Are Homer's masterpieces fact or fiction? the following site is to learn about the Homer's epic poems, the Illiad and Odyssey...

Clearly, Homer's two very famous epic poems cannot be
purely factual.  At least, we have no reason to believe that there once existed
creatures such as the cyclopes or Scylla.  Therefore, these are clearly not completely
factual.

But we do not know that the two epics are
completely fictional either.  For example, we do know that there was a war around a city
that is most likely the Troy that Homer talks about.  But we do not really
know that the city is Troy and we have no clue if the war
really happened the way the Iliad says it did (although the city was
destroyed).

So some parts of these epics are clearly
mythical.  As to the more realistic stuff (like the Trojan War), the link
says

Whether
or not this war really occurred, or occurred as the Greeks narrate it, is a relatively
unanswerable question.

What is the area between x axis and the curve x^-1?

The first step is to re-write the given curve y = x^-1,
using the property of negative power.

x^-1 =
1/x

The area under the curve 1/x, is the definite integral
of y minus integral of another curve or line and between the limits x = a and x =
b.

Since there are not specified the limits x = a and x =
b, we'll calculate the indefinite integral of 1/x and not the area under the
curve.

The indefinite integral of y = f(x) = 1/x
is:

Int f(x) dx = Int dx/x

Int
dx/x = ln x + C

C - family of
constants.

To understand the family of constants C, we'll
consider the result of the indefinite integral as the function
f(x).

f(x) = ln x + C

We'll
differentiate f(x):

f'(x) = (ln x +
C)'

f'(x) = 1/x + 0

Since C
is a constant, the derivative of a constant is
cancelling.

So, C could be any constant, for
differentiating f(x), the constant will be zero.

Now, we'll
calculate the area located between the curve 1/x, x axis and we'll consider the limit
lines x=a and x=b:

Integral [f(x) - ox]dx, x = a to x =
b

We'll apply Leibniz-Newton
formula:

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

 Int dx/x = ln b - ln
a

Since the logarithms have matching bases, we'll transform
the difference into a product:

Int dx/x = ln
|b/a|

The area located between the curve 1/x,
x axis, x=a and x=b
is:

Int dx/x = ln
|b/a|

In Oedipus Rex, what seems to be the function of each Ode in response to the preceding scene?

It is important to focus on how the Odes that the Chorus offers
provide a commentary on the action that has just passed. They clearly provide a much wider
insight and context into the action of the play as a whole, giving us an awareness of the "common
man" of Thebes with his worries, preoccupations, superstitions and religious concerns. Therefore,
in Ode 2, following Jocasta's denunciation of Oracles and the power of Gods to work in the lives
of humans, the Chorus are sharply critical of her stance in this
respect:

Haughtiness
and the high hand of disdain

Tempt and outrage God's holy
law;

And any mortal who dares hold

No
immortal Power in awe

Will be caught up in a net of
pain.

Clearly, the Chorus is shocked
with the ease that Jocasta "disproves" the Oracle concerning Laius and the way she dismisses
Oracles in general, and thus their comments act as an alternative commentary on the action in the
play.

So, in order to proceed with your assignment I suggest that
you examine each Ode carefully and consider how it comments upon, supports or contradicts views,
characters and the action that immediately precede it. Good luck!

How does the setting of "The Cask Of Amontillado" by E.A.Poe change as the story progresses?

The setting of Poe's gothic story, "The Cask of
Amontillado," is ideal for Montesor's dastardly deeds as it progresses with the evil
intent of the narrative:

• Disguise
  during the Carnival

Fortunato,
costumed as a fool in his harlequin, is deceived into coming to Montesor's catacombs
where he keeps the Amontillado about which he pretends to desire Fortunato's opinion. 
Montesor dissembles his intentions; he feigns concern for Fortunato's health in the cold
of the catacombs; he, like the revelers, engages in aberrant behavior, although his
differs from what others
do.

• Underground
  catacombs



Montesor
lures Fortunato into dark, dank, subterranean regions to taste his Amontillado.  With
the intent of burying his adversary alive, the catacombs are the perfect setting as
there are already bones "scattered
promiscuously."

• Arabesque
  -winding, narrowing, and darkening of
  catacombs

Poe's setting of the
catacombs contain various rooms that narrow and turn, each one more confining and damp. 
Like his technique, which he termed arabesque, Poe winds his
narrative, returning to the motif of the dampness and cold of the catacombs.  Montesor
repeatedly tells Fortunato, "We will turn back," and declaring that he will call upon
Luchesi.  When he shows Fortunato the coat of arms and wields the trowel, Fortunato does
not comprehend the twistings and turnings of Montesor's devious plot, but moves forward
on his own.

• The macabre setting
  and actions in the final
  room



Montesor
shackles Fortunato and walls him into a small dark place.  When Fortunato cries, "For
the love of God!" Montesor answers mysteriously, "Yes, for the love of God!"  Without
explanation to the man, Montesor completes his burial of Fortunato, who himself makes no
sound.  Montesor tells his tale fifty years later, after no one has learned his
secret.

In Death of a Salesman, how does Willy's character show that this is a play about "rotten decadence"?

One possible approach to reading and understanding this
play is to regard it not as a personal tragedy resulting from the failings of one
individual, but as a lament to a society that is structured to bring such individuals to
ruin. Some argue that Miller intended this play to expose the corrupting influence of
American society and how materialism and the myth of the American dream was responsible
for the tragedy of so many. If you take this view, then Willy is cast in the role of
helpless victim as he is prey to wider and bigger societal forces that exert their
influence on him.

It appears that Miller uses the tragedy
of this ordinary man (note Willy's last name, Loman, which seems to point toward his
status as a "low man") to make serious comments about the state of American society. The
most significant challenge that Willy presents against such a society that is consumed
by materialism is the inevitable conclusion that he comes to: he decides that twenty
thousand dollars is worth more than his life. And yet, the play asks, can a man really
only be valued at the amount of money he is worth? The warning is clear - if American
society has been successful in giving humans a monetary value, then they have also
reduced human beings to nothing more than commodities, leading to dehumanisation and the
objectification of humanity.

Where is the narrator at the beginning of "The Black Cat" by Edgar Allan Poe?

The answer to this question can be found in a very close
reading of the text, and also in using inference, or an educated guess, to figure out
where he is.  At the beginning of the story, he starts out by addressing the audience
and telling them why he wants to tell his tale:

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"But tomorrow I die, and today I
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my soul."

So, wherever he is,
he knows that tomorrow he is going to die, and he wants to let everyone know what
happened before he does.  This implies that he is possibly in jail, about to be executed
the next day.  Either that, or he is going to kill himself, and wants to share his story
before he does that.  So, given those two alternatives, let's look at what happens to
him at the end of the story that he tells.  He is with the cops, in his house, so
confident of getting away with his crime that he hammers on the walls to show them how
sound they are.  Unfortunately for him, he hammers through the wall and the rotting
corpse of his wife falls out.  From this we can assume that he was arrested--they had
the body right in front of them, so it was pretty solid
proof.

Piecing together what happened at the end, and the
fact that he says he is going to die the next day and so much tell his story, I would
guess that he is in prison, about to be executed for the crime of murdering his wife. 
His story is his last confession before he dies.  I hope that those thoughts helped;
good luck!

How do you know if a value is a solution for an inequality? how is this different from deyermining if a value is a solution to the equation?

To know whether a particular value is a
solution:

When both sides of an equation are algebraic
expresions we put the solution value of the variable in place of the variable in the
expressions. We arrive at a value in the left and another value in the right. Then the
equality does not hold. If the calculared values are equal on both side, then we say the
euality hods. Or equality is true.

In case of an inequality
like the expression on the left < epression on the right, we  put the solution
value for the unknown in left  and right side. The calculated value on the left should
be less than the calculated value on the right then the inequality
 holds.

Examples:

7x+1  = 
5x+11

We verify if x = 4 is a
solution.

Left side value with x =4.: 7*4+1 =
29.

Right side value with x =4 : 5*4 +11 =
31.

  29 is not equal to 31. So  x =4 is not a
solution.

Try with any other values for
x.

5 x < 3x+for inequality:
10.

5x-3x < 10.

2x
< 10

Divide by 2:

x
<  5

This means for any  x < 5 is a solution.
1 is a solution.. Because if we put x =1, in 5x < 3x+10, we
get:

 5*1 <
3*1+10.  

  5 <
13.

Similarly , we can verify if 6 is a
solution:

5*6 < 
3*5+10

30 < 15 +10

30
< 25. How this this. This is because we tried whether 6 is solution. So it is not
a solution.

Define Money.

my personal view of what money is, is that it is a
promisory note stating that the amount of money "promisory notes" you is backed up by a
weight in gold. since we are unable to carry around kilograms of gold we are given money
as a token backed up by the reserve bank ie the holders of your gold, stating that
indeed you have the gold in their care and thus you are fit to purchase things to the
value of that gold. this was the original system of money but somewhere along the line
the system got corrupted and credit was born. credit is now saying that the money you
have is money the bank has borrowed you to say you'll have the money"you currently
don't" but you will at a certain given time.....

determine an exact value of b such that tan(4b+3π/4)=-cot(2b-π/4) and (4b+3π/4) is in Quadrant 3. Verify your solution.how to verify this solution

tan(4b+3i/4) =
-cot(2b-pi/4)

tan(4b+3pi/4) =
-1/tan(2b-pi/4)

tan(4b+3pi/4)*tan (2b-pi/4) =
-1

tan(4b+3pi/4)* tan (2b--pi/4) + 1 =
0....(1)

But tanA*tanB +1 = tan
(A-B)/(tanA-tanB)).

