What are the similarities between the story of Moby Dick and Jonah the prophet in the Bible (who was swallowed by a big fish)?Moby Dick by Herman...

The similarities between Herman Melville's novel
Moby Dick, and the story of Jonah in the Bible center around the
whale, and the faith of the two protagonists.

In the story
of Moby Dick, the major conflict revolves around Captain Ahab and
his obsession to kill the white whale, Moby Dick, who maimed him the last time they
confronted one another. Ahab is named after a wicked Biblical king in the Old Testament.
Ahab is a Quaker—allegedly a man of God—and is supposed to be a pacifist (peacemaker),
but has turned his back on his faith. He has lost sight of everything but killing the
whale who he sees as the personification of evil. His unhealthy preoccupation with
destroying the whale ultimately brings about the death of the entire crew, except for
Ishmael.

In the story of Jonah, he, too, is a man of God.
He has been called by God to go speak to the people of Nineveh. Jonah did not want to do
so, so in essence, he too turned his back on God and boarded a boat to take him in the
opposite direction. Soon a storm assaulted the boat, and Jonah, sure that he was the
reason for the danger the ship was in, convinced the ship's crew to throw him overboard
in order to save themselves. They did so, and Jonah was swallowed by a great fish (which
we would refer to as a "whale.") When he repents, he visits Nineveh, and the people make
peace with God and are saved.

Similarities are as follows:
both are religious men; each has an experience with a whale; each man turns his back on
his faith.

Differences are as follows: both men turn their
back on God. Ahab never finds his way back to God and brings about the destruction of
the majority of his crew. Jonah, on the other hand, saves the lives of the crew members
on his ship and he turns himself around and fulfills God's purpose, saving the people of
Nineveh.

While the whale brings about Ahab's death, it is
the whale that saves Jonah from drowning.

Melville used
many Biblical allusions in the classic tale of Ahab and the white whale Moby
Dick.

In The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn in Chapter 22, how does Twain give us a sense of hope for the con men?

I have changed your question slightly to make more sense
as it was somewhat confused. The main action of Chapter 22 isn't actually focussed on
the Duke and the King, but on the mob that has come to lynch Colonel Sherburn and how he
faces them down, and then the trip Huck takes to the circus. Finally we return to the
Duke and the King and their latest exploit as they finally get to deliver their
Shakespeare play. However, this is not a success to put it
mildly:

Well,
that night we had our show; but there warn't only about twelve people there - just
enough to pay expenses. And they laughed all the time, and that made the duke mad; and
everybody left, anyway, before the show was over, but one boy which was
asleep.

It is clear that
performing Shakespeare is not going to get the kind of income that the Duke and King
want, so they decide to have a "low comedy", advertised with the final bottom line that
is actually written in the biggest text, which says:

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LADIES AND CHILDREN NOT
ADMITTED.

As the Duke says at
the end:

"If
that line don't fetch them, I don't know
Arkansaw!"

Thus Twain offers
hope to the con men by showing how they have learnt from their attempt to perform
Shakespeare and are now planning something that is more to their audience's level - and
so the stage is set for the Royal Nonesuch, that turns out to be far more lucrative for
the con men.

In Macbeth, what role do Macbeth's visions and hallucinations play in the develpoment of his character?

In Macbeth, Macbeth's visions and
hallucinations serve as symbols of Macbeth's inner conflict throughout the play.  Macbeth has his
first hallucination when he envisions the dagger at the beginning of Act 2.  At this point in the
play, he is still considering whether or not he should follow the plan that he has made with Lady
Macbeth to murder King Duncan.  Macbeth acknowledges that Duncan is a good king and that he is
loved by all in Scotland; however, his desire for power challenges his sense of loyalty to Duncan
and Scotland.  Macbeth thinks that the dagger calls him towards committing the murder, so he
decides to go through with the plan.  Later, Macbeth has Banquo murdered to protect his place on
the throne, but Macbeth also realizes that Banquo is a good man.  He hallucinates Banquo's ghost
after he falsely honors Banquo in front of the guests at the banquet.  So, Macbeth's
hallucinations show that Macbeth is grappling with the decisions that he has made while trying to
go after his ambition.

How is the brain capable of seeing a spectrum of color when the eye only contains three types of color detectors?

By integrating them in the optical cortex. The three types
of receptors peak at yellow, green and red and are thought to process the full field of
color through opponent-process theory. For this theory to work, each color will activate
and inhibit a given receptor, and having it activate the correct receptor will give an
inhibitory response to the other receptors.  Red excites the violet receptor but
inhibits the green receptor, for example.  This is how the eye sees red.  Blue and
yellow are opposites too.  The brain integrates all the stimulatory and inhibitory
impulses and mixes them together in order to determine what color you are looking at.
 Different strengths of receptor activation result in the perception of different colors
as the brain combines and integrates the incoming signals from the retina.  Colorblind
people have a problem with the processing in that the cells in the brain that tell the
difference between red and green are missing.  There are cells in your brain called the
parvocellular cells that process the differences in activation between the green/red
receptors, and another type that processes the blue/yellow
difference.

What is x if log2x = log5 + log(x - 24/5) ?

First, we'll impose the constraints of existence of
logarithms:

x - 24/5>0

x
>
24/5

2x>0

x>0

The
common interval of admissible values for x is (24/5
,+inf.).

Now,we'll could solve the equation using the property of
quotient:

log 2x = log 5 - log (x -
24/5)

log 2x  = log [5/(x -
24/5)]

Because the bases of logarithms are matching, we'll apply the
one to one property:

2x = 5/(x -
24/5)

We'll cross multiply;

2x(x -
24/5) = 5

We'll remove the
brackets:

2x^2 - 48x/5 - 5 = 0

We'll
multiply by 5:

10x^2 - 48x - 25 =
0

We'll apply the quadratic formula:

x1
= [48+sqrt(2304+1000)]/40

x1 = 2(24+sqrt826)/40 = 2.637 <
24/5

x2 = 2(24-sqrt826)/40 = -0.2<
24/5

Since the values of x1 and x2 do not belong
to the interval of admissible values, the equation has no valid
solutions

How did Mrs. Mallard's outlook on life influenced her actions in "The Story of an Hour?"

In Kate Chopin's stunning short story, "The Story of an Hour,"
Louise Mallard has seen her life as a "long progression of days" to simply survive. She has had
no true freedom, no conscious sense of self. She is married, to a kind man, but he does not see
her as an individual. She is isolated, like a lonely ship on the open sea without a compass: she
has had no direction, passing one day like the next.

When news comes
of Brently's tragic death in an accident, there is concern for the widow, especially in that she
has a "weak heart," but Louise chooses the solitary confines of her room rather than the company
of Richards (the family friend who brings the new) or her sister-in-law Josephine. Instead, she
goes to her room to contemplate her life, her loss, and her
future.

Looking out the window, an errant thought presents itself,
paradoxically horrible yet wonderful:

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She did not stop to ask if it were not a monstrous joy
that held her...What could love...count for in face of this possession of self-assertion which
she suddenly recognized as the strongest impulse of her being.  "Free! Body and soul free!" she
kept whispering.

Whereas she had
formerly seen her life as a long line of empty days lying before her, now she sees a long line of
days filled with endless possibilities. Here we read how her outlook influences her actions. With
a new future ahead (even acknowledging that her husband had been a good man and she had sometimes
loved him), Louise is filled with a sense of purpose.

Finally
leaving her room at her Josephine's pleading, the new widow carries herself regally like a queen
down the stairs, full of hope and plans. In that moment, the door opens and Brently Mallard
appears, totally unaware of what has transpired.

It seems he had
been nowhere near the accident that was reported to have claimed his life. Richards tries to
shield Louise from the shocking sight of her husband, but the desolation that descends on her in
her sudden loss of hope and certainly that she will again have to live a life of repression is
too much for her. She is described as a strong woman, but even this cannot be borne, and she
dies.

The doctors explain that her heart gave out, that she died of
the "joy that kills," expecting the sight of Brently was too great a joy for her heart to handle;
ironically, the loss of her freedom is truly what kills her, what the doctors could not know, and
would not be able to fathom in any case, in the society of men that had dominated Mrs. Mallard's
life.

Did Louise choose to die rather than face the bleak prospect
of endless days without personal purpose? Who can say for sure. However, whereas she holds
herself like a queen in knowing she is free, she, in essence, gives up and dies, rather than
return to the life she had known until that day.

Shakespeare embedded commentary on the play itself. Can somebody help me find lines that comment on the play itself?Find lines from act 1 and act...

I don't know if this is what you are thinking of, but in
Act 1, Hamlet is speaking to Horatio in scene 4, and in that speech he is commenting on
the flaws in human beings that can bring their downfalls.  This is suggestive of the
idea of a "tragic flaw" that most tragic heroes have in tragic plays like this
one.

Hamlet offers up three suggestions as to where the
flaw can come from.  He says that the tragic/fatal flaw can come from their birth --
"wherein they are not guilty" because no man can control what he is born with.  The
second source of flaw could be, "by the o'regrowth of come complexion."  This is in
reference to the balance of the humors in the body that the people of this age and
earlier ages thought controlled the temperment of people.  The humors (like blood and
bile) had to be in balance, or a person's nature would be out of sorts as well.  The
third source of the flaw is "by some habit that too much o'erleavens the form of
plausive manners."  This is probably the most common source -- a person's flaws come
their bad habits -- excessive pride, excessive temper,
etc. 

