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.