During which time period does "The Most Dangerous Game" take place?

"After the debacle in Russia I left the country, for it was imprudent for an officer of the Czar to stay there. Many noble Russians lost everything. I, luckily, had invested heavily in American securities, so I shall never have to open a tearoom in Monte Carlo or drive a taxi in Paris. Naturally, I continued to hunt--grizzlies in your Rockies, crocodiles in the Ganges, rhinoceroses in East Africa."

There are several clues for modern readers as to when "The Most Dangerous Game" is set. First, it cannot be set later than 1923 since it was published in 1924 and is not of the futuristic science fiction genre. The second clue is that, when Ivan brings Rainsford some of the General's evening clothes to wear, Rainsford notes that the tailor was "a London tailor who ordinarily cut and sewed for none below the rank of duke." Thus the time period is one in which Russian Cossack nobles who are also generals traveled freely to England and shopped freely at exclusive London tailors. Thus the time period of the setting must be after Peter the Great and before--or only just after the Russian Revolution--a time at which Russian Communism reduced the privileged life of the noble to a level at or near the life of the Russian proletariat. The quote above provides the third clue while confirming and narrowing the deductions already made from the second. The "debacle in Russia" refers to the Russian Revolution of 1917. Thus the time period of the story is the five or six years between 1917 or 1918 and 1923.

As the General explained, he had invested his money in America (and so would never be reduced to working for a living because of need to "open a tearoom in Monte Carlo or drive a taxi in Paris" like so many exiled Russian nobles after 1917) thus could keep up elegant pre-1917 Communist Revolution elegance and luxury, a sampling of which Rainsford was treated to upon his arrival at the safe harbor (or so he thought) of General Zaroff's island. It is important to note that, in the pre-1917 world of privilege and elegance for Russian nobility, Zaroff had developed his taste for analytical applications of reason to hunting to a well-honed finesse (to a keen perfection) and had hunted everywhere and everything, including the savage African Cape Buffalo, which had hospitalized him and incapacitated him with a cracked skull for six months, and the "cunning" Amazonian jaguar, which he easily outsmarted. In fact, it is the jaguar hunt that led to the epiphany that he was beginning to be bored with hunting, a devastating realization for a man who has devoted his life to the hunt, as he said: "I live for danger, Mr. Rainsford." It was this epiphany, following this disappointing jaguar hunt, that led Zaroff to decide to assert his supremacy (doubtless a skill learned from a life of pampered luxury) to invent "a new sensation":

   "It came to me as an inspiration what I must do," the general went on.
   "And that was?"
   The general smiled the quiet smile of one who has faced an obstacle and surmounted it with success. "I had to invent a new animal to hunt," he said.
   "A new animal? You're joking."
   "Not at all," said the general. "I never joke about hunting. I needed a new animal. I found one." 

In A Midsummer Night's Dream, how is the 'love-in-idleness' flower a symbol?

'Love-in-idleness' is actually another name for the common pansy. Oberon the fairy king uses it as a means to take revenge on Titania the fairy queen.

It symbolises man's search for the ultimate magic pill which will  enable a person to make the object of his love fall effortlessly,instantaneously and passionately in love with him.

The irony,ofcourse, is that the juice of this same flower when applied to the eyes of a person who is asleep and which is reputed to magically make that  person  fall madly in love with the very next living thing which that  person sees as soon as he or she awakes is deliberately misused and abused by Oberon as a means to take revenge on his beloved queen Titania.

Oberon orders Puck to use the same flower to make Demetrius fall in love with Helena but total  confusion prevails  because of Puck's 'mistakes'. The play almost becomes a 'tragi-comedy of errors.'  

But 'all's well that ends well' and the play ends happily.

What is the solution in "Fever 1793"?How is the problem solved?

In the resolution of the novel, the first frost of winter kills the mosquitoes that carry Yellow Fever, resulting in the end of the epidemic.  The spread of the disease is stopped by the cold weather.

For Mattie, now a young woman, who is faced with picking up the pieces of her life, she emerges with new strength and perseverance.  Others depend on Mattie for their very survival.   She has survived and been drastically changed by the whole ordeal.

"Mattie cultivates her friendship with Nathaniel. She opens up the coffeehouse with Eliza as her partner and begins to implement her dreams for a growing business. Nell stays with her and depends on her like a mother."

"The author shows how this disease changed her characters, much as horrific life events change real lives. Young adults will emerge from this novel with a sense of hope, perseverance, and understanding."  

In "Great Expectations", why is Pip a round character and what examples from the story support it?what quotes and examples support hime being a...

A 'round character' is a character who undergoes both physical and mental and emotional changes through the course of the novel: "Aspects of the Novel" by E.M.Forster (1927).

Physical:

1. From Ch 1 to ch 6 Pip is a small boy who is  six or seven years old.

2. In Ch.7 he is "old enough to be apprenticed to Joe," that is, about 14 years.

3. When his "expectations" are announced in Ch.18 he is about 17 or 18 years old.

4. In Ch 36, Pip "comes of age" and he celebrates his "one-and-twentieth birthday."

5. In Ch.39, he is "three-and-twenty years of age."

6. In Ch.59, Pip tells Biddy that he is "already quite an old bachelor."

Mental and emotional:

1.At the end of Ch 9 Pip confesses to Joe that he had told lies about what he saw in Miss Havisham's house. Then Joe advises him never to tell lies, and Pip remarks, "that was a memorable day to me, for it made great changes in me."

2. In Ch 14 Pip tells us how he once looked forward to being apprenticed to Joe, but now after he has become infatuated with Estella he hates it, "as if a thick curtain had fallen on all its interest and romance."

3. In Ch 39,when he meets Magwitch and realises that it is he who is his real benefactor and not Miss Havisham, Pip is completely repulsed by Magwitch. However, later on, Pip sympathises  with him  and arranges for his escape. In Ch 56, Pip like a son holds  Magwitch's hand as he breathes his last.

Attempt a post colonial reading of Pride And Prejudice.

This is a very interesting question. I am sure that we can
say a lot of things, but here is my attempt at your very good question. Perhaps we can
say that the dominant society is the colonial power. In this instance, we can say that
men and the social structure that they have created is the dominant power in view. They
are the ones who are spinning the ideology of what is proper. The colonized, then, are
the women. But here is the twist. The colonized see through the power dynamics and they
now begining to challenge it and even having some success. Good
luck.

Attempt a post colonial reading of Pride And Prejudice.

This is a very interesting question. I am sure that we can say a lot of things, but here is my attempt at your very good question. Perhaps we can say that the dominant society is the colonial power. In this instance, we can say that men and the social structure that they have created is the dominant power in view. They are the ones who are spinning the ideology of what is proper. The colonized, then, are the women. But here is the twist. The colonized see through the power dynamics and they now begining to challenge it and even having some success. Good luck.

In "To Kill a Mockingbird," who can people trust in Maycomb, Alabama?

The reader will find that there are several trustworthy characters in To Kill a Mockingbird.  Whether other people in Maycomb will agree with the reader's point of view is a different story.

Atticus Finch is probably the most trustworthy man in the entire county of Maycomb.  He stands up for what he believes is right, even to the extent where he is shunned by some members of his community for taking the "wrong" side.  He does his best to give Tom Robinson a strong defense in a trial that was doomed to end in a conviction because of the color of Tom Robinson's skin.  Even so, Atticus hoped to take the case to a higher court and win, proving that he intended to stay by Tom's side throughout the ordeal.  He also allows his other clients to pay him in whatever means they have for his services.  Mr. Cunningham pays in hickory nuts and other produce in exchange for Atticus' fair service in an entailment case.

Miss Maudie is also trustworthy, and she acts as a confidant to Scout.  She does not exhibit hypocritical racist behavior, unlike many of the women in the Missionary Society.  Sadly, the town zealots ridicule Miss Maudie for not going to church, even though Miss Maudie is well versed in what the Bible has to say.

Calpurnia is also trustworthy and does her best to help raise Scout and Jem to become fine adults.  Some people in town criticize Atticus for hiring a black woman to help rear his children, though.

What is an insight about life pertaining to justice in The Crucible?

Sometimes, we can't rely on external sources to provide
justice for us. In The Crucible, relying on the courts for true
justice did not work out too well for many people in Salem.  In act three, as John,
Francis, Giles and Mary come to the courts with firm proof and logical rationale
regarding the cases in the court at the time, the judges refused to dispense equal and
fair justice.  Innocent people were hanged, and many others unfairly jailed.  The courts
were supposed to enact justice and did not.  The message was clear:  do not rely on the
courts for justice.

Also, do not rely on others to be
just.  If everyone in the play had been just, no accusations would have been made.  In
fact, many of the accusations made were people's attempts to thwart justice's own
demands of them.  Justice would demand that Abby and the girls be punished for dancing
and casting spells; to avoid that justice, they lied and accused others.  If anyone in
Salem counted on people being kind, fair, and just, they were disappointed.  Instead,
fear, paranoia, panic, betrayal, jealousy and greed reigned
supreme.