Therefrore from (1), we get  tan
{(4b+3pi/4) - (2b-pi/4)}  are at right angles.

4b+3pi/4 -
(2b-pi/4) = pi/2.. (1). Or 2b-pi/4 -(4b+3pi/4) = pi/2..
(2).

2b + 3pi/4+pi/4 = pi/2.

b
=  -pi/4

4b+3pi/4 = -pi +3pi/4  = -pi+3pi/4  which is
in 4th quadrant .

If we solve (2) , -2b- pi =
pi/2.

2b+pi = -pi/2.

2b =
-3pi/2.

b = -3pi/4.

Therefore
4b+3pi/4 = -3pi + 3pi/4 = -2pi -pi+3pi/4 = -pi/4 which is 4 th
quadrant.

Therefore 4b+3pi/4 is in the 4th quadrant and not
in 3rd quadrant.

How is the theme of "The Scarlet Ibis" related to the characterization of Doodle?

"The Scarlet Ibis" contains many themes. Let's say a good
theme to consider in relating it to Doodle is obstacles. Throughout
the story, the character of Doodle wows his audience at home as he makes it past 3
months, eventually learns to crawl and finally learns to walk. He, like the ibis that is
found far from his home, is a minor miracle walking
about.

Doodle's brother overcomes some obstacles of his
own. He begins to believe that in order for childhood to be fulfilling, he needs a
partner in crime. Despite his brother's shortcomings, he commits to help him rise above
these and often does so in secret.

Doodle is characterized
as a weak figure from the beginning, all wrinkled and situated with a doctor who says he
shouldn't live long. As time goes on and the brother builds skills in him, he is able to
rise further than anticipated although this doesn't come without trial or significant
effort.

Write an example of a newspaper report on "Lamb to the Slaughter" after Patrick's death without saying that Mary Maloney killed him. at the most...

You should read several newspaper articles to get a good
idea of how a news story is written. When writing a news story, you should include the
five W's: who, what, when, where, why, and sometimes how is included as well. Use the
five W's to first outline your story about Patrick's death. From that, you can then put
them into a story.

• who: the characters in the
  story and brief description of who they are


• what
  happened: brief description of murder


• when: the time
  given in the story when Patrick came home


• where it
  happened


• why: Do police know why someone would kill
  Patrick?

Once you do this, you can write your
news story from your outline. Just remember that a reporter only writes the facts that
are given and doesn't put in any opinions about what happened. 

What major turning points or changes of power happened in Afghanistan in the 1970s?

During the 1970s, Afghanistan started out fairly stable
but undeveloped.  Early in the decade, it experienced a coup that led to reform
efforts.  However, the government that came to power after the coup lasted only about 5
years.  After that, came a revolution that was then followed by a Soviet invasion of the
country that lasted for the rest of the decade.

Up until
1973, Afghanistan was ruled by a king named Zahir Shah.  In 1973, he was ousted when
Daoud Khan took the country over while Zahir Shah was out of the country.  Khan ruled
until 1978 when he was overthrown in the Saur
Revolution.

This revolution caused a fairly chaotic
situation.  It finally ended up with a fairly socialist government in power.  It was in
order to try to prop up this socialist government that the Soviet Union sent troops to
occupy the country in 1979.

Why does Touchstone marry Audrey in As You Like It?

This is rather a baffling question. In Act III scene 3, when
Touchstone tries to marry Audrey as quickly as possible, he calls her a "slut," recognising that
she has had many relationships before, and also identifies that she will probably be unfaithful
to him after their marriage. However, nonetheless, he continues to press ahead, trying to get
married as soon as possible. From what we can infer, it appears as if his own lust seems to be
acting here. However, overall, we can identify that the marriage between Touchstone and Audrey
acts as a kind of anti-Romantic coupling that acts as a foil to the other relationships in the
play. Their marriage is a travesty of romantic love and marriage, and the way in which Touchstone
uses his education and language to further his lustful advances on Audrey stands in direct
contrast to the relationship between Rosalind and Orlando.

In Dante's Inferno, what are Farinata's, Teresias's, Ulysses's and Ugolino's sins and punishment?Can you help explaining this? I dont understand...

The different punishments inflicted to the sinners in Dante's
Inferno always fit their crimes. The structure of hell follows the "law of symbolic retribution"
as the sinners are piunished in the same way they have
sinned.

Farinata Degli Uberti is put in Circle Six among the
Heretics and Epicureans. Farinata was the leader of the Ghibellines, a political faction that
favored the authority of the empire against that of the Pope and the Church. Because the sin of
the heretics was to consider their knowledge superior to that of religion and the Church, their
souls cannot rest in peace: their open graves are constantly
burning.

Tiresias is in the Fourth Bowge of Malebolge (the Eighth
Circle) among the sorcerers. As they tried to predict the future, they are forced to walk with
their heads turned backwards.

Ulysses is in the Eighth Bowge of
Malebolge among the counselors of fraud. These people persuaded others to act fraudulently.
Ulysses first persuaded the Greeks to build the Trojan Horse with which they entered Troy and
then convinced his sailors to go beyond the Pillars of Hercules. He is condemned to burn in a
dual flame with Diomede. As Ulysses constantly hid his true intentions in life, now he is
condemned to be hidden by a flame. The fire is as consuming and devastating as Ulysses's speeches
were for others.

Ugolino della Gherardesca, an aristocrat from Pisa,
is in the second region of Cirlce Nine which includes traitors against their own country. The
sinners in this region are immersed in the frozen Cocytus River up to their heads. Ugolino had
conspired against the government of his own city by helping to establish a Guelph regime. He was
imprisoned and put in the Tower of Famine where he was left to die of starvation together with
his sons and grandsons. According to several critics, Ugolino also ate the flesh of his own
relatives and that's why his punishment is the condemnation to perpetual hunger. He tries to
quell this hunger by eating the head of his political enemy, Archibishop
Ruggeri.

In Macbeth, how does Macduff describe the turmoil in Scotland?

In Act 4 Scene 3 of Macbeth, Macduff
describes the turmoil in Scotland.  He tells Malcolm that Scotland is under the control of a
tyrant and that many senseless deaths have occurred.  He says that the nation is miserable and
hopeless because Macbeth is not the rightful king of the land.  The men do not feel safe under
Macbeth's rule.  Macduff cries for his country.  When Rosse arrives and reports that Macduff's
family has been murdered, the men immediately suspect that Macbeth is responsible, and Macduff
blames himself for being absent.  The men vow to take back Scotland and return peace to the
land.

Prove 1 + ( 1 / tan²(x) ) = ( 1 / sin²(x) ). Is this an identity?

1 + (1/tan^2 x) = 1/(sin^2 x)

We
will use trigonometric identities to simplify.

We know that tanx =
sinx/cosx

==> 1+ (1/tan^2 x ) = 1+ (1/(sin^2x/cos^2
x)

= 1+ (cos^2x/sin^2x)

Now we will
rewrite sin^2 x/sin^2 x = 1

==> 1+ (1/tan^2 x)= sin^2 x/sin^2
x + cos^2 x/sin^2 x

= (sin^2 x + cos^2 x)/sin^2
x

= 1/sin^2
x..........q.e.d

==> Then the identity is
true.

Antigone was a stubborn young woman. What are at least three choices Antigone could have made to avoid her tragic death. Details/examples to...

The simple answer is to back down.  In the end, this is what
Antigone could have done in a variety of situations and circumstances.  Antigone could have
adhered to the rule of law, as represented by Creon.  She could have made peace internally with
the idea that the law is there for a reason.  Perhaps, a permutation could have been to mourn
privately and acknowledge her brother's spirit without the need for a ceremony.  Antigone is
insistent that there is a public display of grief and honor for her brother.  Yet, if this is
transmitted privately, much of what happens could have been avoided.  At the same time, if
Antigone had placed a primacy on her relationship with Haemon, perhaps much of what happened
could be avoided.  She values the need to bury her brother more than her love with her fiancee. 
Antigone has more of a commitment to her past than her future with her fiancee.  Changing this
perspective could have been another choice made.  Finally, I think that understanding that her
sister has an equally valid claim and acknowledging that could have been another choice Antigone
could have made.  The way Antigone approaches Ismene is that she has cornered the market on
respecting her brother's wishes.  I think that understanding and validating Ismene's approach to
the funeral rites of her brother could have helped to avert what happened.  All of these
predicaments involve Antigone reducing the intensity in a situation fraught with
it.

Why is Nathaniel Hawthorne considered a Romantic?

Hawthorne is America's first great classic authors, from
all perspectives—that of his 19th-century contemporaries and of today as well. Henry
James considered The Scarlet Letter to be the first major work of the New World, worthy
of entering the ranks of European literature, and posterity has agreed. Yet Hawthorne is
strangely against the times. His relentless obsession with the sins of the past, those
of his own ancestors in the Salem witch trials, and those of the young republic, stands
in strong contrast to the cheery optimism and progressivist thinking of Jacksonian
America. Hawthorne's collection of Twice-Told Tales (1837) shows us a writer wrestling
with the image of America, determined to reveal the ironies and ambiguities of the
Puritan "errand in the wilderness," the pious manner in which New England chose to view
itself. In The Scarlet Letter, Hawthorne bequeaths to us the richest image we have of
the Puritan mind, a mind obsessed with spiritual salvation as it coexists with human
happiness and the life of the community. Yet this retrospective look into the past is
inextricably of its own mid-19th-century moment: concerned with political dissent, with
the failure of Revolution in Europe, with the problematic role of a strong woman in a
repressive culture. Hawthorne's book captures, as no other American text does, the high
political drama of freedom and revolt, somewhat in the Romantic landscape, but it
highlights even more powerfully the processes of interpretation and analysis, the ways
by which we read the heart and come to knowledge.

