Is the Imperial Period of Rome the same as the Augustus period and Pax Romana?

The Imperial
Period, the Pax Romana, and the reign of Augustus are all different things even though they
overlap to some degree.

The term "Imperial Period" refers to the
time when Rome was an empire ruled by an emperor.  It is typically seen as going from 27 BC to
476...

In Act 3 Sc 1 of Romeo and Juliet , how is conflict presented?

The conflict that is
presented in Act III scene 1 of thisis actually rather complex and works on a number of
different levels. Firstly, there is the obvious external conflict between the Montagues and the
Capulets astries to pick a fight with . Whilst this is indicated by the obvious insults between
the two groups, what is far more interesting is the dramaticin this scene: the audience knows
whatand Tybalt do not know, which is that Romeo is actually married to Tybalt's cousin,, and
therefore this explains his reluctance to...

Is Music Art

This should be
a moot point.  Is music not included within Schools of Fine Art?  Artistic expression finds its
form in architecture, visual arts, and music.  All are creative acts from the minds and souls of
individuals, not from any other source.

The ancient Greeks believed that humans are not in control of their lives but that the gods act according to their own purpose, and this results in...

The most obviousin
is that, the king of Thebes, spends basically the entire play looking for
himself.  The countryside and citizens suffer from several plagues: there is a blight on the
crops, women cannot conceive, and so on.  As a result, Oedipus sends his...

We need a book for school wide read like "Rocket Boys." Grades 9-12/AP to Special Ed. Suggetions? We need a book for school wide read like "Rocket...

Alas, Babylon
is a good one for older kids with more reading experience.  It's a little tougher than the ones
previously mentioned, but it's not a hard book.  The story is about nuclear war and focuses on
one family unit in Florida who transcends race and gender barriers to survive
together.

What were some of the Colonists' reactions to British actions?

Hey
lilstunna,

I think Akannan did a good job with his answer and I would like to
add on to it.

I am assuming you mean the causes of the revoultion when you
are referring to "response to British actions" so i'm going to mention some of the
major causes of the revolution and go over the reaction to each. I hope this helps.

The Proclamation of 1763: Prevented settlement west of the
Appalacian mountains to keep colonists and Native Americans from coming into conflict.

-Colonists disapporved of this measure because they felt they were being robbed of land
they had won during the French and Indian War. Many settlers had already moved over the
mountains and into Kentucky and Tennessee and were unwilling to move back. Despite the best
efforts of the British, most colonists moved west anyways and refused to abandon their
settlements until British soldiers forced them back across the proclaimation line.

The Stamp Act of 1765 : Required the placing of a tax on
most printed goods, such as legal papers,...

With what emotions did you respond to the ending of "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge"?

The story's ending is so
shocking in some ways that the reader must first come to terms with what has happened to Peyton
Farquhar. It turns out that almost the entirety of part 3 of the story has taken place in
Farquhar's own head, his sense of time having slowed down in the extreme as he waited to be
hanged. However, Bierce does such a good job of compelling our sympathy for Farquhar throughout
the storysuch as in Farquhar's attempt to fix his final thoughts on his wife and children, his
extreme desire to return to his family, and his relief when he sees his beautiful wife againthat
I feel sad for him when it is revealed that part 3 all took place as he fell from the bridge to
the end of his rope. Despite the fact that he is devoted to the Southern cause, has tried to
disrupt the Northern war effort by burning a bridge, and, we must assume, owns slaves, Farquhar
has been so thoroughly humanized by Bierce that I am filled with sympathy for this
man.

What did Archimedes do that history bears his name? What did he accomplish, was he the first to discover something or what?

had many
inventions and is regarded as one of the greatest mathematicians of all time. In general, he is
historically known for a wide range of contributions. Here are two that bear his
name. 

The Archimedes screw or screwpump, which looks somewhat like a drill,
is a machine designed to take water from lower level water supplies into...

Explain the evolution of Rome from republic to empire.

As the
Republic expanded throughout Italy Rome needed to manage territories and peoples that previously
fought with Rome. The Republic began by offering a tired legal status for these non roman
people. Roman citizenship extended to all living in Roman colonies which included the vote,
expected military service, allowance to marry other Romans. Latinum Nomen- latin rights was
citizenship without the vote. This status was obtained by moving to Rome. The Socii
Italici-Italian allies were those who were previously hostile to Roman influence but began to
show interest in becoming Roman.

While legal...

When did Melanie and April say they didn't like Toby and Ken?

I
believe that this question is asking about chapter 10. This chapter is titled "The Return
to Egypt." The kids who have been playing the Egypt game have been kept from doing much of
anything outside because of the threat of the murderer in the neighborhood. The kids are finally
allowed to go out and do some trick-or-treating. Their plan is to sneak away at some
point...

What happens after Farquhar seems to escape from the creek?

A
great deal of the story's narration is about Farquhar being swept downstream away from the
soldiers shooting at him. Farquhar will eventually be washed onto the shore, and the very first
thing that he does is weep with delight. He is thrilled to have escaped his hanging, and he is
joyously crying at having escaped the barrage of bullets that were fired at him. Next, Farquhar
digs his hands into the dirt and throws it over himself in delight. He is shot at one last time,
and this breaks his reverie. Farquhar then bolts into the forest. For the remainder of the day,
Farquhar heads through the forest toward his house, and he arrives near it by nightfall.
Unfortunately, he never arrives back at his home. His entire escape was a fabrication of his
imagination.

Peyton Farquhar was dead; his body, with a
broken neck, swung gently from side to side beneath the timbers of the Owl Creek
bridge.

What is the difference between average cost and marginal cost?

There is a
difference between average cost and marginal cost.  The average cost of a product is the total
cost of making a product divided by the total number of products made.  If a company produces
500 hats and spends 3000 dollars to make the hats,  the average cost of each hat is 3000 divided
by 500 which is 6 dollars per hat.  Marginal cost is change in total costs which occur when an
additional unit of the product is made by the company.  Using the example above, if the company
making hats decides to make 501 hats instead of 500 hats, and the total cost for 501 hats is
3050 dollars, the marginal cost would be 50 dollars for the 501st hat produced.  Since 500 hats
costs 3000 dollars and 501 hats costs 3050 dollars, the marginal cost is the additional 50
dollars spent to make one additional hat.  There is a difference between average cost and
marginal cost.

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What is the punishment of the wrathful and the fallen angels?

Your
question was originally tagged with the novel Fallen Angels by Walter Dean
Myers (a Vietnam War novel), but you had listed The Inferno at the bottom;
so I'm assuming that you're referring to Dante's work.  If that is the case, then the wrathful
fallen angel, Satan, inis exiled to the pit, the inner circle of hell. Instead of being
the glorious creature that he was before his fall, he is a hideous beast who eats betrayers such
as Judas Iscariot and Brutus and Cassius (betrayers of Julius Caesar).  His punishment is
similar to other residents' of hell in that his ugly exterior represents his
sin.  Moreover, because he sought to subdue God and become the ultimate ruler, he is
not confined to the innermost circle of hell with no way out.  Dante's fallen angels are
different from Milton's (in Paradise Lost) in that they do not maintain as
much brashness or even their beauty as Milton's fallen angels do.

