Compare and contrast the characteristics of several characters in "Aunt Granny Lith" by Chris Offutt.

In Chris Offutt's "Aunt Granny Lith," we find that some of the characters are similar to others, while a few have little in common.

The story is about Beth, who is the third wife of Casey. Casey's first two wives died. Some folks say he is "hexed," but Nomey (Beth's mother) disagrees:

That boy's had a run of bad...But he ain't full to blame.

Nomey does not give any more details about Casey's "run of bad [luck]," and two months later, Beth announces that she will marry him.

Aunt Granny Lith is a very old woman who never married or had children, but as a midwife she delivered more than three hundred babies on their side of the mountain. When a hospital was built nearby, she stopped working and became a recluse, living in the wild in a cave. Both Nomey and Casey thought she was long dead.

As a youngster, playing a joke on his friend Duck Sparker during a game of hide-and-seek, Casey had placed a buckeye (with the center whittled out) on what he believed to be Duck's finger, hanging out of the hole in a log where Casey thought Duck was hiding. As a part of the joke, Casey had announced:

I take you as my wife...'til death do us part.

Duck had said nothing and so Casey has smacked the side of the tree trunk and hollered for Duck to come out and kiss him. It was not Duck that emerged, but...

...a little dried-up woman, old as the hills. Her face was awful. She said, "I'll wait on you."

Casey had run away and never told a soul what had happened. However, it seemed as if Aunt Granny Lith had taken his words seriously: for his first two wives came to a quick and untimely end.

Lil is a woman in town who is out to take advantage of the drunken Casey when he goes on a two-week drinking binge. When Beth arrives to collect her drunken husband, Lil does all she can to run her out, or at least incite a fight. The two women do come to blows: Beth knocks Lil out and helps her husband out of the house.

Aunt Granny Lith is similar to Lil. Both women want a man they have no right to, and both are willing to fight Beth to get him.

Nomey and Beth are similar in that they believe that there is a power beyond that of the physical world—that there is a supernatural world. Beth refers to the power of tokens. The tokens that Beth and her mother believe in—to which they attribute supernatural (that is to say, anything beyond the natural world) or magical properties—come in the form of "an old piece of root." Casey places no significance on the tokens, but the women's beliefs and advice seem to be more effective than the things he tries to do to remove himself from the snare in which he has placed himself with the old woman. 

There appears to be reason to support the women's beliefs. There is a supernatural essence to the character of Aunt Granny Lith. First she is believed to have brought about the deaths of Casey's previous wives. And when Casey decides he is going to rid his life of the old woman, the very tools he takes out to do so are rendered useless as a nighthawk attacks him in an unnatural way. The nighthawk is associated with the old woman—the first night Beth sees her, a nighthawk lands in front of Aunt Granny Lith and she "coos" to the bird.

Both women are similar in that they are very much committed to protecting their family members: Nomey watches out for Beth and Casey, and Beth is dedicated to protecting Casey and her unborn baby.

While Beth and Nomey are similar, they have nothing in common with Aunt Granny Lith or Lil.

Even though Casey and Beth might appear to be different, in many respects they are very much alike. While they disagree on the use of tokens and the mystical traditions of Nomey, they are similar in the way they feel about each other and the things they value.

Beth and Casey both care deeply for the other. When Casey causes the truck to crash on the night of his drunken binge, Beth (even after the fist fight with Lil) walks home in the dark using the stars to guide her and returns with a mule and logging chain to haul Casey's car seat (with him tied to it) out of the truck that has crashed down the creek bank. Once she gets him to the top of the bank, she picks him up and slings him over the back of the mule to take him home.

In order to protect Beth from Aunt Granny Lith, Casey is prepared to firebomb the cave where the old woman lives and shoot her if necessary. (A nighthawk stops his plan.) When he realizes that he must act as instructed by Beth and Nomey to pacify the old woman, Casey agrees, even though he hates the notion. When Beth insists that he must spend the night with the old woman, Casey is furious. He has the following conversation with his wife:

"It's against everything."

"Not if I tell you to."

"I can't."

"It's the only way."

"That don't make it right."

...Casey smashed the chestnut with his fist. He pounded the shell to tiny pieces, swept them to the floor.

When Beth realizes that Casey will do as she and her mother have advised him, she comforts him:

She embraced him, rocking and moaning low in her throat. At dusk, he left the house.

When Casey returns, his unease at the situation is obvious. He enters the house and tells Beth:

Don't look at me.

For the two weeks following his encounter with Aunt Granny Lith, "he lay...chilled and quaking with fever." Nomey and Beth take care of him night and day.

Beth and Casey's relationship is strong. They are able to handle things that the other does and still love each other. Rather than shifting blame, they concentrate on their relationship and their abiding love for one another—a strong yet quiet love. Beth does not blame Casey for going to Lil's. She does not become angry when he causes the truck to crash. Casey apologizes for going to Lil's and for crashing the truck.

Casey is able to be honest with his wife: not only about his mistakes, but also about things that other men might see as frailties—like crying. When he returns from his night with the old woman, he is changed. Beth recognizes:

It had broken a part of Casey and graveled him up pretty bad.

He tells Beth that Aunt Granny Lith begged him to kill her. And in his wife's company:

He lowered his face to his hands and cried for a long time.

They value family as well. While we see this in how they care for each other, and the way that Casey is willing to do what it takes to keep his wife and unborn baby safe, Beth shows her love for family by urging Casey to sleep with the old woman to save her child. She is willing to allow him to go and never makes him feel guilty—in fact, if there is any guilt, it is in Casey's self-recriminations. It is Beth who promises Aunt Granny Lith:

You're too old to be a wife but you won't die like you were born. You got my word.

Beth also allows that that night was worth it, however she notes that it was something Casey and she did together:

She didn't think about it often but when she did, she knew that what they'd done was right. Their four girls were proof enough, grown now, and gone.

Offutt's characters are rich and diverse; but in both what is shared and what is distinctly different about them, they are skillfully used to create a deep and meaningful story.

Sketch the region enclosed by the given curves and find its area.

You need to determine first the points of intersection between curves and , by solving the equation, such that:

Factoring out 2x yields:

Hence, the endpoints of integral are x = 0 and x = 2.

You need to decide what curve is greater than the other on the interval [0,2]. You need to notice that on the interval [0,2], hence, you may evaluate the area of the region enclosed by the given curves, such that:

, where for

Hence, evaluating the area of the region enclosed by the given curves, yields

The area of the region enclosed by the given curves is found between the red and orange curves, for .

What are some recurrent themes in Emily Dickinson’s poetry? How does her poetic format differ from that of other poets?

Emily Dickinson was a prolific poet who wrote on a wide variety of topics; however, some of her recurrent themes are nature, death, love, and emotions, especially grief. Examples of her nature poems are 1096, which describes a meeting with a snake, and 359, which describes a bird eating a worm. Some of her most famous poems about death are ones in which she seems to describe her own demise, such as "Because I could not stop for Death" (479) and "I heard a Fly buzz - when I died" (591). Dickinson's love poetry has engendered much interest, because she never married, and the object(s) of these poems remain a mystery. They include "I'm 'wife' - I've finished that" (225) and "Wild nights - Wild nights!" (269). Two poems that powerfully describe the grief of loss are "I felt a Funeral in my Brain" (340) and "After great pain, a formal feeling comes" (372). Yet Dickinson wrote of ecstasy as well, as in "I taste a liquor never brewed" (207). Regarding the formatting of her poems, Dickinson commonly wrote in iambic in a form called "fourteeners," meaning alternating lines of iambic tetrameter and iambic trimeter. However, many poems use very short lines and irregular meter. One hallmark of her poetry is slant rhyme--using rhymes that are not exact, but "near" rhymes. Finally, erratic capitalization and liberal use of the dash within and at the ends of lines differentiate Dickinson's poetry from other poets of her time, or before or after her, making her poetry unique. 