The only true justice that occurs in the play is
the justice that people are able to bring to their own hearts.  At the end of the play,
John finally is at peace with himself.  He feels like he has finally paid for his sins,
and done enough good deeds to earn redemption.  He walks to the gallows a free man,
because he brought his own justice to his life.  He paid for his sins, he righted his
wrongs.  He was justified and at peace at the end.

The
major message is to not rely on others, or institutions for justice; it will often end
in disappointment and wrongdoing. Instead, find your own way.  I hope that helped; good
luck!

What is an insight about life pertaining to justice in The Crucible?

Sometimes, we can't rely on external sources to provide justice for us. In The Crucible, relying on the courts for true justice did not work out too well for many people in Salem.  In act three, as John, Francis, Giles and Mary come to the courts with firm proof and logical rationale regarding the cases in the court at the time, the judges refused to dispense equal and fair justice.  Innocent people were hanged, and many others unfairly jailed.  The courts were supposed to enact justice and did not.  The message was clear:  do not rely on the courts for justice.

Also, do not rely on others to be just.  If everyone in the play had been just, no accusations would have been made.  In fact, many of the accusations made were people's attempts to thwart justice's own demands of them.  Justice would demand that Abby and the girls be punished for dancing and casting spells; to avoid that justice, they lied and accused others.  If anyone in Salem counted on people being kind, fair, and just, they were disappointed.  Instead, fear, paranoia, panic, betrayal, jealousy and greed reigned supreme.

The only true justice that occurs in the play is the justice that people are able to bring to their own hearts.  At the end of the play, John finally is at peace with himself.  He feels like he has finally paid for his sins, and done enough good deeds to earn redemption.  He walks to the gallows a free man, because he brought his own justice to his life.  He paid for his sins, he righted his wrongs.  He was justified and at peace at the end.

The major message is to not rely on others, or institutions for justice; it will often end in disappointment and wrongdoing. Instead, find your own way.  I hope that helped; good luck!

Contrast Laura's attitude toward the workman with her attitude toward the silly boys of her social class. Why did she feel that way?

With workmen, Laura isn't quite sure of her position, or who to be. When she sees them, she thinks "They looked impressive." She also "wished now that she had not got the bread-and-butter, but there was nowhere to put it, and she couldn't possibly throw it away. She blushed and tried to look severe and even a little bit short-sighted as she came up to them." In other words, she has to pretend to be someone she thinks she's supposed to be with them. Once they reassure her, she thinks how nice they are. Finally, she feels moved to speak with them. By contrast, with boys of her class, she feels less unbalanced, but also less moved to emotional/true speech.  

In "To Kill a Mocking Bird," how does Atticus show that he cares for his family and respects other people?

Atticus's actions in To Kill a Mockingbird (and I must say, well-played by Gregory Peck in the only movie that I have ever seen of a book that is worth its salt) clearly indicate that he is a man of integrity steeped so strongly in his ideals that every thing he does and every interaction that he has with others demonstrates his ethics.  He cares deeply for his children and wants them to have a childhood, but also balance their carefree childhood with the enormity of the life lesson presented to them.  He does not want his children at the trial for the former reason, but also we get a sense that he is proud of them for wanting to be there.  

 Although stoic, he tells his children stories and talks to them about the goings on in town with calm candor.  He embodies what it is, consequences and all, to stand up against a wrong, even when the wrong is the popular opinion.  Atticus Finch (via Harper Lee) provides a complex portrait of the difficult balance of protecting one's children and speaking up for what is right.     

What is the complication in "The Story of an Hour"?

"The Story of an Hour" has a couple of complications in it, depending on how you read it. As the story begins, Mrs. Mallard's friends are concerned about having to tell her that her husband has been killed. She has a heart condition, and they're afraid the shocking news will cause a heart attack. So they very carefully tell her what happened, and they leave her alone for awhile to deal with the news.

What they don't know could be considered another complication from the friends' point of view. Yes, the news is shocking to Mrs. Mallard, but it is not so unpleasant as her friends thought. She has felt penned in by her husband for a long time, and now she sees the chance to live for herself.

There is another complication, but if I tell you what it is, I'll give away the end of the story.

If you need one overriding complication to answer a teacher's question, you might say it's Mrs. Mallard's lack of personal freedom and the limits put on her by her health and by her husband.

When the fire is built in Chapter 2 of Lord of the Flies, what do the little ones see in it?This a question from the chapter 2 Lord of the Flies...

I think that the answer you are looking for comes at
almost the very end of the chapter.  I think that your answer should be that the
littleuns see snakes in the fire.

The kids as a group see
lots of things in the fire.  Or at least, the fire is described in many ways.  It is
described as a squirrel climbing a tree.  It is described as a jaguar creeping
along.

But the one time that the littleuns describe what
they see, they say that they see snakes.  This happens just before they realize that the
littlun with the birthmark is missing.

When the fire is built in Chapter 2 of Lord of the Flies, what do the little ones see in it?This a question from the chapter 2 Lord of the Flies...

I think that the answer you are looking for comes at almost the very end of the chapter.  I think that your answer should be that the littleuns see snakes in the fire.

The kids as a group see lots of things in the fire.  Or at least, the fire is described in many ways.  It is described as a squirrel climbing a tree.  It is described as a jaguar creeping along.

But the one time that the littleuns describe what they see, they say that they see snakes.  This happens just before they realize that the littlun with the birthmark is missing.

What is the difference between Whigs and Tories?

The Whigs and the Tories were two British political parties formed in the late seventeenth century and subsequently exported to the colonies. The parties still persist in Britain and Canada, where the Tories have evolved into the Conservatives (although they are often still referred to as Tories) and the Whigs have evolved into the Labour Party (Britain) and the Liberal Party (Canada). The American Republicans are the historic descendants of the Whigs and the Democrats of the Tories, although in most of the Anglophone world, the political ideologies and demarcations shifted radically in the nineteenth century, causing major discontinuities in their positions.

The Tories were generally the party of the nobility. They were supporters of the monarchy, and tended to be wealthy rural landowners. They were staunch supporters of the Church of England and formed a High Church party within it, advocating traditional liturgy and fairly strict and narrow theological positions. They advocated close ties between church and state. They also tended to have a sense of noblesse oblige, and at times supported charity for the poor. It was this charitable Christian impulse that led the party to later transform into one that supported a strong welfare state, combining its traditional statism with a form of Christian paternalism.

The Whigs tended to be religiously latitudinarian or Broad Church, supporting religious freedom; many dissenters and evangelicals gravitated to the Whigs and they were strongly anti-slavery. They were the party of the urban bourgeois, strongly Parliamentarian, and the party of the new manufacturing towns. Because they were on the side of a raw and dynamic capitalism, they were often opposed to the rights of workers, and so at times the Tory aristocrats and the working classes allied together to oppose the Whigs.

In the United States, the southern states tended to be Tory strongholds, with the plantation aristocracy reproducing the traditional landholding Church of England country aristocracy and the manufacturing North tending to be Whig, often consisting of Protestants dissenting from the Church of England. During the American Revolution, Tories tended to be Loyalists (and many left for Canada when the Colonies separated from England) and the Whigs supported the revolutionaries.

In "Rules of the Game", how does Waverly show that she understands the use of strategy even before she starts playing chess?

When Waverly was six years old, her mother did not allow her to have a treat, salted plums, after throwing a temper tantrum for them. The next time Waverly went to the store with her mother, she consciously kept herself from acting inappropriately, so her mother bought a bag of the candies as a reward for Waverly's good behavior. Waverly's awareness of the consequences of her actions is directly related to her grasp of strategy. She not only sees that her actions have inevitable results, but is able to recognize what the results will be.

How did the first televised Presidential debate affect voters?I'm doing my powerpoint over this and no one has information on it, so please tell...

It happened in the 1960 Presidential election between John
F. Kennedy and Richard M. Nixon.  Some historians say it changed the course of the
election and history, though we'll never know for sure if that's true, or what the exact
effect with voters was.

Kennedy was young, attractive and
vibrant, the voice of a new generation, a new direction.  Nixon represented the
experience of the past, of anti-communism and the
1950s. 

The debate was a good one, with Kennedy giving more
eloquent and smooth answers, while Nixon had more experience.  The main effect we know
of was that voters who listened on the radio tended to vote more for Nixon.  People who
saw the debate on television tended to vote for Kennedy.  That is the
visual of Kennedy contrasted with Nixon's age and appearance made
JFK seem a better choice.

Did it change the outcome of the
election?  Hard to say, but the difference in the popular vote between the two was a
mere 118,000, and 46 million Americans watched the TV debate.

How did the first televised Presidential debate affect voters?I'm doing my powerpoint over this and no one has information on it, so please tell...

It happened in the 1960 Presidential election between John F. Kennedy and Richard M. Nixon.  Some historians say it changed the course of the election and history, though we'll never know for sure if that's true, or what the exact effect with voters was.