In Act II of Pygmalion, what makes Eliza change her mind and stay when she actually wants to leave?

Eliza
is a poor flower girl who has to work from early (when the flowers are delivered) until late (if
she hasn't sold them all yet).  She has been tempted by Professor Higgins with the thought of
owning her own flower shop.  In order to do so, however,...

What are some examples of Edwards' tone being repeated in "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God?"

I think
that Edwards' tone is repeated because it really never leaves.  Edwards makes it clear that
there are two overall impressions that Edwards holds in the sermon.  The first is that God is
angry.  Edwards does not miss a moment to bring this out.  This tone never really leaves the
sermon.  Human action and choice has created a condition where human sin is present, and quite
evident.  This has angered God, and Edwards' tone makes this very clear.  Additionally, Edwards
contains a note of foreboding. For Edwards, not only is God angry, but is ready to take action. 
In this, Edwards' tone is reflective of how God is ready punish those who sin.  The ideas of
"their foot will slide" as well as the unavoidable wrath of God are both evident in
Edwards' tone.  Edwards' attitude is that humans have done wrong to God and the actions of the
divine will reflect this level of anger.  In this, Edwards does not abandon his attiude towards
his listeners as well as those who have offended the sensibilities of God.  This does not leave
the sermon, being repeated often and at different points.

How does Shakespeare portray Juliet's changing feelings about love in Romeo and Juliet?

Whenaskshow she feels about , her parents'
choice for a husband (whom she has never met), she replies:

I'll look to like, if looking liking move:
But no more deep will I endart mine
eye
Than your consent gives strength to make it fly.

Not only will Juliet seek to love the man she has never seen, she will love him exactly
as much as her parents would like her to. In 1.3, when she first appears, Juliet seems the
epitome of a dutiful daughter: quite uninterested in romantic love except as a way of pleasing
her parents.

When she meetsfor the first time in 1.4, her spontaneous
completion of a perfect sonnet with him signals that she has changed completely. She seems to
have grown up as well as fallen in love within hours. In 2.2, she has changed so much from the
dutiful daughter of 1.3 that her first thoughts are about forsaking her family, no longer being
a Capulet, for the sake of Romeo. Although she briefly vacillates later, upon hearing that Romeo
has killed , this expresses her attitude toward love for the remainder of the
play.

What were the early victories of Germany in WWII?

In the
early days ofthe Germans scored a number of notable victories. The most important, from a
strategic standpoint, was the relatively easy invasion and occupation of France. The French
government believed that the Maginot Line, a line of strategic concrete fortifications, would be
enough to protect the country from German attack. However, it proved no such thing, and was
unable to withstand the might of the Wehrmacht, who with their superior...

What is the point of view in "Hills Like White Elephants"?

I think
that the third person narrative point of view is used in a stellar manner in Hemingway's short
story.  One of the elements that makes the third person point of view so effective is that it
helps to recreate a moment in time.  In his book, Testaments Betrayed,
Milan Kundera suggests that part of what makes this story so powerful is that the third person
point of view is mastered to recreate a conversation in time.  If one reflects on this, it is a
difficult task to accomplish for every time we consider our own past and a past moment in time,
it turns out that our own point of view colors the event, making exact recreation impossible. 
At the same time, the web of language is one where a moment can be hinted at or intimated, but
never fully recreated so that another person can recognized exactly the moment as the characters
involved.  Hemingway's style of the third person narration is one where "the tip of the
iceberg" is exposed, meaning that there is much more present in the conversation and in the
moment, but the point of view allows the reader to fully explore this "tip" while
recognizing that much more exists and much more is present.  The point of view helps to deliver
the themes in a strong manner.  In doing so, we, as the reader, receive an almost "bird's
eye view" of what is happening, whereby we understand the situation in perfect detail and
are left to our own choices for interpretation, just as the main characters are left to their
own choices and the implications that result from the predicament.

where and when did the earliest direct contact between Europeans and Americans probably occur? What, if anything, resulted from the contact? From...

Contact
probably occured on the island of Mamana (present day Haiti and The Dominican Republic) in the
eastern Caribbean between Columbus and the Arawak Indians.

This is probably
the...

What are the major sources for the Old Testament?

This is a
very sophisticated question, as the Old Testament has many sources. In fact, scholars debate
which sources are the most reliable. The best approach is to use all the sources at once. In
light of this, the three most important sources are as follows:

• MT - The Masoretic Text was created by a group
  of Jewish scribes, from the Middle Ages. They were called Masoretes and the best and oldest
  manuscripts we have from them dates to around 1000 AD. However, what these texts reflects
  probably go back to around 100 AD. I should also add that they were extremely
  careful.
• DDS - The Dead Sea Scrolls were
  found in 1947 in various caves. Most importantly they date to 200-100 BC, that is, a thousand
  years earlier than our Masoretic texts. It is important to note that the DDS confirms the MT.
  This shows how careful the Masorites were in their copying.


• LXX - Septuagint. Greek translations started around
  300-200 B.C. We can read an account of the Greek translation of the Hebrew Bible in the
  Letter of Aristeas. Since these texts are old, some scholars want to the
  use the LXX to challenge the MT readings. In theory this is possible, but textual criticism is
  no easy thing, as you can imagine.

There are, of course, other
sources, like the Samaritan Pentateuch, but the above three are the most common. Finally, I will
add a link on textual criticism.

What did the men from the county do to offend Granny in the story "Blues Ain't No Mockingbird"?

Granny is
offended by the men from the county in Blues Aint No Mockingbird by . The first mistake the
men make is filming Grannys property without her permission. They hid in the trees surrounding
the property while filming as the children played in the yard and Granny worked on her Christmas
cakes. When the men from the county entered the property, they continued to film and patronized
Granny by calling her Aunty. They did not greet her, instead they spoke about the nice
things on her property, which angered Granny.

Nice
things here, said the man, buzzin his camera over the yard. The pecan barrels, the sled, me and
Cathy, the flowers, the printed stones along the driveway, the trees, the twins, the
toolshed.

I dont know about the thing, the it, and the stuff,
said

Granny, still talkin with her eyebrows. Just people here is what I
tend to consider."

Being an independent woman, she
did not appreciate their arrogant intrusion into her private family life. They picked the wrong
woman to speak about food stamps when it was evident from her property that she and her husband
worked hard to provide for their family.

After the men backed away, Granny
relayed a story to the children about how the press intruded on a suicide attempt she witnessed
on a bridge. The cameramen were there, not only to record the incident, but to sensationalize
it. This incident did not endear Granny to the press, and her disdain for their intrusion was
displayed through her tacit treatment of the men from the county. 

Therefore,
the men from the county angered Granny with their unauthorized presence on her property, their
rudeness, and her previous encounter with cameramen during an intensely personal
experience. 

Jack Kerouac said he wanted to capture the image and intensity of feeling in On the Road. Does he accomplish this? How is his writing style...

Althoughbecame well-known for the informality
of his style and an apparently loose structure, including elements of stream of consciousness,
he was a highly self-conscious craftsman who consulted earlier writers recommendations on
writing. He strongly prescribed particular approaches to writing, which include his staunch
advocacy for passion and against structure.

