What political gains and losses did the Democratic Party's association with the Civil Rights Movement cause?

I would say that the association between the Democratic
Party and the Civil Rights Movement led to the situation we now have where whites (and
especially white men) tend to vote Republican (especially in the South) and where the
Democratic Party is the party of almost all
African-Americans.

Although the Democratic Party was not
particularly pro-Civil Rights at first (because of its heavy Southern membership), it
came to be associated with the movement because of the efforts of the Kennedy and
Johnson administrations.  This helped cement its popularity with black voters (which had
started in the New Deal).

However, the association hurt the
Democratic Party badly with white voters.  It allowed Nixon to use the "Southern
Strategy" in 1968 and 1972 and it helped Ronald Reagan win the South in 1980.  Nowadays,
the South is solidly Republican -- a move which started with the Civil Rights
Movement.

Find the multiplicative inverse of the complex number 4 - 2i.

To find the multiplicative inverse of the complex
number.

We know the multiplication identity element of the complex
number (x+yi) = e(x+iy) .

 Therefore xe = x and  and xi*e = xi.
Therefore e = 1.

Therfore if the  multiplicative inverse of  4-2i is
x+yi, then

(4-2i)(x+yi) = 1.

4x+4yi-2xi
-2yi^2 = 1+0*i

4x +(4y-2x)i +2y =
1+0*i.

(4x+2y) +(4y-2x)i =
1+0*i.

Equate imaginary parts and equate real parts both
sides:

Imaginary parts: 4y -2x =
0.....(1)

Real Parts: 4x+2y =
1.....(2)

From (1): 4y- 2x = 0.

 x= 2y.
Substitute x= 2y in eq (2):

4(2y) +2y =
1

10y = 1.

y =
1/10.

x =2y= 2/10.

Therefore (4-2i) has
the multiplicative inverse  2/10+i/10.

4y + 2(2y)
=

Who are the major characters in "The Black Hermit?"

Remi: the protagonist; a young man in the Maura Tribe who
is sent to the city to go to school and returns to his villiage to govern; after
marrying his brother's wife, he rejects his duties at home and returns to the
city.

Thoni: the widow of Remi's older brother who becomes
Remi's wife upon his return; she is scorned by her new
husband.

Nyobi: Remi's mother; she has recently converted
to Christianity and supports Remi's wife.

Jane: Remi's
lover from the university.

The Pastor: a strict and devout
Christian who encourages Nyobi to convert Thoni to
Christianity.

Omange: another of Remi's school friends;
also an activist, he ironically encourages Remi to go home and take care of his
wife.

In what ways is the visit to newgate Prison by Wemmick and Pip and indictment by Dickens on the penal system of the day

Chapter XXXII of Great Expectations finds
Pip taking a tour of the infamous Newgate Prison.  With the personal memory of debtors' prison in
which his father was incarcerated, Charles Dickens paints a portrayal of the prison as a place
that is sorely neglected.  The food is poor and the men must buy their beer.  As Wemmick walks
among the various prisoners, he talks to them, but cautions them that he is only a subordinate
and they must talk to "the principals."  While he traverses the grounds, Wemmick shakes no one's
hand, a sign of the fear of disease, especially cholera.

The ironic
use of similes, comparing the prisoners to the plants in a garden that are replaced with others
after they die, Dickens illustrates the small value placed on the life of the individual in
prison, a dismal and tragic place where people are discarded.

Is there a formula to find the product of n natural numbers. For example can I determine the value of 19! by the formula.

We know that Lt n -> infinity n!/ {sqrt(2pi*n)(n/e)^n} =
1.

Therefore n! asymptotically behaves like
sqrt((2pi*n)(n/e)^n.

Therefore n! = sqrt((2pi*n)(n/e)^n
approximately. The formula holds better for large
n.

Ex 19! =
2.12*10^17.

19! = 2.11*10^17 using formula.

What is the big argument for ethical relativism?

The major argument for ethical relativism is that people and
their values and attitudes are very heavily influenced by their cultures. This means that their
ethics cannot really be the product of any universal values. Rather, their ethics are creations
of their various cultures.

If our ethics are created by our
cultures, then we cannot really believe that people from other cultures are bound by them. We do
not, for example, think that it is wrong for other people to wear different clothes or eat
different foods. These things are simply cultural choices. So too, a relativist would argue, are
ethics. The idea that every individual should have freedom of speech, for example, is simply an
artifact of Western culture, not a universal truth that should be imposed on all cultures and
societies.

inf f(x) = x^2 + 5x - 3 then find the area between f(x) , x=1 and x=2

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

Let F(x)
= integral f(x)

Then the area between f , x=1 and x= 2
is:

A = F(2) - F(1)

Then , let
us determine F(x) first.

F(x) = intg
f(x)

        = intg (x^2 + 5x -3)
dx

         = intg x^2 dx  + intg 5x dx  - intg 3
dx

         = x^3/3 + 5x^2 /2  -
3x

F(2) = 8/3 + 20/2 -
6

         = ( 16 + 60 - 36)/6 = 40/6 =
20/3

==> F(2) =
20/3

==> F(1) = 1/3 + 5/2 - 3 = (2 + 15 - 18)/6 = 
-1/6

==> A = F(2) - F(1) = 20/3 - -1/6 =
41/6

Then the area = 41/6 square
units.

Demonstrate that the identity is true for x a real number and n a natural number, n>=2.cosnx + 2cos(n-1)x + cos(n-2)*x=4cos^2(x/2)*cos(n-1)x

We'll use the following
identity:

cos a + cos b = 2 cos[(a+b)/2]*cos [(a-b)/2]
(*)

We'll manage the left side and we'll create an even number of
terms, writing the middle term 2cos(n-1)x = cos(n-1)x +
cos(n-1)x.

We'll re-write the left
side:

cosnx + cos(n-1)x + cos(n-1)x +
cos(n-2)*x

We'll group the
terms:

[cosnx + cos(n-1)x] + [cos(n-1)x +
cos(n-2)*x]

We'll apply the identity
(*):

[cosnx + cos(n-1)x] = 2cos
[(n+n-1)x/2]*cos[(n-n+1)x/2]

[cosnx + cos(n-1)x] = 2cos
[(2n-1)x/2]*cos[(n-n+1)x/2]

[cosnx + cos(n-1)x] = 2cos
[(2n-1)x/2]*cos(x/2) (1)

[cos(n-1)x + cos(n-2)*x] = 2cos
[(n-1+n-2)x/2]*cos[(n-1-n+2)x/2]

[cos(n-1)x + cos(n-2)*x] = 2cos
[(2n-3)x/2]*cos(x/2) (2)

We'll add (1) +
(2):

LHS = 2cos [(2n-1)x/2]*cos(x/2) + 2cos
[(2n-3)x/2]*cos(x/2)

LHS = 2cos(x/2){cos [(2n-1)x/2] + cos
[(2n-3)x/2]}

We'll apply the identity
(*):

LHS = 2cos(x/2){2cos [(2n-1+2n-3)x/4]*cos
[(2n-1-2n+3)x/4]}

LHS = 2cos(x/2){2cos [(4n-4)x/4]*cos
[(2x)/4]}

LHS = 2cos(x/2){2cos [(4n-4)x/4]*cos
[(x)/2}

LHS = 4[cos(x/2)]^2*[cos (n-1)x] =
RHS

Since LHS = RHS, then the identity
cosnx + 2cos(n-1)x + cos(n-2)*x=4cos^2(x/2)*cos(n-1)x is verified,
for any real value of x and for any natural number
n>=2.

Are the main characters in "The Most Dangerous Game" static or dynamic?

The two main characters in Richard Connell's "The Most
Dangerous Game" are both world-class hunters--Rainsford and General Zaroff.  Characters
can be either static (remaining relatively unchanged) or dynamic (undergoing change)
throughout the course of a story.  In this case, there is one of each--Zaroff is static
and Rainsford is dynamic.

The General is the same at the
end of the selection as he is at the beginning:  sophisticated, cultured, cruel,
sadistic, and self-absorbed.  Rainsford, though, does experience a change both in
circumstances and in thinking throughout the course of the story.  Initially he was
insensitive to the feelings of the hunted, uncaring about anything but his own pleasure
in hunting.  Once the great reversal happens and Rainsford becomes the hunted, his
perspective on everything changes.  That is a perfect description of a dynamic
character--someone for whom everything changes. 

Adults have IQ scores that are normally distibuted with a mean of 100 and a standard deviation of 15. Find the probability that a randomly...

IQ x scores are normally distributed with mean , m = 100
and standard devition , s =15.

Therefore z = (x-m)/s is the
standard normal variate.

Therefore when IQ , x = 131.5, z =
(131.5-100)/15 = 2.1.

Therefore , the probability that x
> 131.5 is as good as P(z > 2.1)
.

P(z> 2.1) = 1- P(z<= 2.1), where P(z
< = 2.1) could be obtained from the tables

P(z
> = 2.1) = 1 - 0.98214 = 0.01786

Who is the person who dirties Jerry Cruncher's shoes?It is taken from A Tale Of Two Cities by Charles Dickens.

In Book the Second, Chapter One, Dickens
writes,

After
hailing the morn with this second salutation, he threw a boot at the woman as a third. 
It was a very muddy boot, and may introduce the odd curcumstance connected with Mr.
Cruncher's domestic economy, that, whereas he often came home after banking hours with
clean boots, he often got up next morning to find the same boots covered with
clay.

