What can Hermes do with his wand in Book Five of The Odyssey?

Hermes
is the messenger of the gods and is often used by them to convey messages of great importance to
mortals such as Odysseus. In this case, the gods have decreed that our hero should be freed from
his captivity on the island of Ogygia and allowed to make his way back to Ithaca.

As an outward sign of his authority, Hermes wields an impressive-looking wand called a
caduceus, which consists of a short staff entwined by a couple of snakes and adorned with wings.
Hermes doesn't strictly use the caduceus when he rocks up on Ogygia; its mere presence is enough
to intimidate Calypso into conforming to the will of the gods. She takes one look at that big
old wand and realizes that the gods have a very important message for her, one that she must
obey to the letter. When she finds out what that message is, she's...

In the novel 1984, how does syntax reflect Winston's sexual frustration with Julia?

In the
early part of the novel, before they actually meet,both sexually desires , a coworker at the
Ministry of Truth who he sees at group events such as the Two-Minute hate, while at the same
time loathing her for what he interprets as her frigidity. They work in different departments so
he only sees her in passing and doesn't yet know her name.

As Winston focuses
his attention on Julia during the Two-Minute hate, 's use of words like "suddenly,"
"violent effort," and  "wrench" in a long sentence in which the more sedate
main verb "succeeded" follows a dependent clause full of jarring images shows how hard
Winston has to work mentally to transfer his inchoate rage and aggressions onto Julia:

Suddenly, by the sort of violent effort with which one wrenches
ones head away from the pillow in a nightmare, Winston succeeded in transferring his hatred from
the face on the screen to the...

At what point in The Scarlet Letter does Pearl undergo a change and why?

undergoes a change
when she perceives the difference wrought in her mother afterhas taken down her hair and removed
the scarlet "A." Hester has been speaking with the Reverendin the forest, and when
Pearl returns, Pearl's demeanor changes because "since [she had] rambled from her
[mother's] side, another inmate had been admitted within the circle of the mother's feelings,
and so modified the aspect of them all" and "Pearl, the returning wanderer, could not
find her wonted place, and hardly knew where she was." Seeing her mother so close to
another personwhen it has always been only Pearl and Hester against the worldshook Pearl to her
core. On top of this, she's only ever known her mother to wear her hair hidden under the cap and
to wear the scarlet letter; now, with her hair down and the letter gone, Pearl finds her mother
to be frightening and foreign.  

As a result, Pearl will not approach her
mother and remains on the other side of the brook. She will not...

Favorite Ice Breakers? Looking for some fun/interesting first day ice breakers for college level (fresh/soph) students. Kind of tired of the ones I've...

For college
classes I like to begin by having students tell three things about themselves: their favorite
color, their favorite book and one thing you wouldnt know by looking at them.  The first is kind
of silly and tells us something about a persons personality in a noninvasive way.  The second
lets us a little bit more into a persons soul, and gives us something to have in common.  The
third allows us to get to know a person better and look beyond the outer
shell.

Why didn't Frederick know how old he was when he was sold away from Colonel Lloyd's plantation?

would not
have known for sure how old he was when he was sold because he would not have had any education
and because his age would not have been emphasized.

We always now how old we
are because our society emphasizes it and because we are educated enough to always be aware of
what year it is.  By contrast, slaves would not have had either of these things be true.  Slave
masters would not have made big deals about their slaves' birthdays.  The slaves would not have
had calendars.  So even the parents would not have known exactly when their kids were
born.

Even my grandparents (from the Philippines) did not know their
birthdates for sure.  They were told that the were born around some particular time on the
Church calendar, but not the exact date.  They were not told the year because that wasn't really
seen as all that important.

So when your society doesn't really think your
age is important, and you and your family are not educated, how are you going to know how old
you are?

According to Edwards, what do healthy, strong members of the congregation foolishly believe? Why do they think this?

As
Edwards make abundantly clear, believers, no matter how strong they may be, can be cast down
into the fiery pit of hell just as quickly as anyone else. The same goes for those who are
healthy. An individual's health, no more than his or her care, prudence, or righteousness, is
enough to keep them out of hell. If God is angry with you, then you're going to hell, and
there's nothing you can do about it.

What Edwards is challenging here is the
notion that there's something believers can do to prevent themselves from being cast down into
hell for all eternity. Evidently, some backsliders among Edwards's congregation have got in into
their heads that their strength and good health are clear signs that they are part of the elect,
predestined to go to heaven.

Edwards wants to disabuse anyone of such a
belief. He takes great pains to emphasize that the decision to send sinners to hell is God's and
God's alone and that therefore no one has the right to be so complacent as think that
they're...

How did globalization affect the US economy in the 1990s?

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What are some problems with two-party political systems?

One major
issue of two-party political systems is that they can be quite difficult to break out of. A good
example of this would be within the United States. The domineering presence of the two major
parties drastically decreases the opportunities for smaller parties, such as the Libertarian
Party or the Green Party, to gain substantial traction. In a two-party system, voters are
essentially throwing their votes away if they support these parties, which creates a cycle in
which smaller parties struggle to grow because their growth is seen as so improbable.

Another issue of a two-party political system is that it disadvantages the political
opportunities for politicians who identify themselves as independents. Look to a figure such as
Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont. Though he may caucus with the Democrats and is recorded to
vote with Democrats consistently, his status as an Independent rather than a Democrat has been
continually...

What is the significance of the quilts to Maggie and her mother in "Everyday Use"?

The quilts
hold different meanings for the members of Maggie's family, even though they are derived from
the same idea. These quilts are familial heirlooms, and Maggie's mother likes to use them as
often as possible. They represent the family's history and heritage to each character. However,
Maggie, being young, is irreverent of this history, and she sees the quilts as things to get rid
ofthey are old and outdated, more at place in a museum than in their house.

Her mother and grandmother see the quilts as symbols of history and heritage, and they
cherish this history very dearly. This act of clinging to the quilts and the history they
represent brings about the majority of the conflict in the story because the older women don't
think Maggie respects the family as much as they do, and Maggie wants to stop living in the past
and get rid of the outdated quilts.

In The Odyssey, how does Odysseus ignore others' advice?

When Odysseus and his
men arrive in the Land of the Lotus Eaters, the men he sends ashore eat the lotus fruit and lose
their desire to return home to Ithaca. He says that "all memory of the journey home [had]
dissolved forever." However, Odysseus "brought them back" though their eyes were
"streaming tears," and he lashes them underneath the rowing benches and orders his
other men to row as fast as they can to get the ship away. In this case, Odysseus does not
listen to those men who eat the lotus and claim that they no longer want to return home. He
believes he knows what is best for them.