Hamlet's conclusion is that it only takes a small
flaw to overtake all the goodness of a person.  This is exactly what happens in most
tragic plays.  The tragic hero has a flaw, and that flaw causes his downfall, and most
often the downfall of those around him.  Shakspeare probably knew that we would be on
the lookout for Hamlet's fatal flaw --  , after all we know the full title of the play
is The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of
Denmark.

Solve 4^x + 2^x + 1 = 80

4^x+2^x+1 = 80

To solve this
we put 4^x = (2^2)^x = (2^x)^2.

So we put 2^x = t and
rewite the equation:

t^2+t+1 =
80

t^2 +t +1-80 = 0

 t^2 +t
-79 = 0.

t1 = {-1 +sqrt[1-4*1*(-79)}/2 =
{-1+sqrtsqrt317}/2

t2 =
{-(1+sqrt(317)}/2

 So 2^x = (sqrt317
)-1}/2

 x =  log
{[(sqrt317)-1]/2}/log2

x =  3.070775181. is the real
solution.

If we take t2 which is negative,  the slution 
would not be real

Find the volume of the cylinder whose height is 7 and the circumference of the base is 4.

 We know that the volume of the cylinder
is:

 V = r^2 * pi * h where r is the radius and h is the
height.

Given that the height is h =
7

==> V = r^2 * pi * 7

Now to
determine the radius ( r), we will use the circumference formula.

We
know that the circumference of a circle is given by the formula:

C =
2* pi * r

Given C = 4.

==> 2* pi
*r = 4.

==> r= 4/2pi =
2/pi.

==> r= 2/pi.

==> V
= ( 2/pi)^2 * pi * 7.

==> V = 4/pi * 7 =
28/p.i

Then, the volume of the cylinder is 28/pi cubic
units.

What does the title Heart of Darkness suggest in Conrad's novella?Where is the 'darkness'?

Darkness is one of the most prominent elements in Conrad's
famous novella. There are many ways that darkness can be interpreted. Here are two
possibilities:

1. Darkness as lack of knowledge - In Heart
of Darkness, the protagonist and storyteller, Marlowe, went to Africa in a fog of
ignorance. He really had no idea what to expect and indeed saw it as an exploration into a "blank
space," when looking at a map. The Europeans who were sent there did not know or actively ignored
what was happening in Africa. Conrad illustrates this part of the "dark continent" by his
descriptions of the jungles. He says, in describing his initial impressions, that "the best way I
can explain it to you is by saying that for a second or two I felt as though instead of goig to
the centre of a continent I were about to set off for the centre of the earth." Marlowe's comment
illustrates how he didn't know what lay beyond the thick trees on the banks of the Congo
river.

2. Darkness as imperialism and selfishness. Kurtz is a
wonderful representative of the result of the rush for ivory. He is absolutely devoured by Africa
and his greed for its ivory. When he dies in the end, he speaks of "the horror, the horror,"
which in some circles is interpreted as his untimely epiphany that he's been overcome by these
powers. Marlowe describes Kurtz's end:

He had something to say. He
said it. Since I had peeped over the edge myself, I understand better the meaning of his stare
that could not see the flame of the candle but was wide enough to embrace the whole universe,
piercing enough to penetrate all the hearts that beat in the
darkness.

Marlowe was able to stop himself before succumbing to the
darkness. Kurtz was not. Here's, he's describing Kurtz's inability to come back from the edge.
The dark powers of imperialism have taken over his life and he ultimately is killed by
it.

How does "Winter Dreams" by F. Scott Fitzgerald relate to the modernism time period?

According to Trent Lorcher in his article "Lesson Plans:
Modernism in Literature:

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Modernism is marked by a strong and intentional
break with tradition. This break includes a strong reaction against established
religious, political, and social
views.

In Fitzgerald's
"Winter Dreams," Dexter's behavior exemplifies the style of modernist authors, breaking
with the realist style. (First printed in 1922, this is a time of economic growth and
optimism, with many stories of success for all kinds of
people.)

Dexter is a man of humble beginnings who defies
the social rules of the time: he does not conform to the wishes of the upperclass. When
offered a rare opportunity to caddy for a wealthy golfer, he refuses. Next, he quits
rather than be forced to caddy for a tyrannical eleven-year old
golfer.

The modernist view in this story focuses on the
"strong reaction against...social views." Dexter does not conform to the whims of the
rich as one might have expected him to.

He strategically
chooses his own college, and creates a line of laundries catering to the wealthy. He
becomes a young man of means, highly regarded by those in the elite
class.

In this way, he is able to create a persona that
easily mingles with the rich. When it seems that Dexter is in control of his life, he
meets the eleven-year old child from his caddying days—Judy Jones. She is grown up,
beautiful and desirable—to everyone.

While it seems that
Dexter might be able to consciously protect himself from Judy's careless attentions,
even seeming to understand what she is doing to him, he eventually falls for her. For a
time, he loses his direction, though he understands his hopeless attraction to
Judy.

Dexter continues to throw himself into his business,
while dealing with Judy's casual regard of him. This goes on for months, and ultimately
he removes himself from her circle. He concentrates even more on financial success, and
starts seeing another young woman, Irene, to whom he eventually
proposes.

It would appear to the reader, especially based
on the norms of that time, that Dexter has finally found a way to leave Judy behind and
move forward with his life. One would expect him to do the smart and
predictable thing: he is bright and successful. It seems he
will marry and settle down.

Based on one chance encounter
with Judy, however, Dexter turns his back on Irene and becomes engaged to Judy; their
engagement is short-lived. As painful as all this is, he continues to deal with
disappointment while his pain seems to strengthen him. Dexter joins the
war.

[Dexter]
was one of those young thousands who greeted the war with a certain amount of relief,
welcoming the liberation from webs of tangled
emotion.

The war is over,
years pass, and Dexter is firmly grounded again. By chance he meets a friend of Judy's.
Judy has married, but her life is sadly changed—her husband fools around while she cares
for her children; and, Dexter learns her beauty has
faded.

This news, especially the last, causes him to mourn
what is now gone forever. Where his winter dreams as a young man promised relief with
the newness of spring, Dexter realizes that the chance of a life with Judy is gone
forever.

The modernist style baldly shows Dexter's ongoing
struggle, and the loss of his dream of Judy, as well as the loss of those years that
brought him some kind of happiness. For all he could do, Dexter was never able to keep
Judy from destroying the hope she created within him.

I
hope this helps.

Discuss "cancer" in terms of cell cycle regulation and the health of both humans and animals.The link below will help in answering this question:...

Cancer is a disease that can occur when the cell cycle is
improperly regulated and a cell is allowed to divide when division should otherwise be
aborted.  There are various checkpoints in the cell cycle that monitor whether the
previous step in the cell cycle was completed correctly.  For example, a normal cell
will be prohibited from entering the S phase of the cell cycle if its DNA is damaged. 
However, if a mutation renders a checkpoint protein dysfunctional, then the cell cycle
will proceed through that checkpoint without proper surveillance.  This will result in
mutated daughter cells that will be able to divide once again unchecked.  Accumulation
of these daughter cells could occur almost anywhere in the body reeking havoc on the
tissue structure and likely affecting the normal function of that tissue or organ.  This
tumor may not right away affect the health of the organism it inhabits, however. If
division continues to occur the tumor may metastasize and invade adjacent tissues,
including the blood and lymph.  This metastasis of tumor cells can be deadly for the
organism as these cells can settle in various other organs in the body and affect their
proper function.

Why is Helen Burns such an important character in the early part of Jane Eyre?

It is important to remember that this excellent novel is an
example of a bildungsroman: a novel of education, where the central
character develops and matures and is shaped by the experiences they undergo and the people that
they meet. This becomes vital when we think of the impact of Helen Burns on the young Jane Eyre.
Helen is a character who symbolically represents one side of Jane's personality: the desire to be
passive, to remain emotionally unengaged and to withdraw from the world. Note how Helen herself
expresses her creed:

I
hold another creed; which no one ever taught me, and which I seldom mention; but in which I
delight, and ot which I cling: for it extends hope to all: it makes Eternity a rest--a mighty
home, not a terror and an
abyss.

Helen's understanding of life
is all about submission, as she does to the somewhat unjust punishments inflicted upon her by
Miss Scatcherd, among others. Note how difficult Jane finds this to understand and to cope with.
She rages against injustice, as she did against her aunt, and is baffled by Helen's ability to
take unjust punishment with such perfect equanimity. And yet in the novel Helen represents one
side of Jane's personality, with Mrs. Rochester representing the other. Both sides represent an
excess of these beliefs: Mrs. Rochester's character is one that has surrendered itself to the
emotions, whereas Helen's character is one that never allows itself to feel emotions at all. The
rest of the novel charts Jane's struggle to achieve a happy medium between these two
extremes.

What is the end result of Silas' helping Sally Oates in Silas Marner?