As Jerry sleeps, his
wife causes him to awaken; so,addressing her as "Aggerawayter," he asks her what she is
doing. Mrs. Cruncher, who is fastidious and thoroughly scrubs their meager home, tells
her husband that she is merely praying.  But, this statement angers her husband who
accuses her of praying against him.  He tells his wife that if she "must go flopping
...down," she should "flop" in favor of her husband, not against him, for he is "an
honest tradesman." 

The truth is that Mrs. Cruncher
realizes that Jerry is involved in some illegal business as he works in the night and
returns in the early hours of the morning with muddied boots. She suspects him of grave
robbing, but does not accuse him.  The young son wonders, too, why Jerry's fingers are
always rusty when there is no rust in the Cruncher home.  Here, then, is a
humorous parallel to the Resurrection motif which was seriously introduced with Dr.
Manette's having been "recalled to life":  Jerry resurrects cadavers from their graves
for study by scientists of the time.

In "A Visit from St. Nicholas," what does "Bound" in line 32 mean?

Whenever you have any questions like this it is very important
to always look at the word in context to see if there are any contextual clues that might give a
hint as to the meaning of the word you are trying to identify. This is a very important skill to
develop as often, even when we have no idea what the word we are looking at means, we can deduce
the meaning from its context and the other words surrounding it. Let us apply this process in
this case:

And then,
in a twinkling, I heard on the roof

The prancing and pawing of each
little hoof.

As I drew in my head, and was turning
around,

Down the chimney St. Nicholas came with a
bound.

The key phrases to focus on
therefore are "Down the chimney." How does St. Nicholas go down the chimney? The answer is "with
a bound." We can therefore deduce that "bound" means "leap." This of course fits our general
impression of St. Nicholas.

What are the representations of gender in Katherine Mansfield's "Bliss"?

The main female character who is represented in this story
is Bertha Young. Katherine Mansfield, using the third-person limited point of view,
tells the story from her perspective, and thus we are able to gain an insight into her
thoughts, feelings, motivations and frustrations. As we are presented with her character
at the start, it is clear that she is experiencing a period of happiness and "bliss," in
spite of her age:

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Although Bertha Young was thirty she still had
moments like this when she wanted to run instead of walk, to take dancing steps on and
off the pavement, to bowl a hoops, to throw something up in the air and catch it again,
or to stand still and laugh at--nothing--at nothing,
simply.

She resents the fact
that she feels unable to express her "bliss" without being labelled by society as being
drunk, and possibly arrested for it. Note how this feeling of happiness causes her to
see the world through rose-tinted spectacles. During the dinner party, for example, she
seems to find joy in everything. Bertha herself seems to make the pear tree a symbol of
herself and of her friendship with Pearl:

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At the far end, against the wall, there was a
tall, slender pear tree in fullest, richest bloom; it stood perfect, as though becalmed
against the jade-green sky. Bertha couldn't help feeling, even from this distance, that
it had not a single bud or a faded
petal.

However, in spite of
this image of perfection that Bertha thinks symbolises her life, there are hints in the
text that there are issues in her life. Her nanny clearly dominates her daughter,
restricting her time with her, and also her marriage is shown to lack passion, although
repeatedly Bertha stresses that they are "good pals."

At
the end of the story, Bertha experiences a rude awakening as she is forced to confront
her husband's duplicity in his affair with Pearl. After witnessing Harry kiss Pearl
Fulton, and Bertha's cry of despair and uncertainty of what is to happen next, the last
sentence of the story returns to the pear tree:

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But the pear tree was as lovely as ever and as
full of flower and as
still.

This highly
interesting symbol perhaps represents the way that appearances can be deceiving, and
that under the so-called "perfect" exterior lie a whole host of varying emotions that
are not acceptable to be revealed. Bertha at the end of this story is a woman who has
had her "bliss" punctured, perhaps irrevocably, by the reality of human nature, and thus
perhaps can be said to be forced to become more mature and experienced about life, love
and her marriage.

Discuss the ideas of Gandhi with special reference to "Hind Swaraj"

The most striking element of Gandhi's pamphlet is how his views
as a young man remained fairly intact throughout his life.  Unlike other thinkers or political
leaders who endured multiple changes in their philosophy due to contingency or circumstance,
Gandhi presents a fairly mature philosophy early on and the document's ideas remain fairly intact
throughout his life.  The idea of Indian home rule coming out of a moral or transcendent embrace
of truth in all of its forms is the dominant theme in the pamphlet.  It introduces Gandhi's
belief that individual freedom is rooted in a moral or ethical practice of embracing truth. 
Political freedom for India, or for anyone, is something that Gandhi believes is secondary or
even tertiary to moral or ethical liberation in the form of embracing truth and a higher sense of
human conduct.  These become the basis for home rule for Indians and for anyone, and this is
something from which there was little stray in both the pamphlet and his
life.

A class has 11 boys, 9 girls. Two students will be selected at random to serve on committee. What's probability that both will be girls?

Given that the number of boys and girls in a class is as
follows:

Number of boys = 11

Number of
girls = 9

Then we conclude that the total number of students in the
class= 20 students.

Then, the probability of choosing a girl =
number of girls. total number of students in the class = 9/20

The
probability of choosing the 2nd girl = number of remaining girls / number of all students minus
the chosen girl = 8/19

Then , the probability of choosing two girls
is :

The probability of choosing 2 girls = 9/20 *  8
/19

                                                 =
72/380

                                                 =
18/ 95

Then the
probability of choosing 2 girls =
18/95                                     

Each side of a regular octagon is represented by 5x-6 . What is x if the perimeter is 72.

First, we'll have to establish the fact that a regular
octagon has 8 equal sides.

We'll note as P the perimeter
and s each side of the octagon.

We'll calculat ethe
perimeter of the octagon:

P = s1 + s2 + ... +
s8 

But s1 = s2= ... = s8  =5x -
6

P = 8(5x-6)

From
enunciation, we'll have P = 72 and we'll substitute it into the above
relation:

72 = 8(5x-6)

We'll
remove the brackets:

72 = 40x -
48

We'll subtract 72 both sides and we'll use symmetric
property:

40x - 120 = 0

We'll
subtract 120 both sides:

40x =
120

We'll divide by
40:

x =
3

So, each side of the regular octagon will
measure:

s = 5x - 6

s = 5*3 -
6

s = 15-6

s =
9

In Act 2 scene 2 of Hamlet, what thematic significance do the players have to the events in Denmark?

Shakespeare loved to use the theatre and theatrical
conventions to create a mirror to real life.  Of course, to a large degree, that is the
point of the plays themselves -- to cause the audience to witness the events that take
place on stage and then turn their gaze inward and see the same dilemmas confronted by
the characters on stage mirrored in their own hearts.  In Hamlet,
this theatrical device is made literal when a group of traveling actors actually appear
as characters in the play.  They relate to a very common theme in Shakespeare's works --
the theme of appearance (or pretense/illusion) versus
reality.

The most obvious way that this theme reflects the
events of Denmark is that Hamlet creates a play for the actors to perform (illusion)
that closely mirrors the events described to him by the ghost of his father (reality). 
He plans to have the players perform this "Mousetrap" in order to see if Claudius reacts
in a way that confirms his guilt.  In this way, Hamlet will use "appearance or illusion"
to confirm "reality."

But the events of Denmark also
includes Hamlet's grief and his debate over taking the action necessary to revenge his
father's murder.  When he sees the First Player, in Act II, scene ii, present the
illusion of real grief -- "all his visage wann'd/Tears in his eyes" -- he chides himself
that he, with a "real" reason for grief can do
nothing.

Also, the speech delivered by the First Player is
the retelling of the death of King Priam and the grief-stricken response to this of his
queen, Hecuba.  This "illusion," again, contrasts the "reality" of the situation in
Denmark where, rather than rage in grief as Hecuba does, Queen Gertrude has married her
husband's murderer.

The players play a significant part in
demonstrating the theme of appearance versus reality in the play
Hamlet, contrasting the emotional highs and overt displays of grief
enacted by the player with the inaction of Hamlet and the un-widow-like behaviour of
Gertrude with the story of Hecuba.  It is, however, "The Mousetrap" that presents the
most important connection to this theme, wherein Hamlet uses "appearance" to prove
"reality."

I need someone to provide an in-depth explanation for Samuel's Johnson poem, "To Sir John Lade, On His Coming of Age."Here is the poem :...

Samuel's Johnson poem, "To Sir John Lade, On His Coming of
Age" can be more easily understood when broken down stanza by
stanza.

In
poetry, [a] stanza refers to a grouping of lines, set off by a space, that usually has a
set pattern of meter and
rhyme.

The meter is a pattern
of stressed and unstressed syllables; this particular poem is written in a trochaic
meter, where stress is placed on the first syllable of each
pair.

Johnson's work is an example of lyric
poetry.

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...a short poem with one speaker (not
necessarily the poet) who expresses thought and
feeling.

The first
stanza is addressed to Sir John Lade, and has been written to "celebrate" his
twenty-first birthday which has followed a long and "lingering" year of anticipation on
Lade's part.

The second stanza relates that Lade is no
longer a minor (under twenty-one); he is now legally eligible to mortgage and sell his
land, may live as wildly as he wants, and no longer must be thrifty (frugal) with his
money, which he probably had to do before turning
twenty-one.

In the third stanza, Johnson notes that Lade
may call upon the company of any number of different women (anyone who chooses to live
as carefree as he), to spend without thought the inheritance (seemingly a sizable one)
that he has finally received, left to him by his grandfather. The line "...show the
spirit of an heir" may simply refer to the way an heir might casually spend that which
he did not have to work hard to earn and/or
protect.

