How do the final events of the conclusion bring the two stories of the trial of Tom Robinson and the mystery of Boo Radley together?

After Tom Robinson was convicted and was killed trying to escape, it seemed like things were back to normal.  Scout was to perform in a play.  On the way home she was attacked by Bob Ewell.  He attacks Scout to get revenge on Atticus for the way he and his daughter were cross examined in court during the Tom Robinson trial.  After the attack it is Boo Radley that carries Jem home.  Scout finally gets to meet Boo and decides he is not scary at all.  Throughout the novel Boo is watching the children and in someways protecting them.  He fixes Jem's torn pants earlier in the novel. He leaves gifts in the tree for them, and in the end he saves Jem and Scout by killing Bob Ewell.  This is in someways a redemption for Tom Robinson.  The idea that what comes around goes around is really proved true here.  Ewell lies in court, and that is what helped convict Tom Robinson, so in the end he pays for his evil by giving up his life.

What conflict arises in "Macbeth" after the first prediction proves true? what conflict arises in macbeth after the first prediction prove true?

The conflict that arises after the first set of prophecies come true is both internal and external for Macbeth.  Internally, the prophecy unleashes a struggle within himself, he lusts for power, and his ambition to possess that power is set in motion.  He begins to ponder how he can obtain the power promised in the prophecy, but he wants it now.  So he considers committing murder, killing King Duncan. 

He goes through many stressful internal discussions with his conscience to determine whether he has the true nature to commit murder. 

"When Duncan announces that his son Malcolm will succeed him as king, Macbeth outwardly supports Duncan’s decision. However, he is disappointed and knows he must eliminate Duncan and his son Malcolm to become king. Macbeth now struggles with this conflict and ponders what fate may bring."

His external conflicts arise first with King Duncan, who is in his way if he wants to sit on the throne, also Malcolm and Donalbain, the sons of the king are also in his way. 

Additionally, Macbeth has a conflict with his wife, once she learns of the witches prophecies.  She becomes drenched in the desire to be queen.  She ridicules, humiliates and uses her feminine wiles to convince her husband to commit murder when the king arrives for his visit at their home.

What makes Joesph Strorm a satirized character in The Chrysalids?

To satirize something or someone is to render them laughable through exposing the ridiculousness of their behavior. But not just any random behavior. The satirist is interested in showing how a group or an individual publicly states adherence to a code and makes a show of following the code while actually breaking the code. The tool of the satirist is wit and humor, a good jest that will produce healthy laughter in the audience.

The nature of The Chrysalids is not that of a satire. The reader doesn't think what goes on in Waknuk is at all amusing. The reader especially does not think that Joseph Strorm is at all amusing. One would be hard pressed to find anything of significance to laugh at in The Chrysalids. So, overall, The Chrysalids is not a satire and Joseph Strorm is not a satirized character. That being said, there are isolated brief incidents that author John Wyndham tells the reader about through the narratorial character of David Strorm that render Joseph Strorm ridiculous.

One such brief recollection of a past incident that does give a short satirical view of Joesph Strorm's behavior and attitude is recounted in Chapter 4. Uncle Angus Morton had just bragged about his horses being exceptionally well built, which awoke Strorm's ever vigilant attention to possible mutational deviations. Strorm had called in the town inspector who had assured Strorm that Morton's horses were selectively bred by the government and contained no mutations.

A past incident is then recalled in which Strorm had been certain that a particular cat that had no tail was a mutation. Incited to rid Waknuk of the mutated deviant cat, Strorm killed it. He was then informed that the cat was a member of a legitimate breed. This story, though a brief aside, satirically renders Joseph ridiculous making his fanaticism irrationality clear and apparent. Although the majority of towns people can't really laugh at him the way Morton does, the reader gains a wider perspective and can laugh at his extremism for at least a little while.

In Fahrenheit 451, what is the symbolic meaning of the line "the men all moved their hands, putting out the fire together?"

Near the end of the book, Montag has discovered the small enclave of people who memorize books to keep them known. They tell him how their movement is spreading, and how they are determined to keep books available; others come to the movement slowly. As they ready themselves to move camp, Montag helps:

The other men helped, and Montag helped, and there, in the wilderness, the men allmoved their hands, putting out the fire together.
(Bradbury, Fahrenheit 451, Google Books)

The symbolism is that Montag has moved beyond his original vocation of fireman (bookburner). Now, he is putting fires out to help keep books safe instead of setting fires to destroy them. This action helps to convince the group that he is trustworthy.

What are examples showing that Victor Hugo's language in Les Misérables has depth?

Victor Hugo's language in Les Misérables most certainly has depth. Among other things, it is not only rich with imagery, it is rich with symbolism.

One example of rich imagery can be seen in his description of Jean Valjean being sentenced as a galley-slave on a chain gang. Valjean was sent to prison merely because he broke into a store to steal a loaf of bread for his seven starving nephews and nieces. Hugo vividly paints the injustice of his sentence with the imagery he uses to describe Valjean's imprisonment, images such as "iron collar", "heavy blows from the hammer," as well of the images of Valjean weeping, as we see in the sentence:

While the bolt of his iron collar was being riveted behind his head with heavy blows from the hammer, he wept, his tears stifled him, they impeded his speech. (Vol. 1, Bk. 2, Ch. 6)

In addition, the image of Valjean raising his right hand and lowering it "gradually seven times" to depict the seven starving children is also a very poignant image and very vividly depicts both his suffering and the injustice.  

Hugo's language is especially rich with symbolism. We especially see Hugo make use of the candlestick as a symbol with respect to Valjean. While staying the night in the Bishop of Digne's home, Valjean is overcome by instincts of survival and decides to steal the the Bishop's silver. Hugo describes Valjean as removing a heavy, black object from his knapsack, which is the kind of iron candlestick prisoners use when they are mining. In contrast, the Bishop of Digne's silver candlesticks are gleaming and beautiful. Since candlesticks usually contain candles that burn flames, the flames symbolize spiritual awakening, while the candlesticks themselves symbolize the state of the soul. Valjean's candlestick is black and iron, showing us that his soul has become black and hardened due to so many years of mistreatment. The Bishop of Digne offers Valjean a new soul, as he says, "It is your soul that I buy from you" (Vol. 1, Bk. 2, Ch. 12). The new soul the Bishop is offering is redeemed, purified, and gleaming, as symbolized by the gleaming, silver candlestick.

Intuitive decisions makers tend to base decisions on what?

There are two things that a person or an animal  is born with.They are intuition(the ability to learn something without tuition),insight(The act or outcome of grasping the inward or hidden nature of things or of perceiving in an intuitive manner.) For example, a child  does not jump in the ditch(if it is not an accident) if he finds one while walking . At this time, in this particular case, his intuition works and forbids him from falling into the ditch.Similarly, all the dogs know how to swim;they do not sink except in some exceptional case.So, who taught them how to swim?Even in this case their intuition has worked.Now lets come to the insight.You might have felt it many times.For example , something comes ,all of a sudden, to your mind to warn you of the danger or to show the way out of the danger.This is actually insight.To sum up, the intuitive decision makers possibly base their decisions on the two things mentioned above.

What kind of relationship developed between Matt and Attean?explain the relationship that will develop between Matt and Attean

It's been a while since I read this book, but I'll give the question my best shot: As a settler, Matt is largely unaware of his new surroundings until Attean, like Squanto, shows him the ways of the wilderness and nature, in particular.

As a result, Attean learns about "white man's" culture, and Matt learns how to thrive in the wild new land of North America. This book shares some commonalities with other "survival" novels like Hatchet. Matt and Attean's relationship could also be compared to that of Pocahontas and Captain John Smith, minus the romance, of course.

What onomatopoeia, hyperbole, similes, metaphors, and personifications are in Twain's story?

Western humorists such as Mark Twain make extensive use of exaggeration, hyperbole.  For example, westerner Simon Wheeler exaggerates when describing the frog's talents: "You never see a frog so modest and straightfor'ard as he was, for all he was so gifted." There is also some personification as the frog is modest and later indifferent. Another example is the exaggerated description of how Jim Smiley would bet on anything. He even bet that his wife would not live when she lay ill. The description of the "fifteen-minute nag's" (metaphor)winning is a further hyperbole.

Simile is used with the little bull pup that Smiley bets on:  "his under-jaw'd begin to stick out like the fo'castle of a steamboat and his teeth would uncover and shine like the furnaces." "And a dog might tackle him and bullyrag him" (metaphor) An opponent to Andrew Jackson once had no legs to be bitten:"...the other dog had him in the door" (metaphor)

Smiley catches a frog that "whirled in the air like a doughnut.." coming down "flatfooted ...like a cat." (similes)  More hyperbole occurs as the frog could "nail a fly every time as fur as he could see him."  Simile and onomatopoeia as the fly "flopped down on the floor ag'in as solid as a gob of mud...and slopped around...  The frog is "planted as solid as a church (simile).  At the door the narrator is "buttonholed" (metaphor)

What was Leonardo da Vinci's first painting?Was it a painting of a women or a man or what?

Leonardo was a very talented artist as a youngster. At 12 years old his father apprenticed him to Verroccho. Although we can’t be sure of what his very first painting was, “in 1476 Leonardo was still considered Verrocchio's assistant. In Verrocchio's Baptism of Christ (1470, Uffizi, Florence), the kneeling angel at the left of the painting is by Leonardo.In 1478 Leonardo became an independent master. His first commission, to paint an altarpiece for the chapel of the Palazzo Vecchio, the Florentine town hall, was never executed. His first large painting, The Adoration of the Magi (begun 1481, Uffizi), left unfinished, was ordered in 1481 for the Monastery of San Donato a Scopeto, Florence. Other works ascribed to his youth are the so-called Benois Madonna (1478? Hermitage, Saint Petersburg), the portrait Ginevra de' Benci (1474?, National Gallery, Washington, D.C.), and the unfinished Saint Jerome (1481?, Pinacoteca, Vatican).”

In "To Kill a Mockingbird," how does Miss Maudie comfort Scout against Miss Stephine's insults?

In Chapter 22, Miss Stephanie is harrassing Jem and Scout about sitting in the Colored balcony during the trial. Miss Maudie comes to their defence and tells Miss Stephanie to "hush." Miss Maudie then takes the kids inside and gives them each some cake.

Who are the characters of "The Haunting of Hill House?"

