What were the Axis controlled countries during the World War II time period?

The three main
Axis powers were Germany, Japan, and Italy.  These countries worked as an alliance throughout
most of World War II.  Initially, Germany was the only country of the three to fight in what
would become World War II, which began in 1939.  Nearly one year later, Italy joined the fight
with Germany against the Allies in 1940.  Japan was the last of the three to join.

Other countries joined the Axis powers, but they contributed much less militarily.
 Among these countries were Hungary, Bulgaria, and Romania.  

The Axis powers
invaded many countries and controlled them throughout the war.  Many of these countries were in
Europe, though some were in the Pacific.  Among them were Austria, Poland, Czechoslovakia,
China, and many others.  The Germans occupied other countries, such as Denmark, France, the
Netherlands, and Belgium.

Working together, the Axis powers fought both in
the Pacific and in Europe.  In 1943, Italy surrendered to the Allied powers.  In an unexpected
turn of events, Italy decided to join the Allies shortly after their surrender to
them.

Germany surrendered to the Allies in May of 1945.  Japan surrendered in
September of 1945, which was the official end of the war.

How does Winston feel about the world he lives in and how it is run? What clues can you find that show how he feels?

knows
from the start that there is something drastically unjust about Oceania and the way it is
governed. (Even this comes across as an .) He hates the Party and eventually carries out a huge
act of rebellion in his affair with . His problem, however, is that he has no definite standard
by which to judge the situation objectively. His memory of the pre-dystopia world is vague and
chaotic, for he was only a child at the time. The Party has systematically wiped out records of
the previous era (and does so with the present as well) and Winston has no real way of knowing
for certain that life was ever any better than it currently is, or that mankind was ever
governed in a way different from the totalitarian regime of the present.

His
decision to keep a diary is an attempt to objectify what he knows only intuitively about the
wrongness of how the world is being governed and its people controlled and oppressed as they
are. At some point he realizes that much of what...

In 1984 what are Winston's advantages and disadvantages of being an outsider when he starts to rebel against the party?

Technically
speaking,is an insider, at least to the extent that many people in his society are.  He isn't
one of the proles, and works in the Ministry of Truth.  So, he is technically part of the
infrastructure of the government, which makes him an insider of sorts.  He has started to rebel,
in his mind and heart, long before the novel even starts.  Even from the opening pages, we see
that Winston is unhappy, questioning of the government and the way that life is, and searching
for someone like-minded to connect with. At his apartment, he has been writing down his persona,
and rather rebellious thoughts for quite some time in a journal of sorts, out of view of the
cameras.  So, his rebellion began long before we meet him at the beginning of the
novel.

His first overt act of rebellion, however, comes in his relationship
with .  Before this point, he has only looked and people and wondered about their status, and
whether they feel the same.  He never has the courage to act on it.  Julia, when she initiates,
gives Winston hope that someone else is out there who feels like he does.  Going to meet her is
his first act of open rebellion.  Before that, he had done little things like buy the journal,
visited the prole section of the city, etc.  But meeting Julia is huge, and potentially
life-threatening if discovered.

As a person who works inside of the Ministry
of Truth, Winston has a distinct advantage in knowing, first-hand, that his government lies and
changes history in order to maintain its power.  He knows this, and that information works to
his advantage in the fact that it is something that he has over the government, but it is to his
disadvantage because it irks him, and makes him unhappy and discontented to know that is being
controlled by a bunch of liars.  So, it works both ways for him.  Because he does work where he
does, it is a disadvantage because he is more closely watched.  The proles, for example, are
mostly left alone, but Winston, because he is privy to the government's secrets, is watched like
a hawk for any signs of rebellion or treachery. That is a huge disadvantage, and one that keeps
him from being happy.

He is an outsider to the inner circle of the Party, and
that is a disadvantage because he does not get the nice things, does not have the privileges
that those members do, and does not have the truth behind their plans or the power to gain his
freedom and happiness.  It is a disadvantage becuase he never knows that he is being watched,
and so acts in ways that leads to his torture.  Being an outsider to the inner party is an
advantage in the fact that he does not know their darker secrets and so can't be held
accountable for them.