The fourth stanza is about things in life that
"prey" on "vice and folly" (immoral behavior and foolishness), which are joyful to see
money flying around. And while the "gamester" (gambler) is having a wonderful time, the
moneylender sits quietly by, waiting for the foolish gambler to lose all his
money.

Johnson, in stanza five, observes that money was
made to "be spread around," and encourages Lade to do so. He should
spend money on horse racing (jockey) and prostitutes ("pander" meaning "pimp"), allowing
them to take their share of his wealth.

Stanza six explains
that when a blade ("jaunty young man") goes out "partying," with a full wallet and high
spirits, land and houses are nothing more than piles of dirt—of little importance
whether wet or dry. (The inference is that a wiser man would see the value of houses and
land, as investments, worth a great deal more a piece of
ground.)

Samuel Johnson's seventh and final stanza notes
that the young heir may have a guardian or mother who will try to point out the danger
of wasting his money, but that Lade should scorn their advice. Johnson ends his poem by
stating that the young man will drown or hang in the end. This is a dire note:
essentially, once the young man has spent all his money and sold all his holdings
(including land and houses) in order to pay his gambling debts, he will probably commit
suicide by hanging or drowning. (This was not an uncommon occurrence for members of the
aristocracy when confronted by the inevitability of living not only beneath the means to
which they were accustomed, but most likely in
poverty.)

Samuel Johnson is writing with a sense of irony
here. He does not support Lade's lifestyle, though I doubt this was
written as a warning—most likely Lade would have ignored it. However, perhaps Johnson
hoped to catch the attention of another young man in a similar situation; certainly
Lade's behavior would not have been unusual at that time.

What is the reindeer herd's strategy against the biting flies?

I imagine that your own text or the movie you watched (or
whatever your source of information is) tells you the answer you are supposed to come up
with.  I hope that the study that I have linked to below (just look at the summary that
comes before the introduction) gives the same inforamtion as your
text...

Basically, the strategy of a reindeer herd is to
clump up.   This is especially true of females with young and of reindeer herds in open
country.  When the reindeer clump up, the reindeer in the middle of the herd are much
less likely to be bitten by the flies.  This is actually quite important to their
health.

Another strategy the reindeer use is to hide in the
forest.  This tends to be more of a strategy that is used by males since they are more
likely to be on their own than females are.

Both of these
strategies are believed to work to decrease the problem the reindeer have with the
flies.

What was the flashback in Chapter Seven of The Outsiders about?

There is only a very short flashback in this chapter.  It comes
around the middle of the chapter when Ponyboy has just found out about the fact that he and his
brother Sodapop in a boys' home.  The flashback has to do with a time after his parents
died.

In the flashback, Ponyboy talks about how he dreamed every
night after his parents died.  He talks about how he could never remember the dream, but that it
was the same dream every night and it was terrifying.

It is clear to
us that this dream was caused by stress and loss.  This is why Ponyboy has it again when the
threat of being taken away from his brothers arises.

In what ways is the health problem affected by the family?

When you say "the health problem" I assume that you are
talking about the fact that so many people today are unhealthy (especially, if we are
talking about the US, obese).  If so, I would say that the family contributes to this
because it is within the family that most decisions about what to eat are made and most
of our habits are formed.

If you grow up in a family where
your parents are busy all the time, you may well grow up eating unhealthy foods.  You
may get a lot of fast food and a lot of processed foods.  Both of these tend to help
cause obesity.  As another example, if you grow up in a family that eats lots of red
meat and lots of fats, you are likely to continue to teat those and are, therefore,
likely to have problems with cholesterol.

Because our
families make many of the decisions as to what we eat, they impact our health
tremendously.

In The Great Gatsby, how are the circumstances and setting of Gatsby's death consistent with his life and personality?

Thg circumstances and the setting of Gatsby's death are entirely
consistent with his personality and the manner in which he has lived his life. Shot to death in
the pool at his magnificent mansion, Gatsby dies alone, waiting for Daisy to call. After Myrtle
Wilson's death the previous evening, Daisy had gone home with her husband. Gatsby had stood watch
over her all night outside her house, to make sure that Tom did not hurt her. The irony is
significant, since even as Gatsby maintained his vigil, Tom and Daisy were inside, seeming to
"conspire" together.

Returning home, he waits all day for Daisy to
call, which she does not. At 2:00 in the afternoon, he decides to use his pool for the first time
that summer, leaving word with the butler to bring him any telephone messages. There are none. At
the moment of his death, Gatsby floats on an air mattress in the pool. Daisy would not be
calling, that day or ever. Absorbed in his thoughts of her, Gatsby makes an easy target for the
deranged George Wilson to shoot him. He is vulnerable to Wilson's sick mind just as he had been
vulnerable to the amorality of the Buchanans.

Gatsby's was a
romantic personality, with an "extraordinary gift for hope," but in his romanticism, he was
naive; he could not recognize or deal with reality if it threatened his dreams. He could not face
the reality that Daisy would never leave Tom Buchanan. To do so would have meant abandoning the
dream that had sustained him since first falling in love with Daisy. As a result, he lived his
final moments just as he had lived his life, alone with his dream out of reach and
unfulfilled.

Please discuss the idea that Nora/the “oppressed” person is a willing victim.Interested in how this idea relates to "Trifles" by Susan...

Nora's character is A Doll's House is
a very interesting one for several reasons.  (Note that this was an extremely
controversial play for its time, the late 1800s.)

First,
Nora is—to a point—a reflection of women during the time in which Ibsen wrote his play:
they were generally submissive and obedient. Second, Nora goes through a transformation
that makes her more believable to us today; the transformation is brought on by
extenuating circumstances: she must save her husband's life at any cost. Last, Nora
leaves at the end, something else extremely unusual for a woman of that time: she leaves
her children behind (not well-received by some theater-goers), and departs toward an
uncertain future .

The "little-girl/obedient role" Nora
plays throughout the play and the way she almost always acts—as
everyone expects her to without question, is what makes Nora oppressed. She is not
expected to think for herself, and when she steps "out of line," Torvald brings her back
as he would a child: with admonishments and gentle
scoldings.

Nora is willing in that she adheres to the
social restrictions placed upon women at the time (to the public eye). She dresses up
for Torvald, as he requests, for the masquerade party. She "wheedles" money from Torvald
for Christmas presents by begging and "pouting," and sneaks candy and lies about it to
Torvald, both as if she were a little girl.

Nora is
willingly oppressed in that sometimes this behavior helps her to achieve her own ends,
but I don't think she sees it as manipulation. She is willingly oppressed by Krogstad's
extortion, but she would do anything to save Torvald's life. In many ways, in acting
like a child, she really doesn't know better; and by doing what Torvald asks, she is
comfortable and cared for.

The social mores of the time
require Nora to step into the role of the oppressed woman, but necessity requires that
she take adult and independent steps to save her husband's life and deal with the
frightening consequences until the end. It is only then that she finally sees the truth
of what true love can do (with Krogstad and Kristine Linde), and discover that Torvald
cares more for himself than for her, even after all she has done for him.  At this point
she defies social expectations, refuses to be a willing victim any longer, and
leaves.

For Minnie Wright in "Trifles," (written by Susan
Glaspell, at the turn of the century, based on a true story), we also "see' an oppressed
woman (though the picture we get of her comes from the sympathetic eyes of women in her
community—as Minnie is already in jail when the play
begins).

Minnie lives with a man (Richard) who has a decent
reputation in a man's world, but is hard and uncaring when studied
through the eyes of Minnie's neighbor, Mrs. Hale.  Subtle hints in the conversation of
the men give insights to what kind of man Wright was (uncommunicative, demanding,
harsh), and yet by listening to the men in general, we can see that society has little
time for, or understanding of, the hard life of a woman and the responsibilities that
fill her days.

Minnie is oppressed, and if it is willingly,
it is because it is expected as her only means of survival. She works hard; her husband
provides little, if any, kindness toward her. She has no children. Neighbors don't visit
because her house is such an unhappy place, and we get the sense that Mr. Wright has
killed not only the canary, but the joy in Minnie (as was once seen in her singing as a
young woman).

In both stories, the women are oppressed,
expected by husband and a male-dominated society to conform. Both women do so for a
period of time, each in her own way. However, by the end of each story, we discover that
Nora and Minnie both come to a breaking point: Nora leaves her husband, and Minnie—it
would seem—kills her husband.

Both women are willing
victims to a point. They cannot survive easily without their husbands, and for a long
period of time, they both allow society and their spouse to dictate the quality of their
existence. Nora seems to do so unknowingly and perhaps this is why her awakening is less
volatile than Minnie's.  Minnie conforms until the death of the canary at her husband's
hands: at this point she seems to have snapped.  She does not kill him in a heated rage,
however, but with premeditation.

So while both women are
oppressed and willing victims for a time, eventually each arrives at a point where she
can no longer survive under these circumstances.

Factor the expression 9X^2 + 24X + 16

We can use the fact that any polynomial can be written as a
product of linear factors:

ax^n + bx^(n-1) + ... = a(x - x1)(x -
x2)*....*(x - xn)

x1,x2,x3....,xn are the roots of the
polynomial.

In this case, the polynomial is a quadratic and it could
have 2 roots.