In 1920 compared to 1919, what were the possibilities for long term peace in Europe?

It looks to me like you are asking what happened in 1919 that
made the outlook for peace worse in 1920 than it had been in 1919.  I would argue that the Treaty
of Versailles, signed in May of 1919, made the outlook for peace worse (though this is not to say
that Germany was not at fault for what was to come).  So I would answer your question by saying
that the prospects of peace were worse in 1920 than in 1919 because of the Treaty of
Versailles.

You can argue that the Treaty of Versailles reduced the
likelihood of peace because of how harshly it treated Germany.  You can say that the demand for
reparations and the taking away of German territory made it inevitable that Germany would be
unhappy and would eventually break the peace.

You can also say that
the US's failure to sign the Treaty and to join the League of Nations made peace less likely. 
With one of the most important countries not in the League, that body had much less moral
authority to stop countries from acting aggressively.

What is the main theme in "Uphill" by Christina Rossetti?

"Up-Hill" is a short poem comparing life to a journey.  It
contains two voices.  One poses questions, the other answers.  The voice asking the
question sounds worried and leary of the end of the journey, and seeks solace in hearing
that the end contains a peaceful rest.

As in many of
Christina Rossetti's poems, a prominent theme of "Up-Hill" is the idea of life and
death, with a particular focus on the worry about what happens at the end of life.  Some
have suggested Rossetti's Anabaptist background contributed to her fascination of life
after death.  Others suggest that as a female poet in the 19th century, Rossetti might
have adopted the idea of many female authors at that time, which was to become isolated
in order to be successful (or viewed as successful) in the art of writing.  This
isolation resulted in introspective and often morbid writing.

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

The problem gives us that adults have an IQ score which is
randomly distributed and has a mean of 100 and a standard deviation of 15. We need to
find the probability that a randomly selected adult has an IQ between 110 and
120.

To do this we find the z-value which is given by z =
(variable - mean)/standard deviation.

So for the IQ = 110,
z = (110-100) / 15 = 2/3; and for IQ= 120, z = (120-100) / 15 =
4/3

Now we need to use a normal distribution table like the
one provided here: href="http://www.mathsisfun.com/data/standard-normal-distribution-table.html">Normal
distribution table

For z = 4/3 we get the
cumulative probability as 0.2454 and for z = 2/3 we get the cumulative probability as
0.4082. Therefore the probability between z=4/3 and z= 2/3 or the IQ between 120 and 110
is 0.4082 - 0.2454 = 0.1628

Therefore the
required probability is 0.1628

How does Catherine the Great "measure up" to Mary Wollstonecraft's view of the ideal wife, mother and woman?

If I had to rate Catherine the Great's success at being
the ideal wife, mother, and woman on a scale of 1 to 10 (with 10 being the highest), she
would get miserable numbers.

First of all, during her
marriage, she had many illicit love affairs with Russian nobles.  That, to me, is not
the example of a faithful and dutiful wife.  This earns her about a 1 on the "measuring
up" scale.

Secondly, although it's not been proven she was
involved, her husband was deposed from the throne and later assasinated.  It seems that
she should have done more to see that he retained his throne and was protected.  This,
too, earns her about a 1. 

Thirdly, there is skepticism
over the biological father of Catherine's firstborn, Paul I.  Some claim that his
father, Peter III could not have been his real father because he was sterile.  Others
claim Paul's father might have been one of Catherine's lovers at the time.  Historians
also allude to the fact that Catherine hated her son

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and was only restrained from putting him to death
while he was still a boy by the fear of what the consequences of another palace crime
might be to herself.

In other
records, however, she is represented as being a kind mother.  Who's to say?  Anyway, I
don't think she was a very good mother so I'd have to only give her only a 5 on that
count!

But, as a woman, I would give her a hearty 10.  She
was gracious, ladylike, and dignified in her role as empress.  Whatever was lacking in
her personal life faded into oblivion the moment she stepped into her throneroom or
personal office.  She took the reins of government and politics and guided Russia with
wisdom and efficiency.  In that department, she truly
excelled!

Total tally on the "measuring up" standards set
by Mary Wollstonecraft:  4.5.

What is the literary function of Mr. Bennet in the story?

Mr. Bennet is a foil of Mrs. Bennet in that he represents
everything that she is not: Measured, careless, quiet, and contemplative. Austen uses his
characteristics to dramatically set a contrast against Mrs. Bennet, who is arguably one of
Austen's most annoying characters with her loud, consistent chattering, her anxiety for marrying
her daughters, her exaggerated mannerisms, and her overall insufferable
personality.

Within the family itself, Mr. Bennet is simply the head
of the family. He shows absolutely no care for the marriage (or lack thereof) of his daughters,
and we see how he needed to fetch Lydia from her disgraceful elopement basically to save face. He
only showed love for Elizabeth, out of all his family. He was also quite free in calling them
names such as "silly."

In all, you could say that Mr. Bennet was the
epitome of the happy go lucky man who marries a woman out of social expectation, then realizes
what he got himself into, and prefers to withdraw from the family life in favor of a good book
and quiet time. When called, he will show up. When needed, he will offer help. Yet, voluntarily?
He would not bother much with the Bennet drama.

Solve the equation x^4 - 5x^2 - 36 = 0

We'll substitute x^2 = t and we'll re-write the equation
in t;

t^2 - 5t - 36 = 0

We'll
solve the quadratic, using the formula:

t1 = [-b+sqrt(b^2 -
4ac)]/2a

t2 = [-b-sqrt(b^2 -
4ac)]/2a

We'll identify the coefficients
a,b,c:

a = 1 , b = -5 , c =
-36

t1 = [5+sqrt(25 +
144)]/2

t1 = (5+13)/2

t1 =
9

t2 = (5-13)/2

t2 =
-4

But x^2 = t1 => x^2 = 9 => x1 = 3 and x2 =
-3

x^2 = t2 => x^2 = -4 => x3 = 2i and x4 =
-2i

The solutions of the equation are: {-3 ;
3 ; -2i ; 2i}.

How do you work our 3x=4-Y Please help .. if you could explain it in quite a simple way, thanks.

You need to isolate the variable y to one side, hence, you
need to subtract 4 both sides, such that:

class="AM">`3x - 4 = 4 - 4 - y => 3x - 4 = -y`

You need to multiply by -1 both sides, such
that:

`y = 4 - 3x`

Hence, the equation of the function class="AM">`y = f(x)` is `y = -3x +
4` .

Since the leading coefficient negative, a
= -3, the graph of the function is a line that descends from quadrant 2 to quadrant
4.

The graph intercepts class="AM">`x` axis at `y = 0` ,
such that:

-3x + 4 = 0 => -3x = -4 => x =
4/3

The graph intercepts y axis at x = 0, such
that:

f(0) = y =
4

Hence, the graph intercepts x and y axis at
the points `(4/3,0)` and class="AM">`(0,4)` and it extends from quadrant 2 to quadrant
4.

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What is the derivative of the function f(x) = 2x^3+1 in the point x=1?

To calculate the value of the first derivative in a given
point, x = 1, we'll have to apply the limit of the
ratio:

limit [f(x) - f(1)]/(x-1), when x tends to
1.

We'll substitute f(x) and we'll calculate the value of
f(1):

f(1) = 2*1^3 + 1

f(1) =
2+1

f(1) = 3

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

We'll combine
like terms:

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

We'll factorize the numerator by
2:

lim (2*x^3 - 2)/(x - 1) = lim
2(x^3-1)/(x-1)

We'll write the difference of cubes as a
product:

x^3 - 1 = (x-1)(x^2 + x +
1)

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

We'll simplify the ratio and we'll
get:

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

We'll substitute x by 1 and we'll
get:

2 lim (x^2 + x + 1) = 2(1^2 + 1 +
1)

2 lim (x^2 + x + 1) = 2*3

2
lim (x^2 + x + 1) = 6

But f'(c) = f'(1) = limit [f(x) -
f(1)]/(x-1)

The value of derivative of the
function for x = 1 is:

f'(1) =
6

Determine the solutions of the equation lg(x+1) - lg9 = 1 - lg(x)

Let's use some logarithmic rules
before:

1=lg10

lgx-lgy=lg(x/y)

x>0

Now,
let's solve the
equation:

lg(x+1)-lg9=lg((x+1)/9)

1-lgx=lg10-lgx=lg(10/x)

lg((x+1)/9)=lg(10/x)

From
one of the properties of logarithmic function, the one which says that this function is
an
injection:

(x+1)/9=10/x

We'll
use the cross
multiplying:

x*(x+1)=9*10

x^2
+x -90=0

x1=[-1+ sq
root(1+4*90)]/2=(-1+19)/2=9

x2=(-1-19)/2=-10

From
the existence condition of the logarithm, x>0, so the only accepted solution is
x1=9

I've got to write a paper on illegal immigrants and my teacher wants me to "cite" my paper. I don't understand "cite."

