What does the scene in this New York apartment reveal about Tom and Myrtle in The Great Gatsby?Only chapter 2 based answers, please.

Myrtle is an inferior version of Gatsby.  Like Gatsby, she
has pretensions and ambition.  In the New York apartment scene that occurs in Chapter 2,
Myrtle passes off a compliment about her dress--"an elaborate afternoon dress of cream
colored chiffon which gave out a continual rustle as she swept about the room"-- with
"It's just a crazy old thing.  I just slip it on when I don't care what I look like."
 She later confesses that she thinks her own husband is not "fit to lick my shoe"
because he borrowed the suit that he wore for their wedding.  Like Gatsby, Myrtle is a
social climber.  She thinks she married beneath her and that Tom is the ticket to wealth
and status.  In her apartment in New York City, she pretends that she and Tom are in the
same social class.

We learn that Tom is never going to
marry Myrtle, that having a mistress in New York is akin to having horses in the stable,
another form of amusement.  Tom "elaborately" lies to Myrtle that Daisy's Catholic and
therefore won't grant him a divorce.  When Myrtle repeats Daisy's name, Tom breaks her
nose.  He has almost no respect for Myrtle, and only slightly more for his
wife.

We should see strong parallels here between Myrtle
and Gatsby.  Myrtle thinks Tom will complete her dreams; Gatsby thinks Daisy will
complete his.  Both are sadly mistaken.  Neither Tom nor Daisy will marry someone whose
social class is below theirs.  As Nick tells us, Tom and Daisy are "careless people."
"They smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money and their
vast carelessness or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean
up the mess."

Tom smashes Myrtle's nose at the party.
 Daisy runs over Myrtle later on in the novel.  Tom and Daisy are indeed careless people
who make messes for others to clean up.

In The Humming-bird, how do I defend Alan's actions in Chapter 3?

Since I have not read this book, I am going to treat your
question as an essay question since you asked How to go about it.  First of all, you
need a list of Alan's actions or things he has done throughout chapter three. Can they
be categorized into two or three main ideas?  For example, does he have many of  the
same kind such as verbally abusing people or lying to people to protect his own
feelings? Once you have the actions you wish to address, then think about how you feel
about his actions.  Are there any or good reasons for his actions?  What caused his
actions that would make anyone or someone like him act this way?   Think of possible
defenses as if you were part of the story and as if you were Alan.  If you put yourself
into the action, it may help you think more clearly about how you could defend yourself
as Alan.  Then, write your defense using clear examples from the
story.

What are the 5 W's(who, what, where, when, why) and POV (point of view) in this following quote. I request that you establish water conservation...

Let's start with point of view (POV).   I am uncertain
whether you are referring to POV as a grammatical construct or a psychological
construct.  Whenever the pronouns "I," "me," "my," or "mine" are used, the writer is
using the first person singular point of view.  As a psychological construct, the POV is
that of a person who is responsible for directing others to solve a
problem.

Now, the rest of what you need is given to you
already. Read the quote and look at your source note!  Who is identified as the writer? 
When this is written is already given to you, too, in the very same source note, as is
the reason for the directives.  Why is this person telling all these people to take
these measures?  It is for the purpose of preventing floods. Where this person is
speaking might not be so apparent, but it would appear that this is what Americans would
consider a federal official, like someone in Washington, D.C. who is telling someone in
Pennsylvania or Illinois how to manage water to prevent floods.  Have you learned where
the seat of government was for the Han dynasty? Do a little research with the link I
have provided below, and you will see where the capital of the Han dynasty was, an
ancient form of Washington, D.C.

What is a good source on the Internet that has Christopher Columbus's diary?i just need a good source that contain christopher columbus' diary

There are two excellent web sites where you can get access
to books that are in the public domain and, thus, can be fully accessed. The first is
Project Gutenberg. Its developers have made hundreds of texts easily available to
readers. Unfortunately, Christopher Columbus's journal is not one of those
texts.

The other web site where you can find full texts of
books that are in the public domain and excerpts from other books is books.google.com. I
searched that site for you and found a couple of books that you might find interesting:
First Voyage to America: From the Log of the Santa Maria and
With the Admiral of the Ocean Sea: A Narrative of the First Voyage to the
Western World. The first book is the actual diary of Columbus; the second is
based on the diary.

I've pasted links to both of those
books in the Sources section. I hope they help you!

What does the Quran use as an analogy for paradise?http://www.islamic-architecture.info/A-HIST.htm

The Quran specifically and repeatedly refers to Paradise
as a garden, described as being infinite in size and wealth, with fruits and company and
every conceivable comfort or desire.  Keep in mind that the following passages are
translated into English, and surely lose some of their literal meaning in the
translation from Arabic:

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Surely for the godfearing awaits a place of
security, gardens and vineyards and maidens with swelling breasts, like of age, and a
cup overflowing.

(The Koran Interpreted
78:31-34)

And view with one another, hastening to
forgiveness from your Lord, and to a garden whose breadth is as the Heavens and the
Earth, prepared for the godfearing.

(The Koran Interpreted
3:133)

Many archaeologists
and those who study architecture suggest that the Quran's references to and descriptions
of gardens contributed greatly to how they were designed, in ancient times and even
today.

What might economic determinist/Marxist theory say about The Breakfast Club?

There are some interesting elements to Marxist thought
that could be seen in Hughes' work.  The most striking would be in the first half of the
film.  The clique and social stratification that defines each of them is heavily
influenced by economics.  Claire and Andrew belong to the upper echelon of the social
scene.  Claire is there through popularity and wealth.  The point is made in the film
that she is not poor ("Daddy's Beemer," referring to her father's BMW car and status
symbol, is one of the many economic insults that Bender hurls at her.)  Andrew is in
this realm because of athletics, something that the popular and wealthy control by
extension.  Outside of this, the other kids represent those who are marginalized.  Brian
is used for his grades and academic excellence, but the wealthy and powerful have
little, if any, interest in him as a person.  Allison and John are isolated and
marginalized, following the Marxist logic that those who own the means of production
have no use for those who do not directly benefit their own ends.  The social
stratification that the film argues is based off of social cliques is something that
Marx sees as an extension of wealth.  The recognition that each one makes in the others
is something that Marx would dismiss as preposterous, as the wealthy do not willingly
relinquish their power because "they do not want to become like their parents."  In this
light, Marxist theory would distance itself from the film.  Whereas Hughes sees youth
and age as defining elements, Marx sees wealth and privilege.

How does the role of the Player as Shakespeare portrays him compare to Stoppard’s portrayal in Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead?

There is a significant different between the player in
Shakespeare's Hamlet and in Stoppard's Rosencrantz and
Guildenstern Are Dead.  In Shakespeare's play the character of the play has
absolutely NO personality.  He arrives, he performs a speech from a Greek play, he
agrees to change a few lines for Hamlet; he performs the "play within the play" and is
never heard from again. 

The Player in Stoppard's play is
arguably the most important character.  It is through him that Stoppard can make his
point about the lives of Rosencrantz and Guildenstern.  Ros and Guil seem pretty lost
and frustrated about their situation in this play -- they know they were called to find
out what is wrong with Hamlet, but they fail miserably and spend a good deal of the play
playing games and talking about seemingly random topics.  Ros wants to go home; Guil
tries harder to figure out what is exactly going on with their lives as well as
Hamlet's.  It is the Player though that brings all of this into sharp focus.  Ros and
Guil ask for guidance and the Player tells them "it is all written."  He tells them that
they are "nobody special."  He tells them they should be careful "not to lose their
heads."  He seems to know everything that is going to happen to them -- and he is
taunting them with the knowledge.  How can that be?  He is an actor in a role and he
knows it.  He lives on at the end of Shakespeare's play so he 'knows' how it will end. 
Ros and Guil die at the end of that play, so they don't remember anything.  It is an
interesting study in the reality of characters and authorial control of
characters. 