When they land on the island where
the Cyclopes live, Odysseus gathers his twelve best fighters, a skin of wine, and some other
provisions. The group finds Polyphemus's cave and, Odysseus says,

[...] my comrades pressed me, pleading hard,
"Let's make away with the
cheeses, then come back
hurry, drive the lambs and kids from the pens
to our
swift ship, put out to sea at once!"

What role should the government take in ensuring rights for citizens? Are there too many rights? What role should the government take in ensuring...

It is a primary
focus of a democratic government.  By enforcing peoples' rights, they are
enforcing the law, the Constitution and the principles enshrined within them.  What more
important purpose could government have?  I don't think there are necessarily too many rights. 
I do think there are probably too many entitlements.

According to his Narrative, how does Frederick Douglass's life in Baltimore differ from that on the plantation? Quote from the book The Narrative of...

Douglass
was born on a plantation and, as such, did have some limited contact with his family members,
though far less than other former slaves have reported when telling their stories. He has very
few memories of his mother aside from the rare visit in the middle of the night. His life on the
plantation is his very first glimpse of cruelty, as he observes his aunt being whipped.


Life in Baltimore is better in some ways and worse in others. It is here
that Douglas first learns to read and the importance of being literate is impressed upon him. In
fact, Douglas says that had he never been moved to Baltimore, he would have likely never escaped
or even felt the...

What is the symbolism behind the prison, cemetery, ugly weeds and the wild rose bush in the first chapter in The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne?

The narrator says, in
Chapter I, that

The founders of a new colony, whatever
Utopia of human virtue and happiness they might originally project, have invariably recognized
it among their earliest practical necessities to allot a portion of the virgin soil as a
cemetery, and another portion as the site of a prison.

In
other words, where human beings are concerned, they can be counted on to do only two things:
commit crimes (for which they'd need to go to jail) and die (when they'd need to go to the
cemetery). It's a pretty bleak view of humanity, but the prison and the cemetery seem to
symbolize this idea.

As for the rose bush, it grows near the door to the jail
and is

covered, in this month of June, with its delicate
gems, which might be imagined to offer their fragrance and fragile beauty to the prisoner as he
went in, and to the condemned criminal as he came forth to his doom, in token that the deep
heart of Nature could pity and be kind to him.

This
description seems to pit nature...

What two questions does the narrator ask the raven towards the end of "The Raven" by Edgar Allan Poe?

The speaker in ""
asks the bird if there's anything that will ease his heartache, and if there's any chance he'll
see his lost love in the afterlife.

Let's check out the
details of these two questions:

1. In the fourth-to-last stanza, the speaker
asks the raven:

Is
there- is there balm in Gilead?

What he means is, "Is there anything that will comfort my
soul?" We know that the speaker is in a deep depression brought on by grief over the death
of his love, , so by asking if there's balm in Gilead, he's asking if there's anything that will
soothe his pain or offer relief from his profound sadness.

You'll notice that
this is not a very specific question. (It's a reference to the Bible, in the book of Jeremiah,
when someone originally spoke that question when demanding to know why the "daughter of his
people" hadn't yet been healed.)

2. In the third-to-last stanza, the
speaker gets more specific and asks the bird if there's a chance that he can see his beloved
Lenore in the afterlife. In other words, he's asking if it's true that his soul and the soul of
Lenore will once again be joined after death.

I suppose if you want to be
very picky, you could say the speaker doesn't really ask a question but instead makes a demand
for information in the form of "Tell me..."

Anyway, here's how he
requests this final piece of information:

Tell this soul
with sorrow laden if, within the distant Aidenn,

It shall clasp a sainted
maiden whom the angels name Lenore- 

Of course, the
bird's answer is "no" ("nevermore") and it upsets the speaker so much that
he yells and tries to get the bird to leave, but it won't.

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In 1984, what does Julia say Winston should've done when they got lost on the community hike?

During
one of their clandestine meetings,begins to tellabout his former wife, Katharine, and the
problems they had in their sex life (Part Two, Chapter III). Katharine was a very dutiful person
and viewed sex as an obligation to the Party. Because she lacked imagination, she did not
realize that her husband harbored any subversive thoughts or felt dissatisfied with...

What is the relationship between Daniel and Samson in The Bronze Bow?

Samson is the huge and
incredibly strong former slave who is freed by Daniel. When he first arrives to be with Daniel
and the other rebels, he is given into Daniel's care, and Daniel's kindness and compassion
towards Samson earns him Samson's unswerving loyalty and kindness. Although he is a minor
character, it is clear that Samson is perhaps the most pure individual (apart from Jesus) in the
novel, as he shows great love towards Daniel. He acts almost as a personal bodyguard for him and
protects him from a variety of threats.

What is most important about the
relationship between Samson and Daniel however is the way that Samson, through his willingness
to sacrifice his own life for Daniel, gives us the example of a character who is willing to
model the example of Jesus in the way that he lives his life and then loses it for love of
somebody else. It is Samson who saves the day when Daniel hatches his foolish plan to rescue
Joel, even though he loses his life in the process. His love of Daniel is the driving force of
his actions. 

What is a colony forming unit and why can it be used to count viable cells in a sample?

A
colony-forming unit, CFU, is the cell or cells that reproduce on a petri dish that result in a
visible colony.

When bacterial cells from a culture are
placed on a petri dish in a medium with nutrients, oxygen, ambient temperature, etc., the goal
is to grow the microscopic cells into colonies that can be seen. When these colonies
are...

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If I took a $3000 three year loan with an 24% yearly interest rate what would be the total interest paid??

The interest
paid would depend on whether you are paying simple interest or compound interest.

For simple interest, the principal remains the same over the 3 years, and
interest...

What are the literary devices used in chapter 30 of To Kill a Mockingbird?

uses a
number of literary devices throughout her novel , such as , , , and
symbolism.

In ,meets Arthur "" Radley.introduces them, and Scout
finds herself automatically moving toward , which Boo observes and:

the same shy smile crept across his face.

In
this sentence Lee uses alliteration with three words in a row starting with the letter
"s."

While Jem is resting, Atticus, Mr. Heck Tate, Boo, and Scout
gather on the front porch. Mr. Tate discusses what has happened. Atticus maintains that he will
not cover up what Jem has done, but Mr. Tate tries to explain that Jem couldn't have killed Mr.
Ewell. Both Atticus and Mr. Tate use idioms in their speech.