The writer addresses "you" several times in "Still I Rise," what is the meaning of "you"?

In order to answer this question, we must look at the context in which the poem was written. Maya Angelou spent some of the most formative years of her childhood in the racially segregated town of Stamps, Arkansas. This experience, as well as her experiences with segregation and class-ism in St. Louis and California respectively, greatly colored the tone of her poetry.  This poem, written in 1978, near the end of the Civil Rights movement, and at the height of the Black Power movement was meant to be a rallying cry for any persons who were victims of oppression, especially African Americans.

Initially one could attribute the "you" in this poem to refer to any person who supported segregation or racial injustice since the poem specifically references her African American heritage and the struggles of the African American people, in lines such as:

Bringing the gifts that my ancestors gave

I am the dream and the hope of the slave

I rise

I rise

I rise

However, Angelou was intentionally ambiguous by using the general "you," because the themes of rising above oppressors, self-love, and confidence in who you are despite your circumstances, transcend race, and apply to gender, class, and religion as well.  

Is it private information that gives an advantage for insider trading? Who benefits from insider trading?

It is private or confidential information that confers an advantage in insider training, and the person who sells or buys stocks on the basis of that private information makes money he or she should not be entitled to make. The idea is that stocks and bonds are traded on a level playing field, with buyers and sellers all having access to the same information, making their decisions on the basis of information that is available to everyone.  This keeps the stock market fair and allows it to be a legitimate measure of value.  

Let us suppose I work for a technology company that is on the verge of some major technological breakthrough, for instance, the ability to hold millions of gigabytes of memory on some device no bigger than a dot.  This is not public information, and it is likely to be confidential information, which I have agreed to keep confidential as a condition of employment, a fairly standard requirement.  The stock of my company is so-so, perhaps trading at $25.00/share.  I call you up and tell you about this breakthrough. You buy 100 shares of the stock, investing $2500.  The announcement of the breakthrough comes, and the shares are now trading at $50.00/share. You can now sell this stock at the current rate and will have doubled your money.

The problem is that you have reaped the benefit of information that is not accessible to everyone, just to you, because I have called you to tell you about the breakthrough coming. Not only that, but also, I have breached my employment contract, discussing confidential information with an outsider.  This is completely unfair to all the buyers and sellers in the stock market, since the whole market is premised on the idea of the level playing field. If insider training were not prohibited, our ability to trade and make money would be based more on whom we know than on any acuity we have to judge what to buy and sell.  Our faith in the stock market as a true evaluation of the worth of publicly traded companies would be completely eroded, and we would probably all go back to hoarding gold or stuffing our money in our mattresses.  

What have we learned from Lyddie in the book?

Different readers are going to learn different things from Lyddie's character.  Based on the question, it seems that the answer is completely open ended, and you can state whatever you believe that Lyddie taught you.  Be sure to back up your claims with explanations about why you feel that way.  

I do believe that no matter who the reader is though, that readers learn about the value of family through Lyddie's character.  Early in the novel, she is separated from her family because of the debt that her father left the family with.  Canceling out that debt is her number one goal, because without the financial debt, Lyddie's family can return together to the farm.  

I also believe that Lyddie (the person) also teaches readers about hard work and determination.  Lyddie is anything but lazy.  She is willing to work herself into the ground in order to be successful.  I think a lot of people could stand to learn that lesson.  The things in life that are worth pursing take a lot of work.  Lyddie is constantly being given obstacle after obstacle, but her determination to see things through allows her to continually be successful.  

Which words best describes the tone of the poem "Ozymandias"? Some possibilities are: Ironic Cheerful Confused Despairing

"Ozymandias" by Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792–1822) was first published in the January 1818 issue of the magazine The Examiner. The poem is a fourteen-line Italian sonnet written in iambic pentameter.

The poem consists of an introduction by a nameless narrator who meets with an equally nameless traveler. The traveler tells of having seen on his travels a partially ruined statue of Ozymandias (a name used for the Egyptian Pharaoh Ramesses II). He notes the grandeur and scale of the statue, the arrogance of the stone face, and the inscription on the pedestal reading:

‘My name is Ozymandias, king of kings:

Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!'

The tone of the poem is neutral and descriptive. Neither the narrator nor the traveler has any particular emotional connection to the pharaoh who died a few thousand years before the dramatic present of the poem. The contrast between the boasting of the statue and its physical decay in the remote desert is an example of situational irony. The traveler seems impressed by the sheer grandeur of the statue and skill of the artist, but also aware that such boasting appears absurd in light of human mortality. 

Use DeMoivre's Theorem to find the indicated power of the complex number. Write the result in standard form.

Take note that De Moivre's Theorem is used to compute the powers and roots of a complex number. The formula is:

Notice that its formula is in trigonometric form. So to compute , it is necessary to convert the complex number to trigonometric form ).

 To convert  to   , apply the formula

  and  

So,

Since x is positive and y is  negative, theta is located at the fourth quadrant. So the equivalent positive angle of theta is:

Hence, the trigonometric form of the complex number 

is

Now that it is in trigonometric form, proceed to apply the formula of De Moivre's Theorem to compute .

     

     

     

     

Therefore, .

Briefly describe reproduction in gymnosperms.

Reproduction in gymnosperms works as follows: First, a leafy green sporophyte (diploid phase of a plant, where it is currently producing spores through meiosis) generates cones that contain male and female gametophytes.

The male cone contains microsporophylls, which are 'leaf-like' organs responsible for bearing microsporangium that produce microspores which then divide into the male gametophyte, also known as pollen. This gametophyte is then carried by the wind or other means of transportation to female gametophytes. This process of transportation is known as pollination.

Now, in the female cone, the megaspore cell divides by meiosis to produce four haploid (cells that have a single set of unpaired chromosomes) megaspores. One of these megaspores then divides to form the female gametophyte.

When the male gametophyte carried by the wind reaches the female cone, it forms a structure called a pollen tube, through which the generative cell travels in the direction of the female gametophyte.

This generative cell will then release two sperm cells, of which one will fuse with the egg giving origin to a diploid zygote (a cell which originated from the union of two gametes, having a pair of chromosomes). This zygote will then divide to become the embryo.

I tried to make it brief while giving an explanation to some of the terms.

What does the word "allegory" mean?

An allegory is a literary device that involves crafting a narrative with a hidden meaning. It may be helpful to think of an allegory as a more comprehensive or drawn-out form of metaphor. Allegories are different from symbolism because symbolism relies on using one object to imply another. Allegories may involve a system of symbols, but the allegory itself is a stand-in for a deeper meaning. 

Some famous literary works rely on allegory as a means of story-telling. George Orwell's Animal Farm is an allegory for life before and during the Russian Communist Revolution. Plato's Allegory of the Cave describes how different people may engage with events and objects to differing degrees — some people analyze events and ideas to understand things as they truly are, while others may take information at face value.

What does Lorenzo say about the music in The Merchant of Venice?

Upon eloping, Lorenzo and Jessica, Shylock's daughter, are listening to music at Portia's house. Jessica confides in Lorenzo how she always feels sad when she hears "sweet music." Lorenzo explains that it isn't the music that makes her feel sad but rather a deeper longing to release herself to a spiritual experience. He calls for the musicians and the lovers retreat to the outdoors.

When the musicians arrive to play for Jessica and Lorenzo, he shares with her his comparison of the music to the music of the universe that humans cannot hear while living among the mortals. He gives his definitions of men who do not like music. He calls them names and tells Jessica that they deserve the very worst experiences life can throw at them.

I don't know what topic to write about for an essay on "A Modest Proposal"; I don't even know how to start it. Please, someone help me!