Kennedy was young, attractive and vibrant, the voice of a new generation, a new direction.  Nixon represented the experience of the past, of anti-communism and the 1950s. 

The debate was a good one, with Kennedy giving more eloquent and smooth answers, while Nixon had more experience.  The main effect we know of was that voters who listened on the radio tended to vote more for Nixon.  People who saw the debate on television tended to vote for Kennedy.  That is the visual of Kennedy contrasted with Nixon's age and appearance made JFK seem a better choice.

Did it change the outcome of the election?  Hard to say, but the difference in the popular vote between the two was a mere 118,000, and 46 million Americans watched the TV debate.

What are examples from Act 1 of "Macbeth" that illustrate the theme of confusion and inversion?(of normally accepted truths)

The theme of confusion starts in scene 1, when the witches are chanting. For example, saying they'd meet when the battle is both lost and won is an inversion of the normal state of things. Usually it is either won or lost, but in this case, it will be both.

 

This continues in the second scene, when the soldier is reporting from the battle.  He reports that when Macbeth won a victory, it seemed to lead to evil, rather than to good (an inversion), but that Macbeth and the others stayed strong, rather than being dismayed (another inversion of the normal state of affairs). Finally, look at the last line in scene 2; one man's loss is Macbeth's gain—but in gaining from a traitor, Macbeth starts down the road to treason himself.  

How do scientist know how our galaxy looks like, if we haven't even traveled farther than our solar system?

The way that scientists and astronomers are able to see
amazingly distant objects in space and describe them to us is almost unbelievable. 
Every object in space, be it a planet, a star, a comet, or an asteroid, either reflects
or gives off light.  That light can be measured and observed most accurately by
telescopes and probes sent out into space.

The Hubble
Telescope has been able to send back such incredible images, and to find over 400 new
planets outside of our solar system because it is above the Earth's atmosphere and
pollution, so it gets a clear look into space.  That, and the fact that it is a very
powerful telescope.

Different elements reflect light
differently, so we are able to identify the age of a star based on how much reflected
hydrogen and carbon is in the light beams generated from it.  Our star, the Sun, for
example, is a middle aged star, with about 2.5 billion years of hydrogen fuel left.  We
can tell that based on the light it gives us to read.  We can tell the age of a nebula
(remains of an exploded star) based on the distance that its farthest edges are apart
and how fast the material is moving.

Recently, scientists
have discovered other planets outside our solar system that have observable atmospheres,
temperatures which could support life, and water.

How do scientist know how our galaxy looks like, if we haven't even traveled farther than our solar system?

The way that scientists and astronomers are able to see amazingly distant objects in space and describe them to us is almost unbelievable.  Every object in space, be it a planet, a star, a comet, or an asteroid, either reflects or gives off light.  That light can be measured and observed most accurately by telescopes and probes sent out into space.

The Hubble Telescope has been able to send back such incredible images, and to find over 400 new planets outside of our solar system because it is above the Earth's atmosphere and pollution, so it gets a clear look into space.  That, and the fact that it is a very powerful telescope.

Different elements reflect light differently, so we are able to identify the age of a star based on how much reflected hydrogen and carbon is in the light beams generated from it.  Our star, the Sun, for example, is a middle aged star, with about 2.5 billion years of hydrogen fuel left.  We can tell that based on the light it gives us to read.  We can tell the age of a nebula (remains of an exploded star) based on the distance that its farthest edges are apart and how fast the material is moving.

Recently, scientists have discovered other planets outside our solar system that have observable atmospheres, temperatures which could support life, and water.

Are there any similes or metaphors in "A Christmas Memory?" Are there conflicts or climax or etc. in this story?

There are similes in “A Christmas Memory” “She is small and sprightly, like a bantam hen;” When speaking of the baby carriage Buddy says, “the wheels wobble like a drunkard’s legs.”  When counting money the quarters are counted and compared to rocks, “Nickels and quarters worn as smooth as creek pebbles.” And Buddy describing Haha’s café says, “river trees where moss drifts through the branches like gray mist.”

There are several conflicts in the story; one is the conflict of Buddy and his distant cousin against the other members of the household.  The conflict of how Buddy and his cousin will manage to get 30 fruitcakes made and mailed out before Christmas.  Another conflict is the depression era economy.

 "Time is its dominant structural element. There are two time periods in the story: the present, in which the narrator relates the story, and the distant past, when the narrator was a boy. The narrator quickly moves the reader into the distant past by issuing a series of commands: "Imagine a morning in late November...Consider the kitchen of a spreading old house." At the climax of the story, as Buddy and his cousin fly kites on Christmas day, die narrator brings the reader back to the present: "This is our last Christmas together."  

The climax is when Buddy is sent away to military school.  The resolution to the novel is the death of the cousin and Buddy says “home is where my friend is, and there I never go.”

How does Fitzgerald achieve a melancholic mood in the beginning of chapter 8? How does T.J. Eckleburg affect Mr. Wilson?

By using auditory imagery, Fitzgerald achieves a melancholy mood for the beginning of chapter eight. The "groaning foghorns" that are the auditory image of the visual green light are a forlorn sound that adds to the melancholy atmosphere. The various phones that ring throughout the chapter-Nick's Tom's and Gatsby's seem to escalate the tension. The ringing of a telephone is not a soothing sound. The description of the song that was playing during the flashback of Gatsby and Daisy's first meeting includes a saxophone that wails further adding to the melancholy mood.

Meanwhile, in this chapter, George believes that T. J. Eckleburg's eyes are the eyes of God. In his misery and state, he has lost sight that it is only an advertisement.

How can CFCs affect the atmosphere and life on earth?

In the stratosphere, oxygen can exist as ozone, or O3.  Different wavelengths of ultraviolet (UV) light help combine and dissociate the ozone molecule by adding or removing atomic oxygen:

O + O2 + (<240nmUV) -> O3

O3 + (>290nmUV) -> O2 + O

The net effect of these reactions is that much of the high energy, or "hard"(greater than 290nm) UV light is absorbed, and little reaches the ground.  This balance has existed for tens or possible hundreds of millions of years.  The primordial Earth's atmosphere was not rich in oxygen; consequently much UV light penetrated to the surface, and was at first responsible for initiating chemical reactions we associate with life.

Chloroflorocarbons are compounds that contain chlorine, fluorine and carbon atoms, such as CFCl3 (one carbon, one fluorine, 3 chlorine.)  With the advent of CFC's in air, however, the UV light first breaks those compounds apart, releasing Chlorine:
CFCl3 + (>290nmUV) -> CFCl2 + Cl

Which then reacts with Ozone:

Cl + O3 -> ClO + O2

ClO + O -> Cl + O2

  The free chlorine atom is then free to attack another ozone molecule, so these last 2 equations continue indefinately.   One CFC molecule can destroy 100,000 ozone molecules.  With decreased Ozone, more "hard" UV (>290nm) gets to Earth, and this radiation can disrupt bacteria and cellular function, altering the delicate biochemical balance, and creating problems.

What are 10 facts about Juliet Capulet?not the obvious facts, but facts that are interesting. I need 10 because i have to write 3 sentences about...

1.) She is strong in obedience and lacks in experience in
the world, outlining herself as inexperienced and in many ways dependent on her parents
and nurse.

2.)She has not given marriage a second thought
but she does want to do what her mother asks. It is high time that Juliet go the route
Lady Capulet went in her youth, and be married to a rich and powerful gentleman like her
father.

3.) Juliet, on the other hand, has no interest in
becoming a wife and the mother of Paris's children: "(Marriage) is an honour
that I dream not of" (I.iii.68). Even her father at first considers her too
young to settle down. This may be a reflection on his feelings about his own wife, who
might have been happier waiting a few years before marrying
him.

4.)Romeo's very presence seems to propel her toward
maturity however, and her decisions are made quickly but thoughtfully from that point
forward.

5.) She was born on "Lammas Eve at
night" (August 1), so Juliet's birthday is July 31 (1.3.19). Her birthday is
"a fortnight hence", putting the action of the play in mid-July
(1.3.17).

6.)As a child, she was cared for by her nurse,
who is now her confidante, or Juliet's caretaker.

7.)
Juliet Capulet wasn't always Juliet Capulet. The heroine's name was Giulietta in some
earlier versions. It had become Juliet by the time Arthur Brooke wrote his narrative
poem.

What are 10 facts about Juliet Capulet?not the obvious facts, but facts that are interesting. I need 10 because i have to write 3 sentences about...

1.) She is strong in obedience and lacks in experience in the world, outlining herself as inexperienced and in many ways dependent on her parents and nurse.

2.)She has not given marriage a second thought but she does want to do what her mother asks. It is high time that Juliet go the route Lady Capulet went in her youth, and be married to a rich and powerful gentleman like her father.