I need a thesis statement as to why Macbeth had caused his own downfall in Macbeth.

To develop a thesis statement, first you have to
understand what brought about Macbeth's downfall.  In Act 1, sc. 7, Macbeth says, in his
soliloquy, "I have no spur / To prick the sides of my intent, but only / Vaulting
ambition, which o'erleaps itself / And falls on the other-."  He says that he has no
reason to kill Duncan other than his own ambition which can make a person careless.  In
Act 3, sc. 5, Hecate, after berating the witches for not doing more to Macbeth, tells
them that they can make Macbeth feel overconfident (ll. 30-33) when she concludes with,
"And you all know security / Is mortals' chiefest enemy."  She knows that if Macbeth
feels like he cannot be defeated, he will have his guard down and that's when it is
easiest to defeat him.  Macbeth lets his ambition control him enough to get him to kill
Duncan.  After seeing the apparitions in Act 4, he feels like he cannot be defeated by
any man born of a woman or until the woods around the castle advance to the castle -
both seeming impossibilities.  He didn't bother to try to figure out if the witches were
tricking him with their prophecies because the prophecies made him feel secure.  It is
up to you to decide which of these weaknesses brought about Macbeth's
fall.

Evaluate the indefinite integral of f(x) = (sin x + cos x)/(sin x - cos x).

We'll determine the indefinite integral by changing the
variable.

We'll note the denominator sin x - cos x =
t(x)

We'll differentiate the
denominator:

(sin x - cos x)' = [cos x - (-sin
x)]dx

(cos x + sin x)dx
= dt

We'll notice that the numerator of the function is the
result of differentiating the function.

We'll calculate the
integral:

Int f(x) = Int
dt/t

Int dt/t = ln |t| + C

But
t = sin x - cos x

Int f(x) = ln|sin x - cos
x| + C

Explain the quote " How easily people forget the food their spirit body needs and are made slaves to the the powers that feed their earth bodies"

I think that the quote is worded in a bit of an awkward
way.  I have never heard of it exactly, but I think that its intent is fairly powerful. 
The idea of "food" for the "spirit body" or the soul is something that is transcendent. 
It is not contingent on present setting and something that is universal.  Yet, we, as
human beings, have a tendency to focus on the present and the contingent.  In this
concentration and obsession, there is a loss of the transcendence.  It is within this
idea that the second half of the quote holds meaning when it suggests that being chained
to the transient and the contextual demands of consciousness allows individual to lose
sight to what is important.  In our tendency to become slaves to "the powers that feed
earth bodies," we tend to sacrifice that which is for the soul and that which is
meaningful and important.  It is this balance and recognition of such values and to
minimize being enslaved that becomes so very important to the nature of human
consciousness.

Explain how Fate rules against Romeo and Juliet throughout the play.Please cite examples to reinforce your position.

Romeo and Juliet are known as star-crossed lovers. This
use of "star-crossed" refers to the tragic end that Fate
has dictated for them.

First of all, it is quite by
accident that Romeo even goes to the party where he meets Juliet. It is not in his plan.
He finds out about the party from a Capulet servant who stops to ask for help, no
knowing Romeo's identity. Romeo and his friends decide to crash the Capulet's party, and
can do so because they wear masks.

Capulet, Juliet's
father, does not take steps to chastise or throw Romeo out, even after Tybalt draws the
older man's attention to Romeo's presence. Had he done so, perhaps the two would never
have made a serious connection. It is odd, too, because we find out later in the play
that Capulet is not such an easy-going kind of person after
all.

The two fall quickly in love and secretly marry. When
Tybalt confronts Romeo's friends, Romeo tries to stop the fight. He has no reason to
fight Tybalt as they are now related. Romeo cannot tell this to Tybalt, obviously, but
he does try to dissuade the Capulet from attacking. Fate steps in: Romeo refuses to
engage in battle, no matter what Tybalt says; however, Mercutio has no such compunction.
As he and Tybalt go at it, Romeo tries to intercede, and Tybalt takes a cheap shot,
stabbing Mercutio beneath Romeo's arm, where Mercutio has no way to defend
himself.

If that weren't bad enough, Romeo snaps, and in a
rage, wreaks revenge against Tybalt (a Capulet, related to his wife) for his dear
friend's death. In this situation, Romeo tried to do all he could to avoid bloodshed,
but Fate had other plans he could not avoid.

After Romeo is
banished from Verona, poor luck traps Friar John in the city so that he cannot take
Friar Lawrence's note about Juliet's "faked death" to Romeo. Since the entire affair is
a secret, it is also bad luck that Romeo's servant DOES arrive in Mantua to tell Romeo
that Juliet is dead (when she really is not).

Romeo travels
back to Verona (with poison in hand), not knowing of the plan to join him with Juliet.
He believes she is dead, Friar Lawrence is late in arriving to stop it, and so Romeo
kills himself. When Juliet awakes, Friar Lawrence begs her to leave with him as the
watch has been raised. She refuses, and in the end she takes her own
life.

All of these circumstances are the result of bad luck
and poor timing, each which an Elizabethan audience would chalk up to Fate's
interference with the two lovers and those around them. With Fate's hand involved, Romeo
and Juliet never had a chance.

In Let the Great World Spin, what does "Remember 'nam, Sam" mean, or what does it refer to?This slogan occurs in the prologue of Let the Great...

Whenever you come across the term "Nam" in American
English, it refers to Vietnam.  So this is just an anti-war
slogan.

As you say, this is one of the things people think
the man might be doing.  He might be putting up these protest slogans.  All of the
slogans are opposed to the Vietnam War.

The word "Sam" can
be interpreted in two ways here.  First, you can identify it with "Uncle Sam" -- another
name for the United States.  Or it might just be used to rhyme with "Nam."  In other
words, it would be used to make the slogan more catchy -- like "Get back, Jack" or "even
Steven" -- both of these are cases where the name is only included to make a
rhyme.

Whichever way you want to read the word "Sam" this
is an anti-war slogan because 'Nam refers to Vietnam.

What was the real reason the civil rights movement was formed by black people?

Political scientists say that social movements like this
happen when you have a few things:

• A sense of
  "relative deprivation."  A group of people has to feel like they have fewer rights (for
  example) than they think they should and can have.  Various
  things (like WWII, the Cold War, and the Brown decision) made blacks feel like they
  could get more rights.


• A good leader.  This would be,
  most notably, Martin Luther King, Jr.


• A somewhat
  supportive environment.  In this case, it means that whites in the North (especially)
  had to be relatively willing to support black
  demands.

Because these conditions were present,
the Civil Rights Movement was able to being at the time that it
did.

What is the course of the Glorious Revolution?

There was not really all that much to the Glorious
Revolution -- not that much happened -- even though the impact was quite important. 
Basically, all that happened in this was that the Parliament of Britain asked a Dutch
noble and his wife (who was daughter of the King of England) to come take over the
English throne.  They were offered the monarchy on the condition that they would let
Parliament pretty much run the country.

So William of
Orange and Mary came over with an army to take the crown.  The English army refused to
fight (because people didn't like that King James was trying to make the country become
a Catholic country again).  That was pretty much the end of the Glorious Revolution. 
King James (who had been deposed) did try a brief invasion a couple years later but
nothing really came of that.

One reason it is called the
Glorious Revolution is because it was so bloodless.

What quotes (chapter and page) says that Myrtle regrets marrying George Wilson?

About half-way through chapter 2 of The Great
Gatsby, Catherine and Myrtle have a conversation about
George:

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"Well, I married him,." said Myrtle,
ambiguously.

"And that's the difference between your case
and mine.." "Why did you, Myrtle?." demanded
Catherine.

"Nobody forced you to.." Myrtle
considered.

