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"In Another Country" is an example of Ernest Hemingway's preference for writing stories based on personal experience. He was wounded in World War I while driving an ambulance. The persons and incidents depicted in the story "In Another Country" are evidently based on his recuperation period in Italy. Hemingway admired writers who derived their material from personal experience. One writer he greatly admired was Stephen Crane, whose story "The Open Boat" was based on his experience when forced to abandon ship while he was on an assignment to report on the Cuban Revolution. It was fifty-four hours before Crane and his companions were able to ride the heavy surf to shore at Daytona. One of his companions was drowned as they came to shore.  Many of Hemingway's novels were based on personal experience. These include A Farewell to Arms , For Whom the Bell Tolls , and The Old Man and the Sea . Among the many stories based on personal experience are "...

This is a difficult question, and the answer depends in part upon the experience and sensitivity of the reader. Consequently, two different readers may have two different thoughts on the matter. Since you ask for personal thoughts, I will feel free to state my personal thoughts as being that Hill has varying success in producing a female voice for Aminata. In the opening paragraphs, the voice is dominantly male even though there are key words and phrases that are intended to suggest a female mental orientation and a female narrator through such things as a reference to cooking and a simile employing food: "stew of chicken necks ... in the iron pot" and "like pumpkin mush." While the accumulation of key words and phrases , such as "our shared moments had grown like corn stalks in damp soil," point to a female character (as does the feminine ending on the name Aminata ), it is not until Aminata actually speaks with the girl at the school that the voice...

Q: Why is mass more useful than weight for measuring matter? A: Mass is a basic property of a given object, whereas weight is actually variable throughout the universe because it is actually a measure of the force exerted by a given object and not a property of the object itself. Weight, unlike mass, is a function of both gravity and mass; that is, an increase in mass will cause a corresponding increase in weight if it is placed within a gravitational field . However, a given object's weight will vary from place to place (namely from planet to planet or within a spinning centrifuge) because of the effects of gravity. Mass, on the other hand, is independent of gravity. Thus, three grams on Earth can be considered the same as three grams on the moon or on Jupiter or in the vacuum of space. Imagine weight were used to measure the amount of matter. If this were so, all objects in space would appear to contain the same amount of matter because they all had an apparent weight of zero. U...

Madame Forestier lends Mathilde a necklace that Mathilde thinks is made of real diamonds but turns out to be costume jewelry. Mathilde Loisel is upset when her husband says he has an invitation to a fancy ball. She always wishes she had more money and prestige than she does, so he thinks it is a big score. He expects her to be thrilled, but she is upset because she doesn’t think she has the right clothes for the occasion. She had no clothes, no jewels, nothing. And these were the only things she loved; she felt that she was made for them. She had longed so eagerly to charm, to be desired, to be wildly attractive and sought after. Her husband gives Mathilde the money he has been saving up to buy a new gun for hunting so she can buy a dress, but she is still unhappy because she doesn’t have a jewel. Her husband suggests flowers are in fashion, but she is not satisfied. He then reminds her that she has a rich friend, Madame Forestier. Mathilde likes this suggestion. Madame Forestier is wi...

In Act V, Scene 2, Friar Lawrence discusses his plan to inform Romeo that Juliet is actually in a deep sleep that mimics death. Friar Lawrence sends his letter with Friar John to deliver it to Romeo, who is living in Mantua. When Friar John returns, Friar Lawrence asks him how Romeo responded to the letter. Friar John then informs Friar Lawrence that he was unable to visit Romeo and give him the letter because he was quarantined in a home during an outbreak of the plague. Friar John then tells Friar Lawrence that he wasn't even allowed to give the letter to someone else to deliver it to Romeo because they feared the infection would spread if anything left the home. When Friar John gives the letter back to Friar Lawrence, Friar Lawrence curses fate and asks for a crowbar so he can open the Capulet tomb and save Juliet.

Throughout the Divine Comedy, Dante returns to the theme of love. In considering this theme, I'd like to discuss the two kinds of love that Dante focuses on the most and structures his poetry around: human love (the kind of love shared between humans on earth) and divine love (God's love). On the one hand, Dante devotes a lot of time to human love. After all, Dante is originally compelled to begin his journey for salvation by Beatrice, a woman Dante loved but who has since passed away and been changed into an angel. Much of Dante's desire to forge a new spiritual path comes from his love for Beatrice, and so we can see that Dante views human love as a powerful motivating, and often virtuous, force. That said, Dante does not present human love in an entirely positive light. For instance, in Hell Dante encounters Paolo and Francesca, two lovers whose passionate and adulterous romance led to their murders and subsequent suffering in the afterlife. Thus, if Dante shows the posi...

It can certainly be argued that European exploration was a good thing for Europeans. Exploration contributed to rapid and profound economic expansion by pumping massive amounts of wealth into the European economy. The influx of new crops like potatoes and corn contributed to rapid population growth and longer lifespans for European peoples. The knowledge and contact with other peoples gained through exploration was arguably instrumental in the so-called Scientific Revolution and the Enlightenment. But whatever gains were made by Europeans must be balanced against the almost inconceivable costs borne by millions of Native and African peoples. Native Americans suffered staggering population losses (perhaps as high as 90% of their pre-contact numbers) due to contact with European disease. Contact with Europeans also set a process in motion by which virtually all indigenous Americans were driven from their lands. European exploration also created the Atlantic slave trade, which saw million...

Nature is really a complex subject, but a good way to think of it may be to say that nature is everything that isn't "us." As humans, we interact with our environment and the beings that share it with us all the time. We even have nature inside of us-- millions of bacteria live in our guts and on our skin! More often, though, when we refer to "nature" we mean the space, plants, and animals outside of our homes and bodies. When we think of nature, we may think of a forest, a public park, the desert, the seaside, or even our own backyard! Perhaps what we mean by "nature" is space that hasn't been utterly changed by the actions of humans. People may connect with nature in different ways. Personally, I love to take walks in the grass and feel the earth under my toes! I also have a garden where I grow vegetables, herbs, and flowers. In these ways, I interact with the natural world around me that is still a little bit wild. Some other means of connecting...