3.) Juliet, on the other hand, has no interest in becoming a wife and the mother of Paris's children: "(Marriage) is an honour that I dream not of" (I.iii.68). Even her father at first considers her too young to settle down. This may be a reflection on his feelings about his own wife, who might have been happier waiting a few years before marrying him.

4.)Romeo's very presence seems to propel her toward maturity however, and her decisions are made quickly but thoughtfully from that point forward.

5.) She was born on "Lammas Eve at night" (August 1), so Juliet's birthday is July 31 (1.3.19). Her birthday is "a fortnight hence", putting the action of the play in mid-July (1.3.17).

6.)As a child, she was cared for by her nurse, who is now her confidante, or Juliet's caretaker.

7.) Juliet Capulet wasn't always Juliet Capulet. The heroine's name was Giulietta in some earlier versions. It had become Juliet by the time Arthur Brooke wrote his narrative poem.

What is Clover's reaction to the violent events?

I assume that you are talking about the killings in
Chapter 7 when you talk about "violent events."  If that is the case, then the short
answer to your question is that Clover gets very sad and starts to
cry.

She is ambivalent about their revolution now.  She
knows that life is better than it was when Jones was running the farm.  But she also
thinks that this kind of violence was certainly not what they were hoping for when they
rebelled against Jones and took the farm for themselves.  And it is not what they aimed
for as they worked so hard on the windmill and other projects.

What is Clover's reaction to the violent events?

I assume that you are talking about the killings in Chapter 7 when you talk about "violent events."  If that is the case, then the short answer to your question is that Clover gets very sad and starts to cry.

She is ambivalent about their revolution now.  She knows that life is better than it was when Jones was running the farm.  But she also thinks that this kind of violence was certainly not what they were hoping for when they rebelled against Jones and took the farm for themselves.  And it is not what they aimed for as they worked so hard on the windmill and other projects.

To what did the animals now have to show reverence in Chapter 5 of "Animal Farm"?

In Ch.5. of "Animal Farm"  all the animals were now asked to show reverence to the skull of old Major.

"The skull of old Major, now clean of flesh, had been disinterred from the orchard and set up on a stump at the foot of the flagstaff, beside the gun. After the hoisting of the flag, the animals were rquired to file past the skull in a reverent manner before entering the barn." 

What is the role of information technology in health sector?

Let me give you a specific example of IT's role in medical
care.  My Father-in-law recently had an extended stay in the hospital where he required
around-the-clock care.  Every time a new nurse would come in, or a shift change would
happen, they would electronically scan his wrist bracelet, and on the screen would be
every drug that had been administered and when, his allergies, his doctors and their
orders, diagnosis, etc.  Everything was right there, up to the minute at the touch of a
button for any nurse to access.

The drawback of course, was
that it is a complicated system with a lot of access ports and constantly changing data,
and the system seemed to have some bugs and go down a
lot.

Privacy advocates also wonder if it's a good idea to
have all of a patient's medical information in one place, where it could be abused by,
say, insurance companies in deciding who to cover.

What is the role of information technology in health sector?

Let me give you a specific example of IT's role in medical care.  My Father-in-law recently had an extended stay in the hospital where he required around-the-clock care.  Every time a new nurse would come in, or a shift change would happen, they would electronically scan his wrist bracelet, and on the screen would be every drug that had been administered and when, his allergies, his doctors and their orders, diagnosis, etc.  Everything was right there, up to the minute at the touch of a button for any nurse to access.

The drawback of course, was that it is a complicated system with a lot of access ports and constantly changing data, and the system seemed to have some bugs and go down a lot.

Privacy advocates also wonder if it's a good idea to have all of a patient's medical information in one place, where it could be abused by, say, insurance companies in deciding who to cover.

In "To Kill a Mockingbird", how does the narrator descibe Maycomb county? Give three specifics about the town that you have discovered.

Maycomb, as it should be obvious, is a southern county. The town of Maycomb itself is a small, dusty town. The people know each other well, and the weather is often hot. The roads are made of red southern clay, and kids are often seen running about and playing. There is a small downtown area, and according to our narrator, "Maycomb had recently been told it had nothing to fear but fear itself" (Lee). Check the first chapter of the book for more information.

Hope this helps!

I need quotes about war from Othello for a paper

War is used metaphorically in Act 3, Scene 3 when Othello
becomes convinced that Desdemona is cheating on him:

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. . .Ho, now
forever

Farewell the tranquil mind!  Farewell
content!

Farewell the plumed troop and the big
wars

That make ambition virtue!  Oh
farewell,

Farewell the neighing steed and the shrill
trump

The spirit-stirring drum, the ear-piercing
fife,

The royal banner, and all
quality,

Pride, pomp, and circumstance of glorious
war!

The quotation shows that
once Othello believes he has lost Desdemona, he feels that everything that has given his
life meaning is also gone:

Othello's occupation's
gone!

We see that Othello is first and foremost a soldier,
and many of his decisions regarding Desdemona are based on that
background.

I need quotes about war from Othello for a paper

War is used metaphorically in Act 3, Scene 3 when Othello becomes convinced that Desdemona is cheating on him:

. . .Ho, now forever

Farewell the tranquil mind!  Farewell content!

Farewell the plumed troop and the big wars

That make ambition virtue!  Oh farewell,

Farewell the neighing steed and the shrill trump

The spirit-stirring drum, the ear-piercing fife,

The royal banner, and all quality,

Pride, pomp, and circumstance of glorious war!

The quotation shows that once Othello believes he has lost Desdemona, he feels that everything that has given his life meaning is also gone:

Othello's occupation's gone!

We see that Othello is first and foremost a soldier, and many of his decisions regarding Desdemona are based on that background.

What happens after Jimmy dies in "Say Goodnight, Gracie"?

Jimmy's death is the central conflict of this novel, but not the only one.  Deaver sets up the conflict between children and adults and between men and women at the same time that she is establishing the close relationship between Morgan and Jimmy.  By doing all of this in the first half of the novel, the second half of the novel is working towards resolving each issue - at the center is Morgan's grief, but in her attempt to overcome her grief the other conflicts (age and gender related) are also resolved.  Morgan initially withdraws into herself after the death of Jimmy, convinced in her teenage mind that she is the only one grieving.  As is typical of adolescents, she is unable to see past herself into the pain of others.  For this reason, she is also unable to accept help from others.

However, as time passes, Morgan grows and matures.  She is able to accept help from her parents, her teacher, and more specifically, her aunt, who is a clinical psychologist.  It is with the guidance of her aunt that she is able to come to terms with Jimmy's death.  By doing so, Morgan matures, indicating that young people do need to accept help from adults to complete the maturation process.  And by having her aunt - who (for the time period) is crossing gender lines in  her chosen career - be the guiding force, Deaver is able to make commentary not only on the grief process, but on gender and age relationships as well.

What time in history does Cat on a Hot Tin Roof take place?

There are a number of important themes in the play that
are particularly relevant given the time setting of the play, the early 1950's.  One of
the central themes of the play is homosexuality and the ways that the characters wrestle
with it was only beginning to be openly discussed or debated at the time.  The physical
setting of the play is also important in its relation to the time period as the
plantation is in a mode of transition, just as much of the south was still changing from
a place that hung on in some ways to the mythical glory of the old south where land was
passed from father to son and considered the greatest possession, but some of the
younger generation were beginning to see it differently and Brick's disinterest mirrors
this.

What time in history does Cat on a Hot Tin Roof take place?

There are a number of important themes in the play that are particularly relevant given the time setting of the play, the early 1950's.  One of the central themes of the play is homosexuality and the ways that the characters wrestle with it was only beginning to be openly discussed or debated at the time.  The physical setting of the play is also important in its relation to the time period as the plantation is in a mode of transition, just as much of the south was still changing from a place that hung on in some ways to the mythical glory of the old south where land was passed from father to son and considered the greatest possession, but some of the younger generation were beginning to see it differently and Brick's disinterest mirrors this.

What is a real-life example of each theme and an example from A Raisin in the Sun for each theme?1. Dreams can either says or destroy a person....

Check some current events for real-life examples; here are
brief examples of these themes from the play.

1. Dreams can
either save or destroy a person.--Walter is saved by his dreams because they indirectly
allow him to have a better relationship with his family.  Bobo, on the other hand, seems
to be destroyed by his dream because he loses all his life
savings.

2. Values & ideals are worth fighting
for.--Beneatha believes that she should have an emotional connection with a significant
other, so she stops seeing George even though her family believes that he is a good
choice for her.

3. We do not simply live for ourselves, but
for those who came before & will come after us.--Mama believes that she must
honor her husband's memory and make her children's dreams come
true.

4. It is never too late to start over.--Although much
of the money is lost, the family still moves to Clybourne Park in search of a better
life.

5. Only through self-respect & self-esteem
can people live with themselves.--Mama tells Travis that his father will speak for the
family when Mr. Linder arrives, and Walter changes his mind when he knows that he needs
to show his son a lesson in respect and pride.