"I married him because I thought he was a
gentleman,." she said finally.

"I thought he knew something
about breeding, but he wasn't fit to lick my shoe.." "You
were crazy about him for a while,." said Catherine.

"Crazy
about him!." cried Myrtle incredulously.

"Who said I was
crazy about him? I never was any more crazy about him than I was about that man there.."
She pointed suddenly at me, and every one looked at me accusingly. I tried to show by my
expression that I had played no part in her
past.

"The only crazy I was was when I
married
him.

Myrtle's
affair with Tom has spoiled her.  It's afforded her a New York apartment, mint julips,
and a fancy collar for her dog.  Myrtle thinks she's has gone from the bottom of the
social ladder to the top.

Myrtle has also bought into Tom's
racist and class-warrior ideas.  As such, she views George as a poorly bred mongrel.
 She has bought into Tom's social-Darwinian view that whites are better than blacks,
white collar is better than blue collar, East Eggers are better than West Eggers, and
that a Valley of Ashes mistresses can become a posh New York
socialite.

This is all before Tom slaps some sense into
her.

Can someone prove that there is a relationship between the structure (language, meter etc.. ) and the content of the following poem? Many...

In Emily Dickinson's "It dropped so low—in my Regard," I
can see that there is a relationship between the language and the
meter chosen, and the poem's structure.

The meter of the
poem is also seen in other poems by this author: there are two stanzas in this piece,
and the pattern of rhythm each stanza follows is eight beats in the first and third
lines, and six beats in the second and fourth. The beat settles on everything other
syllable, starting with the second syllable of each line, so there are four accented
syllables in the first and third lines, and three accented syllables in the second and
fourth lines.

Since the poem speaks of something dropping,
I would consider that perhaps the meter mimics the sound of something falling. It does
not refer to multiple things dropping, so my sense is that the repeated "thudding" might
speak to the depth to which this "something" has plummeted in the
speaker's regard.

The idea of the "dropping" is also
"heard" in the language Dickinson chooses, such as:  hit, pieces, fractured, and plated
wares. In terms of language, imagery here is also important to the sense of something
dropping: "I heard it hit the ground, / And go to pieces on the
stones..."

The structure of the poem is found in devices
such as meter and language, which support the message Emily Dickinson is attempting,
beautifully, to convey to the reader: someone has fallen off of the speaker's pedestal,
falling in her regard or esteem.

What do we learn about Macbeth from Lady Macbeth's reaction to the letter? (Act 1, scene v)

In Shakespeare's Macbeth, the letter
Lady Macbeth receives tells the audience a great deal about this Scottish hero—one of
King Duncan's most trusted warriors.

First we learn that
Macbeth not only met three old women, but that he believes they are witches, and that
they have supernatural knowledge of the future.

We find
that Macbeth wanted to question the women further, but they disappeared into thin air,
right in front of him.

We discover that as the witches'
first prediction that Macbeth would become the Thane of Cawdor comes true, Macbeth
assumes that their prediction that he would one day be king is uppermost in his
mind.

It is easy to tell that Macbeth loves his wife in the
way he addresses her:

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This have I thought good to deliver thee, my
dearest partner of
greatness...

It is equally
clear that he is excited to share what meaning this news has for
her:

...that
thou mightst not lose the dues of rejoicing, by being ignorant of the what greatness is
promised thee.

This small
segment of the play shows how concisely Shakespeare writes: without coming straight out
and telling us what he wants us to know, he uses the letter from Macbeth to his wife,
and we learn a great deal about the main character of the play.

Do you think that the personal events that Hawthorne experienced with his family's history relate to the meaning of the black veil in this...

Certainly the shame of the ignominous behavior of his
uncle during the Salem Witchcraft Trials shadowed the conscience of Nathaniel
Hawthorne.  But, beyond that, Hawthorne absolutely repudiated the hypocritical character
of Puritanism, an unreasonable ideology that permitted no sin, denying people the
opportunity for forgiveness. 

Hawthorne's main character in
"The Minister's Black Veil," the Reverend Mr. Hooper, dons the veil to demonstrate that
everyone has something to hide, so people should be honest about themselves and admit to
their shortcomings.  However, the fear of discovery is too great, so the congregation of
Mr. Hooper shun him in their discomfiture. Or, they choose to believe that the minister
has committed some fault too great to reveal, some fault that shows itself upon his
face, a fault that he would hide in his sanctimony just as Hawthorne's uncle hid his in
the sanctimonious judgment of witches.

Hawthorne's
narrative of the minister who wears a veil, yet smiles beneath it illustrates the
poisoning of the soul that occurs with secret sin.  For, not only is the person himself
poisoned, but those who come into contact with him are sullied as well as their
spiritual vision is darkened.  Once again, Hawthorne creates an ambiguity in his
narrative similar to that of "Young Goodman Brown" and other tales.  This ambiguity may
reflect Hawthorne's personal ambivalence about his progenitors.

Solve the inequation: 6

We'll have to solve a system of 2
inequalities:

3x^2 -6 <
 21

and

3x^2 -6 >
6

We'll solve the first
inequality:

3x^2 -6 <
 21

We'll add 6 both
sides:

3x^2 < 27

We'll
divide by 3:

x^2 <
9

We'll calculate the roots of x^2 -
9.

x^2 - 9 = 0

 x1 =
-3

x2 = 3

The expression is
negative over the interval (-3,3).

We'll solve the second
inequality:

3x^2 -6 >
6

We'll add 6 both sides:

3x^2
> 12

We'll divide by
3:

x^2 > 4

We'll
calculate the roots of x^2 - 4.

x^2 - 4 =
0

x1  = -2

x2 =
2

The expression is positive over the intervals
(-inf.,-2)U(2,+inf.).

The common intervals of
values that satisfy both inequalities
are:

(-3 , -2)U(2 ,
3)

In John Steinbeck's Chrysanthemums what is the point of view?

Steinbeck's "Chrysanthemums" is a short story first
published in an 1937 issue of Harper's, and later in a collection
of stories in The Long Valley, published in 1938. It is believed by
some to be one of the most important short stories ever written, especially in that
there is a great deal of debate as to what kind of character the protagonist is: weak or
powerful; eliciting sympathy or not.

The short story is
about a woman named Elisa Allen, and it has been suggested that it
may be based upon the Steinbeck's first wife.  It is a story about
a young, strong and energetic woman who is an excellent gardener. After a chance meeting
with a "tinker" (someone who fixes things) who passes by her husband's farm, she sees
her life in a new and unsatisfying way. Though her husband seems to genuinely care about
how she feels and what she thinks, the encounter with the tinker makes her aware that
even though she is strong and able, she also lives a confined existence because she is a
woman.

The information of the characters and the developing
plot line come to us from an unidentified narrator. Therefore, the story is written in
third person, limited. This means that the author uses the
pronouns he, she, they,
etc., in the narrative. "Limited" means that the author only gives
us insight into the thoughts of one specific character. This is the
most popular point of view authors use when writing stories.

What is the trauma of historical memory in Midnight's Children?

I think that the answer to such a question is present in
how both conditions are impermanent.  The idea of a lack of absolutism in either is a
source of liberation and a source of pain for the Sinai family.  On one hand, the
freedom of India at midnight represents a canvass upon which national identity and
personal notions of identity construction can be rendered.  Yet, the reality that the
Sinai family face, in particular Saleem, is that what had previously defined
consciousness no longer exists.  It is very interesting to note that the novel opens not
with Saleem, but rather a retelling of his family, an element that is no longer with him
at the end of the novel.  The impermanence of both national memory and personal history
are elements that Saleem confronts in trying to construct a new nation, as part of the
council of Midnight's Children, and in his own personal identity, as a child of
Midnight.  These conditions are both personally liberating, but also subjectively
difficult and a challenge.  It is not something that can be easily articulated, other
than to suggest that human freedom brings pain and hurt, but it is the only resource one
has in the construction of national identity and personal
subjectivity.