In 1958, Kerouac published an
essay outlining these tenets entitled Essentials of Spontaneous Prose. The essay contains
brief sections on such things as procedure, method, timing, and structure. In one notable
section on mental state, he cites William Butler Yeatss idea of trance writing and
encourages the writer to operate from a semi-trance. Writing quickly and excitedly without
censoring oneself will allow the subconscious to admit in own uninhibited interesting
necessary and so €˜modern language. Another point he emphasizes is beginning from the center
of interest, which is an image that engages one at that particular moment, rather than planning
ahead from an idea one already had. From this center, he instructs the author to write
outwards swimming in sea of language until they are exhausted.

Many readers
find that Kerouacsdoes embody these principles. The immediacy of action and the combination of
intense but temporary focus with an openness to the events unfolding around the narrator are
evident throughout . The novel is very loosely plotted, as each action
seems rarely to influence those that follow, conveying the impression that the author has merely
recorded what was happening. Kerouac famously typed on a roll of paper, rather than sheets, so
that he could not pull out a page that displeased him.

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How does Fredrick Douglass justify his attitude towards religion?

The
primary justification towards religion that Douglass makes is with his exploration of
Christianity.  On one hand, Douglass believes in the powerfully redemptive spirit of
Christianity, as the faith in the "promised land" helps to allow Douglass the chance
to believe he...

Throughout Coelho's The Alchemist, the concept of "maktub"€”the idea that our destiny is already written€”is endorsed by many characters. What is the...

's
was actually written (after The Pilgrimage) in
response to a spiritual awakening that the author experienced while on a five hundred mile
religious pilgrimage.

It may not, therefore, come as a surprise that the
question of predestination arises in this story that deals a great deal with one's faith, though
not necessarily a specific religion. Coelho seems less interested in
furthering the precepts of a particular branch of faith, as in declaring a unity that binds the
entire world together despite people's differences.

The Calvinists (followers
of John Calvin, a Protestant Reformer) believe that God predestines who will be saved and who
will not be savedbefore an individual is born. In other words, they believe that salvation is
not free to everyone. There is nothing in the scriptures that supports thisquite the contrary.
In fact, the entire Bible is filled with examples of God asking the Israelites to
choose , and Jesus doing the same in his short years of...

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Compare and contrast the classic and alternative pathways of complementary activation. Which pathways is more directly tied to the immune response?

The compliment
system is a non-adaptive part of the immune system which primarily supports other kinds of
immune functions by creating inflammation to attract other immune cells, by helping cells to
consume pathogens by phagocytosis, and by creating direct pathways through the membranes of
pathogens.

The classical pathway of complimentary activation of the immune
system is activated directly by the introduction of specific immunoglobulin molecules or
pathogens to an environment where the C1q complement molecule can be found. These C1 molecules
eventually become C3 molecules, which are also present at low levels when there is not a strong
immune response.

The alternative pathway is always activated at a low level
because the complement molecule C3 exists in equilibrium, partially decaying into C3b which can
either perform an immune system supporting action, or will be rapidly inactivated by other
chemical factors in the environment. When the immune system is more activated, the classical
pathway will result in a higher concentration of C3 molecules.

Because the
alternative pathway is not triggered by other immune system activity, the classical pathway is
more directly tied to the immune response. Still, these pathways are directly tied to each
other, which makes this distinction a minor one at best.

What is the difference between a confederation and a unitary government?

Confederation and unitary systems of government are on opposite ends of the spectrum of
control and unification. The United States is a prime candidate for analyzing these types of
government because it exists in the middle ground between confederate and unitarythe federal
system.

A confederate government is what the Confederate States of America
were attempting to create when they seceded from the Union at the beginning of the Civil War.
This type of government goes all in on the states' powers and rights in order to give them the
strength to govern as individual organizations. The main body of government, the central federal
agency, is much weaker than the individual states and therefore can't overrule them as easily
and only exists to settle disputes between the different states or territories.

A unitary government is the opposite, in which the central, federal government, holds
absolute power over the individual units. They exact laws and make judgments on the nation as a
whole,...

In Act 1, what is Colonel Pickering's claim to fame? What does the Note Taker say he is and what did he write?

Colonel
Pickering (The Gentleman) we learn is the author of the book Spoken
Sanscrit.    Pickering is a linguist of such great
renown that Higgins was on the way to India to meet him.  Pickering was also in search of
Higgins, who is a phoneticist (a...

What was Germany like in the wake of World War I? How did the Nazi Party and Hitler rise to power? How did the Nazi party achieve economic recovery at...

The answers
to all of these questions are closely connected to one another.  The state of Germany after WWI
helped lead to the rise of the Nazi Party.  The Nazis were able to rise in part because of their
foreign and domestic policies.

First, however, we must note that the Nazi
Party did not come to power immediately after WWI.  As late as 1928, the Nazi Party got less
than 3% of the vote in a nationwide election.  It was really the Great Depression, as much as
WWI, that allowed the Nazis to take power.

In the years soon after WWI,
Germany was in bad shape.  Perhaps most famously, the countrys economy collapsed so badly that
hyperinflation occurred.  This made money...

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Why was the iron horse tied to the tree?

In
,tellsthat the village of Abame has been destroyed. He tells Okonkwo that "three white men
and a very large number of other men surrounded the market" and began shooting, only
stopping when every one of the villagers at the market was dead.

The white
men carried out this act of mass murder to...

Why is globalization good or not good for a business?

Depending
on the type of business, globalization can serve as an asset for change or as a hindrance that
may turn out to be a very huge investment that may not be needed. This is because globalization
does not always have to occur at the macro level, or using macro tools. It can be also achieved
at a more minimal and concise level. Either way you decide to participate in the process, it is
of utmost importance to first review the mission and vision of the organization, then examine
its procedural strategies, and then make an informed decision on whether globalization needs to
occur, when, and at what scale.

 

Hence, the
advantages of globalization are plenty when globalization is what a company needs:

• Wider market with more variety - there is an ample selection of products of
  different kinds and manufacturing materials.
• Access to products...
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What type of home does Gretel decide Out-With must be?

In
chapter four, Gretel enters Bruno's room and looks out his window towards the Auschwitz
concentration camp. She is surprised to see men and children walking around listlessly on the
opposite side of the fence and struggles to understand the surrounding environment. She also
wonders why there are no women on the opposite side of the fence and thinks carefully about the
location of their new home.

Gretel eventually decides that they
are in the countryside, staying at their holiday home. However, Bruno disagrees
with her and points out that there are no animals around and the ground does not seem fertile
enough to be the countryside. After contemplating their new home and strange environment for an
extended period of time, Gretel eventually leaves her brother's room without giving him a
definite answer. Overall, she initially believes that their new house is their holiday home in
the countryside.

In Dan Davis' poem regarding the Stolen Generation of Australia's Aboriginal citizens "What Becomes of Us Now," what are the poetic devices/techniques...

In Dan
Davis' "What Becomes Of Us Now," the first literary device used is . Line one refers
to "Rudd":

So what becomes of us now, since Mr.
Rudd has said sorry...

An allusion
is a reference to a well-known person or event with which the author believes his audience will
be familiar. To an Australian reader or one well-versed in world affairs, this reference
immediately would bring to mind the day Kevin Rudd, the Prime Minister of Australia, moved
former P.M. Howard's "Motion of Reconciliation" to a full apology to the Aboriginal
population. 