6.
Materialism & money, in themselves, are worthless.--The money is so easily lost
that in itself, it is worthless.  The strength of the family unit is much more
important.

7. Families can survive any catastrophe if the
members love one another & share a common goal.--Mama tells Beneatha that she
should love people when they go through bad times, not only when they prove good.  Mama
says that people need love most when there are hard
times.

8. Dreams are necessary & important, even if
we don't completely realize them.--Walter never realizes his dreams of owning a business
during the course of the play; however, his dreams keep him spirited and looking for a
brighter day.

What is a real-life example of each theme and an example from A Raisin in the Sun for each theme?1. Dreams can either says or destroy a person....

Check some current events for real-life examples; here are brief examples of these themes from the play.

1. Dreams can either save or destroy a person.--Walter is saved by his dreams because they indirectly allow him to have a better relationship with his family.  Bobo, on the other hand, seems to be destroyed by his dream because he loses all his life savings.

2. Values & ideals are worth fighting for.--Beneatha believes that she should have an emotional connection with a significant other, so she stops seeing George even though her family believes that he is a good choice for her.

3. We do not simply live for ourselves, but for those who came before & will come after us.--Mama believes that she must honor her husband's memory and make her children's dreams come true.

4. It is never too late to start over.--Although much of the money is lost, the family still moves to Clybourne Park in search of a better life.

5. Only through self-respect & self-esteem can people live with themselves.--Mama tells Travis that his father will speak for the family when Mr. Linder arrives, and Walter changes his mind when he knows that he needs to show his son a lesson in respect and pride.

6. Materialism & money, in themselves, are worthless.--The money is so easily lost that in itself, it is worthless.  The strength of the family unit is much more important.

7. Families can survive any catastrophe if the members love one another & share a common goal.--Mama tells Beneatha that she should love people when they go through bad times, not only when they prove good.  Mama says that people need love most when there are hard times.

8. Dreams are necessary & important, even if we don't completely realize them.--Walter never realizes his dreams of owning a business during the course of the play; however, his dreams keep him spirited and looking for a brighter day.

What is a good thesis topic for Zora Neale Hurston which is not based specifically on any of her books?

One of the most interesting things I have always remembered about Zora Neal Hurston is something very bold which she did--both as a woman and as an African-American. 

She was writing during the Harlem Renaissance in America, a time in which African-American writers, artists, and musicians were coming into prominence, really for the first time in this country. Finally this ethnic group had a voice, and the majority of African-Americans felt that these opportunities should be spent promoting the black cause, so to speak. In other words, the writing, art, and music of the Harlem Renaissance should only portray the great strength and dignity, among other things, of this group of people, If not these things, then they should certainly reflect the historical oppression of African-Americans in America.

Zora Neal Hurston did not get--or at least did not heed--this figurative memo. She knew and loved her people, but she characterized them honestly. Any of their cultural bad habits, character flaws, or faulty thinking showed up in the characters she created. They were written with a gentle, even loving honesty which is admired today; however, her work was not well received by the African-American community at the time. They condemned her for putting their flaws on display as well as for not using her "voice" to promote the black cause or criticize black oppression.

We see examples of this characterization in Hurston's most acclaimed novel, Their Eyes Were Watching God. Janie is not like the others of her race who she sees as being too often complacent, lazy, and downright nosy about other people's business. When she arrives back in Eatonville after leaving in a bit of a scandal, she says this about her fellow citizens:

“Ah know all dem sitters-and-talkers worry they guts into fiddle strings till dey find out whut we been talkin' 'bout. 

Janie knows that the people in Eatonville love nothing more than gossiping about other people, especially people who dare to do something productive and different with their lives. Hurston says about them:

Seeing the woman as she was made them remember the envy they had stored up from other times. so they chewed up the back parts of their minds and swallowed with relish. They made burning statements with questions, and killing tools out of laughs. It was mass cruelty. A mood come alive. Words walking without masters; walking altogether like harmony in a song.

Finally, Hurston gently condemns her fellow citizens for wanting bad things to happen to Janie, a woman who simply wanted to follow her happiness:

“An envious heart makes a treacherous ear. They done 'heard' bout you just what they hope done happened.” 

it has always struck me as being a bold and courageous move for Hurston to write authentically about what she knew, despite the backlash she received from her own people for doing so. I am certain you could find this attribute in all of her writing if you need more examples to make your case. I know you will find all kinds of commentary on this issue, as well, since it was quite an uproar for many years. 

Please give me a critical essay of "La Belle Dame sans Merci" by John Keats.

In the student's efforts to compose his own essay, he may
wish to note that there have been two popular interpretations of "La Belle Dame sans
Merci."  One is that the lady is a person who is the object of the knight's love, and
the other is that the "lady/dame" is the metaphysical concept of beauty.  In either
case, however, the knight is helpless in his faithfulness to his love, for the more one
embraces feelings of love and beauty, the more desolate and painful mundane life
becomes.

Keats's narrative poem, which is written in ballad
form, is arranged as a dialogue as the speaker is unidentified in the first twelve
lines.  When the question "O what can ail thee?" is asked, the reader's knowledge of
chivalric legend and lore points to love since a lily pallor and faded rose point cannot
relate to the other two allegiances of a knight, his allegiance to God and to his
lord.

However, the knight does not describe a woman; it is
a faery that he loves:  "She took me to her elfin grot," and held him "in thrall."  This
mythical spell placed on the heroic figure of a knight has caused the hillside to be
cold and the sedge withered.  Only when the spell is broken can the land be
fertile.

Because this "Belle Dame sans Merci" is a faery,
many interpret her as the concept of beauty or art.  And, thus, is the plight of the
artist who must live in the world of art or suffer the disappointment and desolation of
the mundane. Certainly, this idea can be related to many musicians who, while delighted
as they play their instruments, are often disillusioned or unhappy when not engaged in
their music, seeking something to cure their "blues," and it is this despondence and
unhealthy condition that causes their deaths--the "sans merci."

Please give me a critical essay of "La Belle Dame sans Merci" by John Keats.

In the student's efforts to compose his own essay, he may wish to note that there have been two popular interpretations of "La Belle Dame sans Merci."  One is that the lady is a person who is the object of the knight's love, and the other is that the "lady/dame" is the metaphysical concept of beauty.  In either case, however, the knight is helpless in his faithfulness to his love, for the more one embraces feelings of love and beauty, the more desolate and painful mundane life becomes.

Keats's narrative poem, which is written in ballad form, is arranged as a dialogue as the speaker is unidentified in the first twelve lines.  When the question "O what can ail thee?" is asked, the reader's knowledge of chivalric legend and lore points to love since a lily pallor and faded rose point cannot relate to the other two allegiances of a knight, his allegiance to God and to his lord.

However, the knight does not describe a woman; it is a faery that he loves:  "She took me to her elfin grot," and held him "in thrall."  This mythical spell placed on the heroic figure of a knight has caused the hillside to be cold and the sedge withered.  Only when the spell is broken can the land be fertile.

Because this "Belle Dame sans Merci" is a faery, many interpret her as the concept of beauty or art.  And, thus, is the plight of the artist who must live in the world of art or suffer the disappointment and desolation of the mundane. Certainly, this idea can be related to many musicians who, while delighted as they play their instruments, are often disillusioned or unhappy when not engaged in their music, seeking something to cure their "blues," and it is this despondence and unhealthy condition that causes their deaths--the "sans merci."

Is it lawful for an employer to ask me what position I am interviewing for?I landed an interview and policy states i should notify my supervisor..I...

 There are probably no laws that govern this delicate situation. Company policies -- and HR’s willingness to enforce them fairly -- may help you.  

Did you notify your supervisor, as required by company policy? You should ask HR whether you are required to tell him or her what position you’re seeking. You should also clarify whether  the policy requires notification only or supervisor approval. Did you discuss a development plan with your supervisor? If your supervisor refused to do so, he or she could be running afoul of company policy.

As for the denial of course funding, you should explain the situation to HR, noting that other employees received approval from their supervisors. Perhaps your supervisor’s rationale is insufficient to deny funding (even if the funds come from his or her budget, it’s the company’s money) or perhaps HR will gently persuade your supervisor to change his or her decision. (You need to think hard about whether you’re prepared for the consequences of an unhappy, and perhaps vindictive, supervisor. Perhaps it’s worth the effort to move on?)  

Disclaimer: This post contains general legal information and should not be construed as legal advice to be applied to any specific factual situation. Each reader should consult a lawyer if you want a qualified professional’s assurance that this information, and your interpretation of it, is appropriate to your particular situation.

How does her conversation with the stranger become meaningful for Elisa in "The Chrysanthemums"?

Elisa is alone on a ranch in a California valley when a tinker drives up to her farm to sell her his services and goods.  Elisa is a bit put off by his forwardness and hesitates to converse with him, much less buy anything he has to sell.

The tinker is experienced in his profession and sets about to talk his way into a sale.  He is quick to note her working with the flowers and to realize these have value for her.  He gets her talking about the flowers and Elisa is sold.