To solve, let's apply the least common multiple (LCM) of a set of numbers. Pizza is served every sixth day. To get the days in which it will be served, take the multiples of 6. The multiples of 6 are: 6, 12, 18, 24, 30, ... 6n So pizza will be served on day 6, day 12, day 18, day 24, day 30 until day 6n. Applesauce is served every 8th day. To get the days in which it will be served, take the multiples of 8. 8, 16, 24, 32, 40, ... 8n So applesauce will be served on day 8, day 16, day 24, day 32, day 40 until day 8n. Base on the list above, the LCM of 6 and 8 is 24. Therefore, the pizza and apple sauce are served together every 24th day.

As your question states, the first time we hear about Macbeth, he is praised as an impressive soldier. When the wounded Captain relates the story of Macbeth's slaying of the rebel Macdonwald, he refers to "brave Macbeth—well he deserves that name" (I.ii.16). King Duncan praises Macbeth as "valiant cousin" and "worthy gentleman" (I.ii.24). However, your question seems to imply that Macbeth's actions don't deserve that descriptor. In fact, given how Macbeth bests Macdonwald (as stated in the lines you quote in your question, from I.ii.22-3), we might be more tempted to call him "barbaric" rather than "valiant." First of all, remember that "valiant" means "possessing bravery" or doing acts marked by "courage or determination" (Merriam-Webster dictionary). The sheer fact that Macbeth was able to face a commander of the rebel army and best him so handily is, in the context of battle, worthy of being ...

McMurphy discovers that Chief Bromden is not deaf when he is assigned a bed next to the Bromden. One night when McMurphy climbs into bed, he warns Bromden that one of the orderlies is coming to douse the lights. Bromden is startled when McMurphy says this. After the snickering orderly ties the sheets on Bromden, he departs, and Bromden hears McMurphy next to him breathing deeply as the covers on him rise and fall. Soon, however, McMurphy begins a "soft, throaty sound" that develops into a low chuckle. Turning toward Bromden, he whispers happily, "Why, you sure did give a jump when I told you that coon was coming, Chief. I thought somebody told me you was deef." Despite learning Bromden's secret, McMurphy does not reveal the truth to anyone; he only talks to Bromden when no one else is around. For, Bromden pretends to be deaf because the orderlies will speak their "hate secrets" aloud before him. He also witnesses the hatred that Nurse Ratched has for t...

First, Gordimer talks about a request that's been made to her to write a children's story. Then she describes waking up to a strange sound. Fearing it might be an intruder, she can not fall asleep. Even after she's confirmed that the noise was her creaking house, she begins a story to help her sleep. Gordimer establishes some tension in this first "frame" story when she describes her fear of a potential intruder in her home.  Then she goes into the story about the family and their own fears of intruders and crime in neighboring areas. As the story progresses, the family continues to upgrade the security of their home. The family continues to hear about more break-ins and more crime. This stokes their fears and they add to the security of their home:  But every week there were more reports of intrusion: in broad daylight and the dead of night, in the early hours of the morning, and even in the lovely summer twilight -  They hear about more intrusions and they respo...

The main external conflict in "The Sniper" is the sniper's battle to stay alive.  This conflict involves multiple parts.  The conflict begins when the sniper lights his cigarette and gives his position away to the Free Stater sniper.  From this moment forward, the Republican sniper is in a battle for his life.  The enemy knows his location, and he must eliminate everybody that knows his location.  An old woman on the street flags down a soldier in an armored vehicle, and she points up to the sniper's location.  If the sniper doesn't kill those two on the street, then reinforcements can be called to his location.  Under fire from the other sniper, the protagonist successfully kills the old woman and the soldier.  The sniper then uses some trickery to kill the enemy sniper.   Another external conflict that exists in the story is the war itself.  It is a civil war between the Irish Republicans and the Irish Free Staters.  

Jonathan Edwards' goal was to awaken people to what, to him, was the very real danger of continuing in their sin, to get them to repent and call on God for mercy. Though he intended to scare and sober his audience, his goal was not to drive them away, but ultimately to bring them to God. Edwards preached the sermon in response to what he sensed was a complacent attitude in the town where he was preaching. People were professing Christians, but they assumed that by attending church, they had done all they needed to do. They were not thinking in terms of God as being a real entity whom they had wronged, and with whom they desperately needed to repair the relationship. Edwards sought to shake them out of their complacency by putting vividly before them just how ugly sin is in the sight of God, and how seriously God takes sin. Only then would they take their own sin equally seriously, enough to repent of it, actually stop doing it, and change their lifestyle while calling on God for he...

Thomas Campbell uses a number of poetic devices in his poem “Lord Ullin’s Daughter.” Campbell uses alliteration, enjambment, an ABAB rhyming scheme, personification, and strong imagery in this ballad. In each stanza, the last word in line one rhymes with the last word in line three, while line two rhymes with line four. In the first stanza, “bound” rhymes with “pound,” and “tarry” rhymes with “ferry.”  In addition, lines three and four are an example of enjambment. One line flows into the other to complete the thought. A chieftain, to the Highlands bound, Cries, "Boatman, do not tarry! And I'll give thee a silver pound To row us o'er the ferry!'' In the first line of the fourth stanza, which is line thirteen, there is an example of alliteration: “His horsemen hard.” Examples of alliteration are also found in the first line of the next stanza: "bonny bird." In the second line of stanza seven there is also an example of personification. The author gives the...