I hope all of those thought helped; good
luck!

What made Frampton visit Mrs. Suppleton?

Framton
Nuttel is a highly-strung young man. He suffers from a nervous disorder which is apparently so
serious that his doctor has advised him to spend some time in the country for some much-needed
rest and relaxation. Framton's sister is also worried about...

Provide and explain 4€“5 quotes in Macbeth that explores the idea of Macbeth being ruled by fate.

The
issue of fate first arises in 's in act 1, scene 3, whenappear toandand
make prophecies to each of them.

Are the prophecies possibilities,
eventualities, or certainties? Do the witches shape Macbeth and Banquo's destinies, influence
them, or simply reveal them? Is it necessary that Macbeth or Banquo actually do anything to
fulfill the prophecies, or will the prophecies simply fulfill themselves?

Macbeth raises that question himself.

MACBETH: If
chance will have me king, why, chance
may crown me
Without my stir.
(1.3.155€“157)

is the first person in the play who
considers the prophecies as fateas a predetermined, inevitable, unchangeable, uncontrollable
course of events affecting Macbeth's life. Until Lady Macbeth appears in the play, Macbeth has
thought of the witches simply as seers or prophets, not as harbingers of his fate, and he's
considered the prophecies as possibilities, not immutable facts.

At the
beginning of act 1, scene 5, Lady Macbeth is reading a letter from Macbeth telling her about the
witches and the prophecies. She seems not to question for even a moment the role of fate in the
prophecies.

LADY MACBETH. Hie thee hither,
That I
may pour my spirits in thine ear,
And chastise with the valor of my tongue
All
that impedes thee from the golden round,
Which fate and metaphysical aid doth
seem
To have thee crown'd withal.
(1.5.22€“27)

Lady Macbeth decides to do
whatever she can, by whatever means she can, to ensure that Macbeth's fate is fulfilled. A
messenger arrives to tell Lady Macbeth that Kingis coming to Macbeth's castle, and the
inevitability of Macbeth's fate becomes apparent to Lady Macbeth. The circumstances that allow
for Macbeth to become king are already changing in his favor.

The prophecy to
Banquo, "Thou shalt get kings, though thou be none" (1.3.70), is often overlooked as a
factor in Macbeth's fate. Macbeth recognizes this possibility early in the play. He raises the
issue twice in act 1, scene 3. The first time he mentions it is shortly after the witches exit
the scene, after making their prophecies.

MACBETH. Your
children shall be kings. (1.3.89)

Macbeth raises the
issue again aftertells Macbeth that he's now Thane of Cawdor, which, to Macbeth's mind, lends
significant, troubling credence to the prophecies.

MACBETH. Do you not hope your children shall be kings,
When those that gave
the Thane of Cawdor to me
Promised no less to them? (1.3.127€“129)

In act 3, scene 1, after he has become king, Macbeth is still
thinking about the prophecy to Banquo. Macbeth believes that simply fulfilling the prophecy
about becoming king isn't sufficient to maintain his throne, because the
prophecy to Banquo could manifest itself at any moment. Paradoxically, Macbeth calls on
his fate to help him change Banquo's fate.

MACBETH. ...For Banquo's issue have I filed my mind,
For
them the gracious Duncan have I murdered,
Put rancors in the vessel of my
peace
Only for them, and mine eternal jewel
Given to the common enemy of
man,
To make them kings, the seed of Banquo kings!
Rather than so,
come, Fate, into the list,
And champion me to the utterance!
(3.1.69€“76)

Although Macbeth's fate and
Banquo's fate are intertwined, their fates aren't necessarily exclusive. Their fates needn't
occur at the same time but can conceivably be sequential, not necessarily immediate. Macbeth
fears, however, thator another of Banquo's sons not yet born will challenge him for the throne
and possibly kill him, and that such action is imminent.

Macbeth fails to
consider that one of Banquo's sons might simply assume the throne by some means other than by
killing Macbethperhaps even after Macbeth's natural death. What motivates Macbeth at this point,
however, is not simply staying alive and remaining king, but also providing for his
posterity.