The conversation becomes meaningful because no one has ever approached her about the flowers.  Her husband is much too busy running the ranch to notice.  There are no other women in the story who would notice such things.  The flowers are an extravagance on a hard working ranch and so are unnecessary or unimportant.  But, now, Elisa has found someone with whom to talk about her flowers.  She loves being able to share the joy and sweetness of her success with the flowers.  Her isolation and loneliness are assuaged and she finds herself even eager to partake in the conversation with the tinker.

When the tinker departs, Elisa experiences a resurgence of self-awareness. Being admired and appreciated by the tinker for her talents awakens a very basic need in her, one that has been very dormant in her busy ranch life.  Her whole being vibrates with the moment of the shared conversation--one which we know will soon be tarnished and destroyed by the tinker's disdain and duplicity.

According to O'Brien, what makes a martyr? Why are there no martyrs in the Ministry of Love?

According to O'Brien, martyrs are created when men are killed out in the open while they are still unrepentant.  Because they are dying because they will not abandon their true beliefs, their death is glorious and later in history others take up their cause.  The Ministry of Love makes sure there are no martyrs in two ways.  First of all, their brainwashing is so complete that "all the confessions that are uttered...are true...(they) make them true".  The confessors have had their minds altered to the point that they truly believe that "two-plus-two-equals-five"; they are emptied of themselves and filled instead with the Party and Big Brother.  Secondly, they are "lifted clean out from the stream of history".  The basis of the Party's method is to literally rewrite history.  Since the Party controlls the media, and, for all intents and purposes, memory, in their altered version of the truth, no one will know about men who have been martyred because there will be no record of them ever having existed.

I need an example of hyperbole and classical allusion in Act 1 of Romeo and Juliet.

Hyperbole is "exaggeration for the sake of emphasis." In Act I, scene 1, there is hyperbole when Sampson says, "I will tear down the castle wall of any man or maid of Montague’s."

You will find a classical allusion in the same scene. After the Prince has warned the Capulets and Montagues to stop disturbing the peace or else, Montague says how glad he is that Romeo wasn't involved. He goes on to say that Romeo has not been himself; he is depressed because he has lost his lady love. Then Montague says:

But just as soon as the sun (which should make you happy)
Moves well above the horizon, as the Goddess of Morning Aurora
Draws back the shady bed curtains from her bed,
My depressed son runs away from the light and comes home,
And locks himself in his bedroom,

In Roman mythology, Aurora is the goddess of dawn who brings the light of day. Keep looking. I'm sure you can find more.

How would I interpret this quotation: "the world is made up of two classes- the hunters and the huntees. Luckily, you and I are hunters."

This is a statement from Sanger Rainsford, the main
character of "The Most Dangerous Game" by Richard Connell.  His shipmate has expressed
sympathy for the jaguar that they may soon pursue; however, Rainsford has no feelings
for animals, explaining that one is either a predator, or a prey for the predator--the
world is made of only these two types of creatures.  And, as the second poster has
cogently commented, this remark is definitive of
foreshadowing.

In addition, this statement is
ironic since Rainsford himself soon becomes prey:  As he is
forced later, after falling overboard,to engage in General Zaroff's dangerous game of
hunting human beings, Rainsford finds himself the
prey,

Now he
knew what it was like to be a beast at
bay.

This new role in which
he is pursued gives Rainsford a new perspective on "the hunters and the huntees." For,
his is no longer callous disregard, but empathy.

How would I interpret this quotation: "the world is made up of two classes- the hunters and the huntees. Luckily, you and I are hunters."

This is a statement from Sanger Rainsford, the main character of "The Most Dangerous Game" by Richard Connell.  His shipmate has expressed sympathy for the jaguar that they may soon pursue; however, Rainsford has no feelings for animals, explaining that one is either a predator, or a prey for the predator--the world is made of only these two types of creatures.  And, as the second poster has cogently commented, this remark is definitive of foreshadowing.

In addition, this statement is ironic since Rainsford himself soon becomes prey:  As he is forced later, after falling overboard,to engage in General Zaroff's dangerous game of hunting human beings, Rainsford finds himself the prey,

Now he knew what it was like to be a beast at bay.

This new role in which he is pursued gives Rainsford a new perspective on "the hunters and the huntees." For, his is no longer callous disregard, but empathy.

Who is a tragic character in "Trifles"?

A tragic character is Minnie Wright.  She is the wife of Mr. Wright, who she murdered.  However, Minnie is not what most would classify as a cold-blooded murderer.  We have to know about her life before passing judgment about her character.  She lived a very reclusive life, thanks to her husband, who was extremely controlling, more so than normal.  Minnie used to be a cheerful, outgoing young woman who enjoyed singing (before she met her husband).  After marrying Mr. Wright, she was forced to stop her singing, which crushed her spirit.  Mr. Wright controlled what she did and who she did it with. The breaking point was when she had gotten a beautiful pet canary that sang to her.  This was her pride and joy.  Mr. Wright got tired of the bird's singing, so he broke its neck.  Minnie could not take anymore of what she had endured for so many years, so she killed her husband.  She is a tragic character because she had to endure so much sorrow and sadness at the hands of her controlling husband, and this drove her to commit murder.

What is the plot of The Underdogs?

Set in Zacatecas, a small village in northern Mexico, Azeula's novel begins with the introduction of the character Demetrio Marcias.  Marcias is a simple man who is ignorant of the impending revolution.  When he realizes the grave danger he and his family are in, Demetrio flees with them to the mountains, but the fugitives are soon discovered by federal soldiers.  The aggressors try to rape Demetrios' wife; he scares them with a gun but does not kill them.  This turns out to be a mistake.  The soldiers return and burn his fields.

Demetrio joins a group of rebels to fight the aggression of the federal soldiers.  During a skirmish, he is shot in the leg.  While he is healing, Demetrio meets Camila, who has tended to his wound.

After this point, the character of Luis Cervantes is introduced.  Cervantes is a pseudo-intellectual; the villagers are at first cautious of his big words and do not trust him.  Eventually, however, he manages to persuade the men to join in the fight, especially Demetrio.

The men, and Demetrio, should have trusted their initial instincts.  Cervantes cares for only one thing:  himself. 

In the end, disheartened and disillusioned, Demetrio takes his own life with a shotgun. 

In the story Battle Royal, how can the dream at the end of the story be related to the major incidents that precede it?

Circus imagery, represented by the clowns in the dream, is significant in the Battle Royal in that the the black boys, who are forced to entertain the white men, are treated as if they are no better than animals. The grandfather's advice was to "live with your head in the lion's mouth," thus comparing the white man to a lion tamer. The white stripper is described as having hair "yellow that like of a circus kewpie doll"; the young men are treated like "circus clowns." One is even characterized as "glistening with sweat like a circus seal."

The dream reveals his grandfather who "refused to laugh at the clowns no matter what they did" because they represent blacks forced by white society to "perform" humiliating acts to entertain the whites. The grandfather knows they are his own people, forced into acts of submission, just as the boys were in the Battle Royal. The seemingly endless series of envelopes implies that white society will continue to make a clown of Invisible Man.

When they wake up 8 miles from the station in "Heart of Darkness", what has happened?

Eight miles from Kurtz's station, the Manager decides they will stay put for the evening. No sounds are heard. But when they wake up they hear "complaining clamor" with "savage discord" which fills the air. The attackers have evidently come in the middle of the night. Some men go to investigate the shore. As they hear a sound of flying arrows, the helmsman on the ship panics and does not steer properly. The crew fires rifles into the bushes. The helmsman is killed. Marlow throws his body overboard and, after a simple funeral, they continue their journey. Only later will Marlow discover that this attack was planned by Kurtz.

What were Macbeth's and Lady Macbeth's reactions to the murder just after it was committed?

In Act 2, sc. 2, immediately following Duncan's murder, the scene is somewhat chaotic because Macbeth and Lady Macbeth are both nervous and in a heightened state of awareness. Macbeth says he heard many sounds, mostly voices.  He heard someone in his sleep cry out, "God bless us!" and another cry out, "Amen!".  When Macbeth himself wanted to say, "Amen" in return, the words stuck in his throat.  The significance is that he has just killed a king and he has broken his connection to God and so cannot say the word.  Macbeth also says he thought he heard someone say, "Sleep no more! Macbeth does murder sleep". The significance of this is that Macbeth suffers from insomnia ever after this.  Macbeth also heard, "Glamis hath murdered sleep, and therefore Cawdor / Shall sleep no more! Macbeth shall sleep no more!"  Macbeth has come into Lady Macbeth's chamber holding the bloody daggers and with blood on his hands.  He is in a state of shock and seems remorseful.  Lady Macbeth, who appears much calmer and cooler, chides him for forgetting to leave the bloody daggers on the guards and takes the daggers to place them on the guards in order to implicate them in the murder of Duncan.  She tells him she'd be ashamed to be as remorseful as he is and that a little water cleanses them both literally (as it washes off the blood) and figuratively.  In Act 5, she will try to wash blood from her hands.