John does not tell his people about the gods of New York being regular men and women because his father tells him not to.  John's father is not against the people  eventually  knowing about the Place of the Gods being inhabited by humans. He is against the idea of John telling all of the truth in one moment. After that, I wished to tell all the people but he showed me otherwise. He said, "Truth is a hard deer to hunt. If you eat too much truth at once, you may die of the truth. It was not idly that our fathers forbade the Dead Places." He was right—it is better the truth should come little by little. I have learned that, being a priest. Perhaps, in the old days, they ate knowledge too fast. John's father, the head priest, is afraid the new knowledge will hurt his people. They have a certain belief system in place. That belief system guides their actions, laws, and behaviors. It's the entire basis of their society. If John were to tell the entire truth, it would be...

Taylor series  is an example of infinite series derived from the expansion of `f(x)` about a single point. It is represented by infinite sum of` f^n(x)` centered at `x=c` . The  general formula for Taylor series  is: `f(x) = sum_(n=0)^oo (f^n(c))/(n!) (x-c)^n` or `f(x) = f(c) + f'(c) (x-c)+ (f'(c))/(2!) (x-c)^2+ (f'(c))/(3!) (x-c)^3+ (f'(c))/(4!) (x-c)^4+...` To determine the Taylor polynomial of degree `n=2` centered at `c=pi` , we may apply the definition of the Taylor series by listing the `f^n(x)` up to `n=2` . `f(x) = x^2cos(x)` Apply Product rule of differentiation: `d/(dx) (u*v) = v*du + u*dv` for each derivative. `f'(x) = d/(dx) (x^2cos(x))` Let `u = x^2` then `du =2x`      `v = cos(x)` then `dv = -sin(x)` `f'(x) =cos(x) *(2x) + x^2*(-sin(x))`       `=2xcos(x)-x^2sin(x)` `f^2= d/(dx)(2xcos(x)-x^2sin(x) )`       `=d/(dx)2xcos(x)- d/(dx) x^2sin(x)`  For `d/(dx)2xcos(x)` , we let: `u = 2x` then `du =2` `v = cos(x) ` then `dv = -sin(x)` `d/(dx)2xcos(x)= cos(...

Tone is the attitude of a writer toward a subject.  Tone is generally conveyed through the choice of words that the author uses for a particular subject. "The Sniper" is a story about civil war.  It is a story that shows the horrors and brutality of war.  O'Flaherty is not romanticizing war in this story.  His word choice conveys his overall pessimistic and negative attitude about civil war.  Let's look to the first paragraph for an example. The long June twilight faded into night. Dublin lay enveloped in darkness but for the dim light of the moon that shone through fleecy clouds, casting a pale light as of approaching dawn over the streets and the dark waters of the Liffey. Notice the night setting and the emphasis on darkness.  The moon is shining, but it doesn't even have full brightness, because of the cloud cover.  It's literally a dark setting about a dark and negative topic. O'Flaherty's description of the sniper further deepens the pessimistic ...

Recall that dominant alleles are represented by capital letters and recessive alleles by lowercase letters. We are told this condition is dominant but lethal when two copies are present (AA). Thus we know the dwarf male must have the heterozygous (Aa) genotype. A normal female will have zero copies of the dwarfism gene, which we write as an aa genotype.  So a normal woman and a dwarf man will be as follows: Aa x aa. If we cross these two genotypes, the resulting possible genotypes of their children will therefore be: Aa, Aa, aa or aa. This means two dwarf children and two normal height children. So the predicted ratio of dwarf children to normal height children will be 2:2, which can be simplified as 1:1. 

Framton Nuttel is calling on the Sappletons because he feels more or less compelled to do so by his sister.  "I know how it will be," his sister had said when he was preparing to migrate to this rural retreat; "you will bury yourself down there and not speak to a living soul, and your nerves will be worse than ever from moping. I shall just give you letters of introduction to all the people I know there. Some of them, as far as I can remember, were quite nice." She may be the type of person who would have no qualms about calling on strangers herself. But she characterizes her brother as a different type. He is shy, retiring, diffident, reclusive, introverted. He doesn't want to be calling on the Sappletons, and he doesn't want to use all the other letters of introduction his sister foisted on him. His original notion about spending time in the country may have involved living quietly in a little cottage and taking long walks by himself. According to the narr...

The author of this book, Petherick, states that the signature of a crime is different from the M.O., or modus operandi of a crime. The M.O. refers to the behaviors needed to carry out the crime. On the other hand, Petherick defines the signature as "the expression of the underlying needs of the offender" (page 129). The signature can be a way to connect different crimes and to understand the psychology of the perpetrator. The M.O. can be a way to develop a profile of the offender.  The M.O. and the signature can overlap at times. As the author states, quoting Turvey (1999), "signature and M.O. needs may be satisfied by the same behavior" (page 129). For example, the author gives the example of an offender wearing a mask. The wearing of the mask is both the M.O. and the signature for this crime, though which mask the offender wears may change for each crime. The author states that the signature remains constant, though signature behaviors may change over time, but t...

The Great Gatsby reflects the concerns and worries of the "Lost Generation," the term coined by Gertrude Stein to refer to a generation that was alienated by the war. Nick, the narrator of the book, says, "I enjoyed the counter-raid so thoroughly that I came back restless" (page 3). He is, of course, being a bit sarcastic here because World War I was filled with horrors, and, as a result, the soldiers who fought in it and society in general became alienated and confused about their values in a world that no longer seemed to accommodate pre-war values. In addition, the postwar world of the 1920s involved a changing role for women, in part because of the 19th Amendment to the Constitution, ratified in 1920, that gave women in the United States the right to vote. Jordan Baker fits the role of the New Woman, or, as this new type of woman was commonly called, "the flapper." She is unmarried and plays golf for a living. Nick says of Jordan: "I suppose she ...