In "Two Kinds", how is Tan's use of authentic Chinese language significant in the story?

Your original question didn't specify which "story" you
wished to focus on, so I have tried to guess and gone for "Two Kinds." However, in my
response I will keep my comments general. What I say equally applies to all of Tan's
fiction, so hopefully you will be able to get something out of
it.

Tan's fiction mostly focuses on the generation gap
between first-generation Chinese immigrants and second-generation Chinese immigrants. By
this I mean immigrants that have left China and gone to the United States
(first-generation Chinese immigrants) and then their children, who are Chinese yet not
because they are born in the United States (second generation immigrants). Tan writes
amazing fiction that concerns itself with the conflict between these two groups of
people as the parents have their Chinese values and hopes for their children and their
children have their own different values shaped by their
identity.

In "Two Kinds", then, the mother's English is not
very good, and the use of authentic Chinese is used by Tan to highlight her identity as
a first-generation migrant who in a sense is still more Chinese than she is American.
The daughter, Jing-Mei, speaks flawless English, and thus the divide is
highlighted.

Hope this helps give you some general pointers
about how the use of Chinese is utilised by Tan in her fiction.

"How did monasticism develop in early medieval Europe?"

The two most important steps in the development of Western
European monasticism were the creation of the Rule of St. Benedict and the later reform
of the Benedictine Order by the Cluniacs.

The Rule of St.
Benedict was written sometime in the early 500s AD.  It set up a common rule for how
Christian monasteries would be set up and how they would conduct their daily affairs.
This rule brought order to the Christian monastic movement.  It made monasticism
repsectable and it gave rise to a number of daughter monasteries that spread across
Europe.

Some 400 years later, the Benedictine Rule had lost
some of its purity -- Benedictine houses no longer acted with as much piety as they
originally did.  At this point, the Cluniacs stepped in and started a major reform
movement meant to bring monasticism back to its original holy state.  This movement
helped to restore monasticism's past status in the
Church.

Therefore, these were the two most important steps
in the development of monasticism in Europe.

What are the morals in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows?

To me, the most important morals are
these:

First, people need to focus on what is most
important in their lives.  We can see this in how Harry, Ron and Hermione stop attending
Hogwarts and go off on their own to try to get rid of the remaining
Horcruxes.

Second, people need to sacrifice in order to do
what is best for their loved ones.  We can see this most vividly in how Harry has to die
in order to actually defeat Voldemort.  He does not know that he will actually live, but
he is willing to go and face Voldemort even so.  By his willingness to lose everything,
Harry actually gains -- he is able to defeat Voldemort and save his own life and
everything that he holds dear.

In Willa Cather's My Antonia, how is Jim's view of the hired girls and the towns-girls different from the townspeople's view?Give at least two...

In Willa Cather's novel My Antonia,
the story is told from Jim Burden's point of view.

While
Jim may be considered nostalgic (and is even told by Francis that he is a romantic), he
holds a special place in his heart for the "hired"
girls.

Jim has known these girls since he arrived at his
grandparents' homestead many years before, and he has grown up with them. While living
on the Nebraska frontier was difficult for his family, they survived in some comfort. On
the other hand, Antonia and her family, who also arrived at the same time, suffered
great agony, with heartaches that might have destroyed weaker
sorts.

There is a liveliness about the hired girls that Jim
loves. He never has a wish to take advantage or be unkind, but finds the girls lovers of
life in general. They embrace their existence with a passion that he finds missing in
the towns-girls, perhaps because they have not had to deal with the
hardships that make the "foreign" girls so appreciative of being
alive.

He does not find this hunger in the towns-girls:
what they have is what is expected. There is no struggle: it is bestowed upon them.
Frances Harding, for instance, is as smart as any man. She is well-respected within the
community and works hard with her father's business interests, but is respectable in her
manner and found acceptable being "town-born," and a member of polite
society.

The towns-people are very select in their
perceptions of the girls who are foreign-born: they see them as wild and inappropriate.
They get bad reputations—perhaps because of their wild enthusiasm—even though they are
still allowed to work tirelessly for the "upright" members of the Black Hawk
community.

Specifically, Jim
says:

If I
told my schoolmates that Lena Lingard's grandfather was a clergyman, and much respected
in Norway, they looked at me blankly. What did it matter? All foreigners were ignorant
people who couldn't speak
English.

Likewise, there were
country folk and townspeople who felt they could take advantage of the "country" girls.
Ole Benson followed Antonia around all the time, even though his crazy wife would come
after Antonia with a knife. Nothing happened between them, but it was "unseemly" that
Antonia and Ole (a married man) would spend time together. One of the young men from
town decided, though he was to marry in two days, to walk Antonia home from a dance.
Trying to kiss her, she smacked him in the face. Had she been a towns-girl, he would
never have thought to try it.

On the other hand, the
daughters of Black Hawk merchants were never hired out to do work.  They were
"refined."

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...no matter in what straights the Pennsylvanian
or Virginian found himself, he would not let his daughters go out into
service.

Jim sees the country
girls and the towns-girls differently, mostly because of their passion (or lack thereof)
for life. The townspeople have lived so long a safe and complacent existence that they
can no longer appreciate the simple joy of being alive. Jim can see this difference
between the "towners" and the "country" folk.

Determine a distance from origin of x axis to the line that passes through the points (1;1) and (2;3).

To find the distance from origin to the line that passes
through (1,1) and (2,3) :

The line passing through (x1,y1)
and (x2,y2) is

y-y1 =
{(y2-y1)/(x2-x1)}{x-x1).

So the line through the given
points (1,1) and (2,3) is:

y-1 = {(3-1)/(2-1)}
{x-1}

y -1 = 2(x-1)

2x-y -2+1
= 0

2x-y-1 =
0.................(1).

The distance d of the line ax+by+c =
0 from the origin is given by:

d = |
c/sqrt(a^2+b^2)|

Therefore the distance of the 2x-y-1 = 0
from the origin is:

d = |-1/(sqrt(2^2+(-1)^2)| =
1/sqrt5

through the looking glass is a children fiction but how does it capture adult attention?

Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found
There is a children's book, but its themes and settings -- a mirror image of
Alice in Wonderland which is based on a chess game -- appeal to the
thought processes of adults.

Because the story is based on
a game of chess, it would actually require an adult mindset to fully comprehend the
references to each character as a chess piece. For example, the Red Queen is
breathtakingly fast, representing the agility and relative freedom of movement of queen
as a chess piece. Likewise, other characters move in a (somewhat) corresponding manner
as the chess pieces they represent.

The chess theme also
lends itself to political implications, with Alice being used as a pawn in the giant
game. Adults understand this concept, but children typically do
not.

What is the authors perception and the treatment of death in Everyman?

In Everyman, Death is a messenger
sent by God to hold Everyman to account.  This is not an uncommon portrayal of death
when he is personified in literature.  Death comes to call on Everyman, and--as most of
us would be wont to do--Everyman asks for more time because he is not ready (his account
book is not in order).  In that day, of course, the belief of the Church was that one
must do acts of service as well as pay tithes faithfully to the Church in order to make
it to Heaven.  Death in this story is gracious and allows Everyman a limited time to get
his account book in order and find friends who will make this journey with him.  Death
is a messenger doing his appointed task as determined by God; he is not, as he is
portrayed in other literary works, one who sneaks up on his victims of his own volition
and attempts to play some kind of cosmic "gotcha" game with unsuspecting (and woefully
unprepared) humans. 

To what extent does Janie acquire her own voice and the ability to shape her own life in chapter 1-9?