We'll get the roots applying quadratic
formula:

x1 = [-24 + sqrt(24^2 -
4*9*16)]/2*9

x1 = (-24 + sqrt(576 -
576))/18

x1 = -24/18

x1 =
-8/6

x1 = -4/3

x2 =
-4/3

Since the discriminant is zero, the equation has 2 real equal
roots and the factorization will be:

9X^2 + 24X + 16 = 9(x - x1)(x -
x2)

9X^2 + 24X + 16 = 9(x +
4/3)^2

We'll factorize by 1/9:

9X^2 +
24X + 16 = (9/9)(3x + 4)^2

9X^2 + 24X + 16 = (3x +
4)^2

What are some literary elements in "A Pair of Silk Stockings"?

Clearly, in any work of literature there are any number of
literary elements for you to focus on and analyse. In this great short story, one clear
literary element that stands out is the description of the stockings when Mrs. Sommers
first feels them:

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But she went on feeling the soft, sheeny
luxurious things - with both hands now, holding them up to see them glisten, and to feel
them glide serpentlike through her
fingers.

Note the word
"serpentlike" in this description. The serpent can be said to act here as a symbol of
temptation, referring to the Biblical allusion of the Garden of Eden and the way that
the Serpent tempted Eve into eating the apple. In this story, this descriptive use of
"serpentlike" shows the temptation that Mrs. Sommers is just about to give into, even
though it is so completely out of character for her.

This
is one example of a literary element in this tale. You might want to also think about
how Mrs. Sommer's character is presented and the reasons behind her sudden change of
character in spending the money entirely on herself and in "frivolous"
ways.

In Maniac Magee, how long did it take Maniac to untie the knot in Chapter 20?

We aren't actually given a specific time that Maniac took
to untie the knot, however it is clear that he takes most of the day to achieve his
great feat. Regular reference is made to the passing of time during the day, such as
"the long August afternoon." Of course, Maniac Magee is finally successful in
accomplishing his great feat at dinnertime, we are told, when the narrator joyfully
announces that:

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Cobble's Knot was dead. Undone. Gone. It was
nothing but string.

We can
thus infer that Maniac Magee started this immense challenge at some point in the
morning, and, apart from the fifteen minute nap that we are told he took, continued at
it without a break until dinner time, spending about eight hours on the task until his
success.

IF THERE ARE 'N' NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHAT IS THE PROBABILITY THAT TWO PEOPLE WILL HAVE BIRTHDAY ON SAME DAY

This problem has been solved with an assumption that all years
have 365 days, no leap years.

Instead of calculating the probability
of at least 2 people in the group of N people having their birthday on the same day, we can
calculate the probability that none of them have a birthday on the same day and then subtract
that from 1.

Let's start with 2 people. The probability that they don't have a
common birthday is (365/365)*(364/365). This gives the probability that they have the birthday on
the same day as 1 - (365/365)*(364/365) = 1 - (365*364)/(365)^2

Next take 3
people. The probability that at least 2 share a common birthday is
1-(365*364*363)/(365)^3

Continuing, for N people the probability that at least
have the birthday on the same day is:

1 - (365*363*363*...*(365 - n
+1))/365^n

=> 1 - 365!/ [(365 -
n)!*365^n]

The required probability that two people in
a group of N have the birthday on the same day is 1 - 365!/ [(365 -
n)!*365^n]

What does the quote, "I want arsenic" mean in the short story "A Rose for Emily"?

This quote is a literal statement by Miss Emily to the
pharmacist in her hometown of Jefferson, but it is the implication and the
tone that aresignificant to the story.  Miss Emily has decided to buy poison and we
aren't sure exactly why but can certainly imagine the stoic and determined tone of voice
she uses when she asks for it.  The pharmacist asks her what she wants it for and she
refuses to answer the question; she just makes her demand.  It is a scene where the
reader can easily see the intimidating presence of Miss Emily -- no one wants to
challenge her too much, so the druggist just retreats, wraps up the arsenic, and has
another employee bring it to her.  The narrator then tells us the that the whole town
thought she would kill herself with it, but that doesn't actually happen and she goes on
to live a long life after that event.  What we don't learn until the last section of the
story is that she actually killed Homer Barron with the arsenic and then she kept his
dead body in an upper room of her home.  The reader gets to the end of the story and
says to himself, "so THAT'S what happened with the poison!"  Once the reader has the all
the pieces of the puzzle, the cold and commanding demand for the poison shows a
determination in Miss Emily to do whatever she needs to do to take control of her
situation -- she demands the poison and she kills Homer so that he can't leave her.  It
is a short line, but the whole story hinges on it.

In Charlotte Brontë's novel, Jane Eyre, what is the meaning of the imagery of birds in the story?

There is a great deal of bird imagery used in Charlotte Brontë's
novel, Jane Eyre.

When Jane arrives as a
governess at Thornfield, she is much like a bird: nervous and shy, caged in that she can not come
and go as she pleases. Rochester refers to Jane several times by comparing her to a bird. He says
that she reminds him of a bird who, if free, could soar to great
heights.

I see you
laugh rarely; but you can laugh merrily . . . I see at intervals the glance of a curious sort of
bird through the close-set bars of a cage; a vivid, restless, resolute captive is there, were it
but free, it would soar cloud-high. (Chapter
14)

Jane also experiences the sense of
being a caged bird: when she walks through the orchard, the high walls and hedges are like the
bars of a cage that hold her captive, providing no escape and no free movement from within the
confines of the confines of Thornfield.

Physically, Jane is a
captured bird when Rochester pulls her into his arms to kiss her. He is much stronger in terms of
the physical and his iron will, but Jane is beginning to grow, asserting her need for freedom. In
Chapter 23, Rochester tells Jane:

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...be still; don't struggle so, like a wild frantic bird
that is rending its own plumage in its
desperation...

But also in Chapter 23,
Jane asserts her independence—her need to be free—having, ironically, to have learned to be
stronger under Rochester's care:

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I am no bird; and no net ensnares me; I am a free human
being with independent will, which I now exert to leave
you..."

When Jane flees Thornfield,
learning that Rochester has a mad wife (Bertha) who he keeps locked in a tower, in Jane we see
the timid bird of the novel's beginning take flight. She is not sure where she will go, but she
must leave the man she loves.

This time away from Rochester might
symbolize an "emotional" winter—where Jane moves to a safer place with a coldness that has become
her heart. However, when the frigid temperatures have passed (when Bertha, Rochester's wife, has
killed herself), like a bird, Jane returns to the place where she has felt safe and loved, like a
bird returning to its nest to rebuild in a new season, starting a new
life.

In Charlotte Brontë's Jane Eyre, bird
imagery describes to the reader how Jane is trapped like a caged bird at the beginning, how she
develops the strength and bravery to take flight on her own, and how she eventually returns, as
birds often do, to her "summer home" to make a home and a family.

Why is salt added to remove ice

So you happen to have a driveway that is covered with a
few inches of ice and you didn't invest in a pick or anything to break it up.  No way
can you get rid of it with your snow shovel...  One of the things that people often
employ to help ride themselves of this problem is salt.  The reason why it works is that
it actually lowers the freezing point of ice so that it will melt, even if it is
actually below the normal freezing point outside.

Obviously
it is also used heavily on roads and in other public places as it is easily spread and a
relatively inexpensive way to slow down accumulation of frozen preciptation or to help
what is on the ground melt.

Of course it is important to
note that as the temperature starts to dip below 20 degrees fahrenheit, the
effectiveness of salt drops very rapidly.

What is the gradient of the normal to the curve y = x^3 - 2x^2 + 5 at the point (2, 5).

We have the equation of the curve as y = x^3 - 2x^2 +
5

To find the slope or the gradient of the tangent drawn at any
point on this curve, we need to find the differential.

y’ = 3x^2 –
4x

For the point (2, 5), y’ = 3*2^2 – 4*2 = 12 – 8 =
4.

To find the slope of the normal we use the relation that the
product of the slopes of two perpendicular lines is given as
-1.

Therefore the slope of the normal is -1 /
4

The gradient of the normal to the curve y = x^3 -
2x^2 + 5 at the point (2, 5) is -1/4

Why does Calpurnia object to Caesar's going to the capitol?

In William Shakespeare's The Tragedy of Julius
Caesar, the reader encounters an array of characters who exhibit a variety of
personality traits.  While some characters are purely good, others are purely evil; a few are a
mixture of the two, such as Brutus, who is conflicted and has to choose whether to remain true as
Caesar's friend, or to give in to his desire for power.  Calpurnia, Julius Caesar's loving wife,
is good.

In Scene ii of Act II, Calpurnia attempts to order her
husband to remain home all day, despite his arguments.  Calpurnia tells her husband that she has
become frightened not only by the meteors and comets they have witnesses streaking across the
night sky, but also by the terrifying sights seen by the town's watchmen.  Calpurnia considers
them to be bad omens, despite the fact that she has never been a superstitious
person. 

...A lioness
hath whelped in the streets,

And graves have yawned, and yielded up
their dead;

Fierce fiery warriors fought upon the
clouds

In ranks and squadrons and right form of
war,

Which drizzled blood upon the
Capitol;

The noise of battle hurtled in the
air,

Horses did neigh and dying men did
groan,

And ghosts did shriek and squeal about the
street.

O Caesar, these things are beyond all
use,

And I do fear them...

When beggars
die, there are no comets seen;

The heavens themselves blaze forth
the death of princes.

In A Story, what does "throwing a dynamite into the salmon pool" mean?