The main result of Silas Mariner helping Sally Oates feel
better by providing her with a concoction known as "the stuff" was, first and foremost,
unwelcome and unwanted attention.

Ever since the word got
around that Silas was able to cure people, mothers, neighbors and every person who
needed any kind of cure for themselves and others would come by his house or stop him to
ask for a favor. They even came with pieces of silver which, at the time, he was not
interested in collecting from anyone.

After that, the
isolation on Silas's part became stronger because he was annoyed at all this attention
and expectation, hence, he liked people around him even less.

What are the important human truths mentioned in her first ball?"Her First Ball" by Katherine Mansfield

Katherine Mansfield's "Her First Ball" is the story of a
young girl from the country in New Zealand who has her first introduction to "the
beginning of everything."

Enthralled as any young lady
would be with the excitement of the formal dance, the handsome young men, the "joyful
flutter among the girls," Leila delights in the music, praying that she will be asked to
dance.  When a young man does request a dance, "she floated away like a flower that is
tossed into a pool."  However, as she dances with other young men, Leila notes that her
partners do not seem very interested in the conversation and the dancing while she is so
thrilled.  It is then that she notices the fat man, who is old and, in Leila's mind,
should have been sitting on the stage with the mothers and fathers rather than on the
dance floor.  This man leads Leila onto the dance floor, and he asks her if she is at
her first ball.:

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"Of course...you can't hope to last anthing like
as long as that....long before that you'll e sitting up there on the stage, looking on,
in your nice black velvet.  And these pretty arms will have turned into little short
fate ones, and you'll beat time with such a different kind of fan--a black bony
one....And your heart will ache, ache...because no one wants to kiss you
now."

After the old man, the
symbol of time, says these words to Leila, the music seems to change, seeming
melancholy:  "Why didn't happiness last for ever?  For ever wasn't a bit too long?"  It
is at this point that Leila has her "moment of truth":  She realizes how fleeting time
is, but she also chooses how to deal with this transitory element of life, the
"beginning of everything."  Leila chooses to ignore the truth of life for the
enjoyment of the moment:  "And when her next partner bumped her into the fat
man and he said,'Pardon,' she smiled at him more radiantly than ever.  She didn't even
recognize him again.

How can the temperatures of sand and water affect the climate of a desert versus a beach?

Because a desert is mainly sand, it absorbs solar energy
throughout the day causing the air above the sand to get extremely hot. However, in the evening,
the heat energy is radiated back to the atmosphere and away from the surface quickly, resulting
in a dramatic temperature drop. This is the reason a desert has the highest daily temperature
fluctuations of any biome. The low amount of moisture in the air contributes to the rapid loss of
heat by radiation at night. However, by the ocean, the water and sand absorb heat energy at
different rates. It takes water a longer time to absorb heat but water retains that heat energy
for a longer time, than does the sand. Therefore, during the daytime, the beach is hot when the
sun is shining and at night, because the water retains the heat energy longer, the temperature
doesn't drop as dramatically as it does in a desert. That is why coastal communities like Long
Island have milder winters. The ocean helps to moderate the climate during the cold winter
months.

Contrast the ways Jonathon in this text and Sylvia in "The Lesson" by Toni Bamabara are influenced by their setting/ environments?society ?

The setting of Civil Peace by Chinua
Achebe is different that that of "The Lesson" by Toni
Bamabara.

In Civil Peace, the story
takes place in Nigeria. A civil war has just ended. People are trying to rebuild what
they have lost due to the war, and homes are bombed out, some partially standing, while
a few remain intact.

In "The Lesson," by Toni Cade Bambara,
the story takes place in the United States. Children have been brought into an
unfamiliar part of the city by Miss Moore to see the inside of a large store. No war has
taken place, but a battle is raging in the homes of families which are fragmented by
poverty instead of bombs as they fight to survive with the little they
have.

In To Kill a Mockingbird, Jem stops Scout from killing a roly-poly because it never did anything to bother her. What motif does this reinforce?

This scene takes place in chapter 25 when Jem and Scout
are sleeping on the back porch in the summer heat.  At this point in the novel, the
trial has come and gone, Tom Robinson has been shot, Scout has had tea with the
Missionary Society, and neither of the children are particularly interested in Boo
Radley anymore.

In short, Scout and Jem have grown up a
lot.  When Jem stops Scout from killing the bug, then, it seems a little ironic.
 Normally adults kill bugs in the house and it is children who wish to save them.  In
this case, however, Jem's actions reference the "Mockingbird" motif.  It started with
Atticus' lesson with Scout on the first day of school, the idea of "walking around" in
someone else's skin.  Later, with his first BB gun, Jem learned he was allowed to shoot
all the jays he could, but not to shoot mockingbirds because all they do is sing.  Jem
applied this lesson directly to Tom Robinson's guilty verdict and was never the
same.

At this point in the novel, he has become a more
introverted and thoughtful character.  To stop Scout from killing a bug shows his
struggle with circumstances he could not prevent and now that he cannot change.  It is
almost as if he is thinking, "Tom Robinson died innocently.  The least I can do is save
this bug from the same fate."  This scene shows Jem's internal conflict, his anger, and
his feeling of helplessness to bring about change.

Identify three examples of situational irony in "The Story of an Hour" by Kate Chopin.

This story is a great one to use when discussing irony,
because it is full of it, to be sure.  In situational irony, you are looking for
examples that demonstrate that life often hands us things that are entirely the opposite
of what was expected, and that are beyond our control.  It often demonstrates how little
power humans have over events in their lives, or sometimes even over our reactions and
emotions.  So, based on that, here are some examples from the
story.

1.  Brentley Mallard, whose name had been on a list
of the dead, turns out to actually be alive.  First of all, there is irony in him dying
in a fluke train accident in the first place; then, once the characters are finally
accepting his death and getting used to the idea, he walks in the door.  No one would
have expected that, and it is a huge shock to everyone.

2. 
The ending, when Louise dies, supposedly of "a joy that kills," is actually ironic,
because we know better.  We know that she wasn't joyful that her husband was alive; in
fact, we know that she had felt repressed and miserable in her marriage and that
Brentley's death had liberated her from those chains.  So, it is ironic that she would
have a heart attack, not when she learned that he was dead (as in the beginning), but
when she learned that he was alive.  The doctor ironically concludes it was joy that
killed her; that is not very likely.

3.  Louise's reaction
to the news of her husband's death was unexpected, and even a bit surprising to her. 
She feld "freedom!" and "joy" at the news.  This is an unlikely and surprising result;
not grief, not mourning, but joy.  That just goes to show how life is often surprising,
and can't be fit into nice little predictable categories.

I
hope that helped; good luck!

What are the key parts of this novel I should remember for an exam?

For a major end-of-unit 1984 test I would know the
following:

Major Elements of
Works

1. Narrator / Point of
   View


2. Tone / Style of the
   author


3. Background of author
   


4. Setting (Time &
   Place)


5. Protagonist /
   Antagonist


6. Major / Round
   Characters


7. Minor / Flat
   Characters


8. Climax / Turning
   Point


9. Themes


10. Symbols /
    Motifs


11. Foreshadowing


12. Mythology
    / Allusions


13. Major Quotes / Famous
    Lines

1984 Terms. Be
prepared to define and discuss significance of the following terms, people, places, and
Newspeak
vocabulary:

1. dystopia


2. satire


3. Big
   Brother


4. the
   Brotherhood


5. capitalists


6. Chestnut
   Tree
   Café


7. doublespeak


8. doublethink


9. Oceania
   vs. Eurasia vs. Eastasia


10. the Golden
    Country


11. Emmanuel
    Goldstein


12. Goldstein’s
    book


13. Hateweek


14. Ingsoc


15. Inner
    Party vs. Outer
    Party


16. Proles


17. Jones,
    Aaronson, and Rutherford


18. Junior Anti-sex
    League


19. memory
    hole


20. Ministry of
    Love


21. Ministry of
    Truth


22. Minstiry of
    Plenty


23. Ministry of
    Peace


24. nationalism


25. Newspeak


26. Oldspeak


27. ownlife


28. Room
    101


29. sexcrime vs.
    goodsex


30. the
    spies


31. telescreen


32. thoughtcrime


33. Two
    Minutes
    Hate


34. vaporization


35. “Oranges
    and Lemons…”


36. "War is
    Peace"


37. "Freedom is
    Slavery"


38. "Ignorance is
    Strength"


39. types of
    propaganda


40. surveillance vs.
    privacy


41. totalitarian governments (name 2
    types)


42. censorship


43. “mutability
    of the past”

Did the Bank War divide the North and South economically?

I would say that the Bank War (I'm assuming you're talking
about Andrew Jackson and his "war" against the Bank of the United States) did not do
anything to divide the North and the South.  This was a battle that was waged on
ideological and to some extent economic grounds, not sectional
ones.

In general, Jackson had the support of most of the
"common people" of the US (whether North or South) in his fight against the bank.  It
was a populist issue where you had the "regular" people lined up against the elites. 
Because there are "regular" people and "elites" in every section of the country this was
not a sectional issue.  Instead, it was one where the regular people supported Jackson
and the more elite types supported the Bank.