Eleanor Vance, the protagonist is the most developed, rounded character. Eleanor, thirty-two, has spent most of her adult life caring for her invalid mother, and she is shy, repressed, and looking for her identity. Her fatal summer stay at Hill House proves to be her quest for a home, so that she becomes another one of the ghosts at the novel's end.

Dr. Montague is a genial academic authority figure, who sets up the 'ghost hunt' in order to solve Eleanor's mental problems.

Theodora provides a clear, emphatic foil to Eleanor, since she is decidedly flamboyant, attractive, bohemian, and unrepressed.

Luke Sanderson, a young wastrel, is the heir to "Hill House." Similar to Theodora in several strains of his character, less straight-laced than Dr. Montague or Eleanor, he provides comic relief, as something of the glib seducer.

The two caretakers, Mr. and Mrs. Dudley, who refuse to stay near Hill House at night. The blunt Dudleys are the source of the novel's sparse comic relief.

All these characters encounter the house, which had been built by Hugh Crain, itself a kind of character since it is such a dominant setting alive and moving with ghosts and unexplained negative activity.

Why is "Two Kinds" an appropriate title for the short story, "Two Kinds" by Amy Tan?

As a Chinese-American girl whose mother is determined to fulfill her own hopes and dreams by making her daughter a prodigy, Jing-mei struggles to find her own identity.  When she rebells against her mother's attempts to make her into something she is not, her mother shouts at her, "Only two kinds of daughters...those who are obedient and those who follow their own mind!"

Jing-mei's mother has decided that her daughter will be an amazing pianist, even though Jing-mei has neither talent nor interest in playing the instrument.  She makes the young girl take lessons and practice faithfully, but when Jing-mei's lack of a natural gift in the area is made painfully evident at a performance, Jing-mei refuses to continue playing.  Her rebellion has greater significance than a simple refusal to pursue a hobby chosen by her mother, however.  Jing-mei's dilemma is central to the theme of the story.  Jing-mei must choose whether to obey her mother and continue with the piano, or to listen to her own heart.  The choice she makes, as set forth by her mother, will be either good or bad, and reflect Chinese filial expectations vs. American freedom.  In making her choice, Jing-mei will choose to be true to her Chinese roots or her American upbringing - she will decide which of "two kinds" of daughters she will be. 

In chapter 3, what does "hide-bound pedant" mean?

In chapter 3 of The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde we find Dr. Jekyll giving one of his well-known society dinners where the cream of the crop is always invited. Utterson was there as always, only this time he had in mind one thing: the will of Dr. Jekyll. As we know, by now Jekyll has expressed a strong interest in Mr. Hyde (his chemically and supernaturally-induced alter ego), for which he asks Utterson to accept the fact that he wants "poor Hyde" to get everything in his will. Utterson's loyalty to Jekyll drives him to reject this plan but Jekyll insists. The fact that Utterson insists further and does not want to hear anymore nonsense about the "painful relationship" that Jekyll describes to have with Hyde, he gets compared to Dr. Lanyon, who was he first recipient of the hidebound insults. 

Jekyll had compared Utterson with the disapproving Dr. Lanyon, who had expressed to Utterson his concerns and disappointment regarding Jekyll's own view of the practice of medicine, science, and experimentation. Since Utterson expresses to Jekyll a genuine, conservative concern regarding Jekyll's finances, the latter retorts that Utterson is acting like Dr. Lanyon, who is a "hidebound pedant".

Granted, Jekyll first calls Lanyon a "hidebound", and then uses this adjective with the other, "pedant". The "hidebound" epithet refers to the persistence of Dr. Lanyon to stick to the canons of the ethical practice of science and medicine. Jekyll thinks Lanyon is too conservative and stuck up in his ways to fully understand Jekyll's ideas.

However, Jekyll actually has a degree of resentment against Lanyon and, for this reason, gets overly excited talking about him to the point of calling him a "hidebound pedant". That's two insults now, not just one!

[Lanyon is] an ignorant, blatant pedant. I was never more disappointed in any man than Lanyon.

This contradicts the words that Jekyll had just pronounced before calling the man a "pedant", which is someone who is haughty, annoying, and hard to like. He had claimed to still like the Doctor, after all.

We know, as readers, that in trying to create two different people out of one, what Jekyll ends up really doing is diluting himself, or even both personalities as one tries to get a stronger hold of the other. This emotional moment gives way to the ups and downs in behavior that Jekyll would be experiencing as a result of his crazy experiment. 

What are the important issues which affect the cultural group represented in Journey To Topaz?

One important issue which affects the Japanese Americans in the book is the atmosphere of hysteria and racism which follows the bombing of Pearl Harbor. In the immediate aftermath of the bombing, the FBI rounds up the leaders of the community for questioning, and eventually, the entire West Coast Japanese American population is forcibly relocated to camps in remote areas of the interior. Incidents like the one Yuki experiences in school, when one of her classmates calls her a "dirty Jap," are frequent, as many in the population do not distinguish between the country which has attacked them and law-abiding individuals living among them who happen to share a Japanese heritage.

Another issue affecting the Japanese Americans at this time is a problem of identity. This difficulty manifests itself in different ways among the old and the young in the Japanese community. The Issei, or first generation, have immigrated from Japan but have been denied the right to become citizens, so when the war begins, they find themselves to be individuals without a country. The Nisei, Japanese Americans of the next generation who have been born in America, have grown up thinking of themselves as being fully American, and are stung when they experience racism and discrimination because of their resemblance to members of the country which has attacked the United States. The Nisei, then, discover that while they are yellow-skinned on the outside, they are white on the inside.

A particularly difficult issue that the young men of the Japanese community must deal with is the question of whether they should enlist to fight for the country that has incarcerated them and their families. When the government decides to form an all-Nisei fighting force, the community is split between those who want to join up to prove once and for all their loyalty to their adopted country, and others who are insulted and aghast at the irony of the government asking the young men to fight while their families are being held behind barbed wire.

What would be the grotesque element of "A Good Man is Hard To Find"?

Physically grotesque is the violence that is in the story; an entire family is brutally murdered.  It graphically describes the begging, pleading grandmother at the end being shot three times in the chest.  Pretty violent.

Morally grotesque is the nature of some of the characters:  The Misfit, Hiram, and Bobby Lee.  Less obvious though is the morally unlikable grandmother character, who whines and complains, sets the family off their beaten path to satisfy her whims, spouts class prejudiceness and racism, and seems only concerned about saving herself.

What is the moral of "The Gift of the Magi" and four reasons for your choice?

The moral, of "The Gift of the Magi" is that unselfish love is the greatest of all gifts, and those who realize this fact are the wisest.  This theme is explicitly stated by O. Henry at the end: "I have lamely related...the chronicle of two foolish children...who most unwisely sacrified for each other the greatest treasure of their house.  But....of all who give gifts these two were the wisest...They are the Magi." (1)

Della's love for Jim is true as she unselfishly cuts her most prized personal possession, her beautiful, long hair. Afterwards, "the next two hours tripped by on rosy wings" because she happily searches for Jim's gift, a gift like him...grand." She cannot wait to give this gift to her husbannd as a token of her love, yet she worries that he will be angered by her short hair.(2)

Jim has made an equal sacrifice for Della, having sold his prized watch to buy combs for her lovely tresses.  When Della opens the gift, she cries at first, but hugs them and says with resolve, "My hair grows so fast, Jim!"  so that he will not feel badly about buying them.(3)  Then, when Jim opens his presents, he does not regret that he no longer has a watch on which to put Della's chain.  Instead, he suggests that they put away the presents for a while: (4) "...suppose you put the chops on."  Although there are no gifts of material value, both give of their love, the most important and valuable of gifts.

On what philosophy is education based?What do you think about philosophy education?

I can certainly answer the main question, "On what philosophy is education based?"  I am not sure if you are asking about higher education or general public education, but I will give you the best answer for higher education in the United States.

At about the beginning of the 20th century, education in America shifted from an English philosophy to a German one.  The English philosophy of higher education was based on the ancient Greek idea that rhetoric was the center of education.  The purpose of educating people was to make them more civic minded and, thus, more responsible and participatory members of society.  So, teaching students how to speak, read, write, and think critically was at the center of all subject matter.  More importantly, faculty, staff and students were mindful of the whole school as a single collaborative unit.  In contrast, German education is more analytical in nature, so the philisophy moves away from communication and collaboration and more toward categorization and data. Subjects/content areas exist separately from each other and are studied that way. Professors are more loyal to their discipline than to their school, and the amount and quality of research by a professor defines him or her as successful.

Today, the German model is still the basis of most colleges and universities.  However, the English model can be found in many smaller colleges and even in some larger universities that have embraced the idea of learning communities.

Who is Sappho and Lady Mary Montague in the poem by Alexander Pope, "Epistle to a Lady"?

Sappho is an ancient Greek poet who is recognized for her lyric poetry which has survived in fragments.  She was born on the island of Lesbos. 

Lady Mary Montague, a contemporary of Pope and friend of Samuel Johnson and other writers of the 18th Century, is called "Sappho" in Pope's "Epistle".  Montague was a woman of intellect and wit, and is best remembered for her letters.  An "epistle" is also another word for "letter".

In Pope's "Epistle," he uses all Greek names--goddesses and famous characters--to illustrate the way women should behave. Although Pope is frequently called a misogynist, he was an amazing critic of the age.  The Epistles are meant to guide women away from the stereotypical foolishness for which women were known and criticized--vanity, stupidity, emotional instability and illogical thinking.  Pope's poem illustrates that women are complicated creatures--not consistent or predictable at all as males are. 

Sappho is sarcastic, Silia rages over a blemish, Papilla wants shade but detests trees, repulsive Calyso attracts by cunning, Narcissa is mentally unstable, Flavia is prone to depression, and Atossa is violent and emotional.

By using these characters (probably all aligned with a living female whom Pope knew or knew of) he displays all of the stereotypical flaws in a female, thus instructing any woman who reads the grouping of poems how "not" to be.

What is the theme for both "The Tyger" and "The Lamb" by William Blake?

The Tyger and the Lamb are poem from Blakes's collection of poetry called "Songs of Innocence and Experience". That is a good bit of knowledge to keep in mind when determining the themes for the poems.

The next step would be to look at the diction, word choice, for each poem. What sorts of words are used? "burning" "bright" "night" all connote a sense of darkness mixed with heat and passion.