This assignment, usually after discussing Swift’s “A Modest Proposal,” serves to demonstrate the student’s understanding of irony and exaggeration to make an argument. When the student understands the “modest” adjective, he/she is then requested to invent a “modest” (read “preposterous”) idea to solve another problem, a suggestion that, by its outrageousness, illuminates the irony of the dilemma but which superficially can be argued. For example, suppose we were to suggest that only cripples and the sick should fight in a war, because their loss would be less than losing a healthy person. How about suggesting that college students should never read the classic Iliad, because it puts them in a combative, belligerent, defensive mood toward their professors? Or what if ladies were required to wear high heels if they wanted gender equality to play professional sports? See, preposterous “solutions” to social problems highlight the flaws in our thinking, in our approach to solving problems. What if students were required to only plagiarize their homework, so they would learn how to research their topics?

What geographical feature is described below: A piece of very fertile flatland made of silt left behind as a river drains into a larger body of...

Deltas are wetlands that form as rivers deposit into larger bodies of water like oceans or seas.  Examples of deltas include the Mississippi River Delta and the Nile River Delta.  The Mississippi River deposits into the Gulf of Mexico while the Nile River travels to the Mediterranean Sea.  Deltas form a triangular shape as they enter the larger body of water.  This is because the river naturally slows down, and silt is built up in that area.  Generally, the river will branch out into several tributaries that deposit into the ocean or sea.  The richest of the soil is the sediment that remains under the water of a delta, usually at the mouth of the river.  Because of the richness of the soil, deltas are important geographical features.

How does Tituba react to Betty's condition?

When Tituba is questioned by the Reverend Hale about Betty, she is horrified to think that anyone believes she would harm the child. She responds by saying "I love me Betty!" and later says "I don't desire to hurt little children." Abigail is trying to blame Tituba for what happened to Betty, saying Tituba comes to her in dreams, and made her drink blood, even after Tituba tells the truth and says Abigail asked her for a charm that involved drinking chicken blood. When Hale encourages her to confess, she implicates Goody Good and Goody Osborn. He also encourages her to ask God for forgiveness. Abby imitates Tituba's behavior and, playacting as if she is hysterical, acts like she is also begging for God's forgiveness.

Then in the same heightened emotional state (again, playacting), Abigail starts to chant the names of various women in the village, accusing them by saying she saw them with he devil. Betty stirs from her stupor and also begins chanting that she saw these same women with the devil. The emotional intensity of Tituba's fear at being accused (she knows that as a slave she is very vulnerable) sparks the same emotional intensity in the girls, and this is the catalyst of the hysteria that sweeps through the village.

What were the author's two rules for securing money?

Booker T. Washington believes that in order to secure funds for the Tuskegee Institute he must adhere to two rules:

1. "First, always to do my whole duty regarding making our work known to individuals and organizations." 

This first rule is self-explanatory. He believes that his cause is just and noble, and he believes that the Tuskegee Institute provides a solid and valid education for African Americans. He believes that individuals and organizations who respect what the Tuskegee Institute is accomplishing will be benefactors of the institution. 

2. "When bills are on the eve of falling due, with not a dollar in hand with which to meet them, it is pretty difficult to learn not to worry, although I think I am learning more and more each year that all worry simply consumes, and to no purpose, just so much physical and mental strength that might otherwise be given to effective work."

Washington contends he tries not to worry about obtaining funds to maintain the institution because he believes men "who never grow excited or lose self-control, but are always calm, self-possessed, patient, and polite" are most successful at achieving their goals. By worrying about funding and growing upset about money, Washington contends that you lose sight of the Tuskegee Institute's goals and the greater good the institute can achieve. 

Washington refuses to beg for financial assistance from anyone. He relies on the Tuskegee Institute's reputation to help raise the money needed to maintain itself. Both of his rules support Washington's assertion that "the most useful and influential people in it are those who take the deepest interest in institutions that exist for the purpose of making the world better" and those people will be benefactors without Washington begging for their assistance. 

What is the mood of Eyes on the Prize?

An inspirational mood defines Eyes on the Prize.

The mood in a work of literature is the emotional atmosphere of a given work. The struggle that surrounds Eyes on the Prize can be seen as very depressing but also creates inspired feelings.

The brutality of Emmett Till, the physical suffering of those who marched in Selma, and the hatred so many white people displayed towards African-Americans are painful to witness.  However, Eyes on the Prize is successful as a work of literature because it triggers a change within the reader.  I think that its inspirational mood moves a modern audience because of its articulation of the depth the Civil Rights Struggle.  For every example of savage cruelty, a counter-response of resistance is evident.  Dr. King's boycotts and the speeches by leaders like Malcolm X and Stokely Carmichael are examples of how injustice can be met with determination to overcome it. 

An inspirational mood is felt because the reader realizes how many people struggled and fought for the rights that so many enjoy today.  It is understood that the march towards equality and acceptance are campaigns that must continue to be waged today.  The mere title of "Eyes on the Prize" comes from a gospel song that calls out for people to persevere in the face of obstacles.  This ignites feelings of inspiration because it allows us to understand that our purpose is not to accept injustice but rather battle through it.

On which topic can I write an autobiography?

The word "autobiography" is composed of the following parts:

• "auto," meaning "self"


• "bio," meaning "life"


• "graph(y)," meaning to draw or write

So, the meaning of autobiography is for someone to write a story about their own life. The only thing you can write a autobiography about is you! However, you may choose to focus on a particular theme or part of your life to build your story around. Has anything special happened to you in your lifetime? What struggles do you feel you have overcome? Do you have any special talents? What do you want people to know about your lifetime?

Making a timeline can be helpful to organize your thoughts and important places and events in your life. You may even like to include this timeline in your autobiography so that others can look at it.

What details develop the characters in the short story through the tunnel

The development of character through the methods of describing the thoughts and feelings of the character, the words of the character, the perception of a character by another, and other devices such as imagery are used by Doris Lessing in her story "Through the Tunnel."

• Thoughts and Feelings of Characters

Because Lessing employs an omniscient narrator, the reader is provided much detail in what the main characters are thinking. In the exposition, for example, Lessing describes the introspection of Jerry's mother as she has conflicting feelings about allowing him to leave her and go look at the rocks near the big beach.

She was thinking. Of course, he's old enough to be safe without me. Have I been keeping him too close? He mustn't feel he ought to be with me. I must be careful.

Jerry's feelings are revealed to the reader, as well. When he tries to gain the attention of the older native boys, they "turned their eyes back toward the water" and continue what they are doing. "Through his hot shame," Jerry tries clowning as though he does not care about their reaction.

Throughout the narrative, Jerry's feelings are described. In another example, "he was trembling with horror" at the sight of the long tunnel which he wants to swim through. Throughout his attempt to pass through the tunnel, the omniscient narrator provides a description of his mother's and Jerry's varied feelings and thoughts.

• Perception of a Character by Other Characters

As mentioned earlier, the older native boys are uninterested in Jerry, who cannot perform the feat that they can. 
Jerry, who goes through a rite of passage by swimming through the tunnel, undergoes psychological change, and his mother wrestles mentally with her changing perceptions of Jerry, also. At the end of the narrative, for instance, after Jerry rushes to the bathroom to clean his head from the bang against the tunnel. His mother examines him when he comes to greet her. "He was strained; his eyes were glazed-looking." As she talks with Jerry, she is

...ready for a battle of wills, but he gave in at once. It was no longer of the least importance to go to the bay.

• Literary Devices

In the opening paragraph, Jerry follows his mother, who walks before him. Lessing uses imagery to describe her:

....Her other arm, swinging loose, was very white in the sun. The boy watched that white, naked arm, and turned his eyes....

Later, as Jerry swims over to the rocks that are distant from the beach where his mother is, "that bare arm, now slighty reddened from yesterday's sun...

In one character description of Jerry's mother, Lessing employs a metaphor [bold], followed by a simile [italics]:

There she was, a speck of yellow under an umbrella that looked like a slice of orange peel.

