Can some one help me on this algebra/geometry...

From the figure you can see that the side BA extended forms an
angle of 150 degree with line a. The line BC extended forms an angle of 118 degree with line
c.

Let the point at the end of BA extended be X, the point at the
end of BC extended be Y and the points at the right ends of the three parallel lines be A', B'
and C'.

So we have A'AX = 150 degrees. As a is parallel to b, the
angle B'BA is also equal  to 150 degrees.

Also, as C'CY is equal to
118 degrees and b is parallel to c we have B'BC = 118
degrees.

Therefore ABC = 360 - B'BA - B'BC = 360 - 150 - 118 = 92
degrees.

The magnitude of angle ABC is 92
degrees.

Solve for x in the equation 2 sin x tan x + tan x - 2 sin x - 1 = 0 for 0

We'll write the function tan x = sin x/cos
x

We'll re-write the given
equation:

2 sin x (sin x/cos x) + sin x/cos x - 2 sin x - 1
= 0

We'll multiply by cos
x:

2(sin x)^2 + sin x - 2sin x*cos x - cos x =
0

We'll factorize the first 2 terms by sin x and the last 2
terms by - cos x:

sin x(2 sin x + 1) - cos x(2 sin x + 1) =
0

We'll factorize by 2 sin x +
1:

(2 sin x + 1)(sin x - cos x) =
0

We'll set the first factor as
zero:

2 sin x + 1 = 0

We'll
subtract 1;

2sinx = -1

sin x =
-1/2

x = arcsin (-1/2)

The
sine function is negative in the 3rd and 4th quadrants:

x =
pi + pi/6

x = 7pi/6 (3rd
qudrant)

x = 2pi -
pi/6

x = 11pi/6 (4th
qudrant)

We'll set the other factor as
zero:

sin x - cos x = 0

This
is an homogeneous equation and we'll divide it by cos
x:

tan x - 1 = 0

tan x =
1

The function tangent is positive in the 1st and the 3rd
qudrants:

x = arctan
1

x = pi/4 (1st
quadrant)

x = pi+
pi/4

x = 5pi/4 (3rd
qudrant)

The complete set
of solutions of the equation, over the range [0 , 2pi], are: {pi/4 ; 5pi/4 ; 7pi/6 ;
11pi/6}.

T.V on sale for $600 . the sale price is 20 % less than regular price. What was the regular price in dollars? Give answer to nearest one hundredth.

The  sale price  of the TV =
$600.

It  is said the sale price is after a 20% less than the rgular
price.

So the if the regular price  P , then after 20% reduction,
the sale price  is P - P(20/100) = P- P/5 = 4P/5.

Therefore 4P/5 
should be equal to $600 sale price.

So 4P/5 =
$600.

Multiplying both sides of the equation by 5 , we
get:

(4P/5)*5 = $600*5.

4P =
$3000.

Divide both sides by 4:

4P/4 =
$3000/4

P = $750.

Therefore the regular
price of the TV = $750.

Explain how pathetic fallacy is used to paint a gloomy picture of how the Creature comes to life in Mary Shelley's Frankenstein?

The term pathetic fallacy was originally coined by John
Ruskin in order to define the use of poetic language (normally imagery and/or
personification) to allow readers to attach emotion to natural or inanimate things. For
example, language which appeals to the heightened senses of the reader acts as a
pathetic fallacy.

In regards to the use of pathetic fallacy
in Mary Shelley's novel Frankenstein, one particularly poignant example is found in
chapter five (where Victor is describing the circumstances under which the Creature came
to life). 

The chapter opens upon a "dreary night of
November." Shelley continues, from this point on, to compound the anxiety and fears of
the reader. The rain hitting the window pane, the burnt candle, the "lifeless thing"
which lay at Victor's feet are all meant to play upon the heightened emotions of the
reader.

When the Creature does come to life, its yellow
eye, agitated limbs, and labored breathing all compound the already horrific scene set
in the opening of the chapter. Victor's fear of the Creature, his race from his
apartment, and the thought the Creature is following him (again) all add to the fearsome
mood established through pathetic fallacy.

In "The Storm," it seems that Calixta, Alcee and Clarisse are happy at the end, but why are Bibi and Bobinot happy?

You are right in identifying that "the storm" of passion that
overcame Alcee and Calixta, both metaphorically and literally, has had a positive effect on all
concerned. To see how this effect has been beneficial for Calixta's husband and son, you need to
examine the end of the third section of this great short story. Bobinot and Bibi are shown to
re-enter their home with unease, expecting to be told off because of their appearance and the
dirt that has covered them. However, Calixta greets them with
affection:

She had
clasped Bibi and was kissing him effusively. Bobinot's explanations and apologies which he had
been composing all along the way, died on his lips as Calixta felt him to see if he were dry, and
seemed to express nothing but satisfaction at their safe
return.

Calixta's release of passion,
much like the release of a storm in summer, has cleared the air and allowed her to return to the
role of being a loving wife and mother. The sexual release that her rendezvous with Alcee gave
her has been beneficial for all concerned, including, ironically, her husband and
son.

What is the ‘Prisoner’s Dilemma?'

Prisoners dilemma is a business game or exercise which is
designed to emphasize the superiority of collaboration and cooperation over competition and
conflict. The original game features to players or groups taking decision in the role of two
prisoners who are put in an adversarial situation, so that the result of decision taken by any
one is also affected by the decision of the other. The decision taken by each is not known to the
other and the result of combination of decision affects both of them, which may or may not be in
the same way.

The situation presented in the case is that two
persons A and B have been imprisoned for an alleged crime. Each prisoner is asked choose to agree
or refuse to testify against the other. The choices made by the two players present four
different combinations. These
are:

A                          
B

Testifies                 Does not
Testify

Testifies                
Testifies

Does not Testify     
Testifies

Does not Testify      Does
not Testify

for each of the above
combination of option chosen by players they receive payoff in terms of jail terms of varying
duration. These pay offs are fixed so that the combined result for both the players is most
attractive when both choose not to testify against the other. It is least attractive when both
choose to testify each other. When only one person chooses to testify, that player gets rewarded
for it while the other one gets punished.

What year was the first jazz recording? What were the titles of the recorded compositions? What problems were encountered with early recording?Was...

The Original Dixieland Jass Band was
a dixieland band from New Orleans, led by Trumpeter Nick LaRocca. They are credited for
making the first jazz recording in 1917 on the record label Victor.
The first hit single was their rendition of "Livery Stable Blues", however they were
responsible for producing the first recordings of many jazz standards; perhaps the most
famous being "Tiger Rag".

In terms of the quality of the
recording, I would say it is a true representation of what Dixieland (one early style of
jazz) sounded like. Their recordings sold across the country, and soon enough musicians
everywhere were trying to recreate their sound.

I found a
free sample of the recording on Wikipedia, the link is provided below. The sound is very
distinct. This is due to recording technologies of the time; but also a result of
musician training, quality of instruments etc. In short, our ideals of how jazz
instruments should sound and how musicians should be trained have changed dramatically
over the past 100 years. But of course, this is a separate topic all
together!

Give example of irony in the story "The Lost Beautifulness" by Anzia Yezierska.

In the story "The Lost Beautifulness" by Anzia Yezierska,
the greatest irony occurs at the end of the story.

Hanneh
has saved her pennies over the years by doing extra laundry for her employer Mrs.
Preston, who is very wealthy. She uses the money to pay for paint so that she can paint
her kitchen white. Hanneh does this so that when her son returns from the war, he will
have a beautiful place to bring his friends.

Hanneh's
husband complains about the waste of money, but when the kitchen is finished, Hanneh is
amazed and gratified by just how gorgeous the kitchen is. It is as if it has a life of
its own. When she shows it to her friends and neighbors, they, too, are overwhelmed by
the kitchen's beauty. Creating something of beauty has been a life-changing experience
for this poverty-stricken woman. She has accomplished something she would never have
imagined she had the skill to do.

When the landlord sees
what a beautiful job she has done, he raises Hanneh's rent not once, but twice. She is
devastated. She scrimps to pay the first increase, even going without food, however, she
cannot manage to pay the second increase.

The landlord
takes her to court, and the court evicts her because she cannot pay the
rent.

When Hanneh returns home—a broken woman—she shares
her grief with the butcher. He suggests that she should not leave the beauty she has
created so that the landlord can make money off of her hard work. He suggests that she
destroy the kitchen.

In a fit of rage, this is just what
Hanneh does. The irony is that she destroys the kitchen to punish the landlord and rob
him of the beauty of the room, however, the truth is that she really has punished
herself: she has destroyed the beauty she created, and she feels as
if she has also destroyed her own soul.

The beauty of the
kitchen made no difference to the landlord for the sake of the beauty itself. Its value
came in the form of increased rent.  For Hanneh, the beauty was something that changed
her life and the way she saw the world and herself. In demolishing the kitchen, she
harmed herself more than anyone else.