Atticus
says:

thank you from the bottom of my heart

to show his sincere gratitude, since he thinks Mr. Tate is trying
to protect Jem. Mr. Tate, however, is thinking of someone else. He says:

Theres a black boy dead for no reason, and the man responsible for
its dead. Let the dead bury the dead this time, Mr. Finch. Let the dead bury the dead.

Mr. Tate's dialogue also uses repetition to emphasize his point. He
repeats the"let the dead bury the dead," with additional repetition of the word
"dead."

Mr. Tate explains Scout couldn't have witnessed everything
because it was so dark outside:

black as ink.

This is a simile because the comparison contains the word
"as." This comparison emphasizes how dark it was outside.

The
symbolism of a mockingbird is present throughout the novel, as it is in the title of the book,
but it comes to a head in chapter 30. Atticus asks Scout if she understands, and she
responds:

Well, itd be sort of like shootin€˜ a
mockingbird, wouldnt it?

Discuss the advice the mother gives in "Girl" by Jamaica Kincaid that teaches her daughter to behave appropriately.

writes
about her native Antigua. recreates a scene between an adolescent, Caribbean girl and her
mother who is worried about the daughters behavior. The narration is first person point of view
with the mother serving as the narrator.  The narration is provided through a literary device
called stream of consciousness which passes along the random thoughts and feelings of the
narrator.

The story supplies a list of rules that the narrator's daughter
should incorporate in her life. The mother accepts as true that a woman's reputation determines
how she is treated in her surrounding. 

The mother believes that domestic
knowledge will not only save her daughter from a life of promiscuity but will also endow her as
a productive citizen. There is anger in the mothers tone. Her frustration comes from the
daughters inappropriate behavior and the worry that she will or even has done
something...

Give a brief analysis of the story "The Black Cat" by Edgar Allan Poe.

s may be
the most disturbing of any of his other stories.  The victims include not a human being but an
animal as well.  Poe uses an unusual approach of fantasy intertwined with reality so that the
reader almost loses the boundaries between these two elements. 

Narration

The point of view is first
person with the unnamed narrator the main character in the story.  The narrator spends much of
time trying to convince the reader that he is not insane.  As the story progresses, it is
obvious that the man was not only an alcoholic but an insane murderer. The man commits several
heinous acts and knows that they are wrong particularly the brutal killing of the first
cat.

Conflict

The main
character faces a conflict with alcoholism.  He even admits that this problem has tainted his
entire life.   He also seems to be challenged by deciding between reality and
fantasy. 

Theand Rising Action

The main character awaits his execution the next day. Through the telling of the story,
he intends to convince the reader that he is completely sane.   His alcoholism impacts his
life.  He turns on his beloved cat and cuts out its eye.  The man cannot live with guilt of what
he has done.  One day, he hangs the cat from a tree in the yard.  That night the house burns and
only one wall is left standing.

One morning, in cold
blood, I slipped a noose about its neck and hung it to the limb of a tree; -hung it with the
teas streaming from eyes, and with the bitterest remorse at my heart; --hung because I knew that
in so doing I was committing a sin€¦

On that wall was
been burned the impression of the cat hanging. 

Further Action

After several months of trying to return to normalcy, the man
goes into a saloon and sees another black cat.  It has a missing eye and looks exactly like the
other cat except it has a little white around its neck.  Initially, the narrator loves this
cat.  But as before, he begins to be annoyed by this one as well.  He notices that the cats
white around his neck mysteriously looks like a noose for hanging.

As the man and his wife were walking
down the stairs  to the cellar, the wife almost falls over the cat. The man becomes furious and
picks up an axe to kill the cat.  The wife defends the cat, and the man buries the axe in her
brain rather than the cat.

Falling
Action

The narrator decides to hide the
body of his wife in the cellar by using plaster to cover over where she was placed.  After he
buries her, the main character notices that the cat is missing.

After four
days, the police come to find out about his missing wife. Thinking that he has hidden the body
so well, the narrator takes the police down to the cellar to look for his wife. Arrogantly, he
taps on the wall where the bodys lies hidden. A scream is heard from inside the wall. The police
tear down the wall to find the dead woman with the missing cat on her head and covered in
blood.

Commentary

The boundaries between fantasy andbecome
difficult to separate. All of the events that happen in the story could have happened.  Some of
them are less likely than others. For example, the cat staying quiet until the tapping on the
wall seems unlikely since it undoubtedly would have wanted out. 

As the story
moves toward the end, the narrator loses his grip on reality and is unsure himself as to what
actually happens in the story.

What was the result of the Potsdam Conference?

The
Potsdam Conference was concerned with the reconstruction of war-torn Europe. This proved to be
easier said than done, as there were deep ideological differences between Stalin and his Western
war-time allies. Despite the general air of mutual suspicion and hostility at Potsdam, a number
of common positions were nonetheless agreed upon. As well as the partition of Germany into
allied-run sectors, the formal legal process of dealing with Nazi war criminals was put in
place, which would form the basis of the Nuremberg Trials. In addition, Germany was to be
comprehensively disarmed, and any industry capable of being used for military purposes
dismantled.

However, many of the most contentious issues, such as the status
of post-war Poland, remained unresolved at the Conference's conclusion. Instead, they were
postponed, to be dealt with in due course by a Council of Foreign Ministers. This was a none too
tacit acknowledgment that the Allies were never going to agree with the Soviets on...

There are no laws in Oceania from 1984; why then is it such a terrifying and repressing place?

There
are no laws in Oceania, only conventions. People behave the way they do, both towards each other
and to the organs of the state, not because it's legal, but because it's expected of them.
Conventions dictate every aspect of life in Oceania; they shape and mold each individual to be a
certain way.and 's behavior isn't subversive because it's illegal, but rather because they've
both broken the mold created by time-honored conventions handed down by successive
generations.

However, just because social life in Oceania is regulated by
conventions and not laws, it doesn't mean those conventions are any less repressive. In fact,
the established conventions that govern this totalitarian society are even more repressive than
the laws passed down by similar one-party dictatorships in the real world, and the consequences
of breaking these conventions are even more frightening. Anyone who acts contrary to their
allotted position in 's society runs the serious risk of
being...

Why do you think the flower girl was worried when she saw the man with the notebook?

The flower
girl is worried because she believes that the man with the notebook is a police
informer. 

In the play, the gentleman cannot buy a flower from the flower
girl because he does not have enough change. Instead, he gives her what he has, which is three
halfpence. Meanwhile, a bystander warns the flower girl that a police informer may be nearby
taking notes about her behavior and actions. The bystander tells the flower girl to give the
gentleman a flower in exchange for the three halfpence; he implies that she could go to prison
for appearing to solicit money from respectable men.