Much of the first half of Zora Neale Hurtson's
Their Eyes Were Watching God is about Janie's quest to discover her
own voice. In Janie's relationships with her grandmother, Logan Killicks, and Joe Starks
she struggles to establish her own identity and give voice to her personal thoughts and
desires. In fact, it isn't until Joe is on his deathbed that "something fell of the
shelf inside of her" and she finally voices her opinion to
Joe:

Dat's
just whut Ah wants tuh say, Jody. You wouldn't listen. You done lived wid me for twenty
years and you don't half know me atall.... Naw, you gointuh listen tuh me one time befo'
you die. Have yo' way all yo' life, trample and mash down and then die ruther than tuh
let yo'self heah 'bout it... Naw! Mah own mind had tuh be squeezed and crowded out tuh
make room for yours in
me.

The cumulative experience
of all three of these relationships is to instill in Janie a desire to be heard and
understood by those around her. By the end of Chapter 9 Janie has found her voice; she
has found the ability to voice her opinion and make herself heard. As we read on in the
novel we encounter Janie learning when and when not to use her voice and also how to use
her voice for greater purposes.

Why does Caliban align himself with Stephano and Trinculo in The Tempest?

Firstly, Caliban joins forces with Stephano and Trinculo
because this subplot serves as a comic relief for some of the more serious scenes in the
play. Caliban's first exposure to alcohol, Stephano serving as a 'ruler' and Trinculo's
witty remarks all contribute to the comedic exploits that take place later.  Remember,
that the play is a comedy and needs light-hearted
subplot.

Secondly, Caliban sets himself up as a character
who needs to be ruled. Even though he is native to the island, he values Stephano as a
leader.  This is important concept because in the mindset of an Elizabethan audience
they felt justified in overthrowing and governing New World peoples.  His submissive
behaviour and willingness to serve white rulers therefore justifies England's actions in
the New World. If there was resistance from Caliban, the morality of Prospero's rule
would be called into question.

Why the absolute value of a complex number is (a^2+b^2)^1/2 ?

Generally, the absolute value of a number represents the
distance from that number to the origin of the cartesian system of
coordinates.

A complex number z = a + bi is represented in
the complex plane by the point that has the coordinates
(a,b).

The absolute value of z is the distance form (a,b)
to origin (0,0).

To determine the distance from the origin
to the point (a,b), we'll draw a triangle that has:

- OA:
hypothenuse: the line that joins (0,0) and the point
(a,b).

- AB: cathetus: the line from (a,0) to
(a,b)

- OB: cathetus: the line from (a,0) to
(0,0).

 We'll apply Pythagorean
theorem:

hypothenuse^2 = cathetus^2 +
cathetus^2

OA^2 = AB^2 +
OB^2

OA = sqrt (AB^2 +
OB^2)

AB = b and OB = a

OA =
sqrt (b^2 + a^2)

But OA is the distance from the point
(a,b) to (0,0), namely the absolute value of the complex number
z.

|z| = sqrt(a^2 +
b^2)

Who are the main characters in this book?We All Fall Down by Robert Cormier

I'm going to assume from your question that you have not
yet read the novel.  I want to give you a glimpse of the main characters but not tell
too much, as it would spoil one of the best parts of the plot.  I highly encourage you
to read this book.  It is definitely worth your time.

The
protagonists of the novel are Jane Jerome and Buddy
Walker.  Both are 16 years old.  At the very beginning of the story, Buddy is involved
with a group of teens who vandalize Jane's house and harm her sister (the premise of the
story).  Ironically, the two end up in a romantic relationship which of course, excludes
this major piece of information.

Harry Flowers is the
ringleader of the group of boys who trash Jane's home.  He is rich, spoiled, smart, and
bored.  These qualities combined most often with alcohol create nothing but
trouble.

The Avenger is the neighbor of the Jerome's who
witnesses the vandalization.  His identity is left somewhat of a mystery, but his role
in the story is suggested by his surname.  He plans to personally avenge the four boys
involved in the crime at the Jerome's house.

Please explain the poem.

The speaker makes the following comparisons:
eyes to the sun, lips to coral, breasts to snow, hair to wires, cheeks to roses, breath
to perfume, voice to music, and walk to the progress of a goddess. Then he concludes
that no part of the lady can properly be compared to the object chosen. The negative
comparisons are visual, olfactory, auditory, and kinesthetic. Shakespeare is mocking a
style of hyperbolic comparison and rheto¬ric popular in his time. The point he makes by
puncturing this particular balloon is that a human woman, who “when she walks, treads on
the ground,” is, for a real lover of flesh and blood, better than any remote and
nonexistent idealization. The images are not insulting because so many of the
comparisons are preceded by “if … be … then” and so on, although in current English (but
not in Shakespeare’s English) the word reeks carries unfortunate con¬notations. The
point is quite the contrary, for the conclusion stresses that the mistress has
attributes that are rare. Although there is a good mixture of images in the poem, the
poet relies most heavily upon visual images, such as ordinary and un-sunlike eyes, lips
unlike red coral, dun rather than white breasts, black wires for hair, and so on. The
point made about love poetry is that it usually concerns the speaker’s enthusiasm about
a loved one rather than any objective descrip¬tions. The idea is that a relationship
built on reality and the recognition of truth is more solid and enduring than one in
which the lover pedestalizes the woman (a modern word, but an old situation.

How did French relations with the Indians compare with those of Spain?

Another important aspect of relations between these two
empires and the Native Americans of the New World had to do with religion.  Both France
and Spain were Catholic countries, and both were concerned with converting the natives
to their religion and saving their souls, but they went about it in much different
ways.

France's presence in the colonies was both more
recent and on a smaller scale than Spain.  The Spanish had conquered all of Latin
America and had adopted strict conversion requirements on all natives, wth the goal of
not only saving souls, but reducing the native populations.  Those that did not convert
were denied everything from access to food to their very lives, the result being that
Latin America today is overwhelmingly Spanish-speaking and Roman
Catholic. 

France at its height had about 70,000 total
settlers in the New World, scattered across colonies from Haiti to Quebec to present-day
Montana.  In these inferior numbers, they had to apply a softer touch than the
Conquistadors, and learned the language and customs of the Natives in a more passive
attempt at conversion.   Their long range cultural impact, then, has been much less than
Spain's.

What is the indefnite integral of 1/(x^2 - 4x)?

To determine the indefinite integral, we'll write the
function as a sum or difference of elementary
ratios.

1/(x^2 - 4x) =
1/x(x-4)

1/x(x-4) = A/x +
B/(x-4)

1 = A(x-4) +
B(x)

We'll remove the
brackets:

1 = Ax - 4A +
Bx

We'll combine like terms:

1
= x(A+B) - 4A

A + B = 0

A =
-B

-4A = 1

A =
-1/4

B = 1/4

1/x(x-4) = -1/4x
+ 1/4(x-4)

Int dx/x(x-4) = -Int dx/4x + Int
dx/4(x-4)

Int dx/x(x-4) = -(1/4) (ln |x| - ln|x-4|) +
C

Int dx/x(x-4) = -(1/4)ln |(x)/(x-4)| +
C

Find the standard deviation, for the binomial distribution which has the stated values of n and p. Round your answer to the nearest...

We know for a binomial distibution with probability
function,

P(x = r) = nCr * p^r *(1-p)^(n-r), the mean = np
and variance = np(1-p).

Standard deviation, s= 
(variance)^(1/2) ={np(1-p)}^(1/2).

Standard deviation , s
 = (np(1-p)}^(1/2)....(1)

So we substitute  n = 2815, p =
0.63, in the formula at (1).

Standard deviation =
{2815*0.63*(1-0.63)}^(1/2).

Standard deviation =
{2815*0.63*0.37}^(1/2) = 25.6159 = 25.62.

So the required
standard deviation for the give binomial distribution is 25.62

When a wire is connected to 9 volt battery, the current is 0.020 ampere. What is the resistance of the wire?