What are the partial fractions of (2x + 1)/ (-x^3 - 6x^2 + 13x + 42)?

We have to find the partial fractions of (2x + 1)/ (-x^3 - 6x^2
+ 13x + 42)

We first need to factorize the denominator (-x^3 - 6x^2
+ 13x + 42)

-x^3 - 2x^2 - 4x^2 - 8x + 21x +
42

=> -x^2(x + 2) - 4x( x + 2) + 21(x +
2)

=> (x + 2)((-x^2 - 4x +
21)

=> (x + 2)((-x^2 - 7x + 3x +
21)

=> (x + 2)((-x(x + 7) + 3(x +
7))

=> (x + 2)(3 - x)(7 + x)

The
partial fraction is going to be of the form (2x + 1)/(x + 2)(3 - x)(7 + x) = A/(x + 2) + B/(3 -
x) + C/(7 + x)

Now to find the value of A, B and C follow this easy
method. Let's determine A first.

Write (2x + 1)/(x + 2)(3 - x)(7 +
x) , as we are finding the coefficient for x + 2, cover that and substitute all the values of x
with the root given by x + 2 = 0 or x = -2.

=> [2*(-2) +
1]/(3 + 2)(7 - 2) = -3/25

Similarly for B, replace x = 3 in (2x +
1)/(x + 2)(7 + x)

=> B =
7/50

For C, replace x = -7 in (2x + 1)/(x + 2)(3 -
x)

=> C = 13/
50

The partial fractions of (2x + 1)/(x + 2)(3 - x)(7
+ x) are:

(-3/25)/(x + 2) + (7/50)/(3
- x) +(13/50)/(7 + x)

What does the poem "Bombed Last Night" say about the human condition?

I am not really sure that this poem talks about the human
condition per se so much as it talks about the human condition in time of
war.  In this time of war, the poem is saying, the human condition is to
suffer and to the best one can in such times of
suffering.

This poem is a very stoical sounding poem.  It
is basically saying "all this bad stuff is happening to us.  It is horrible and scary. 
But there is nothing at all that we can do about it."

If
this is what the poem's speaker is saying, then the poem is telling us that human beings
in war are powerless and can only suffer.  They have to take what is dealt out to them
and do the best they can.

How might a production possibility curve be used in assessing a country's economic problems?

A production possibilities curve or production possibility
frontier can be used to determine whether a country is producing to its full potential. 
So it could tell you whether a country has economic problems.  However, the PPC is
really not well suited for this because it is more of a theoretical tool that is used to
teach about opportunity costs and such.

A PPC shows what
combinations of two products or types of products can be made given available
resources.  You can see, for example, what combinations of cars and bicycles can be made
or what combination of military goods and consumer goods.  It shows what combinations
are efficient, inefficient, and impossible.  By looking at what combination a country is
producing, you can see whether its output is efficient or
not.

The problem is that a PPC only measures combinations
of two things.  Countries produce more than two kinds of goods and therefore it is hard
to use a PPC to really look at the whole of a country's output.

How did improved relations affect the United States and the Soviet Union?

I assume that you are asking about the improved relations
between the two countries, known as "detente," that existed for most of the time between 1972 and
1980. If so, I would argue that the improved relations did not really have that much of an impact
at all. As the link below says,

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Ultimately, détente was not an alternative to the Cold War
but a less belligerent way to wage it. A competitive relationship still existed between the
United States and the Soviet
Union.

Detente did bring about at
least two very important steps. The first was the opening of diplomatic relations between the US
and China. The second was the SALT I treaty that, to a degree, limited the nuclear weapons
arsenals of the two countries.

However, neither of these events
really changed the US or the Soviet Union, at least not in any clear-cut ways. Neither of them
stopped the US and the Soviet Union (or China, for that matter) from distrusting one another.
SALT did not stop the arms race either. By 1980, with the election of Ronald Reagan, detente was
over.

I would argue, then, that there was very little lasting impact
on the US or the Soviet Union. Instead, detente was simply a lull in the Cold
War.

how is decomposition reaction important in our daily life?

The process of breaking down of dead organisms is called
decomposition.

Decomposition allows nutrients to become
free after organisms die and they are ready to be utilized by living plants and animals
for their growth. My organisms which are part of the decomposition process are also part
of the food chain. Without decomposition, nutrients would remain locked in the dead
bodies of plants and animals and it would be very difficult for new life to grow. Most
of the nutrients that are essential for the plants we get our food from, are the end
result of decomposition.

This makes decomposition necessary
for new life to flourish. Without decomposition life would practically cease to exist
after one cycle.

How was one character was negatively influenced by the Southern code of behaviour in The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman?

I would say that Tee- Bob is an example of a character who
is negatively influenced by the Southern code of conduct.  From the most fundamental
point of view Tee- Bob cannot accept the social code whereby race dictates and
determines all aspects of one's being.  Tee- Bob represents the collision between
subjective emotions and external reality.  His love of Mary is what drives him into an
emotional abyss where he is unable to "find peace."  Tee- Bob cannot accept the
conditions that dictate he is unable to pursue the love of a woman like Mary.  The
Southern code of conduct is to blame for this predicament. It is the Southern code of
conduct in regards to race that make him fundamentally miserable.  He is negatively
influenced by it, finding that he is unable to live within it.  As a result, he commits
suicide.  His death is caused by a social order the sanctions his affections as
unacceptable.  In this, the Southern code of conduct is indicted.  It is one one in
which someone like Tee- Bob is unable to find happiness and negatively influenced as a
result.

Looking at the book Frankenstein and the theme of loneliness, discuss the effect loneliness has on the lives of the characters....specifically the...

Mary Shelley's Frankenstein contains
the theme of loneliness, which can be found in three main
characters.

Robert Walton, the speaker who opens the story,
has dreams of finding as yet "undiscovered country" in the North Pole. He is obsessed
with his desire to reach his goal, becoming more alienated from his crew, and therefore,
more alone. Towards the end of the novel, when Walton meets Victor Frankenstein, the
reader learns he has allowed his passion to cloud his judgment. He will not listen to
the crew's advice, and continually places them all in more danger. (Victor's story—of
his own obsessions and goals—allows him to connect with another person who can provide
an objective opinion, and Walton realizes the near-tragic mistake he is about to make,
and he calls the expedition off.)

Victor Frankenstein does
not start out alone. There are two things that alienate him from the society of friends
and loved ones. First, he starts his experiments, which are counter to all society and
religion hold sacred. In order to continue, he must work in secret, refusing to go out,
exchange letters with his family or visit his home. Like Walton, Victor will not be
swayed from his purpose. When he ultimately creates the creature, he realizes what a
horrific thing he has done.

The second thing that alienates
Victor from society is his refusal to create a mate for the creature. At this point, the
monster begins to kill everyone that Victor loves, even Elizabeth on their wedding
night. Victor is so devastated that he devotes the remainder of his life to chasing
after the creature for revenge. He is lonely in that his family is gone; he goes off
into the wilds, ultimately of the North Pole, alone, to pursue the monster he has
created. (At the end, Victor has literally destroyed himself with this new obsession,
and he dies.)

The last character to suffer from loneliness
is perhaps the most tragic. Whereas Victor and Walton choose the paths they find
themselves following, which lead them to subsequent heartache (and for Victor, death),
the creature suffers and the fault is not his own.

Victor
reanimates the dead flesh of a being composed of the body parts from various "donors."
He is hideous to look at, and frightens everyone who sees him. The only exception is the
blind man he meets in the cottage in the woods, but when his family
meets the creature, they reject him and flee in terror. This is the creature's life: no
one—not even his creator, his father—will accept him, for the most part because of his
appearance. (And for Victor, the creature is a reminder of his "crime" against man and
God.) The creature never asked to be "born," and when he is, Victor abandons him and
rejects him as well. The creature pleads for a mate so that they might disappear into
the wilderness and at least keep each other company.

I find
the creature's predicament the most difficult to accept in that he is a victim of Victor
and a cruel society. When he cannot have a mate, the creature becomes murderous to show
Victor what loneliness is truly like. He wants Victor to pursue
him; like a child who is shunned, being hated by his father is better than being ignored
by him. (At the end of the story, Victor dies, and the creature mourns his parent's
loss. Having told Walton their story, he departs to lose himself in the frigid climate
of the North Pole, where he will die, alone.)

What is the catharsis in Death of a Salesman?

In Arthur Miller's play, Death of a
Salesman, Willy Loman, the main character, has for years been living among
the illusions of the past. He thinks the world should be as it was, never changing as,
for instance, his job and the market place in which he works,
changes.

Willy remembers with regret that his brother Ben
had encouraged him to go to Africa to become rich, and he has dialogues with Ben all the
time, though Ben is dead through flashbacks, but unfortunately, this is where Willy
spend a lot of time.

Willy has two sons. His oldest is
Biff. When Biff was in high school, he was the star football player, with a scholarship
to college. However, at the end of his senior year, Biff fails math and does not
graduate. All of his prospects disappear. However, for Willy, Biff is still this man who
is well-liked and can do anything. He imagines that Biff can get any job he wants, and
that other people see Biff as Willy imagines him to
be.