I assume that you are talking about the line where Mr. Weazly
asks who put the dynamite in the salmon pool.  This comes early in the story when Mr. Franklyn is
being indignant because other of the men are suggesting that he might possibly use all the money
meant for the outing to buy alcohol for himself.  He offers to resign his post as treasurer of
the outing.

At that point, Mr. Weazly happens by and speaks the line
about the dynamite.  Basically, what he is asking is who has caused the argument -- why there is
a commotion going on.  It's a bit of an overstatement since the commotion isn't all that
big.

It is possible to "fish" by using explosives.  An explosion in
the water kills the fish and they float to the surface.  The water is, of course, very
disturbed.  So Mr. Weazly is using this as a metaphor for the argument that is going on.  He
wants to know why the "waters" in the shop are disturbed.

In "The Cask of Amontillado," what is your general impression of Fortunato?

You have asked a really interesting question for a number
of reasons. Firstly, remember the point of view of this excellent short story. We see
everything from the perspective of Montresor, whom astute readers will realise may not
be the most reliable of narrators. This therefore might cause us to doubt some of what
Montresor tells us about Fortunato, especially the first paragraph, when Montresor
protests how much Fortunato has wronged him:

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The thousand injuries of Fortunato I had borne as
best I could; but when he ventured upon insult, I vowed
revenge.

It is hardly likely
that Fortunato, if he had insulted Montresor so badly, could be so naive about trusting
himself into Montresor's hands and delving deep into the Montresor catacombs with only
his enemy for a companion.

However, apart from these
debatable facts, we do know that Fortunato is a wine
connoisseur:

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He had a weak point - this Fortunato - although
in other regards he was a man to be respected and even feared. He prided himself on his
connoisseurship in wine.

This
of course, as the narrator observes, is his Achilles heel, and is used ruthlessly by
Montresor to tempt his victim down into the catacombs and to meet his revenge. The cask
of Amontillado of the title is what Montresor pretends he has brought and wants
Fortunato to sample for him to test its worth. Note how Montresor tempts Fortunato to
sample the wine for him by saying that he is going to another Italian noble to test it
for him, Luchesi:

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"As you are engaged, I am on my way to Luchesi.
If anyone has a critical turn it is he. He will tell me
-"

This of course plays with
the pride of Fortunato who considers himself an expert in wines such as Amontillado, and
thus the trap is sprung and Fortunato is led captive to his fate by his one weakness -
his knowledge of wine.

Note that Fortunato apart from this
weakness is described as a "man to be respected and even feared". This description makes
Montresor all the more remarkable for his ability to detect his enemy's weakness and
plot how he can use it to bring about his downfall.

Is "The Tyger" contemporary?

“The Tyger” is one of Blake’s best-known poems, to be
contrasted with “The Lamb”. The large predator as a symbol of evil is readily
understood; our tradition abounds with fearsome images of wolves, foxes, bears, and so
on. Some readers today, newly enlightened and firmly aware of the ecological need for
the preservation of the predator-prey relationship and also of the endangered state of
the world’s predators, regret Blake’s choice. It is the burning aspect that empowers the
tyger. If one looks at the orange stripes and yellow stripes as the tygre runs through
tall reads makes the grass seem to be burning and on fire. The use of fire as also a
symbol of evil associated with the devil is common today. In all other respects, too,
Blake’s poem is timely.

What are the costs and benefits of safety programs within an industry?

Basically, the cost of safety programs is financial --
they cost money to implement and they take away productivity.  They cost money because
you have to buy new safety equipment, hire people to train your employees in using the
equipment, etc. They reduce productivity because workers must take time to learn them
and because they generally cause workers to have to work more carefully and/or more
slowly.

The benefits are to worker health and perhaps
worker morale.  If you work at a place where people get injured all the time, you will
likely feel unhappy and not be very loyal to your firm.  By solving these problems,
safety programs may actually help a firm economically by making its workers happier and
more productive.

Find the area of the circle whose circumference is 14.

Given the circumference of a circle =
14.

We need to find the area of the
circle.

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

A = r^2 * pi  where r is the radius of the
circle.

Then, we need to determine the
radius.

But, w given the circumference =
14.

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

C = 2*r * pi

-->
2*r*pi = 14

==> r= 14/2pi =
7/pi.

Now we will substitute into
A.

A = r^2 * pi

   = (7/pi)^2
* pi = 49/pi^2 * pi = 49/pi.

Then, the area
of the circle is A = 49/pi = 15.6 ( approx.)

At the end of chapter 6 in Animal Farm, which character do you admire the most?

I admire Boxer the
most.

According to Chapter 6 of Animal Farm, during the
construction of the windmill, he worked extra hard to built the windmill from scratch,
carrying the boulder to the top of the quarry and throwing them down, which was very
taxing to most of the animals involved in the construction. This exemplifies the
determination and steadfastness of spirit shown by Boxer in getting things done, no
matter how difficult and tiring it is, and this garner much respect amongst the animals.
This amazes me, his extraordinary work rate no ordinary humans can match up
to.

But, I do not admire him in respect to his gullibility.
He is not that smart and is too naive to believe Napoleon's lies. He is not intelligent
enough to realize that his basic maxim- "Napoleon is always right" is in fact untrue and
wrong to start with, thus culminating to his death later in the
story.

In Fahrenheit 451, what was man's major pursuit during Montag's time?

In Montag's time, man's pursuit was to find momentary happiness
without depth. This is demonstrated through the types of classes offered at Clarisse's school,
the fact that the society burned books which would challenge a person to think, and the false
interaction Mildred had with the "family" of characters that invaded their living room on a
daily basis.

If by chance, you are referring to the era in which Ray
Bradbury wrote the novel, then the 50s were influenced by man's pursuit to tell on other men who
were in the wrong. Book burnings, censorship, and ill-treatment of any Communist friendlies all
became commonplace.

'Explain' what is meant by "the cell cycle" in as many words as possible?

The cell cycle is the cycle in which a cell alternates between
growth and then actively dividing into daughter cells. The time between divisions varies between
minutes, months or even years, depending on the type of cell. The time between divisions is
called Interphase. It has three stages. After a cell has divided, the two daughter cells are
smaller than the original cell. They immediately begin interphase. G1 is the first stage of
interphase--a period of growth in which cellular organelles are constructed. This sythesis phase
makes the cells increase in size. Next is the S phase, in which chromosomes are replicated. This
stage is followed by G2, which prepares the cell to divide. Next, the cell enters the mitosis
phase. The steps include prophase, where the chromosomes condense, nuclear envelope disappears
and centrioles divide and move to opposite poles. Spindle fibers form and attach to chromosome
pairs, or chromatids, at their centromere. Metaphase is when chromosome pairs line up in the
equator of the cell. During anaphase, the chromosome pairs or chromatids begin to separate.
Telophase is when the chromosomes are pulled to opposite poles of the cell, the membrane begins
to pinch and the nuclear envelope re-forms. In cytokinesis, the membrane completely pinches off
into two daughter cells, smaller but genetically identical to the parent
cell.

Chapter 6. What bothers Simon; what does he want to say?Lord of the Flies by William Golding

In Chapter Six of Lord of the Flies,
Golding writes,

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Simon, walking in front of Ralph, felt a flicker
of incredulity--a beast with claws that scratched, that sat on a mountain-top, that left
no tracks and yet was not fast enought to catch Samneric.  However Simon thought of the
beast, there rose before his inward sight the picture of a human at once
heroic and
sick.

After
Sam and Eric wake and discover that the fire which they were to maintain has gone out,
they relight it with the smoldering coals, but in the glow of this fire they discover
the parachuist who has died.  Terrified, they run back to camp, exclaimining that they
have seen the beast and it has chased them, clawing at Eric's face.  While Simon knows
that the dead man is not the beast, but a metaphor for what the boys fear, he cannot
figure out how to communicate his intuitive knowledge to the others.  He and
Ralph--"Something flittered there in front of his [Ralph] mind like a bat's wing,
obscuring his idea"--nearly reach a communion of thoughts, but circumstances interfere,
and each returns to his own thoughts.

Intuitively, Simon
knows that the "beast" is the savagery that is emerging in Jack and the others;
he realizes it is humanity that the boys fear, but he cannot articulate
his thoughts enough for others to comprehend and
accept.

In "Just Lather, That's All," do you think the use of violence to bring about political change can be justified?

This is a great question and one you may benefit from asking in
the discussion postings of this group to gain a range of different views and responses. This
clearly is the central issue that is raised in this excellent short story, and I think it is
clear that the barber comes to the conclusion that violence is not justified - at least if he has
to perform it. He comes to understand that Captain Torres is just a human like himself, trying to
do his job to the best of his ability, and he also recognises that to commit a murder is not an
easy feat to achieve.

I must admit, if I were in the same position
as the barber, I would be unable to kill Captain Torres for the same reasons. I also think we
have enough historical examples of political change being brought about peacefully -
consider Gandhi in India or the Civil Rights movement in the States which were both successful
because of the absence of violence in their campaigns. I look at these historical examples of
successful non-violent political resistance and they give me hope that if I were unfortunate to
live in a state where I felt I had to protest, I could do so effectively in a non-violent
fashion.

Find the area between the curve f(x) = 3x^2 - 2x +1 and x=0 and x= 1

To compute the area between the given curve and lines,
we'll apply Leibniz Newton formula:

Int f(x) dx = F(a) -
F(b)

First, we'll compute the indefinite integral of
f(x):

Int (3x^2 - 2x
+1)dx

We'll apply the property of integral to be additive
and we'll get:

Int (3x^2 - 2x +1)dx = Int 3x^2dx - 2Int xdx
+ Int dx

Int (3x^2 - 2x +1)dx = 3*x^3/3 - 2*x^2/2 +
x

We'll simplify and we'll
get:

Int (3x^2 - 2x +1)dx = x^3 - x^2 +
x

We'll apply Leibniz Newton formula for b = 1 and a =
0.