In stave 2, why does Scrooge's girlfriend think Scrooge is obsessed with money?A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens

With the Ghost of Christmas Past in Stave Two, Ebenezer Scrooge
finds himself a young man, sitting beside "a fair young girl in a mourning-dress" who tells him
that he has changed as all his other hopes have

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"merged into the hope of being beyond the chance of its
[money's] sordid reproach. I have seen your nobler aspirations fall off one by one, until the
master-passion, Gain, engrosses
you...."

The young lady tells Scrooge
that when they were poor, he was another man.  Now, he is changed and what once promised
happiness now is fraught with misery as they are two.  She adds that if he were now choosing a
girlfried, he would not choose her, but, instead, would select someone who could bring him
"Gain," and view their separation as an "unprofitable dream."  As she breaks off the engagement,
she adds that she hopes he will be "happy in the life you have chosen."

What is a delirium?

Delirium (acute confusional
state) is a common and severe neuropsychiatric syndrome with core features of acute
onset and fluctuating course, attentional deficits and generalized severe
disorganization of behavior. It typically involves other cognitive deficits, changes in
arousal (hyperactive, hypoactive, or mixed), perceptual deficits, altered sleep-wake
cycle, and psychotic features such as hallucinations and delusions. It is often caused
by a disease process 'outside' the brain, such as common forms of infection (UTI,
pneumonia) or by drug effects, particularly anticholinergic or other CNS depressants
(benzodiazapenes and opioids). It can also be caused by virtually any primary disease of
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system

Why is Mary Warren so afraid to do what John Proctor asks in Act II?Why is she afraid to testify against Abby?

First of all, John Proctor is asking Mary Warren to
testify in the first place in an effort to clear his wife's name in the court. If Mary
says that what the girls have been doing in just "pretense" then Elizabeth would get to
come home.

Abby is the ringleader of the girls. If Mary
goes against the girls and tempts Abigail to be upset in any way, Abby would do what she
has done to everyone else in the story who has crossed her: accuse them of witchcraft.
Mary isn't stupid.

Plus, any normal teenager understands
other teenagers. Mary knows if she doesn't conform to the group, she will be considered
an outcast. This demonstrates the motivation to go to court to counter the girls is not
in Mary's best social interest.

I am attempting to write a literary criticism on James Joyce's "The Dead" based around a particular moment, scene, character, or theme. Any...

One of the defining characteristics about Joyce's work in
Dubliners is that each story features the main protagonist having
an epiphany, or sudden insight or realisation about himself or herself. You might want
to compare and contrast the epiphany in "The Dead" with another story such as "Araby"
for example to explore this element of Joyce's
fiction.

However, consider how this epiphany functions in
"The Dead." We are presented with a central character who seems overly preoccupied with
how others view him. Note how he responds to the rebuff made by Lily as she takes his
coat:

Gabriel coloured as if he felt he had made a mistake
and, without looking at her, kicked off his goloshes and flicked actively with his
muffler at his patent-leather shoes.

Even though no blame
is apportioned directly, he feels self-conscious enough to consider he has done
something wrong. Then, rather than ask for her apology, he then insultingly gives her a
gift of money, excusing it as a present for Christmas. We see this aspect of Gabriel
again and again throughout the tale, a concern about how he looks and what others think
of him and his inability to know how to patch up
mistakes.

However, it is only at the end of the story, when
he has found out about the existence of his "rival," Michael Furey, that he is able to
see himself and his relationships with others, and he experiences an epiphany about who
he is:

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Generous tears filled Gabriel's eyes. He had
never felt like that himself towards any woman but he knew that such a feeling must be
love. The tears gathered more thickly in his eyes and in the partial darkness he
imagined he saw the form of a young man standing under s dripping tree. Other forms were
near. His soul had approached that region where dwell the vast hosts of the
dead.

Gabriel realises that
he has never truly loved, in comparison with Michael Furey, and he realises in addition
that it would have been "Better to pass boldly into that other world, in the full glory
of some passion, than fade and wither dismally with age." His inability to experience
and feel such emotions deeply means that he falls into the latter
category.

What does an evaluation of the foil characters' actions and motives tell us about the human values of the main characters, Nora and Torvald Helmer,...

Krogstad plays
foil to both Torvald and Nora.
Krogstad especially brings out the worst of human nature in
Torvald as his foil. It is particularly Krogstad's
earlier actions mentioned in the play that brings out
Torvald's worst character, such as the fraud Krogstad is accused of committing before
the play begins. Krogstad explains to Nora that he also forged a signature on a loan in
order to try and save his dying wife's life just as Nora did to try and save her
husband. While Krogstad was never taken to court, he lost his reputation in the town. In
the opening act, Krogstad explains that he has slowly been rebuilding his reputation
through his post at the bank, which is why keeping his job at the bank is so important
to him. While Krogstad does blackmail Nora, his motive is
to try and secure his income and his reputation for the sake of his growing sons.
However, Torvald is well aware of Krogstad's past indiscretion and judges him harshly
for it. As Dr. Rank points out, "Helmer's refined nature gives him an unconquerable
disgust at everything that is ugly" (II). It is due to his nature that Torvald finds
Krogstad so repulsive. Torvald thinks that Krogstad avoided taking responsibility and
punishment for his actions by some "cunning trick" (I). Since Torvald is unable to bring
himself to associate with a man he thinks is dishonorable, he fires Krogstad.
Torvald's reaction to Krogstad shows
us just how narrow-minded Torvald can be
about human nature.

Christine plays
foil to Nora. When we first
meet Christine, it appears that Christine is the more noble character due to all she has
suffered to provide for her ill mother and two young brothers. Christine has had to work
extremely hard for the past five years; she has had to work so hard, in fact, that she
now looks "paler ... thinner ... [and] a little older" (I). Nora has had to work as well
to try and pay off her dept. Nora says that she has also suffered because she had to
save housekeeping money to pay off her dept; she especially saved her clothing money,
which she claims was very difficult on her because "it is delightful to be really well
dressed" (I). Regardless, Nora's suffering has been trivial compared with Christine's,
which initially portrays Christine as the more noble
character and her actions as the most self-sacrificial.
However, by the end of the play we begin to see that Christine is far less noble and far
less of a friend to Nora than we thought. After Christine asks Krogstad to allow her to
be his wife, saying that she still has faith in his character, Krogstad decides that he
should not let Torvald read the letter. He understands Nora's motive for committing a
fraud because it was the same motive he had so many years ago; he therefore decides that
he should spare Nora any disgrace. He was even going to wait for Nora and Torvald to
return from their party so that he could request his letter back unread. However,
Christine forbids him to do so. Christine believes that it will be best for Nora if her
secret is disclosed so that both Nora and Torvald can reach a "complete understanding"
(III). It is unlikely that Christine's motive was to break
up the marriage and incite Nora to leave both husband and children; however, Christine's
meddlesomeness has severe consequences. Therefore, Christine's
actions as Nora's foil portrays Nora as the most noble, self-sacrificial,
and genuinely loving character in the play. 

A baseball is thrown at an angle of 24◦ relative to the ground at a speed of 25.1 m/s. The ballis caught 47.7257 m from the thrower.How high is...

The speed of the ball which is thrown with an angle 24
degree  to the horizontal is 25.1 m/s.So the ball has the  initial vertical component of
velocity 25.1sin24 m/s.

The ball goes on loosing its
vertical component of velocity on account of acceleration due to gravity.At the highest
point in its path , the ball has the vertical component of
velocity 0.

Therefore, we apply the equation of motion
v^2 - u^2= 2gh , where v is the final vertical component at
the highest point which is zero,  u is the initial vertical component of velocity which
is 25.1 sin24,  g (= 9.81m/s^2)  is the acceleration due due to gravity, and h is
highest height the ball reaches in its path.

 Substituting
the values v = 0, u = 25.1sin24 , g = -9.82m/s^2, we determine
h.

0^2 - (25.1sin24)^2 =
2*(-9.81)h.

h = (25.1sin24)^2/ (2*9.981)
.

h =  5.3122 meter.

Therefore
the ball reaches the highest point of 5.3122m in its path.

In Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman, what does Willy's father symbolize?

This is in fact incorrect. The man you refer to is Dave
Singleman-a salesman acquaintance of Willy's who he blindly emulates for having so many
sales 'correspondences' which Willy takes to mean friends. Willy has little memory of
his actual father, except the flute song that he hears in lucid moments and Ben's
assurance that he was a travelling salesman who sold flutes. The significance of Willy's
father therefore are threefold:

a) He symbolises Willy's
longing to escape, travel and live a simple life e.g. selling flutes-and his inability
to understand this desire. He considers his father to have been successful despite him
only ever having sold simple instruments.

b) He symbolises
Willy's core self-doubt because he was abandoned as a child. He so needs a father figure
to guide him on the right path and yet can remember nothing but loneliness. Perhaps this
is why he abandons his own sons.

c) He symbolises the great
'secret' of sales which Willy longs for, and is in fact imaginary. He presumes his
father must have had it, and is tortured by its being just out of his reach. In fact, he
just needs to have more work discipline.

What is the limit of function y=(1-cos^3 x)/(x^2) if x approaches to 0 ?