The flower girl becomes
hysterical upon hearing the bystander's warning. She demands to know what the man with the
notebook has written about her. Meanwhile, the gentleman proclaims that the flower girl has done
no harm and that she has certainly not accosted him in any way. He tells the notetaker to mind
his own business. For his part, the notetaker denies that he is a police informer. During the
exchange, he periodically tells the flower girl to cease her hysterics.

The
flower girl becomes worried when she sees the man with the notebook because she fears that he is
a police informer. There is also the implication (from the bystander's words) that the flower
girl could be seen as soliciting money for sexual favors if she failed to hand over a flower to
the gentleman who gave her the three halfpence.

In A Worn Path, what way might colors be related to Phoenix's name and personality?

Phoenix
is a colorful character, both literally and figuratively. As well as having a red rag tied
around her hair and strange golden inflections in her skin, she's so old she's almost ageless.
Just like the phoenix of ancient mythology, the old lady seems to have been around since the
dawn of time, which makes the bright colors of her skin and clothing all the more remarkable.
There's life in the old girl yet.

If Phoenix were just a
regular...

What were the effects of Tom Robinson's trial on the characters of "To Kill a Mockingbird"?

During
the Tom Robinson trial, , , and Dill witnessed racial injustice firsthand and lost their
childhood innocence, which significantly impacted their perspective on the world around
them.

Jem becomes jaded after listening to the
verdict and develops contempt for his prejudiced neighbors. Jem's ideas concerning justice and
the court system drastically change as he begins questioning his father about the flawed
institutions. Despite becoming more jaded towards the citizens of Maycomb and its justice
system, Jem develops empathy for others and understands the importance of protecting innocent
beings.

Dill expresses his displeasure with the
outcome of the Tom Robinson trial by wishing that he was a clown. After listening to how Mr.
Gilmer treated Tom and witnessing the jury's unjust decision, Dill attempts to repress his
negative emotions and begins thinking of ways to protect his feelings.

Unlike
Jem and Dill, Scout gains increased perspective on her prejudiced
community and does not...

Why did Faber kill Mrs. Garden?

Faber
killed Mrs. Garden because he feared that she would expose his spy activities.

In the book, Faber is a German spy working on behalf of the Axis forces. He disguises
his spy activities by working as a railway clerk by day. At night, he retires quietly to his
rented room in Mrs. Garden's...

Examine the purpose of Edwards's meaning in "The bow of God's wrath is bent, and the arrow made ready on the string."

For
Edwards, the idea of "The bow of God's wrath is bent, and the arrow made ready on the
string" helps to convey the urgency of the moment.  This urgency is one in which Edwards
claims that God is angry right now, at this moment and is ready to take action against those who
are "sinners."  Edwards has his audience in mind when he speaks of the bow and arrow
of God's...

How many members of the Pollard family were living together?

In the first
pages of chapter 4, "The Cougar and the Iceman," the author talks about the upbringing
of Seabiscuit's jockey, Red Pollard. Known by his family as "Johnny," Red was one of
seven "whip-smart buoyant children" of Irish immigrants: Jim, Johnny, Bill, Edie,
Betty, Norah and Bubbles. After a while, their uncle Frank moved in, and, along with Johnny's
mother, the number of people in their household totalled to 16.

Johnny wasn't
born into poverty. His father was an Irish immigrant who made it big by discovering soil that
could be used to make quality bricks. He built a factory and a big house on the land and started
a family.

Unfortunately, when Johnny was only six years old, his father's
factory was destroyed by a flood. His father had to declare bankruptcy and take a job as a
repairman.

The author describes Johnny as exceptionally bright. He loved
literature and would often memorize and recite poetry, sometimes in competition with his sister
Edie. A lot was expected of him academically, but he proved too much of a rebel to go down that
route. After a while, he felt so cooped-up that he began to aspire to a greater life, which he
would eventually find in his career as a jockey.

Could we compare androids to children? In the novel androids' lifespan is limited to few years (something connected with their metabolism, they are...

I agree with #2. I
think part of the point of the novel is to profoundly question what it is to be human. Note what
the humans do: they hunt down androids as if they were wild beasts and engage in shallow lives.
The androids seem to be presented as more human than the humans themselves in their emotions and
their desire to make...

Describe the rope dancing in Gulliver's Travels. Who does it? Why do they do it?

One day, after Gulliver
has impressed the emperor and people with his gentleness and docility, the emperor decides to
entertain Gulliver by allowing the visitor to watch the rope dancers who "performed upon a
slender white thread, extended about two feet, and twelve inches from the
ground."

Rope dancing is performed by those individuals who wish to
present themselves for important...

What images from chapters 9-15 of The Scarlet Letter are more vivid than those in previous chapters?

From , the image of 's
face getting darker and darker, becoming more "ugly and evil" the longer he lives with
, as though it were "getting sooty with the smoke" of hell is pretty vivid.  To
imagine an older face becoming grizzled and darkening as though with hell's soot is quite a
visual image indeed.

From , the narrator presents the image of
littlecollecting burrs and...

Why does Winston think he "killed" his mother in the book 1984?

The key words
are: indoctrination and manipulation. Indoctrination and manipulation, as every reader of
knows, are the key strategies of the Party to maintain control of the
population.

This manipulation is evident in the story of. Main character
Winston has an issue regarding his memory and the possibility that he was responsible for the
death of his mother. This doubt, and its eventual realization, occur in chapter 7, book 2 of the
novel. As readers, we are led to consider that he is more than likely not guilty at all of her
death, but the system needs for him to second guess himself so that...

What are the pros and cons of electing judges?

Pros:

• Electing judges results in a judiciary that is
  more responsive to public concerns, less out of touch with what the people want. It's all too
  easy for an unelected judiciary to lose sight of what's in the best interests of the community
  as a whole and serve its own narrow interests.
• Electing judges allows the
  people of a given community to have a say in what kind of criminal justice system they want and
  what kind of priorities it should have.

Cons:

• Electing judges undermines the rule of law. Legal cases should be decided
  on legal principles, not according to what's popular with the voters.


• Judges are there to interpret and apply the law; that's their job. Unlike elected
  politicians, they are not there to serve the interests of the people directly. They do so
  indirectly through a fair and consistent application of the law.

Why does Juliet want to believe the birdsong she can hear is a nightingale and not a lark?

The
morning afterconsummate their marriage,prepares to leave 's room before the sun rises and the
day begins. Romeo must flee to Mantua because he has been exiled from Verona for killing . If
Romeo remains in Juliet's room any longer, he risks being captured by the authorities.

