?

As a question
of personal perspective any opinion might be suitable, however, one must analyze a number of
hidden elements that transpire in Act V of GB Shaw's .

Act V, the final act, brings with it a series of things that were not dealt with before
in the play. One of these things is Eliza's contained anger and resentment against Higgins.
Although Eliza is a strong woman from beginning to end, at no time have we witnessed her so
truly rebellious and extremely angry. She faces Higgins with such firmness that we must question
whether her feelings come from true ire or from feeling unappreciated from a man to whom, deep
inside, she feels indebted to. However, since he is not worthy of her, Eliza takes an
unprecedented step towards female self-assurance and self affirmation by telling him like it
really is:

Aha! Now I know how to deal with you. What a
fool I was not to think of it before! You can't take away the knowledge you gave me. You said
I...

In James Baldwin's The Fire Next Time, detail the most astute observations and conclusions Baldwin makes about the theology of the Nation of Islam and...

Baldwin
was horrified by the Nation of Islam's beliefs, but not surprised by them. In
, he regarded them as an inverted version of white supremacy that borrowed
the many racist canards that white supremacists aimed at non-white people and simply reversed
them and applied them to white people.

Baldwin saw that most of
the...

What is the nth term of the series 4, 44, 444, 4444,€¦

The series
given is 4 , 44 , 444 , 4444 ,€¦

This series is none of the general ones
that we encounter like arithmetic series, geometric series or...

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How does Mary Warren change from act 1 to act 2 in The Crucible?

In act 1, Mary Warren is described as subservient, naive, and lonely. She is easily
dominated by Abigail and is mocked by Mercy for her "grand peeping courage." When she
sees John Proctor, her employer, she is almost speechless with embarrassment and fear but
manages to say that she is just going home. Proctor upbraids her and threatens her with
violence, to which she has no reply.

In act 2, we hear of the change in Mary
before she enters. Elizabeth says that she could not prevent Mary from going to Salem, though
John had forbidden it. Mary had replied:

I must go to
Salem, Goody Proctor; I am an official of the court.

When
Mary returns, she has a new self-assurance which is reinforced by the eager questioning of the
Proctors. When John forbids her to return to court, Mary replies:

I must tell you, sir, I will be gone every day now. I am amazed that you do not see
what weighty work we do.

Mary's self-importance at her
new position of power is increased by social snobbery. When she refuses to...

How can the sounds of the movie add to your interpretation of the story "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge"? Please give specific examples.

Lenna Gislason

(La Rivi¨re du hibou), written and directed
by Robert Enrico, is a 1961 film adaption of the 1890short story by the same name.

Presented with an award at the 1962 Cannes Film Festival, An Occurrence at
Owl Creek Bridge is an excellent example of how film can employ music and visuals
instead of dialogue to tell a story. A notable example of how sound guides viewer experience
with the film is the soundtrack by Henri Lano« including the song A Livin Man (performed by
Kenny Clarke) which is heard four times throughout the film.

The films
opening depicts Confederate civilian Peyton Farquhar (played by Roger Jacquet), captured for
sabotage against a railroad bridge, as he is being prepared by Union soldiers for execution by
hanging. The ominous drumbeats, ambient birdsong, and lack of dialogue combined with
a...

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What does this story illustrate about human beings?

Inthe
author illustrates the ability that human beings possess to make decisions based on a desire for
recognition and glory.  Peyton Fraquhar volunteers to blow up the Owl Creek Bridge in an effort
to help the South and to distinguish himself, draw attention to himself.  He is not a soldier
and he longs to contribute to the cause, so he falls into the trap set by the Union Scout.  But
he is also well aware that anyone caught conspiring to blow up the bridge...

Why was the Louisiana Purchase important to the United States?

As ruler of
France, Napoleon Bonaparte engaged his country in his desire for empire. So, when Spain signed a
secret treaty in 1801 returning the Louisiana territory to France, many of the American settlers
going West became worried that the Mississippi River and the strategic port of New Orleans at
the mouth of the Mississippi might be closed to them. In addition, officials of the United
States were concerned about Bonaparte, and how he might seek to dominate the port at the Gulf of
Mexico and access to the Mississippi. Consequently, President Thomas Jefferson worried that
America could only defend itself if it were aligned with Great Britain.