We recognize to numerator a difference of 2 cubes and we'll
apply the identity:

a^3 - b^3 =(a-b)(a^2 + ab +
b^2)

1 - (cos x)^3 = (1 - cos x)[1 + cos x + (cos
x)^2]

We'll re-write th limit:

lim [1 -
(cos x)^3]/x^2 = lim (1 - cos x)[1 + cos x + (cos x)^2]/x^2

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

We'll evaluate the limit of each
factor:

We'll substitute the numerator by the half angle
formula:

1 - cos x = 2 [sin(x/2)]^2

Lim
(1-cosx)/x^2 = Lim {2 [sin(x/2)]^2}/x^2

Lim {2 [sin(x/2)]^2}/x^2 =
Lim [sin(x/2)]^2/(x^2/2)

Lim [sin(x/2)]^2/(x^2/2) =
lim[sin(x/2)/(x/2)]*lim[sin(x/2)/2*(x/2)]

Since the elementary limit
is:

lim [sin f(x)]/f(x) = 1, if f(x) -> 0, we'll
get:

lim (1-cosx)/x^2 = 1/2 (1)

We'll
calculate the limit of the next factor:

lim[1 + cos x + (cos x)^2] =
[1 + cos 0 + (cos 0)^2] = (1 + 1 + 1)=3 (2)

We'll multiply (1) by
(2) and we'll get the limit of the function:

lim [1 - (cos x)^3]/x^2
= 3/2

The limit of the given function, if x approaches
to 0, is: lim [1 - (cos x)^3]/x^2 = 3/2.

Need help with an essential question and thesis which can be used to write a synthesis essay regarding works from three literary movements?Literary...

As you think about writing this essay, before you get to
the essential question and thesis statement, you are going to have to make some
decisions and do some brainstorming.

First, decide from the
provided list, which three movements you want to focus on in your essay.  My best advice
is to choose the three you are the most familiar with, or like the best.  This will make
the essay seem easier.

Once you've decided on the three
movements, you can compose a list of possible essential
questions.  The essential question is going to be the
open-ended question that guides your thesis statement, and
ultimately, your essay.  Considering the assignment is to
synthesize the three movements the first thing I would start with
is to compare and contrast [the three literary movements you
choose].

Then, it is time to brainstorm.  Make a long list
of similarities and differences between the three movements.  This should be lengthy
enough to write a more detailed essential question.  Look for categories or ways to
group the similarities and differences.  Keep in mind, your EQ should remain open-ended,
but should probably be more specific than
"compare/contrast."

Notice that all of these movements can
be related to American Literature.  You might want to examine the impact each made on
American Literature.  You could also look at each movement from an historical
perspective and ask a question like, "What impact did historical context have on [each
of the movements you choose]?"

This essay prompt has been
left wide open for multiple approaches.  It will be very important for you to narrow
down your focus through a specific question that allows you to examine each movement
through the same lens, but show how each is a separate entity.  Your thesis, then, will
be the overall answer to your essential question.  You will go into detail and prove
this in each body paragraph.

What role did women play in Mongol society?Please use these links to answer http://www.mongolia-attractions.com/ancient-mongol-women.html...

Of your two links, the one I've attached below (the
globalist.com one) has better information on this topic.  Basically, according to this
article, Mongol women pretty much ran things in the Mongol "homeland" while the men were
off conquering various other areas.  As the link says

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women managed the affairs at home, while men went
off to herd, hunt or
fight.

According to that
article, this traditional state of affairs gave women a huge amount of power as the
Mongols started to dominate a larger area.  The men would be off for much longer periods
of time and so the women had to do more and more of the ruling of the home Mongol
territory.

In Never Let Me Go, why don't the "donors" in the story just escape? Why don't they just refuse to sacrifice themselves by giving away their organs?

This is a great question! The truth is that we are never
given any indication at all of why the donors do not wish to escape or flee from their
fate. We are never told of any of them that try to do this - they all seem to except
their fate without even questioning it, as the central protagonist does by the end of
the story. I guess we are left to infer that this is their role in life that they have
been made for and prepared for and it has become such a part of their consciousness and
being that they can't comprehend defying their "purpose" or the reason for their
existence. Maybe the genetic engineers created them to be specifically subservient to
their fate and to not have the capacity to rebel.

Either
way, this is a really interesting question and gives us lots to think about. You might
want to post this as a discussion to get more responses.

What is the setting of "The Found Boat?"

The setting in this story is in and around a small town
where the edge of town has flooded. The flooded area is an attraction for the area
youth. Uncertain of the age of the protagonists, I assume they are around 13, just
bocoming aware and curios of their differences. The boat found and reconstructed I think
represents thier excape vessel from childhood in an effort to enter
adulthood. 

I really did not get much out of this peice. Although well
written, and very descriptive, I found the plot to be monotonous. I would have enjoyed a
little mystery, as I could forsee the ending with in the first
page.

In Macbeth, what arguments does Macbeth raise for not killing Duncan in Act I scene vii?

I take it you are referring to the soliloquy that Macbeth
gives in Act I scene 7. This is a very important speech that Macbeth gives because in it
he reveals something of his doubt and inner anguish about the act as he begins to have
second thoughts. Initially, Macbeth starts off by talking about the best way to do it,
saying that if it were done quickly, it might limit the possibilities for reprisals.
Macbeth says that, for the glory that he could gain, he would "jump the life to come,"
as in risk the judgement that he might receive by committing the crime of
regicide.

However, Macbeth still fears vengeance. He says
that by killing Duncan he would teach "Bloody instructions" that "return / To plage
th'inventor." Killing Duncan might find Macbeth himself killed out of revenge, which is
of course precisely what happens. Then Macbeth goes on to talk about reasons why he
shouldn't kill Duncan. Firstly he is Duncan's subject and secondly his host - Macbeth
would break trust in a massive fashion were he to kill Duncan. He also says that Duncan
has been such a pious and "meek" king that to kill him would surely bring eternal
damnation. Lastly, he uses an unforgettable metaphor to describe his
ambition:

I
have no spur

To prick the sides of my intent, but
only

Vaulting ambition, which o'erleaps
itself

And falls on th'other
-

He says the only quality he
can use to convince himself to kill Duncan is his ambition, which can be likened to
someone who is to eager to ride and therefore jumps so hard and so high when mounting
the horse they fall completely on the other side.

Thus
Macbeth is concerned about a whole series of possible outcomes to committing murder,
fearing both judgement in this world and in the world to come. Crucially, however, Lady
Macbeth manages to persuade him in the rest of this scene in what must be one of the
best examples of manipulation in literature.

How did George W. Bush win the 2000 Presidential Election?

George W. Bush won the election by securing a majority of
votes in the electoral college, pure and simple. The election became complicated because
of the closeness of the popular vote in Florida. Florida at the time carried twenty five
electoral votes, and either Bush or Albert Gore would win the election if he carried
Florida. A number of Florida ballots were disputed and recounted several times. The
Florida Secretary of State issued a ruling which certified Bush as the winner of the
election in Florida. This decision was challenged in court by Gore, as the Secretary of
State was a Republican and there was some argument that her decision was made on
political considerations. The Florida Supreme Court reversed the Secretary of State's
decision; however the case was appealed directly to the United States Supreme Court. The
case was Bush vs. Gore. The Supreme Court in a 5-4 decision reversed the decision of the
Florida court, and thereby awarded the election to Bush. Interestingly, the five
justices who voted in Bush's favor were Republican and those who voted in Gore's favor
were Democrats.

Many people cried foul and claimed Bush
"stole" the election. Similar charges were leveled against Rutherford B. Hayes in the
disputed election of 1877; in fact Hayes was often called "old Rutherfraud," and "his
fraudulency." It is quite probable that if Gore had won the election, he too would have
been accused of stealing it. Under any circumstances, Bush won re-election in 2004 on
his own and that election was never challenged.

I need to end my essay. I already mentioned what causes it, what it is, and how it is cured but I still need...

Your question calls for an "end" to your essay, but then
suggests that you need "more."  Be careful.  A conclusion is different from another body
paragraph.  If you need to introduce a completely new sub-topic, you are simply adding
additional information and will also need a separate conclusion.  From the sound of the
points you have covered, your essay seems to be thorough.  If it is for lack of enough
words/pages to meet a requirement, at this point, you have a couple of
options.

The first option is to go back and look for places
to include additional examples and elaboration to the body paragraphs you have already
written.  Another idea is to add another subtopic that is different from those you
have.  You talk about "cures" but what about complications?  What is life like for those
who live with this disease?  Is there anyone famous who has suffered from this disease
that you could talk about as a special interest
section?

When you are ready to fully
end your essay, you will sum up the  main points you have made (essentially
restating your thesis in a slightly different way) and leave the audience with something
to think about.  See the link below for some general advice about
conclusions.

In Romeo and Juliet the lovers are referred to as "star-crossed lovers". Discuss the concept of predetermined/fate destiny in the play.