Imagery is also important in determining theme (although the word you are probably looking for is tone). What contrasting images do the poems use?

How do chemists produce the cleaning fluid carbon tetrachloride from methane?

Most of the carbon tetrachloride produced is used in the production of chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) and other chlorinated hydrocarbons. The global production has decreased and will continue to decrease in future owing to the gradual phase-out, established by the Montreal Protocol. Carbon tetrachloride has been mainly manufactured by the chlorination of methane or carbon disulfide, although there are many ways to create it.  One process doesn't even require using methane.  It can be produced in nature if methane is in the presence of carbon and UV light, which, acting like a catalyst, will induce a reaction that will halogenate carbon atoms to bond with one, two, three, or four chlorines, resulting in a mixture of products.

At the end of "Harrison Bergeron", does Hazel start to awaken?

In the very beginning of the story, she seems to be sad:  "There were tears on Hazel’s cheeks, but she’d forgotten for the moment what they were about."  So we see that even at the beginning she was not "awake" on any conscious level.  Maybe subconsciously she was aware that Harrison had been taken, and that she was sad, but the impulse wasn't enough to bring into the forefront of her mind.  However, she seems more likely to "wake up" than her husband; in fact, she suggests of the lead birdshot he wears that he "could just take a few out when you came home from work", to which George lectures her about breaking the rules.

However, after witnessing her own son shot down before her eyes, all she can say to George about her tears is that "Something real sad on television" had happened, but that she always forgets sad things.  She and George go on with their mundane, repetitive conversation about George's handicaps.  Hazel doesn't wake to the realization that her son was killed in the name of equality.  And, the story, a dystopian social commentary, works better because of it.  Vonneget wasn't trying to write a story about people defying the odds with success, rather how society shuts down those defiant people, and how Hazel was the perfect prototype of "normal".

Discuss revenge in "Wuthering Heights". In what ways is it connected to love? What is the nature of love in the novel?

As a Byronic hero, Heathcliff's nature is intrinsically connected to his tormented, inhumanly passionate love for Catherine Earnshaw. Catherine, too, loves him passionately, "He's more myself than I am....I am Heathcliff. Heathcliff is her one unselfishness; yet, she rejects him to follow convention and marry her cousin.

When Heathcliff, whose arrogant nature that lacks any heroic virtue, returns to wreak revenge upon both Hindley and Catherine--the only fit justice for rejection--Catherine tells her sister-in-law, "He's a fierce pitiless wolfish man...and he'd crush you like a sparrow's egg..." Catherine warns Isabelle. As she lies dying, Catherine tells him that he has driven her mad. Then, after Catherine dies, Heathcliff prays her soul will know no rest because he "cannot live without my life, I cannot live without my life."

Sharing a fierce, tormented, primal love, Catherine and Heathcliff are lost to each other, each possesses the spirit of the other. But, when they are torn apart, Heathcliff destroys them both in his Byronic revenge. Catherine loses her passion and dies; Heathcliff no longer has "his life,,,,[his] soul" and, too, dies, but looks as though carried off by the devil.

As Shakespeare cautioned, violent delights often have violent ends.

Which companies have used core competencies to improve their production?

The most obvious answer I can give you is Wal-Mart versus Target stores.  Wal-Mart thrives on its "low cost" angle.  However, Target thrives on its "better quality" product.  Target does not want to be in the same "category" as Wal-Mart.  They want to be compared with higher end stores like department stores.  Target also appeals to a more affluent shopper.  If you have shopped there you will notice their aisles are wider, you don't wait long at the cash register, and the return policies are much stricter than Wal-Mart's.  On the other hand, Wal-Mart has cheaper everything, they even guarantee the lowest price to anyone that brings in a flyer from another store.  However, for store brand quality, Target usually rates higher.  Let's face it, they make good stuff.  See attached a link to core competency definitions.

Why does Bob Ewell feel so angry with Atticus? Do you think his threat is a real one, and how might he try to "get" Atticus?This question can be...

Bob Ewell feels threatened by Atticus and anyone else who may judge his way of life.  He abuses his children and "uses" Mayella to satisfy him as a wife should...this is not the way to treat your daughter.

Bob Ewell is the typical "have not" in society.  He is not proud of who he is or what he does, but he makes no effort to change his situation.  He only sits back and stews at everyone else whom Bob sees as having a good life.  He is paranoid that everyone is judging him and looking down on him.  He is jealous of everyone who does work hard to have a decent life.  Bob Ewell's family lives on the edge of the Black community.  He is an outcast from the whites, but still considers himself better than the blacks.

He takes his frustration out on Tom Robinson since Tom, even though he is black and considered lower in society than the Ewells, has a better sense of judgment and is just a better person than Bob is. 

Bob Ewell will strike at Atticus' weakness--his children. 

What are some examples of cell analogies?I can't use the analogy city or amusement park.It doesn't matter if it's a plant cell or animal cell.

Cells are the basic unit of structure and form in all living things.  Some organisms are made of only one cell (unicellular) while others are made of trillions (multicellular).  Each cell must be able to carry out the basic functions of life, including obtaining and using nutrients, producing proteins, shipping said proteins, etc.  Some cells (prokaryotes) are relatively simple with very few internal structures.  They manage, in part, because they are so small that it does not take much coordination to get things done.  Larger and more complex cells (eukaryotes) require specialized structures to accomplish all of the necessities of life.  These structures are called organelles, and they include the nucleus, Golgi apparatus, endoplasmic reticulum, vacuoles, mitochondria, and more.

If you were to compare a eukaryotic cell, which includes plants and animals, to a factory, you might see the ribosomes as workers (they produce protein), the nucleus as the boss (it controls what is happening in the cell), the rough endoplasmic reticulum as the conveyer belt (this is where the protein is produced), the Golgi apparatus as the shipping center (it packages and ships proteins), and the mitochondria as power generators (they use food to provide usable energy to the cell).  Following this analogy, you should be able to come up with roles for the rest of the organelles within your factory. 

What is the name of the solictor in To Kill a Mockingbird?

The solicitor, or prosecuting attorney, in the trial of Tom Robinson is Mr. Horace Gilmer, who was not a resident of Maycomb. He lived in Abbottsville, and his first name is never specifically given except when Judge Taylor declares,

"Oh, sit down, Horace..."

Gilmer is slightly balding and "smooth-faced," and his age is indeterminate: Scout says that he could be "anywhere between forty and sixty." He had a "slight cast" in one eye--he appeared to be looking in one direction when he actually was not--which he used as an advantage in the courtroom. Gilmer was "not well known" to Jem and Scout, probably because he was not a local. Gilmer's "trademark" phrase is "tell us in your own words," which the children found funny since

We often wondered who else's words Mr. Gilmer was afraid his witness might employ.

Gilmer obviously has no respect for Tom, since he repeatedly addresses him as "boy" during his cross-examination.

How does the author show us that Ralph is finally beginning to foresee the realities of their existence in Lord of the Flies?

This realization is shown through Ralph's attention to the fire, & his anger at Jack's insistence on hunting over all else. When Jack returns with a pig, Ralph is furious that the fire has gone out. In the meantime, he had seen a ship, & if the fire had been burning they could have been rescued. Jack doesn't see the importance of this, but Ralph knows that the fire is their only hope of survival. If they remain on the island, they run the risk of losing not just their connection to civilization, but their lives as well.

Golding also reveals this through Ralph's gradual descent into savagery. Although not as permanently as the others (especially Jack and Roger), Ralph himself gives in to the evil loosed upon the island. He recognizes and accepts his part in Simon's death, not deluding himself with rationalizations like Piggy does. From that moment, he attempts to distance himself from the rest of the boys, yet he also tries to win the other boys back over to his side. This fails miserably, & in the end, he is the only one standing against the evil within them all.

Why does the Physician in "The Canterbury Tales" go on the pilgrimage?

Interesting question!

Because it comes at the start of a fragment, we don't get a little prologue setting the tale in the context of its teller - and, in its epilogue, the Physician himself doesn't speak. We don't, therefore, actually know for sure why he is on the pilgrimage: Chaucer doesn't specify. And in the case of the Physician, it's quite a problematic question.

Normally you'd assume a pilgrim would go on a pilgrimage for religious fulfillment, or spiritual discovery. But, Chaucer pointedly tells us in the "General Prologue", that though the Physician is a "verray, parfit praktisour" of medicine - an excellent doctor - and extremely well read in medical literature, "his studie was but litel on the Bible".

So what? The Physician doesn't read the Bible much. Well, how then are we to read his supposedly religious tale which ends advising us to "forsaketh synne"? Is this really the right person to be handing out religious morals: and isn't his tale anyway more about bodily decapitation than spiritual rebirth, as you might expect from a doctor? And why is he on a religious pilgrimage, telling religious stories?

Your question, I'm afraid, only points up several more which Chaucer leaves elusively unanswered.

1)Would Aristotle have supported the idea of "Civil Disobedience" and why?2)How would Aristotle define the concept of "justice"?

Civil Disobedience: He believes in political association in order to flourish and thus believes in formalized government. To the extent the law conflicts with natural justice, Aristotle would likely side on natural justice. Natural justice was Aristotle's definition for principles one can reach through the use of his/her reason.

Justice: The mean between excess and deficiency is wherein justice lies. Where justice is legal and fair; being virtuous. Then the question becomes what if that which is legal is applied unfairly? Which is the priority- legality or fairness? Thus, it comes back to one's ability to reason... Self-defense is a good example. Is it fair to shoot someone who is threatening your life? Is it legal? The law is convoluted, but a jury's ideas of fair is probably clearer.

Where is a place I can go to get help with the themes of the play "Hamlet"?

Themes are the points that the author is trying to make with the reader/audience.  Some of them will be obvious to you and others you will have to think on for a bit.  Most of the time, you can figure out the main themes of a piece by saying, "_______________(title of the work) is a story about ________________________(first thing that comes to your mind)."  It almost always deals with universal ideas like love, greed, ambition, hate, pride, good vs. evil, etc. 

For Hamlet, there are also many themes.  Ambition, reality vs. illusion, illness, madness, revenge, murder, love, friendship, honor, and family relationships just to name a few.  Check out the link below to help you find more and to get a more analytical look at how these themes play out through the work.