Not
wishing to again be under the influence by the British, Jefferson sent future president James
Monroe to France, to aid U.S. minister Robert Livingston. Surprisingly, in mid-April 1803,
France not only offered to sell the port of New Orleans, but also all their territory in
America. It is suspected that the heavy financial toll on France of empire-building, quelling a
slave revolution in Haiti, and impending war with Great Britain led to France's offer to sell
all their American holdings for the ridiculous price of only 5 cents per acre:

The U.S. paid 50 million francs ( href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Dollar" title="United States
Dollar">$11,250,000) plus cancellation of debts worth 18 million francs
($3,750,000), for a total sum of 15 million dollars (around 4 cents per acre) for the Louisiana
territory ($236 million in 2013 dollars, less than 42 cents per acre).

With this purchase, the United States now had full possession of
both the Mississippi River and the Port of New Orleans, and the middle of the country now
belonged entirely to the United States. In fact, 15 states were formed from this great tract of
land.

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Advantages and Disadvantages of Single Sex Schools In the article located at : http://www.4troubledteens.com/singlesexschools.html the article...

I know that
there have numerous studies indicating that girls do better in school when males are not
present. I honestly think that this is matter that needs to be addressed within the family. I
have known many people who have come from single sex schools and public schools as well and all
have been fine.

I'm studying the poem "Praise Song for My Mother" and I am finding it difficult to grasp the content and language. Can you give me some help? What is...

The poem "Praise
Song For My Mother" was written by Grace Nichols. It is basically a tribute poem in which
Nichols honors her mother. The meaning of the poem is embedded within the many metaphors woven
into the text by Nichols. Nichols is comparing her mother to many different things so as to show
the necessity of having her mother in her life.

Nichols first compares her
mother to water. This comparison describes her mother as one of the necessiteis one must have to
live: water. The water is also described as "deep", "bold", and
"fathoming". Deep and fathoming are simply the same thing. The use of deep is
simplistic, whereas the use of fathoming compounds the description. Bold is a characteristic
which Nichols finds important in ones character. Water is bold; it can go anywhere without
"thinking".

Nichols then compares her mother to the "moon's
eye".  Here, one can interpret this as all-knowing. The moon looks down on us, a lightens
even the darkest nights. The descriptives used in this stanza are "pull",
"grained", and "mantling". Pull refers to the gravitational pull that the
moon has in regard to the oceans (another reference to the water in stanza one).  This could be
compared to the pull that the mother-daughter relationship has on Nichols. "Grained"
refers to a rough surface. Perhaps, Nichols sees her mother as having a rough exterior (similar
to the moon) because of hardships she had faced throughout her life. "Mantling" refers
to something cloaked or covers. This word can have two meanings in regard to the moon and
Nichols mother. First, the moon covers the earth with light (again, references the moons ability
to brighten even the darkest night). Second, the comparison could link the coverage of the light
of the moon to the cover that Nichols' mother provides her with.

Nichols then
compares her mother to the sun. This, again, speaks to something that many humans cannot live
without- the warmth and light needed to survive in a sometimes cold and dark world. The three
descriptives used in this stanza are "rise", "warm", and
"streaming". The sun rises; perhaps much like her mother rises to challenges. The sun
provides warmth; again, something that Nichols looks for from her mother-warmth. Lastly, the sun
is streaming; This references both the first stanza (water) and the second (the moon); both
stream like the light of the sun. This should be referencing the constant "action" of
the sun which streams light over earth at all times.

The next stanza compares
Nichols mother to the gills of a red fish.  This is rather simple: fish need their gills to
breathe; therefore, her mother provides her the breath she needs to survive. (This mirrors the
basic need of water in the first stanza).

"The flame tree's spread to
me" refers to either the changing of the leaves during the fall or a tree indigenous to her
area. Change is important in life. We must face change- Nichols' mother helps her face change.
Items that are indigenous are important because it shows ability to survive time.