Citing means giving quotations or extracts from other
books, articles, papers or other sources to support the information given in your paper.
The sources you use for this must be considered as
authoritative.

In writing a paper on illegal immigrants the
citing may be required to support the data on the number of illegal immigrants. For this
you may cite the source of statistics you use. Similarly, you may include in your paper
quotations from books or other sources that have described problems if illegal
immigrants or suggested solution for the same.

Please
remember that when you cite any sources in academic papers, it is usually necessary to
give appropriate reference of the sources used. There are different standards formats
for referencing, and your teacher may require you to use a particular format. It will be
worthwhile for you to find out from your teacher the appropriate referencing format to
be used.

The web site referred below describes one of the
more popular referencing styles. This site also contains links to site describing
several other referencing styles.

The Wife of Bath acknowledge that chastity is the ideal; what are her reasons for ignoring this ideal

Basically, the Wife of Bath gives a number of religious
reasons for not being chaste.  She does say that being chaste is best, but she argues
that it is not for everyone and that God does not expect everyone to be
chaste.

The Wife of Bath says that she really likes to have
sex.  She says that this is why she likes to be married.  But she does not think this is
shameful.  She thinks that God has called different people in different ways -- he has
made them all different.  He has made her as a person who is able to have sex and likes
to do so.  Therefore, she reasons, there is no reason for her to be
chaste.

Her reasoning, then, is that God made most people
to be sexual beings.  Perhaps perfect people can be chaste, but most people are
naturally going to be sexual and there is not really anything wrong with
that.

In 1984, how does Winston view Parsons, Syme, O'Brien? I had trouble understanding the book and that is why I am having trouble writing the...

PARSONS: This guy is a dutiful member of the working class.
Winston often sees him at lunch and his family lives near Winston. Parsons is really proud of his
children who want to be Thought Police. He always brags about them. When they treat Winston as a
criminal, I think it makes Winston a little weary of this man who is almost a friend to Winston.
I think his character is put into this book to contrast Winston's character. He serves as what we
call a foil. His duty to the country and pride is opposite of what we experience through Winston
as Winston questions the government.

SYME: This man also appears to
be a friend of Winston's. They too eat lunch together often. Winston's talks with Syme seem to be
about the new versions of newspeak. Syme is committed as well to his job, but he was a thinker
so Winston had Syme pegged from pretty early on. In book 1, chapter
5:

Unquestionably Syme
will be vaporized, Winston thought again. He thought it with a kind of sadness, although well
knowing that Syme despised him and slightly disliked him, and was fully capable of denouncing him
for a thought criminal if he saw any reason for doing so. There was something subtly wrong with
Syme. There was something he lacked: discretion, aloofness, a sort of saving
stupidity.

I think Syme is type cast
as a sort of Winston early on to show us what could happen to Winston eventually. Syme too is
stuck between what he knows and being faithful to the government, but Winston here points out the
average flaws Syme has that could and eventually do get him in
trouble.

O'BRIEN: Depending on where you are in the book, Winston
goes through varying stages of intrigue about O'Brien. Winston has an uncanny respect for
O'Brien. He thinks O'Brien might be the key to the underground Brotherhood Winston may want to be
a part of. I think this character's position in the book proves that Winston wants to believe in
something greater than himself, and has hope to find it in another human. I don't want to give
too much away about his character because there is a good surprise you'll learn in Book 3 about
this character.

What is a good introduction ( c/c essay) for topic, "The education of present generation vs the education at my grandmother’s generation"?

Let's talk about two common strategies people use for
introductions. First is the funnel approach and second in the anecdotal approach. 
Either could be used for a topic like yours.

The funnel is
a metaphor for beginning with a broad idea and narrowing down to your thesis statement,
just like a funnel is wide at the top and narrow at the bottom.  So, for example, if I
were writing a paper on jazz, I might begin with a general statement like
this:

There have been many forms of popular American
music.

Now the reader has a general idea what the paper is
about, but does not know yet what the specific idea is for the paper.  But as the reader
goes on, I will narrow things down, and I will end the paragraph with my thesis
statement.

The anecdotal approach means opening with a
little scene or story.  In the case of your topic, this might be creating a scene in
your grandmother's school room and another scene that is more contemporary.  This can be
a good way to get the reader's attention and gain
interest.

I have provided a link that has a few other
strategies that are commonly used for introductions.  Good luck!

In chapter 9 of The Great Gatsby, what does young James' schedule reveal about himself?

James Gatz' schedule as a young boy reveals several things
to the reader. First, it reveals that he had an 8 hour a day credible job. This is
something we don't see in the book. Second, it reveals that before and after work, he
made the effort to improve himself mentally and physically. Finally, it demonstrated he
had resolves which meant improving himself morally. He specifically chose not to smoke
or chew. He wanted to improve his treatment of his parents. He wanted to have good
hygiene and save his money.

These resolves certainly
display the man we see on the outside when we meet Jay Gatsby, but the man on the inside
must be different.

Solve the equation: 5 l 3x-2 l = 10.

We'll solve the equation, expressing first the
modulus.

Case 1)

l 3x-2 l = 3x
- 2 for 3x-2 >= 0

3x =<
2

x =< 2/3

Now, we'll
solve the equation:

5(3x-2) =
10

3x-2 = 2

3x =
4

x = 4/3

Since x = 4/3 does
belong to the interval of admissible values,[2/3, +infinite], we'll accept
it.

Case 2)

l 3x-2 l = -3x + 2
for
3x-2 < 0

3x<2

x<2/3

Now,
we'll solve the equation:

5(-3x+2) =
10

-3x+2 = 2

 -3x =
0

x = 0

Since x = 0 does
belong to the interval of admissible values, (-infinite, 2/3), we'll accept
it.

What exceptions limited the effect of Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation?

I don’t believe the exceptions limited the effects of
Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation.  Lincoln was very clever in the exceptions he
placed in the Proclamation.  Lincoln only freed slaves in areas that were in rebellion
against the United States.  First of all, Lincoln did not feel he had the authority to
free all slaves.  He used his power as commander in chief of the armed forces to free
those slaves in areas in rebellion against the United States.  Lincoln’s main goal in
fighting this war was to preserve the Union.  The Emancipation Proclamation was one way
he tried to win the war.  Lincoln announced the Proclamation in September of 1862, but
it did not go into effect until January of 1863.  This gave the southern states time to
consider the Proclamation.  Lincoln hoped that some Confederate states would rejoin the
Union before January, 1863, in hopes that they could keep their slaves, since the
Proclamation would only affect states that were in rebellion against the U.S. on January
1.  If any of the Confederate states rejoined the Union before January 1, they could
keep their slaves since they were no longer in rebellion against the United States. 
Also, Lincoln purposely did not free the slaves in the border states because he feared
that if he did, then those states would join the Confederacy.  So, Lincoln’s
Emancipation Proclamation, because of its exceptions, was very effective.  It turned the
war into a fight to end slavery, giving the north more incentive to fight.  And with its
exceptions, it kept the border states in the Union.

What does the diction imply in "Earth Tremors Felt in Missouri"?

Words that Van Duyn uses in her poem such as “ordeal” and
“woebegone” are words describing the difficulties in a relationship such as that
exemplified by the speaker and the listener. Life is not smooth, but instead is an
ordeal that sometimes fills the two participants with sadness, regret, and all the other
negative feelings that flesh is heir to. These words help to emphasize that personal
affairs are not small matters for the people involved, but are so great that any
disturbance at all has life-changing implications. Other poets may emphasizes the
positive nature of these conditions; Van Duyn, in this poem, emphasizes the danger in
them.

What is the significance of the Chapter 7 title, "Shadows and Tall Trees" in Lord of the Flies?

Golding chose all of his chapter titles to be relevant and
symbolically significant to the development of the characters and plot.  In chapter seven,
"Shadows and Tall Trees," the boys venture into the dense jungle to search for the beast.  The
connotation of "shadows and tall trees" suggests a frightening, dark atmosphere.  By the end of
the chapter as the boys climb the mountain to look for the
beast:

"the sun was
sliding quickly toward the edge of the world and in the forest were never far to seek"
(118-119). 

With his chapter title,
Golding reminds the reader that the jungle is always dark and shadowy and reinforces the
mysterious, uncertain quality of the island.  The boys fear the dark and its capacity for hiding
frightening animals or beasts; chapter seven, "Shadows and Tall Trees" deals with the boys' fears
directly in the manifestation of the beast.

Prove that the curve y^2=x^2-9 and the line y=x-1 are intersecting.

At the points where two curves intersect the x and y coordinates
are the same.

Now we have y^2 = x^2 - 9 and y = x -
1.

y^2 = x^2 - 9

=> (x - 1)^2 =
x^2 - 9

=> x^2 + 1 - 2x = x^2 -
9

=> -2x = -10

=> x =
5

y = x - 1 = 4

We see that x + 1 only
touches the curve y^2 = x^2 - 9 at one point (5, 4).

y
= x - 1 is a tangent to y^2 = x^ - 9 at the point (5,4).

Compare the control measures necessary to reduce the incidence in humans of the zoonotic diseases "Lymphocytic Choriomeningitis" and "Lyme Disease"?