For many years, the Aboriginal community has been marginalized
by descendants of white European settlers who took over the land of Australia's people. A major
offense was the separation of Aboriginal families:

Aboriginal children [were] separated, often forcibly, from their families in the
interest of turning them into white Australians.

Another
literary device used is , which refers to the appropriate use of words
relevant to the written piece. It creates the mood for the reader, among other things

The word choice a writer makes determines the reader's reaction to
the object of description, and contributes to the author's... href="http://web.cn.edu/kwheeler/lit_terms_T.html">tone.

With the topic at hand, positive and/or funny words would confuse
the reader as the author tries to convey the seriousness of his subject. Words that Davis uses
to support the poem's somber tone include: suffering, struggle, fighting, bleed, intimidated,
etc.

Tone is another important literary element (in both
prose and poetry) because it reflects how the author feels about his subject. Careful inspection
by the reader can reveal the author's...

...underlying
attitudes that control and color the story or poem as a whole.

Whereas mood is how the author wants the reader to feel, tone
reflects how the author feels. (Generally, the only time mood and tone
would not be the same would before examplewith : amight be comical to the reader, but the author
may be striving to share a more serious message. See Gulliver's Travels as an .)

Davis also uses structure to organize the specific parts of his
poem. For example, the first six lines of the poem list the questions the author has, now that
the apology has been offered. Will it change anything?

Will our people be treated equal? That's my biggest worry.

And...

What becomes of us
now, we're still fighting for our own native land.

The
next two lines share the history of his people in Australia:

Australia, it's our birth right, this dirt is where we bleed.

The final four lines shift to advise the reader that the speaker
will make things change rather than waiting for someone else to do something:

I'm gonna stand up for my mob with pride...

Another poetic/literary device Davis also uses is a play
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in French means double meaning):

Our
ancestors walked and breathe on this earth, it's here they planted their seed.

Planting seed has several meanings. Historically, planting one's
seed meant to populate, fathering children. Biblically, this is a reference to planting
something and reaping the harvestwhether by physically planting seeds or creating things like
love or dissension. Finally, it may be a literal reference to planting crops to survive off the
land. As Australia is mainly arid, this would have been a difficult task. The idea of planting
and use of the world "bleed" may well refer to the Aborigines' battle to survive as a
race.

A final allusion is found in the last two
lines:

I wanna make everyone hear my voice, make them turn
around and see,

Just what's gonna become of this Kukuyalnjii Murri.

The Murri are the "Indigenous Australians" who were
forced out of their homes to live at Christian missions with other native people, often
separated from their children (as mentioned above). 

While the speaker's
intent clearly states that he is going to be a force of change, he is also assuring his audience
that he will not turn his back on the roots of his ancestorshis pride in his people still
remains.

All of these devices have been used to organize Davis' message of
countless years oppression and a need for change. The diction supports the serious nature of the
poem's message. Davis' references to the past assures us that regardless of the long-awaited
apology to his people, more must be given than words on a paper. He is prepared to fight for
change that will bring his people into the successful "mainstream" (as he calls it) of
survival in Australia, no longer being marginalized by "The white fella [who] just don't
get it."

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In Our Townin Act II, who is the "real hero" of the scene that the Stage Manager talks about? "The real hero of this scnene isn't on the stage at all,...

Another
aspect to look at with this scene is the paragraph directly after the original quote:

And don't forget all the other witnesses at this wedding, the
ancestors. Millions of them. Most of them set out to live two-by-two, also. Millions of
them.

The Stage Manager mentions the ancestors of the
characters, and of the entire town, who are there in spirit to witness the union of Emily and
George. These "millions" of witnesses also allude to the fact that God, or
spirituality, is the "real hero" of this scene.

In fact, this play
is about this community and communities just like Grover's Corners across America. While today
many may argue that American is less Christian than it has been historically or that
Christianity should not be the only religious identity of this country, this play recognizes
that at a point in history, Christianity united this country. I do not think thatintended for
that commentary at the time he wrote this play, but I do think that context should be considered
today.

Did Oedipus need to be taught modesty through suffering? Are there any quotations that support this?

One
account ofargues that it follows a pattern in which the hero, who is otherwise a great and noble
character, suffers from a tragic flaw of arrogance or overwhelming pride leading to his
inevitable downfall. This account is somewhat of an oversimplification, as the hero is sometimes
caught in a forced choice scenariooften due to an inherited curseand whatever path the hero
chooses will lead to a downfall.

The important thing to note is that human
pride or arrogance in Greek tragedy is often seen as an affront to the gods. Because the Greek
pantheon is anthropomorphic,...

What were Jefferson's four main arguments in the Declaration of Independence?

Background
Information

Borrowing heavily from John Locke and other
Enlightenment thinkers from Britain and France, Thomas Jefferson was the principal author
amongst the Committee of Five who wrote the Declaration of Independence. Aside from Jefferson
(Virginia), the Committee included John Adams (Massachusetts), Benjamin Franklin (Pennsylvania),
Roger Sherman (Connecticut), and Robert Livingston (New York). Congress further edited it,
completely taking out two entire sections:

1. a section censuring the
   British, for fear of being too offensive
2. a section condemning the
   importation of slaves from Africa, for fear of alienating the southern colonies who had no
   interest in halting the slave trade

The final document, finalized
July 3rd (following a formal vote for independence on July 2nd) and adopted July 4th, contained
four sections:

1. a formal introduction of the document and its
   purpose, and philosophical justification for a people to abolish their government


2. the political and philosophical ideas framing their intentions and guiding their
   actions (this part borrows heavily from ideas of Enlightenment thinkers)
3. a
   long list of grievances against King George III and British rule
4. a basic
   list of rights and powers asserted by the newly created nationa formal declaration of
   independence and sovereignty

Somewhat aligned with that four-part
structure (No. 1 below is explicitly written at the start of Part 2 above), Jefferson et al.
espoused four main ideas throughout the document.

The Four Main
Ideas

1. "All men are created
   equal." This is bluntly asserted, that all are inherently equal to each other,
   but the question of who were included in "men" has been reinterpreted over the years.
   Today's interpretation - as what was likely originally meant in the most
   hypothetical/philosophical sense, but maybe purposely made vague to allow for less shocking
   interpretation/practice in those times of control by only white men - is more liberal to include
   all humans.
2. All human beings have certain inherent and
   inalienable (cannot be taken away) rights. These ideas are heavily borrowed from the
   Enlightenment thinkers of Britain and France, primarily John Locke. These rights include
   "Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness" (compare to Locke's "life, liberty,
   and estate [property]"), are naturally endowed by virtue of being a human being and should
   not be abridged by any government. This idea is coupled with the previous idea.


3. A government has certain obligations to the people. Among
   others, a legitimate government must not only abridge or impede those inalienable human rights,
   but actively secure and protect them for the people. To restate the sentiment most directly: The
   purpose of a government is to safeguard the natural rights of its
   citizens.
4. The people have a right to amend or abolish a
   government that is not properly serving them. In conjunction with ideas 2 and 3,
   people are entitled to pursue the protection of their natural rights through control of their
   government. If a government is abridging or impeding said freedomswhether through action or
   inaction the people have the right to change or completely depose the government so that they
   may have their due protection.