At the beginning of act...

What theme or which two characters can be compared from Orwell's Animal Farm and Shakespeare's Julius Caesar?

's
noveland...

What was the role of women in Medea?

"" was produced in Athens in 431 BC. Athenian society was what is often termed
homosocial; men and women had very different roles and educations and socialized mainly with
their own gender. Women were normally married at the start of their reproductive years (12-14)
to men who had inherited responsiboilities for running estates (30+ years old). Women were
responsible for weaving, food, and child-rearing, rarely were literate, were not allowed to
attend symposia (intellectual dinner parties), theatre or athletic contests, and had their own
quarters and many all-female religious activities and festivals.
Medea would have been performed by an all-male
cast of actors (including the role of Medea) to an all male audience at the festival of
Dionysius.

In the play, the nurse and Jason's second wife are women in
conventional Greek roles. Medea is a barbarian sorcerer, and acts as a sort of cautionary tale
of what happens in foreign societies where women are allowed too much freedom. For the male
audience, the evil deeds of Medea confirm their belief that women should be kept uneducated and
firmly subjugated to prevent their uncontrolled emotions from destroying family and civic life.
(Women might not agree with this judgement, but the play as written by a man for other
men).

Why did Reconstruction fail to bring social and economic equality of opportunity to the former slaves? Why did Reconstruction fail to bring social and...

failed to
bring social and economic equality to the former slaves. Many white southerners never supported
Reconstruction. They were resentful that Reconstruction was being forced upon them. They
believed the former slaves were inferior to them, and when they had the opportunity to retake
control in the South, they made changes that had been instituted by the Reconstruction
process.

Reconstruction ended with the Compromise of 1877. Once
Reconstruction ended, white southerners returned to power in the South. Laws were passed to
segregate blacks and whites. These laws, known as the Jim Crow Laws, kept black people and white
people separate in schools as well as in public accommodations. This prevented the former slaves
from achieving social equality.

With educational opportunities being limited
and often being inferior to those of whites, the former slaves had more difficulty getting a
good education and good jobs. With African Americans facing discrimination in the workplace,
they also had fewer opportunities to achieve economic equality. Throughout the country, little
was done to try to change these conditions in the South. As a result, the former slaves did not
achieve social and economic equality as a result of Reconstruction.

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How should we respond to Legacies of Historical Globalization? For example racism in slave trade, residential schools, Rwanda. Environmental issues...

This is a difficult
question to answer.The truth is that those terrible events do have long-standing effects, but at
some point we have to stop harping on them if we want to move on.Events that happened so long
ago cannot be directly traced to today.Restitution, financial or otherwise, would have to come
from parties who had no hand in the events they are apologizing and paying for.]]>

In The Bronze Bow, what are two reasons that Daniel feels he could never marry Thacia?

As Daniel
gets to know Thacia better and as he begins living in the village and being exposed to people
who live in family units, including his friend Nathan, he begins to feel angry at the fact that
he could never marry Thacia. Two reasons stand out in his mind as insurmountable obstacles to a
life with Thacia. First is his own commitment to overthrowing Rome. He has taken a vow, and he
lives for one thing only, namely, freeing his people from Roman domination. This prevents him
from taking a wife not only because he must remain single-minded to carry out his mission, but
also because he will be putting his life in great danger, and that would be an unacceptable
thing to do if he was responsible for a wife. Secondly, Thacia's position in society is much
higher than Daniel's, meaning that Thacia's father would normally never consider such a match
for her. However, Thacia's father and mother originally determined they would allow Thacia to
choose her own husband rather than arranging a marriage for her. Nevertheless, Daniel made a bad
impression on her father, and he no doubt feels embarrassed by that. The ultimate reason for not
marrying, though, as he tells Thacia in chapter 22, is that because of the deep hatred and
vengeance that fills his heart, "There is no room for anyone
else." 

What is temperance?

In US
history, temperance usually refers to moderation in, or abstaining from, the consumption of
alcoholic beverages. The temperance movement, supported by many religious denominations, was a
prime mover in achieving the passage of the Eighteenth Amendment to the US Constitution,
prohibiting the sale of intoxicating liquors, which became law in 1919. The ensuing era is
generally referred to Prohibition, and the amendment remained in force until it was reversed
with the passage of the Twenty-First Amendment in 1933.

One of the most
important organizations that was active on behalf of temperance and prohibition was the Womens
Christian Temperance Union (WCTU), established in 1874. While the organization advocated for a
number of social issues through applied Christianity, it became increasingly associated with
encouraging prohibition on a national level. The WCTUs second president, Frances Willard,
dedicated herself to increasing its membership and promoting its mission, including establishing
international chapters; by 1890, it was the largest womens organization in the world. Other bad
habits and negative behaviors that it opposed included tobacco use. Promoting womens and family
welfare, the union took the position that drinking eroded family stability and caused financial
harm. The WCTU was also associated with anti-immigrant policies, labeling certain nationalities
as more prone to drinking.

The Union included some radical proponents of
temperance, such as Carry Nation, who took a physically aggressive approach. Nations first
husband, Charles Gloyd, was an alcoholic who died young; his death inspired her anti-drinking
activism. After marrying David Nation, she joined the WCTU in Kansas. Within a few years, Nation
had expanded her campaign into violence. She and her followers conducted what she called
hatchetations, entering bars and saloons and physically damaging the establishments with
hatchet blows.

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Discuss the themes of death, war and the value of life in "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge."

In his
short story ","provides some direct and indirect commentary on the subjects of war,
death, and the value of life. Parts I and II provide most of the direct remarks, while Part III
offers subtle support for the story's perspective.

The story presents a
surprisingly emotionless view of the Civil War. It describes the arrangements of members of the
Federal army dispassionately, and it states Farquhar's commitment to the Southern cause without
criticism for his role as a slaveholder. Bierce pens an eloquent statement about death, war, and
life in Part I:

Death is a dignitary who, when he comes
announced, is to be received with formal manifestations of respect, even by those most familiar
with him. In the code of military etiquette silence and fixity are forms of deference.

Here the author asserts that even soldiers, whose job is to end
life and bring death, do not take an "announced" killing lightly. Therefore, during
this procedure of...

In "The Catcher in the Rye", describe Holden's attitude and relationship with his parents, Allie, DB, and Phoebe.

The first
family member with whomshould first be connected is , his little brother who passed away from
cancer.