"The crab's leg/the fried plantain smell" refers to (perhaps) two staples of
her diet growing up. Nichols was born in Guyana. A Caribbean area, Guyana's staples in food were
typically sea-foods and fruits indigenous to the area. "Replenishing" is used to
compare her mother to what food does for one: it replenishes. The repetition simply accentuates
it.

 

 

 

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Why did U.S. foreign policy force Japan to bomb Pearl Harbor in 1941?

First, we
should note that many people would argue that US policies did not "force" the Japanese
to attack Pearl Harbor.  This is an interpretation, not a fact.

If the US
policies did in fact force Japan to attack, it was because they forced Japan...

What was the Cuban Missile Crisis?

The Cuban
missile crisis took place during the heyday of the cold war with the Soviet Union (1962). More
specifically, under the leadership of President John F. Kennedy, Cuba and the Soviet Union
decided to put tactical missiles in Cuba to strengthen the cause of communism around the world.
I should note that these were nuclear missiles. The Soviet Union reacted in this way partially
due to the allied powers in Europe who were nuclear threats.

When the United
States found out about this, they told the Soviet Union to pull out their missiles. In fact, the
United States created a naval boycott. They did not want an Soviet ships to enter in Cuba. This
was an extremely tense situation, which almost escalated into another war. In the end, the
Soviet Union backed down and the tensions eased.

Elaborate on the concept of the American dream in The Glass Menagerie.

The
essential concept of the American Dream touches the lives of many characters in
. The idea that the opportunity to achieve one's aspirations is within
reach of all Americans is,suggests, more of a myth than a reality.

Though
Amanda Wingfield believes that her son and daughter can rise in society and become
self-supporting and successful, her thinking is delusive. Laura is too psychologically and
physically frail to become independent. Tom Wingfield does not buy into the idea that becoming a
successful businessman will be proof of a successful life; he is an artist who wants to pursue
his passion for writing, which is unlikely to bring the kind of success associated with the
American Dream.

Another aspect of the American Dream is having a close and
loving family. The Wingfields' relationships, however, are dysfunctional. The father left the
family years before, and Tom resents the responsibilities that his mother tries to foist upon
him. Laura is...

What were some of the items the family brought to the island on subsequent trips to the shipwrecked vessel?

The novel
byand Johann Rudolph Wyss is an exciting tale of a family consisting of a
father, mother, and four sons who experience a shipwreck off the shores of a deserted island.
Narrated by the father, the novel explains how the family manages to survive when confronted by
various adversities.

When the family members discover
that the ship's crew has abandoned them and they are alone on the ship, they construct a raft
out of wooden tubs and planks. On the initial voyage in their makeshift raft, along with the
entire family they bring to land three muskets, three fowling-pieces, two pairs of pocket
pistols, one pair of larger pistols, a barrel of powder, ball, shot, lead, and a bullet-mold.
They also bring a game-bag, squares of portable soup, biscuits, a fishing rod, an iron pot,
carpenter's tools, a chest of nails, sailcloth to make a tent, two cocks, and 10 hens. They set
the geese and ducks free to follow. The two large ship's dogs leap into the sea and swim to
shore.

The father and his son Fritz subsequently return
to the ship on the raft so that they can carry away more supplies and livestock. This time they
put a sail on the raft and load it with guns, sabers, swords, hunting knives, powder, shot,
nails, tools, and pieces of cloth. They also carry away knives, forks, spoons, kitchen utensils,
plates, a chest full of bottles of wine, hams, sausages, more portable soup, potatoes, maize,
wheat, and seeds. Additionally, they bring hammocks, blankets, sailcloth, cord, string, and
sulfur for making matches. They construct floating devices so that they can return with the cow,
ass, sow, sheep, and goats.

On later visits to the ship,
the family carries away anything else that they feel might be useful, including doors, windows,
mattresses, the gunner's chest, the carpenter's chest, young fruit and nut trees, grindstones,
cartwheels, shovels, tongs, plow-shares, copper and iron wire, a fishing net, a compass,
harpoons, and even pieces of a sawmill.