Another simile describes the older boys:

...the water beyond the rock was full of boys blowing like brown whales.

Explain how you can use a speedometer and a clock to tell how far you have traveled in a car if the odometer is not working?

The odometer of a car measures (and displays) the distance traveled by the vehicle, while the speedometer measures (and displays) the instantaneous speed of a vehicle. If the odometer of a car is not working, we can use the distance, speed and time relationship to calculate the distance traveled. 

Distance traveled = speed x time

That is, distance traveled by a vehicle (the reading of odometer) is the product of speed of the vehicle and time taken. Since the speed of a vehicle is not constant, we have to integrate or add all the values of speed times the time. 

So, if our odometer is not working, we can use a wall clock to determine the time we traveled at a particular speed and multiple the two. All such values (corresponding to each different) velocity will give us the total distance traveled. For example, if we found that we traveled at 20 m/s for 10 s, then changed the speed to 10 m/s and stayed at that speed for 10 s and finally were traveling at 5 m/s for 5 s; then the total distance traveled by us would be 20 x 10 + 10 x 10 + 5 x 5 = 200 + 100 + 25 = 325 m.

Hope this helps. 

What did Lord Capulet say to Tybalt at the party in Romeo and Juliet Act 1 Scene 5?

When Lord Capulet hears Tybalt ordering his servant to fetch his rapier, he demands to know what his kinsman is so up in arms about.

Tybalt answers adamantly that he needs to send for his sword, because an enemy is present in their midst. When Lord Capulet looks out among his guests, he thinks he sees Romeo. He looks to Tybalt for confirmation that the young man is indeed Romeo. Tybalt answers in the affirmative; he's raring to go and fight off Romeo, but his uncle will not let him do it.

Lord Capulet insists that Romeo is a 'virtuous and well-governed youth' and he will not insult him for all the wealth in town. He orders Tybalt to ignore the young party-crasher and to put on a happier countenance if he has any respect for his wishes at all. Lord Capulet reiterates that a party is no place for frowns.

Tybalt answers that his behavior and expressions are fitting when 'such a villain is a guest.' He defiantly argues with Lord Capulet that he will not endure Romeo's presence gladly. Lord Capulet tells Tybalt that he will endure anything he is ordered to since he, and not Tybalt, is the man of the house. He warns Tybalt to stay quiet and to not stir up chaos at his party. Ominously, he warns Tybalt that he will make sure Tybalt stays quiet if he can't do it himself. Meanwhile, Tybalt is beside himself with anger and decides that he will leave the party. He exits in a spirit of discontentment and rage.

Many Americans wanted a new plan of government because the Articles of Confederation was too A. hard to understand. B. strong. C. expensive. D. weak

Many people wanted a new plan of government because the Articles of Confederation was too weak. The government created by the Articles of Confederation was made weak on purpose because we were afraid of having too strong of a government like we had when Great Britain ruled us. Thus, the government under the Articles of Confederation wasn’t able to tax its people. It couldn’t make people join the military. It had trouble keeping order at home. It also couldn’t resolve disputes between states.

These weaknesses led to financial issues. We had trouble paying our debts to other countries because it was hard for the government to raise money. Our paper money was not always accepted because both the state governments and the federal government printed paper money.

The government had issues with other countries. When Great Britain wouldn’t leave the forts in the West, there was little the government could about it militarily because it couldn’t require our citizens to join the army. The same was true when Great Britain and Spain interfered with our trade.

The government had trouble maintaining order within the country. When Shays Rebellion occurred, the federal government didn’t respond to the rebellion. It was the state militia of Massachusetts that ended the rebellion. There also was no place where states could resolve disputes they had with each other.

Because of these issues, people realized we needed a new plan of government. As a result, our current plan of government, the Constitution, was developed.

What causes Jess to smile at Leslie in Bridge to Terabithia?

The part of the story that the question is asking about can be found in chapter four.  The start of the chapter focuses on the first day of school for Jess and Leslie.  Jess is super excited to race at recess against the other boys, because he believes that he will be the fastest.  Despite being a girl, Leslie shows up to race too.  The boys are not happy about it, but they let her race.  Much to everybody's dismay, Leslie wins every race. Jess is not happy with her, and he continues to be mad at her through most of the week.  

His attitude starts to change in Miss Edmunds's class.  Miss Edmunds brings joy to Jess no matter what.  He has a bit of a crush on her, and he can't help but be in a better mood in her class.  Miss Edmunds then begins to play on her guitar and lead the class in song.  Jess is swept up in the "pure delight" of it all, and he smiles at Leslie.  Jess immediately mentally scolds himself, and then he just as quickly decides that is dumb.  Jess decides that he is going to have a better attitude about Leslie, and then he smiles again.  The moment is a turning point in their relationship.  

Caught in the pure delight of it, Jess turned and his eyes met Leslie's. He smiled at her. What the heck? There wasn't any reason he couldn't. What was he scared of anyhow? Lord. Sometimes he acted like the original yellow-bellied sapsucker. He nodded and smiled again. She smiled back. He felt there in the teachers' room that it was the beginning of a new season in his life, and he chose deliberately to make it so.

Why did settlers come to Jamestown ?

Jamestown was settled in 1607 by the Virginia Company of London. The Virginia Company was a joint-stock company. Joint-stock companies were like a corporation in that shares are publicly sold. The exorbitant cost of funding an expedition made it difficult to subsidize. The high price tag discouraged individuals from taking on this investment. For this reason, the concept of joint-stock companies was born.

England was interested in colonies in the New World for two reasons. First, it hoped it could challenge the empire being acquired by Spain; and secondly, it wanted to relieve the population pressures it was experiencing in the cities.

The first settlers to Jamestown were entrepreneurs that came to the New World to acquire wealth. The company was in search of gold and silver deposits but ended up profiting from tobacco.  The fact that individuals, rather than governments, invested in the British colonies is an important reason for its long-term success.

What are the similarities in the structure of the language used by Lady Macbeth and the witches in "Macbeth," and "The Laboratory" by Robert...

Lady Macbeth and the narrator in "The Laboratory" share similar characteristics. They are both ambitious women who resort to murder to achieve their goals. However, beyond character similarities, there are also similar structural techniques used in the language of these characters.

First, three passages: 

1. LADY MACBETH: That which hath made them drunk hath made me bold. / What hath quenched them hath given me fire. / Hark! - Peace. / It was the owl that shrieked, the fatal bellman, / Which gives the stern'st good-night. He is about it. / The doors are open, and the surfeited grooms / Do mock their charge with snores. (II.ii.1-8)

2. LABORATORY: For only last night, as they whispered, I brought / My own eyes to bear on her so, that I thought / Could I keep them one half minute fixed, she would fall, / Shrivelled; she fell not; yet this does it all! 

3. WITCH 1: Where the place?

    WITCH 2: Upon the heath.

    WITCH 3: There to meet with Macbeth. (I.i.6-8)

The three of these passages do not have similar content, but they share unique nuances that can be illuminating. All three of these characters share a similar pacing in their poetry. These characters often break a standard rhythm to create a jolted, anxious tone. For instance, "Shrivelled; she fell not; yet this does it all!" and "What hath quenched them hath given me fire. / Hark! - Peace," are both lines that are unsure of themselves. Lady Macbeth claims she is bold, and then she is startled. The narrator in "The Laboratory" is sure of herself, and then she is anxious and jumping from one thought to the next. Similarly, the witches are frantic in their pacing and difficult to predict. All three of these passages share frenetic pacing. These language techniques are used to underscore their emotional states. 

When an ambulance with its siren on is moving towards you does the wavelength of the sound get longer of shorter?

When a siren approaches you the wavelength of the sound decreases, corresponding to an increase in frequency which we perceive as increase in the pitch of the sound. This is known as the Doppler Effect or Dopper Shift. You've probably noticed that as a siren, train whistle or loud engine passes you it gets higher in pitch as it approaches and decreases in pitch as it moves away. Since the source of the sound waves is moving with the waves, the wave fronts bunch closer together in front of the moving source and stretch further apart behind the moving  source. When the wave fronts are closer together the wavelength is shorter and the frequency of the waves is higher.