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What would be good questions to ask about Chapters 7 and 8 of "The Scarlet Letter"

1. Why did Hester go to see Governor Bellingham?

2. What did Hester and Pearl see in the breasplate of armor? What is the significance of what they see?

3. What is Pearl's reply when asked "Who made thee?"

4. What convinced the governor to let Hester keep Pearl?

In A Separate Peace, Brinker calls Gene a prisoner. What is Gene's prison and how is he attempting to escape?

Gene is a prisoner of his own guilt and fear. He feels tremendous guilt for the injury he has caused Finny, and he lives in fear that the other boys will discover the truth of what happened in the tree. When Brinker corners Gene in the Butt Room and starts nibbling around the edges of the truth, Gene responds first in anger, then by making up a ridiculous story to explain what he had done to Finny:

Well . . . first I stole all his money. Then I found that he cheated on his entrance tests to Devon and I blackmailed his parents about that, then I made love to his sister in Mr. Ludsbury's study . . . .

Through this silliness, Gene manages to defuse Brinker's "inquiry," making him look foolish in the process.

Prior to the confrontation in the Butt Room, however, Gene made two serious attempts to free himself from his guilt. He tried twice to confess the truth to Finny, once in the infirmary at Devon shortly after Finny's injury and a second time at Finny's family home in Boston. On both occasions, Gene does not succeed in saying what he needs to say, that he caused Finny's fall. In the infirmary, he is interrupted by Dr. Stanpole and a nurse. In Boston, he cannot complete his confession because Finny can't bear to hear it:

It struck me then that I was injuring him again. It occurred to me that this could be an even deeper injury than what I had done before. I would have to back out of it, I would have to disown it.

Thus, Gene continues to suffer within the prison of his own making. He cannot escape even by enlisting in the military, which he decides to do. Finny's return to school makes it impossible for Gene to leave Finny behind, hurt and helpless.

How is Jean Valjean in "Les Miserables" a humanitarian?

Jean Valjean commits a petty crime, stealing a loaf of bread to feed his sisters hungry family, and is sent to a harsh prison for his crime.  When he gets out, he is not prepared to support himself and he commits another crime, against Bishop Digne.

Valjean tries to steal from the Bishop, but in return, he is not punished, but given another chance by the compassionate Bishop.  The only condition on his second chance is to use it to improve his life. 

Valjean goes to a small town Montreuil sur Mer, where he uses his new found wealth to help the town by rebuilding its industries providing many jobs for the people.  He also saves the daughter of the prostitute, Fantine, taking her into his house as his own daughter. 

Jean Valjean becomes mayor of the small town and is gracious and generous to all its citizens.  He is a much loved mayor, not pretentious, but a humble servant of the people. 

In all of his actions, he is generous and kind, especially to Cosette. 

I need to know the variables (x,y), inequality statements and the optimization statement for the following,?Rainbow Paints had 1000 gallons of...

Resources:Yellow paint 1000gal.Red paint 1250 gal

Mixture1: Ratio of yellow:blue = (1/2):((1/2)

Mixture2:Ratio of yellow :Blue= (1/3):(2/3)

Let the Mixture1 and Mixture2  be x  gal  and y  gallons.

The  yellow paint in the two mixtures = x/2+y/3  gallons canot exceed  the company's stock of 1000gal.Similarly the blue pain quantity in two mixtures x/2+2y/3 gal cannot exceed 1250 of stock. I.e.'

x/2+y/3<=1000                                     (1)

x/2+2y/3<=1250                                   (2)

By capcity of production, x+y =<2150       (3)

By demand first mix x>=250                     (4)

and second mix y>=150.                         (5)

The profit  P  for the quantity of x and y at the  rate of $7.82 per unit of x and $6.67 per unit of y is given by:

P= 7.82x+6.67y                                   (6)

The object is to maximise  the profit P and find the quantities x and y satisfying the conditions or constraints (1) to (5).

Solution:

From (1) and (2):  Treating like ordinary equations  we find  x and y

(2)-(1): y/3=1250-1000==> y=750. So, y<=750 is a possibility.

From this  treating like simultaneous equations, we get by substitution in(1): x/2=100-250=750=>x=1500

So, x<=1500 is a possible solution

From these two possible solutions we get

X+y<=1500+750=2250 or

x+y<=2250 (7)

From (3) x+y < =2150. (8).

The conditions (7) and (8) should hold good and the satisfying solution should maximise profit,P.Therefore, we decide to keep x at 1500 without reducing the quantity as the rate of profit per unitof x is $7.82 which is higher than that of y at $6.66 and limiting  the y units to 650 as x+y=2150 at this value satisfying all the consraints, giving best or maximum profit.

P=7.82*1500+ 650*6.67 = $16,065.50, he maximum profit.

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What does Jordan means when she says, "And I like large parties. They're so intimate. At small parties there isn't any privacy"?What does it reveal...

Although it sounds paradoxical, Jordan's statement does, in fact, make perfect sense!

Think about it this way--if you are in a room full of 100 people, and you are speaking to someone next to you, chances are that no one else in the room is listening in to your conversation--they can't! There would be too much noise and commotion and far too many distractions.

However, if you are at a small gathering of say 15 people, the chance that ALL guests are involved in conversation on one topic increases. Also, if you are engaged in a one-on-one conversation at this smaller party, the odds are greater that someone will overhear what's being said or that someone will come to your table and try to join in the conversation.

So, when Jordan says large parties are intimate, she means that large parties offer the opportunity for discussions in smaller groups that will not be overheard by all, whereas at a small party, everyone is aware of what everyone else is saying.

Fully describe the Mechanical Hound and how it is used in Fahrenheit 451.

In addition to the above description, the Mechanical Hound serves to foreshadow that Beatty is on to Montag.  It can also symbolize the cruel and intolerant society in which Montag lives.  Like Mildred when she watches TV or listens to her seashell, the Hound appears to be mindless and without a soul.

Recall too that early on in the novel, Montag arrives at the firehouse and the Hound seems to recognize and dislike him.  This can be read as an early warning to Montag about the change or awakening he is beginning to undergo as a result of meeting Clarisse.

Recall too how the firemen often set the Hound loose on rats and bet on how long it will take to kill them.  This sickens Montag.  However, notice how similar this little scene is to the climax of the novel where Montag is fleeing from the Hound and his escape is being broadcast on TV around the city and people are watching betting on when the Hound will catch him.

What is Huxley satirizing in "Brave New World?"Work on a clear thesis statement and supporting evidence from the text.

Since satire has as its purpose ridicule with the hopes of reform, Aldous Huxley satirizes many of the contemporary trends and values of his time when he foresaw the dangers of the advancement of science as it related to the advancement of humanity. "Brave New World" is a world of mass-production, even of people; it is a world society where values are pleasure, order, and conformity. These values are held so that there will be no wars, no conflicts, no unhappiness. However, in this false utopia there are flaws, for science cannot totally eradicate humanity despite its great advancements. Afterall, in the human psyche and soul, one must know unhappiness to truly feel happy, one must know adversity in order to enjoy peace, and one must have interpersonal relationships that are difficult in order to appreciate and experience real feelings; one MUST be human.

Huxley satirizes the attempt of people to find happiness in the rising communism of the times which suggests that all should be "equal." The various castes of BNW are taught to associate only with their own so no one is different. When a character, Bernard, expresses feelings that are taboo, the others laugh and joke about him. Electric shock and hypnopaedia condition children. People take soma anytime they are unhappy. They value only material things; Nature is scorned. When the savage/natural man, John, comes to BNW, he is sickened and dies.

How are Desdemona, Emilia, and Bianca portrayed in Othello?I'm looking for other opinions on the portrayals of these characters so that I can make...

Desdemona is portrayed as the innocent, devoted wife of Othello.  She is very much in love with Othello and sneaks off to marry him.  She marries Othello despite his being a Moor and despite the fact that her father disapproves of him.  She is very naive and trusting, also, which is part of the problem in the play.  She never suspects that Iago is anything other than a devoted friend to her and to Othello.  

Emilia is Desdemona's devoted handmaid.  She is also Iago's wife.  She is portrayed as outspoken, loud, and opinionated.  She is bawdy and not afraid to be flirtatious.  She is clever and crafty.  She ultimately realizes that Iago is at fault for tricking Othello into believing that Desdemona was unfaithful to him; she pays with her life, however, once she realizes Iago is guilty.  He stabs and kills her.

Bianca is the prostitute (courtesan) that Cassio sees frequently. She is in love with Cassio, but he does not return this love.  This upsets Bianca.  She is portrayed as a bit jealous and possessive and a woman who wants to win his love.

In Crime and Punishment, who is Svidrigailov in love with?

Dostoevsky's novel Crime and Punishment is really just one man's story--Raskolnikov's. Every other character in the novel is somehow connected to him, including his sister Dounia. She is younger than Raskolnikov and, like their mother, willing to make great sacrifices for him.

When we meet her, Dounia has just quit her position as a governess at the home of Arkady Ivanovich Svidrigailov because he has asked her to run off with him and his wife discovered his passion for Dounia. It is true that Dounia has no interest in the man except for the desire to somehow make him see the error of his ways; however, Svidrigailov is not so easily dissuaded. He probably murdered his wife (though it was ruled a tragic accident) and followed Dounia to St. Petersburg. 

Dounia's brother is repulsed at the man when he first meets him, and that feeling is not much tempered throughout the novel. Svidrigailov assures Raskolnikov that what he felt for Dounia was a fleeting fancy and has passed, but later Svidrigailov traps Dounia and threatens to force himself on her when she does not want to come with him willingly. Though that does not appear to be love, he does eventually let her go before committing suicide. It is a warped love, but Svidrigailov loves Dounia, Raskolnikov's sister. 

How do I start a good introduction for my term paper on A Christmas Carol?

As with any writing assignment, you first need to make an outline of your paper.  Make sure that your outline deals with the prompt you've been given.  Then, use your introduction and conclusion to bookend your ideas.

Your introduction should start with a hook (an attention-getter).  This could be a quote from the piece, a short story that parallels your ideas, etc.  Then, relate your hook to the task at hand: the prompt of your essay.  Lastly, briefly state the points you will make in the body of your paper.

Hope this helps.  Good luck!

Why did Moshe disappear for a few months in "Night"?

In the beginning of the story, "Night" Elie describes the day when the Germans orders all of the foreign Jews to be removed, from the town of Sighet. Moshe the Beadle was one of those foreign Jewish people so he was taken away from the village.