Near the end of the play, Biff has been trying to do
what his father asks: go to an old boss and ask for a job. Biff's life is nothing like
Willy imagines it, but Willy will never listen when Biff tries over and over to explain.
Finally, unsuccessful to even get in to see his old boss, Biff
snaps and tells his father how things truly are in his life, and that he is not the man
his father believes him to be. He insists that there are no bad feelings on his part for
his father, but begs Willy to see him as he really is; he sobs holding onto his
father.

This catharsis removes an enormous weight from
Biff's shoulders so he can stop trying to be what his dad wants him to be, and simply be
Biff, which is a hard job for him in itself. Willy is touched by Biff's behavior and
realizes that his son loves him. This is an awe-inspiring moment for him. But the
illusion seems to linger: Willy still believes that his son is going to be a great
success.

Instability has been growing in Willy throughout
the play. And even it appears that he reconnects with Biff, Willy loses the battle to
keep his "head above water" in terms of the sorrows and disappointments that weigh him
down, and he takes his own life. Biff argues at the funeral that Willy was trying
desperately to find out who he was.

The catharsis has
allowed Biff to begin to move forward, stating the he knows who he
is. While Willy's death is tragic, we see that perhaps Biff will finally be able to turn
himself around and experience the satisfaction Willy could never connect
with.

Does " A Rose for Emily" follow a conventional plot structure?

The author moves from one scene to another by numbering
the scenes, I through V.The disjointed chronology creates suspense, for if chronological
sequence had been followed, the reader might suspect the ending. Also, Miss Emily is
being destroyed by a time which she does not recognize, just as the story pattern does
not recognize it.The actual sequence of events is: her father’s rejection of her
suitors, his death, her seclusion and subsequent reemergence, appearance of Homer
Barron, purchase of arsenic, Homer’s disappearance, the smell, Emily’s lessons in
china-painting, her refusal to pay her taxes, her death, and the townspeople’s discovery
in the closed room.

In "Self-Reliance", according to Emerson, what is one major obstacle to achieving self-reliance?

Throughout this fascinating essay Emerson makes it clear
that in his mind, the antithesis of self-reliance is civilization because it encourages
conformity. Note what he says about the negative impact of civilization and how it
encourages us to relentlessly conform:

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These are the voices which we hear in solitude,
but they grow faint and inaudible as we enter into the world. Society everywhere is in
conspiracy against the manhood of every one of its members. 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 virtue in most
respects is conformity. Self-reliance it its aversion. It loves not realities and
creators, but names and
customs.

Here we clearly see
why, in Emerson's opinion, civilization is so dangerous. In solitude we can hear the
"voices" that tell us to "trust ourselves". Civilization drowns out those voices.
Society itself is designed to "surrender the liberty and culture" of each member as we
all conform together towards one common goal. Society loves established "customs" and
"names" rather than the more creative "creators" and "realities". To be truly
self-reliant, therefore, Emerson seems to be saying, we need to distance ourselves from
society and civilization so we can trust ourselves.

By Act III, scene v, what has developed in the story of Romeo and Juliet and what conflict does it cause between Juliet and Lady Capulet?

The awakening of scene v in Act III of Romeo and Juliet
reveals that after Romeo has left the secret bridal bed with the song of the lark, Lady
Capulet comes at an unusual and early hour to announce to Juliet that her father has
arranged for her to be wed to the young nobleman Paris. Juliet responds by declining to
wed, ironically saying that she would marry Romeo--who has slain her beloved cousin
Tybalt--sooner than she would wed Paris (the audience knows the full import of Juliet's
statement while Lady Capulet is unaware). Lord Capulet himself comes to confirm the news
with Juliet--he expects thanks, gladness and rejoicing that he has made his daughter so
advantageous a wedding match.

When he hears from Lady
Capulet and Juliet herself that Juliet will not accept a wedding match, he loses his
temper--a fact that Nurse reprimands him for--and threatens Juliet with harm if she
doesn't comply. He says he will drag her to church to be wed if she will not go of her
own accord. He says that if she won't wed, he will cease to acknowledge her and will
forbid anyone from doing her good, such as giving her food or shelter. When he leaves
Juliet's chamber, Juliet turns to Lady Capulet, her mother, for understanding and help.
This is when the depth of the conflict becomes apparent, a conflict that goes far beyond
the notion of "tension." Lady Capulet replies to Juliet
saying,

Talk
not to me, for I'll not speak a word:
Do as thou wilt, for I have done with
thee.

This response--shocking
in light of Lord Capulet's pronouncements of complete abandonment of Juliet if she does
not wed Paris--isn't a complete surprise. Earlier, Shakespeare foreshadowed Lady
Capulet's attitude and response in her hyperbolic statement to Lord
Capulet:

I
would the fool [Juliet] were married to her
grave!

A side of a regular hexagon is three less than twice the length of a side of a regular decagon.If the perimeter of the hexagon equals the perimeter...

The regular hexagon has 6 equal sides and the regular
decagon has 10 equal sides.

We'll note as x = side of the
regular decagon

According to the enunciation, the side of
hexagon is 2x - 3.

We'll note the perimeter of decagon as
P1 and the perimeter of hexagon as P2.

We'll also note the
sides of the decagon as d1,d2... and the sides of the hexagon as
h1,h2...

We'll calculate the perimeter of
decagon:

P1 = d1 + d2 + ... +
d10

Since d1 = d2 = ... = d10 =
x

P1 = 10x

We'll calculate the
perimeter of hexagon:

P2 = h1 + h2 + ... +
h6

Since h1 = h2 = ... = h6 = 2x -
3

P2 = 6(2x - 3)

We know, from
enunciation, that the perimeters are equals:

P1 =
P2

10x = 6(2x-3)

We'll remove
the brackets:

10x = 12x -
18

We'll subtract 12x - 18 both
sides:

10x - 12x + 18 =
0

We'll combine like
terms:

-2x + 18 = 0

We'll
subtract 18 both sides:

-2x =
-18

We'll divide by -2:

x =
9

The side of the regular hexagon
is:

h = 2x -
3

h = 2*9 - 3

h = 18 -
3

h =
15

Please help me think about a creative title for an essay about macbeth as a tragic hero.Shakespeare's Macbeth

Since Macbeth is too complex to be labeled as villain or hero,
perhaps you might wish to call upon the preternatural world of the three witches, whose
expression "Fair is foul, and foul is fair" and apply this paradox to the character of Macbeth in
a title for your essay. For instance, you could entitle the essay Macbeth: The Foul
Hero and Fair Villain. For, in his heroic acts such as killing Macdonaldwald were
rather bloody and almost villainous as, in killing Macdonaldwald,
Macbeth:

unseam'd him
from the nave to the chaps,
And fix'd his head upon our battlements.
(1.2.24-25)

And, in his villainous act
of going to murder Duncan, Macbeth is ridden with guilt and silently addresses the king, hoping
that he will not suffer,

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I go, and it is done: the bell invites me.

Hear it not, Duncan, for it is a knell
That summons thee to heaven, or to
hell. (2.1.70-73)

While Macbeth does
continue upon his murderous path, there are pangs of conscience which trouble him; he feels
remorse that his wife, whom he has loved greatly has died. Indeed, he is a villain, but he is one
who has not lost his heart.

In The Kite Runner, how would you write a personal response to the letter from Hassan?

This would be a great assignment! You have a good teacher.
The letter that Rahim Khan delivers to Amir is to be found in Chapter Seventeen of this
amazing novel. In this letter, Hassan makes it clear to Amir how the take over of
Afghanistan by the Taliban has impacted Hassan and how what has happened in the past
likewise affects his dreams. However, throughout all of this, his unchanging loyalty and
love to Amir is established and confirmed as he wishes that Amir would return to his
homeland and see his friend.

One of the crucial aspects of
the novel is that Amir tries to forget what happened with Hassan and lock it away.
However, he finds that it is not so easy to put away such dangerous and painful memories
that are the subject of such guilt. My first thoughts in responding to this question
would be that what has happened between them is too big a matter to talk about in a
letter - I would rather do it face to face. Yet, if you had to write a letter, I would
start by talking about Amir's life in the United States and his wife before moving on to
the real unspoken topic that must be dealt with - Amir's treatment of Hassan when they
were children - his reluctance to help him while Assef raped him and then how he
"organised" for Hassan to leave.

In Brave New World, what important person has Bernard invited to his reception?

The answer to this question can be found in Chapter 12 of
this excellent dystopian novel. Bernard has organised a big reception to present "the
Savage," otherwise known as John, to the upper-castes of his society. He is doing this
to continue to try to raise his popularity in his society. Because of his friendship and
associations with John he has suddenly found a new popularity - women invite him to
their bed and any talk of his inferiority is forgotten because of his relationship with
John. Thus by trying to have this reception Bernard is attempting to continue to promote
his own social standing. However, even though "the Arch-Community-Songster of
Canterbury" has attended the reception, John decides not to attend, which is the action
which triggers the start of Bernard's downfall:

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In the end Bernard had to slink back,
diminished, to his rooms and inform the impatient assembly that the Savage would not be
appearing that evening. The news was received with indignation. The men were furious at
having been tricked into behaving politely to this insignificant fellow with the
unsavoury reputation and the heretical opinions. The higher their position in the
hierarchy, the deeper their
resentment.