What are some good points for an essay on The Crucible where the prompt is "at the heart of conflict is fear"?

Fear often leads us to make rash, harmful mistakes.  For
example, it was fear of getting in trouble for the dancing in the woods that prompted
the girls to start accusing people.  It was fear of being whipped or hanged that
prompted Tituba to "confess" to being a witch and name other women who had joined her. 
It was fear of the girls turning on her and accusing her of being a witch that led Mary
Warren to rescind her testimony against them and accuse John Proctor of being a "devil's
man."  It was fear of  the unknown that led Giles Corey to first talk to Hales about his
wife reading "strange books," a confession that would lead her down the road to being
arrested.  It was fear of Abby's fierce nature and threats that led the girls to keep up
their charade of accusations and abuse at the hands of supposed witches.  It was fear of
criticism and being rejected by his parisioners that prompted Parris to go along with
the judges so much, even aiding them in arresting and accusing people.  It was fear of
the unknown medical reasons that took her babies that led Mrs. Putnam to seek out
answers in the underworld, and ultimately accuse Goody Nurse of murder.  It was fear of
being revealed as a lecher that kept John Proctor from fighting against Abby and the
courts for so long.  It was fear of ruining her and her husband's reputation that led to
Elizabeth Proctor lying about her husband's affair.

As you
can see, fear leads people to lie, harm others, and seek answers in unorthodox places. 
If you focus on how fear is the root of many unfortunate actions, and give the examples
I listed above, I think that you'll be well on your way to a good essay!  Good
luck!

What are some good points for an essay on The Crucible where the prompt is "at the heart of conflict is fear"?

Fear often leads us to make rash, harmful mistakes.  For example, it was fear of getting in trouble for the dancing in the woods that prompted the girls to start accusing people.  It was fear of being whipped or hanged that prompted Tituba to "confess" to being a witch and name other women who had joined her.  It was fear of the girls turning on her and accusing her of being a witch that led Mary Warren to rescind her testimony against them and accuse John Proctor of being a "devil's man."  It was fear of  the unknown that led Giles Corey to first talk to Hales about his wife reading "strange books," a confession that would lead her down the road to being arrested.  It was fear of Abby's fierce nature and threats that led the girls to keep up their charade of accusations and abuse at the hands of supposed witches.  It was fear of criticism and being rejected by his parisioners that prompted Parris to go along with the judges so much, even aiding them in arresting and accusing people.  It was fear of the unknown medical reasons that took her babies that led Mrs. Putnam to seek out answers in the underworld, and ultimately accuse Goody Nurse of murder.  It was fear of being revealed as a lecher that kept John Proctor from fighting against Abby and the courts for so long.  It was fear of ruining her and her husband's reputation that led to Elizabeth Proctor lying about her husband's affair.

As you can see, fear leads people to lie, harm others, and seek answers in unorthodox places.  If you focus on how fear is the root of many unfortunate actions, and give the examples I listed above, I think that you'll be well on your way to a good essay!  Good luck!

Why is it always that the lyrics of a song matches the rhythm? I'm listening to EVERYTIME WE TOUCH BY CASCADA and I'm now wondering.

When a lyricist is creating words for a song, he/she listens carefully to the meter or beat of the song and then chooses words that fit with the pattern.  If the music is written in 4:4 timing, then there are four beats per measure with the quarter note getting the beat.  That means that if the lyricist wants each beat to be one syllable, then he will choose four syllables per measure.  If a word that he/she chooses to use has more than one syllable, he can substitute two eighth notes in place of one quarter note to fit the beat.  Instead of "1, 2, 3, 4", you would get "1 and 2, 3, 4".  It's still 4:4 time, but it has five syllables.  This is also how poetic meter works.  Each specific format has so many poetic "feet" per line, and there are many types of poetic "feet" to choose from, depending on which syllable gets the accent/beat.  Iambic pentameter has five "iambs" per line; an iamb is a two syllable pattern that is accented on the second syllable.  The name Christine is an iamb because the stress is on the second syllable.  If you repeated her name five times, that would give you the sound of iambic pentameter.  Poets and songwriters who have selected their melodies then work carefully to choose words that fit the pattern in order to make the song flow.

What are Ralph's dreams about his home about in "Lord of the Flies"?I would like to know if anyone can tell me about Ralph's dreams about being at...

Ralph, in Chapter 7, is starting to be concerned about the look of the boys.  He notices the long hair and unkempt appearance of them all, and understands in some way that it means they are losing their civilization, their identity.  This desire for civilization again is shown in his daydream.  For the first time,  he doesn't think abstractly about home and getting off the island, but actually visualizes it.  He thinks about the cottage he lived in with his mother and father, about feeling safe and protected there, and about sleeping in his own bed.  Even though Simon tells tries to reassure him:

"You'll get back where you came from."

Ralph isn't too sure.  This will become clear later in the chapter when Ralph starts to understand the power of violence:

"Ralph...was fighting to get near....The desire to squeeze and hurt was over-mastering."

A part of him understands that the more he gives in to that desire, the more he will lose himself and all civilized world.

In "Moby Dick", other than for narration purposes, why was Ishmael the only survivor?

The name "Ishmael" is associated with being an outcast. Ishmael never truly gets involved in Abab's plan for revenge. He is also one of the few men to have a true friend on board the ship, Queequeg. His lack of involvement in the revenge plus his connection with another man saves his life. It is Queequeg's coffin that he clings to until the Rachel, looking for the lost son of the captain, finds him. Since he is more of an observer than a participant, he can tell the story from a more objective standpoint than others from the crew.

Please identify and explain with textual support a literary device used in "The Magic Barrel."

One literary device Malamud uses in "The Magic Barrel" is symbolism:

Although it was still February, winter was on its last legs, signs of which he had for the first time in years begun to notice. He now observed the round white moon, moving high in the sky through a cloud menagerie, and watched with half-open mouth as it penetrated a huge hen, and dropped out of her like an egg laying itself.

The moon is symbolized as an egg dropping out of a hen-shaped cloud. This passage has two other literary devices as well: personification ("winter is on its last legs") and metaphor ("cloud menagerie").

Another device he uses is imagery: "Leo saw a profusion of loaves of bread go flying like ducks high over his head, not unlike the winged loaves by which he had counted himself to sleep last night." "Flying like ducks" is a simile.

More imagery appears when Leo meets his intended bride: "From afar he saw that her eyes—clearly her father’s—were filled with desperate innocence. He pictured, in her, his own redemption. Violins and lit candles revolved in the sky. Leo ran forward with flowers outthrust."

The last sentence is an example of irony: "Around the corner, Salzman, leaning against a wall, chanted prayers for the dead." Leo is beginning a new phase of life, but Salzman reacts as if it is his funeral.

I hope this helps!

What are the effects of ambition in Macbeth on the social and spirtual level?Drawing from the paradigm that the human society especially judges...

There's many perspectives from which to view ambition in
the play Macbeth: from both then and now, and from Macbeth's and
Lady Macbeth's viewpoints.

During Duncan's regin, there
really was no ambition, not ethical or otherwise.  Ambition was negated because society
was regulated and ordered, like the numbers on a clock-face.  The Diving Right of Kings
and the Great Chain of Being said that the King was King and a Thane was a Thane: each
member of society was fixed in his role.  The social strata was engineered for no upward
mobility; it was designed to protect "God's holy vessel" and insure allegiance.  But,
there was one loop-hole: murder.

Macbeth knows he really
could never have been King, even though he was promoted to the highest ranking Thane.
 The chances of Macbeth outliving Duncan were good, sure, but there's Malcolm and
Donalbain to "o'er leap."  So, the only ambition Macbeth has is of the malevolent and
Machiavellian kind: murder by way of "the ends justify the means."  He knows if he wants
to be King, he will have to murder Duncan and blame it on the two sons.  He will have to
subvert natural order and time: foul will have to become fair.  This, obviously, is a
violation of the ethical realm for that time.  In effect, Macbeth is selling his soul to
be King: he knows he will got to hell for it.  But, what if there's no hell?  Anything
is permitted.

Today, we look at Machiavellian politics more
favorably, and we are not so moralistic to condone murder if the rewards are great.
 Today, a historian might say that Macbeth staged a coup, or that Duncan's reign was not
strong enough to withstand rebellious and traitorous thanes.  Maybe Macbeth was
rebelling against the unfair social stratifications and the Divine Right of Kings.  It
is easy to cast off the ethical when looking back on
history.

Ambition is more interesting from Lady Macbeth's
perspective.  Even though Macbeth's ambition is limited by the hierarchies of society,
at least he has a chance to be King.  She has none.  Ambition is a male enterprise
entirely.  She cannot even kill Duncan: he looks too much like her
father.