Several months later he returns and tells Elie that he was only able to escape being killed by the Germans because he was wounded and pretended to be dead. (pg 6)

What percent of 3.8 is 38?

With percent questions the best way to do it is to use the formula %/100 = is/of.  I teach my students this and it works every time.

Your question "What percent of 3.8 is 38?" will fit right into the formula.  % is the unknown, so it goes in the formula as x.  Of is the number 3.8, and is will be 38.  Fill these into the formula, cross multiply and solve for x.

x/100 = 38/3.8 (cross multipy)

3.8x = 3800 (divide both sides by 3.8 to get x alone)

3.8x/3.8 = 3800/3.8

x = 1000%

This makes sence because 3.8 is much smaller than 38, so it makes sence that 38 is 1000% higher than 3.8.  Hope this helps.  :)

In "To Kill a Mockingbird", what risky behavior do Scout and Jem engage in?

Jem and Scout participate in several types of risky behavior--some that are seen as immature and some that are seen as more grown-up.

First off, in Chapter 6, Jem, Scout and Dill sneak to the Radley house in order to peak inside. Not only is this trespassing, but Jem, Scout and Gill get shot at my Mr. Nathan Radley as they run away from the house. Jem is even riskier when he returns to the Radley house, knowing full well Mr. Radley will shoot at him if he sees Jem, to get his pants which were stuck on the fence.

A more serious risky behavior is when Jem and Scout come on the scene when Atticus is facing the mob in front of the jail. Scout doesn't realize that running into the mob is a risk for her, but Jem understands that standing up to his father could get him in trouble with his father. Jem also understand that if the mob doesn't go away, he, Atticus and Scout could be physically injured or even killed by the mob.

Another risky behavior is when the three children sneak into the court room to watch the trial. Calpurnia and Aunt Alexandra don't know where they've gone and Atticus doesn't know they are there.

Why does the author refer to Dimmesdale as a hypocrite even though Dimmesdale has confessed to being the worst of sinners?

In Chapter XX of "The Scarlet Letter," Hawthorne remarks, "No man, for any considerable period, can wear one face to himself, and another to the multitude, without finally getting bewildered as to which may be the true." Dimmesdale wears these two faces:  He returns from the forest encounter with Hester "transformed" as Hawthorne writes.  Dimmesdale has three urges to rebel against his false nature by insulting or lying to townspeople; he is tempted to sin. When he returns to his house, he sees the Election Sermon.  It is though another man has written this sermon as he now has more knowledge, a "bitter knowledge," the knowledge that he has been deluding himself. 

In the words of Emily Dickinson, when Dimmesdale does tell the truth he "tells it slant" not because the people will not understand, but because he has not the integrity to confess his sin as adultery; he is too weak to defend Hester and can only stand on the scaffold in the cover of night.  He feigns that his illness is only a physical illness, and he misleads Hester into believing that he will leave America with her, even deluding himself into this belief knowing he cannot bring himself to escape. He continues to wear "two faces" and is, therefore, a hypocrite.

Can you tell me why Malvolio is always rude to Sir Toby, Sir Andrew, Feste, Maria and Fabian in "Twelfth Night"?

Malvolio is the steward of Olivia's household, as such it is his responsibility to supervise the servants like Maria and Fabian. In order to emphasise his superiority over them, he bosses over them and is always rude to them. Maria ofcourse, resents this and it is she who devises the plan to deceive and humiliate him, "for monsieur Malvolio let me/alone with him: if I do not gull him into a/nayword, and make him a common recreation." ActII sc3. 

Even though Malvolio knows that Sir Toby is the uncle of Olivia he  is always rude towards him because Sir Toby is a freeloader who takes advantage of his niece's generosity and invites Sir Andrew Aguechek to be his guest in her house. Malvolio being a puritan stongly objects to Sir Toby's drunken behaviour, "do ye make an/alehouse of my lady's house?" ActII sc3. Consequently he  succeeds in earning Sir Toby's wrath- "Art any more than a steward? Dost thou think because thou art virtuous, there shall be no more cakes and ale?"

Malvolio is rude to Feste because he is jealous of his witty intelligence and puritan that he is, he resents the fact that Feste makes a living out of literally 'fooling' around. In Act I Sc 5 he objects to Olivia's  reinstatement of Feste,"I marvel your ladyship takes delight in such a/barren rascal."

Shakespeare has introduced Malvolio in the play mainly to satirise the Puritans who were not only killjoys but also selfrighteous hypocrites.

Please give me a character description of George Wilson in the novel "The Great Gatsby."

George Wilson is honest and hard working, somewhat naive and easily intimidated and manipulated by Tom Buchanan. George defers to Tom out of necessity (He needs Tom's business), but he also defers to Tom because he feels very much Tom's social inferior. This is a relationship that Buchanan continues to emphasize, of course, showing contempt for Wilson while carrying on an affair with the man's wife. Wilson is weak and ineffectual, but once he discovers Myrtle's infidelity, his moral core is revealed:

I [George] told her she might fool me but she couldn't fool God . . . . 'God knows what you've been doing, everything you've been doing. You may fool me but you can't fool god!"

He reacts strongly, intending to take Myrtle away and preserve his marriage. After her death, George cannot rest until he avenges Myrtle's death; once that has been accomplished, he kills himself, as well. For a man who was never assertive in any way, George Wilson proves to be a stronger personality than anyone expected. 

What are some "unknowns" Rainsford encounters in "The Most Dangerous Game?"

Rainsford encounters many unknowns throughout the story The Most Dangerous Game.  Before he falls overboard and lands on the island, he is faced with the mystery of the island in the first place.  He has heard his shipmate's tales about the place, but when he makes the decision to swim toward the island, he faces the unknown because he really cannot be sure what he will find there.

Once he arrives at Zaroff's mansion, he meets the general and Ivan.  He is unsure what to think of both men because they seem so peculiar.  Over dinner with Zaroff, Rainsford is intrigued by the discussion about hunting, but again faces the unknown.  Although Zaroff seems to have previous knowledge about Rainsford, Rainsford knows very little about Zaroff.

After Rainsford discovers that Zaroff's latest hunting craze is to track and kill human beings, Rainsford does not know how he should handle the information.  And when Rainsford realizes he will be the subject of Zaroff's next hunt, he has many fears about what will happen to him. 

Once released onto the island to be hunted, Rainsford experiences the unknown yet again.  He is not familiar with the island like Zaroff is, so he faces a significant disadvantage.  He really doesn't know how good a hunter Zaroff really is, so at first, he underestimates his foe. 

Once Rainsford finally outsmarts Zaroff, sneaks back into the mansion, and kills the hunter, it is implied that it is unknown what Rainsford will do next.

What does this quote from "The Scarlet Letter" mean/explain?Quote: "No man for any considerable period can wear one face to himself and another to...

Later in the novel, Hawthorne states: "Among many morals which press upon us from the poor minister's miserable experience, we put only this into a sentence:- Be true! Be true! Be true! Show freely to the world, if not your worst, yet some trait whereby the worst may be inferred!"

Not only is he describing the minister's difficulty in maintaining a "public" and "private" face, Hawthorne is also tacitly criticizing Chillingworth for him doing the same; publicly pretending to be the healing physician, but privately doing just the opposite.  Both these characters reflect the opposite of Hester, whose worst is made public, and in doing so, she is freed from attempting to keep a secret which could, like it does to both men, destroy her.

Why does Othello fall into a trance?

The first time we witness Othello falling into a trance is in Act 4, scene 1. Othello is clearly overwhelmed and distraught by the insinuations Iago makes when he suggests that Desdemona might have slept with Cassio. Iago is not quite forthcoming and plays with Othello's emotions. Othello becomes more and more upset and finally blurts out:

"Lie with her! lie on her! We say lie on her, when
they belie her. Lie with her! that's fulsome.
--Handkerchief--confessions--handkerchief!--To
confess, and be hanged for his labour;--first, to be
hanged, and then to confess.--I tremble at it.
Nature would not invest herself in such shadowing
passion without some instruction. It is not words
that shake me thus. Pish! Noses, ears, and lips.
--Is't possible?--Confess--handkerchief!--O devil!-"

It is clear that Othello has worked himself up to such an extent that he loses it completely and then faints. Iago has effectively manipulated him into believing that Desdemona and Cassio have been having an affair - an idea too shocking for Othello to contemplate.

Othello has previously shown that his emotional distress has a physical effect on him. In Act 3, scene 3, Iago  commented that :"Ha! I like not that!" after he and Othello witnessed Cassio departing from Desdemona in a secretive manner. When Othello questions him, he intimates that Desdemona and Cassio might be having an affair. Othello is anguished and develops a headache.

It seems as if Othello suffers from some form of epilepsy which is activated during moments of deep emotional turmoil or stress. It is only when he is truly distraught that Othello falls into a trance.

Iago derives great pleasure from seeing Othello so vulnerable. He enjoys seeing that his deception and manipulation working and states:

"Work on,
My medicine, work! Thus credulous fools are caught; And many worthy and chaste dames even thus, All guiltless, meet reproach." 

How is Amir's confrontation with Assef (specifically the fight) significant to the story?Discuss why Amir starts to laugh while getting beaten up.

Of course this is also Amir's opportunity to find redemption after not standing up for Hassan so many years before.  The significance is that it shows that everything has come full circle and that Amir now has his chance to absolve himself of the guilt he has carried throughout his life.  It is also significant because, unlike Baba, he has now had this opportunity to find a release, perhaps this is another reason he laughs and Assef finds it so infuriating.

This incredible release strikes Amir as funny because one might expect it from winning a fight or overcoming something.  He has overcome his guilt but is getting kicked around at the same time and for some reason it strikes him as hilarious and coupled with that great release of guilt, he can't help but laugh.

What are some researchable themes, motifs, symbols or archetypes I should trace as I read Little Women?

The changing role of women, self-awareness and affirmation in adolescence and early adulthood, and solidarity within the family unit are three predominant leit motifs throughout this novel. You could formulate another theme around the social implications of poverty and wealth as depicted in the story.

To glean more ideas, visit the following enote references. The first one gives interesting insight into how the themes of  Little Women relate to the confrontations and problems Alcott faced in her own life in the wane of the nineteeth century.

In "The Scarlet Letter", what is the "black flower" of civilized society?