The primary measure to reduce the incidence of Lyme disease in
humans is to stay protected from ticks which carry the disease. All parts of the body should be
adequately covered when an outdoor trip is being made and there is a possibility of contact with
small mammals and deer. Ticks are easy to spot if light colored clothes are worn. After outdoor
trips, the body should be carefully examined for ticks. If they are removed within 36 hours
little danger is posed. This can be done easily using a tweezers.

To
reduce the incidence of Lymphocytic choriomeningitis, mice and other rodents should not be
allowed to enter into the house. Appropriate measures should be taken to eliminate all rodents
that may have gained entry in the house. Pet rodents should be kept in a location where they do
come in contact with wild rodents and contact with pet rodents should be as less as
possible.

The quadratic equation has roots x=2/3 and x=-4. Find one set of possible values for a,b,c?

We'll put the quadratic as ax^2 + bx + c =
0

Now, we'll write the quadratic as a product of linear
factors:

ax^2 + bx + c = (x -
2/3)(x+4)

We'll remove the brackets from the right
side:

ax^2 + bx + c = x^2 + 4x - 2x/3 -
8/3

We'll compare both sides and we'll
get:

a =
1

b = 4 -
2/3

b =
10/3

c =
-8/3

Wealso could use Viete's relations to
determine the coefficients a,b,c:

x1 + x2 =
-b/a

But, from enunciation, x1 = 2/3 and x2 =
-4:

2/3 - 4 = -b/a

We'll
multiply by 3:

-10/3 =
-b/a

b/a =
10/3

10a =
3b

x1*x2 =
c/a

-8/3 =
c/a

-8a =
3c

The quadratic equation
is:

ax^2 + bx + c = x^2 +
10x/3 - 8/3

List features of the Boeing 787 Dreamliner and describe how the customer benefits from each.

The Boeing 787 Dreamliner represents a quantum leap in
aircraft design.  It incorporates composite materials instead of predominantly aluminum,
and is equipped with revolutionary systems that make it the leader in the long-haul
aircraft category.

Features and their resulting advantages
to the customer are as follows:

Structural Composites:  The
use of these materials result in lightweight, fuel economy and extended
range.

Electromechanical Brakes:  Compared to older
hydraulic brakes, these are lighter and have increased
reliability.

Large size:  The aircraft can carry more fuel,
cargo and passengers.

Pressurization:  Because of the
composite technology, less pressurization is needed than in conventional aircraft.  The
result is that passengers feel less of a sense of jet
lag.

Spaciousness:  The cabin design incorporates increased
legroom and added amenities such as
lounges.

Environmentally “Green”:  The Dreamliner used 20%
less fuel per passenger.  This results in fewer carbon emissions and quieter takeoffs
and landings.

Structural Superiority:  Compared to aluminum
designs, composite technology provides improved structural strength and durability.  The
result is longer aircraft life, less maintenance, corrosion resistance and less
susceptibility to structural fatigue.

Systems powering: 
The Dreamliner has far less reliance on bleed-air powering of onboard systems.  Instead
of bleeding hot air from the engines to provide power, the 787 has converted these
systems to a largely electric architecture.  This results in improvements in engine
start, auxiliary power, de-icing, cabin pressurization and hydraulic
pumps.

Computing Systems:  An advanced maintenance control
system improves troubleshooting.

Selective Paint
Stripping:  The composite body allows chemical stripping of paint from the aircraft skin
(no longer requiring hand sanding).

Electrochromic Dimmable
Windows:  Providing added passenger
comfort.

Interchangeable Engine Types:  The composite wing
design facilitates interchange of engine types to the specifications of the
customer.

Quick Reparability:  The composite materials
allow quick repair in the event of minor damage, allowing quick repairs at the
gate.

High-intensity LED Interior Lighting:  Provides
improved interior lighting with lower energy
consumption.

Reduced Maintenance:  Design permits overall
reduction in required scheduled maintenance:  Compared to earlier aircraft, the 787
offers a 30% reduction in airframe and system maintenance requirements (and
costs).

In "Frankenstein," focus on the first paragraph and show how the dark, gloomy setting adds to the atmosphere.Give examples 'dreary night' 'candle...

It was on a dreary
night of November that I beheld the accomplishment of my toils. With an anxiety that almost
amounted to agony, I collected the instruments of life around me,that I might infuse a spark of
being into the lifeless thing that lay at my feet. It was already one in the morning; the rain
pattered dismally against the panes, and my candle was nearly burnt out, when, by the glimmer of
the half-extinguished light, I saw the dull yellow eye of the creature open; it breathed hard,
and a convulsive motion agitated its
limbs.

This is the opening paragraph
to Chapter Five of Frankenstein. The mood (atmosphere) of the paragraph is
inevitably dark and gloomy, anxious and agonizing, and, above all else, frightening. One can see
Victor's mood mirrors that of the physical atmosphere around him. He is teetering on the edge of
blasphemy in his quest to create life. The details provided functionally and creatively fashion
the novel's atmosphere: Victor’s mood, and the, hopeful, anxieties of the reader as they follow
Victor on his journey.

The atmosphere of the paragraph is created
through Shelley's word choices: dreary, toils, anxiety, agony, lifeless, thing, dismally, burnt
out, half-exhausted, dull, creature, convulsive, and agitated.

These
words create an atmosphere which perfectly matches the original reasoning behind
Frankenstein's creation: a horror story.

Can you think any intervention that can improve the social condition of this person? A Russian woman of approximately 69years, who is citizen in...

Some possible interventions would be the use of Meals on
Wheels or another local elder visiting service. Many churches offer visiting services as
well as local outings. This person would be helped by being registered with the local
government agencies for elder care services so that a case worker would be looking out
for her and keeping track of her services. Having a case worker would also set her up to
receive any extra medical care that she may need in the near future, as well as helping
her with her Medicaid and other government services. She could likely receive food
stamps and Medicare. All of these should be coordinated by an elder care preventative
case worker. Each state has different rules for who qualifies, but in NY should would
certainly be eligible for assistance. Regular visits to this woman would greatly improve
her quality of life.

What is smaller: log^2 11 or log 12?

We'll write (log 11)^2 = (log
10*1.1)^2

We'll use the product
rule:

log a*b = log a + log b

We'll put
a = 10 and b = 1.1

log 10*1.1 = log 10 + log 1.1
(1)

But log 10 = 1 and we'll substitute it in
(1):

log 10*1.1 = 1 + log 1.1

We'll
square raise:

(log 10*1.1)^2 =  (1 + log
1.1)^2

(1 + log 1.1)^2 > 1 + 2*log
1.1

We'll use the power rule of
logarithms:

2*log 1.1 = log 1.1^2

log
(1.1)^2 = log 1.21

We'll add 1:

1 + log
1.21 = log 10 + log 1.21

log 10 + log 1.21 = log
(10*1.21)

log (10*1.21) = log
12.1

Since the base is bigger than 1, the logarithmic function is
increasing, so, for 12.1>12 => log 12.1 > log
12.

(log 11)^2 > log
12

The smaller number is log
12.

What are some examples of animal imagery?

There are many animal images in this novel. Agatha Christie
reduces them all to animals as they fight for survival.  As Lombard  is getting ready for dinner,
he moved "like a panther, smoothly and noiselessly" and he is also
described as a "beast of prey - pleasant to the eye"(pg
40)

Justice Wargrave is always described in reptile--usually
tortoise - images.  On page 37 it says that he "closed his eyes again, looking decidedly
reptilian" and later on page 66, his eyes are again described as
"hooded reptilian eyes". When asked if he had any contact with Seton
before the trial  "he looked round at the others,thrusting his neck forward like an
angry tortoise..." (pg 55)  When Justice Wargrave is resting on the
terrace, he is again associated with a tortoise. "His head was poked
down well into his neck." (pg 128) On page 153, he again has a
"tortoise-like neck".

On page 100,
Blore describes Mr. Roger's reaction when his wife faints.  "He was like a cat
on hot bricks."  and later describes Anthony Marston as "a young
bull with no nerves..." (pg 115)

When
Dr. Armstrong and Lombard decide to search the island for Mr. Owen, Dr Armstrong says that they
have to be careful because he will be dangerous.  Lombard laughs at that and asks who's afraid of
the "big bad wolf" (pg 119) It is interesting that he chose a
predator for the image.

When Lombard is talking with Blore, he is
retelling the story of how he got to the island.  He says a man named Morris offered him a
hundred guineas to come down and keep his eyes open.  Then Morris "shut up like a
clam" (pg 142) and Lombard feels that the guineas were just a
"little bit of cheese to get me into the trap" (pg 143) like a
rat.

The weather starts to change and
Miss Brent says that there are "white horses on the sea" (pg
144)

Lombard is described as having a
wolf-like smile.(pg 181) and later "His teeth showed in what was
almost a snarl" (pg 206)

Major animal references are made at the 
beginning of chapter 13. Again Justice Wargrave is a "wary old
tortoise".  ex-Inspector Blore's walk with "that of a slow padding
animal .... a look of mingled ferocity and stupidity about
him....like a beast at bay ready to charge its pursuers" (pg 211)
Philip Lombard's lips "curled back from his long white teeth" and Vera was "like a
bird that has dashed its head against glass and has been picked up
by human hands." (pg 212)

Vera gets hysterical. She tells the men
"Don't you see. We're the Zoo.  Last night we
were hardly human anymore.  We're the Zoo" pg
(248).  Later when they are going inside to eat, Lombard remarks that it is "Feeding time at the
Zoo!  The animals are very regular in their habits." (pg
251)

Vera later notices that Lombards face is "A
wolf-that's what it is- a wolf's
face.... those horrible teeth." (pg 262)

In Macbeth, compare and contrast Macbeth's thoughts about Banquo's murder with his thoughts before the murder of Duncan?