F(b) = F(1) = 1 - 1 + 1 =
1

F(a) = F(0) = 0 - 0 + 0 =
0

Int (3x^2 - 2x +1)dx = F(1) -
F(0)

Int (3x^2 - 2x +1)dx = 1 -
0

Int (3x^2 - 2x +1)dx =
1

The area located under the curve and
between the line is A = 1 square unit.

Calculate the enthalpy change for the reaction C2H3OH(l)-->CH3OCH3(l), enthalpy of C2H3OH(l) is -1234.7kJ and for CH3OCH3(l) it is -1328.3kJ

The reaction for which we have to find the enthalpy change is:
C2H3OH(l)-->CH3OCH3(l)

The Enthalpy of formation of C2H3OH(l)
is given as DHo=-1234.7 kJ and the enthalpy of formation of CH3OCH3(l) is given as
DHo=-1328.3kJ.

For a reaction A --> B, the enthalpy change DH
of the reaction is given by DHb - DHa

Using the values we have here,
DHb = -1328.3 kJ and DHa = -1234.7 kJ, DH of the reaction is -1328.3 - (-1234.7) = -1328.3 +
1234.7 = -93.6 kJ.

The change in enthalpy when the reaction
C2H3OH(l)-->CH3OCH3(l) occurs is -93.6 kJ. As the change in enthalpy, DH is negative for
this reaction, it is an exothermic reaction that releases heat when it takes
place.

What are some reasons that John Proctor is to blame for the crisis in Salem in The Crucible?I have 2 reasons so far but I need one...

I think you have the two best reasons already listed, but
another one could include that John Proctor is guilty of the sin of Pride.  He has alientated
himself from the church, and made enemies of some townspeople such that he has both ruined his
credibility and made himself and his wife an easy target.  He doesn't like the Minister and says
so openly, was in border disputes with Mr. Putnam, and through his own personality and actions
made it so he was less likely to be believed when he did come forward.  While this may not have
been intentional, as he could not have known the crisis that was coming, when added to the
adulterous situation with Abigail, it made it very difficult if not impossible for him to stop
the Court from condemning the accused, his wife, and in the end, himself.

Find the solution for the following quadratic equations: a) 3x^2 + 9x - 27 = 0 b) x^2 + 2x - 15 = 0

a) 3x^2 + 9x - 27 = 0 

First let us
divide by 3 to simplify the equation:

==> x^2 + 3x - 9) =
0

Now we will use the formula to
solve.

We know that:

x = [ -b +-
sqrt(b^2-4ac)]/ 2*a

Let us
substitute.

x1 = ( -3 + sqrt(9 -4*-9) / 2 = ( -3 +
sqrt(45)/2

==> x1 =
(-3+3sqrt5)/2

==>x2=
(-3-3sqrt5)/2

 b) x^2 + 2x - 15 =
0

To solve the equation we will use the factoring
method.

First, we will factor the
equation.

==> ( x+5) ( x-3) =
0

==> x1=
-5

==> x2=
3

==> x values are { -5,
3}

A number from 1 to 10 is chosen at random. What is the probability of choosing a 5 or an even number?

The numebers chosen are from 1 to
10.

Then possible outcomes are:
1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10

The probability of chosen a 5  OR and
even number = probability of chosen a 5  + probability of chosen an even
number.

Let us calculate each
event:

P ( 5) = 1/10

Even
number are: 2,4,6,8,10

==> P(even) =
5/10

Then :

P( 5 OR even) =
P(5) + P(even)

                       = 1/10 + 5/10 =
6/10

                       =
3/5

==> P ( 5 or even) =
3/5

Write the character sketch of Lady Catherine de Bourgh in Pride and Prejudice.

The easiest way to do this kind of assignment is review
each of the scenes where she is present.  There are two in particular that give the best
picture of her character:  the first dinner party at Rosings and her visit to Elizabeth
at the end of the novel.

Even before these scenes, her
characterization is drawn through Mr. Collins' talking about her.  He reveals that she
is very wealthy and his patron, but we also learn that she is incredibly arrogant and
controlling.  Collins actually states in his failed proposal to Elizabeth that he is
getting married because Lady Catherine told him he should. 
Wow!

Once Elizabeth actually meets her, we get the full
picture and it is exactly as we expected.  Lady Catherine is extremely proud,
self-centered, and arrogant.  She shows no qualms about questioning and passing
judgement on nearly every aspect of Elizabeth's upbringing -- she looks down on her for
not having a governess; she can't believe there are five daughters all "out" at the same
time; she is critical of Elizabeth's musical talents.  Elizabeth handles it all with an
admirable aplomb, but we are left with a distinct dislike of Lady C.  She seems to just
believe she lives in a world were people of her class get to make all the rules and
there is no thought that those beneath her socially can have any significant
value. 

This is made even more evident when she confronts
Elizabeth at the end of the novel and tells her, point blank, that she is not allowed to
marry Darcy.  She really has no place to tell Elizabeth, much less Darcy, how to live
their lives, but she also has no reservations in making her comments.  Elizabeth will
not give her the satisfaction of agreeing with her or even saying anything specific
about how she feels about Darcy.  Remember, at the this point Elizabeth has little idea
of how Darcy feels about her and is not all that hopeful that they will end up
together.  She takes her stand merely on principle!  That is why we cheer on Elizabeth
and love that Lady Catherine fails and is put her place by the daring heroine of the
novel.

Who invented spaghetti and where was it invented?

The oldest known noodles are believed to have been eaten in
China about 4000 years ago. Pasta-like foods have been eaten for centuries, particularly in the
Mediterranean and the Middle East. Many of them, however, are not made specifically as the
traditional form of pasta, which consists of durum wheat semolina. Traditional spaghetti (and
other similar forms, such as ziti and ravioli) became popular in Italy in the 12th century. The
food became a popular staple in Italy in the 19th century with the formation of pasta factories,
which mass-produced the noodles. It became popular in America in the late 19th century. The name
is derived from the Italian word "spago," which means "thin string" or
"twine."

"Why have you chosen (drafting and design) and how do you plan to be successful as a college student and industry professional?"I need help writing...

That's a good question.

First, I
would say to "remember your training."  The essay is going to need to be mechanically correct and
structured will in order to have the admissions people take it seriously.  When in doubt, as a
teacher to proofread it for you.  Mistakes would not be in your best interest. The college essay
is a way for the admissions people to better understand your interest in their school, and
therefore, your suitability and likelihood of success.  It is as much about seeing you put your
thoughts on paper as it is about what you are saying.

Secondly, be
yourself.  Think about why, indeed, you are interested in drafting and design.  Think in terms of
why you like the field (beyond benefits and pay.)  What is it you like about drafting and design?
 Is it part of a greater goal of yours?  How would you be interested in using the knowledge you
gain at the college in the future?

The third part is about being
successful...this is a lot of common sense stuff.  You would need to discuss the strategies you
have used to do well in high school, or if you didn't have any, what you would use in college.
 How will you organize your time?  What support systems do you have in place to help you?  Have
you thought about challenges and how you would be able to work past them?  These are the kinds of
things they are looking to have you answer.  They don't want to just hear about how you are going
to study hard...they want to know about what it means to you to earn an education and be a
professional.

Hope these tips helped!

What fact about Atticus's defense does Scout learn from the Idlers' Club?***not the 14 day limit

What Scout learns is not really so much about the defense
itself.  Instead, she learns from the Idlers' Club something about
why Atticus is defending Tom Robinson.  This can be found in Chapter
16.

Ever since it has become known that Atticus will defend Tom
Robinson, Scout and Jem have been hearing people criticizing their father.  Many whites are upset
that he would be defending a black man accused of raping a white
woman.

When Scout is listening to the Idlers' Club, she hears that
Atticus was appointed to defend Robinson.  She wishes she had known
this because then she could have defended herself and her father by saying he was not doing it by
choice.

This is important because it shows us something about
Atticus.  It shows us that he does not want to defend himself as if he is doing something wrong. 
He wants to defend Robinson regardless of what others think.

What was Brook Farm?

During the 1830s and 1840s, there were a number of famous
utopian communities that were created around the United States. The market revolution that was
going on at the time, had upset the structure of society and there were many groups who tried to
form utopias that would solve all of the problems that had come along with the changing society.
Brook Farm was one of the first of these.

Brook Farm was the most
intellectual utopian community. It was created near Boston by a group of transcendentalist
intellectuals. The most famous of these was the transcendentalist author Nathaniel Hawthorne. The
community was supposed to be a place where people could live fairly simply, according to the
precepts of transcendentalism.

Brook Farm is relevant, then, as an
example of the utopian communities that sprang up during the 1830s and
1840s.

Explain Godfrey's social situation in Silas Marner.

Godfrey is the eldest son of a powerful man who is a
landowner, runs the Red House estate, and is rich under the parameters of a small town
such as Raveloe.

This being said, it was expected for a man
of such social consideration to be in search of a wife, since wives were one of the many
"acquisitions" a  man who will come to property is supposed to
get.

However, Godfrey is weak of character, weak in morals,
and weak in leadership. He is nowhere near as talented as his father in attaining
success, and he is also consistently a pushover of his
brother.