Why is Jem so upset the knothole is plugged in To Kill a Mockingbird?

Jem and Scout have received little mysterious treasures such as
gum, a spelling medal, and small carved figures in the knothole of the tree, and Jem is fairly
sure that these items were placed there by the mysterious Boo Radley.  The children have been
facinated with the man since the start of the novel, and they are slowly learning a little bit
about him from the things he is leaving for them.  Once Boo's brother fills in the knothole Jem
knows that what little contact the children had with Boo is cut off.  Jem is old enough to
consider the implication of the gifts in the tree and what they say about the man who gave them. 
The gum would quite a nice treat for children; the spelling medal would have been something that
a young Boo Radley took great pride in and it reveals that he was a smart young man; the carved
figures that look at lot like Jem and Scout reveals that Boo Radley is paying attention to the
children as they run and play in the neighborhood.  The reader and the children are realizing
that there is a lot more to Boo than the "folk-tales" told about him.

Why have most countries in the world turned back toward free-market capitalism after 80 years of experimentation with socialism and communism?

In my opinion, this is because there is no real evidence
that socialism and communism can bring about an economy that is satisfying to its
populace.  No communist country has ever managed to do this.  (I do not count China as a
communist country any longer, at least in terms of
economics.)

Communism seems to work okay for getting a
country from economic backwardness to a certain level of development.  The Soviet Union,
for example, was able to get to a level where it could compete with the West in terms of
most military technologies.  Even so, however, it was not able to produce the range and
quality of consumer goods that its people wanted.  It could get them to a certain level,
but no farther.  That, I believe, is why countries no longer try
communism.

What is the curve which has a slope of 6x^2 at (x, y) and if the curve passes through (4,8)?

the slope of a curve is given by
f'(x).

Therfore f'(x) =
6x^2.

Therefore the curve f(x) = Int f'(x)dx
.

f(x) = Int 6x^2 dx = (1/2+1)6x^(2+1) +C = (6/3) x^3
+C.

f(x) = 2x^3+C.

Since f(x)
passes therough (4,8) ,

f(4) = 8 , or 2*4^3+C = 8. So 
128+C = 8, Or C = 8-128 = -120.

Therefore we rewite  with C
= -120:

f(x) =
2x^3-128.

Therefore the required curve is f(x ) = 2x^3
-120.

Who is the antagonist in A Dolls House?

This is actually a much more complicated question than it first
appears. The antagonist is defined as the character or force who is trying to prevent the
protagonist achieving their goal. Obviously, Nora is the protagonist of this excellent play, but
when we think about what she is trying to achieve, it becomes more complicated. It appears that
Krogstad is the antagonist, as he is threatening Nora's security and position with the knowledge
that he has. Thus we could argue that Nora's aim is to prevent Helmer discovering her fraud and
to keep everything smoothed over in her marriage.

However, when we
come to the final act of this play, and Helmer has discovered the truth, we come to reassess such
conclusions. From what Nora says, we could state that Helmer has been the antagonist all along in
the way that he has kept Nora in a "doll's house," just like her father, and treated her like a
child rather than as an adult:

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Now I look back on it, it's as if I've been living here
like a pauper, from hand to mouth. I performed tricks for you, and you gave me food and drink.
But that was how you wanted it. You and Papa have done m great
wrong.

Thus, arguably, we can say that
it is Helmer who is the true antagonist of the play, as he has constantly acted to prevent Nora
developing a true self or understanding of her own identity.

Evaluate the definite integral of y=1/cos ^2x. x=0 to x=pi/4

The definite integral will be evaluated using the
Leibniz-Newton formula.

Int f(x)dx = F(b) - F(a), where x =
a to x = b

We'll put y = f(x) = 1/(cos
x)^2

We'll compute the indefinite integral,
first:

Int dx/(cos x)^2 = tan x +
C

We'll note the result F(x) = tan x +
C

We'll determine F(a), for a =
0:

F(0) = tan 0

F(0) =
0

We'll
determine F(b), for b = pi/4:

F(pi/4) = tan
pi/4

F(pi/4) = 1

We'll
evaluate the definite integral:

Int dx/(cos x)^2 = F(pi/4)
- F(0) 

Int dx/(cos x)^2 = 1 -
0

Int dx/(cos x)^2 = 1, from x = 0 to x =
pi/4

What was comical about the family in "A Good Man is Hard to Find," and what qualities were meant to be taken seriously?

This in many ways is an odd story. Some of the
descriptions, especially of the family, are downright hilarious, whereas obviously the
story contains moments of absolute horror when they meet "The Misfit" at the end.
Consider the initial description of Bailey's wife:

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...a young woman in slacks, whose face was as
broad and innocent as a cabbage and was tied around with a green headkerchief that had
two points on the top like rabbit's
ears.

Clearly this
description gives us a good idea of the woman's mental capabilities whilst also being
very funny as we are made to compare her with a cabbage and also a
rabbit.

However, apart from these moments of humour, I
think what is meant to be taken seriously is the way that this family annoy and get at
each other. There is something very realistic about the way that the Grandmother tries
to manipulate her son to get her way and the fighting between the children. This family,
for all of the descriptions, is a family that we can all relate
to.

What is the falling action in "The Interlopers"?

Best answer as selected by question
asker.

I think one of the best parts
of this story, is that the "falling action" is left out and therefore purposefully
ambiguous (open to reader interpretation).  The story ends quite abruptly at the
climax.  Ulrich and Georg, long time generational enemies, have at last, in their
life-threatening predicament, become friends.  Calling out together for help shows that
they have embraced the idea of unifying.  When they see figures in the distance, then,
they believe for a moment (together) that they are saved. 
Until:

"No," said Ulrich with a
laugh, the idiotic chattering laugh of a man unstrung with hideous
fear.

"Who are they?" asked Georg quickly, straining his eyes to see
what the other would gladly not have
seen.

"Wolves."

This
is where the story ends.  In addition to the surprise ending (which is a great example
of situational irony), the author leaves the fate of the two men untold.  The audience
is left to their imaginations.  Like the original (and arguably better) horror movies,
showing and telling lessactually produces more.  The human
imagination has the ability to end this tale with a much creepier and more chilling
image than the author likely could have done with words.

What are two examples/quotes that show the Nurse to be both witty toward and supportive of Juliet's relationship with Romeo in Romeo and Juliet?

I recommend looking at Act II, scene v for the best
quotes. In this scene, Juliet is waiting to hear how the Nurse's discussion went with
Romeo regarding when they are going to get married.

The
Nurse says to Juliet in jest:

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Well, you have made a simple choice; you know
not
how to choose a man: Romeo! no, not he; though his
face be
better than any man's, yet his leg excels
all men's; and for a hand, and a
foot, and a body,
though they be not to be talked on, yet they
are
past compare: he is not the flower of courtesy,
but, I'll
warrant him, as gentle as a lamb. Go thy
ways, wench; serve God. What, have
you dined at home?

Here the
Nurse teases Juliet about who she has fallen in love with essentially saying, "Sure he's
handsome, but he's really not all that!" And then, the Nurse still doesn't answer
Juliet's original question. She has now ignored it several times. Her ability to come up
with quick ways to change the topic makes her a witty character. In these words, the
Nurse demonstrates approval for Romeo and his looks, while at the same time messes with
Juliet about the entire idea of a relationship with him.

Then, the Nurse FINALLY asks Juliet if she can go to
confession today. Juliet says she can. So the Nurse then
states:

There
stays a husband to make you a wife:
Now comes the wanton blood up in your
cheeks,
They'll be in scarlet straight at any news.
Hie you to
church; I must another way,
To fetch a ladder, by the which your
love
Must climb a bird's nest soon when it is dark:
I am the drudge
and toil in your delight,
But you shall bear the burden soon at
night.

Here the Nurse tells
Juliet that Romeo will be waiting for her at the church. She then goes into how "hot" it
is going to make Juliet to feel like she gets to have Romeo in more than one sense of
the verb. On the one hand she will at that point be married to Romeo and therefore
possess him. On the other hand, she will legally be able to have him in the biblical
sense... in a bedroom.

The Nurse references with the word
"burden" two meanings. Burden usually means a pain, but for Juliet it will be the joy of
the physical expression of love that she will get from Romeo after the Nurse helps
arrange for a ladder so Romeo can climb up and be with Juliet later that evening.

W.H. AUDEN : "O Where are You going?""Is there any relation between form of this poem and its content?Here is the poem :"O where are you going?"...

During his career, W. H. Auden recognized the negative factors
of the times in which he lived; he acknowledged the nearing of death wittily and without panic,
keeping faith with an ideal of civility and civilization.  Critics have termed him "a beacon of
light in the darkness he sometimes saw spreading."

W. H. Auden's "O
Where are You Going?" is a dialectic poem that examines this darkness that the poet perceives in
the hearts and minds of men.  The poem's form does befit the content as it is a dialectic, and,
as such, the last lines balance the opposing arguments. For instance, the first three stanzas
pose the dark response to the ventures of the hopeful while the last stanza answers this
pessimisim with faith and "a beacon of light"--"as he left them there, as he left them
there."