In Chapter One of "The Scarlet Letter", Hawthorne describes the prison as the "black flower" of civilized society. He ironically points out that the Puritans felt they had a utopian society, yet one of the first things they had to built was a prison to hold those who broke the law.He then compares this "black flower" of society to the rose bush that grew outside the prison door. The rose bush might have sprung up when the "sainted" Anne Huchinson, a believer in freedom of religion, was put in the prison. In any case, the rose bush is offered as a contrast to the "black flower" and used as a symbol of something beautiful that exists in this dark, society.

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How many kids did William Shakespeare have and what happened to his son?

In 1582, Shakespeare married a woman eight years his senior, Anne Hathaway. The couple first had a daughter named Susanna, then twins - Judith and Hamnet. The circumstances of Hamnet's death and the effect of this upon Shakepeare remain unclear, but we know that in the summer of 1596 the playwright and actor received news that his eleven-year-old son was terribly ill:

Whether in London or on tour with his company he would at best have only been able to receive news intermittently from his family in Stratford, but at some point in the summer he presumably learned that Hamnet's condition had worsened and that it was necessary to drop everything and hurry home. By the time the father reached Stratford the boy—whom, apart from brief visits, Shakespeare had in effect abandoned in his infancy—may already have died. On August 11, 1596, Hamnet was buried at Holy Trinity Church: the clerk duly noted in the burial register, "Hamnet filius William Shakspere."

Some critics interpose and say that the probabilities are high that the child had contracted the bulbonic plague, highly contagious and very widespread at the time. This remains pure speculation, but Shakespeare was not outwardly demonstrative in his mourning. Instead, he plunged into his work again, writing some of his merrier works, perhaps as a kind of defense mechanism to spite fate:

In the four years following Hamnet's death, the playwright, as many have pointed out, wrote some of his sunniest comedies: The Merry Wives of Windsor, Much Ado About Nothing, As You Like It. This fact is, for some, decisive evidence that the father's grief must at most have been brief. But the plays of these years were by no means uniformly cheerful, and at moments they seem to reflect an experience of deep personal loss. In King John, probably written in 1596 just after the boy was laid to rest, Shakespeare depicted a mother so frantic at the loss of her son that she is driven to thoughts of suicide:

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.

Based on such sketchy evidence, we can only speculate on poor Hamnet's fate and how this event influenced Shakespeare's writings and personal life thereafter. Four years later, though, Shakespeare completed his tragedy "Hamlet," based on a story already anchored in legend. Was the uncanny similarity in name a mere coincidence with Shakespeare's "...to be or not to be?", or was this Shakespeare's final expression of his grief over the loss of his son?

How does Richard Cory "flutter pulses" in the poem "Richard Cory"?

When a person feels excitement, their heart beats faster, quickly and lightly - it "flutters".  When the author of the poem says about Richard Cory that "he fluttered pulses when he said 'Good morning'", he is indicating that Mr. Cory was such a celebrity that people would get all excited if he greeted them personally.  Think about your favorite rock star, or anyone really famous that you would like to meet.  Imagine if you passed this person on the street one day, and he or she should stop, look at you, and say "Good morning".  Think of the excitement you would feel if this should happen!

People looked at Richard Cory that way.  He was someone about whom they would read in newspapers, someone glamorous, and very rich.  The sad thing was, "he was always human when he talked", but no one could see that through all the "glitter" and the hype.  Even though people would have loved to meet him, and, if he recognized them, their hearts would be "all a-flutter" because he was so famous, no one really actually knew him as a person, and he died a very lonely man.

What caused the Civil War? What are the different issues that caused the Civil War (not only slavery, but other issues)?

 The roots of the American Civil War begin at the founding of Jamestown and Plymouth. Slightly before either of these colonies were founded, James I in 1609 gave a single charter to two groups, one to settle what then was considered "Northern" Virginia (Plymouth Company, claiming from what today is New Jersey to Maine) and one to settle in the south (London Company, claiming from New Jersey to South Carolina.)  From the very beginning of English settlement on the Atlantic seaboard regional differences quickly became apparent. The settlers for these 2 different regions were from different areas and socioeconomic classes in England.  The South attracted "Gentlemen Farmers," hoping to make quick profits on tobacco.  The North became a religious refuge for Puritans. The South was much more fertile than the North, and so established an agrarian economy.  The North, a much shorter sail to Europe, began to build ships and establish trade and manufactures as an economic base.  In time, both the North and South's economy grew; the North began to industrialize and the South expanded its agrarian output.  Slavery was an outgrowth of the expanding Southern agricutural economy. Differences became pronounced as more territory became incorporated to either North or South; 1830 and 1850 saw the first of several compromises regarding slavery, but what was at the heart of the question was if two different cultures could live together under one union.  When one thought the other was infringing too much upon it, war was the result. 

What are the three reasons for man's becoming corrupted in Hamlet's "dram of evil" speech?

I'm not sure Hamlet gives us three clear reasons for evil in this speech. It's one main idea of how men can become evil - and lots of examples of that same idea. I'll paraphrase the speech for you and try to make it clear. Here's the main gist of the speech (I've cut out a chunk in the middle):

So oft it chances in particular men
That, for some vicious mole of nature in them,
As in their birth,- wherein they are not guilty,
Since nature cannot choose his origin,
[...]
Shall in the general censure take corruption
From that particular fault.

Sometimes it happens that, certain men, because of a little tiny part of viciousness in their nature, become vicious overall just because of that one little mole of viciousness. Badness, in other words, can spread out from a little starting point to the "general censure" - over a whole person.

Hamlet gives three main reasons as to what this "vicious mole" in someone's nature might be:

(1)

As in their birth,- wherein they are not guilty,
Since nature cannot choose his origin...

Some men are just born bad...

(2)

By the o'ergrowth of some complexion,
Oft breaking down the pales and forts of reason...

In some men, some natural qualities ("complexions") might grow larger, destroying the capacity for reason...

(3)

Or by some habit that too much o'erleavens
The form of plausive manners....

And some men might have habits which ruin their pleasing manners... and that's how they get corrupted.

Hope this helps!

In Chapter 22 of "Great Expectations", how does Herbert feel about Pip's great expectations?

In Chapter 22, Pip is introduced to Herbert in London. To his shock and surprise he realises that Herbert Pocket is the same boy whom he boxed with during one of his visits to Miss Havisham's house (chapter 11). Pip had won that boxing contest after he had beaten him up badly.

In Chapter 22 Herbert tells Pip that Miss Havisham had sent for him to see whether she would take a liking to him. Unfortunately she was not interested and instead of Herbert she had taken a liking for Pip. He adds that if she had done so he would have become "affianced,betrothed, engaged" to Estella:  "yes she had sent for me on a trial visit, and if I had come out of it successfully, I suppose I should have been provided for."  Herbert however has no regrets because he knows the real character of Estella and for what evil purpose she has been adopted by Miss Havisham.

After Herbert has narrated to Pip all the incidents concerning Miss Havisham's past history he remarks, "so there can be no competition or perplexity between you and me."

This statement of Herbert's clearly indicates that he is not jealous of Pip's good fortune. This incident marks the beginning of the life long friendship between Pip and Herbert.

Is Othello gullible in Shakespeare's Othello?

In certain things I would argue that he is gullible, but in others he is extremely crafty and wise.  The problem is that he is versed in war and conflict and battle, not in the games of women and the intrigues of idle men.  Were he to be forced out to ferret out the tactics of the Turk and to win battles, he'd be fine and be willing to trust his opinions and his intuition over what people told him.

But in this case, with Desdemona and the supposed affair with Cassio, he is completely led on by Iago.  Because he lacks confidence in this marriage and in the love of Desdemona, Iago is able to convince him rather easily that something is up with her and Cassio.

How does the setting in "A & P" reveal the consequences of risk taking?

Sammy, the teenaged narrator of the story, works in a grocery store. It is implied that he may have gotten the job because the manager knows his parents. A grocery store must keep running on schedule and there is not really a lot of time for self-expression. When Sammy abruptly quits in protest over the manager's treatment of the girls, Sammy probably expects the manager to apologize to him and he will go right on working. At his age, he doesn't realize the manager also has other employees and can hire someone else to do Sammy's job, so he is not about to let a teenager dictate how he runs the store. He has other customers to think about who were probably offended at the girls' apparel ( or lack of apparel). All the manager does say that Sammy's parents will be disappointed, and he lets Sammy walk out. Then the girls do not even acknowledge his chivalry. Sammy has just learned that one must be careful in making rash decisions because there are consequences to those decisions in the adult world.

In A Raisin in the Sun, what is the pathlogical and resilient approach to examine the Younger family?

You might want to have another look at this question as it is not particularly clear what it is that you are precisely asking for. I have edited it to make it in to a question rather than a statement, but still you would do well to revise it and consider what specificially you are looking for and what you want to know. Are you, for example, wanting to look at resilience as a theme in this play? This could be considered to be a theme that is worthy of investigation.

The Younger family are incredibly resilient in the way that they stand up to the various pressures that are threatening to pull them apart, both internal and external. As the play begins and develops we identify so many different challenges that are present, from Bennie's desire to study medicine and Ruth's pregnancy. These are confounded as the play develops by pressure placed against them from both the black and white community about their imminent move. Yet in spite of complete financial disaster thanks to the imprudence of Walter and his loss of all money, the family manages to pull together and, in spite of a very uncertain and potentially dangerous future, retain their loyalty to each other and to their dreams against difficult odds.

You might want to think about the symbol of Mama's plant in the play and how it represents the care and responsibility she feels towards her family and her desire to nurture it. This plant, just like the Younger family as a whole, shows itself to be resilient and hardy - Mama expresses pride in its ability to flourish under her care even though it doesn't get enough light and water. There is of course a parallel between Mama's care of her plant and her care of her family, for the family somehow manages to flourish in spite of the less than perfect circumstances they are placed in.

The play ends with a note of optimism as Mama takes the plant, planning to plant it in her new garden and give it more space, just as her family are to be "planted" in a more spacious and better location. Mama's words at the end of the play about her family, "Yeah - they something alright, my children" expresses her belief and faith that they will continue to flourish in spite of the challenges that still face them.

What is the meaning and structure of the poem "Sun Song" by Langston Hughes?Sun Song by Langston HughesSun and softness,Sun and the beaten...