I think Jack has learned both. By the end of the play, Jack understands the importance of being Ernest, the man, because, in learning that his real name actually is Ernest, Jack acquires a family and status that he previously lacked. This family and status pave the way for Jack's marriage to his cousin Gwendolyn. Jack has also come to understand the importance of being earnest, the virtue, because it is ultimately by being himself—instead of pretending to be his brother, Ernest—that puts him in a position that allows him to marry Gwendolyn. Lady Bracknell was unwilling to allow her daughter to marry Mr. Ernest Worthing, but she becomes quite willing to let Gwendolyn marry Mr. Ernest Moncrieff, her sister's son. In the end, being earnest allows Jack to find his way to being Ernest, which enables the play's happy and hilarious end.

In the United States, we have a system of separation of powers.  We have a legislative branch that is composed of two houses, the House of Representatives and the Senate.  We have an executive branch that is run by a president who is elected separately from the Congress.  This allows us to have the situation that we have today where different political parties control different parts of the government. The US presidency is controlled right now by the Democratic Party.  Barack Obama is a Democrat.  When the presidential election occurs in November, the Democratic Party will retain control of the presidency if Hillary Clinton wins the election. Both houses of the Congress are controlled by the Republican Party.  Their hold is stronger in the House than in the Senate.  It is possible that the control of one or both houses will change after the November elections.  Most observers think that it is much more likely that the Democrats could take control of the Senate and much less likely that...

This scene depicts a conversation between two of Antonio's friends, Salanio and Salarino - gentlemen we met in Act 1, when they were with him. The two are discussing our protagonist, Antonio, and his enemy, Shylock. The mere mention of these two names in the same conversation already creates drama since the two despise one another so much. What makes this particular conversation even more dramatic is that Shakespeare has the two characters talk about Shylock's excessively exaggerated reaction to his daughter Jessica's elopement with a Christian, Lorenzo, and how this incident could affect Antonio. Shakespeare has the two characters repeat Shylock's cries as he went about the streets of Venice searching for Jessica. The men mock him but are, at the same time, afraid of how this event will impact on Antonio, who had come to Bassanio's defense when he negated a claim that Jessica and Lorenzo were on Bassanio's ship en route to Belmont. Salanio and Salarino obviousl...

Two deadly enemies, Georg Znaeym and Ulrich von Gradwitz, are out in the woodland for two different reasons: Znaeym continues to poach on the disputed land, and von Gradwitz hunts Znaeym and the other "prowling thieves" in the hope of discovering the trespassers. Knowing that the roe deer are exposed as they run from the approaching storm, von Gradwitz, the inheritor of a quarrel over "a narrow strip of precipitous woodland" harbors a deep hatred for "the tireless game snatcher and raider" on this long-disputed territory. Therefore, he gathers his foresters and they set out to patrol this jealously held strip of woods. So zealously does von Gradwitz guard this land that he disregards the threats of the weather, and in his efforts to catch his enemy on his land, he does not heed the high winds. If only on this wild night, in this dark, lone spot, he might come across Georg Znaeym, man to man, with none to witness—that was the wish that was uppermost in his ...

Duke Orsino is hopelessly lovesick for Olivia at the beginning of Shakespeare's  Twelfth Night.  However, Olivia falls in love with Viola who pretends to be Cesario, and Viola falls in love with Orsino. Sir Andrew and Malvolio are also in love with Olivia, and Malvolio is tricked into believing that Olivia loves him back by a false letter written by Maria. Because the play is more folly than seriousness, little character development takes place. Eventually, Olivia and Viola's brother, Sebastian, fall in love; Viola and Orsino fall in love, and even Maria finds love in Sir Toby. The character who is most changed by the end of the play is Malvolio. After being humiliated, made to look like a fool, and even being locked up for his craziness, Malvolio attempts to escape the folly of the play. He vows revenge, but everyone laughs. The title of the play is key in understanding the theme of love. "Twelfth night" refers to the revealing of light and truth to those that have u...

Limit comparison test is applicable when `suma_n` and `sumb_n` are series with positive terms. If `lim_(n->oo)a_n/b_n=L` where L is a finite number and `L>0` , then either both series converge or both diverge. Given series is `sum_(n=1)^oo5/(4^n+1)` Let the comparison series be `sum_(n=1)^oo1/4^n=sum_(n=1)^oo(1/4)^n` The comparison series `sum_(n=1)^oo(1/4)^n` is a geometric series with `r=1/4<1` A geometric series with ratio r converges if `0<|r|<1`   So, the comparison series which is a geometric series converges. Now let's use the limit comparison test with: `a_n=5/(4^n+1)`   and `b_n=1/4^n` `a_n/b_n=(5/(4^n+1))/(1/4^n)` `a_n/b^n=(5*4^n)/(4^n+1)` `a_n/b_n=(5*4^n)/(4^n(1+1/4^n))` `a_n/b_n=5/(1+1/4^n)` `lim_(n->oo)a_n/b_n=lim_(n->oo)5/(1+1/4^n)` `=5>0` Since the comparison series `sum_(n=1)^oo(1/4)^n` converges, so the series `sum_(n=1)^oo5/(4^n+1)`  as well ,converges as per the limit comparison test.

Rousseau (1712-1778) helped inspire the French Revolution. He had already died by the time the French Revolution broke out in 1789, but his ideas about freedom inspired the revolutionaries. Rousseau believed that people should choose their own government, and he was revered during the French Revolution. In fact, he was reburied in the Pantheon in 1794, and he was celebrated as a hero. In particular, Rousseau's idea of the general will (though first formulated by others, such as Diderot and Montesquieu), inspired Jacobins to demand reforms that would create greater equality in France, such as land reform. Rousseau's idea of "general will" meant that a nation should be governed by the rule of law, not by the decisions of an arbitrary leader. Robespierre was also influenced by Rousseau's ideas, including Rousseau's focus on the government's power to promote the common good. The professed egalitarianism of the leaders during the French Revolution was inspired ...