In which country does George Orwell's Animal Farm take place?

s
takes place in his home country of England. This is important for several
reasons. First, it would make his audience feel at home with the image of a tranquil, idyllic
little farm in the English countryside. This would become a stark contrast to the dictatorial
rule of the end of the novel. Secondly, this sets up the neighboring farms to represent other
nations England interacted with during the Second World War, specifically Germany and the United
States. Asattempts to make a deal with Mr. Frederick, they have a falling out, and he later
connects himself with Mr. Pilkington, who represents the Allied forces. This parallels the way
Stalin and Hitler disagreed and Stalin determined to help America and Great Britain.

In setting Animal Farm in England,not only establishes the farms
as an allegorical representation of nationhood, he aims to convince his readership that may be
living in England, as if to say, Communism is dangerous, and it could just as easily happen
here as there. Communism is an ideology that is not inherently Russian, and Orwell was worried
to see its influence spread as the twentieth century progressed.

What does Holden's relationship with his family in The Catcher in the Rye show about him?

has a
unique, complex relationship with his family throughout the novel, which reflects and explains
his instability and uncertainty about his future. Holden has a difficult relationship with his
parents and older brother D.B, who he thinks has prostituted himself to Hollywood. Holden's
negative views towards the older members of his family reflect his perception of all adults.
While he feels that some adults have good intentions, he also views them as phonies, who do not
fully understand him. Holden's affinity forandreflect his love for children and childhood in
general. Holden feels like Phoebe can truly understand him, and he views his younger sister as a
genuine, compassionate person. The fact that Holden relates to Phoebe the most also reveals his
immaturity. As an adolescent suffering from anxiety, Holden fears entering the world of adults
and feels more comfortable around his younger sister.

Holden's feelings for
his deceased younger brother also explain much of...

In "The Devil and Tom Walker," what are some examples of Romanticism? ex... nationalism & individualism

Romanticism
is tied closely to nationalism. It is associated with the rise of nationalist movements in the
Italian and German states in the nineteenth century, as well as with the struggle of smaller
European states for independence and autonomy. Romanticism's contribution to the rise of
nationalism came through its focus on folktales and highly valuing the importance of
regionalism, common people, and ethnicity.

This nationalist aspect of
Romanticism emerges in Irving's story, which was part of his nation-building project as an
author in a new republic. The story is unequivocally set in the United States, near Boston and
the Charles River and is permeated withand supernatural elements particular to the Americas. For
example, early in the story, the folkore begins as the narrator mentions Kidd, the pirate,
burying a treasure under a huge oak near the Charles River. The narrator then says:

The old stories add, moreover, thatpresided at the hiding of the
money, and took it...

In "The Pit and the Pendulum," what happened to the narrator at the end of the first paragraph?

At the end of the first
paragraph, the narrator swoons.  

If you are like my students,
they do not immediately know what "swoon" means. It means to faint, to lose
consciousness, to pass out, and/or to black out.  

The reader does not know
for sure that the narrator has lost consciousness until the reader reads the first sentence of
the second paragraph.  At the start of that paragraph, the narrator flat out announces that he
"had swooned."

Swooning does carry a slightly differentthan a
simple passing out.  When a person swoons, it is often because of an emotional overload.  Having
the narrator swoon at the end of the first paragraph makes perfect sense, because the narrator
has just been sentenced to death.  From the moment that his death sentence is pronounced, the
narrator starts to lose touch with reality.  He admits that he no longer hears specific
words. 

The sentence -- the dread sentence of death -- was
the last of distinct accentuation which reached my ears. After that, the sound of the
inquisitorial voices seemed merged in one dreamy indeterminate hum.

By the end of the paragraph, the narrator is hallucinating and
wishing for death. 

And then there stole into my fancy,
like a rich musical note, the thought of what sweet rest there must be in the grave.

His mind simply can't handle everything that is going on, so he
swoons.  