The poem is written with repetition of the word sun in order to evoke emotion around that word. In this way as you understand the poem you then relate it to the word sun.

 The poem is also using opposites to show the vastness of the songs one could sing and bring. The poem suggests a gathering and sharing of songs. These songs contain culture of the "Dark ones of Africa" "on the Georgia roads". Hughes is referring to the songs of the African slaves. Langston Hughes wrote several pieces related to this topic.

How many combinations of 5 players can be created from a group of 9 players? How do I solve this problem?Thanks for any help!

There is a formula for this involving factorials.  A factorial is the starting number (A) times (A-1) times (A-2) etc down to A times 1.  The symbol for factorial is "!"  We use factorials for these problems, because they represent the number of combinations we can get from a group of numbers.

Let's say the total number in the group is X.  The size of each combination is Y.  

The formula for the number of combinations is:

X!  /  Y! (x-y)! 

In your problem, X=9 and y=5.  So, the formula works out to:

9 x 8 x 7 x 6 x 5 x 4 x 3 x 2 x 1 / (5 x 4 x 3 x 2 x 1) times (4 x 3 x 2 x 1)

9! = 362880

5! = 120

4! = 24

Substituting these amounts, we get: 

362880 / 120 x 24

or

362880 / 2880

or

126 

What happens when Bella gets her period in Twilight?

Good question. I can see how this monthly occurrence would cause a problem in Edward and Bella's relationship. However, this is not an issue that Stephanie Meyer addresses. As you know, the Cullen family practice a unique kind of vampirism whereas they only drink the blood of animals and not humans. The urge is still there , they just choose to ignore it. For the most part, most of the Cullens avoid situations where they will be exposed to the scent of human blood. For example, Edward skips science class on the day they test for their blood types. On Bella's birthday, she cuts her hand on a broken vase and the others must hold their noses and leave the house until it is cleaned. It is difficult for all of them to have Bella as a part or their lives when things like this can occur. The only member of the Cullens who seem impervious to the scent of human blood is Carlisle who is a doctor.

What is the significance of line 130 of Act 3, Scene 1, of "Julius Caesar"?

The context of these words of Cassius in "Julius Caesar" is after the assassination of Caesar.  Brutus suggests that all the assassins "bathe" their hands in the blood of Caesar up the the elbow and besmear their swords; then, they should walk out "even to the market place," waving their arms over their heads crying, "Peace, freedom, and liberty!"

As they stoop to wipe the blood of the fallen ruler upon their arms, Brutus asks them to imagine how many times this act will be recreated in plays, and Cassius responds that the act will be replayed as long as he and the other assassins are lauded as the men who freed Rome from tyranny ("The mean that gave their country liberty").

Ironically, their hopes of being considered the men who freed Rome from tyranny is extremely short-lived as Antony in beautiful rhetoric sways the crowd against the conspirators in his oration.  For, Antony turns and berates them and their "liberating gesture":

Who else must be let blood, who else is rank/If I myself, there is no hour so fit/As Caesar's death's hour, nor no instrument/Of half that worth as those your swords, made rich/With the most noble blood of all this world

Explain Portia's famous speech ("The quality of mercy is not strained...") and what it says of her character.

It's one of those Shakespeare speeches, I think, like "To be or not to be", where everyone knows the first line or two lines, and then very little about what comes next. Portia is talking about mercy, which, she argues

...blesseth him that gives, and him that takes:
'Tis mightiest in the mightiest; it becomes
The throned monarch better than his crown

Being merciful, she argues, blesses the person being merciful, and the person who receives the mercy. It is, therefore at its strongest, shown by people who are the most powerful. It becomes a monarch (i.e. is more kingly) better than his crown does.

His sceptre shows the force of temporal power,
The attribute to awe and majesty,
Wherein doth sit the dread and fear of kings;
But mercy is above this sceptred sway,

The king's sceptre shows the force of his power on earth ("temporal power"), and is part of his awe and his majesty, which is why people dread and are scared of kings. However, mercy is above the influence and power of the sceptre ("sceptred sway")...

It is an attribute to God himself;
And earthly power doth then show likest God's
When mercy seasons justice.

Mercy is an attribute of God himself, the king of kings. And earthly power becomes most godly when it is merciful: when decisions of justice are "seasoned" (made more palatable) with mercy.

Hope it helps!

Can you please answer my question from "Life of Pi"?"The world isn't just the way it is. It is how we understand it, no? And in understanding...

In the book, you have two versions of the story:  the one with animals, and the one without. So the main question is, which one was real, or were they both real, and why?  If you tie this concept to the quote above, the people version of the story could be considered as the world "just the way it is."  That is the more logical, more realistic scenario.  But what an awful, depressing, morbid, violent story about the nature of mankind!  So, take the story as how Pi understands it.  Isn't it much more managable to add his understanding of animals to the story, and use that to help him to deal with the harsh reality of what really happened?  In order to understand the ferocity of his survival tale, he brought something to it-his love for and understanding of animals.  And in the end, that made it a better story too.  The animal story is Pi's story; it is his version of life, it is how he understands what happened to him.  And, just as the two Japanese interrogators at the end state, the animal version makes a much better story.

I also provided links below to further discussion of theme and an analysis of the book itself; those should be useful too.

In "The Great Gatsby", what does Gatsby think about Daisy's relationship with Tom?

Jay honestly thinks that Daisy married Tom only for money.  It was her only security into the East Egg way of life.  He told her that he would return, and he finally did.  He knew that she had married while he was away, but again, he knew she only did it for the money.  He didn't think that she cared for him at all.  After all, he had his affairs all the time, and Daisy was not ignorant of his behavior.  She just didn't ever confront him about it.

When Jay came back into her life, he assumed that she would drop everything and go away with him.  However, when they are in New York City, Jay tells Tom that his wife never loved him.  When put on the spot, Daisy honestly says,

“Oh, you want too much!” she cried to Gatsby. “I love you now—isn't that enough? I can't help what's past.” She began to sob helplessly. “I did love him once—but I loved you too.”

So she did love Tom.  This is Jay's revelation in the story.  He realizes that it's not going to be as easy as he thought it was.  She's not going to just walk off with him into the sunset.  He even faltered when Daisy introduced him to her daughter Pammy.  That was an awkward moment.  His perception of their love was off enough to alter his happy ending.

In "Death of a Salesman", why is Willy interested when Biff mentions Bill Oliver? Why do they argue? How does Happy try to capture attention?

Willy has always dreamed that his son would be successful in a social and materialistic way.  Because Biff has always been good looking and physically adept, Willy assumed that Biff would earn great recognition in the world and, in essence, be everything Willy wanted to be and wasn't.

When Biff mentions Bill Oliver, Willy gets excited because he sees a way that his dream for Biff can still come true.  Willy latches onto the idea that Bill always liked Biff, and assumes it is possible for Biff to get a large loan and start his own business.  Willy ignores Biff's lack of experience and/or know-how and just assumes that, given the right resources, Biff can accomplish anything.  Happy helps to fuel the fire because he himself is desparate for his father's attention.  Happy is the one to actually mention Bill Oliver in the first place, and to agree with his father's dream that the boys could take over the business world. 

Biff and Willy fight, though, when Linda tries to put some caution and sense into the conversation.  She tries to point out the problems with the plan, but Willy yells at her for interrupting his words of advice.  Biff gets angry at this, and yells at Willy for yelling at her.  Willy stops dreaming at this point and heads off to his bedroom.

How does Golding show the beast?

Golding shows the beast in a figurative way and in a literal way.  His belief, and the theme of the book, is that all mankind is flawed with a basic evilness that each person keeps in check, to one degree of success or another, only because society forces each person to do so.  In the story, the boys are stripped of the society they knew and are put into a new world where they are free to create their own society.  The society they create is evil and Golding contends that is what would happen without societal constraints.  To show this inner evil, Golding used the personification of a beast. 

First, the littlest boys are convinced there is a beast, they just don't know what it looks like or where it is.  Some think it's in the water, some think it's among the creepers and vines and trees.  When Sam and Eric see the dead parachutist from a great distance and think that what they see is something alive and moving, they are convinced that what they see is the beast.  It is not quite human looking, but not too far removed from human in form.  It is on top of the mountain as if it rules the area.  It becomes the literal version of the beast. 

When Jack hunts and kills the pig, then puts its head on the stake as an offering to the beast, the head, surrounded by flies, becomes the beast in a less concrete way.  When Simon goes into his trance and "talks" with the head, which has become the Lord of the Flies, the source of the evil on the island is exposed.  Simon had suspected that the source was inside of each of them, but the Lord of the Flies confirms that. The real beast, the figurative beast but the real evil, is what is inside of each person.

What is the most significant passage in the book The Devil's Arithmetic?

A significant passage in The Devil’s Arithmetic is when Hannah is getting her head shaved, because that is when she realizes that memories are important.

At the beginning of the book, Hannah is complaining because all Jewish holidays seem to be about remembering.  She does not understand why she has to remember so much.  She can’t empathize with her relatives, who are still bitter and broken from their experiences in the war.  The war is distant for Hannah.  She does not see it as something that happened to her family or her people.

Yet when Hannah is magically transported back to the Holocaust, she wants to remember.  She is beginning to forget.  She does not remember what happens next.  She does not remember who she is.  As she fails to remember, she starts to panic. 

The passage in chapter 11 where Hannah gets her head shaved is a good example of how the full reality of the situation has hit her, and how memory has become important.

…I cannot remember, she whispered to herself. I cannot remember. She's been shorn of memory as brutally as she'd been shorn of her hair, without permission, without reason...Gone, all gone, she thought again wildly, no longer even sure what was gone, what she was mourning. (Ch 11, p. 94)

This passage, which begins with, “The barber was clearly a prisoner,” and ends with, “Without their hair, all the women looked the same,” is the important one.  This passage hits hard on one of the novel’s main themes: Our collective past makes us who we are.  Hannah’s relative past was her past.  She saw that then.  She realized that this past was part of her identity.  It was part of her DNA, and part of her upbringing.

Hannah also really develops as a character through this experience.  She alone knows the full weight and history of the Holocaust.  She knows about the mass extermination of Jews, and fears that she will become one of the casualties.  Yet she remains strong, demonstrating a fundamental truth of human nature: We all want to survive. 

Hannah does survive, but she also learns that she can sacrifice herself, and be noble, if she has to.