In order to get the answer to this you must know the
equation that gives you the relationship between voltage, current, and resistance.  That
equation, which is derived from Ohm's law is

R =
v/r

In this equation, I is the current (measured in
amperes), v is the voltage, and r is the resistance.  Now that we know that, we can use
the information that you have provided to solve this
algebraically.

R = 9/.02

When
you do the math here, you get 450

Resistance is measured in
ohms so your resistance here is 450 ohms.

Please follow the
link for a much more detailed explanation.

Determine the absolute value of z for 2+iz=i

To determine the absolute value of the complex number,
we'll put it in the rectangular form first.

For this
reason, we'll re-write z, isolating z to the left side. For this reason, we'll subtract
2 both sides:

iz = i - 2

We'll
divide by i:

z = (i -
2)/i

Since we have to put z in the rectangular
form:

z = x + i*y, we'll multiply the ratio by the
conjugate of i, that is -i.

z = -i*(i -
2)/-i^2

But i^2 = -1

z = -i*(i
- 2)/-(-1)

We'll remove the
brackets:

z = 2i - i^2

z = 1 +
2i

The modulus of z: |z| = sqrt (x^2 +
y^2)

We'll identify x = 1 and y =
2.

|z| = sqrt(1 +
4)

The absolute value of the complex number z
is: |z|  = sqrt 5.

Compare Belinda Pocket's obsession with social status and nobility with that of Pip's quest for social status and becoming a gentleman?Great...

It is apparent that there are parallels between the
frivolous Belinda Pocket and Pip in Charles Dickens's Great
Expectations.  In Chapter XXIII, Mrs. Pocket is clearly the object of
Dickens's satire as she is a characterization of those who aspire to the upper
class.  She has servants performing all the womanly skills that she has never learned;
she sits and reads her book that is "all about titles" while her baby becomes trapped
under her dress, and nearly escapes harm, or, again, it nearly puts its eye out with a
nutcracker.  When her eight-year-old daughter warns her, Mrs. Pocket scolds the girl,
"You naughty child. How dare you?"

Like Mrs. Pocket, in his
aspirations to be a gentleman, Pip ignores the advice of Mr. Jaggers and spends his
money much too freely, hiring a servant and lavishly furnishing the appartment he shares
with Herbert Pocket.  Pretentious after a while of spending freely in London and seeking
the society of Estella, Pip neglects Joe; even when Joe visits, he is rude to him. 
Similar to Mrs. Pocket, Pip pursues an illusionary status while ignoring what is truly
of value, his family. In his efforts to appear as a gentleman, Pip also seeks the
unattainable as does Mrs. Pocket.  While she covets a title, Pip desires the "star,"
Estella. 

Pip's involvement with the appearances of things
clearly parallels the superficiality of Mrs. Pocket who pursues her attainment of a
title which will make her appear to be somebody.  For, like Mrs. Pocket, Pip loses sight
of the real values, such as genuine love and family. 

Will you summarize The Hunger Games using the Marxist approach?

What a great way to approach an understanding of what
Collins is trying to convey in the novel!  A simple understanding of a Marxist reading
of any novel is that the reader should evaluate the economic system of the time and
place.  Marxism sees the world as being made up of two groups, the proletariat (workers)
and the bourgeoisie (owners).  Marxism looks at this system as patently unfair because
the majority of the wealth is held by the smallest group of people, and the poorest
people are the ones who work their whole lives to eek out an existence for the profit of
the few rich people.  In an ideal Marxist world, everyone would be equal and work
equally -- earning what they need, not what they desire.  Profits are shared by the
whole, not given to the elite.

In The Hunger
Gameswe can clearly see this division of society.  The super elite/select
people of the Capital want for nothing and are frivolous about nearly every aspect of
their lives.  This is especially illustrated by the over-the-top things they do in the
name of beauty.  The clothes and the food are beyond the imagination of someone of the
lower class like Katniss.  She can't help but continually comment that one meal in the
Capital is more food and better food that her family has in week or even a month.  The
disparity between the Capital and the lives of the people in her home district, District
12 isoverwhelming!  She lives in the poorest and most proletariat of the districts and
that is what makes this Marxist reading of the novel work so
well.

The top of the society hasabsolute control over the
actions of everyone else -- most obviously shown in the hunger games themselves.  The
people of the capital have so much and take so much for granted that they are depraved. 
Societies in this extreme are vulnerable because the masses (the poor) can only tolerate
it for so long, thus we see the seeds of the uprising in this novel and a full
"communist overthrow" by the end of the trilogy in
Mockingjay.

Demonstrate how comic relief is used to heighten the tragedy of Hamlet.Examples

The most extensive piece of comic relief in Hamlet is in
Act V Scene 1.

The scene begins with a discussion between
two "clowns" who are digging a grave for Ophelia, who has committed suicide.  The clowns
engage in a convoluted discussion about whether a suicide victim should be granted a
"Christian burial."  Part of the humor is in  the clowns' mispronunciation of legal
terms: "se offendendo" for se-defenden-do [in self-defence], and "argal" for ergo
[therefore].

The clowns continue by posing riddles to each
other.  The answers to the riddles are grave-digging and gallows
maker.

Hamlet and Horatio arrive and engage the
gravedigging clown in humorous conversation.   As they are talking, the gravedigger
unearths a skull which he says is that of Yorick, a man who had been court jester to
Hamlet's father.   This gives Hamlet opportunity to reflect on the nature of death.  He
realizes that all people, no matter how great, will return to dust and that their skulls
will be useless except for "stopping a bung hole"--for plugging a wine
barrel.

Although the scene is full of jokes, it deals with
man's mortality.  It is a perfect introduction to the play's next and final scene, in
which Laertes, Gertrude, Claudius, and Hamlet all meet their
deaths.

In Bridge to Terabithia, what feelings do Jess and Leslie share regarding other people?

Clearly there are a number of things that unite Jess and
Leslie in this excellent short story. One of the key elements is the way that they are
both "outsiders" in the school community. Jess is an outsider because of the poverty of
his family - it is clear that he is not accepted in his school, whereas Jess is an
outsider because she has just moved into this community and she is very obviously
different. As Jess and Leslie embark on their journey of the imagination into the
kingdom of Terabithia, this serves to isolate them from the rest of their peers as they
share this game together. It is interesting that the only person they both have respect
for is the beautiful Miss Edmunds. Of course, it is highly significant that at the end
of the story Jess is able to share Terabithia with his younger sister - perhaps
reflecting a greater maturity and willingness to share this childhood game with
others.

I need help with Lady Macbeth guilt quotes from Macbeth. Can anyone name me 10 and their significance?

Shakespeare uses several symbols in Macbeth to indicate
either the guilt or innocence of a character. The major symbols of guilt are blood and
sleep. When a character has blood on their hands this is an indication of their guilt.
The blood can either be literal (actually there) or figurative (imagined or implied).
Also, when a character is unable to sleep, the audience can assume they are guilty of
something. Shakespeare uses sleep as a reward for the innocent. Think about it, it’s
hard to sleep when you are bothered by something. You keep thinking about
it!

If you will think back to Act V, when Lady Macbeth is
sleep walking and imagining the blood on her hands, this is twice a symbol of her guilt.
She is not actually sleeping ( a reward for the innocent), and she is struggling to wash
blood (a symbol of guilt) off her hands.  If you examine the text and look for images
dealing with blood and sleep, you will soon be able to collect your quotes addressing
her guilt.

Good Luck!

In Lord of the Flies, how has Jack's personality developed during his stay on the island?

Much of Jack's change in the novel is one of growth into
his own personality.  From the beginning he has a sort of rebellious streak, one that
wants to go against what Ralph and Piggy set up but he is nervous about it.  Just as he
is afraid to really stab the pig the first time he is confronted with it, he is afraid
to take action, particularly if it will hurt something or someone, to get what he
wants.