What is the teaching of karma in Buddhism? What is the relationship between karma, vipaka and rebirth?

teachsuccess

Karma literally means action or 'to do.' It is active and
dynamic. Many people mistake karma to mean 'predestination' as the Calvinists believe. Yet, this
is not quite accurate. For example, you may have heard people say that someone is rich because
it is his karma. But how did this particular person become rich? Did he inherit wealth or did he
start a business which became prosperous? Whether he inherited or started his own business,
somebody planned and worked to bring all that planning into...

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What are 5 details of settings that Gray uses to idealize the pastoral landscape in the poem?

A very subtle
question. I would say that it isn't the details, but how they are delivered that idealize the
landscape.
Line 1: the day is "parting" (not just ending).
Line 2:
the herd...

WHAT IS YOUR OPINION ON DATING ABUSE? WHAT IS YOUR OPINION ON DATING ABUSE?

Though I am
not blind to the problem, I don't see dating as being abusive.  More and more, groups of young
people go out together.  Mass dating and mixing are becoming more common.

Also, date rape awareness is more prevalent now, and girls have more quick access for
help than ever before with cell phones.

The only abuse I can see is
exclusivity at so young of an age: a kind of Romeo and Juliet syndrome that can lead to suicide,
depression, and social/educational side-effects.

How does the title of Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro apply to specific characters in it? For two female characters in the novel, this phrase means...

In the
novel, the two main female characters are Kathy and Ruth. For both characters, the phrase
"never let me go" means different things.

For Kathy (especially in
her adult years), the phrase is a reminder of her inherent humanity. We discover that Kathy took
a liking to the song "" when she was still a child. At that young age, Kathy
mistakenly believed that the song was about a woman who eventually managed to fulfill her dream
of having a baby. She relates that Madame sobbed when the latter spied her singing to the song
and rocking a pillow as if it was a baby. Years later, Kathy learns that clones will never marry
and never have children. Yet the song reminds her that being a clone does not detract from her
humanity. As a clone, Kathy still nourishes very human hopes in her heart. She is capable of
falling in love (as is evidenced by her feelings for Tommy), and she is capable of forming
meaningful relationships with others.

The song also reminds Kathy of Ruth,
a...

How did Benito Mussolini, Adolf Hitler, and Joseph Stalin rise to power, and what methods did they use to keep power?

Stalin was involved in
revolutionary activities as a young man. Right from the start of his political career, he was a
common criminal, staging daring bank robberies to help raise funds for the Bolshevik cause.
Stalin soon gained a reputation for ruthless efficiency and hard work. This endeared him to
Lenin, who personally oversaw the Georgian's rapid rise through the Party ranks.

When Lenin was incapacitated by a debilitating stroke, Stalin stepped into the breach,
building up a powerful network of support within the ruling Communist Party. Upon Lenin's death,
Stalin was well-positioned...

What are five themes in Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave?

has
several strong messages or themes to communicate in his narrative. He was writing to a white
audience who often had misconceptions about slavery.

The first point Douglass
makes is that slavery is cruel and torturous to slaves. While many white people thought the
slaves were well taken care of, Douglass shows graphically how the slaves were brutally beaten,
underfed, and degraded.

Second, Douglass argues that slavery harms white
people by dehumanizing them. He notes how his mistress (slave-master) in Baltimore is at first
kind to him and tries to teach him to read, but as she catches on to the social division between
white and black people she becomes hard and cruel.

Third, Douglass contends
that Christianity makes slaveowners crueler, not kinder. Douglass recounts his owner having a
conversion experience and thinking as a result he might be freed. Instead, Christian theology
about how slaves must obey their masters encourages greater cruelty.

Fourth,
Douglass...

How do the soliloquies in Hamlet relate to one another?

What the
soliloquies all have in common is a juxtaposition between
a harsh reality of an immoral world with his idealistic Christian
reality.  

Each of his speeches, in one way or another, addresses
two different kinds of realities.  On the one hand, the
ideal world has a set of rules that all obey, and if they do not,
they are punished.  

In the world of reality,
people are liars and cheats, and often do get away with their immoral and
duplicitous actions.