In Act 2, how does Hamlet feel about Rosencrantz and Guildenstern? Why?

Hamlet senses that they are mimetic.  That is, they are feigning concern for him and play act as they speak to Hamlet, replying in non-commital phrases such as "Happy in that we are not over-happy" (II.ii.221). When Hamlet inquires of them the purpose of their visit, Guildenstern asks, "What shoud we say, my lord?" suggesting again their acting.  Hamlet replies,

Anything but to th' purpose.  You were sent for, and there is a kind of confession in your looks, which your modesties have not craft enough to color....(II.ii.265)

Hamlet realizes that his two friends are not being true to him; instead, they are acting under the pretense of concern for him in order to learn what they can about Hamlet's feelings and thoughts so that they can report to the king and queen.

(Links to two other questions on Guilderstern and Rosencrantz are listed below)

What is Abigail's motivation in "The Crucible"?

Abigail is clearly the villain of the entire play. Her accusations sent 19 innocent people to their deaths. Her entire reasoning behind this, is selfishness.

Abigail was raised as an orphan after her parents were killed by Indians. She went to work as the housekeeper for John and Elizabeth Proctor. Abigail and John Proctor end up having an affair and she is convinced she is in love with him. Elizabeth finds out about it, and dismisses her from the job. This makes Abigail angry and very jealous of Elizabeth. Her desire to be with John, leads her to do some horrible things.

"I look for John Proctor that took me from my sleep and put knowledge in my heart! I never knew what pretense Salem was, I never knew the lying lessons I was taught by all these Christian women and their covenanted men! And now you bid me tear the light out of my eyes? I will not, I can not! You loved me, John Proctor, and whatever sin it is, you love me yet!"

Clearly, Abigail is quite delusional. Yes she and John had an affair, but it is never said that John told her he loved her. We just don't know this. Abigail is bent on getting Elizabeth charged for witchcraft and executed, so she can take her place and become John Proctor's wife.  

Why is Hamlet so furious at Laertes for his manner of mourning his sister in Act V, scene 2?

In Act V scene 2 Hamlet's fury has ameliorated significantly. This scene is the final scene where the two meet and Hamlet attempts reconciliation with Laertes. He asks for his forgiveness "That I have shot my arrow o'er the house/And hurt my brother." Laertes accepts his apology in "nature" but apparently still is the one who is furious, not Hamlet. He says,

"I am satisfied in nature,
Whose motive in this case should stir me most
To my revenge. But in my terms of honour
I stand aloof, and will no reconcilement..."

This quote suggests that Laertes has not yet felt vindicated for what Hamlet has done to his father ,Polonius, and his sister, Ophelia. At this point, Hamlet has already decided that "there is a divinity that shapes our ends, rough hew them as we will", so he has relinquished much of his fury into the hands of God. He knows he could die and tells Horatio that "the readiness is all" as he willingly goes into a battle that he knows full well could be his end.

Describe Odysseus' Grandfather Autolycus from Book 19 of "The Odyssey".

Autolycus is the father of Odysseus's mother Anticleia. His other child is Polymede, who gives birth to the famous Jason of the Argonauts. He is himself the son of the Olympian messenger god Hermes and a mortal named Chione. (Note: This makes Odysseus's great-grandfather a god.) 

In Homer, Odysseus's nurse (and later housekeeper) Eurycleia puts the baby Odysseus on Autolycus's knee and asks him to name him. She tries to prompt him to name him "the one that is prayed for," but the cynical and sardonic Autolycus instead names him Odysseus, meaning "the one who is hated/wroth against." He says that he does to to commemorate his own bad luck in life, but the name ends up being prophetic as Odysseus actually is hated/wroth against by gods when he is an adult. 

Because Hermes is also the god of trickery and thieves, Autolycus is an accomplished trickster and thief. He has a lot of the same abilities as his divine father, including skill with music. 

What are some types of satire?I would like at least 2 examples of each.

Johnathan Swift's 'Gulliver's Travels' and George Orwell's 'Animal Farm' are two better known examples of the satire (both political allegories. Although Orwell's novel '1984' was futuristic, it is not really a science fiction story but rather a cautionary tale. It is probably too serious in tone to be considered a satire).

If you want a shorter work, take Swift's essay "A Modest Proposal" (available on 'project gutenberg')  as a source of study. Written actually about a century before the potato famine in Ireland, it proposes cooking and eating children, even offering some tips to diversify the dish!

A modern example of satire would be the Harry Potter series in children's literature, which, among other things, makes mirth at the expense of the British educational system, particularly boarding schools for very young children. This is not the primary intention of the book, but the reader can get some good laughs just the same.

In French literature,  Rabelais's fantasy novels 'Pantagruel' and 'Gargantua' (1532 and 1534) were also political jabs at how the state and church had depleted the resources of the people. (Similar to parts of Swift's 'Gulliver's Travels.') Both works were censured for a while (of course, adding to their public appeal!) as being too provocative.

In poetry, "Dover Bitch" is a spoof of Matthew Arnold's serious poem "Dover Beach." (A satire which assumes the same form of the work it is mocking is called a parody.) "The Ten Commandments" of the Old Testament were 'rewritten' in an ironic way by the poem "The Last Decalogue.'

All these various literary genres are examples of satire.

What would be the best way to describe John Proctor's, Elizabeth's and Mary Warren's costumes? What type of fabric and why? What color and...

well, i would not likely expect that the puritans wore much in the way of actual cotton.  cotton was not native to this continent and would have had ot be imported from england, and it would have been quite expensive.  flax (linen) would have been used though, which grew wild in new england, and wool roving would have been spun into yarns, and of course, the combined fabric of both being "linsey-woolsey", a linen wool blended weave.  for the clothing such as caps and collars to be white in color, they would have started their lives as tannish colored, due to the lack of any bleaching agents and the natural color of the flax/wool fibers.  the "whiteness" would have occurred slowly, evolving ever lighter through the cycle of washings and being in the sun (whether to dry or because they were worn outside a lot).  this would have been the "real" pilgrim look.  each person had one or two outfits in most cases, so clothing might have acquired a dingy look over time.  the "black" part of the clothing would only be black if the wool was of a black sheep.  those were not especially common.  early puritans would have sported varying shades of grey or brownish cream, more often than not.  they had to deal with what was available on the land, and most early puritans/pilgrims had not any wealth, having been sent to the americas as a form of "banishment".   it is likely that as soon as a person was able, they might have aspired to get their hands on black and white and cotton (cotton in those times was the fabric of the ELITE, not the peasants!), if only for church, weddings, etcetera.

In "Julius Caesar", how many times does Brutus make a blunder?

It's basically every time he ever makes a decision. And more or less every time this happens, Cassius then gives the correct answer - which Brutus ignores.

1) Brutus entirely misjudges Casca's character:

What a blunt fellow is this grown to be!
He was quick mettle when he went to school.

Cassius corrects him:

So is he now in execution
Of any bold or noble enterprise,
However he puts on this tardy form.

2) Cassius has a good idea, which the play proves true:

Decius, well urged. I think it is not meet
Mark Antony, so well beloved of Caesar,
Should outlive Caesar. We shall find of him
A shrewd contriver...

Brutus overrules him, getting it wrong:

Our course will seem too bloody, Caius Cassius,
To cut the head off and then hack the limbs...
For Antony is but a limb of Caesar...
We all stand up against the spirit of Caesar,
And in the spirit of men there is no blood.

As it turns out, there is quite a lot of blood when Caesar is murdered. Enough for everyone to bathe their hands in. Brutus' idealism is fatal.

3) Mark Antony wants to speak at Caesar's funeral. Brutus says "You shall, Mark Antony." Cassius is right, again:

You know not what you do. Do not consent
That Antony speak in his funeral.
Know you how much the people may be moved
By that which he will utter?

... more in the next post

What was Montag and Faber's plan in "Fahrenheit 451"? To kill Beatty? To hide books in firemen’s home? Faber’s way to the book people?

The plan that Faber and Montag have is to plant books in the homes of firemen so that the firemen will get arrested and there will be no one to enforce the anti-book laws.  Montag says he wants to have "...the salamander devour its own tail,", or bring the society down from the inside.  Montag has a few books of his own, but they know those aren't enough and Faber doesn't keep books around either.  They decide that Montag should go home and get some money, give that money to Faber, and Faber will then give the money to a man he knows who owns a printing press.  They will have books printed that they can then plant in the homes of firemen.  The plan is not enacted because Montag is arrested when the fire run is to his house.  That's when Montag, in a fit of anger and passion, turns the flame thrower on Beatty.  He never planned to kill Beatty, it was a sudden decision.  Faber tells Montag how to get in touch with the book people only when Montag is on the run as a fugitive after he killed Beatty.

Suggest a treatment that might stop an ant bite from itching or hurting?Insect bites hurt because the insect injects a toxin into the victim. When...

Insect bites are quite common today. Nowadays the population of insects is increasing. So we are not able to stop them from entering our homes. But we can take precautions to limit their entry. But somehow some manage to enter.

Insect bites causes irritation and itching, making skin red or sometimes patches are formed. There are many medicines to treat these and also home remedies.

1. Take an anti-allergic syrup or tablet


2. Apply creams containing aloe vera or tea tree


3. Apply soothing creams that e a cooling effect

The most easy home remedy that i follow is to apply soap on the insect bite and keep rubbing for 5 minutes till it forms a thick lather.  Keep it applied for 5 minutes and Then clean it with cold water.

Simple.....

In Great Expectations by Charles Dickens, after returning from Miss Havisham's, what opinion of himself does Pip share with Joe?

When Pip returns from Miss Havisham's house, and after having been ridiculed by Estella for his "coarse hands" and "thick boots," Pip expresses his sudden displeasure with his own recently-discovered commonness:

I told Joe...that there had been a beautiful young lady at Miss Havisham's who was dreadfully proud, and that she said I was common, and that I knew I was common, and that I wished I was not common, and that the lies had come out of it somehow, though I didn't know how.

In response, Joe tells Pip that while he might fit Estella's definition of "common," Pip is "oncommon" in other ways, and Joe reminds Pip that he knows how to read. 

Despite Joe's attempts to cheer Pip up, Pip thinks, sadly, "how common Estella would consider Joe, a mere blacksmith," and notes that this one visit to Miss Havisham's completely changes the course of Pip's life.