This is a massive area of debate, as Shakespeare presents Romeo
and Juliet as being "starr cross'd" from the very introduction of the play. Fate and destiny is
something that obstructs their happiness, seemingly at every turn, and reference is made to it by
Romeo and Juliet at various stages of their travails. Note, for example, Romeo's defiance when he
hears news of Juliet's supposed death: "I defy you stars!" Likewise, note Juliet's speech to
"Fortune" in Act III scene 5. It seems improbably that fate, destiny or fortune (call it what you
will) would plot to prevent these lovers having a happy ending, especially as so much good could
come from it, as Friar Lawrence is well aware. However, again and again, in the seemingly
accidental loss or mis-delivery of the letter to Romeo in his exile for example, and the way that
the lovers just miss meeting each other, fate seems to rule and to have pre-determined the tragic
end to this most romantic of stories.

Find the equation of the line that passes through the points (0,2) and (2,-3)

To find the equation of the line that passes through (0,2)
and (2,-3).

We know that the equation the  line that passes
through (x1,y1) and (x2, y2) is given by:

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

We substitute (x1,y1) = (0,2) and
(x2,y2) = (2,-3) in the formula , and we get:

y-2 =
{(-3-2)/(2-0)} (x-0)

y-2 =
(-5/2)x

2(y-2) = -5x.

2y-4 =
-5x

5x+2y-4 = 0

Therefore
5x+2y -4 is the line that passes through (0,2) and (2, -3).

Are women's roles in The Doll House portrayed as "sacrificial"?

Indeed, in A Doll's House women are
usually portrayed in a sacrificial role. First, Nora sacrificed herself to save BOTH her
father and her husband. Ms. Linde sacrificed herself for her husband and children, and
it seems to go on and on.

While Nora played her "lark" and 
"squirrel" roles in the household and explained to Mrs. Linde her actual role in the
recovery of her father and, eventually, her husband in Italy, she was not even
understood by Ms. Linde. Even as a woman, Mrs, Linde could not conceptualize Nora's
sacrifice.

The idea behind this is that, according to
Ibsen, women have expected societal roles. Linde would be a sacrificial lamb, and so
will be Nora.

In conclusion: Women in the play ARE
second-class citizens who would not never get the benefit of the doubt even when their
sacrifices are worth people's admiration.

Other than Macbeth and Lady Macbeth, which character in Macbeth shows that people during this time could differentiate between good and evil?I...

In Macbeth, Banquo's character shows
the difference between good and evil.  In the first act, the witches foresee that
although Banquo will be "lesser" than Macbeth, he will also be "greater" and give birth
to a line of kings.  Later in the play, Banquo reflects upon the witches' prediction and
notes that all has come true for Macbeth.  Banquo wonders if and when the prediction
will also come true for him, but he is happy to just wait and see what will happen. 
Banquo fears that Macbeth has "played most foully" for his new titles, and Banquo
resolves that he will not stoop to such a low level to make his desires a reality.  So,
Banquo shows that he understands the difference between good and evil and more
importantly that he will not be tempted by the evil around him.

Describe how a bill becomes law.

This is a complicated question that perhaps can best be
answered by viewing a flowchart of the process. See the link below for a good one. This
chart refers to how bills become laws at the federal level. The state governments have
their own processes, usually modeled after the federal process with various differences
(i.e. states have their own laws about how to initiate the bill
process).

Assuming your question applies to the federal
level, however, bills can originate in the House or the Senate. They can be proposed by
members of Congress, the Executive Branch, or many other ways. They go to committees,
the committees hold hearings, the legislators listen to the views of lobbyists who try
to convince them to vote in a certain way on the bills, there are endless debates, bills
are often send back to committee, there are votes which require certain majorities
depending on the nature of the bill. When all of the differences are worked out, in the
U.S. system of checks and balances, the bill goes to the president and he can either
sign it or veto it. If he vetoes it, it can still become a law because a majority vote
in either the Senate or House can override a presidential veto. This does not happen
very often.

There is also something called "the pocket
veto".  When Congress is adjourned, the president can reject a bill by simply refusing
to sign it (it is as if he "put the bill in his pocket and forgot about it", hence the
term ). Unlike a regular veto, Congress has neither the opportunity or constitutional
authority to override a pocket veto.

Also, a bill can
become a law without the president's signature. When Congress is not adjourned, and the
president fails to either sign or veto a bill sent to him by the end of the 10-day
period, it becomes law without his signature.

Enacting laws
is a complicated process, and there are differing views as to whether it should be
simplified or not. On the one hand, the process can get cumbersome, but on the other, we
can overregulate ourselves if we make it too easy to pass bills.
Many believe we have already overregulated ourselves in the United States, with way too
many laws and too many lawyers and judges required to interpret the
laws.

There have been a lot of efforts to refine the
process, but most of these efforts have not been successful at the federal level. State
laws is another issue, however.

What forces (people, places, ideas) play a role in shaping Siddhartha's journey?

As the song goes, "Three is a Magic Number" in religion,
literature, and philosophy--and for good
reason.

Siddhartha can be divided into
three parts:

In part 1 (chapters 1-4), Siddhartha could
have gone to school, been a student and pampered member of
the upper class, but he rejects intellectualism alone as
the way of finding wisdom.  He also abandons his family, choosing instead his shadow
Govinda as partner in his religious
journey.

In part 2 (chapters 5-8), Siddhartha could have
been a wealthy merchant: he owned a house and possessions.
 Also, he has a lover, Kamala, who complements him even
better than Govinda.  Yet, he rejects the world of the
senses by leaving her
bed.

In part 3 (chapters
9-12), Siddhartha learns to listen to nature (the river)
and thereby achieve nirvana.  Siddhartha emulates the old
river ferryman Vesuveda here.  The old man is a mentor and
spiritual guru, yet he holds no spiritual title and has no followers.  The
river is a symbol of renewal, peace, and the spiritual
journey.  It's flowing water is symbolic of the inner peace that flows within the
spiritual man.

So, to review, here are the places, ideas,
and people of import:

1.  School -          
 Intellectualism -     Govinda

2.  Home / bed -    Senses
(Pleasure) - Kamala

3.  Nature / river - Nirvana -        
       Vesuveda

Romeo and Juliet are referred to as "star-crossed lovers." Discuss the concept of predetermined fate and destiny and how it relates to the play.

Seeing as you've taken your inspiration from the prologue of the
play, you've gotten a key factor in your argument already. The play starts by informing the
audience what will happen. The "star-crossed lovers take their life." As such, Romeo and Juliet's
fates are determined both figuratively and literally. It's a wonder that the audiences even
bothered to stay for the show!

That being said, one other element
that you might look at is the fact that Romeo and Juliet's relationships are pre-determined by
the feud between their families and parents. They only find out about each other through chance
and once they do, their relationship is very dangerous. Considering the fact that their families
don't even know about their relationship, it's pretty significant what happens to
them.

Symbolically, we can turn to both Romeo's and Juliet's
desperate measures to maintain their love for each other. Romeo is banished, which comes about
through chance, but also through the feud between the Capulets and the Montagues. Juliet is
supposed to marry Paris, which is illustrative of her "locked fate," but she takes action to
prevent that. She was about to commit suicide when Friar Lawrence offers her a potion that will
make it look as though she has died.

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O, bid me leap, rather than marry
Paris,

From off the battlements of any
tower,

Or walk in thievish ways, or bid me
lurk

Where serpents are. Chain me with roaring
bears,

Or hide me nightly in a charnel
house,

O'ercovered quite with dead men's rattling
bones,

With reeky shanks and yellow
skulls.

Or bid me go into a new-made
grave

And hide me with a dead man in his
shroud

And I will do it without fear or
doubt,

To live an unstained wife to my sweet
love.

Here, Juliet is very much
committed to solving the problem with the potion. However, her language and circumstance
illustrate and foreshadow that this will not go as planned. She's locked into the fate of death,
both by the prologue and by her naive and rash committment to the actions she will
take.

In The Scarlet Letter, why is Hester's natural beauty diminished, and what could bring it back?Chapter 13

There is a paragraph in chapter 13 that starts with the
words:

"The
effect of the symbol..."

that
clearly delves into an answer for your question. Put simply, the mark of shame that she
bore, the scarlet letter, robbed her of her beauty. The paragraph goes on to express
that this is the case with all women who encounter something similarly so severe.
Hawthorne expresses a truth about women: often events happen to cause them to lose their
tenderness. This was Hester's moment of loss. Losing this tenderness can render a woman
dead, or it can be beaten out of her. To bring back this representation of what it means
to be a woman Hathorne wrote:

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She who had once been woman, and ceased to be so,
might at any moment become a woman again, if there were only the magic touch
to effect the
transfiguration.

Hester
required a special touch of tenderness to be able to return to that beauty in a woman
that defines her. This touch might be the touch of a man, a certain
man.

Please give an example of apostrophe from Act II of Julius Caesar.

In literary terms, apostrophe is when a person (on stage,
in the case of a play) addresses a person or other entity (like a god or a city) that is
not physically present on the stage.

There are a number of
places in Act II of Julius Caesar where apostrophe is used.  For
example, in Scene 1 of this act, Brutus is talking about why he thinks Caesar is bad for
Rome.  He addresses Rome as if it were a living entity there on stage with him.  He
says

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at the hand of
Brutus!

In the
part that I have put in bold, Brutus addresses Rome and makes a promise to it.  This is
a case of apostrophe.