Pa is portrayed as an uncaring and abusive father by Mark Twain as part of his satiric commentary on social ills in  The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. In the late 1800s, there was a decline in the moral, as well as social, conditions of the family, a decline that influenced Mark Twain to write about these conditions. The characterization of Huck's Pa depicts the irresponsible and disreputable parent. In fact, the character Pa is based upon a man that Mark Twain knew as "old drunken Ben Blankenship." He, too, was a poor father and a failure at providing for his family. Twain specifically addresses the social ill when the judge tries to reform Pa by taking him into his home, but Pa escapes and gets drunk again. In the contrast of Pa with Jim as a parent figure, the meanness, cruelty, and cold heartlessness of Pa toward Huck is exposed; for, Jim is loving and tender towards Huck, calling him "honey chile" and crying when they are reunited on the raft in Chapter X...

"The Phenomenal Woman" by Maya Angelou is a poem written in free verse. The poem consists of five stanzas, with the first, second, fourth, and fifth ranging from 12 to 16 lines in length and the middle or third stanza consisting of two lines. The poem is narrated in the first person. Although the narrator proclaims herself to be a "phenomenal" woman, the fairly generic praise terms used in the poem give us no specific details of her age, social status, career, family situation, or race, although the emphasis on her attractiveness to men suggests that she accepts traditional gender roles and is heterosexual. Thus she is intended in some ways to represent "everywoman" or the universal possibilities of women of a certain character. The term "phenomenal" is not used here in a technical philosophical sense but rather as an expression meaning a combination of outstanding, exceptional, and popular. In the 1970s when this poem was written, the term could...

In the story "Night Calls" by Lisa Fugard, the relationship between the narrator and her father is inverted from the usual parent-child relationship. In a typical parent-child relationship, parent and child begin as one and grow slowly apart, becoming two entities who sometimes feel as though they are strangers. In "Night Calls," father and daughter start out almost strangers. Marlene was 8 when her mother died and she was sent to boarding school, returning home only for school vacations. When Marlene returns at 13, she receives a handshake rather than an embrace, and is uncomfortable with the intimacy of sitting near her father in his truck. "Filled with his secrets, I felt like a thief and moved a little closer to the window." Over time, Marlene and her father get to know each other. As she watches him, she begins to understand him in a way that is unseen and wordless. Marlene's heart agrees with her father's lie about the hyena break-in though s...

At the beginning of Washington Irving's tale "The Devil and Tom Walker," it is unclear what the title character does for a living. The narrator notes that Tom is both "meager" and "miserly." Judging by his house and property, which had an "air of starvation" and was described as a "land of famine," it might best be assumed that Tom did nothing. After his deal with the Devil, however, he becomes a moneylender in Boston. Initially, the Devil wants Tom to outfit a ship and become a slave trader, but when Tom balks at that they settle on Tom becoming a "usurer." When the Devil suggests that Tom lend money at "two per cent a month," Tom insists that he will charge four. Tom's mean and greedy ways eventually make him quite a wealthy man in Boston until, just before he is about to foreclose on the mortgage of a supposed friend, the Devil appears, taking him away to the "black hemlock swamp," and he is neve...

Let's review reflection of light rays from a plane mirror.  When a ray of light is incident on a plane mirror, it is known as an incident ray and it falls on the mirror at a point known as the point of incidence . If a normal to the mirror is drawn at the point of incidence, we find that the angle made by the incident ray with this normal (also known as angle of incidence) is equal to angle made by the reflected ray with this normal. Thus, if a light ray is incident at an angle of 30 degrees to the mirror, its angle of incidence is 60 degrees (= 90 - 30 degrees) and hence its angle of reflection would also be 60 degrees . If a light ray is normal to the mirror, the angle of incidence and angle of reflection will both be 0 degrees and the ray will retrace its path. The images made by a plane mirror are virtual images and the distance of an object in front of the mirror is equal to the distance of the image behind the mirror. Hope this helps. 

In a sense, yes.  The poem appears to be so simple, and yet it seems possible to come up with a figurative interpretation because of the final two lines: "And miles to go before I sleep, / And miles to go before I sleep."  The first of these lines seems as though it can simply be read literally: the speaker is in the woods, enjoying the beauty of the tranquil scene, and he wishes to remain there; however, he is keenly aware of his responsibilities, and he knows that he has to keep moving if he is to do everything he must.  When the line is repeated, on the other hand, it seems to take on more than literal meaning.  Sleep is often symbolic of death, and this symbolism seems appropriate here: the traveler in the wood is world-weary, wishing he could simply spend the rest of his life in these woods, that he could rest here, die here, but he has “miles to go” – too much to do – before he can rest, before he can die.  Therefore, you might call this symbolism a hidden meaning, and,...

The equilibrium constant K for a chemical reaction is equal to the product of the concentrations of reactants, raised to the power of their coefficients, divided by the product of the concentrations of products raised to the power of their coefficients. Here's what this looks like for the reactions in your question: `A(g) -> 2 B(g)`     `K = [B]^2/([A])` Reversting the equation gives: `2 B(g) -> A(g)`     `K = ([A])/[B]^2` `B(g) -> 1/2 A(g)`   `K = [A]^(1/2)/([B])` These equilibrium constant expressions show the following relationships for equilibrium constants in general: 1. If a reaction is written in reverse, its K is the reciprocal of the K for the forward reaction. 2. If the coefficients of a chemical equation are multiplied by a factor, the K is equal to the original K raised to the power of that factor. In this case the coefficients are multiplied by 1/2. The K for the second reaction in the question is the reciprocal of the square root of the K for the first reacti...