Allie's death set Holden's life in motion towards the paths that he
chose. His relationship with him was affectionate, as he was often more connected with all
things juvenile, and innocent. When Allie died, Holden was in such grief that punched out the
windows around him and wanted to punch those out of the family car as well, but his hands were
already cut, and he was rushed to the hospital. It was this moment that set im into that
depression that would come and go randomly, and which ultimately made him want to become a
"catcher in the rye" when he grew older, so that he can save children who are in
danger.

His parents, both normal, but affluent, and obviously caring, are not
mentioned as much as Holden's relationship with his siblings. He does mention that his mom is as
"insane" as every other mother, but he does seem to have an affection for them. He
simply does not openly show it.

D.B. is a famous Hollywood writer who used to
write stories. Holden held him in high esteem until the brother switched from working for books
to working for movies. Holden has a hard time with D.B. because D.B. is the shining star of the
family, and Holden feels like a lesser person around him. He also accuses D.B. of
"prostituting" himself for working for the phonie Hollywood- because, of course,
Holden hates movies.

is the strongest connection that Holden has in his
family, again, here we see the same pattern of connection to all things innocent, juvenile,
innocent, and genuine. She is 10, and yet seems to be a the same intellectual and/or emotional
level as Holden. She can tell his behaviors and comments on his decisions because she is clearly
aware of how he is. He loves her to death as well.

In Animal Farm, when the pigs think Napoleon is dying from drinking alcohol, what is his final dying command?

To answer this
question, take a look at Chapter Eight. After finding a case of whiskey in the farmhouse
cellars,over-indulges and finds himself very sick the next day. Believing that he is dying, he
issues his final command:

As his last act upon earth,
Comrade Napoleon had pronounced a solemn decree: the drinking of alcohol was to be punished by
death.

It is worth paying some attention to this final
command. You'll notice that when Napoleon thinks he is at death's door, he forbids anyone from
drinking alcohol. However, the second that he realizes it is just a hangover, he not only okays
the drinking of alcohol but even makes plans to produce his own supply.

Looking deeper,is using this incident to comment that Soviet leaders, like Stalin, were
only ever self-interested and not concerned with the needs of the wider society. They changed
the rules and regulations to suit themselves, demonstrating a strong and undeniable sense of
selfishness and arrogance.

In "A Clean, Well-Lighted Place" by Hemingway, what does the caf© represent for the two waiters?

The
younger waiter is fairly straightforward in his implied expressions of what the caf© represents
for him. He has a wife, he has confidence, and he has a livelihood. The caf© both is and
represents his job. On a more complex level, the caf© also might be said to represent his
confidence. If it were not for his job, he would be out of work, his wife may reject him and he
may waste his youth in searching or in despair. But for now with youth, confidence, a wife and a
job, the caf© represents his life and his future--also that which keeps him up until 3
o'clock.

It is far more complicated to say what the caf©...

In "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow," how wise was the philosophy the Van Tassels followed in rearing their child?

In response to this
question, you might like to analyse the way in which Katrina is first presented to us in this
story and how some obvious character flaws are presented thanks to the standing of her father
and the wealth that she has:

She was a blooming lass of
fresh eighteen; plump as a partridge; ripe and melting and rosy-cheeked as one of her father's
peaches, and universally famed, not merely for her beauty, but her vast expectations. She was
withal a little of a coquette, as might be perceived even in her dress,...

Trigonometry. Question A ladder leaning against a wall reaches a height of 10m up the wall and makes an angle of 75 degrees with the ground. What is...

Let us say the
point touching the ground in ladder is A, the point of ladder that touch the wall is B and
the...

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What are some of the significant differences between the film and the book?

The main
difference between the novel byand filmmaker Peter Jackson's adaptation
for the screen lies in the portrayal of the world of heaven experienced by the main character,
Susie (played by Saoirse Ronan). The character of Susie is dead, having been brutally raped and
murdered while still a teenager. The novel's first line is My name was Salmon, like the fish;
first name, Susie. I was fourteen when I was murdered on December 6, 1973. 

Sebold's novel won the prestigious Bram Stoker Award for Best First Novel, but the film
garnered mostly negative reviews. Despite the book's haunting and rather disturbing story (based
in part upon author Sebold's own experience of being raped), the film has a fantastical quality,
full of special effects and fantasy sequences, that seems to diminish its seriousness. It is
possible that Jackson sought to downplay the brutality of Susie's demise and to emphasize the
world of "heaven" she now inhabits; but for many critics and viewers familiar with the
novel, this approach does not seem like an effective adaptation.

Jackson,
most well known for his award-winning work on the Lord of the Rings
trilogy, is a director known for imbuing his works with dazzling special effects. His film
Heavenly Creatures, which dramatizes the true story of two teenage girls
whose obsessive friendship leads them to commit murder, is full of scenes of fantasy and
romance. But this film's fantastical elements reflect the bizarre psychological circumstances of
the girls' friendship, and draws upon their actual diary writings to re-create their
relationship. In contrast, The Lovely Bones feels wrong-headed due to the
brutality of the main character's death, which seems at odds with the strange beauty and
pleasant qualities of her "heavenly" existence.

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What exactly is happening in chapter 44 of Egil's Saga?

In
chapter 44 of Egils Saga, there is a banquet for the king, who has arrived
that night. The king inquires where the bard is, as the bard is the host of the banquet, and
hears that the bard is looking after other guests at the moment. The king takes offence at the
fact that the bard seems to look after his other guests better than after the king. He therefore
asks to bring these guests to him, which is how Egil and Olvir end up sitting in the kings
company.

In the course of the evening, they become progressively more
intoxicated, as the bard ensures that there is always drink available. Egil starts reciting
verses, but the bard begs him to keep on drinking instead of continuing to recite verses, as he
finds them too slanderous. Eventually, the bard complains to the queen about the fact that Egil
keeps on drinking and reciting slanderous verses, so they decide to poison Egils
drink.

When being given the drinking horn, Egil scratches runes on it and
pricks his hand in order to smear his own blood onto these runes, at the same time reciting more
verses. At this point, the horn bursts and Olvir begins to faint, which is why Egil decides to
escort him outside. However, the bard follows him and asks him to drink some more, at which
point Egil proceeds to stab the bard with his sword; the bard dies as a result.

Upon observing the scene, the king asks to see Egil, but Egil has already leftthe kings
men search for him in vain. The king then decides to continue the search for Egil in the morning
in order to kill him.

Analyze the factors in Clinton's life that fostered confidence and risk-taking behavior atypical for women. How can the factors you identified be used...