When Macbeth kills Duncan, he is beginning his campaign to get
kingship. However, look closely at his interaction with Lady Macbeth here. He is not interested
in killing Duncan at all, but it is merely Lady Macbeth's urging that convinces him to take
action. Looking at Macbeth's soliloquy in Act 1 Scene 7, he notes first that as his subject, he
should always protect him and as his host it is his duty to protect him. Finally at the end of
the soliloquy he admits

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"I have no spur
To prick the sides of my intent,
but only
Vaulting ambition, which o'erleaps itself
And falls on th' other"
(1.7.25-28).

This shows that he
notices that he has no motivation to go out and kill Duncan besides his ambition. There is
nothing spurring him forward. In the rest of this scene, Lady Macbeth acts as this spur. Even
after he kills Duncan, he is shocked and unable to finish planting the evidence
himself.

In both cases, the men are visiting his residence and he is
acting as a gracious host. A host should protect and shelter his or her guest to the best of his
or her ability. With Duncan, he at least takes pause before killing Duncan. With Banquo, he
doesn't hesitate for a moment. With Banquo, he operates much differently. First of all, Banquo
started the play as his confidant, someone he shared a secret with (the witches). He betrays
their close friendship. He deceives murderers into thinking Banquo is responsible for all their
problems and the problems of their families. Unlike with Duncan's death, he never wavers about
his plan. As a matter of fact, instead of working things out with his wife like he did with
Duncan, he goes ahead and works alone keeping his wife in the dark on
purpose.

This is also a murder that is to prevent some future
generation of taking the throne from his family line rather than an immediate threat like Duncan
was.

How many liters of 4 M solution can be made using 100 grams of lithium bromide?

A 4 M solution of lithium bromide has to be made with 100 grams
of lithium bromide. A solution with a concentration of 1 M has one mole of the solute dissolved
in one liter of the solution.

The molecular mass of lithium bromide
is 86.845 g/mole. 100 grams of lithium bromide make up 100/86.845 moles or 1.151
moles.

A 4 M solution of lithium bromide requires 4 moles of the
compound per liter. As we only have 1.51 moles with us, the volume of 4 M solution that can be
made is given by 1.51/4 L or 0.2878 L.

It is possible to make 0.2878
liters of 4 M solution of lithium bromide using 100 grams of the
compound.

Is Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf a morality play?

Although there is a moral to Albee's play, namely, that many
people are afraid of living lives without illusion, Who's Afraid of Virginia
Woolf [the meaning of the title according to Albee] defies categorization. For, it has
been categorized with others of Albee's plays as absurd; it has been considered naturalistic,
realistic, and expressionistic and Freudian. One critic, : Orleyl. Holtan, in"Who's
Afraid of Virginia Woolf? And the Patterns of History" in Educational
Theatre Journal, contends that the play, with its main characters, George and Martha,
is an allegory for the history of America, beginning with George Washington and the American
Revolution. For, history figures prominently in the play as George alludes to it constantly.
Their allusions are constantly to the past with an acute sense of failure and disillusionment.
Just as George and Martha began innocently enough and moved to guilt and madness, so, too, has
America begun innocently, a "beacon on a hill" that would set an example for the rest of the
world, but now has fallen short of Europe's expectations of recovery after World War II, just as
George has not met Martha's expectations by being "in the history department," but not "the
history department." And, when the American Dream did not materialize, America became
disillusioned and had to recreate illusions to sustain it.

But, with
the play ending as Martha answers the question of who is afraid to live their lives free of
illusions with, "I am, George, I am," the viewer is reminded of Tenessee Williams's
expressionistic dramas. Indeed, there is much of the psychological and spiritual suffering of its
characters unrelieved by the merciless humor in Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

List three types of conflict with examples from the story "The Painted Door" by Sinclair Ross.

In Sinclair Ross's story, "The Painted Door," life on the
prairie is never dull.  The characters may be bored and lonely, but the reader will find their
story intriguing. 

This story is told in third person limited
omniscient point of view.   Through the protagonist's  thoughts the story finds shape. The
setting is a harsh winter probably in the early twentieth century.  Ross's prose includes little
dialogue but ample  description.

The three characters in the story
are interwined because of the isolation of the prairie life.  Ann and John have been married for
seven years.  John, a loving, loyal husband, admittedly is slow and unambitious.  He is proud of
his wife Ann, who is attractive, but married to a man that has few of the qualities that she
admires.  On this day,  she spends her time painting the door frames to pass the time.  The other
character  is the neighbor Steven, who is everything that John is not:  handsome, well-groomed
and spirited. 

The story's events lead to Ann's seduction by Steven
as she  waits for her husband to return from his father's farm five miles away.  There is a
terrible blizzard raging.  Ann wants her husband to come home: however, it is extremely dangerous
to try.  When Steven, arrives to spend the evening, Ann feels a passion that she has not felt
before.

After giving in to her desires, Ann recognizes Steven's
 lack of guilt for betraying his  friend and his superficiality in contrast to  John's 
devotion. 

Now, Ann understands:

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John was the man. With him,  lay all the future. For
tonight, slowly and contritely through the days and years to come, she would make
amends.

Ann's repentance comes too
late. The stunning finale tells the reader and Ann that she must bear the consequences of
her weakness.

In this story, the primary conflict is
psychological.  Ann struggles within herself about her feelings for John.  The
guilt that she feels for her moment of lust leads to a life altering event for the couple.  When
Steven comes, Ann feels an arousal and a longing for intimacy.  As Steven and Ann play the game
of sexual attraction, the events are set in place to lead Ann down the path of guilt and
remorse.  Steven does not feel it.  His night with Ann happened and so what.  To further Ann's
inner turmoil, she realizes that she really loves John:

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Clutched by the thought,  she stood rooted a minute...how
she could have so deceived herself---John was the
man.

Ann feels the dream of John
bending over her and retreating back with grief.  This soul stirring conflict takes Ann from
isolated wife to guilty adultress.

Other conflicts in the story add
to the story's drama.  Certainly, man struggles against the forces of
nature.  The blizzard holds a nightmarish effect on the
characters.

For so
fierce now, so insane and dominant did the blizzard seem, that she could not credit the safety of
the house.

This was not just nature,
but the storm of deception and grief that John encounters when he finds his way
home.

Ann struggles against the circumstances that
life has dealt her.  The isolation creates her
disgruntled attitude toward her husband:

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It was the silence weighing on her--the frozen silence of
the bitter field and sun-chilled
sky.

Sadly, John is found frozen about
a mile from the house. Ann discovers that it had not been a dream that John was there.  On his
frozen hand, she finds a smear of the paint from the door.

In "Just Lather, That's All," to what extent is each of the characters at the mercy of the other ?

Great question. Well, it is only at the end of the story that we
realise that both of the characters are actually equally at the mercy of the other. The unnamed
narrator has been working on the assumption that his connection with the rebels is unknown by
Captain Torres, however, at the end, as he leaves, Captain Torres reveals that he knew about his
associations all along:

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In the doorway he paused for a moment and said, "They told
me that you'd kill me. I came to find out. But killing isn't easy. You can take my word for
it."

However, equally, Captain Torres
is in an incredibly vulnerable position putting himself in the hands of the narrator for a shave.
The massive internal conflict of this story is the narrator's decision of whether to kill Captain
Torres or not. As he reflects, nothing could be easier than to kill
him:

I can turn my
hand a bit more, press a little harder on the razor, and sink it in. The skin would give way like
silk, like rubber. there is nothing more tender than human skin and the blood is always there,
ready to pour forth.

Thus, both
characters, although the narrator does not know it until the end of the story, are equally at the
mercy of the other, and both need to choose how to respond to the strange situation they find
themselves in. This is what makes this story such an excellent example of suspense, as we are
kept on the edge of our seats waiting to see what will happen.

What characteristics of the narrator in "The Cask of Amontillado"make him an effective villain?

Poe gives Montresor wonderfully villainous characteristics
in "The Cask of Amontillado."

Montresor's murder of
Fortunato is deviously premeditated.  Montresor knows how he will lure him underground
and how he will carry out the murder. He has everything in place to entomb the man
before he even finds him, and he uses Fortunato's weakness for wine to guarantee that
the man will agree to accompany him.

Other characteristics
of Montresor's villainy include his pretense of concern over Fortunato's health.
 Repeatedly he asks after the other man's cough, and suggests they return above.  The
more he insists, however, the more Fortunato wants to continue on, which Montresor, no
doubt, relies on.

Montresor also draws the other man's
attention to the damp of the catacombs, knowing that soon he will entomb the sick man in
the damp "cave" he has created for him.

Perhaps the most
villainous characteristic of Montresor is his seeming madness.  Although he never gives
the reader a reason, and we can find nothing that suggests Fortunato deserves such
treatment, Montresor is committed to taking the other man's life for what seems to be an
"imagined" insult.

Montresor has many villainous
characteristics which add to macabre mood Poe creates, yet again, in this short
story.

In Fahrenheit 451 which character had firemen as relatives?

The best answer to this question is that Guy Montag is the one
who had firemen as relatives.  We are told this during one of his conversations with his
wife.

At one point, Guy is talking to Millie about the death of the
old woman.  He is deeply troubled by her death and he says that her death is going to stay with
him for a long time, like a burned house that smolders for days after the fire is
out.