Analyze the characters of the Nurse and Friar Laurence as mentors to the young people in Romeo and Juliet. Do these two people do the right thing in...

The
Nurse does not act as a mentor to . She is a live-in servant to the Capulet family and has cared
for the teenager all her life. This devoted, sentimental woman is very concerned with her young
mistresss welfare and happiness. The Nurse follows Juliets instructions when possible and even
helps the lovers get together. However, she understands that the parents have their daughters
best interests at heart and that her own status is dependent on the adults. As she is attached
to the household and is of a much lower social class, her ability to mentor Juliet is severely
constrained.

is also somewhat limited in his capacity as a mentor because he
is a monk, not a married man, and so lives somewhat outside society. He serves as a confidant to
both young people and tries to serve as the voice of reason. He seems to lack moral resolve,
however, as he ultimately gives into aiding them with in a bizarre plot. His vacillation,
unfortunately, contributes to the young...

In what ways are hatred and love "the same thing at bottom"? Hopefully chapter 24 explains this! I could really use your help! thank you:)

You probably
have heard it said, or read, that hate is not really the opposite of love in reality because
they are both founded on very strong emotions. In this way, they are related because they are
both passionate. The true opposite of love or hate would be indifference, because in this case,
there is no strong emotion. So hate is negative and love is positive, but they both have strong
emotion at the core. Indifference does not have strong emotion at its core.

In this...

2. What are the similarities and differences between the theories of Maslow and Herzberg?

Each of
these two theories sought to explain what motivates people. Maslow did so in the context of
developmental psychology. He posited a five-stage hierarchy of needs that began with basic needs
(characterized as "physical") and progressed through stages including security needs,
social needs, ego (the need for power, influence, and recognition) until arriving at what he
called "self-actualization." This is finding meaning and importance in one's own
existence, life, and work. Maslow thought that each one of these stages had to be fulfilled,
satisfied, or completed in order to move on to the...

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Discuss how you, as a director, would stage a scene in Macbeth in order to convey the theme of manipulation. Discuss how you, as a director, would...

Perhaps
staging the scene of Lady 's manipulation of her husband as she asks him to dig deep for his
courage could visiualize the  of her speech:

But screw
your courage to the sticking-place,
And we'll not fail. Whenis asleep

Whereto the rather shall his day's hard journey
Soundly invite himhis two
chamberlains
Will I with wine and wassail so convince,
That memory, the
warder of the brain,
Shall be a fume and the receipt of reason
A limbec
only. When in swinish sleep
Their drenched natures lie as in a death,
What
cannot you and I perform upon
The unguarded Duncan? What not put upon
His
spongy officers, who shall bear the guilt
Of our great quell?(1.7.68-80)

There are the visual images of smoke and blood and death in these
lines that could be suggested with lighting and mists in the background as Ladyspeaks. 
Certainly, appropriate music would suggest the sinister and unnaturalness of the acts to be
committed.

 

The density of water is 1000 kg/m3. What does this mean?

Hello!

Density is a
quantitative physical characteristics of a substance or more or less stable mixture. When we
take some piece or quantity of a substance, it has mass and volume. The mass divided by volume
is called density, and it depends on substance only (remains the same for different pieces of
the same substance).

Different substances have different density. The density
of water is about `1000 (kg)/m^3,` or `1 g/(cm^3).` This means that every cubical meter of water
weighs about `1000 kg,` every half of a cubical meter weighs `500 kg` and so on. So if we know
what the substance is, we can compute its weight given a mass, and vice versa.

That said, density of a substance may change with temperature and pressure, sometimes
significantly.

Why did Sophocles choose not to make Jocasta a major role in this play?

I think
thatdoes occupy a rather significant role in the drama.  Granted, she does not take the same
level of importance thatdoes.  This might be due to the fact that he is the source of the tragic
condition that envelops the drama, and Jocasta is not.  Yet, she does possess some implications
in the drama that are fairly profound.  The first is that she is both Oedipus' mother and wife. 
This is not fully grasped until the end.  Yet, in this frame of reference, her role is
significant, for she is both to Oedipus.  She...

What is "foul dust," why is important and what does it symbolize for Fitzgerald? F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby

In Chapter One, ,
reflecting on his experiences in the East, tells us that "foul dust" floated in the
wake of 's dreams. By using this term, Nick is speaking figuratively. Specifically, the
"foul dust" refers to and symbolizes the people and the negative experiences which
prevented Gatsby from winning backand, therefore, achieving his version of the American
Dream.

Some examples of this "foul dust" include the numerous
illegal activities that Gatsby participated in, as he amassed his great wealth, as well as his
business associates, such as . "Foul dust" also symbolizes , the man whom Daisy
refused to leave for Gatsby and instead chose to spend the rest of her life with. Finally,
"foul dust" also refers to Gatsby's untimely death at the hands of Mr.
Wilson.

"Foul dust," therefore, is anto the many people and
experiences which influenced Gatsby and his dream and, more importantly, acted as obstacles
along the way.

What are the different types of sampling techniques used in research?

Sampling in
research is the process of selecting individual units of a group or population for analysis to
represent a larger group. By selecting and analyzing a subset through sampling, a researcher is
able to generalize results from a smaller (and easier to analyze) population to a larger group.
This process saves time, effort, and money. Depending on the type of research, sampling can come
in many different forms.

Simple random sampling
of a population seeks to develop a subset of a population which fairly and accurately represents
the larger group. In random sampling, the goal is that each unit will have an equal chance of
being selected. To produce this sample, a researcher will rely on the random selection of units
through a random number generator, random number formula, or electronic device. From a
population of 1000, a simple random sample will choose units from the entire population as a
whole.

Hierarchical random sampling of a
population is similar to simple random sampling, but divides the original population into
sections instead of sampling from the whole. From a population of 1000, a simple random sample
will choose units from subsections of the population. For instance, a researcher may choose to
randomly sample from the first 500 units and then randomly sample from the next 500 units. This
type of random sampling is also referred to as stratified random sampling.

Systematic random sampling is a
type of sampling in which a researcher chooses units based on a specific interval. From a
population of 1000, a researcher may choose to sample every 20th unit.

Finally, clustered sampling is used in spatial analyses to
sample from a geographic area rather than a population. In clustered sampling, a researcher will
divide an area into smaller sections and sample from the individual sections. The methods for
creating bounding boxes for the subsections varies depending on the area, but is often dependent
on either population concentration or geographic feature.

How does the voice in "Girl" help the author tell the story behind story?

The voice of the main
speaker in this text helps to show the reader all about the expectations of the female sex in
the community from which she, presumably, hails. She is, evidently, a woman of some authority,
and she is issuing a stream of instructions, it seems, to the "girl" of the title. Her
matter-of-fact delivery of directionswith occasional judgmental commentsmakes it clear that
women are expected to not only take care of everything inside the home but also to seem virtuous
and servile, even when they are not as pure and deferential as they seem to be.

The speaker accuses the girl of being "bent on becoming" a "slut"
and tells her how to "smile to someone" that she doesn't "like very much" or
to someone she doesn't "like at all." It is clear that the expectations for women
include a number that address how to behave and appear in order to be thought of as respectable
by others; appearances, it seems, are quite important. The speaker's voice, what she chooses to
include, tells us this story.