Unfortunately also for Godfrey, a good match that
could have occurred with another rich heiress in Raveloe could not happen because
earlier in his youth Godfrey was lured by a low woman whom he ended up marrying and
having a child with ... in secret. So, basically he has ruined himself socially being
unable to consecrate a good marriage, and for hiding the reality of his hidden
life.

Given the function f(x) and the identity 3f(x)-f(-x)=x+2, determine the area bounded by f(x), x and y axis and the line x=1?

Given the identity 3f(x)-f(-x)=x+2, that is verified for any
real value of x, then we can replace x by -x and we'll get an identity,
also.

3f(-x) - f(x) = -x + 2

We'll
create a system formed from the identities above:

-f(-x) + 3f(x) = x
+ 2 (1)

3f(-x) - f(x) = -x + 2
(2)

We'll eliminate f(-x) by multiplying (1) by 3 and adding the
expression resulted to (2):

-3f(-x) + 9f(x) + 3f(-x) - f(x) = 3x + 6
- x + 2

We'll combine like terms:

8f(x)
= 2x + 8

f(x) = x/4 + 1

Since we know
the expression of the function f(x), we can evaluate the area under the curve f(x) and bounded by
x and y axis and the line x = 1.

We'll calculate the definite
integral of f(x), whose limits of integration are x = 0 and x =
1.

Int f(x)dx = Int (x/4 + 1)dx

Int
(x/4 + 1)dx = (1/4)*Int xdx + Int dx

Int f(x)dx = x^2/8 +
x

We'll apply Leibniz Newton:

Int
f(x)dx = F(1) - F(0)

F(1) - F(0) = 1/8 + 1 - 0/8 -
0

F(1) - F(0) = 9/8

The
area bounded by the curve f(x) = x/4 + 1, the x lines and the limits x = 0 to x =1, is A = Int
f(x)dx = 9/8 square units.

Talk about form in either “what the mirror says” or “Harlem” and consider if the form enhances the figurative language used in the poem

In the eight lines enclosed within the frame (that is,
between the first and next-to-last lines) we get four possibilities: The Dream may “dry
up,” “fester,”“crust and sugar over,” or “sag.” Each of these is set forth with a
simile,for example, “dry up / like a raisin in the sun.” Similes can be effective, and
these are effective, because they are so closely packed together in the form Hughes
constructs, but in the final line Hughes states the last possibility (“Or does it
explode?”) directly and briefly, without an amplification. The effect is, more or less,
to suggest that the fancy (or pretty) talk stops. The explosion is too serious to be
treated in a literary way. But, of course, the word “explode,”applied to a dream, is
itself figurative. That is, the last line is as “literary” or“poetical” as the earlier
lines, but it is a slightly different sort of poetry.A word about the rhymes: notice
that although the poem does use rhyme,it does not use a couplet until the last two
lines. The effect of the couplet(“load” / “explode”) is that the poem ends with a bang.
Of course, when one reads the poem in a book, one sees where the poem ends—though a
reader maybe surprised to find the forceful rhyme—but an audience hearing the poem
recited is surely taken off-guard. The explosion is unexpected (especially in the
context of the two previous lines about a sagging, heavy load) and powerful. The form
does reinforce the powerful language used by Hughes.

In "The Bight" by Elizabeth Bishop, explain the imagery and meaning of the poem.

Elizabeth Bishop’s poem “The Bight” makes uses of vivid imagery
to expressive to engage the senses of the reader. The title of the poem indicates a bend or curve
in the shoreline which forms a wide bay. Bishop may have been referring to Key West, Florida
which she once described as a shoreline of chaos.

Written in the
middle of Bishop’s life, the poet addresses her humble life hoping for signs its worth. Her
flawed life turns the poem into a search for a less frenzied approach to life. Employing intense
language, Bishop searches in the sea for symbols that relate to her life.

The images make the
poem:

1st
image

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White, crumbling ribs of marl protrude and
glare
and the boats are dry, the pilings dry as
matches

When shallow from low tide,
the water appears white from the marlstone which contains remnants of crushed shells. Everything
is dry from the boats to the pilings because the water is not absorbed in the
bight.

2nd
image

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The little ocher dredge at work off the end of the
dock
already plays the dry perfectly off-beat
claves

The imagery incorporates other
senses…a person can smell the odor of gas coming from the water. Charles Baudelaire, a prolific
French writer, is referenced that he would be able to hear the marimba music playing on the dock.
Baudelaire’s most famous work discussed the beauty of nature as it changes.

The yellow hued machine at the end of the dock provides a musical
beat as it does its work.

3rd
image

The birds seem to be the only inhabitants of
the bight. The pelicans crash into the water to find the fish. In an interesting simile, the poet
compares the pelican’s beak to a pick axe that can never retrieve anything but only make a hole
in the ground or, in this case, the water. It flies off using its awkward elbows. The black and
white man-of-war birds use their tails like scissors as they fly on the draft from the
water.

4th
image

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The frowsy sponge boats keep coming in
with the
obliging air of retrievers,

There are
two kinds of boats described: those that come in from the sea and those piled up on the
shore.

The sponge boats are compared to retrieving dogs covered with
hooks and bobbles and sponges. Its deck has chicken wire on it where the captured blue-gray
sharks are hung up to dry. To the poet, the wire represents the little acres that plowsharers
use.

The other boats have piled together because of the last storm.
The boats are on their sides, crunched up against each other waiting to be tended to. The image
the poet describes is of the boats looking like letters that have been opened but not yet read.
All over the bight, there are evidences of
connections.

5th
image

Click. Click. Goes the dredge,
and brings up a dripping jawful of
marl.

The machine keeps working making
its rhythmic clicking sound. Every time it brings up in its jaws some of the marl comes with it.
The lack of coordination in the activities chaotically endures sounding and looking terribly
merry.

What is the lesson for the reader? All people experience some
chaos in their lives. The poet portrays this disorder and seems to say that this is not always
something to be avoided. Beauty can be found even in this confusing life.

What hints can you find in Act 2 of Macbeth that suggest the fate of Macbeth and Lady Macbeth?

In the second act of Macbeth, the major
hint that suggests the tragic fate of Macbeth and Lady Macbeth is Macbeth's rant about "murdering
sleep."  In the second scene, Macbeth has rejoined his wife after having killed King Duncan, and
he is worried that someone has heard him commit the crime.  Lady Macbeth assures him that he is
overreacting, however, Macbeth cannot rid himself of his fears.  He then says that he has
"murdered sleep," meaning that this grave crime will not allow him to have any peace for the
remainder of his life.  This suggests that Macbeth's crime will continually haunt him.  And
although Lady Macbeth is relatively calm and cool in this scene, Macbeth does say that the evil
has fallen on their home, so this implies that Lady Macbeth will also not have any peace for the
remainder of her life.  Later acts in the play prove this to be true.

Why did the Industrial Revolution first appear in England?

Great Britain at the time was very rich in the two
elements which are staples of the early onset of industrialization. These products were
iron and coal. Since England was colonizing, it was free to look for more of these
materials outside of Great Britain, wherever there were colonies by the 1700's. Having
the colonies was a huge advantage because the trade of iron and coal to and from Great
Britain opened the door for trades markets, and for other products to be included in
that trade. This way, more than one industry in Great Britain began to benefit from this
trade of elemental industrial material. As a result, Great Britain benefited incredibly
and expanded its industries with more ease than any other country in the beginning of
the Revolution.

The more Great Britain sold, the more
demand it created. Hence, as a result of the high demand of product merchants began to
develop ways to make productivity faster and bulkier. This, they did with the advent of
the machines, and with the creation of new technologies that could be used to produce so
many of the things Great Britain was able to provide.

This
is how the manufacturing industries and all the machines began to proliferate, and how
the Revolution began its marching steps.

What is the point of view in "To Hell with Dying"?

The point of view in "To Hell With Dying" written by Alice
Walker, is first person.

The story is told about Mr. Sweet
and the revivals that bring him back from the brink of death, several times. The person
telling the story is never named. She describes herself and how Mr. Sweet treats her,
but she never gives anyone but Mr. Sweet a name in the
story.

We know, of course, that the story is told in the
first person because the narrator uses the first person pronoun "I." Telling the story
in the first person is extremely effective in this story because it gives the tale a
more personal touch. This is particularly important because the subject of the poem (Mr.
Sweet) is especially important to not only the family, but the narrator as
well.

Mr. Sweet always runs his finger along her hair line,
she tells us. He makes her feel "outrageously devastating at the blazing age of eight
and a half." And the final line sums Mr. Sweet's impact on her life in a beautiful and
personal way, all the more so because of the use of the first person point of
view:

The man
on the high old-fashioned bed with the quilt coverlet and the flowing white beard had
been my first love.

What happens when a plate carrying oceanic crust collides with a plate carrying continental crust?

When two oceanic plates collide, the younger of the two
plates, because it is less dense,* will ride over the edge of the older plate. *[Oceanic
plates grow more dense as they cool and move further away from the Mid-Ocean Ridge].
(Image: Keith-Wiess Geological Laboratories; Rice
University)

The older, heavier
plate bends and plunges steeply through the athenosphere, and descending into the earth,
it forms a trench that can be as much as 70 miles wide, more than a thousand miles long,
and several miles deep. The Marianas Trench, where the enormous Pacific Plate is
descending under the leading edge of the Eurasian Plate, is the deepest sea floor in the
world. It curves northward from near the island of Guam and its bottom lies close to
36,000 feet below the surface of the Pacific Ocean.