One of the factors in
Hillary Clinton's life that fostered confidence was the encouragement of her mother (see the
article below from the New York Times). Her mother had been denied an
education. In fact, her mother's mother lured her back to Chicago with the promise of sending
her to college, but Hillary's mother was instead forced to work as a housekeeper. As a result,
Hillary's mother always encouraged her daughter to seek more opportunities and to get a good
education. Therefore, parental encouragement was one factor in Hillary's professional
success.

Another factor in her success is that Hillary attended Wellesley, an
all-women's college. There, she was active in college politics and political groups, and she was
active in student government. In addition, one of her professors at Wellesley arranged for her
to have a political internship. Women's high schools and colleges can provide women with
encouragement and confidence, particularly in traditionally male fields such as
politics.

Therefore, parents need to provide the same types of encouragement
for their daughters to join in public and professional life as they do for their sons. In
addition, women can benefit from all-women schools, groups, or conferences to gain political and
leadership experience and to gain more confidence as leaders.

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Is public opinion generally clear, providing broad signals to elected leaders about what needs to be done? Why or why not?

This
question is really too vague to have a precise answer. Thus the key to writing an essay on the
topic is to break down the issues involved into more specific and measurable elements.

First, one should note that "public opinion" is a vague term. In democracies,
the main instrument for quantifying public opinion is voting. There are two systems involved in
voting. One can vote for individuals who are elected to legislatures which vote on specific
issues, as is done in "republics," or one can have direct democracy in which one votes
on specific legislation.

Obviously in direct democracy, citizens have a more
direct influence on decisions, but as has been shown by the example of California, the problem
with direct democracy is that voting in isolated propositions can lead to contradictions, as
when voters approve tax reductions and increased spending simultaneously. In the case of elected
officials, they may be overly influenced by small groups, especially the very vocal or very
wealthy and not necessary responsive to the majority of voters. Moreover, in many countries,
electoral systems are problematic. In the United States, for example, small states such as
Wyoming have a greater number of senators per person than lager states such as California,
violating the principle of "one person, one vote."

Other types of
public opinion such as polling, focus groups, lobbying, and advocacy groups as well as campaign
contributions, also influence politics. Given that people have varied political opinions, there
is really no thing such as unified "public opinion" but merely competing groups to
which political leaders must respond.

What do his listeners mistakenly feel keeps them from falling into hell?

This is a
good question. Edwards assumes that his hearers do not know what situation they are in. They
mistakenly forget that they are sinners in the hands of an angry God, as the title of the sermon
makes clear. I would say that is the bulk of the sermon and where people are mistaken.
Therefore, Edwards is at pains to show them that the unconverted person is near hell. Here is a
quote:

So that every unconverted Man properly belongs to
Hell; that is his Place; from thence he is.

Here is
another:

The old Serpent is gaping from them. Hell opens
his Mouth wide to receive them; and if God should permit it, they would be hastily swallowed up
and lost.

The only thing that keeps the unconverted man
from hell is the good pleasure of God. Edwards then goes one to say that some people believe
that their prudence, care, or wisdom will save them. Edwards burst this opinion as well. He
writes:

There is this clear evidence that Mens own
Wisdom is no Security to them from Death.

In the end, not
ignorance, mans care, concern, or hard work can help people from hell. Therefore, the only
solution from falling into hell is to run away from hell (to God), which is exactly the way the
sermon ends.

Why Chaucer is called the Father of English poetry?

is called the
father of English literature because he was the first to write what became generally well-known
and recognized poems and stories in the language of the common people of his time - medieval
English. Until that time, the language of the educated and of written literature in England was
Latin or French. Chaucer wrote a great many works that were well-received during his lifetime
and that continue to be recognized as masterpieces, but the defining factor that sets him apart
was the fact that they were written in English.

What was Sophocles' intention in writing "Oedipus Rex"? What issues or questions was he trying to present to the audience of his time?

No one
can ever know for sure what ' intentions were in writing , or indeed any of
his plays, for that matter. However, there's no doubt that the play deals with a number of
themes that must have been important to him and to other Greeks at the time. For instance, the
Greeks strongly believed in fate, and that it was both foolish and arrogant to go against it.
Yet that's precisely whatdoes throughout the play, trying to defy his destiny by ever more
elaborate means, only to bring ruin upon himself and his kingdom.

What's
more, fate has been decreed by the gods. For the Greeks, defying fate was therefore not just not
wrong, it was impious, an act of sacrilege against the gods. In defying the will of the
immortals, Oedipus is effectively setting himself up as a god. The killing of his own father,
albeit carried out through ignorance, represents in microcosm how Oedipus has behaved towards
the gods. Sophocles is keen to emphasize to his fellow Greeks just how dangerous it is to defy
the immortals. The consequences are always calamitous.

In chapter 14 of To Kill a Mockingbird, how does Atticus react to Dill returning to the Finch household. What does he tell the children and how do...

does not seem completely
surprised to find Dill hiding in his house, and tells the children he needs some food and makes
a joke about him needing a bath.  They are not surprised their father would treat Dill
respectfully.

When Dills mother gets married, he feels
abandoned and decides to go back to Maycomb.  The children find him hiding under s bed.  They
know that they cant just keep his presence a secret, because his parents will be worried about
him.  They decide to tell Atticus, and as usual he is aware of the situation and
understanding.

When Scout finds Dill under her bed, at first she thinks he is
a snake.  Then he tells them a sad tale, of why he had to leave.  Since it is Dill, it involves
a whopper about his stepfather tying him up in the basement. 

Atticus
responds to the emergency with his usual respectful patience.  The children show maturity in
calling for his help, after they have calmed Dill down.

I
finally found my voice: Its okay, Dill. When he wants you to know somethin€˜, he tells
you.

Dill looked at me. I mean its all right, I said. You know he wouldnt
bother you, you know you aint scared of Atticus.

Im not scared€¦ Dill
muttered.

Just hungry, Ill bet. Atticuss voice had its usual pleasant
dryness. (Ch. 14)

Atticus says Dill needs some real food,
asks him to clean up with a joke about soil erosion thatexplains to him, and says he wont tell
Rachel where Dill is yet.  He knows that Dill will continue to panic until he has had some food
and rest. 

Eventually though, the truth about Dill comes out.  He ran away
because his parents were ignoring him.

I raised up on my
elbow, facing Dills outline. Its no reason to run off. They dont get around to doin€˜ what
they say theyre gonna do half the time€¦

That wasnt it, hethey just wasnt
interested in me. (Ch. 14)

Dill had so desperately wanted
a family for so long, and especially a father, that when he finally got one he expected the man
to live up to his expectations.  Instead, he was disappointed.  The man was much more interested
in his mother than him.  As a result, he ran away to Maycomb, where he knew that he was always
welcome and wanted.  There, he felt like part of the family.