Recall the  Root test  determines the limit as: `lim_(n-gtoo) root(n)(|a_n|)= L` or `lim_(n-gtoo) |a_n|^(1/n)= L`  Then, we follow the conditions: a) `Llt1 ` then the series is absolutely convergent . b) `Lgt1` then the series is divergent . c) `L=1` or does not exist  then the test is inconclusive . The series may be divergent, conditionally convergent, or absolutely convergent. We may apply the  Root Test  to determine the convergence or divergence of the  series  `sum_(n=1)^oo 1/n^n` . For the given series `sum_(n=1)^oo 1/n^n` , we have `a_n =1/n^n` . Applying the Root test, we set-up the limit as:  `lim_(n-gtoo) |1/n^n|^(1/n) =lim_(n-gtoo) (1/n^n)^(1/n)`  Apply the Law of Exponents:  `(x/y)^n =(x^n/y^n)` . `lim_(n-gtoo) (1/n^n)^(1/n)=lim_(n-gtoo) 1^(1/n)/n^(n*(1/n))`                        ` =lim_(n-gtoo) 1^(1/n)/n^(n/n)`                        ` =lim_(n-gtoo) 1^(1/n)/n^1`                        ` =lim_(n-gtoo) 1^(1/n)/n` Evaluate the limit. `lim_(n-gtoo) 1^(1/n)/n = (lim_(n-gtoo)...

During the era of Christopher Columbus in the 15th Century, Europeans were very interested in the markets of India and the East.  Countries like Portugal, England, and Spain were interested in finding routes to the East that would avoid the exorbitant fees being charged by Muslim middlemen.  The Portuguese established a route by sailing south along the coast of Africa.  Christopher Columbus believed that he could sail to the West and reach India in that direction.  Naturally, this was not possible without slamming into the Americas. Columbus initially landed on an island in the Bahamas.  He also would travel to a number of other islands and also Hispaniola.  Columbus managed to create interest in the European colonization of this vast wealth of land.   As a result of Columbus's voyages, Spain was able to claim a large empire in the New World and benefited economically from the looting of gold and silver from the land.  

Fitzgerald was a Midwesterner; he was born in Minnesota and spent his youth there. In many of his novels and short stories, including The Great Gatsby , the West symbolizes certain values. Nick, a Midwesterner, is meant to represent a place where people are polite, considerate, hard-working, family-centered, and relatively socially conservative. Nick describes how his parents raised him to be grateful, fair-minded, and honest, and for the most part, his thoughts and actions align with those virtues.   The East, as represented in the novel, is a place of opportunity (Wall Street) but also the locus of many kinds of corruption. Here, Fitzgerald places criminality (Gatsby and Wolfsheim), infidelity (Tom, Daisy, Gatsby, and Myrtle), dishonesty (Jordan), and complete disregard for the social control attempted by Prohibition by all the drinkers at all the parties. Tom and Daisy, who choose to make the East their home, are wealthy, self-absorbed, and rotten parents—the opposite of the people ...

In the long run what gives a book its longevity is the young people who read it. Emerson says something to the effect that every book, no matter how famous, must appear for judgment before each succeeding generation. If only one generation of young readers fails to appreciate that book, it can mean the end of the book's longevity. Young readers have continued to like F. Scott Fitzgerald's novel The Great Gatsby for generation after generation. This is simpatico because he deserves to be remembered. He was a genius. His life was tragic, and his books all seem haunted by tragedy. The Great Gatsby is almost a hundred years old. What is it about this book that appeals to one generation after the next? The writing, of course, is beautiful. Fitzgerald writes like a poet, and the poet he most resembles is John Keats. He writes about love, and young people are especially interested in that subject, which probably explains why the novel is assigned in so many high school and college ...

In Golding's novel Lord of the Flies , the boys quickly lose their innocence during their time on the island. Golding shows the downward spiral from relative innocence to depravity in numerous ways, including the boys' clothing, the hunting, and the deaths. At first the boys wear clothing that associates them with their British schools. British choir boys are a symbol of innocence with their sweet-sounding childish voices and dignified demeanor. When Jack's choir boys first appear, he is making them march across the beach fully clad in their black choir robes. They immediately take those off, and before long most of the boys are running around the island barely clothed. That doesn't fully represent loss of innocence, though. Jack finds a new way to clothe himself, namely with paint. Wearing paint instead of clothing, Jack finds himself "liberated from shame and self-consciousness." He goes even further. At his feast in chapter 9, Jack wears a garland. Showing ...

The Kinetic Theory of Matter states that an object is made up of tiny particles - atoms or molecules - that are in constant motion. A book is well-defined - it has a certain volume and a certain mass. The book is made up of molecules of various chemicals making up the paper and the ink. While the book is not vibrating - not moving at all, in fact - the molecules inside it are in constant motion - they are vibrating in place. The same is true for a liquid. Water sitting in a glass might not appear to be moving, but the molecules in it are actually moving around and vibrating - to a much greater extent than solids. Molecules in gases are in an even greater constant motion. They have higher kinetic energies, and can actually take up any available space. Molecules/atoms in gases interact negligibly making this possible, as opposed to the free-moving molecules in liquids that are still interacting and hence giving it a defined volume. In solids, the molecules are very tightly packed that on...

