Why did people in Maycomb start to look faintly alike?

There are two reasons the people in Maycomb start to look alike. In general terms, it was a small town in the south, people were farmers and mostly poor. Their clothes were often homemade or hand-me-downs. In effect, the point is that they all start to blend together.

More specifically, since many of the families never moved away, there were a lot of cases of certain families marrying into other families repeatedly. Over time, the result would be a natural blend of familial resemblance that would lead to exactly that: all the people starting to look faintly alike.

In rural areas during that time, it was not an unusual situation. As towns and cities grew, and modes of transportation become more readily available, there would be a lot more mobility. Therefore, less of the same families marrying.

Why did William Shakespeare choose the name Hamlet?

William Shakespeare's character Hamlet and the play by the same name are heavily based on the Danish mythological figure Amleth. Saxo Grammaticus penned the Sags of Amleth in the twelfth century, and Shakespeare must have either read this story or become very familiar with it by other means. While he could have chosen a different name but retained some of the original themes of the Saga, he chose to Anglicize the name of the Prince of Denmark as Hamlet.

It has also been suggested that Shakespeare chose the name Hamlet in honor of his only son, Hamnet. The two names may have been interchangeable in Elizabethan times, as both are Anglicized versions of the Danish Amleth. Hamnet Shapespeare died in 1596, and the play Hamlet was written sometime between 1599 and 1602. Shakespeare may have also expressed his grief in the play King John, written the same year as Hamnet's death and detailing the grief of a mother who has just lost her son.

Grief fills the room up of my absent child,

Lies in his bed, walks up and down with me,

Puts on his pretty looks, repeats his words,

Remembers me of all his gracious parts,

Stuffs out his vacant garments with his form.

(III.4.93–97)

Green Energy: Should every community be responsible for generating its own electricity? What are the risks and benefits of such energy production?

Ideally, yes, each and every community probably should be responsible for developing and administrating it's own power supply.  That probably will not happen until the current cost of traditional commercial production of electricity becomes exorbitantly expensive.  The only time the public gets "properly motivated" is when a commodity, such as electricity, becomes scarce or so expensive most people can not afford it.  So far, those conditions do not exist.  It makes for entertaining discussion and debate, but until the consumer gets hit in his or her pocketbook, the status quo will probably continue, unabated.  After the people in the community get motivated to adapt a new energy production method, they must examine their raw materials to see which one is better suited to what exists in their section of the planet.  Solar power is great, if you have extended exposure to the sun.  What if you don't?  Then, we must turn our attention to one of the other alternative energy production techniques, such as wind energy, hydroelectric energy, or biomass energy.  Each specific area will have to see which one is more conducive to their locale.

Calcium chloride is commonly used as a drying agent. Write the ionic formula for this compound.

The ionic formula for calcium chloride is CaCl2.

The octet rule in chemistry states that all atoms want eight valence electrons in their outermost orbital in order to be stable. The only exceptions are atoms that have only one orbital, such as hydrogen and helium. These atoms only need two electrons in order to be stable.

When a metal reacts with a nonmetal, such calcium and chlorine, an ionic bond is formed. Metals lose electrons to the nonmetals and become positively charged ions. The nonmetals gain electrons from the metals and become negatively charged ions.

Calcium is an alkaline earth metal with two valance electrons. Thus, calcium gives one of its two valence electrons to each of the chloride ions within calcium chloride. In this way, calcium drops to a lower and full electron orbital in order to fulfill the octet rule. Chlorine is a halogen with seven valence electrons. Therefore, each chlorine atom needs only one more electron in order to fulfill the octet rule. Thus, each chlorine atom receives one of calcium’s two electrons in order to fulfill the octet rule.

After her changed attitude, how does Mrs. Auld react to seeing Douglass with a book?

You ask about Mrs. Auld's response to seeing Douglass with a book. However, the interaction in question didn't actually involve a book. Mrs. Auld became very angry when she caught Douglass with a newspaper.