The linked video shows how this happens. It also explains Red Shift, which is the change in wavelength of light that is emitted by moving objects. 

Why are Sal and her father moving from their farm in Bybanks, Kentucky, to Euclid, Ohio?

Sal Hiddle and her father are moving from Bybanks, Kentucky, to a new home in Euclid, Ohio, for two reasons. The first reason is that, after Sal’s mother left to go to Idaho and is now not returning, Mr. Hiddle cannot be around the house that the family had shared. It has become too sad for him, and he needs to get away to a different environment so that he can adjust to his new life. Sometimes a home ceases to be a home when one of its members is missing.

Another reason is that he wants to be around Margaret Cadaver, his new next-door neighbor, because of a connection that will be revealed at the end of the novel. Sal does not accept these reasons; she wants to go back home to the farm she had grown up on, and to be near to her grandparents. Though she quickly makes friends, such as Phoebe Winterbottom and Mary Lou and Ben Finney, her heart belongs to Bybanks.

How is her secret activity discovered in The Possibility of Evil?

Miss Strangeworth has been writing her anonymous letters for one year and creating many kinds of bad feelings in the town. On the day covered by the story she writes three more poison-pen letters on sheets of paper of different colors and places them in matching envelopes. One of them will have serious consequences for her.

After thinking for a minute, although she had been phrasing the letter in the back of her mind all the way home, she wrote on a pink sheet: DIDN'T YOU EVER SEE AN IDIOT CHILD BEFORE? SOME PEOPLE JUST SHOULDN'T HAVE CHILDREN SHOULD THEY?

She addressed an envelope to Don Crane after a moment's thought, wondering curiously if he would show the letter to his wife, and using a pink envelope to match the pink paper. 

Evidently Miss Strangeworth has not written to Don or his wife Helen before this. She talked to Helen earlier in the day outside the grocery story, and she is well aware that both husband and wife are seriously concerned about the apparent slow development of their six-month-old baby daughter.

Miss Strangeworth always mails her letters at the post office in the early evening. The small-town post office is always closed by that time, but there is a slot in the front door for people to deposit letters. She pushes two of her letters through the slot, but she inadvertently lets the one in the pink envelope fall to the ground outside. The post office is a hangout for young people in the early evening. One of them sees the pink envelope and tries to attract Miss Strangeworth's attention, but she doesn't hear him as she goes on her way.

The boy who finds the letter happens to be Dave Harris, one of the victims of Miss Strangeworth's letters. She has written to his girlfriend Linda Stewart's parents hinting that Dave and Linda are going far beyond the usual teenage hugging and kissing. Linda's irate father has forbidden Dave to come to their house and is trying to break the young couple up completely. 

Dave decides he will hand-deliver the pink letter to Don Crane. Naturally there is no return address on the envelope, but Dave is sure to tell him Don that the letter was dropped in front of the post-office door by Miss Strangeworth. When Don reads it he will be the first person in town to know that this sweet little old lady is capable of writing such letters.

Don will not know that anybody else has received Miss Strangeworth's anonymous letters, and he may never tell anybody except his wife about her letter to him. He takes his secret revenge by chopping up all her treasured rose bushes and sending her his own anonymous letter which reads:

LOOK OUT AT WHAT USED TO BE YOUR ROSES.

Miss Strangeworth does not even know that this vandalism was a retaliation for anything she had done or that she is in danger of exposure. She just takes it as an example of the widespread evil she knows exists in her town. She may continue writing her poison-pen letters as before. But now that two people, Don and Helen Crane, know her secret, it may not be long before everybody in town will know who has been causing so much trouble.

What can you say about Stockton's short story, "The Lady or the Tiger?"

Stockton's "The Lady or the Tiger?" is a good story to learn about ambiguity and inference because the ending is not clear. The princess gets caught by her father, the king, dating a man without his permission. The man is thrown into prison and later sent to the arena to choose between two doors. Behind one is a man-eating tiger and behind the other is a beautiful young woman who will be his bride. Under no circumstances will the man be able to marry the princess, though. The man's fate is either to marry a beautiful woman he probably does not know, or die a gruesome death. The princess, however, discovers which door the young woman will be waiting behind. She also knows the lady from her court and actually hates her; so, the trial becomes really one for the princess. Should the princess send her lover to his death or allow him to marry a woman she despises?

"The only hope for the youth. . . was based on the success of the princess in discovering this mystery; and the moment he looked upon her, he saw she had succeeded. . . Then it was that his quick and anxious glance asked the question: 'Which?' It was as plain to her as if he shouted it from where he stood."

The story does not explicitly say which end the boy receives. The story ends ambiguously; hence, the reader must infer, based on textual evidence, which door the princess would advise her lover to open.

Why do we have to read Animal Farm?

George Orwell had a very specific objective in writing the book. He wanted to encapsulate the story of the USSR and its leaders in a way that would connect it to a wider audience than just those who kept up with political news in a meaningful way. By choosing animals as the characters, it was also easy for him to connect certain traits and make some animals beloved and others hated according to those characteristics.

The idea was to show the dangerous ways that an ideal, like the one espoused by Old Major and the animals originally, could be twisted and perverted to serve an evil leader's purposes. As such, it provides a powerful lesson about the Soviet Union but also about any other way that political leaders use their power to accomplish things that are not always positive and often extremely negative.

So one might argue that you "have" to read the book to remind you of those lessons and to help you understand them and connect them to similar events in the present world.

It also doesn't hurt that Orwell was a very capable writer whose prose is recognized as being extremely effective so reading it will have the added benefit of improving the writing of those who do so.

The cream in the middle of a cream-filled donut has a volume of 50 cubic centimeters and a mass of 10 grams. What is the density?

Hello!

The density of something, by definition, is the the mass m of this something divided by its volume V:

= m / V.

For heterogeneous objects this is the definition of an average density. For homogeneous substances density doesn't depend on a quantity of a substance used for a measurement. If, say, a volume is increased twice, then the mass will also be twice greater and the density will be the same.

In our case, the density is 10 g / 50 cm^3 = 0.2

A density may be expressed in other units. For example, the standard SI unit is Because 1 kg = 1000 g and 1 m = 100 cm, to convert from to it is necessary to multiply by

So, it is also correct to say that the density of the cream is 200

What's a good thesis statement on how Romeo changes in Romeo and Juliet?

Thesis: Throught Romeo and Juliet, Romeo fails to advance beyond his passionate, yet irrational and rash self, which leads to his eventual suicide by Juliet's tomb.

It's tough to argue that Romeo is the hero of a play when it ends with the teenager's suicide. While Romeo is clearly the play's protagonist,he remains, regretfully, a static character, and doesn't change. 

He begins the play pining over Rosaline, who "hath forsworn to love, and in that vow / Do I live dead that live to tell it now." Romeo goes on to describe how he'll never see another like Rosaline and wishes Benvolio can teach him not to think so that he did not have to be so sad.

Romeo's relationship with Juliet, including the dramatic balcony scene, are the actions of an irrational teenager. Drunken by Juliet's beauty, Romeo climbs her balcony risking his life if caught by her father's men, who are mortal enemies to Romeo's family. But this doesn't stop the boy, who after seeing Juliet once and dancing with her once and kissing her once has fallen madly in love. Romeo is full of hyperbolic statements when Juliet delivers her monologue while standing on the balcony. He calls her a "bright angel" and says she's "as glorious to this night" and then, again, to "a winged-messenger of heaven." All of this, while sweet, indicates irrational thought. 