Verify if exponential equation has any roots. 4^x=20-4^(3-x)

We'll re-write the term 4^(3-x) recalling the quotient property
of exponentials:

4^(3-x) =
4^3/4^x

We'll re-write the
equation:

4^3/4^x + 4^x - 20 = 0

We'll
multiply by 4^x both sides:

4^3 + 4^2x - 20*4^x =
0

We'll substitute 4^x = t:

t^2 - 20t +
64 = 0

We'll apply quadratic rule:

t1 =
[20+sqrt(400 - 256)]/2

t1 =
(20+sqrt144)/2

t1 = (20+12)/2

t1 =
16

t2 = (20-12)/2

t2 =
4

But t1 = 4^x => 16 =
4^x

We'll put 16 =
4^2

4^x = 4^2

Since the bases are
matching, we'll apply one to one property:

x =
2

t2 = 4 => 4^x = 4 => x =
1

The equation has 2 real solutions and they are: {1 ;
2}.

For what reasons does Jem cry once he learns the verdict?

In Chapter 22 of Harper Lee's To Kill a
Mockingbird, Jem's face grows "streaked with angry tears" as he declares, "It ain't
right, Atticus." Prior to that moment, Jem grasps the balcony rail so hard his hands were white
and "his shoulders jerked" with each guilty verdict from the jury that Judge Taylor read. The
reason for Jem's reaction is he saw, just as Atticus saw, that the
evidence of the case clearly indicated Tom Robinson's
innocence, not guilt.

Jem begins to demonstrate how much he
understands the evidence is pointing to Ewell's own
guilt the moment Sheriff Tate testifies that Mayella had been bruised on the right
side of her face and had bruises circling her entire neck from a strangle hold. The right side of
her face could only have been bruised by a left-handed man facing her, and a man would need to be
able to use both of his hands to bruise her entire neck. Atticus and Robinson understand the
significance of Sheriff Tate's testimony, as evidenced by the fact that they exchange words. Jem
is apparently observant and old enough to also register the significance, as shown in the fact
that Tate's testimony makes Jem extremely happy.

Jem also demonstrates he understands the evidence points to Ewell's guilt
during Ewell's own testimony. Atticus cleverly asks Ewell to write
his name before the court to prove that Ewell is ambidextrous. Jem demonstrates his understanding
of the importance of this evidence when he pounds the rail in excitement and whispers, "We've got
him"; in saying "him," Jem means Ewell (Ch. 17).

The most telling moment in the
trial is when, during Mayella's testimony, Atticus has Robinson stand before the
court to reveal his shriveled left arm and hand, and Jem exclaims, "Scout, look!
Reverend, he's crippled!" (Ch. 18). Jem can very easily deduce that if Robinson's left arm is
crippled, he could not possibly have hit Mayella in the right side of her face nor strangled her
with both hands. Ewell was the only one present at the scene of the alleged crime that has
demonstrated the ability to use his left hand.

Since Jem sees clearly just how
much the evidence proves Robinson's innocence and points to Ewell's guilt, Jem is shocked beyond
belief to hear the verdict of the jury. Hence, Jem cries because he
knows an innocent man has just been convicted based on
racism, which is exactly what Jem means when he says, "It ain't right, Atticus"
(Ch. 22).

In The Taming of the Shrew, explain why the situation related to the quote below is ironic."Sir, my mistress sends you word That she is busy amd...

This is part of the famous finale of this excellent and
extremely funny play, when each of the male characters decide to perform a test to see which of
their wives is the most obedient and respectful. Now, just think about the two sisters, Bianca
and Katharina. Based on their actions throughout the entire play and the way that they have
responded to the male characters, who do you think is going to show the most respect and
obedience to their husband? Your answer reveals the massive irony of this ending - we do
definitely not expect Katharina to be the one who comes, we would think that Bianca, who after
all has shown herself to be mild-mannered and subservient throughout the play, and yet the quote
you have highlighted shows that she does not come. Therein lies the massive irony of these events
- the gap between appearance and reality. It appears that Petruchio has been successful in
"taming" his "shrew" to such an extent that she is more obedient to her husband than her
sister.

Why do you think Miller would include such a conversation? it's in Act 2 of The Crucible.

Actually, Miller removed the scene (Act II Scene II); it
is usually found in the appendix.  I think he removed it because Abigail appears a bit
too human and possibly less evil.  She appears to have lost her mind instead of being an
object of pure evil.  It does not add anything to the play.  We already know that John
Proctor will confess his affair in order to save his wife; we know that Abigail will do
anything to try to have John Proctor; and, we know that Proctor does not intend to
return to her or to allow his wife to be her victim any more.  The only thing offered is
a little sympathy for crazy Abigail, and that does not work with the rest of the play. 
The scene does not serve any purpose, and Arthur Miller realized this,
himself.

Explain why the comparison of his love in "To a Red, Red Rose" is appropriate in "To A Mouse?"

The only comparison I can see is that in "A Red, Red Rose"
speaks of the newness of life in the season of early summer. It is a time of promise,
and the tone of the poem is filled with promise. He says that he will love her for all
time. He is leaving her, but promises to return, even if he has to travel a thousand
miles to do so.

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And fare thee weel, my only
Luve,
And fare thee weel awhile!
And I will come again, my
Luve,
Tho' it ware ten thousand
mile.

In comparison,
"To A Mouse" has a very different tone: the opposite, in fact. He is sympathetic to the
mouse's future that seems to hold little promise for survival, and notes that he feels
much the same way. He feels responsible for what he has done, and as he continues to
speak about his own difficulties, perhaps he is inferring that he has caused his own
heartaches as well.

That wee-bit heap
o' leaves an' stibble, 
Has cost thee monie a weary nibble! 
Now
thou's turn'd out, for a' thy trouble, 
But house or hald. 
To thole
the Winter's sleety dribble, 
An' cranreuch
cauld!

In that the mouse thought she
was ready for the harsh conditions of the cold months and had worked to provide for
herself, perhaps he, too, has done the same, but misfortune has fallen on him as it has
on her: he says they both face hard times and struggles, and that they can neither of
them be assured that there will be any reward at the end of these
struggles.

He believes that while her problems may only be
momentary, when he looks back at his life and believes the problems will reach far into
his future.

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Still, thou art blest, compar'd wi'
me! 
The present only toucheth thee: 
But Och! I backward cast my
e'e, 
On prospects drear! 
An' forward, tho' I canna
see, 
I guess an'
fear!

This contradicts the
sense in "To a Red, Red Rose," that his love will last far into the
future.

Solve the inequation 8> x^2 – 4 > 4?

4 < x^2 - 4 <
8

Add 4 to both
sides.

==> 8 < x^2 <
12

Now let us separate and solve each
side.

==> 8 < x^2    and  x^2 <
12

Let us solve 8 <
x^2

Take the square root of both
sides.

==> sqrt8 < x and  sqrt8 <
-x

==> 2sqrt2 < x   and 
-2sqrt2 > x

==>
x = ( 2sqrt2,inf) U ( -inf, -2sqrt2)

Now the
other side.

==> x^2 <
12

==> x < sqrt12   OR    -x
< sqrt12

==> x < 2sqrt3   OR    x
> -2sqrt3

==> x = ( 2sqrt3,
inf) U ( -inf, -2sqrt3) 

What is the mood of "Lamb to the Slaughter"?

Allow me to digress slightly and refer to a central aspect
of this story, which is intimately related to your question. This excellent short story
is usually used by teachers to demonstrate irony. Of course, as you know, there are
three types of irony - verbal, situational and dramatic. The answer to your question is
related to the dramatic irony, which is defined as  when the reader and some of the
characters involved in a play or text know something important that some or all of the
characters do not know. What is darkly comic about the ending is the dramatic irony that
we as readers are privileged to know. Mary Maloney has just killed her husband, then has
calculatedly managed to give herself an alibi and then get rid of the murder weapon. Of
course, the policemen unwittingly help Mary get away with
it:

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"Personally, I think [the murder weapon] is
right here on the premises."

"Probably right under our very
noses. What you think, Jack?"

And in the other room, Mary
Maloney began to giggle.

The
murder weapon was indeed "right under their very noses", but they were just enjoying the
meal. Given the emphasis that is placed on finding the murder weapon, ("It's the old
story. Get the weapon and you've got the man"), the fact that Mary manages to trick the
policemen into eating it, thereby ensuring herself her "innocence", ends this brilliant
tale and confirms the mood as being blackly humorous.

Definition of scanning and skimming according to reading skill.

There are different types of skills used when approaching
reading material.  When people wish to find only important ideas and not all the
details, they often skim a text.  This involves different
strategies; for example, when a person skims a newspaper article, he/she reads the
headline, the opening lead line, the first paragraph which contains an overview of
information.  However, the reader probably merely skims the remaining paragraphs of the
article, reading the beginning sentences and glancing at nouns in the paragraph. 
Skimming is used when a person is not interested so much in total comprehension, but is
instead trying to locate essential points and major details.  Skimming is used to find
the main ideas of a
text.