What does Scout learn on her first day of school in To Kill a Mockingbird?

One of
the majorin the novel 'To Kill A Mocking Bird' byis education. Lee criticizes institutionalized
education and shows that college-taught hypocritical teachers often do more harm than good to
children by stifling their creativity. The teachers like Miss Gates and Miss Caroline who are
either hypocrites or unsympathetic towards the children. Miss Carolineis flammoxed asalready
knows how to read and has also been taught the script. She feels this is against the system of
education and asks Scout to tellto stop teacheing her as he is doing it all wrong, instead of
trying to mould her teaching system according to her students' needs. She also misunderstands
Scout's well-intended words towards Walter Cunningham showing how far apart she is from the
students. A direct contrast to this is Atticus, who is able to impart moral education to his
children due to his sympathetic nature towards them. He tells Scout:

You never really understand a person until you...

What are five specific characteristics of literary naturalism?

objectivity-
thick facts, no mood or tone from the author.

extremely descriptive- Any
death or sex scene will be explained to you to a T

What does this quote mean and who said it in The Witch of Blackbird Pond: a man's first loyalty is to the first soil he stands on?

Nat tells Kit that a person is loyal to the country he or she was born in
because he does not feel loyal to the King of England.

Although the book takes place before the revolutionary war, there are definitely
revolutionary stirrings already.  Kit is a little surprised to learn that Nat has such strong
passions about independence from England, just like her Uncle Matthew.

That would please Uncle Matthew anyway, Kit thought, bewildered and
a little...

In Flannery O'Connor's "A Good Man Is Hard to Find," why does the grandmother have an epiphany, and what is its significance?

The grandmother has an
epiphany, an illuminating realization of truth, because, as the Misfit identifies in the end,
she finally "had...somebody there to shoot her." It took being in a life-and-death
situation, a moment that tested all of her mettle and values, for her to have a realization
about her own humanity as well as the Misfit's. When the Misfit shows emotion and vulnerability,
his voice "about to crack," this is when her own "head cleared for an
instant." It seems that this is the exact moment of her epiphany: when she observes his
emotions in her own heightened emotional state, she realizes how they are similar, rather than
how they are different.

The Misfit is precisely the kind of person that the
grandmother would never have called a "good man" before she found herself in this
situation. He has been to prison multiple times; he's been accused of many crimes, some of which
he has actually committed. He doesn't come from a family she would consider to be "good
people," even...

How is Oedipus damned in the bloodshed of his own hands?

The
tragic herowas damned in the bloodshed of his own hands because, in killing his father, he
initiated the downward spiral of his prophesized tragic fate.

Oedipus states
that he "drank (his) own blood from my father
from my own hands" (1421-22).
Spilling Lauis's blood left many shoes to fill, one of those being husband to, who also happened
to be Oedipus's mother. Being the hero he was, Oedipus was able to defeat the sphinx and won
the...

How did Frederick Douglass respond to slavery?

responded
to slavery by defiantly rebelling against it in every way he could. He spent his early life on
several different Southern plantations, where he witnessed and was exposed to the brutality that
many slaves lived with every day. This hardened him even further against the institution.
Definitely, he learned to read and write, something that most slaves were forbidden to do. He
also refused to be whipped by Edward Covey, a man with a fierce reputation for breaking a
slave's spirit. Instead of allowing Covey to whip him, Douglass ended up in a fist fight with
Covey. As you can see from this incident, Douglass responded to the conditions of his servitude
with brave defiance.

This defiance was taken to the extreme when Douglass
escaped slavery. After starting his life of freedom, Douglass continued his crusade against
slavery. Douglass realized that freedom for himself was not enough. He would not rest until all
slaves were free. To this end, he published his own...

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Why do humans fight over religion? How is that logical when most religions talk about loving one another? Why do humans fight over religion? How...

• Greathere -- Why does religion
  incite such passions, to the point of mutual hatred? This discussion reminds me of a poem
  written in the late 19th century, listed below.  The title, Odium Theologicum,
  translates from the Latin as Theological Hatred. Enjoy!

1

They met and they talked where the crossroads
meet, 
Four men from the four winds come, 
And they talked of the horse, for
they loved the theme, 
And never a man was dumb. 
The man from the North
loved the strength of the horse, 
And the man from the East his pace, 
And
the man from the South loved the speed of the horse, 
And the man from the West his
grace.

So these four men from the four winds come, 
Each paused a
space in his course 
And smiled in the face of his fellow man 
And lovingly
talked of the horse. 
Then each man parted and went his way 
As their
different courses ran; 
And each man journeyed with peace in his heart 
And
loving his fellow man.

 

2

They
lashed each other with tongues that stung, 
That smote as with a rod; 
Each
glared in the face of his fellow man, 
And wrathfully talked of God. 
Then
each man parted and went his way, 
As their different courses ran; 
And each
man journeyed with wrath in his heart, 
And hating his fellow man.

 

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According to Ralph Waldo Emerson, why should people trust themselves?

In his essay,
"", Emerson says, "Trust thyself: every heart vibrates to that iron
string."  He says that people know themselves better than they know anyone else and that
they know themselves better than anyone else knows them, therefore, trusting oneself is a
natural off-shoot.  Emerson also contends that if a person truly gets to know himself through
introspection, then the person can rely completely on his instincts to guide him.  The catch
there is that the individual must do a great deal of introspection; a process that takes much
time and effort.  The transcendentalists, of which Emerson was a major proponent, believed that
a person's instincts were the best guide for a person, as long as the individual knew himself
completely.  Emerson contended that society wants people to think in group terms rather than in
individual terms and he felt that people were better off trusting in themselves and thinking in
individual terms.

How should I define the Character Sketch of Vera in the Story "The Open Window" written by H.H Munro?

In H.H.
Munro's (also known as ) short story of teenage mischief "", the main character is
Vera; a fifteen year old young lady who is also the niece of Mrs Stappleton. The latter is the
woman whom Mr. Frampton Nuttel comes to visit as a formal guest to be able to spend some time
away after having suffered a nervous breakdown.

Vera's characters is
well-foreshadowed in the very beginning after he meets Mr. Nuttel. When she welcomes him in,
Saki describes the following:

MY aunt will be down
presently, Mr. Nuttel," said a very self-possessedyoung lady of fifteen; "in the
meantime you must try and put up with me.

Here we see
that Vera is "self-possessed" which means that she has the manners, the attitude, and
the persona of someone who is well-under control of herself. This, when compared to the present
state of Frampton, serves as an indicator that the two contrast greatly. However, it tells us
also that, out of the two, it is Vera who has the potential of controlling the entire situation
to her wishes. This is why she subtlety adds that one sentence which foreshadows her:

You must try and put up with me.

From that alone, we can sketch Vera as a cunning, mischievous (she is not necessarily a
"bad" kid, just a mischievous, trying, and curious one), and as quite much wiser than
we think.

During her story about the open window, which is false and
calculated to scare Frampton, Vera shows a myriad of well-planned mannerisms that account for
her love of mischief: She dramatizes, elaborates, embellishes, takes away truths, adds lies, and
controls her story just for the sake of driving Frampton crazy. She does this for no other
reason than to please herself. This helps us sketch Vera further as dramatic, creative,
inventive, artistic, and of course, a bit perverse.