Finally, Romeo kills himself when he sees Juliet dead in her tombstone, but not before dispatching Prince Paris in a passionate duel. There are many other ways in which Romeo could have handled this. For example, he could have grieved with Paris instead of fighting him and killing him. However, his rashness leads him to murder and then it leads him to kill himself.

There are other events throughout this play that illustrate Romeo's irrationality and rashness, including his fight that ends with the death of Tybalt. However, to argue that Romeo "changes" throughout this play is a bit disingenuous. 

What does the short story "The Sniper" show about the Irish Civil War?

The most important theme of the story is the common story of all civil wars in that they often end up pitting brothers against brothers. At times it may simply be brothers in the sense that members of the same community or nation are brothers or it might also mean actual brothers.

The Irish Civil War, like any civil war, broke families apart and often forced participants to choose loyalty to their side of the war or loyalty to their family or the community that raised them.

Another aspect of the story that is highlighted is the terrible cruelty that comes about when men are convinced that their cause is more important than other people's lives. The way that the sniper kills the woman without hesitation because she's pointed out his position is an example of this. There is a strange willingness to accept when combatants like the snipers or the soldier in the armored car shoot each other but a sense of revulsion generally follows the killing of a civilian.

How do I make a newspaper article about causes and results of World War II?

When making any news article, you want to be able to answer the following questions. Who was involved? What happened? Why did it happen? When did it happen? What were the results of the action?

In looking at the causes of World War II, we can look at these questions individually.

Who: The countries of Germany, Italy, and Japan, called the Axis Powers, were fighting Great Britain, France, and eventually the United States and the Soviet Union, called the Allied Powers.

What: The Axis Powers began to invade other countries to get land and resources. After Germany invaded Poland, Great Britain and France declared war on the Germany. After the Japanese attacked the United States at Pearl Harbor, we declared war on Japan. In each instance, other alliance members joined the war. The Soviet Union joined the war after being invaded by Germany when Germany broke the non-aggression pact with the Soviet Union.

Why: The Axis Powers wanted land and resources. Germany wanted revenge for the harsh Versailles Treaty.

When: World War II began in Europe in September 1939. The United States joined the war after the attack on Pearl Harbor that occurred on December 7, 1941.

Results: Germany and Italy controlled much of Europe at the start of the war. The Axis advance was stopped when they failed to capture Great Britain in 1940. When Germany invaded the Soviet Union, Germany made a major military mistake that weakened them significantly. The Axis Powers were on the retreat in Europe after 1942, and they surrendered on May 8, 1945. The Japanese controlled much of the western and the central Pacific Ocean and parts of Asia until June of 1942. After the Battle at Midway Island, a battle that Japan lost, the Japanese were now on the retreat as the Allies began the policy of island hopping. Eventually, the United States dropped two atomic bombs on Japan, ending the war. After the war ended, the United States and the Soviet Union became the two superpowers, and they entered a period of confrontation and competition known as the Cold War.

Now you are able to write an informed news article!

If 2.07 grams of aluminum react with excess CuSO4, what is the theoretical yield of Cu? 2Al + 3CuSO4 ---> Al2(SO4)3 + 3Cu

The very first thing to solve such numerical is to write a well-balanced chemical equation for the given reaction. In this case, aluminum reacts with copper sulfate, and undergoes displacement reaction, to produce aluminum sulfate and copper. The well-balanced equation is already provided by you as:

It is balanced, because the number of atoms of each element are same on both sides of the chemical reaction.

Now, we can use soichiometry to determine the theoretical yield of copper. From this equation, 2 moles of aluminum form 3 moles of copper.

Here, we have 2.07 g of aluminum. The molar masses of aluminum and copper are 27 g/mol and 63.5 g/mol, respectively. 

Using unitary method,

2 mole aluminum produces 3 mole copper

or, 1 mole aluminum produces 3/2 moles of copper

or, 2.07/27 moles of aluminum produces 3/2 x 2.07/27 moles of copper

= 0.115 mole copper = 0.115 x 63.5 g copper = 7.30 g copper.

Hope this helps.

Even though Jem Finch is brave, how does he still rely on Atticus when he is scared in Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird? Provide 2-3 quotes from...

To Kill a Mockingbird covers the years surrounding Jem's preteen years--ages 10 to 12. These are impressionable years but also years when many kids assert their independence while facing childhood fears. As the Finch kids come to learn the realities of life, some scary or surprising events emerge. Jem handles life on his own, generally, but when something pops up that he's unsure of, he either watches how his father reacts to those situations or he goes and asks Atticus for help. 

One of the first events that causes Jem to watch Atticus for an example of how to behave is when Miss Maudie's house is burning. Atticus tells Jem to take care of Scout while he goes to help. When Jem notices that he and Scout are feeling scared, he gives her some advice to watch Atticus to know when to to start worrying. He tells Scout the following:

"'See there, he's not worried yet,' said Jem.

'Why ain't he on top of one of the houses?'

'He's too old, he'd break his neck. . . Let's don't pester him, he'll know when it's time'" (70).

This passage shows that Jem watches Atticus to see how to face a crisis. He trusts his father so much, that all he has to do is watch the example set before him in order to calm himself and Scout down.

Another scary episode happens when Jem spots a mad dog coming down the street. Jem does not try to be a hero. Jem knows when to call in his father for help and when to take care of the situation himself. The mad dog was more than he could handle at his age; so, Jem goes straight to Calpurnia for help because he knows she will call Atticus. Atticus and Heck Tate are called in to help and Atticus is calm and collected as always. When the kids discover that Atticus is a dead shot (by killing the dog) Scout wants to tell the world. Jem tells her not to because "if he wanted us to know it, he'da told us. If he was proud of it, he'da told us. . . Atticus is a gentleman, just like me!" (98-99).

Finally, during an even scarier situation, the kids discover Atticus guarding Tom Robinson at the jail before the trial. After Scout breaks away from Jem to run toward Atticus, Jem follows up to catch her. Once there, Jem refuses to leave when his father asks him to because Atticus doesn't say, "It's not time to worry." Jem fully understands that his dad is in trouble. Yet again, Jem behaves like his father by not reacting incorrectly or rashly. Atticus shows his approval for how Jem handled a scary situation as follows:

"Atticus  and Jem were well ahead of us, and I assumed that Atticus was giving him hell for not going home, but I was wrong. As they passed under the streetlight Atticus reached out and massaged Jem's hair, his one gesture of affection" (155).

Atticus and Jem have an unspoken relationship of trust. Jem knows when to ask for help even though he has the courage of his father. He understands that his father will lead them right and protect them as he follows his father's lead.

What is 'Waiting for Godot' by Samuel Beckett about?

This outstanding play by Samuel Beckett is "about" the desire (some would say "need") of all humans for a purpose and direction in their lives.  For those majority of us, the "purpose" of our lives is to love, honor, and obey a "deity," a "maker" who created us for a purpose, whether that purpose is known to us or not.  Like a physical invention (philosophers have used a paper cutter as an invention whose "need" or purpose came before its creation), the prevailing view is that -- we were invented.  Existentialists, however, suggest that our existence preceded our "essence," and that we "invent" a purpose by making choices.  Returning to the play, we realize that Gogo and Didi are hoping for, wishing for, waiting for Godot, a non-character who, if he would appear, would give them purpose, orders, directions (in both senses of the word.)  The play, then, follows the two universal characters through their daily lives while they wait, performing basically meaningless acts to "pass the time".  The impact of the play's message is made frighteningly clear when at the end of the play, this exchange -- "Let's go."  "Yes, let's go." -- is followed by the stage direction:  "They do not move."  In every good production, the audience is frozen in place for several minutes, because we, too, are "waiting for Godot," for purpose and meaning.  

What affects the color of your poop?

The color of one's stool is affected by his/her diet and the amount of bile produced in his/her intestinal tract. Bile is a fluid that contains enzymes that aid the digestion of lipids (fats). It is yellow to green in color. As bile moves down the digestive tract, it turns from yellow to green to brown. Stool color may also be affected by the types of medications taken by an individual. Below are possible stool colors, what they might mean, and their causes.