In any case, this reaction represented a dramatic shift in Sophia Auld's treatment of Douglass. When he had first come to live with her, she had been kind and warm. She had taught him the alphabet, and helped him learn to spell short words. But when her husband discovered the lessons, he ordered her to stop. He explained to her that was both illegal and "unsafe" to teach a slave how to read. It would "spoil" him:

"He would at once become unmanageable, and of no value to his master. As to himself, it could do him no good, but a great deal of harm. It would make him discontented and unhappy."

Afterwards, Sophia Auld changed her attitude. As noted in chapter VII, she ceased instructing Douglass, and ended up becoming "even more violent in her opposition than her husband himself." Douglass cites this example:

"Nothing seemed to make her more angry than to see me with a newspaper. She seemed to think that here lay the danger. I have had her rush at me with a face made all up of fury, and snatch from me a newspaper, in a manner that fully revealed her apprehension."

Douglass also notes that she tried to avoid leaving him alone (in case he'd seize on the opportunity to look at a book):

"From this time I was most narrowly watched. If I was in a separate room any considerable length of time, I was sure to be suspected of having a book, and was at once called to give an account of myself."

Ultimately, her efforts fail. Douglass manages to continue his education, teaching himself to read and write on the sly. In fact, Douglass notes that it was Mr. Auld's warning that inspired him "with a desire and determination to learn." By showing their opposition, the Aulds helped convince Douglass that literacy would indeed transform him, and help Douglass escape bondage.

I have to write a letter to Curley from the book Of Mice and Men with advice. What should I write about?

Curley is the belligerent and insensitive boss's son in Steinbeck's novella Of Mice and Men. When the reader first meets Curley he is looking for his wife and throughout the novel there is a disconnect between the two. It is revealed in chapters four and five that his wife doesn't even like him. The reader can assume that he is authoritarian and maybe even abusive toward her. We also know that he sometimes goes into town on Saturday nights without her, maybe even to a whorehouse. When she is found dead he flies into a rage and seeks revenge against Lennie. The reader may assume that his quest for revenge is more a product of the humiliation he suffered at Lennie's hands in the bunkhouse fight than any true feeling of sorrow over his wife's death.

If I were to write a letter to Curley I would tell him to pay more attention to his wife. After all, we know that she is quite pretty, and it is revealed in chapter five that she has dreams and is really not the terrible "floozy" or "tart" that the men on the ranch thinks she is. Instead of going into town with the men on Saturday night he should take his wife out instead of leaving her behind in their "two-by-four house." His wife is obviously lonely, but that could be solved if he spent time with her and wasn't always looking to pick a fight with one of his workers.

Curley should treat his workers with respect. They seem to hate him and there is no sympathy when Lennie crushes his hand in chapter three. He has good workers, including the skinner and leader of the men, Slim. Instead of accusing Slim of trying to be with his wife, Curley should develop a relationship with him in order to improve the sometimes hostile atmosphere on the ranch. He should avoid picking fights and look to control his naturally angry disposition. If Curley were to improve communication with his wife and treat his men more amiably the problems on the ranch might go away.

Does Macbeth have hallucinations of daggers?

In Act 2, Scene 1, Macbeth sees a hallucination in the form of a dagger.

He sees the imaginary dagger right after his conversation with Banquo. In speaking to the dagger, he questions whether the dagger is real or a figment of his imagination. He tries to ask the dagger to come closer so that he can clasp its handle. Clearly, Macbeth is in a state of delusion.

He confesses to the dagger that it is already leading him in the way he plans to go. Furthermore, he tells the dagger that he sees some blood on its handle and blade that wasn't there before. At this point, he tells himself that he is seeing an imaginary dagger and that his eyes are playing tricks on him. We think he is recovering his lucidity until his next statement.

Macbeth claims that one half of the world is asleep and is plagued by evil dreams. Meanwhile, witches are supposedly offering sacrifices to Hecate and 'withered murder' is walking towards an evil destination. Macbeth begs the ground not to sound off his footsteps, for he would rather go towards his evil mission quietly. Additionally, he thinks that he had better stop talking or it will cool his desire to kill Duncan. As he hears the bell, he imagines that it is calling him to his murderous task. Before he leaves, he voices the hope that Duncan will not hear the bell that will either summon him to heaven or to hell.