Scanning is a technique
used when a person tries to find a specific item such as a telephone number, a date, a
time, etc.  For instance, people often scan flight and train schedules,  or they scan a
page in a telephone book.  Scanning involves very rapid movement of a person's eyes up
and down a page.    When scanning people often focus on the author's use of organizers
such as bold print, lettering, numbering, colors, signal words such as first,
second, and so on. After locating the area on the page that the person
desires, he/she may then skim for more information.

Why ethene is used in the production of polythene?

Ethene is an organic molecule containing two carbon atoms
linked with a double bond, with two hydrogen atoms bonded to each of the carbon atoms.  
the double bond means that there are a total of 4 electrons shared between the  two
carbon atoms.

Ethene is also what is known as a monomer.
This is like a single link in a chain.  In a polymerization reaction, one of the bonds
between the two carbons opens up and joins with another, separate ethene molecule. 
These  reactions happen very rapidly and ultimately you can have hundreds, thousands, or
even millions of ethene molecules joined together, just like a long chain necklace which
contains many individual links.

When ethene becomes a long
chain polymer its name changes from ethene to polythene.  Poly meaning many, and the
thene from the name of the ethene monomer which started the
chain.

Essentially all polymers are named by combining the
word poly with part or all of the name of the monomer.

Explain the impact of the Vietnam War on the soldiers who fought in it.

There seems to be two elements within this question. The first
is the overall impact of how the fighting in the Vietnam War impacted the average U.S. Soldier. I
think that the conditions in Vietnam were different than anything else than the typical soldier
had ever experienced. From the intense heat and humidity, to the swarms of mosquitoes, to the
elephant grass, the natural conditions of Vietnam were elements that American soldiers had never
faced before. Additionally, the manner in which the conflict between the Viet Cong and the
American soldier was also different. The unconventional hit and run techniques of the conflict
was an element that played into the strength of the Viet Cong because American soldiers could not
rely on their superpower attributes such as weapons and larger scale military formations for
assistance. Instead, the small band of hit and run potshots were effective in taking their toll
on the U.S. Soldier. Additionally, the knowledge of terrain made pursuit of the Viet Cong near
impossible to facilitate. In terms of the overall impact that the Vietnam War had on the U.S.
Soldier, I think that one could make the argument that a lack of credibility or faith in the
United States military emerged. Many soldiers felt angry that the individuals in the position of
military and political power would place soldiers in harm's way without much in way of
recollection. Adding to this was the fact that the political establishment of the nation failed
to effectively convey the war's goals and purpose to the American people. When the mission became
complex and answers could not be given, the perception was that the soldiers "lost" the war, the
first perceived "loss." While this was far from the truth, it was a perception that stuck with
many of the soldiers, causing even more stress and personal pain from an experience that was
filled with it.

There are 24 children on a school outing. At lunch-time 11 of them ate sandwich, 9 ate banana, n of them ate neither a sandwich nor banana. By...

Out of the 24 students on the school outing
:

11 ate sandwich, so 24 - 11 = 13 did not eat a
sandwich.

9 ate a banana, so 24 - 9 = 15 did not eat eat a
banana.

Now the n of them ate neither a sandwich nor a
banana.

If the set of those ate a banana lies within those
who ate sandwich, those who ate neither is 24 - 11 = 13.

If
there are no common elements in the set who ate sandwich and those who ate banana the
number who ate neither is 24 - 11- 9 =
4.

Therefore the smallest possible value of n
is 4 and the largest value of n is 13.

In A Separate Peace by John Knowles, what ties Gene and Finny together as friends? Why are they such good friends?

Psychologists have analyzed what draws us to other people, and
have come up with several broad categories that determine our friendships with other people. A
couple of those that apply to Gene and Finny's friendship are complementarity, utility value, and
ego-support value.

Complementarity refers to the fact that we like
to be friends with people that are different than us, but that work well with our personalities.
I like to think of it as peanut-butter and jelly--totally different toppings, but together, they
work really well. Gene is quiet, studious, serious and calm, whereas Finny is spontaneous, funny,
charismatic and excitable. But together, they balance each other out. Finny helps Gene to get out
of his shell, have fun and make friends, and Gene helps Finny to stay grounded and realistic.
It's a good match.

Utility value refers to the fact that we often
make friends with people who are useful to us for some reason. This also applies to Gene and
Finny. Gene helps Finny to study and pass his classes, and Finny helps Gene to get out and relax
every once in a while. They are useful to one another.

Ego-support
value refers to how we like friends that boost our egos and give us a lot of support. Finny makes
Gene feel good through complimenting his smarts, and bringing out the best in him, and Gene makes
Finny feel good through being there for him in his games and
antics.

For these three reasons, and many more, Gene and Finny make
a friendship that really works; they complement each other, help each other, and support each
other. I hope that those thoughts helped; good luck!

In Of Mice and Men, how does John Steinbeck develop the characterizations of George and Lennie?

I think that Steinbeck uses dialogue as a way to flesh out
the characters of Lennie and George.  Right off the bat in the first chapter of the
novel, the reader gets a perfect feel of Lennie's vulnerability, his loves, and his
embrace of a world that is definitely not the world in front of both Lennie and George. 
Additionally, it is evident that George bears responsibility for Lennie.  Dialogue is
critical in bringing this out into full bloom.  This is also seen in the third chapter
of the book when George talks with Slim.  Their discussion takes on a "confessional"
tone, something that Steinbeck himself invokes in describing how George explains their
relationship and how he looks out for Lennie.  The conversation reveals how George feels
responsible for Lennie and how the loyalty both men share to one another is unique for
the ranching world.  Slim brings this out in his measured comments, as well. Dialogue
that triggers flashbacks with commentary is also a part of this process and part of
Steinbeck's style:

The focus on time,
too, is limited to the present: there are no flashbacks to events in the past, and the
reader only learns about what has happened to Lennie and George before the novel's
beginning through dialogue between the
characters.

Steinbeck's use of dialogue
is what enables the reader to grasp the characterization being advanced throughout the
course of the novel.

I have been asked to address the importance of groups as they relate to the study of sociology.

Sociology is the study of human development within a
society. To that end, it is important to understand that groups contribute many of the
ideas that sociologists analyze. For example, a society is made up of various cultures
within a defined populous. Culture is pervasive and widespread throughout all of
sociology. But on its most basic level, culture is defined by groups of people creating
living norms and standards that are acceptable by the group as representative of their
status quo. 

More plainly stated, sociologists do not study
individual behaviors inside of a vacuum. Instead, sociologists study human interactions,
processes and cultural parameters to understand the society as a whole. They can then
formulate ideas about the human condition based on how groups feed off of each other,and
everyone outside of their group. So, without groups, there would be no fundamental
understanding of a society at all, because there would be no understanding of what is
considered acceptable, unacceptable, successful, outlier, or other. Groups also help
individuals to form an identity. Again, the group creates an understanding of the world
from which to base development. 

What is the summary of ODE 3 in Antigone?

It is the job of the Greek Chorus to both participate in
the events of the play and comment on these events.  In Antigone,
the Chorus is of Theban Elders, which suggests that they are the ones who hold the
tradition and memories of the past events that affect the story of the
play.

This play continues a story that began in
Oedipus Rex.  Oedipus, Antigone's father, tried to defy the oracle
of the gods and escape his fate.  It was ordained that he would kill his father and
marry his mother.  In trying to outwit this prediction, he actually ran right into the
events that sealed his fate.  The lesson of the story of Oedipus was that no human can
outrun or outwit the will of the gods.

The story of Oedipus
is important here, since this is what, in summary, the Chorus is reiterating in Ode 3,
which begins at line 596.  The Elders are warning the audience that they must not forget
the lessons of the past.  That, if their personal family history is free of being
"shaken by the gods," they are blessed and will not have to continue to pay the price
through generations, as Antigone must pay the price for Oedipus'
sin.

They end with a
warning:

For
indeed wide-ranging hope
is a blessing to many men,(625)
but to
many also a trick of light-minded desires.
It comes to one who knows nothing

until he burns his foot
walking in hot fire.
Hence the
old saying still shows its wisdom:(630)
Sometimes the bad seems good

to one whose wits
God leads to madness.
He will last a
short time without ruin.

By
suggesting that "[s]ometimes the bad seems good," the Chorus is cautioning the audience
from following in Antigone's footsteps and ignoring the lessons of the
past.

Can you please identify a difference and similarity between the Igbo gods and the missionaries' God in Things Fall Apart"?

One of the main themes in Things Fall
Apart, is that of the conflict between western culture and Igbo culture. One of the
ways this is manifested in the text is with religion. Missionaries come with the Christian
message of one God, and one way to Heaven, through faith, not works. This was an immediate
contradiction to the Igbo religion. They participated in ancestral worship and sacrifices, used
protective amulets to protect against the evil spirits and were very into the iconic and visual
when it came to their belief system.

Much of the Igbo religion was
about following tradition and custom, which many of the younger generation wanted to rebel
against. The Christian missionaries often converted the young and the mothers, who would do
anything to protect their children from the evil spirits. Unfortunately, this division within the
tribe caused much violence and strife.