To evaluate the given equation `4^(2x-5)=64^(3x)` , we may let `64 =4^3` . The equation becomes:  `4^(2x-5)=(4^3)^(3x)` . Apply Law of exponents: `(x^n)^m = x^(n*m)` . `4^(2x-5)=4^(3*3x)` `4^(2x-5)=4^(9x)` Apply the theorem: If `b^x=b^y` then `x=y` . If `4^(2x-5)=4^(9x` ) then `2x-5=9x` . Subtract 2x on both sides of the equation `2x-5=9x` . `2x-5-2x=9x-2x` `-5=7x` Divide both sides by `7` . `(-5)/7=(7x)/7` `x = -5/7` Checking: Plug-in `x=-5/7` on `4^(2x-5)=64^(3x).` `4^(2(-5/7)-5)=?64^(3*(-5/7))` `4^((-10)/7-5)=?64^((-15)/7)` `4^((-45)/7)=?64^((-15)/7)` `4^((-45)/7)=?(4^3)^((-15)/7)` `4^((-45)/7)=?4^(3*(-15)/7)` `4^((-45)/7)=4^((-45)/7)`   TRUE or `0.000135~~0.000135`   TRUE Thus, the `x=-5/7`  is the real exact solution of the equation `4^(2x-5)=64^(3x)` .

The Persian and Greek political conflicts occurred between the Achaemenid Empire and the Greek city-states around 499 BC. These two political powers represent conflicting philosophies in governance, but hold many similarities in regards to cultural developments.  During this period in the Middle East, the Persian Achaemenid Empire was sweeping force that unified large territory under one central government. This led to the building of large infrastructure  such as roads, an official language and an overall exchange of goods. All of these aspects allow for the interchange of ideas and cultural mores over a territory that had been divided.  In contrast the Greek city-states represented independent political systems, and it was with the influence of outside sources and threats ie. Persian conquest that led them to unify. They too were interested in expansion and held colonies in a variety of areas, including the Middle East, Southern France and Italy. They had established large trade nava...

The author of "The Monkey's Paw," W. W. Jacobs, sets the tone and mood of his story with descriptions of the weather and with foreshadowing.  In the exposition of his narrative, Jacobs writes that the night is wet and cold. Then, as Mr. White and his son Herbert play chess, Mr. White tries to distract his son because he is a reckless player who moves without thinking through his moves. He says, "Hark at the wind," hoping his son has not noticed his reckless move.  This recklessness of Mr. White's chess moves foreshadows his impulsive wishes on the monkey's paw, wishes that bring tragic consequences. Added to this, the description of the weather creates a foreboding atmosphere and mood. This sense of foreboding continues as Mr. White grumbles, "That's the worst of living so far out," bawled Mr. White, with sudden and unlooked-for violence; "of all the beastly, slushy, out-of-the-way places to live in, this is the worst. Pathway's a ...

In act 1, scene 3 of Shakespeare's  Romeo and Juliet,  Juliet's mother tells Juliet that the County Paris has been asking for her hand in marriage. Both Juliet's mother and the nurse are excited because he is handsome and wealthy. The nurse says the following to Juliet about him: "A man, young lady, lady, such a man As all the world--why, he's a man of wax. . . . he's a flower, in faith a very flower" (I.iii.77-78, 80). Juliet's nurse first mentions that he is a "man of wax," which is to say that he is perfectly sculpted. His appearance is handsome and it would seem that he has no flaw to speak of. Juliet's mother says, "Verona's summer hath not such a flower" (I.iii.79) which means that there is no one in Verona to rival Paris as far as appearance and quality of character are concerned. The nurse's comment immediately thereafter, however, is somewhat sarcastic. When the nurse says that Paris is "a very flower"...

It is hard to know for certain which country to give as the answer for this question as we do not have a list from which to choose.  There were many countries, and not just one country, that remained predominantly Roman Catholic even after the Protestant Reformation.  The Protestant Reformation got its start in what is now Germany.  It is usually said to have started when Martin Luther published his 95 Theses in which he criticized various aspects of Catholic belief and practice.  Perhaps because it started in Germany, it had its greatest impact in that area.  Many parts of Germany and neighboring countries like Switzerland became heavily Protestant.  England and Scotland became Protestant as well.  However, most of the rest of Western Europe remained predominantly Catholic.  Italy (which, like Germany, was not yet a united country) remained Catholic.  So did Spain, Portugal, most of France, and Ireland.  I suggest that you look at your list and see which of these countries is mentione...

Business can be summarized as the exchange of goods and services. As a process, business is important because it provides people with access to items or services that they need at the time and place they are required. The exchange of goods and services is necessary for day to day living and helps people satisfy their various needs. Consider the needs of the farmer participating in large-scale wheat farming. They will need workers to help plant, harvest, dry and package the produce. The farmer might choose to do the work without help from the workers. However, this might prove impractical because the labor requirements will prevent the individual from engaging in other activities, and due to time constraints it will take some time before they engage in planting again. The farmer, in this case, is forced to pay some workers to help achieve the goals and objectives expected. In addition, the workers may be specialized in carrying out specific tasks, improving the quality of work done. Thu...

We can look at this question from two different perspectives: That of an individual student, and that of society as a whole. Private universities tend to be more expensive, but with a few exceptions (the top public schools such as UC Berkeley, Wisconsin-Madison, the University of Michigan) they are generally more prestigious than public universities. The quality of education is widely considered to be superior at private schools, and the opportunities a degree will bring are generally much better as well. So from an individual student's perspective, it's really a question of quality versus cost: Assuming you can afford the private school at all, it is most likely better; but is it enough better to justify the higher price? The specific results will also depend on what kind of scholarships and financial aid the student is able to get, as well as what field they want to go into (some universities are very good in some fields but not very good in others). As a general rule, go to ...

Living organisms' genetic code is stored in their DNA. There are viruses that utilize RNA instead of DNA as their genetic code, but viruses are not considered to be living because they do not contain at least one cell, which is the smallest unit of life. DNA is a double-stranded chain of monomer nucleotides. A nucleotide of DNA consists of a deoxyribose, a phosphate group, and a nitrogenous base. It is the order of the nitrogenous bases (adenine, thymine, cytosine, and guanine) that actually specifies the "genetic code." We abbreviate these bases as A, T, C, and G.  These bases are paired within the 2 strands so an A in one strand is hydrogen bonded to a T in the other strand and a C in one strand is hydrogen bonded to a G in the other strand. The base pairing gives DNA the appearance of a ladder; the rungs are the paired bases and the sides are the deoxyribose sugars and phosphates. To give DNA its double helix appearance, the ladder would be twisted.  The sequence of nu...

