What is the poet's favorite technique?

Readers of this poem  may be interested to learn that
Keats had trained not as a poet or writer, but as an apothecary-surgeon. In the year of
this poem, 1816, he received his license to practice, but he gave up this career to
pursue a life of reading, thinking, and writing. The excitement he describes in this
poem explains that decision. One of the rhetorical figures usually associated with Keats
is synesthesia, the metaphorical mingling of references to
different senses. In line 7 of this poem, the word “serene” is both a political and
ecological metaphor, referring both to clear air and the majesty of Homer’s poetry. To
“breathe its pure serene,” by synesthesia, equates breathing with reading and also with
understanding. This was probably his favorite literary technique, though it is open to
debate.

In "The Lottery," what role does Old Man Warner play in the story?

Great question! Although Old Man Warner is just a minor
character in this masterful short story, it is well worth thinking about how he is used by
Jackson to support one of the central themes in the story, which is how we can continue to be
involved in unjust and horrific practices because of tradition. Note how throughout the story Old
Man Warner speaks up for tradition - we are told that he is the oldest man in town and that he
says during the lottery that it is the "seventy-seventh year" he has been in the lottery and he
also has some harsh words about those communities that have given up the
lottery:

Old Man
Warner snorted. "Pack of crazy fools," he said. "Listening to the young folks, nothing's good
enough for them. Next thing you know, they'll be wanting to go back to
living in caves, nobody work any more, live that way for a while. Used to be
a saying about 'Lottery in June, corn be heavy soon.' First think you know, we'd all be eating
stewed chickweed and acorns. There's always been a lottery," he added
petulantly.

Note how this important
speech ties in explicitly with some of the central themes of the novel. Old Man Warner's approach
is that tradition must be right because it has been practised for so long. To try and change it
would be, in his eyes, as stupid as going back to living in caves. The idea of change is
impossible to him. Note, too, how at the end he plays a key role in encouraging everyone to
finish off the Lottery.

Therefore in this short story Old Man Warner
plays the role of speaking up for tradition and how difficult it is to change tradition, even
when it causes us to commit terrible crimes that we can often be blind
to.

What is the style of the story "Thank you, M'am"?

When we think about this memorable story about the meeting of
two mismatched individuals and how this meeting changes the life of one of them forever, one
element that is absolutely clear is the simplicity of style which Langston Hughes uses to narrate
the tale. Consider the fact that much of the story is written in simple dialogue, using
accessible vocabulary and theme and also it is based on a familiar genre. Thus Langston Hughes
makes no effort to use a sophisticated level of vocabulary - the story is written in a very
down-to-earth style that reflects the rich earthiness of the setting and of both the characters.
Consider the following quote:

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But the boy's weight and the weight of the purse combined
caused him to lose his balance. Instead of taking off full blast as he had hoped, the boy fell on
his back on the sidewalk and his legs flew up. The large woman simply turned around and kicked
him right square in his blue-jeaned sitter. Then she reached down, picked the boy up by his shirt
front, and shook him until his teeth
rattled.

Notice the simplicity of
phrasing and the vocabulary, combined with some idioms like "full blast" and "in his blue-jeaned
sitter." This is a story that we are meant to understand and whose style reflects the simplicity
of the theme and the characters involved.

In "A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning," what is the meaning of the line, "Such wilt thou be to me, who must Like th' other foot, obliquely run"?

This line, that comes at the end of the poem, concludes the
conceit, or elaborate metaphor, that Donne employs in this remarkable poem to describe the
relationship of a union of souls so complete that distance cannot separate them. Note that the
whole poem is addressed to the speaker's wife, in which the speaker urges her to not mourn open
and visibly. After these initial recommendations, the speaker explains how they are connected so
closely and how this connection will not break through death.

The
speaker therefore compares their "two souls" to a pair of compasses, that are really not two
separate objects, but one object made up of two parts, just as the speaker and his wife are. In
an image that is remarkable for its beauty the speaker justifies his comparison to himself and
his wife as a pair of compasses:

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If they be two, they are two
so

As stiff twin compasses are two,

Thy
soul the fixed foot, makes no show

to move, but doth, if th'other
do.

And though it in the centre
sit,

Yet when the other far doth
roam,

It leans, and hearkens after
it,

And grows erect, as that comes
home.

It is in this way, the speaker
affirms in the quote you have identified, that the wife will stay "still" as her husband ventures
off into the unknown, giving him the stability that he needs to chart his course and will keep
them "joined" no matter where the husband is voyaging.

What is the antiderivative of the function (x-3)*e^x?

We'll integrate by parts. For this reason, we'll consider the
formula:

Int udv = u*v - Int vdu
(*)

We'll put u = x - 3 (1)

We'll
differentiate both sides:

du = dx
(2)

We'll put dv = e^x (3)

We'll
integrate both sides:

Int dv = Int e^x
dx

v = e^x (4)

We'll substitute (1) ,
(2) , (3) and (4) in (*):

Int udv = (x-3)*e^x - Int
(e^x)dx

Int (x-3)*e^x dx = (x-3)*e^x - e^x +
C

Int (x-3)*(e^x)dx = (e^x)*(x-3-1) +
C

The antiderivative of the given function is: Int
(x-3)*(e^x)dx = (e^x)*(x-4) + C

How do the various inhabitants of Raja Rao's Kanthapura understand and interpret Gandhi and his message?

The novel divides its characters accoring to their support
or opposition to Gandhi's message and the figure of Gandhi is at the center of the
narrative. The famale narrator, Achakka, tells the story of the village together with
her own story of hoe she came to support Gandhi's philosophy. Moorthy is a young Brahmin
who returns to the village of Kanthapura to spread Gandhi's message and the policies of
the Indian National Congress. His main opponent is Bhatta who manages to rally around
him a group of Brahmins (and, ironically, Moorthy's own mother). They are against
Gandhi's challenge to the caste system as they fear that it will eventually disrupt the
Indian social order (represented in microcosm by the rigid separation of quarters
according to class and occupation in the village). As the political crisis surrounding
Indian independence provokes violent clashes, Moorthy finds himself increasingly aligned
with Nehru's political positions. This shift reveals the conflict between spirituality
and politics and the difficulty of keeping Gandhi's spiritual and political messages
relevant for modern India.

What are the origins of the theory of behaviorism?Who were the main scholars who develop it? how do people learn according to it?

Behaviorism, also known as behavioral psychology, proposes
that the basis and motivation of all human behavior is a result of external factors such
as (operant and classical) conditioning, and not a result of intrinsic motivation,
personality, free will, emotion, or any internal mental influences. Unlike other
learning theories, behaviorism focuses on purely observable and measurable
behavior.

The earliest foundations of behaviorism began
with Russian scientist Ivan Pavlov, famous for his experiments regarding the digestive
reactions of dogs (salivation) when paired with a stimulus (a ringing bell). His
experiments led to the discovery of classical conditioning. Classical conditioning is a
learning method that occurs through the pairings and associations of environmental
stimuli with naturally occurring stimuli.

American
psychologist John B. Watson later became one of the strongest proponents of behaviorism.
B.F. Skinner continued to build upon the behaviorist theory with his concept known as
operant conditioning. Operant conditioning is a means of learning that occurs through
rewards and punishments.