Find the extreme values of f(x) = 3+3x - 3x^2

f(x) = 3+3x-3x^2. To determine maximum or minimum of
f(x).

We rewitte the given function as below in order that
the right side becomes like 

f(x) =  3  - 3
(x^2-x))

f(x) = 3 - 3{x^2 - 2* (1/2)x +(1/2)^2 } +
3(1/2)^2, where we subtracted  (1/2)^2  and added (1/2)^2  without altering the value of
the right side.

f(x) = 3+3(1/2)^2  -3
(x-1/2)^2

f(x) = (15/4) - 3(x-1/2)^2. Here the right side
3(x-1/2)^2  is a perfect square and becomes 0 at minimum when x= 1/2. and  3(x-1/2)^2 
> 0 . for all x positive or negative.

Therefore f(x)
=  15/4 - a positive quantity.

Therefore f(x) < 15/4
for all x.

Therefore f(x) < 15/4 is the maximum when
x = 1/2.

Alternative method
:

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

By
calculus we know that when f'(c) = 0  , f(x) either maximum or minimum. Further if f " (
c) <  0 , then f(C) is maximum and if f'(c) > 0
.

So f'(x) = 0 gives: (3+3x-3x^2)' = 0. 3-6x = 0. So  x = c
= 3/6 = 1/2.

f"(x) = (3-6x)' = -6 for all x. So f"(1/2) =
-6 which is < 0.

Therefore , f(1/2) =
3+3(1/2)-3(1/2)^2 = 15/4.

How is Marshall McLuhan's idea of "medium is the message" related to the Postmodernism?

I had to pare down the question because I think that both
Spiegelman's work and McLuhan's work represents postmodern thought in separate ways. At the same
time, this is not going to be easy because McLuhan's ideas are both complex and intricate.
McLuhan's phrase of "The medium is the message" means that how art or media is conveyed is as
important, if not more important, than the content itself. Message and messenger are not
opposites, but rather one in the same:

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McLuhan proposes that a
medium itself, not the content it carries, should be the focus of
study. He said that a medium affects the society in which it plays a role not only by the content
delivered over the medium, but also by the characteristics of the medium
itself.

This is postmodern for a
variety of reasons. On one hand, McLuhan's idea about medium and message represent the essence of
deconstruction because it seeks to go beyond the traditional binary opposition of "medium" and
"message." In McLuhan's idea, medium is the message. How a society understands the message is
almost as telling as the message, itself. For example, Spiegelman's work,
Maus, says more that it is a comic strip about the Holocaust than its
content about the time period. The fact that more children have read Maus
than Night by Elie Wiesel might speak volumes. McLuhan's idea is
also postmodern because it forces the lens of analysis on personal identity and social reality,
examining how both are dependent and independent of one another. This is postmodern because it
seeks to locate understanding in both realms, and not one or the other. The fact that McLuhan's
study is in media is also postmodern in that the movement was concerned with different ways to
connect human experience to literature and to analyze different modes of being in the
world.

How are Curley and Slim alienated from the others?Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck Please include citations when possible

With the theme of Alienation central to John Steinbeck's
novella set in the Great Depression, Curley and Slim are among the men who experience a
certain aloneness.  As the son of the boss, Curley is automatically isolated from the
ranch hands who feel that they cannot associate with management, and while Slim is the
mule skinner and in a position of some authority, he, too, is somewhat set
apart. 

Judging from what old Candy tells George and Lennie
in Chapter One that the boss has been looking for them since the previous day,he has
little problem maintaining his social order.  However, Curley seems to suffer from a
couple of psychological problems.  Like his father, he wears heeled boots, but evidently
the similarity ends there.  His small stature has given him the stereotypical short man
complex, and he feels that he must assert himself at every
turn:

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Well...tell you what.  Curley's like a lot of
little guys.  He hates big guys.  he's alla time picking scraps with big guys.  Kind of
like he's mad at 'em ecause he ain't a big
guy....

Added to his problems
is the fact that he has an attractive wife, the only one around, and, as Candy notes,
"she got the eye."

A superior worker who possesses great
skill and craftmanship, Slim is kind and perceptive.  With his "God-like eyes" and his
ear that

heard
more than is said to him, and his slow speech had overtones, not of thought, but of
understanding beyond
thought. 

With such sterling
qualities, Slim is clearly set apart from the other ranchhands, who, in their pettiness
experience some envy and fear of him.

What are the emotional dynamics between Allen and Sister Irene in the short story, "In the Region of Ice?"

Oates depiction of the emotional entanglements between Sister
Irene and Allen form the basis of the short story. It is not an accident that the "ice" in the
title refers to emotional domain of Sister Irene. She barricades herself in an emotional ice
palace. Oates points out that this is a part of the world in which she chooses to live. The
academic world of intellectualism, the traditional teacher vs. student paradigm, and the world of
the sisterhood all create realms that allow Irene to keep emotions frozen. These domains permit
Irene to live in a carefully designed and calibrated world in which the messiness of emotions are
not present. Oates presents emotions as something that destabilizes Sister Irene, and rather than
confront them and seek to better understand her place within such realities, Sister Irene is able
to keep them at a distance. Sister Irene is shown to be a character who fails to embrace the
complexities of emotions, and rather hurriedly reverts back to her world of design and ice in
order to maintain order and control of both her world and herself. Allen's presence threatens to
destabilize this, but when he is gone, her emotional frigidity is
protected.

What is the type of conflict in The Drunkard? is it man vs man or man vs society or other?I am really uncertain on who is the real protagonist, I...

Larry is the protagonist.  He has a man vs. man conflict
with his father.  Larry would have preferred to stay home and take care of his brother,
but his mother needed him to act as a "brake" on his father's drinking.  He asked his
father to leave twice before he resorted to drinking his father's beer.  He hoped to
stop his father from getting drunk.  It could not be man vs. society because the people
of the town found his drunkenness quite funny.  The more he stumbled, the more they
laughed.  The only people who were not happy were the people in the pub, but that was
because Larry’s father had accused them of drinking his beer, and the pub owner was
afraid the police would come and find Larry, an underaged minor,
drunk.

I need suggestions on what I can do for a literary analysis of Beowulf, perhaps comparing Anglo-Saxon culture to ours.

One component of literary analysis is a discussion of
setting, so a discussion of the Anglo-Saxon culture as revealed in Beowulf
would certainly be appropriate, enlightening and interesting. Expanding that
discussion by comparison to contemporary society would be equally appropriate and valid.
Unless you are doing an extensive paper of around 5,000 or so, you may want to narrow
your focus down to one aspect of Anglo-Saxon culture revealed in
Beowulf.

For instance, you might
easily examine the relationship between the male warriors and compare that to male
relationships, as you perceive them, today (e.g., Do males today form friendships of
equality and mutual benefit?). You might examine the relationship between the leader and
his lieges and compare it to a corporate or government structure of today (e.g., Do
leaders of today reward loyal followers and bestow gifts on them to honor them?) You
might examine the clout and authority of the women in Beowulf and
compare that to the clout and authority women carry today (e.g., Do men do as a woman
asks just because she asks it today? Do women have the authority to bestow rewards and
honors upon men today?)

In Things Fall Apart, list four physical characteristics that separate Okonkwo's appearance from that of the other men in his village.

In the beginning of the novel, Okonkwo is described in a
variety of ways, his physical prowess is made much of, but he is also described as
follows:

"tall and huge, and his bushy eyebrows and wide
nose gave him a very severe look."

He is also apparently
someone that walks very much on his toes as they say his heels "hardly touch the ground"
and he looked like he was walking on springs and just building up tension "as if he was
going to pounce on somebody."  This was in almost complete contrast to his father who
was tall but very thin and stooped over.

Identify three ways in which Napoleon asserts leadership on the farm in Animal Farm.

Napoleon asserts leadership in a variety of ways. One of the
most surreptitious manners he develops his leadership would be in chapter 3 when he takes the
pups for himself. On the surface, it is harmless. However, Napoleon understands that the best way
to maintain leadership on the farm is to do so through force and the dogs will serve as his loyal
guard. It is seen in chapter 7 through the forced confessions how effective this leadership
element is. At the same time, Napoleon understands that declaring and achieving self- rule is
useless if one does not consolidate power in order to keep power. This is why he sets out early
on to ensure that the sheep constantly repeat the mantras he sets out for the animals to absorb
and why Squealer is so important to Napoleon's aims of leadership. Napoleon understands how the
significance of constantly inundating the animals with an inflated sense of his own being. In
this "cult of personality," Napoleon understands the importance of charisma in leadership and
ensuring that his image is synonymous with leadership. Finally, Napoleon's "purges" and his
removal of Snowball is vitally important in that it eliminates any potential threats that might
arise, demonstrating another brutally effective element of his leadership that shows his concern
with holding and keeping power as opposed to sharing it.

Chapter 16, describing jury, "townfolk rarely sat on juries, they were either struck or excused". What is "struck" supposed to mean in this context?