1.      Green

Green stools may indicate diarrhea. The bile is moving so quickly through the digestive system that it does not have time to turn brown. Green stools may also result from eating an abundance of leafy vegetables or consuming artificial food dyes.  

2.      Light grey or white

Such a stool color may indicate that there is not enough bile being produced. Antidiarrheal medications may inhibit bile production and result in such a stool color.

3.      Black

Black stool may indicate that the upper gastrointestinal (GI) tract is bleeding. Iron supplements have also been known to cause black stools.

4.      Yellow

Such stool color is a result of excess fat in one’s diet. Fat in the stool can also be a result of the inability to absorb the fat. This may be a result of a medical condition of the GI tract, such as celiac disease.

5.      Bright red

This color is an indication that the lower GI tract is bleeding, which may be a result of hemorrhoids. Red stool color may also be a result of ingesting beets, red food dye, or tomato-based beverages or broths.

The colors of concern that may warrant immediate medical attention are bright red or black stools.

Themes of Hamlet by Shakespeare

One theme in the play is revenge.  It's a popular Shakespeare theme in a bunch of his plays, so it shouldn't surprise readers that he uses the theme again.  At a simple interpretation, the play is about Hamlet trying to get revenge for the murder of his father.  But a more in depth reading of the text shows the reader that the play is less about the act of revenge and more about the validity of revenge itself.  Hamlet wrestles through most of the play with whether or not to do the vengeful act.  

Lies and deceit is another theme.  It's weird that Hamlet hates deceit as much as he does, because he lies to an awful lot of people throughout the play.  

Along the lines of the lies and deceit is another theme.  The theme of madness.  Is Hamlet really crazy or is it all an elaborate deception?  

One last theme to mention.  The theme of mortality and death.  Like all Shakespeare tragedies, death is everywhere.  The play starts off with a death and ends in a bloodbath.  In between all of that, the audience sees Hamlet holding up skulls and wondering about death.  

What is the summary of Being Peace by Thich Nhat Hanh?

Written by a Vietnamese Buddhist monk, this is a collection of ideas and teachings about world peace. The main point is that world peace must begin with the individuals in the world feeling inner peace.

Have we wasted our hours and days? Are we wasting our lives? . . . Practicing Buddhism is to be alive to each moment. 

As you can see, the author believes that Buddhism is the ultimate truth and the way to inner peace. As the book goes further, the author focuses more on meditation as a way to inner peace through Buddhism. Meditation is the way to help society, not to escape society. The author goes further by providing a very good how-to description about meditation in order to help his readers. The author uses many stories from his own life as well as fables in order to prove his point.

In conclusion, this book is often considered a nice starter point for someone considering Buddhism as their religion. It is written in everyday language that everyone can understand. In other words, it's not composed of jargon from an antiquated religious community. The words are so meaningful that Martin Luther King, Jr. nominated the author for the Nobel Peace Prize in the late 1960s.

Evaluate the integral

If f(x) and g(x) are differentiable function, then

If we rewrite f(x)=u and g'(x)=v, them

Using the above method of integration by parts,

Let's first evaluate the indefinite integral,

again applying integration by parts

add a constant C to the solution,

Now let's evaluate definite integral,

Is Daisy as great as Gatsby thinks she is? Support your answer with evidence from chapters III, IV and V.

Gatsby has elevated his imaginings of Daisy to impossible heights. So, objectively speaking, nowhere in the novel is she as great as she is in his mind.

Daisy does not figure much in Chapter III. In Chapter IV, Jordan shares her memories of Daisy with Nick. Jordan says she admired Daisy the most and Daisy was sought after (as a potential girlfriend, bride, etc.) by many young men. There must be something winsome about Daisy for her to have so many admirers, but part of her aura also comes from her looks and her social position.

Part of the reason, if not the main reason, that she marries Tom is for his money. We might consider this a flaw or it may be that she had been groomed and, therefore, pressured into marrying for such reasons. Daisy learns to love Tom and in the process, learned to let Gatsby (Gatz) go. So, she can not really be faulted for being pressured for marrying Tom and moving on. However, if there is truth to the notion that she married for money and therefore "sold out," she is not as flawless as Gatsby has imagined her.

In Chapter V, Nick notices subtle hints that Gatsby has some disappointment with his and Daisy's reunion. These lingering doubts don't prevent Gatsby from continuing to think of Daisy as the "golden girl." But Nick clearly perceives some doubt and this illustrates that she simply can not (through no fault of her own) live up to Gatsby's perfect vision of her:

As I went over to say goodbye I saw that the expression of bewilderment had come back into Gatsby's face, as though a faint doubt had occurred to him as to the quality of his present happiness. Almost five years! There must have been moments even that afternoon when Daisy tumbled short of his dreams--not through her own fault but because of the colossal vitality of his illusion.

Evaluate the indefinite integral.

You need to evaluate the indefinite integral by performing the substitution  , such that:

Replacing back  for t yields:

Hence, evaluating the indefinite integral yields

Based on Othello's behavior, is he a victim?

It's pretty easy to assume that yes of course Othello is simply the victim of Iago's machinations. Iago sets out to destroy him with a series of lies, and by the end of the play he has managed to ruin Othello’s life and drive him to suicide. Othello clearly seems to be the victim here.

However it's actually more complicated than that. Iago deceives Othello, of course, but Othello also makes choices about who to trust and what sounds credible. He puts a lot of faith in things that Iago tells him without verification and without stopping to consider what he’s told. He does not, for instance, wonder how it could be possible for Desdemona and Cassio to carry out an affair in the extremely limited time that Desdemona has been in Cyprus – the timing does not make much sense, but Othello believes it absolutely. Even if the affair were real, Othello chooses how to handle it: murdering Desdemona is a choice, not something he is forced to do. He is a victim, but he is not a puppet; he makes decisions and he chooses how to go about dealing with the information that he's given, both true and false.

How is metalepsis related to metatheatre?

The commonality here is the prefix "meta", which means self-referential. But to accurately answer the question, let's further examine these two concepts:

Metalepsis is when a figure of speech is used in a new context, or is referred to in a way that implies understanding. Consider this figure of speech: "You have to break a few eggs to make an omelet." This is a figure of speech that is widely understood to mean that sometimes you have to make a mess of things to create something new and worthwhile. So if you were to use metalepsis, you might say something like, "I've got a lot of eggs to break," which implies an understanding of the previous figure of speech. In this way, the speaker is saying that he or she intends to make something new, and is prepared to do whatever it takes to get it done. But the metalepsis does not carry if the original figure of speech isn't understood.

Metatheatre is not quite so easily defined, as there is still much debate surrounding it's broader meaning. But the metatheatrical refers to itself in some way. A prime example of metatheatre is in Hamlet, when the roving band of players come to perform for the king and end up performing a story of the murder. This is metatheatrical in two ways: first, it is a play within a play, which is in itself very metatheatrical; second, the play within a play refers to the actual story of the murder.

So, the two are related in that something that is metatheatrical only works under the same constraints as metalepsis: that is to say, it implies a greater contextual understanding.

Why is Vasco da Gama important to American history?

The Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama was the first European to successfully navigate a route around Africa to India.  The Portuguese wanted this route to secure a safe and profitable trade with the East.  Merchants, to this point, found it difficult to make a profit from the Southern route (through the Red Sea) because of the fees or tolls associated with this voyage.  The Northern Route, which was almost completely land-based, was treacherous and also not profitable.  

The discovery of da Gama's route around Africa was important because it established Portugal as the gatekeeper of this water route to India. This is important to American history because it was the catalyst for other European countries to search for an alternative route to India by travelling west across the Atlantic Ocean.  This, of course, led to the "discovery" of new lands in the New World and continued voyages in an attempt to find another route to India.  These voyages of discovery led to the colonization of the future United States.  