After witnessing the
arrival of the three - MUCH alive- house men coming from hunting, Frampton has become so
enthralled with Vera's story that, when he saw the supposedly dead men arriving back to the
manor he blasted off in panic.

Vera does not acknowledge nor makes much of
the situation. She simply explained to her aunt how curious Mr. Frampton was in coming and going
this way. This seals the deal: Vera is a girl who may have become so bored with life in the
country (as many other country Victorian estate young ladies did), that she has excelled at the
art of storytelling. We cannot take away the hint that Saki gives us with Vera: She, her wit,
her storytelling techniques, and her bit of malice reminds us of another witty, malicious
storyteller: Saki, himself!

What is a detailed analysis of the poem "Sons Departing" by John Cassidy in terms of language, structure, themes, imagery, and symbols?

kshufford29

Language: Cassidy's use of language in "Sons,
Departing" is most notable in the way he chooses to have the narrator describe the setting.
In the second stanza, for example, Cassidy chose to use the phrase "miles of empty
air" as a more creative way to say that the sky stretched forever on the horizon. He found
unique ways to make our minds picture things we see almost every day, like the "torn
clouds" in the second stanza (a phrase used to describe the clouds that are drifting
apart).

Structure: The structure of the poem as
a whole, the stanzas, and the individual lines are what gives this poem its flow. It moves at a
steady pace, mirroring the steadiness of the sons' "retreating footfalls"yet it's not
so slow that we grow tired. Because each stanza is a complete sentence, and because Cassidy
makes use of enjambment (the continuation of a sentence, without a
pause, from one line to the next), we're able to move with each stanza's action as it happens
and pause at the end to reflect.

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How does John Proctor's character change from the beginning of the play to the end of The Crucible? Think specifically about his interactions with...

John
Proctor is a different man by the end of , as his character evolves from a
self-loathing sinner to an upright, moral man.

At the beginning of the play,
John is intent on hiding his affair from everyoneeven at the expense of others safety. He
guesses immediately that Abigail is playing a game, and he wants her to tell the truth so
innocent people dont get hurt. However, she is not interested in what is right or moralshe is
only interested in him. While John recognizes this fact, he fails to recognize how far Abigail
will go in her delusion that she can win him back.

John begins to realize
the truth after so many people, including Elizabeth, are accused, and he tries to stop the
hysteria. Abigail speaks of cleaning up the world and taking Elizabeths place; she is also
adamant that witches are harming her. Her wild talk makes John realize that Abigail will stop at
nothingeven physically harming herselfto get what she wants. John is forced to
acknowledge...

What is/are the main point(s) of the essay "The Tittle-Tattle of Highbury: Gossip and the Free Indirect Style in Emma" by Casey Finch and Peter...

Taken from
the article, Bowen and Finch state, "'s agenda is clear: the heroine
must renounce her manipulative tendencies so that the novel itself can realize its own
manipulations." Just as Emma must relinquish her compulsion to guide, direct, and
"narrate" the social lives of certain people in Highbury, Austen herself has
relinquished the function of a totally objective (third person) and a totally subjective (first
person) style of narration. When Emma realizes that she loves, and has always loved, Knightley,
she is recognizing her true, inner feelings. And because no one is really surprised by this, or
any other, match, it is clear that Emma's inner feelings are reflective of the expectations of
society (gossip) as a whole. Private is aligned with public. For example, Austen notes that the
news of the engagement was not a big surprise, i.e. to Mr. Weston, "the wonder of
it...

List the important events that happened to Finny and Gene in A Separate Peace by John Knowles.

The first
really significant event is Finny's breaking the school swimming record and demanding to keep it
a secret between Gene and himself. Then Gene, in an act of blind malice born of his own sense of
inferiority to Finny, deliberately jounced the tree limb causing Finny to fall and break his
leg. After this incident, other significant events follow in succession.

Gene
goes to Boston to confess, but Finny won't let him, leaving Gene to deal with his guilt. Gene
attacks Quackenbush, a result of his own guilt. Gene plans to enlist, but gives it up when Finny
returns to school. Brinker confronts Gene in the Butt Room, hinting at the truth of Gene's
betrayal of Finny. Leper returns to Devon after going AWOL from the Army. Gene visits Leper in
Vermont and faces the reality of what the war has done to Leper. Gene and Finny both submit to
the Trial that Brinker organizes in the Assembly Building, during which the truth emerges. Finny
runs from the Trial, falls down the marble stairs, and breaks his leg again. Gene visits Finny
in the infirmary, and they openly discuss for the first time what happened in the tree. Finny
dies. Gene attends his burial but finds he cannot cry. Gene experiences the argument between
Brinker and his father which gives him insight into the true cause of war. Gene leaves Devon
after graduation. Gene returns to Devon fifteen years later, seeking understanding of the events
that had occurred there and some final peace.

Why was Swift criticized for the ideas satirized in Gulliver's Travels?

Swift was criticized for
hisbecause the novel itself is highly critical of the English government and English customs,
the country's religious struggles, the monarchy's handling of those struggles, and so forth.
 For example, the Tories and Whigs, the two main political parties in England during Swift's
life, are satirized by the Tramecksans and Slamecksans, respectively, of Lilliput.  The
Tramecksans wear high heels on their shoes, and the Slamecksans wear low heels.  This makes them
seem quite ridiculous, and Swift goes on to not-so-subtly criticize King George II for his
sympathies for one side and style of shoe.

In addition, the debate between
the Big Endians, those who believe one should crack their eggs on the wider end, and the Little
Endians, those who believe one should crack their eggs on the smaller end, satirizes the divide
between Catholics and Protestants, respectively.  Gulliver says, at one point, "that eleven
Thousand Persons have, at several Times, suffered Death, rather than submit to break their Eggs
at the smaller End."  In characterizing the differences between Catholics and Protestants
in this way, Swift makes the wars fought over religious disagreement seem ridiculous.  Why
should one be willing to die for something as minor as which end to crack one's egg?  Swift's
answer seems to be that one should not.  Either way, you end up with a cracked egg; likewise,
whether you are Catholic or Protestant, you still believe in the same Goddoes it really matter
whether the communion bread is symbolic or actually miraculous?  Again, Swift seems to suggest
not.  This kind of satire would certainly draw criticism from those who saw the differences as
crucial.

Montresor refers to a coat of arms. What is a coat of arms? What is the significance of the coat of arms in the story "The Cask of Amontillado"?

The coat
of arms that Montresor describes is so bizarre that it could be entirely imaginary. It is a huge
golden human foot crushing a snake. It is also almost too appropriate for the occasion. The
motto is also almost too appropriate. It may be that Montresor does not have a coat of arms or a
motto at all. And it may be that Fortunato is being malicious when he says, "I forget your
coat of arms." Fortunato may know perfectly well that Montresor does not descend from a
noble line. Montresor is not committing this murder because of his ancestors or their motto. To
suppose this is to negate the validity of the "thousand injuries" that Montresor
mentions at the beginning of the tale. He may be describing a coat of arms and motto he would
like to have. Poe gives many indications that Montresor is not Italian but French, meaning that
he does not have deep roots in Italy like Fortunato. In the third paragraph of the story, where
Montresor writes disparagingly of Italians, this is clear evidence that he is not Italian
himself. This makes him seem like an outsider to older Italian families, and it is a social
handicap as well as a handicap in his business dealings.