"Struck" in this case is slang for a juror not being
accepted by either the prosecutor or the defense attorney. Before a trial begins, jurors
are selected through a process known as "voir dire". This is where attorneys for each
side gets the opportunity to ask questions of potential jurors who have been summoned
for jury duty to determine if that person can be unbiased and make a fair decision
regarding the guilt or innocence of the accused. The prosecutor or the defense attorney
can choose not to accept a juror based on the juror's responses to her questions. That
attorney then asks the judge of the trial to "strike" that juror, eliminating him/her as
a potential juror. Each attorney gets to eliminate the same number of jurors without
giving a specific reason, usually ten. When a potential juror is excused from jury duty,
this means they have an acceptable reason, according to the courts, for not being able
to serve on a jury.

What is the tone of the poem "I am like a rose" by D. H. Lawrence? (with references from the poem)

The tone of "I am Like a Rose" by D.H. Lawrence is pretty
hard to miss, it seems to me.  Here the speaker of the poem is comparing himself to a
rose--and the rose suffers by comparison.  In literature, the rose is a traditional
symbol of perfection, purity, beauty, and love.  In life, giving roses expresses one's
love.  With that in mind, making the comparison between one's self and a rose is pretty
ambitious; if someone implies they are better than a rose, we'd probably see them as
arrogant.  That's the tone, I think, of this poem. Arrogance and
superiority. 

The speaker (presumably Lawrence himself) in
the first stanza says he has achieved his "very self," and, like a single perfect rose,
has "issue[d] forth in clear/ And single me, perfected from my fellow."  He is, it
seems, much more perfect than the rest of mankind--the rest of us.  He is separated from
the rest of the more typical, ordinary roses by his perfection--a reality which creates
"wonder mellow" and a "fine warmth."  In the second stanza the self-congratulatory tone
continues:

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Here I am all myself. No rose-bush
heaving
Its limpid sap to culmination has brought
Itself more sheer
and naked out of the green
In stark-clear roses, than I to myself am
brought.

The finest rosebush,
he claims, has never--despite its best efforts--produced a rose as perfect as he.  The
tone is clearly one of superiority and arrogance.  He has finally arrived at perfection,
it seems ("I am myself at last")--a perfection which clearly outshines everyone around
him. 

Prove that x^2 - 6x+13>=4 for real x numbers. Factor the expression A = x^2+4y^2+9-4xy+6x-12y. If x=2y, prove that A=9.

When solving a inequality, we have to determine the
interval of numbers for the expression to be positive or
negative.

In this case, we'll have to subtract 4 both
sides:

x^2 - 6x+13 -
4>=0

x^2 - 6x+ 9
>=0

We remark that we can write the expression above
as a binomial raised to square:

(x-3)^2 >=
0

The square of the expression x-3 is always positive for
any value of x, excepting x = 3 for the expression is
cancelling.

To factor the expresison A, we'll
re-write it:

A =
x^2+4y^2+9-4xy+6x-12y

A =x^2 - 4xy + 4y^2 + 6x - 12y +
9

We'll group the first 3
factors:

A = (x - 2y)^2 + 6(x - 2y) +
9

We'll put x - 2y = t

A = t^2
- 6t + 9

A = (t - 3)^2

We'll
put t = x - 2y

A = (x - 2y -
3)^2

We'll verify if x = 2y the value for A
is 9. For this reason, we'll substitute x by 2y:

A = (2y -
2y - 3)^2

We'll eliminate like
terms:

A = 9
q.e.d.

Does Oedipus have the right to be king? He saved the kingdom, but also killed the king and who was his father and then married the queen (his...

I believe that Oedipus does have the right to be king. When he
was an infant, a prophecy informed the King (Laius) and Queen (Jocasta) of Thebes that their son
would kill his father and marry his mother. So the King did all he could to have the infant
killed. (Without their knowing, Oedipus does not die, but ends up in the palace of Corinth, where
he is adopted by the king there.)

Later, as a young man, Oedipus is
attacked and kills the stranger and the slave who attacked him. When he solves the riddle of the
Sphinx who had terrorized travelers for so long, he is welcomed to Thebes, and is encouraged to
marry Jocasta. He has no idea this is his mother.

It is only after
receiving the news of his part in his father's death, and then realizes that he is married to his
mother, that Oedipus gives his throne to his uncle (Creon), blinds himself as punishment, and
banishes himself from his kingdom.

Oedipus did not knowingly kill
his father and marry his mother. In fact, it was his parents who were at fault—by trying to kill
him, fate brought Oedipus to the crossroads to defend himself against his father's attack, and
then on to solve the Sphinx's riddle. Had he lived with his parents all his life, this would not
have happened.

How is an EEG taken?

EEG refers to electroencephalogram. This is a test to
measure the electrical activity of the brain. During the test special sensors or
electrodes are used to pick up electrical activity from the brain and analyze it. The
sensors are very sensitive and are connected with a conductive gel so that they can pick
up all the electrical activity. EEG can be used to diagnose any condition that causes a
change in the normal electrical activity of the brain like a
seizure.

EEGs are used to diagnose epilepsy, check for
dementia, see if a person in a coma still has a functioning brain and study other
disorders. It is used after brain surgery to see how the patient is recovering and
whether there are any problems to be looked at.

How can a body be charged by induction?

A body can be charged in a process that does not involve
charges coming to it from any other source. This is called charging by
induction.

It can be done in the following way. Let’s
assume that you want to charge a metal ball by induction. First, place the ball on an
insulated stand. Now bring a charged object near it. This could be something like a
plastic rod that has been rubbed on fur and is now negatively charged. When the rod is
brought close to the metal ball, it repels negative charges and attracts positive
charges in the ball. The negative charges then accumulate at the other end of the ball
and can be removed by grounding them. Once that is done the ball is left with a net
positive charged. And to do this we did not have to use up the charge in the plastic
rod.

That is how a body can be charged by
induction.

What are some quotes that show the main characters in The Great Gatsby are trying to better their lives and achieve the American dream but fail?

Nearly all the main characters in Fitzgerald's
The Great Gatsby are trying to better their lives, which is, in
essence, trying to achieve the American dream.  Whether they achieve that goal or not
varies by degree, but in the broadest terms, none of them have much
success.

Jay Gatsby - achieves the American Dream in terms
of money, which is what the young Jay Gatz initially wants to do.  Once he falls in love
with Daisy, though, his dream changes and he wants only to be in a position to have her
love him.  In that he fails, as she doesn't love him enough to abandon her
life.

Tom and Daisy Buchanan - live the American Dream in
that they are careless people who get what they want and discard the rest.  Their
failure is a moral failure.

Jordan Baker - is living the
American dream of success in her chosen field.  Her success is tarnished, however,
because she cheats.

Myrtle Wilson - has a more modest
American Dream, as she simply wants to escape the life she chose and thinks money will
make her happy.  She did escape (until the end)  but she was even more unhappy when she
had to go back to her home.

George Wilson - has a very
modest American Dream, as he just wants more than he has.  His life is an abject
failure, as he achieves neither financial success nor personal
happiness. 

In short, virtually none of the main characters
in this novel achieve their version of the American Dream.

Comment on the idea that Hemingway's novel, The Old Man and the Sea, celebrates endeavour rather than achievement.

Part of what makes Santiago such a heroic character in
Hemingway's work is precisely that he does not succeed in his quest. Santiago does not catch the
marlin. In this, he fails. Yet, the narrative is not about achievement. The redemption in the
novel is precisely because he fails. In this light, one sees the power of dreams and the
intrinsic beauty of freedom. Endeavor is more essential than accomplishment. Santiago is a heroic
character because he dreams, and because he acts upon his freedom. It is in this that one
recognizes Hemingway's fundamental point about the human
predicament:

...the
struggle to achieve one’s dreams is still worthwhile, for without dreams, a human remains a mere
physical presence in the universe, with no creative or spiritual
dimension.

For this reason, the novel
celebrates endeavor rather than achievement.

What is the irony in the greasy lake

Perhaps the main irony is within the characters themselves.
 They like to think of themselves as "bad characters" and go to Greasy Lake because it is a place
of darkness and danger.  The fact that they are not actually bad characters at all is proven by
such things their vehicle (parent's station wagon) and their horror after the true greasy
character they hit with the tire iron falls to the ground.  They are shocked and terrified by
their own actions. At the end of the story, the two young girls ask if they want to party with
them, but they want nothing more than to slink home as quickly as possible to lick their wounds.
This is ostensibly a kind of coming of age story, or at least is drawn along those lines.
 Ironically, however, the characters learn nothing from their experience.  Their only concern is
getting out of there as fast as they can.  No remorse is expressed, or even concern about the
dead body in the lake.

What are the delusions (madness) of Willy Loman in Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller?

One of Willy's major delusions in Death of a
Salesman is his conjuring of Ben.  Whenever Willy begins to think about his
dreams, he imagines talking to Ben about making it big.  The audience knows that Ben
died long ago; however, Willy constructs Ben's persona as if he were alive and well. 
Willy's hallucinations go much farther than simply remembering times past with Ben--he
imagines that he tells Ben about all that is going on in the present.  Therefore, Ben
represents a form of Willy's madness.  In the play, Willy's madness is created by his
illusions of what he believes is the American Dream, so his delusions are all rooted in
Willy's irrational efforts to achieve "the dream."