Thus, the last stanza answers the first three and with the
movement of the vowel sounds, the active participant rejects the fears of the passive and
leaves.  In his movement, he may, in fact, escape while the passive who fearfully remain may
become the victims of what they have most
feared.

In The Pearl, how does the clothing of Kino and Juana contrast with the doctor’s?

You can find the answer to this in Chapter 1 when Kino and
Juana take their son with them to seek medical attention when he is stung by a scorpion.
What is key to realise is how Steinbeck uses the differences in the appearance of the
doctor and Kino and Juana to reinforce the sense of social injustice that pervades the
novel. Let us remember that, when Kino reaches the door of the doctor's house, he
hesitates, remembering that the doctor was not of his
race:

This
doctor was of a race which for nearly four hundred years had beaten and starved and
robbed and despised Kino's race, and frightened it too, so that the indigene came humbly
to the door.

This helps
explains Kino's reluctance but also his absolute dependence on the doctor. Let us
consider how they are described however. As they begin the procession to the town to see
the doctor, Kino and Juana are described by those that see
them:

And the
newcomers, particularly the beggars from the front of the church who were great experts
in financial analysis, looked quickly at Juana's old blue skirt, saw the tears in her
shawl, appraised the green ribbon on her braids, read the age of Kino's blanket
and the thousand washings of his clothes, and set them down as poverty people and went
along to see what kind of drama might
develop.

Note how the
emphasis is on the poverty and suffering that Kino and Juana have experienced, with the
"thousand washings" and the "tears in her shawl." Contrast this then with the
presentation of the doctor:

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He had on his dressing gown of red watered silk
that had come from Paris, a little tight over the chest now if it was buttoned. On his
lap was a silver tray with a silver chocolate pot and a tiny cup of eggshell china, so
delicate that it looked silly when he lifted it with his big
hand...

Clearly, with the
quality and material of the red gown highlighted and the physical possessions that are
emphasized, the doctor is from a very different background, as as Kino fears, abuses his
power by refusing to help them because they cannot pay.

In what ways in the 1920's did France seek to prevent the resurgence of Germany?

In addition, the French kept the Rhineland under military
occupation for part of the decade, which is the frontier/border region between the two
countries.  Even later in the decade when the French withdrew, they required that Germany keep
the Rhineland demilitarized.

They also spent huge sums of
money--$200 million at tne time, billions in today's dollars--constructing an elaborate defensive
line of fortifications, bunkers, gun emplacements and tank traps called the Maginot Line, which
covered the entire German-French border (just not the border with Luxembourg and Belgium, which
would later prove to be fatal).  They also maintained a very large standing army hoping this
would be a deterrent to any kind of German aggression in the future.  It also led to their
overconfidence, believing no German attack could be successful.  They didn't count on the
Blitzkrieg.

Solve for t in (0,2pi) sin 2t - 3 = 6 sin t - cost

We'll move all terms of the equation, to the left
side:

sin 2t - 3 - 6 sin t + cost =
0

We'll re-write the equation, substituteing sin2t =
2sintcost

2sintcost - 6 sin t + cost -  3 =
0

We could also factorize the first term and the3rd term,
by cos t:

cos t(2sin t+1) - 6 sin t - 3 =
0

We'll also factorize the last 2 terms by
-3:

cos t(2sin t+1) - 3(2sin t + 1) =
0

We'll factorize again by 2sin
t+1:

(2sin t+1)(cos t - 3) =
0

We'll set the first factor as
zero:

2sin t + 1 = 0

We'll
subtract 1:

2sin t = -1

sin t
= -1/2

t = arcsin (-1/2)

Since
we have to solve the equation in the range (0,2pi), we'll validate the solution from the
unit circle.

The sine function is negative in the 3rd and
4th quadrant, so the solutions for t are:

t = pi +
pi/6

t = 7pi/6 (3rd
quadrant)

t = 2pi -
pi/6

t = 11pi/6 (4th
quadrant)

We'll set the 2nd factor as
zero:

cos t - 3 = 0

We'll add
3 both sides:

cost = 3

There
are no solutions for t in this case, since the value of the function cosine is not
bigger than 1.

There are only 2
valid solutions for the given equation, in the range (0,2pi): {7pi/6 ;
11pi/6}.

In "A Pair of Tickets" by Amy Tan, how is Tan's use of authentic Chinese language significant in the story?

In reading "A Pair of Tickets," it could be argued that
the authentic use of the Chinese language lends itself to the authenticity of the
story.

However, I believe that it is more than this;
because Amy Tan’s story focuses so closely on the theme of West meets East in the person
of Jing-mei and her family, these small words used throughout the story provide subtle
links between the foreign world of China and the heritage within Jing-mei that lies
covered over waiting to be recognized and "set free," and Jing-mei's life in the United
States.

As Jing-mei comes to see herself as Chinese (though
she has rejected this for many years), the steps she takes toward this "awakening" of
self are small and placed carefully, slowly through the story, mirroring the little
connections these Chinese words ultimately make for Jing-mei. The words are always
presented in Chinese and then translated into English, thereby making a small connection
between all things Chinese and Jing-mei's American
upbringing.

The words that Tan uses refer to
specific connections between the
families of the West and East, and
only to the families. When Jing-mei ("June May") arrives at the
airport, her father Canning sees his aunt and says, "Aiyi! Aiyi" meaning "Auntie
Auntie!"

Aiyi refers to Canning as "Syau Yen" (or "Little
Wild Goose"), a childhood name. The names of relatives are translated to show their
significance and their cultural identity: the twins are named Chwun Yu ("Spring Rain")
and Chwun Hwa ("Spring Flower"). While these names are unfamiliar to Jing-mei, they
offer the beauty of the language, and the purposeful intent to name a baby with
significance and pride.  The meanings of these names naturally become a part of each
Chinese "native," while Jing-mei has never realized that names serve as a connection
within a family, or that her own name has significance. Even as an American woman, the
beauty of the Chinese within her name remains potent and
moving.

Jing-mei has meaning: “Jing” means ‘the pure
essence of something, without impurities,’ and “mei" means “younger sister." Her
identity is created at her birth by her mother, who believed that her name will someday
connect her to her older half-sisters, the twins...she will be their essence: also a
connection between the West and the East.

This is not a tie
that Jing-mei had ever been aware of before, though her mother had
for many years—and her mother’s purpose was clear in her own heart from the moment of
Jing-mei's birth: Jing-mei would one day return to China and connect with her
sisters.

In her dreams, Jing-mei uses
the Chinese when first meeting the twins, saying to them: "Jyejye, Jyejye," which means
"Sister Sister." When they do meet, the sisters say to Jing-mei,
"Meimei jandale," or "Little sister has grown up."

The
Chinese phrases and names are little pieces of one culture, flowing into another,
specifically connecting Jing-mei of the West to something of herself that her mother had
predicted would one day come to her: a sense and acceptance of the East—specifically her
Chinese heritage.

This does, in fact, happen as Jing-mei's
mother had hoped, and the use of the Chinese language helps to pull on the strings that
draw these families closer together, allowing Jing-mei one other way to connect to her
family and her heritage.

The words not only serve to
reflect connections within the divided families of East and West, but actually show
Jing-mei another way that these families have crossed oceans to be joined as
one.

In "Hills Like White Elephants," how does Hemingway use simple, direct language to create a detached tone in his narrative?The hills across the...

You have identified a key aspect to Hemmingway's tone in
writing that is very distinctive. Certainly his detached tone is incredibly important in
this story, as part of its sheer brilliance is the way that Hemmingway as the omniscient
narrator withdraws completely from the action and allows us to see the characters for
who they are mostly through their dialogue, rather than through their actions. This is a
distinguishing feature of this great short story - very few other texts have such a high
ratio of dialogue to description.

The description you have
quoted is one of the largest sections of description that Hemmingway gives us, but even
in this note how the narrator is incredibly factual and just reports what he sees in a
very objective fashion, attaching no emotions to the scene he creates, allowing the
reader themselves to populate the story with the emotions that they will infer from the
dialogue between Jig and her partner. Note too the short sentences that help contribute
to the factual tone.

What is the moral of the short story, "The Piece of String"?What is the messages it gives?

Guy de Maupassant's short story, "The Piece of String," reminds
me of a famous misquote from Shakespeare's Hamlet: "Methinks thou doth
protest too much." (Actually, the quotation is "The lady doth protest too much, methinks.")
Either way, such is the case with Hauchecorne. Had Hauchecorne not continually tried to convince
the people of his village of his innocence, the affair of the missing wallet and the piece of
string would have eventually been forgotten. But because Hauchecorne persisted with his story,
albeit true, people just assumed that he was guilty of recovering and returning the wallet. Like
the premise of de Maupassant's famed short story, "The Necklace," "The Piece of String" has a
similar message: how a seemingly small thing can create the ruin of a
person.

Discuss T S Eliot's Murder In The Cathedral as a conflict between the individual and the state.

If you look at Thomas Becket, the Archbishop of Canterbury, as
representing the individual, and King Henry II as representing the state, Murder in the
Cathedral may be read as the dramatization of a conflict between the individual and
the state. But Eliot's play, commissioned by the Anglo-Catholic Church for the Canterbury
festival in 1935, was intended to be a play on Christian martyrdom, the Archbishop surrendering
his individual will and self at the altar of Divine Will to welcome the Pre-ordained death of a
martyr, a champion of God.