At that point, Millie tells him that he should have thought
about that before he became a fireman.  He tells her in return that he had no real choice in the
matter.  His father and grandfather had been firemen and he was simply following automatically in
their footsteps.

In Death of a Salesman, is Happy's denial of his father at all justified in the way in which Willy has treated his sons throughout his...

Happy's behavior is indicative that he was raised with very
little discipline, and with almost no expectations from his parents. This leads him to act
irresponsibly and without thinking about the consequences of his actions. It also limits his
possibilities in life, because he has no high aspirations that made any sense. Just like his
father, he wants a quick and easy way to make money, a quick and easy way to meet women, and as
little as possible difficulty in his life.

Even more unfortunate is
the fact that Happy's closest male role model is his older brother, Biff. Biff is no different
than Happy in terms of living oblivious to what is real. Biff and Happy feed off each other,
reaching no goals and achieving nothing. They are the products of a father who was too busy
chasing a dream that was not even his own, and of a mother that enabled her husband in every way
possible.

Therefore, the lack of motivation, discipline,
consequence, responsibility, and interest in Happy's life are not necessarily justified, but are
expected of a person that belongs to a highly dysfunctional family.

Describe the process by which the French Revolution evolved from moderation, to terror, to empire.

Volumes and volumes have been written about this and it
would be impossible for us to give you an answer in the small space that we are allowed
here. You must do some research on it, but I will try to give you some
direction.

The world-wide revolutions that took place in
the 1700s and into the 1800s  and 1900s (1917 - Russian Revolution) were sparked by the
ideas of the Enlightenment (liberty, equality, brotherhood, rights of man, etc.) So,
too, with the French Revolution. The French were encouraged by the success of the
American Revolution in 1776, but the French situation was much different and therefore,
the French Revolution turned to terror. There was very little moderation, except at the
beginning, and it was such a mess that a strong leader was required to come in and clean
up the mess (Napoleon = empire).

The French monarchs
(Bourbon kings - the Louis kings) had been prone to excesses for years and years and
years and the French people suffered on all levels, not just on a political level. The
French Revolution was all encompassing - it was a social revolution as well as a
political one. The people were miserable and starving, on top of being politically
oppressed. There were several groups that had control that were made up of radicals, and
this led to the Reign of Terror. The outcome of this revolution was quite different than
in the United States.

This is a very over-simplified
answer, but if you do some research, you will find the specifics you
need.

How is Brutus death less honorable than that of Cassius?I need to write an essay on how Brutus death is less honorable than than that of cassius. I...

Brutus's death can be viewed as less honorable than
Cassius's death because Brutus is essentially going against everything he previously
stated.  Also, Brutus cannot actually commit the act of killing
himself.

Brutus was 'against' suicide.  In the statement
below, he talks of how cowardly and 'vile' Cato was for taking his own
life.

BRUTUS

Even by
the rule of that philosophy
By which I did blame Cato for the
death
Which he did give himself (I know not how,
But I do find it
cowardly and vile,
For fear of what might fall, so to prevent
The
time of life), arming myself with patience
To stay the providence of some high
powers
That govern us below.

However, Brutus himself ends
up committing suicide.  He does not actually have the courage to do it himself, so he
gets Strato to hold his sword while he runs into it:

I
prithee, Strato, stay thou by thy lord:

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Thou art a fellow of a good respect;

Thy life hath had some
smatch of honour in it:

Hold then my sword, and turn away
thy face,

While I do run upon it. Wilt thou,
Strato?

STRATO

Give
me your hand first. Fare you well, my
lord.

BRUTUS

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         Farewell, good Strato.

[Runs on his
sword.]

Caesar, now be
still:

I kill'd not thee with half so good a
will.

Dies.

(Act 5, Scene
5)

http://www.shakespeare-navigators.com/JC_Navigator/JC_5_5.html

It
must be pointed out that Brutus's own wife, Portia, commits suicide as well in the play
(this occurred in Act 4).  Brutus himself explains the reason for her
death:

"Impatient of my
absence,
And grief that young Octavius with Mark
Antony
Have made themselves so strong:--for with her
death
That tidings came;--with this she fell
distract,
And, her attendants absent, swallow'd
fire."

Notice that Brutus does not describe his
wife as 'cowardly' for taking her own life.

What are the thematic structures in Andrew Marvell's "To His Coy Mistress"?

This poem is structured like a rhetorical argument. The poem can
be divided into three sections : if (I had all the time in the
world); but (we don't); therefore(we
should act). The poem is an elaborate and eloquent argument to having
sex.

In the first section of the poem, the "if" section, the speaker
tells his coy mistress that if they had all the time in the world they would first explore the
world separately, and that once they met he would spend many, many years to adore each of her
body parts. Nothing would be rushed; there would be no need for
haste.

In the "but" section of the poem, the speaker brings their
situation back to reality. In reality he hears "time's winged chariot hurrying near." Time is
always moving forward and we are all on our way to the vast eternity of death. In this section he
rather explicitly tells the young lady that once she dies and is in the "marble vault . . . then
worms shall try that long preserved virginity." He is suggesting that she might as well lose her
virginity to him in her lifetime when she can enjoy it, otherwise the worms will get it
eventually. He is trying to creep her out! He ends this part of the argument by reminding her
that the "grave's a fine and private place, but none, I think, do there embrace." The grave may
be private, but is not a fun, warm, or loving place.

The final
aspect of the argument is that they should embrace carpe diem -- seize the day-- and enjoy their
sexuality. He uses several images that suggest youth and passion. He comments on the "morning
dew" which uses the day of life metaphor to reference her youth. He mentions "instant fires"
which is a stock metaphor for passion. He draws the image of "amorous birds of prey" which
suggests physical energy and passion. He uses the image of them rolling their "sweetness up into
one ball" which suggest sexual joining, while "tear our pleasures with rough strife thorough the
iron gates of life" is likely a reference to the hymen being broken upon intercourse. The
language is vivid and strongly sexual because he is making the final point of his argument. First
he flatters her, then he points out reality, and he ends it with language that entices her to
believe his argument.

What kind of license can you get if you're under 16, and have your state permit?You usually can only get it if you have a worker's permit. It...

Driving laws and rules for the issuance of licenses are taken
care of by the states, so it depends which state you live in.  In many of them, you cannot obtain
any kind of license before you are 16.  Some of the more rural, farm-based states, however have
an agricultural license, meaning you can drive vehicles and farm equipment as long as you don't
do so off of private property on actual public roads.

Idaho, for
example, will allow an agricultural license if you are 14 or 15 years
old.

All that a permit does is allow you to practice driving under
the supervision of an adult, and usually one with a minimum number of years experience as a
driver, and even when you receive your actual license at 16, there are often restrictions as to
who and how many people may travel in the car with you.

What is the meaning of Totalitarianism?

Basically, a totalitarian government is one that tries to
control every aspect of the lives of its people.  It is usually a dictatorship, but the
most important thing that sets it apart from other forms of the government is the fact
that it tries to control its people so completely.

In
recent times, the best known examples of totalitarian governments have been those of
Nazi Germany and Soviet Russia.  In those countries, the dictators tried to use
intimidation and persuasion to control their people.  They tried to make the people love
and honor the dictators, for example.  They tried to make them believe in the
superiority of the Aryan race (Germany) or the inevitable triumph of communism (Soviet
Union).  They even tried to affect the way their people looked at marriage and family
life.

I suppose that a good example from more recent times
is the Taliban in Afghanistan in the late '90s and early 2000s.  They tried to control
people's lives down to their facial hair, their clothing, and what they did for
entertainment.

That is what totalitarianism is -- when a
goverment tries to control every aspect of its people's lives.

What are a and b if their product is 240 and b is 4 less than twice a.

Given that the product of a and b is
240

Then we will rewrite:

a * b = 240
.............(1)

Now we know that b is 4 less than twice
a.

Then we rewrite:

b= 2a -
4..............(2)

Now we will solve the system by substituting (2)
into (1).

==> a* (2a-4) =
240

==> 2a^2 - 4a =
240

==> 2a^2 - 4a - 240 = 0

Now
we will divide by 2.

==> a^2 - 2a - 120 =
0

==> Now we will
factor:

==> (a-12)(a+10) =
0

==> a1 = 12 ==> b1 =
20

==> a2= -10 ==> b2=
-24

Then we have two
solutions:

The solution are : ( 12, 20) and (-10, -24)

What are a few significant issues that are left unsolved at the end of the play Macbeth?I need to know 2-3, which need to be important if peace is...

In the final scene of Macbeth,
Malcolm addresses the people of Scotland after he has claimed his rightful
place as the next king.  Malcolm tells the people that they must send word to all the
people who fled Macbeth's tyranny and invite them back to Scotland.  Then Malcolm says
that he and the Thanes (who have been named earls) must find all the people who helped
Macbeth and Lady Macbeth carry out their murderous plans.  Malcolm and the others still
do not know whether or not Macbeth and his wife acted alone, but they suspect that
Macbeth had help in carrying out so many murders.  Malcolm says that when these two
things are settled, then Scotland can look forward to a time of
peace.

Define the role "the veil of ignorance" plays in Rawls' theory. According to Rawls theory "the veil of ignorance" is an imaginative device for...