What are characteristics about love in the story "A service of love" by O.Henry? Please help me list some characteristics. Thank you!

O' Henry's story centers on the love and home life of Joe and Delia Larrabee.

But the best, in my opinion, was the home life in the little flat--
the ardent, voluble chats after the day's study; the cozy dinners and fresh, light breakfasts; the interchange of ambitions...the mutual help and inspiration; and--overlook my artlessness--stuffed olives and cheese sandwiches at 11 p.m.

Some characteristics of the love shared by Jim and Delia:

a)Mutual solicitude: both are focused on the other's happiness and comfort. When the couple experience financial difficulties, Delia quietly takes on a job teaching music (or so she says). Jim is in art school, and he worries about his wife slaving away to provide for their needs. Lovingly, Delia reassures Jim by telling him how happy she is to be working in the music field. Meanwhile, Jim supposedly sells some of his watercolor paintings to a customer from Peoria, Illinois. However, it soon turns out that both have actually been working at the same laundry in order to provide the necessities of the household.

In essence, Jim and Delia's home life is characterized by a lack of acrimony and conflict. A major reason for their marital happiness is their mutual consideration for each other's feelings.

b)Loving communion: both enjoy each other's company and delight in sharing their meals together. The stuffed olives and sandwiches shared at 11pm represent the warmth of their fellowship.

c)Selfless generosity: when Delia and Jim have a good week financially, they pool their resources to purchase and enjoy delicacies both enjoy.

"Thirty-three dollars! We never had so much to spend
before. We'll have oysters to-night."

"And filet mignon with champignons," said Joe. "Where is the olive
fork?"

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Who is in control in the society depicted in "The Unknown Citizen"?

In "The Unknown Citizen," we know there is state, because we are told that the monument is was erected by the State before the poem begins.  But as we read the poem, we see that the State and this society comprise people who keep records, the most superficial kinds of records, records that tell us nothing about a person. 

There is a "Bureau of Statics" (line 1) that maintains a file on this citizen, a file that shows there have never been any complaints about him. There is nothing to indicate that he was anything less than an exemplary employee and records show that he served "the Greater Community" (line 5).  "Social Psychologists" (line 7) report him to have been well-adjusted, and the Union records show that he paid his dues properly.  The poem goes on to report that he had the appropriate health insurance, normal responses to advertising, and the correct opinions on issues.  He had all the material possessions he was supposed to have and five children, which was the proper number.  The poem piles superficial detail upon superficial detail, with the reader seeing a portrait of a man who has been stripped of all humanity, reduced to a folder of statistics and reports. And at the end of the poem, this is clear, with the narrator's question and answer,

Was he free? Was he happy? The question is absurd:

Had anything been wrong, we should certainly have heard (lines 32-33).

This is Auden's take on society at the time. The poem was published in 1939, after Auden moved from England to the United States.  The poem is somewhat prescient in its characterization of the United States well before the fifties were upon us, which was a time of great conformity and the "Organization Man." But the seeds of that society were just beginning to be sown, and Auden could see that people were beginning to be numbers, not people, in American society, hence it was a faceless man, described only by his conforming attributes and statistics, who was being honored with a marble monument.

In The Revolt of 'Mother' what is the main source of conflict between the mother and the father?How does the mother solve the problem? Be pretty...

In the story "The Revolt of "Mother" Sarah Penn, the mother in question, is upset that her husband is building a new barn instead of building the new house he promised her years ago. Mrs. Penn had been patient and had waited forty years for a better home. The small house that Mrs. Penn had been making do with for so long is described as carpet-less and with cheap, filthy wallpaper peeling off the walls. The rooms are cramped, the pantry is poorly-lit, and their children sleep in unfinished bedrooms. 

"There ain't another woman in the whole town whose husband ain't got half the means you have but what's got better." Sarah Penn knows that even their neighbors who have significantly less money still live in nicer homes than she does. Mrs. Penn knows that her husband can easily afford a better home, but he'd rather build another barn and buy more cows that Sarah herself will have to milk rather than keep his promise to her.

Despite how disrespectfully her husband treats her, the main reason for Mrs. Penn's defiance toward him is their daughter. Sarah Penn's daughter is about to get married and her mother feels ashamed and heartbroken that her child will have to get married in a tiny room without nice furniture or any carpet. Mrs. Penn even remarks how much better the room she got married in was. 

After forty years, it is fear of her daughter being put to shame that makes "mother" take action to rectify the wrong that was done to her and her children. Adoniram, her husband, refuses to listen to her and, soon after the barn is finished, leaves town on business, which is when the mother makes her move.

Mrs. Penn has her daughter and son move all their important things into the new barn, which is much nicer than their current home, and has the new cows moved into their old one. Despite all the rumors and odd looks the people of the town give her and despite the timid disapproval of the minster who visits, she stands her ground. When the father returns home he is shocked, but Sarah Penn doesn't listen to him and barely gives him a chance to protest. She sits him down to eat the meal she had prepared for the family and he eats it in silence. Later on Adoniram breaks down crying and tells her "I hadn't no idee you was so set on't as all this comes to.

In A Christmas Carol, how does Scrooge feel about his girlfriend in the image shown to him by the Ghost of Christmas Past?

When the Ghost of Christmas Past shows Scrooge the image of his former fiancée, Belle, he is overcome with hurt and regret. We can see this from Scrooge's conversation with the ghost:

"Spirit!'' said Scrooge, show me no more! Conduct me home. Why do you delight to torture me?''

"One shadow more!'' exclaimed the Ghost.

"No more!'' cried Scrooge. No more. I don't wish to see it. Show me no more!''

Belle had broken off her engagement to Scrooge because she felt that he had changed. In her words, Scrooge was "in a changed nature; in an altered spirit; in another atmosphere of life." In the few years she had known him, Scrooge had transformed into a man driven by wealth and the pursuit of material gains. It is clear from Scrooge's reaction to this image that losing Belle was one of the biggest regrets of his life and it provides strong evidence that he is beginning to realise the error of his past ways. This paves the way for the important process of transformation. We should view this scene, then, as a turning point in the book which sets Scrooge on the road to redemption and helps him to realise that life is better when you share it with others. 

How is autumn personified by John Keats in the poem "The Autumn"?

First, let's review what "personification" means. Personification is when an author gives an inanimate object or abstract idea human qualities. In John Keats' poem "To Autumn" the poet begins to personify the season of autumn at the beginning of the poem. In the line "Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness, / Close bosom-friend of the maturing sun;" Keats personifies autumn ("season of mists") by calling it a "bosom-friend," a term usually reserved for humans. A typical way to personify an object/idea is by applying human verbs to it (for example, "the howling wind" or "the raging storm" use verbs to animate elements of the natural world). Throughout the poem, Keats continues to personify autumn by applying human verbs to autumn. For example, the season conspires with the sun (line 3) and later in the poem, sits (line 14) and drowses (line 17).

In the second stanza, the animation of autumn becomes more explicit: Autumn is characterized as if it were a person with human-like adjectives and nouns:

"Sometimes whoever seeks abroad may find
Thee sitting careless on a granary floor,
Thy hair soft-lifted by the winnowing wind;
Or on a half-reap’d furrow sound asleep,
Drowsed with the fume of poppies, while thy hook
Spares the next swath and all its twined flowers:"

Autumn is no longer an abstract season: she is a person asleep on the floor with her hair lifted by the wind. This is a literal example of personification: Autumn has a head, hair, and body, like a person. The last stanza of the poem zooms out to the cycle of the seasons, and focuses less on Autumn's personification. The key things to notice are this: the use of active, human verbs like "conspire", "bless", "sit"  "sleep" and "watch" as well as the use of concrete words that show autumn as a person: her head, hair. It's a beautiful poem: enjoy!