Eliot's play, divided in two parts with
an intermediate section in which the Archbishop sermonizes on the subject of Cristian martyrdom,
deals with the spiritual self-abnegation of an individual, an individual sacrificing his own will
to embrace the transcendental Will of God. In my view, the political acrimony between an
individual leader and the despotic supremacy of the state has been transcended by Eliot into an
allegory of the cessation of the individual self and the Dantesque sublimation in which the
political is superseded by the spiritual or the Divine.

Solve for x if ( x-3) = 5/(2x+4)

Given the equality ( x-3) = 5/(2x+4). We need to find x
values that satisfies the equality.

==> (x-3) =
5/(2x+4).

First, we need to re-write the
equation.

We will multiply by the denominator
(2x+4).

==> (x-3)(2x+4) =
5

Now we will open
bracket.

==> x*2x + x*4 - 3*2x -3*4 =
5

==> 2x^2 + 4x - 6x - 12 =
5

Now we will subtract 5 from both
sides.

==> 2x^2 -2x -12 - 5 =
0.

==> 2x^2 - 2x - 17 =
0

Now we will use the formula to determine the
roots.

==> x1= (2 + sqrt(140) / 4 = 2+2sqrt35/
4

==> x1= (1/2)+
(sqrt35)/2

==> x2=
(1/2)-(sqrt35)/2

Hello! Have a lim x->0 ( ln (3x+1) / (2x^2)+7 ) I think, may be lim x->0 ( ln (3x+1)/x^2 / ((2x^2)+7) /x^2 ) but ln crashed.

Lt x--> 0
(ln(3x+1)/(2x^2)+7)

Here the way the brakets are put the 7
is not in denominator. Actually 7 is a separate term and the given limit is rewitten as
follows:

Lt x--> 0 {ln(3x+1)/2x^2  +   7
.

Then  Lt x--> 0 ln(3x+1)/2x^2  +
7

But lt x--> 0 ln(3x+1)/2x^2 is  0/0 form
indeterminate.

So we go for L'Hospital's rule of
defferentiating numerator and denominator and then taking the
limit.

Therfore  (ln(3x+1)'/(2x^2)' =
3/(3x+1)(4x).

Therefore Ltx--> 0 ln(3x+1)/(2x^2) =
Lt 3/(3x+1)(4x) = 1/(3*0+1)(4*0) =
infinity.

2)

Lt x--> 0
(ln(3x+1)/x^2 divided by ((2x^2+7)/x^2) . Here the 7 is taken inside the braket. Thus
this is different expression.

Therefore lt x-->
0 (ln(3x+1))/x^2 / (2x^2+7)/x^2) = Ltx--> 0 ln(3x+1)/(2x^2+7) = 0/ (0+7) = 0/7 =
0 and this not an indeterminate form . So we can get the limit by just substituting x= 0
in the expression.

Explain how the full presentation of Kurtz is essential to the development of the social commentary and meaning of the work as a whole.This is in...

I would like to think that Conrad presented Kurtz in a
full manner to bring out the complexities in human character.  From a historical point
of view, this can be extrapolated to refer to how the Age of Exploration and
Colonization can be viewed.  In presenting Kurtz in a full manner, one cannot derive
easy answers and has to wrestle with complexity before making a judgment.  For example,
if Kurtz is seen as entirely evil, how does one explain his love for his intended? 
While Kurtz might have become subsumed with a desire for power and control while in the
Congo, he has not lost all of his human sensibilities as he still considers to be linked
to his intended and demands for Marlow "to leave her out of it."  Additionally, Kurtz's
last words has to bring some level of complexity in trying to assess whether or not he
is pure evil.  His closing sentiments of consciousness allow the reader to see that
Kurtz might not be a solely malevolent character who lacks the responsibility to render
a judgment that is damning to self.  Kurtz does this in "the horror," a statement of
reality of which he is a part.  In presenting him in a full manner, Conrad has been able
to compel the reader to assess his character in wide terms, without demonizing him as
"sinner" or "saint."  Conrad might want the reader to make the argument that Kurtz is
merely human, and his failures are ones to which we must be attune in
preventing.

The benefits and limitations of budgets

Budgets are instruments of planning and control. Budgets
specify the expenses an employee or an organizational unit in an establishment is
authorized or permitted to incur for different types of activities or assets. Generally,
a budgetary planning and control systems includes some mechanism to restrict incurring
of expenditure exceeding the budget, and to monitor the actual expenditure against the
budgets. Thus, for example, budget of marketing department of a company may specify the
budgets under various accounts heads such as salaries, advertisement and travelling. The
marketing manager will have considerable freedom to take decisions in matter of number
of salesman to be employed, salaries to be paid to them, their travel cost and amount
spent on advertisement and promotion as long as the total expenditure under any head
does not exceed the budget. The manager may need to obtain special sanction for
incurring expenditure exceeding the budget. Also the actual expenditure incurred by the
marketing department will be periodically compared withe budgets, and the performance of
the marketing manager will be influenced substantially by the extent to which actual
expenditure are equal to or less than the budgets.

The
biggest benefit of a budgeting system is that it allows managers the freedom of decision
making as long as they do not exceed the budgets. It also enables a company to lay
standards of performance and levels of activities of different functions and departments
within the company. This ensures that various departments and functions operate within
the framework of a common overall plan. Budget also serves as a means of evaluating the
performance of different functions and managers within an
organization.

The biggest limitation of traditional
budgeting system is that it focuses primarily on expenses, paying little attention to
the results obtained as a result of the expenses incurred. Thus in the above example,
the marketing manager may fail to cash on an opportunity to sell more by increasing the
travelling of his sales-persons because that will lead to the travel expenditure
exceeding the budget.

The emphasis on input cost to the
inclusion of the consideration of results obtained makes budgeting quite meaningless
when the level of operations are very much fluctuating. For example, production cost in
any company are closely linked to the level of production. Therefore, a rigid budget,
that fails to take into consideration the level of production can become quite
inappropriate as planing or controlling tool.

Another
common problem of budgeting system is related to the way budgets are finalised. In many
organizations the budgets are often prepared on the basis of past performance rather
than the future requirements. This tends to create a false feeling of planned working,
when in reality the organization is only drifting along with the flow of past
trends.

There have been many attempts to overcome the
limitations of budgeting systems by introducing many innovations such as flexible
budgeting, zero based budgeting, and performance budgeting.

In Death of a Salesman, what specific examples show that Biff is shabby, despicable, weak and full of vice?

Throughout the play numerous details emerge about Biff
that show his lack of moral fiber and personal integrity, beginning at an early
age.

• As a boy, Biff stole lumber from a
  construction site with his father's encouragement.


• In
  high school he was too lazy to study, choosing instead to cheat on his tests by getting
  answer from his friend Bernard. Eventually he fails math and does not graduate from high
  school.


• In high school he deceived his coach and stole a
  football from the locker room.


• Also in high school, Biff
  entertained the other students in math class by making fun of the teacher; Biff was
  crossing his eyes and speaking with a lisp when Mr. Birnbaum walked into the
  room.


• As a adult, Biff stole a suit in Kansas City and
  spent three months in jail.


• On another occasion, he stole
  Bill Oliver's expensive fountain pen after visiting the man's office to seek a
  job.


• Toward the end of the drama, Biff abandons Willy,
  who is very ill, at the restaurant where they were to have
  dinner.

At the play's conclusion, Biff faces
the truth about himself and the life he has led, but the prospects of his changing do
not seem favorable.

Solve in R sinx=1+cos^2x

We'll write (cos x)^2 with respect to (sin x)^2, from the
fundamental formula of trigonomtery:

(cos x)^2 = 1 - (sin
x)^2 (1)

We'll substitute (1) in the given
equation:

sin x = 1 + 1 - (sin
x)^2

We'll combine like terms and we'll move all terms to
the right side:

(sin x)^2 + sin x - 2 
=0

We'll substitute sin x by
t:

t^2 + t - 2 = 0

We'll apply
the quadratic formula:

t1 = [-1+sqrt(1 +
8)]/2

t1 = (-1+3)/2

t1 =
1

t2 = (-1-3)/2

t2 =
-2

But t1 = sin x => sin x =
1

x = (-1)^k*arcsin (1) +
k*pi

x = (-1)^k*(pi/2)
+  k*pi

We'll reject the
second solution for t since -1 =< sin x =<
1.

How has the United States' fiscal policy changed over the last century?

This is a pretty broad question.  I would say that there
are two important ways to answer it.

First, fiscal policy
is much more Keynesian today than it was in 1910.  This change started with the New Deal
and has continued on, more or less unchanged, to the present.  Nowadays, the federal
government tends to believe in using spending and/or tax cuts to try to stimulate the
economy (as happened late in the Bush and early in the Obama
administrations).

Second, I would say that there is simply
more fiscal policy now.  In other words, the government does much more taxing and
spending than it did in 1910.  It involves itself much more in the economy than it did
in those days.  This, too, started with the New Deal and
continued.