Looking at the Civil Rights Movement, identify an example of the three stages of a protest movement.The three stages are: legalism, activism, and...

The Civil Rights Movement gives us clear examples of all of
these stages of a movement.

For legalism, you can point to any
number of court cases. The most famous of these, of course, is Brown v. Board of
Education which was decided in 1954. This was the last major legal decision of the
Civil Rights Movement.

For activism, you have any of the protests
that are such a famous part of the movement. You have the Freedom Riders and the sit-ins in
Greensboro. You have the March on Washington. You have the marches in Alabama and elsewhere that
attracted such violent reactions from the authorities.

Finally, for
fragmentation, you have the splits between the more moderate activists like Martin Luther King,
Jr. and the more radical activists like Stokely Carmichael or even the Black
Panthers.

In "Oedipus the King," does pride or fate bring Oedipus to his downfall, and could he have done anything different to have a happy ending?

I believe that Oedipus' downfall is dictated by fate. I do
 not believe that his pride is at fault, and I do not belief he could have done things
differently to exact a better outcome.

In terms of the
question of Oedipus' fate, a prediction was made about what would happen to Oedipus, so
if one is to believe in predictions, he had no control. However, it does not stop his
parents from trying. He is abandoned by his parents on a hillside to starve with the
hope of thwarting the prophecy. Oedipus is saved and raised in another royal household.
Hearing of he prophecy, he leaves his adopted home to protect his "father" (not knowing
he is adopted), only to meet his real father on his way and kill
him.

A terrible monster called the Sphinx kills all passing
travelers who cannot answer his riddle. Oedipus does this, and defeat the Sphinx so that
travelers may safely move about. Oedipus is brought as a hero into the city of Thebes
(where he was born, though he does not know this). There he is given in marriage to a
widow as a reward: however, the woman is his mother, and so the prophecy is
fulfilled.

Sophocles and his culture (the Greeks) believed
in predestination: that your life was mapped out for you before you were born, and that
nothing could be done to change the fate the gods had in store for
you.

In this case, Oedipus tries to do
the right thing, which immediately puts him in the position of not
protecting his [adoptive] father as he had hoped, but killing his
real father and marrying his
mother.

There was nothing Oedipus could do to provide
himself with a happy ending.

compare the irony of situation in "Miniver Cheevy" and "Richard Cory.

So many poems you read have irony in them, but Edwin Arlington
Robinson has an eye for irony. In the poem "Richard Cory" it is about what a great life Richard
Cory lived. The poem is explaining that he is so graceful and sophisticated. In the last stanza
the poem describes how people wish to become him then one night he puts a bullet through his
head. The poem "Richard Cory" is a poem of situational irony. Where as the poem "Miniver Cheevy"
is about a man who dreams of living during a different time. He talks about the mediaeval times
and how great they where. He loathes the current time and everything involving it. Then in the
last stanza it is revealed that he is drinking because he is not where he wants to be in life.
The poem "Miniver Cheevy" is a poem of verbal irony.

What is the occasion of Queen Elizabeth's poem "On Monsieur’s Departure"?

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The departure is
the occasion for the meditation that comprises the poem, which is a personal
consideration of the speaker’s relationship with the departing man. Ordinarily, the poem
implies, a departure (usually for a long period of time) gives those left behind the
publicly sanctioned opportunity for sorrow and grief. That privilege, which is given to
ordinary persons as a matter of right, is not given to the speaker, whose position
denies her the customary sadness of a departure. Thus she begins the poem, “I grieve and
dare not show my discontent,” and continues to discuss these antithetic circumstances
throughout the poem. It is clear that the royal speaker is obligated to hide her
feelings because of her elevated political status, which she considers a condition of
life which only the “end of things” (line 12) and death (line 18) can ever stop.
Ironically, because of obvious political dangers involved in revealing her feelings
publicly, the speaker’s supreme royal power weakens her in matters of the heart.

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Compare and contrast the characterization of Elinor Dashwood and Marianne Dashwood in Sense and Sensibility. How do they deal with life after...

Elinor and Marianne Dashwood have very disparate personalities.
Elinor is reserved and tends to bottle up her feelings, while Marianne is overly dramatic. Elinor
feels it her duty to make sure everyone else's needs are met while Marianne often does not even
notice others needs. These two characters both have a strong reaction to their father's death.
While Marianne expresses her grief through music and other such outlets, Elinor finds quiet
moments alone to shead her tears. Both characters find it difficult to adjust to their new life
without their father. They have both lost their fortune and their dowries. Both must find a
husband or some other way to survive on their limited income.

In regard to the treatment of Piggy, how does The Lord of the Flies reveal the use of power and control impacting groups?

Piggy is very clear with Ralph in the first chapter that
he does not want to be called Piggy. Have you ever thought about the fact that we never
even learn this kid's real name? This is the power of control. Throughout the rest of
the text, we hear this boy called Fatty as well, but we never learn his true identity.
The entire group then, never learns the truth about him
either.

Furthermore, Piggy has great ideas to offer the
group yet lacks the leadership abilities to ensure the group works together and
completes tasks required for survival. Because of this the entire group suffers. They
have to endure the leadership of Ralph, which could be good with the advisement of
Piggy; or, they could join forces later with
Jack.

Throughout the book, Piggy and his needs are viewed
as expendable, yet what Piggy has to offer is what the rest of the group needs. The kids
make fun of his ass-mar, obesity, and glasses. However, his glasses are their only
ability to create fire, a much needed source of heat, food, and most importantly,
rescue. Both Ralph and Jack use Piggy as a dispensible pawn, Jack more so than Ralph.
This demonstrates that a leader can easily manipulate members of a group regardless of
their ability to contribute. For these groups, Piggy's treatment is
unfortunate.

What this demonstrates about groups in general
in reference to power is a startling reality. We tend to choose people for leaders who
look the part and can convince us they have something to offer even if they don't. It
also demonstrates how quickly we conform to an idea just because a leader suggests
it.

Explore and discuss how Hardy portrays the memory of a loved one in the poem "The Voice."

"The Voice" is one of a series of poems that Hardy wrote
as a kind of lament to his dead wife, Emma, expressing his loss but also something of
the guilt that he felt in the way that he had treated her when she was alive. The poem
presents us with a speaker that is literally haunted by the ghost of his dead wife as he
walks in the countryside, hearing her voice in the wind and trying desperately to
recapture her presence but in vain. To me, one of the most important parts of the poem
is the second stanza:

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Can it be you that I hear? Let me view you,
then,

Standing as when I drew near to the
town

Where you would wait for me; yes, as I knew you
then,

Even to the original air-blue
gown!

Here Hardy asks the
ghost to appear as his wife appeared when they were courting so long ago, even to the
detail of wearing the same gown that Hardy obviously clearly remembers. However, in his
description of a loved one who has now died, it is clear that this is just wishful
thinking on the part of the speaker - he is left immediately doubting the presence of
"the voice," thinking it is just the wind, and he is left to press on in his walk and
through life, alone.