As he grows throughout the novel, he loses this fear
of hurt.  He focuses far more on the way he knows to get power, to get what he wants,
and develops quite a knack for it.  His confidence grows incredibly quickly and he is
more and more willing to hurt or to allow hurt in order to get what he
wants.

What would be a good discussion questions for the book Virus Ground Zero by Ed Regis? I've read it but nothing really pops out at me.

I admit that I haven't read that book but I have read
numerous books about various scary viruses. Conversations I have at work with some well
educated biologists always lead to how easily a virus like, for example, Ebola could
mutate into something as contagious as influenza virus. Smallpox ocassionally rears its
ugly head in warfare experiment history. Try reading "Hot Zone" a true account of the
Ebola outbreaks in Zaire or the classic fictional "The Andromeda Strain" by Michael
Chrichton.

A good discussion question would be about why
people risk almost certain death to help those afflicted by these ghastly
diseases.

In To Kill a Mockingbird, what is Atticus’s relationship to the rest of Maycomb and what is his role in the community?

In addition to being an attorney, Atticus is also
Maycomb's representative to the Alabama state legislature in Montgomery. Atticus runs
unopposed each election, and this fact probably better illustrates his stature and
importance to the town than any other single statement in To Kill a
Mockingbird. People may not always agree with Atticus' decisions, especially
when he decides to defend a black man accused of raping a white woman, but the town
knows they have no better man to represent them. He is hand-picked by Judge Taylor for
the important trial instead of the usual public defender, Maxwell Green, and the people
know Atticus will do his best to prove Tom innocent.

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     "... you know the court appointed him to
defend this nigger."
     "Yeah, but Atticus aims to
defend him. That's what I don't like about
it."

Maudie explains to
Jem that some people

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"... were born to do our unpleasant jobs for us.
Your father's one of
them."

Maudie adds
that

"We're so
rarely called on to be Christians, but when we are, we've got men like Atticus to go for
us."

Even Dolphus Raymond
recognizes Atticus' importance. He tells Scout that

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"... you don't know that your pa's not a
run-of-the-mill man, it'll take a few years for that to sink
in..."

And Atticus' standing
with the black community is evident: They stand in his honor following the trial and
send him baskets of food as a way of thanking him for his staunch
defense.

Find the inverse of y = x/4 + 3. What can be said about fof^-1(x) of any function.

To determine the inverse, we'll have to write a expression
of a function, with respect to y, starting from original
function.

We'll write the given
function:

y = x/4 + 3

We'll
multiply by 4 both sides:

4y = x +
12

We'll use the symmetric
property:

x + 12 = 4y

We'll
isolate x to the left side. For this reason, we'll subtract 12 both
sides:

x = 4y -
12

The inverse function
is:

f^-1(x) = 4x -
12

Now, we'll compose the
functions:

(fof^-1)(x) =
f(f^-1(x))

We'll substitute x by the f^-1(x) in the
expression of f(x):

f(f^-1(x)) = f^-1(x)/4 +
3

We'll substitute f^-1(x) by it's
expression:

f(f^-1(x)) = (4x - 12)/4 +
3

f(f^-1(x)) = 4x/4 - 12/4 +
3

f(f^-1(x)) = x - 3 + 3

We'll
eliminate like terms and we'll
get:

f(f^-1(x)) =
x

Apply the property of monothony of definite integral to proove that integral of f(x) = (x-1)(x-3)(x-5) if x= 2 to x = 3 is positive.

To prove that the integral of f(x) is positive, we'll
prove first that f(x) is positive over the interval
[2,3].

We'll check this by substituting x by the extreme
values of the interval.

For x =
2

f(2) = (2-1)(2-3)(2-5)

f(2)
= 1*(-1)*(-3)

f(2) = 3 >
0

For x = 3

f(3) =
(3-1)(3-3)(3-5)

f(3) =
0

According to the rule, if the function is positive over
the given interval, that means that the definite integral of the function is also
positive, over the given interval, [2,3].

We'll calculate
the definite integral of f(x).

For this reason, we'll
remove the brackets first:

f(x) =
(x-1)(x-3)(x-5)

f(x) = (x^2 - 4x +
3)(x-5)

f(x) = x^3 - 5x^2 - 4x^2 + 20x + 3x -
15

We'll combine like
terms:

f(x) = x^3 - 9x^2 + 23x -
15

Int f(x)dx = Int (x^3 - 9x^2 + 23x -
15)dx

Int f(x)dx = Int (x^3)dx - 9Int(x^2)dx + 23Intxdx -
15Int dx

Int f(x)dx = x^4/4 - 9x^3/3 + 23x^2/2 -
15x

Int f(x)dx = F(3) -
F(2)

Int f(x)dx = (3^4/4 - 2^4/4) - 3(3^3 - 2^3) +
(23/2)(3^2 - 2^2) - 15*(3-2)

Int f(x)dx = (81-16)/4 -
3(27-8) + 23*5/2 - 15

Int f(x)dx = 65/4 - 57 + 115/2 -
15

Int f(x)dx = (65+230)/4 -
72

Int f(x) dx = 295/4 -
72

Int f(x)dx = 73.75 - 72

Int
f(x)dx = 1.75 > 0

So, the definite
integral of f(x) is strictly positive over the interval
[2,3].

Determine the neutral element of the law of composition x*y = 3xy + 6(x+y) + 10

To determine the neutral element we'll write it's
property:

x*e = e*x = x

Now,
we'll apply the law of composition for

 x*e = 3xe + 6(x+e)
+ 10

But x*e = x

3xe + 6(x+e)
+ 10 = x

We'll remove the
brackets:

 3xe + 6x + 6e + 10 =
x

We'll isolate all the elements that contain e to the left
side:

3xe + 6e = x - 6x -
10

We'll factorize by 3e to the left side and we'll combine
like terms to the right side:

3e(x + 2) = -5x -
10

We'll factorize by -5 to the right
side:

3e(x + 2) =
-5(x+2)

We'll divide by (x+2) and we'll
get:

3e = -5

The
neutral element is e = -5/3.

What happens if someone violates a law that is not fair or just?AMERICAN GOVERNMENT 2

Whether a law is fair or just is in the eye of the
beholder -- it's a matter of opinion.  Therefore, when someone violates a law they are
subject to whatever punishment the law specifies.  It does not matter whether they think
the law is just or unjust.

Many people (like Henry David
Thoreau or Martin Luther King, Jr) have argued that people should violate laws that they
think are unjust.  However, such people still must be punished if laws are to have any
meaning.  If you could break a law just because you say it
is unjust, we would be left in a situation of anarchy.

So
the short answer to your question is that you get punished just the same no matter
whether the law is just or not.

Why is methane nonpolar while methyl bromide is a polar molecule?

Polarity is a concept used to explain where the electrons
are in a covalent bond between two elements.  In essence, the nucleus of each element in
a bond has a certain attraction to the electrons forming the bond between it and the
other element.

If you have two identical elements the bond
is perfectly covalent and completely non-polar.

But if you
have two different elements, such as between H & Br, the bromine attracts the
pair of shared electrons more strongly than the hydrogen and you have a polar bond. (If
you looked at the relative position of the electrons between the two they would be
shifted toward the bromine)

When considering if a molecule
is polar or not, you also have to consider the three dimensional shape of the molecule.
Carbon forms four tetrahedral bonds with other elements which are  equally spaced around
the central carbon atom.  In the case of methane, you have four equal C-H bonds
resulting in a nonpolar molecule.  However, when you replace one of the hydrogens with a
bromine, the situation has become unbalanced with a shift of the electron pair between
the C & the Br shifting toward the Br. This shift results in the methyl bromide
being a polar molecule.

ABC is a right angle triangle. AB = 10 A = 27 degree. Find BC if AC is the hypotenuse.