Dill clearly
contrasts Atticus with his own stepfather.  Scout reminds him that Atticus is not always there,
but it is not the being there that counts.  Atticus clearly cares.  He does not jump to
conclusions, and he treats his own children and other children, like Dill, with respect and
kindness.  This is what makes Atticus a role model to Dill.

 

In "Everyday Use" by Alice Walker, what is the main conflict?

belarafon

's "" is a classic short story from
1973.

The main conflict in the story is between
materialism, representing the New, and
tradition, representing the Old. The culminating event of the story
occurs at the end, when Dee, the materialistic sister, fights with her mother about the
distribution of family quilts:

"Maggie can't
appreciate these quilts!" she said. "She'd probably be backward enough to put them to
everyday use."

"I reckon she would," I said. "God knows
I been saving 'em for long enough with nobody using 'em. I hope she will!" I didn't want to
bring up how I had offered Dee (Wangero) a quilt when she went away to college. Then she had
told...

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How is third person used in "Interpreter of Maladies," and what is its effectiveness?

This short story is
written from a third-person limited omniscient perspective, with
the limited omniscient focus on the character of Mr. Kapasi.The narrator begins to tell us of
Mr. Kapasi's thoughts and feelings very early in the text, and this continues as the tour guide
begins to develop hopes that he might have some kind of long-distance relationship with Mrs.
Das, as she reveals her terrible secret to him in the hopes that he can assuage her pain (or
guilt), and as he realizes that the ideas he entertained about the pair of them will never come
to be.This narrative point of view draws us closer to Mr. Kapasi, encouraging us to sympathize
with and relate to him more than any other character; we are more apt to judge Mr. and Mrs. Das
for their poor parenting and bad...

What's is the importance of "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" by Washington Irving in American literature? What's is the importance of "The Legend of...

Episode 172 of the popular television show, Seinfeld (the number
one show on NBC at the time) contains a joke in which an industrial smoothing company has
accidentally made the head of a statue too small. One of the characters suggests that the best
way to deal with this would be to get rid of the head entirely, put a pumpkin under the statues
arm and change the inscription to Ichabod Crane.

Any reader of will
realize the mistake: confusing Ichabod himself with the headless horseman who terrifies him.
This, however, is part of the point: the name of Ichabod Crane and his connection with headless
figures and pumpkins is well-known to millions of Americans who have never read The Legend of
Sleepy Hollow. Irving has created one of the select band of literary characters who are
instantly recognizable and seem always to have existed: Scrooge, Sherlock Holmes, Tarzan, Philip
Marlowe and Holden Caulfield. Even among major authors, the creation of...

How could the story be told in someone else's point of view? How would the teacher tell the story? It is hard to see what the other characters think...

Given that Laurie, in
Jackson's short story "," provides a very limited point-of-view in the story, the
teacher's tale would certainly be very different.

The teacher would not be
alluding to anything. She would simply come out and tell the story of a little boy who acts out
during class. Details would include his inappropriate behaviors, his inappropriate language, and
the measures she took to try to prevent them.

That being said, the entire
story would change. There would be no confusion about who Charles was and his influence over
Laurie (or assumed influence as Laurie's parents fear). There would be no surprise ending or
shock for the reader. There would be no real story, other than the tale of a kindergarten boy
failing to acclimate to school.

How does Dimmesdale punish himself in chapter 11 of The Scarlet Letter?

In , "The
Minister's Vigil,"does practice self-flagellation in which he essentially whips himself
with a scourge: usually a handle to which is attached many small, leather tails, each with one
or more barbs that would stick in the skin, causing greater pain and bleeding.  This practice
was meant to mortify the flesh and so purge the soul. 

Dimmesdale also fasts,
but not in a pious or healthy way.  Unlike other Puritans, he fasts not to "purify the body
and render it the fitter medium of celestial lumination, but rigorously, and until his knees
trembled beneath him, as an act of penance."  So, this fasting is not part of his worship,
not a way to purify himself; instead, it is a way to atone, to punish himself for his
sins.

Finally, Dimmesdale keeps late-night vigils, night after night. 
"He thus typified the constant introspection wherewith he tortured, but could not purify,
himself."  He becomes so tired that he often has visions or hallucinations.  Thus,
Dimmesdale is essentially sleep-deprived, malnourished, and in constant pain as a result of the
injuries he's delivered to himself. 

When he goes to the scaffold, it isn't
an attempt to further torture himself.  In fact, he hopes to find a moment of relief from the
constant emotional pain and torment he feels.

Find the foci of the hyperbola? `x^2/64-y^2/36=1`

If general
equation of hyperbola is

`x^2/a^2+y^2/b^2=1`

then we can
calculate linear eccentricity `e>0` by using formula

`e^2=a^2+b^2`     
 ...

Why did Laurie act the way he did in school?

The most
likely reason is that Laurie is testing his boundaries in an unfamiliar setting.

At the beginning of the story, we learn that Laurie has just begun kindergarten. His
mother relates that Laurie has graduated from a "sweet-voiced nursery-school tot" to a
"long-trousered swaggering character." This revelation is telling. One can interpret
Laurie's bravado as a sort of coping mechanism.

While kindergarten presents
new opportunities for Laurie, it is also an unknown entity. Laurie likely understands that he is
transitioning into new territory, where more is expected of him. Yet, because of his immaturity,
Laurie has little idea of what it means to transition smoothly into new surroundings. His bad
behavior is likely an attempt at maintaining a feeling of control during an unfamiliar
experience.

We notice that Laurie is openly rude to the adults in his life,
from his parents to his teachers. He revels in the exploits of his alter ego, . As Charles,
Laurie is powerful and invincible. Laurie's teacher appears to take everything in stride. She
does not let Laurie get away with bad behavior. By the third or fourth week, Charles is
magically transformed. He is so good that his teacher rewards him with an apple. Charles becomes
known as the teacher's "helper."

So, it's clear that Laurie acted
badly in the beginning of the school year as a coping mechanism.

In Fever 1793 by Laurie Halse Anderson, what were signs that Grandfather had yellow fever?

The first
sign that Grandfather could be ill from yellow fever is in chapter 11, page 78, when he begins
coughing in the back of the carriage on the way out of Philadelphia. Initially, he waves off the
coughing fit as nothing, but on page 81, they are stopped by guards making sure no one with
yellow fever...