On the one hand, his Christian beliefs (it is doubtful
that Oldshared 's Protestantism; if he did,would not ask revenge but...

What does the prostitute's old age say about Winston and his mother?

's real
mother who he has dreams of throughout the book makes Winston feel like she died or was erased
because of him. Her life paid for the opportunity for his to remain. That sacrifice (although it
is believed her death was symbolic of the great Stalinistic purges) fills him with guilt and
affection for her even though his memory of her grows...

In what ways is the work interested in being realistic?

In
,juxtaposes concepts of reality and illusion. The main character, Blanche
DuBois, comes to stay at her sisters house to escape her former life and her own fears of aging
and of loneliness. She desperately needs romantic illusion. The world of her brother-in-law,
Stanley Kowalski, is the world of social . This is depicted through the goings-on in their flat
and the street they live on but also, even more importantly, through his rough behavior and his
opinions. Stanleys character has a constant need to burst the bubble of illusion that Blanche
attempts to build around herself because, in the world he represents, there is no room for hope
or delusion. He faces the stark reality of a rough life as a worker who can barely manage to
keep his family. For this reason, Stanley is positioned as anto Blanche.

In a
wider sense, Tennessee Williams uses the traditions of the realistic and the romantic drama to
underscore the clash between the two concepts. On the one hand, thein the play is detailed and
psychologically realistic, and on the other, the sets, which Williams describes in great detail
in the stage directions, are symbolic rather than realistic. This device places the viewer in
between the two worlds: the realism of hard, unhappy lives, and the highly stylized reflections
on Blanche's character and her attempts to shape the world outside to her own desires. The fact
that by the end of the play she has a complete breakdown, caused largely by Stanley having raped
her, shows in stark contrast how reality crushes the dreamers. In that sense, theof the play is
also part of the realist tradition, and the message it sends is hard yet
realistic.

Interpet the description of the following passage, explaining why Hawthorne uses the word "uncertain." "which bore the likeness of a great black...

, the great
Early American writer, is responsible for introducing the symbolism that became a signature
element of the American novel.  Such a symbolic presence is the old man in "" who
accompanies Goodman Brown into the forest primeval. As he leaves his wife Faith, Goodman beholds
"the figure of a man, in grave and decent attire, seated at the foot of an old tree." 
This man has a staff which "bore the likeness of a great black snake" that seems to
wriggle and twist "like a living serpent," but this could be simply a result of the
"uncertain light."

Hawthorne uses these words to reflect the
"uncertain light" of Goodman Brown's
faith.  When confronted by "he of the serpent," Goodman tells
him,

I have scruples touching the matter thou
wot'st...

Explain how banks are financial intermediaries. What are reserves? What are excess reserves? Explain how the Fed can affect the quantity of excess...

Banks are
financial intermediaries because they gather money from depositors and lend it out to
borrowers.  In doing so, they act as intermediaries between these two groups.  If I lend you
money personally, there is no intermediary.  However, if you go to the bank and take out a loan,
the bank is acting as an intermediary between you as the borrower and me (and all the other
people who deposit money in the bank), whose money you are borrowing.

Banks
do not lend out all of the money that they take in.  Instead, they keep some of the money in
their possession.  The money that they keep and do not lend out is called their reserves.  The
Federal Reserve tells the banks how much money (what percent of their deposits) they have to
keep in reserve.  That money is called the banks required reserves.  If the banks keep more
money than required, the extra money is called their excess reserves.  The Federal Reserve
cannot really tell banks how much they should keep in excess reserves.  If the Fed lowers the
reserve requirement, banks might keep more money in excess reserves, but they do not have to. 
If the Fed raises the reserve requirement, banks might keep less money in excess reserves but,
again, they do not have to do so.

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Conversely, why, according to Guns, Germs, and Steel, DID Australia's aborigines lose out to invading Europeans?

The answer
to this can be found in Chapter 15.

First, we must think about why this
question uses the word conversely.  This word seems to be contrasting the Australian
aborigines with some other group.  To answer the question, we must know which group this is.  As
it happens, the group is the natives of New Guinea.  These...