We are given that ABC is a right triangle. AB is equal to
10 and the Angle A is 27 degree. Also, AC is the
hypotenuse.

Now cos A = adjacent side /
hypotenuse

=> cos A = AB/
AC

=> cos 27 = 10 /
AC

=> 0.891 = 10 /
AC

=> AC = 10/
.891

=> AB = 11.22 (
approximately)

For
BC we can use the Pythagorean Theorem. We have

AC^2 = AB^2
+ BC^2

=> 11.22^2 = (10)^2 +
BC^2

=> BC^2 = 11.22^2 -
10^2

=> BC^2 = 125.96 -
100

=> BC^2 =
25.96

=> BC = 5.09 (
approximately)

Therefore the
required value of BC is 5.09

Is there a connection between "Sonny's Blues," and Death of a Salesman?

There is a common theme that runs through both James
Baldwin's "Sonny's Blues," and Arthur Miller's Death of a
Salesman.

In "Sonny's Blues," Sonny is a man
whose life is founded on dreams rather than reality: he wants to be a musician. While
music feeds Sonny's soul, he does not function well within society. He does not have a
regular job, and over through years of searching for his place in the world, he becomes
addicted to heroin.

Willy Loman, in Death of a
Salesman, is another man whose life is based upon the illusive fabric of
dreams. Willy is in his sixties and is a traveling salesman. The world has changed since
he began his career thirty years earlier, but he cannot reconcile what his world once
was and what it has become. His inability to separate the reality from his outdated
perceptions causes him to be dissatisfied and
depressed.

Willy also believes his son Biff is an important
young man with a great deal of potential. This is based upon the memory of Biff as a
star football player whose life was on its way to a glorious career in sports. The
truth, which Willy never fully addresses, is that Biff failed math in his senior year:
he did not graduate from high school. The hopes Biff and his father had were not
realized, but Willy has lost sight of this.

While Sonny's
dreams uplift him when he is able to play his music, Willy has no sense of satisfaction
at any time. Sonny eventually ends up in jail because of his drug use, but Willy takes
his own life as he becomes more and more disenchanted with life and his unrealistic,
empty dreams.

Can you tell me more about the Major?

The Major is apparently just what he appears to be: a
character with the Hemingway attitude towards his own injury.  I thought he might have
been derived from a person who had appeared in one of Hemingway's newspaper articles,
but couldn't find any mention of such a story.

I wonder why
you tagged your question with "science".  If it was deliberate, were you asking about
the Major's medical condition or his emotional state, or something
else.

If we are to believe his doctor, the Major's injury
did not destroy structures that could not be healed at that time, WW I. So he could have
recovered some use of his hand, but would probably never fence again.  Then again, the
doctor might well have been decieving him; the tone of the story is
ambiguous.

His emotional state, due to his partially
disabling wound, the loss of his fencing prowess, or the death of his wife, is probably
what you would expect from Hemingway at the time he wrote the story, which you will find
discussed by abler critics than me.

The reference can lead
you to much more discussion.

What is the climax in the novel The Cay?

I suppose it could be argued that there are two possible
climaxes in Theodore Taylor's novel, The Cay. The most obvious
would be when Phillip is rescued from his long stay on the island and is eventually
reunited with his parents. It serves to complete the story of his castaway stay on the
island; however, it is not a typically climactic scene--in fact it seems somewhat
anti-climactic following the suspenseful buildup that occurs when the hurricane hits the
island and results in Timothy's death. The hurricane and the death of Timothy is
certainly the highest peak of action in the novel, but since Phillip's life continues
for a while longer, his rescue would probably be a more logical
choice. 

What do positive selection, negative selection, and anergy accomplish? Anatomy- lymphatic system

Positive selection, negative selection and anergy are ways
in which T cells that benefit the body’s immune system are allowed to survive in the
body and those that cannot are eliminated. Anergy is the absence of exhibiting any
response to antigens and antibodies. When T cells develop in the thymus, those that do
not bind with MHC molecules of the body are selected positively and therefore not
eliminated. This occurs in the epithelial cells of the Thymus. Negative selection occurs
on the surface of other cells. Here T cells which bind strongly to the MHC molecules
presenting the body’s own peptides are eliminated.

These
two processes leave T cells which can recognize foreign bodies and differentiate them
from the body’s own. This is the most important property required by the immune system.
In the absence of this either the immune system does not defend the body against foreign
bodies or starts to attack the body’s own cells.

Integrate the function (3-5x)*cos4x.

One of the techniques for evaluating integrals is
integration by parts.

We'll express the formula of
integration by parts using differentials:

Int u dv = u*v -
Int v du

We'll put u = 3 -
5x

We'll differentiate both
sides:

du = -5dx

We'll put dv
= cos(4x) dx.

We'll integrate both
sides:

Int dv = Int cos(4x)
dx

v = (sin 4x)/4 

We'll
substitute in the formula of integral:

Int (3 - 5x) cos(4x)
dx = (3 - 5x)*(sin 4x)/4  + 5 Int (sin 4x)dx/4 

Int (3 -
5x) cos(4x) dx = (3 - 5x)*(sin 4x)/4  + (5/4)Int (sin
4x)dx

Int (3 - 5x) cos(4x) dx = (3 - 5x)*(sin 4x)/4  +
(5/4)[(1/4)(- cos 4x)] + C

Int (3 - 5x)
cos(4x) dx = (3 - 5x)*(sin 4x)/4  - (5/16)[(cos 4x)] +
C

In The Crucible, what is Mary Warren's motivating factor & how does it positively/negatively affect herself & other characters in the play?I am...

Mary Warren is primarily motivated by the same factors
that motivated so many of the others at that time in Salem, Massachusetts - fear and
ignorance.  Mary was afraid of Abby and of being accused of witchcraft herself.  Like
the other girls who pointed fingers of accusation at people, Mary was caught up in the
frenzy.  When the girls are caught by Rev. Parris in the woods playing with white magic,
they are all afraid of what punishments will come to them.  As soon as they start crying
"Witch!" and see that they now become victims instead of perpetrators, they all start
using that ploy.  Abby is the ring leader in the play, telling the girls in Act 1 that
they need to stick to their story and she threatens violence on any girl that goes
against her.  Apparently the girls do not doubt Abby's capacity for violence because
they heed what she says even though Mary Warren has suggested that they all just admit
to dancing and take their whipping for that misdeed rather than lie about what went on. 
Later, when Mary brings the poppet to Elizabeth, it seems that she has simply been
keeping her hands busy as she sat in court all day - that she had no ulterior motive in
making the little doll.  When Mary goes to court in Act 3 to confess that the girls lied
about the allegations of witchcraft, Abby turns against her because Mary's claim makes
Abby out a liar.  Abby starts to say that Mary is a witch and out of fear, Mary recants
and says that John Proctor made her say she and the other girls lied about being
tormented by witches.  Mary is very afraid of Abby and what Abby might do to her.  She
knows that if Abby accuses her of witchcraft, and the other girls follow her as they are
doing, that she will go to prison and possibly be hanged.  The ignorance comes to play
because the people did believe that witches could be among them and that hanging those
accused by girls was the right action to take.

What is the derivative of f(x) = 3(x^3)* cosx

f(x) = 3x^3 * cosx

First we
will treat the funtion as a produt of two functions of
x.

Let us assume that:

f(x) =
u(x) *v(x)  such tht:

u(x)= 3x^3     ===>     u'(x)
= 9x^2

v(x) = cosx    ===>       v'(x) = -
sinx

Now we know that th product rule
is:

f'(x) = u'(x) *v(x) +
u(x)*v'(x)

        = 9x^2 *cosx + 3x^3 *
-sinx

          = (9x^2)cosx -
(3x^3)sinx

==> f'(x) = (9x^2)cosx -
(3x^3)*sinx