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How do I find k if x^4-kx^3-2x^2+x+4 is divided by x-3 and the remainder is 16

If  x^4-kx^3-2x^2+x+4 is divide by x-3 , we get a
remainder 16, then

x^3-kx^3-2x^2+x+4-16 =  x^4-kx^3-2x^2+x
-12  is perfectly divisible by x-3.

We actually divide
:

x-3) x^4-kx^3-2x^2 +x -12(
x^3

x^4
-3x^3

----------------------

x-3)
 (-k+3)x^3 -2x^2( (-k+3)x^2

(-k+3)x^3  -
3(-k+3)x^2

-----------------------------------------------

x-3) (-3k
+7)x^2 + x (
((-3k+7)x

(-3k+7)x^2 -3(-3k+7)x

-----------------------------------------------------------

x-3)
(-9k +22)x  -12  ( (-9k+22)

(-9k +22)x -3
( -9k  +22)

-----------------------------------------------

0

Therefore -12
+3(-9k+22) = 0

-27k + 54 =
0.

-27k = -54.

k = -54/-27 =
2

or k = 2.

Therefore k = 2
for which x^4-kx^3 -2x^2+x+4 diveided by x-3 gives a remainder of
16.

Write as an addition of 2 irreducible fractions (3x-2)/(x-3)(x+1)

We'll write the ratio as a sum or difference of 2
irreducible ratios in this way:

(3x-2)/(x-3)(x+1) = A/(x-3)
+ B/(x+1)

We notice that the numerator of the original
ratio is a linear function and the denominator is a quadratic
function.

The irreducible ratios from the right side have
as numerators constant functions and as denominators, linear
functions.

We'll calculate LCD of the 2 ratios from the
right side.

The LCD is the same with the denominator from
the left side.

LCD =
(x-3)(x+1)

The expression will
become:

(3x-2) = A(x+1) +
B(x-3)

We'll remove the
brackets:

3x - 2 = Ax + A + Bx -
3B

We'll combine like terms form the right
side:

3x - 2 = x(A+B) +
(A-3B)

If the expressions from both sides are equal, then
the correspondent coefficients are equals:

3 =
A+B

-2 = A - 3B

We'll use the
symmetric property:

A+B = 3
(1)

A - 3B = -2 (2)

We'll
multiply (1) by 3:

3A+3B = 9
(3)

We'll add (3) to
(2):

3A+3B+A - 3B = 9-2

We'll
eliminate like terms:

4A =
7

We'll divide by 4:

A =
7/4

We'll substitute A in
(1):

A+B = 3

7/4 + B =
3

B = 3 - 7/4

B =
(12-7)/4

B =
5/4

(3x-2)/(x-3)(x+1) = 74/(x-3) +
5/4(x+1)

What is Malcom's primary role in Act 4? a. to fulfill the prophecy of the witches b. to foreshadow events that are to come in the play c. to...

Your options marked a, b, c are all viable in different
degrees. It is true that Malcolm motivates Macduff in avenging the brutal massacre of
his family, but the other options can not be altogether excluded. Orginally it is
Macduff who migrates to England to convince Malcolm for an offensive against the tyrant.
When Ross appears to break the news of the killings of Macduff's family, Malcolm ignites
the fire of vengeance in Macduff. But, at the same time, Malcolm has to lead the
offensive against Macbeth so that the prophecies made by the witches' apparitions come
true. Malcolm does have a crucial role to play in getting the apparitions' equivocations
translated to reality--the paradox of no man born of a woman ever killing Macbeth and
the paradox of Macbeth's invincibility unless the Birnam wood comes to the Dunsinane
hill. Again in the fifth and final act, the play moves fast to its catastrophe and
resolution-- the defeat and death of the tyrant and the freedom of Scotland followed by
the succession of the legitimate heir, Malcolm, to the throne. You can not decide upon
Malcolm's primary role in act 4 without looking into what is going to happen in the
final act.

Solve the system x-y=pi/3 sinx+siny=3^1/2

To solve the system means to find the pair of values for x
and y that verifies the equations of the system.

We'll
re-write the second equation of the system, transforming the sum of like trigonometric
functions into a product:

sin a + sin b = 2sin
[(a+b)/2]*cos [(a-b)/2]

sinx + siny = 2sin [(x+y)/2]*cos
[(x-y)/2]

We'll substitute x - y by pi/3 and we'll
get:

sinx + siny = 2sin [(x+y)/2]*cos
[(pi/3)/2](1)

But sinx + siny = sqrt 3
(2)

We'll put (1) = (2):

2sin
[(x+y)/2]*cos [(pi/3)/2] = sqrt 3

We'll divide by
2:

sin [(x+y)/2]*cos [(pi/6)] = (sqrt
3)/2

We'll substitute cos [(pi/6)] =
sqrt3/2

(sqrt3/2)*sin [(x+y)/2] =
sqrt3/2

We'll divide by
sqrt3/2:

sin [(x+y)/2] =
1

(x+y)/2 = arcsin 1

(x+y)/2 =
pi/2

x + y = 2pi/2

x + y = pi
(3)

x - y = pi/3 (4)

We'll add
(3) + (4):

x + y + x - y = pi +
pi/3

We'll combine and eliminate like
terms:

2x = 4pi/3

We'll divide
by 2:

x =
4pi/6

x =
2pi/3

We'll substitute x in
(3):

2pi/3 + y = pi

We'll
subtract 2pi/3 both sides:

y = pi -
2pi/3 

y =
pi/3

The solution of the
system is represented by the pair (2pi/3 ; pi/3).

What were the major compromises that were worked out at the Constitutional Convention?

A couple of looming issues presented itself at the
Constitutional Convention.  The most pressing was the issue of representation between
small and large states.  The former was afraid that their voices would not be heard
because of the demands of the more populous states being heard at the cost of the
smaller ones.  For their part, the smaller states believed that representation should
consist of a fixed number of representatives that are the same for all states.  The
Great Compromise to this problem, proposed by Roger Sherman, was that there would be a
bicameral legislative branch that would consist of a House of Representatives that would
have population determine representation.  At the same time, an Upper House would be
created which would be the Senate, where each state was allotted the same number of
representation.  Another conflict at the Convention appeared in the issue of slavery, in
terms of whether or not the new nation should outlaw it or continue it.  The proposition
was luke warm, in that it sought to defer the decision of it for future generations. 
Finally, the issue of how to deal with the issue of individual rights presented itself
in the debate between the Federalists, who were proponents of a strong central
government, and the Anti-Federalists, who advocated for a strong state government.  The
resolution to this was the adoption of a Constitution that included a Bill of Rights, or
entitlements that could not be trampled upon by the government.

What is the most important dramatic unit of Act I, scene i in Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream? *A dramatic unit occurs when: there is a...

I did a bit of research on the term "dramatic unit," and, as far
as I can determine, it was first used by John Howard Lawson, a playwright and screenwriter, in
his 1960 treatise:  Theory and Technique of
Playwriting.

I feel that it is important to begin the
answer to your question with this information, so that you understand that the term "dramatic
unit" was not one that Shakespeare knew or understood.  It was coined in the 20th century many
hundreds of years after Shakespeare lived and worked in the theatre.  So, while it might be a
useful way to analyze the structure of Shakespeare's scenes from a modern perspective, it has
nothing to do with the writing Shakespeare was doing in the
Renaissance.

All of this being said, the best that I can conform Act
I, scene i to the progression of rising and falling action as described above, it fits the part
of the scene beginning at line 20 with the entrance of Egeus, Hermia, Lysander and Demetrius and
ending at line 127 with the exit of Theseus, Hippolyta, Egeus, and Demetrius, which leaves Hermia
and Lysander onstage alone for a new "dramatic unit" of action.

The
"dramatic unit" encased between these two points in the scene involves the rising and falling
action concerning Hermia and her father's insistence and Theseus' decree that she marry
Demetrius, though she is in love with Lysander.  This unit of action rises to a climax with
Hermia's plea to Theseus to override her father's edict and concludes with his decision to uphold
the command that Hermia marry Demetrius or face the
consequences.

Please follow the links below for more on Act I, scene
i and John Howard Lawson.

For what reasons does Golding tell us that "the beast was harmless and horrible" to Simon in The Lord of the Flies?

I think this answer is both literal and figurative and it
has everything to do with the perception of evil in man's
heart.

First, literally the Beast could not harm Simon
because it was dead. It was just the illusion that all the boys had seen at different
times of the dead man whose parachute got stuck in the trees and the wind man this
"beast" appear to move. The horrible of this was the fact that here lay a dead man, in
stages of decay. This means that there could have been a terrible stench, flies and
other rodents may have been eating away at what they could reach. Literally, this scene
could have horribly affected a child, although for Simon he had a message of great
relief to bring to the rest of the boys.

Second, Simon is a
figurative representation of the Christ-figure or goodness. Simon had never done
anything to hurt anyone, he only suffered for it. In having this knowledge of a
"victory" over the beast, or over evil, or of that which was harmless, Simon was ready
to offer great relief to the rest of the crew from the fear that the idea of the beast
imposed on all the boys. However, that message, that truth he wanted to share, was the
very message that got him killed, therefore he died horribly. When Simon approached the
kids with this great news, they were already in a trance getting ready to "Kill the
beast!" Ironically, that which the kids hoped to destroy was their only hope of
salvation from fear.

Golding does this to demonstrate to
society that we must be careful to not destroy that which is good by being so overcome
by evil. We must measure carefully what we allow to enter our
perceptions.