Power is usually considered to be one of the primary themes in William Shakespeare's play Macbeth. Shakespeare looks at several important aspects of power over the course of the play. 1. How is power acquired? Macbeth ascends to the throne through deceit, manipulation, and violence. Power is not just handed over to him; he has to trick people, then act with ruthless savagery. 2. How is power maintained? Gaining power is the first problem, but holding on to it is an equally daunting task. Macbeth continues to use violence to frighten and eliminate his opposition. He kills his friend Banquo, then slaughters Macduff's wife and children. For awhile, he holds his power through fear of violent reprisals. 3. What are the effects of the actions needed to gain and hold power? Shakespeare is most interested in how the actions of Macbeth and Lady Macbeth affect them psychologically. Lady Macbeth begins to suffer guilt over their acts, as she sleepwalks and sees imaginary blood on her han...

Roy was born in Detroit, Michigan, but the family had moved away from there when he was just a baby, so he couldn't remember anything about Detroit. He didn't think of it as his hometown since he knew nothing about it. Because of Roy's father's job, the family moved frequently. His father worked for the Department of Justice and kept getting promoted. With each promotion, he was assigned to a new city. Roy could remember living in ten different towns, and he had attended six different schools, including Trace Middle. Just before moving to Coconut Cove, Florida, Roy's family had lived in Bozeman, Montana. That was probably the place they had lived the longest--more than two years. And it was the place Roy liked the best and felt most at home. He loved the mountains, the rivers, and the seasons, as well as hiking, biking, fishing, and attending rodeos. So when people asked him where he was from, he said Bozeman, Montana. Of all the places he had lived, that was the on...

Although Ralph is just an ordinary boy, he has "greatness thrust upon him" when the boys vote for him to be chief. He rises to the occasion and shows outstanding courage on several occasions. The first time he shows inner courage is when he faces down Jack and confronts him with his grave error when Jack has allowed the fire to go out just as a ship was passing. He refuses to give in to the euphoria of the hunters over having killed their first pig. He commands Jack to light the fire again, and then remains silent, requiring the boys to work around him: "No one, not even Jack, would ask him to move and in the end they had to build the fire three yards away and in a place not really as convenient. So Ralph asserted his chieftainship and could not have chosen a better way if he had thought for days." At one point, Ralph displays courage in honestly voicing his fear rather than using false bravado like Jack does. After Samneric see the "beast" in person, Jack...

Dade's mother encourages him to dream. This is why she approves of Dade standing on the roof, staring into the sky. She believes Dade will have "limited fame." This means that he will have an original idea or discovery, perhaps one that only certain people will understand. She is a dreamer and wants Dade to be a dreamer as well.  Dade's father is a traditional man who believes in hard work and discipline. In a sense, he and his wife are opposites. He wants Dade to be a hard worker. He wants Dade to think about and plan for his future.  So, when Dade acts the part of the dreamer, he pleases his mother but disappoints his father. When he plays the part of the hard worker, his father approves but his mother is saddened.  At the end of the story, he is determined to finally catch the shoplifter. This pleases his father because it shows responsibility and reflects his loyalty to the store. However, after he catches her, he lets her go. His father will be disappointed by th...

The reason people might refer to "A Rose for Emily" as a "ghost story" is that Faulkner himself once called it that. However, there is no appearance of a ghost in the story. Instead, the story is more appropriately considered "Southern Gothic" or "Gothic horror" in its genre. Gothic stories deal with spooky homes, eerie characters, and horrifying actions. This story has all these. The symbols that make the story seem like a ghost story and carry out its Gothic theme include the imagery of Miss Emily silhouetted in the windows of her home, the rat poison, the taciturn servant, and the lime the councilmen spread around the home. At several points in the story, the townspeople observe Emily inside the home at night only through a window; she rarely goes out during the day. This image ensconces her in the reader's mind as the spooky recluse who lives in the home no one ever enters. Likewise, the hunched servant who speaks to no one but goes in an...

Gothic horror was a sub-genre of Romanticism, as the Romantic movement sought to reverse the Enlightenment's focus on reason and emphasized sensation and emotion instead. The Gothic element, with its emphasis on suspense, horror, and the supernatural, was designed to provoke sensation and emotion in the reader and to confront the reader with elements of the supernatural that defied reason. Irving, Poe, and Hawthorne, among other Romantic writers, found this element attractive because it could provoke a strong sensation in their readers. Irving featured Gothic elements in works such as "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow," in which the Headless Horseman haunts the mystery-infused Hudson Valley, shrouded with mist and the supernatural. The Hudson is also the setting of Irving's story "Rip Van Winkle," in which Rip, a character modeled on the simple village dweller who was a staple of folklore, falls into a twenty-year sleep after meeting Henry Hudson's men. Irvin...

Throughout the novel, Jem, Scout, and Dill learn several significant life lessons from their experiences in the small town of Maycomb, Alabama. Atticus teaches both Jem and Scout the importance of respecting and standing up for innocent beings. He not only tells them that it is a sin to kill a mockingbird but also valiantly defends Tom Robinson in front of a prejudiced jury. They also learn what "real courage" is through their interactions with Mrs. Dubose and from watching Atticus accept an unwinnable case. Jem and Scout learn the importance of being tolerant of other people's opinions even when they disagree with them, and how to maintain self-control in adverse situations. Following their experience with the Old Sarum bunch, Atticus shares with them the concept of mob mentality. Early in the novel, Scout learns the significance of viewing situations from other people's point of view, and that a person's conscience doesn't abide by majority rule. Miss Maudie...