For Rawls, "the veil of ignorance" is the manner by which
decisions about resource allocation and political execution should be made.  It is a
tool to ensure that justice involves a sense of fairness.  The veil itself is a
concealment tool that prevents individuals from fully understanding where they would
fall in a social setting.  The term "ignorant" might be too harsh.  Individuals are not
fully clear on where they would fall because the veil precludes them from absolutely
knowing their placement.  In this light, individuals would choose to protect those on
the lowest rung because that could be where they would fall.  It is because of this that
the veil of ignorance allows for a more pure sense of decision making because it is the
mechanism that allows for individual and collective interests to
converge.

Who was John Locke?

John Locke was a major political philosopher of the Age of
Enlightmentment.  He is best known today (at least in the United States) because his
thoughts and writings were major influences on the founders of the United States.  For
example, his ideas are pretty much repeated word for word in the Declaration of
Independence -- the part where Jefferson talks about the self-evident truths about
government and what it is created for.

Locke was an
Englishman who was born in 1632, long before the Revolution that his ideas helped to
start.  His best known works are probably his Two Treatises on
Government.  He is one of the major thinkers associated with the idea of
government that is based on a social compact.

Describe Macbeth's vision at the end of Act II, Scene 1 in Macbeth.

After Banquo, Fleance and the servants have exited the scene,
Macbeth is left alone onstage to converse with the audience.  He asks, "Is this a dagger I see
before me/The handle toward my hand?"  His vision is of a dagger, which seems to be offering
itself to him rather than threatening him, since "the handle" is pointed "towards" his
hand.

Macbeth goes on in this soliloquy to describe how he clutches
for it, but cannot grasp it.  However, there is question about whether an actual image of a
dagger appears during this soliloquy.  Macbeth asks:

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. . .art thou but

A dagger of
the mind, a false creation,

Proceeding from the heat-oppressed
brain?

So, Macbeth is acknowledging
that he might, in fact, be tormented by an image from his own mind -- his conscience? -- rather
than observing an actual dagger floating in the air before
him.

Either way, he definitely makes the image of a dagger real in
his next line.

I see
thee yet, in form as palpable

As this which now I
draw.

And with the drawing of his own
actual weapon, Macbeth seals his decision to go through with the murder, invoking the dark
spirits of night to aid him in his treason.

For more on this scene,
please follow the links below.

In "The Tell-Tale Heart," how does the tension increase and decrease throughout the story, and why?

To be honest I don't think there is much decreasing in
tension in this short story - it gradually raises the tension until it reaches fever
pitch at the very end as the narrator declares himself for who he really is and the
terrible crime he has committed.

From the very first
paragraph, that makes it clear we are presented with an unreliable narrator, we are
plunged into a scary world of imminent violence and madness. Every paragraph raises the
tension another notch as we wonder what the narrator will do and then think about what
will happen in consequence of his actions. Consider the second
paragraph:

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Passion was there none. I loved the old man. He
had never wronged me. He had never given me insult. For his gold I had no desire. It was
his eye! yes, it was this! He had the eye of a vulture - a pale blue eye, with a film
over it. Whenever it fell upon me, my blood ran col; and so by degrees - very gradually
- I made up my mind to take the life of the old man, and thus rid myself of the eye
forever.

We are presented
almost at the beginning of the story with the plan of a narrator who we suspect of being
mad to cold-bloodedly kill an acquaintance for what seems to be the most ludicrous of
reasons. How he does it, the reaction of the old man and what happens afterwards only
serves to keep the tension rising in this rapid and terrifying
tale.

√(x - 3) ≥ 1/(x - 3) help on how to solve please!!!

Before solving the inequality, we'll impose constraints of
existence of square root.

x - 3
>=0

We'll add 3 both sides:

x
>= 3

The interval of admissible values of x is [3 ,
+infinite)

We'll raise to square both sides, to get rid of the
square root:

(x - 3) ≥ 1/(x -
3)^2

We'll subtract 1/(x - 3)^2 both
sides:

(x - 3) - 1/(x - 3)^2 ≥  0

We'll
multiply by (x - 3)^2 both sides:

(x-3)^3 - 1 >=
0

We'll apply the formula of difference of
cubes:

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

(x-3)^3 - 1 = (x-4)[(x-3)^2 + x - 3 +
1]

We'll square raise and we'll combine like
terms:

(x-3)^3 - 1 = (x-4)(x^2 - 5x +
7)

(x-4)(x^2 - 5x + 7) >=0

A
product is positive if and only if the 2 factors are both negative or both
positive.

Case
1)

x-4>0

x>4

x^2
- 5x + 7 > 0

x1 = [5+sqrt(25 -
28)]/2

Since delta = 25 - 28 = -3 < 0, the expression x^2 -
5x + 7 > 0 for any value of x.

From both
inequalities, the interval for admissible values for x is (4; +
infinite).

Case
2)

x-4<0

x<4

x^2
- 5x + 7 < 0

But the expression is always
positive, for any value of x, so x belongs to empty set.

Prove that 1/a(a+1) = 1/a - 1/(a+1)

We notice that the denominator of the left side ratio is
the least common denominator of 2 irreducible ratios.

We'll
suppose that the ratio 1/a(a+1) is the result of addition or subtraction of 2 elementary
fractions:

1/a(a+1) = A/a + B/(a+1)
(1)

We'll multiply the ratio A/a by (a+1) and we'll
multiply the ratio B/(a+1) by a.

1/a(a+1) = [A(a+1) +
Ba]/a(a+1)

Since the denominators of both sides are
matching, we'll write the numerators, only.

1 = A(a+1) +
Ba

We'll remove the
brackets:

1 = Aa + A +
Ba

We'll factorize by a to the right
side:

1 = a(A+B) + A

If the
expressions from both sides are equivalent, the correspondent coefficients are
equal.

A+B = 0

A =
1

1 + B = 0

B =
-1

We'll substitute A and B into the expression
(1):

1/a(a+1) = 1/a -
1/(a+1)

We remark that we've obtained the
request from enunciation.

The identity has
been proved.

What's the plot of "The Rocking-Horse Winner"?

Young Paul is concerned about his family's lack of money, and he
even hears the voice of the house whispering to him--"There must be more money!" His mother tells
him that they have no money because Paul's father is unlucky. Paul, however, has been told by God
that he IS lucky. He determines to change the family's financial misfortunes by picking winners
of horse races. How does he do it? He simulates each race by mounting and riding his childhood
wooden rocking horse, on which he envisions the eventual
winners.

Paul's accuracy is amazing, and he soon presents a gift of
a thousand pounds to his mother. Instead of being happy, however, she is "cold and indifferent."
Paul eventually gives her his entire winnings--five thousand pounds--but this only upsets the
voices of the house, which Paul now hears as a "mad" roar of screams. Hearing voices and obsessed
with picking the winner of the upcoming Derby, Paul's anxiety becomes overwhelming. When his
parents attend a party but leave him at home, they return to find Paul maniacally riding his
rocking horse, urging it on to the imaginary finish line. Before falling to the floor
unconscious, Paul cries out, "It's Malabar!" The parents fail to recognize the name, but Paul's
Uncle Oscar does: It is a horse running in the upcoming derby. Uncle Oscar places the bets,
Malabar wins, and just before his death, Paul is told that the horse has won the family a
fortune--80,000 pounds.

What are two possible themes for the play Othello?Where can I find the details that support these themes?

Two of the most common themes associated with
Othello are jealousy/revenge and appearance versus reality (or
"seeming").  Both of these are common themes in Shakespeare's plays, ones that you will
see re-investigated over and over.

Jealousy appears in Act
I, scene i when Iago is talking about being passed over for promotion.  Othello has
promoted Cassio instead of Iago.  Iago says:

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I know my price, I am worth no worse a
place.

But he, as loving his own pride and
purposes,

Evades them. . .for "Certes," says
he,

"I have already chosen my
officer,"

And what was he?. .
.

One Michael Cassio. . .mere prattle without
practice

Is all his
soldiership.

So, Iago shows
his reason for jealousy towards Cassio, and goes on to explain his revenge against
Othello.

Othello also displays his jealousy and thirst for
revenge.  Iago has led him into believing that Cassio is having an affair with his wife,
Desdemona.  In Act IV, scene i, once Othello thinks he has the proof, his thoughts turn
to murder as his revenge:

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I will chop her into messes. . .Cuckold
me!

Iago

O,
tis foul in
her.

Othello

With
mine
officer!

Iago

That's
fouler.

And so, Othello's
jealousy overtakes everything else and leads him to kill the thing he loves
best.

The theme of appearance versus reality is actually
shown in both of these same characters.  Iago decides to hide how he really feels about
being passed over, appearing to loyally follow the man (Othello) that he hates.  Back
again in Act I, scene i, he says:

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In following him, I follow but
myself.

Heaven is my judge, not I for love and
duty,

But seeming so, for my particular end. . .
.

But I will wear my heart upon my
sleeve,

For doves to peck at:  I am not what I
am.

And so he continues
throughout the play, sharing his inward thoughts and schemes with the audience, while
playing the dutiful ancient with Othello.

Othello is caught
up in the dilemma of appearance versus reality as well.  He swallows, hook, line and
sinker, all of the suggestions and false "evidence" that Iago presents him that
Desdemona is unfaithful.  The events of Acts III and IV surrounding the handkerchief are
the ones that, in reality, are the most false, but appear to be the most
damning.

These are merely a few of the examples of the
themes of jealousy/revenge and appearance versus reality in the play
Othello.  For more on these and other themes, please follow the
links below.