What is the mood in A Separate Peace?

The mood
of a story is the feeling that a piece of literature evokes in the reader. Throughout the novel
, Knowles tells a story about a man named Gene reminiscing about his past
childhood friendship with Finny and illustrates Gene's conflicting emotions as an adolescent
attending the Devon School. The majority of the novel focuses on Gene's misguided feelings
towards Finny, the consequences of making Finny fall from a tree, concealing his true emotions,
and preparing to enter World War II with his classmates. Since Finny dies as a result of the
injury suffered from his fall, Gene feels responsible for his friend's death and...

What are some of the barriers to self-reliance in Self-Reliance by Emerson?

According
to Emerson, some of the barriers to self-reliance are:

The
Overwhelming Need To Conform In Order To Fit In

In his
treatise, Emerson contends that society is a "joint-stock company, in which the members
agree, for the better securing of his bread to each shareholder, to surrender the liberty and
culture of the eater." The need to conform is especially strong, because membership in such
a society confers certain benefits. These benefits may either be material or abstract in nature;
nevertheless, they are "real" benefits people value.

Thus, Emerson
argues that conformity is the enemy of self-reliance. He maintains that conformity "loves
not realities and creators, but names and customs."

A
Society That Confers Respectability On Those Who Abide By Its
Strictures

By extension, Emerson argues that society is
perhaps the greatest barrier to self-reliance. When people conform to societal expectations,
society confers on them social respectability. Emerson complains that this unfairly gives an
"angry bigot" a good reputation (albeit one he does not deserve).

If an angry bigot assumes this bountiful cause of Abolition, and
comes to me with his last news from Barbadoes, why should I not say to him, "Go love thy
infant; love thy wood-chopper: be good-natured and modest: have that grace; and never varnish
your hard, uncharitable ambition with this incredible tenderness for black folk a thousand miles
off. Thy love afar is spite at home."

Emerson argues
that social respectability hides many evils, so to speak. He especially resents the fact that
society gets to decide the definition of a "good" man. For his part, Emerson sees no
reason to give to "miscellaneous popular charities" and the "thousandfold Relief
Societies" that confer respectability on anyone who donates. Emerson will only align with
those who share his spiritual values:

I tell thee, thou
foolish philanthropist, that I grudge the dollar, the dime, the cent, I give to such men as do
not belong to me and to whom I do not belong. There is a class of persons to whom by all
spiritual affinity I am bought and sold; for them I will go to prison, if need be.

The Almost Overpowering Need For
Consistency

According to Emerson, the need for consistency is
another barrier to self-reliance. He suggests that people are motivated by their need for
consistency. Our nature is drawn to the familiar. We trust in our social, political, and
religious institutions because they fill our need for uniformity and stability. In contrast,
self-reliance is seen as a position that embraces volatility; this is unsettling to many
people.

However, Emerson argues for self-reliance anyway. He contends that
each individual is capable of greatness.

Why all this
deference to Alfred, and Scanderbeg, and Gustavus? Suppose they were virtuous; did they wear out
virtue? As great a stake depends on your private act to-day, as followed their public and
renowned steps. When private men shall act with original views, the lustre will be transferred
from the actions of kings to those of gentlemen.

In what ways is WWII similar to WWI?

There are a number of
similarities, chief among them that they were both clashes between opposing alliances of empires
and their interests.  Also, in both conflicts, the nations involved used appeals to nationalism
and militarism in motivating their populations for war.  In Europe, both conflicts involved a
two front war for Germany, resulting in two losses for her as well, and in both wars, the United
States played the role of invincible empire and endless source of supply for the Allied war
effort.]]>

In The Alchemist, why does the old fortune teller say that Santiagos dream is difficult to interpret?

Other than the
fact that Santiago's dream involves the simple things in life, the gypsy woman also realizes
that his dream is "in the language of the world." She goes on to say that she
"can interpret it, but the interpretation is very difficult" (14). In reality,
however, the gypsy is not experienced enough as far as omens and other mysteries of the world
are concerned to give him a valid opinion. She knows the dream is important, but she can't say
exactly why.

, on the other hand, has the wisdom, education, and experience
necessary to teach Santiago about the language of the world, omens, and other bits of wisdom.
For the most part, the dream is just a tool to open the boy's mind to possibilities outside of
his realm of safety. Without the dream inciting him to search for answers, he may not have been
ready to receive Melchizedek's invitation to do whatever it takes to achieve his Personal
Legend.

The gypsy, though, only knows that the dream is important because it
is part of the language of the world and that is why she makes the boy swear that he will give
her 10% of his treasure if he finds it. Fortunately for the boy, his journey leads him to the
Alchemist, who can teach him how to interpret his dream for himself. 

Explain how the author creates suspense in the story The Lovely Bones. How is a character from the story similar to a character in another story,...

Ollie Kertzmann, M.A.

Susie Salmon in is a lot like Mia Hall in If I
Stay. Both characters are kept from participating in the action of the book for most
of the story. In Susie's case, it's because she's dead. In Mia's case, it's because she's in a
coma after a car accident. Both narrators watch the people they left behind function and try to
deal with loss. Both narrators are removed from the story for the majority of the book as
decisive charactersthough Susie has to decide to move on and Mia has to decide whether to stay
or go. Susie is eventually able to move on and Mia chooses to stay alive.

creates suspense by having characters interact with Susie's murderer. Her father,
for...

When Winston thinks back to his childhood, how did he behave towards his mother and sister?

In
chapter seven of Book Two,wakes up from a vivid dream and tellsthat he believes he
metaphorically murdered his mother. Winston then recalls his dream, which took place when he was
twelve years old. Winston remembers it being a chaotic time in London and his father had
recently disappeared. As an adolescent, Winston recalls spending long afternoons scrounging for
food in rubbish heaps and the feeling of constant hunger. Winston also remembers his mother
becoming completely spiritless after the disappearance of his father and she would sit
motionless for hours at a time, nursing his young sister.

Winston also
recalls incessantly nagging his mother for food and expecting to receive a bigger portion simply
because he was "the boy." Winston would constantly ignore his mother's pleas to be
unselfish and proceed to pillage their pantry for any remaining food. Winston also vividly
remembers eating an entire two-ounce slab of chocolate and refusing to share it with his younger
sister and mother. This is the last memory Winston has of his mother and when he returned to
their apartment she was gone. The memory haunts Winston to this day and he acknowledges that he
was a selfish, insensitive adolescent, who made his mother's life difficult. Winston was never
concerned for his infant sister and would continually take her portion of food. Winston
continues to carry the guilt and shame with him but respects his mother for her private
loyalties and unconditional love, which are inherent human qualities that the Party is trying to
destroy.

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 two examples of figurative language used in "Mirror" by Sylvia Plath? How can I tell what they mean?

Keep in mind
the definition of figures of speech, which is language that is not meant to
be literal, but makes a comparison between two things which are not alike.  Figures of
speech include both similes and
metaphors.

The two most obvious figures of speech in
this poem are the opening lines of each stanza:

I am
silver and exact.

Now I am a lake.

In
order to decipher what these metaphors may mean, you can answer a few questions:

1. Who is...