One argument against fate ruling Macbeth's life is found in 's
speech in act 3, scene 5.

HECATE. ... [T]his night I'll
spend
Unto a dismal and a fatal end.
Great business must be wrought ere
noon:
Upon the corner of the moon
There hangs a vaporous drop
profound;
I'll catch it ere it come to ground.
And that distill'd by magic
sleights
Shall raise such artificial sprites
As by the strength of their
illusion
Shall draw him on to his confusion.
He shall spurn fate,
scorn death, and bear
His hopes bove wisdom, grace, and
fear. (3.5.20€“31)

Hecate intends to use her
magic to confuse Macbeth and make him behave irrationally. In this speech, Hecate suggests that
she can control Macbeth's actions, but the audience never sees Hecate actually put her plan into
effect.

It's important to remember that many Shakespeare scholars believe
that the character of Hecate was added to the play by another playwright at a later time. This
might account for what appears to be Hecate's manipulation of Macbeth's fate or her attempt to
influence Macbeth's actions, which might not represent Shakespeare's original intent.

In the apparition scene in act 4, scene 1, Macbeth again tempts fate after an
apparition tells him that "none of woman born" can harm him.

SECOND APPARITION. Be bloody, bold, and resolute; laugh
to
scorn
The power of man, for none of woman born
Shall harm
Macbeth.

MACBETH. Then live, . What need I fear of thee?
But yet
I'll make assurance double sure,
And take a bond of fate: thou shalt not
live,
That I may tell pale-hearted fear it
lies,
And sleep in spite of thunder.
(4.1.87€“95)

Macbeth takes these two pronouncements by
the apparitions to support his vision of his invincibility and the inevitability of his victory
over Macduff, but little does he realize that his vision of his fate and the actual course of
events in his life might well be two completely different things.

In "The Open Window," what does "Romance at short notice" mean, specifically, the word romance?

In 's short
story "", the character of Vera is a young teenage girl currently staying at her
aunt's house (Mrs. Stappleton), and who is described as someone whose specialty is
"romance, at short notice".

This latter phrase refers to her
ability to come up with exaggerated stories, particularly with the seemingly-Gothic tale about
three dead men who come to visit her aunt every time they see the window open.

Vera concocts this story instantly after meeting her aunt's future house guest, Mr
Frampton Nuttel. Mr. Nuttel has just suffered a mental breakdown and is on location to take a
rest cure. However, Vera's story ultimately sends Mr. Nuttel running out of the house in a fit,
since the very three men that Vera describes in her story do end up showing up at the house:
they were none other than Mrs. Sappleton's very-much-alive husband and two younger brothers, who
had gone out. 

It is apparent that Vera's quick wit is able to pick on
Frampton's frail nature and, for this reason, she uses Nuttel as the victim of her
tale.

Therefore, the term "romance" used as "Vera's
specialty", is mainly intended to identify and describe the genre of the story that Vera
tells Nuttel. This is because Vera's tale is both fictitious and embellished; these two traits
alone automatically classify her story as a "romance" in the literary sense.

Identify the conventions used in To Kill the Mockingbird to position the reader in relating to a controversy.

In order to
understand how an author is positioning the reader in relating to a controversy, we have to
first identify the controversy. In this novel, the main controversy is 's decision to break the
Southern code of white solidarity and mount a real defense of Tom Robinson, a black man falsely
accused of raping a white woman.

Lee encourages us to strongly admire and
support Atticus's position in the controversy. She uses several literary conventions to do this.
First and foremost, she tells the story through the admiring eyes of Atticus's young daughter, .
Wisely, she also makes Scout an irreverent tomboy, which prevents her loving portrait of her
father from becoming saccharine. Scout is a smart, believable, and shrewd individual with a
child's clarity of vision whom we as readers grow to like and trust. If she believes in Atticus,
we are prone to do so too.

But we don't have to entirely rely on Scout to
prove that Atticus is an exemplary human being. Other people whose word...