Lady Macbeth tries to cast off her femininity and
assume the cruel nature of male warriors in her famous soliloquy, but she can only gain
status through the male, her husband.  Ambition, therefore, is vicarious for
her.

What are the effects of ambition in Macbeth on the social and spirtual level?Drawing from the paradigm that the human society especially judges...

There's many perspectives from which to view ambition in the play Macbeth: from both then and now, and from Macbeth's and Lady Macbeth's viewpoints.

During Duncan's regin, there really was no ambition, not ethical or otherwise.  Ambition was negated because society was regulated and ordered, like the numbers on a clock-face.  The Diving Right of Kings and the Great Chain of Being said that the King was King and a Thane was a Thane: each member of society was fixed in his role.  The social strata was engineered for no upward mobility; it was designed to protect "God's holy vessel" and insure allegiance.  But, there was one loop-hole: murder.

Macbeth knows he really could never have been King, even though he was promoted to the highest ranking Thane.  The chances of Macbeth outliving Duncan were good, sure, but there's Malcolm and Donalbain to "o'er leap."  So, the only ambition Macbeth has is of the malevolent and Machiavellian kind: murder by way of "the ends justify the means."  He knows if he wants to be King, he will have to murder Duncan and blame it on the two sons.  He will have to subvert natural order and time: foul will have to become fair.  This, obviously, is a violation of the ethical realm for that time.  In effect, Macbeth is selling his soul to be King: he knows he will got to hell for it.  But, what if there's no hell?  Anything is permitted.

Today, we look at Machiavellian politics more favorably, and we are not so moralistic to condone murder if the rewards are great.  Today, a historian might say that Macbeth staged a coup, or that Duncan's reign was not strong enough to withstand rebellious and traitorous thanes.  Maybe Macbeth was rebelling against the unfair social stratifications and the Divine Right of Kings.  It is easy to cast off the ethical when looking back on history.

Ambition is more interesting from Lady Macbeth's perspective.  Even though Macbeth's ambition is limited by the hierarchies of society, at least he has a chance to be King.  She has none.  Ambition is a male enterprise entirely.  She cannot even kill Duncan: he looks too much like her father.

Lady Macbeth tries to cast off her femininity and assume the cruel nature of male warriors in her famous soliloquy, but she can only gain status through the male, her husband.  Ambition, therefore, is vicarious for her.

Name at least two internal and two external conflicts in "The Lottery".

Let's take the internal conflicts first. 

Mrs. Adams seems to be questioning the lottery in a subtle way. She asks questions that would provoke thought and discussion about the usefulness of the lottery. The question is, is she motivated by the stopping the senseless killing or is she worried about her own life? The answer to that is in the last paragraph.

Tessie Hutchinson arrives late and is nervous and embarrassed by her tardiness.  She seems to be in denial that her moment may come. When the second and third lotteries are started she tries to include more of her family members to decrease her chances in being caught. This shows a conflict between saving herself or caring for her family.

The external conflicts are:

Bill Hutchinson and his wife. It is Tessie's husband that forces the marked unlucky ballot out of Tessie's hand to show it to the town. He is actively participating in the sacrifice/murder of own of his own.

Old Man Warner and the town. He brags about how many Lotteries he has survived and scolds those who think it is time to rethink this. He obviously believes the lottery serves a common good, only because he has survived them all. Perhaps his tune would change if his moment came. 

Explain how the ending of "The Gift of the Magi" is an ironic situation (one in which actions lead to an unexpected outcome).

In the story, Della and Jim each sacrifice the thing that means the most to them in order to give a gift to the other.  Della sells her beautiful hair in order to buy Jim a platinum fob chain for his pocket watch, which is his most prized possession.  Jim sells his watch to buy Della tortoise shell combs to wear in her hair.  It is ironic that each gave up what was dearest to him/her out of love for the other, yet the sacrifice was pointless.  Della could not wear the combs Jim bought for her; Jim could not use the watch fob Della bought for him.

What are the symbols and allegory present in "Young Goodman Brown"?

An allegory is a story with a moral message. The author uses symbols to help reveal the theme. The main message of this story is often said to be Hawthorne's rejection of the Puritan belief system, which was a belief in predestination---a person is saved and goes to heaven not on the basis of what he does, necessarily, but on whether God chooses to save him. However, people that have been chosen by God will act like in Godly ways. Obiviously, his can leave one in doubt about their salvation, as Goodman Brown discovers. The symbols in the story include Brown's name. It is a common name and he is meant to represent the common man. His wife's name, Faith, is also significant. She makes him late for his meeting ("Faith kept me back awhile.") However, her pink ribbons, which represent innocence, are left behind while she attends the forest meeting with the Devil. So, after his forest experience, Brown does not know whether to believe in "Faith" or not. The old man Brown meets is obviously the devil. The first clue is his staff which looks like a serpent. In Western literature, the forest is often a symbol for the unknown or the far corners of the mind. Thus, Brown's walk with the devil is a spiritual journey in which he moves from from innocence to recognizing that evil exists in the hearts of everyone.

Explain food security.

What is food security? Food security exists when all people, at all times, have physical and economic access to enough safe and nutritious food to meet their dietary needs and food preferences for an active and healthy lifestyle. (World Food Summit 1996) To be food secure means that: Food is available - The amount and quality of food available globally, nationally and locally can be affected temporarily or for long periods by many factors including climate, disasters, war, civil unrest, population size and growth, agricultural practices, environment, social status and trade. Food is affordable - When there is a shortage of food prices increase and while richer people will likely still be able to feed themselves, poorer people may have difficulty obtaining sufficient safe and nutritious food without assistance. Food is utilised - At the household level, sufficient and varied food needs to be prepared safely so that people can grow and develop normally, meet their energy needs and avoid disease. What happens when people do not have food security>>>!!!

 For the more than 800 million people who do not get enough regular, healthy food, ill health and a shorter life expectancy are real risks. Children, and especially very young children, who suffer from food insecurity will be less developed than children of the same age who have had sufficient food. They will most likely be shorter and weigh less, and be less able physically and intellectually, because of poor nutrition.

What are three examples of cultural issues in the novel?

PROSTITUTION.  Holden is so
depressed in Chapter 13 that he accepts an invitation from the hotel elevator operator
for a visit from a prostitute. He tells her that he only wants to talk, but she becomes
bored and demands more money. It is difficult to determine if Holden refuses the
opportunity for sex because he is afraid, or if he is honoring his earlier belief that
sex should be with a loving companion. Holden does not demean Sunny, the prostitute, as
one might expect. Although he is uncomfortable in her presence, he seems to enjoy her
company. 

HOMOSEXUALITY.  When
Holden accepts an invitation from his old teacher to spend the night, he awakes to find
the teacher patting his head. Holden takes this as a homosexual advance, and he
immediately hits the streets in the middle of the night. After reconsidering, he cannot
decide whether he is mistaken about the teacher's intentions or
not.

YOUTHFUL REBELLION.  It
is long before the time of Vietnam protests, but Holden finds a reason to rebel against
nearly everything. His inability to accept the era's social role models is particularly
troubling.

What are three examples of cultural issues in the novel?

PROSTITUTION.  Holden is so depressed in Chapter 13 that he accepts an invitation from the hotel elevator operator for a visit from a prostitute. He tells her that he only wants to talk, but she becomes bored and demands more money. It is difficult to determine if Holden refuses the opportunity for sex because he is afraid, or if he is honoring his earlier belief that sex should be with a loving companion. Holden does not demean Sunny, the prostitute, as one might expect. Although he is uncomfortable in her presence, he seems to enjoy her company. 

HOMOSEXUALITY.  When Holden accepts an invitation from his old teacher to spend the night, he awakes to find the teacher patting his head. Holden takes this as a homosexual advance, and he immediately hits the streets in the middle of the night. After reconsidering, he cannot decide whether he is mistaken about the teacher's intentions or not.

YOUTHFUL REBELLION.  It is long before the time of Vietnam protests, but Holden finds a reason to rebel against nearly everything. His inability to accept the era's social role models is particularly troubling.

What are literary elements of Bud not Buddy?

There are several literary elements in Bud, Not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis.

Characterization is a strong element in portraying this young boy who has lived unhappily in foster care since his mother died. He is portrayed as a resourceful, determined and funny youngster. His humorous take on life, including his rules, make the story more entertaining, while allowing a reader from any age to identify with the impediments that keep him from finding his "father."

The other most important element is the setting. Taking place during the Great Depression, the author provides not only information regarding this time in history, but also the plight of orphaned children, families struggling to stay together, the massive movement of the unemployed willing to face violence to find work to support themselves and their families, and something that also exemplifies the more difficult plight of a black person in America during this time. While the Depression knocks thousands of people to their knees, the blacks have a more difficult time; jobs were more likely to go to white males than black males.

Please give an example of how a human maintains homeostasis.

Homeostasis is the process or system that gives living
organisms the ability to maintain a stable set of conditions inside its body.  Animal
need to maintain stable internal conditions such as body temperature, blood pressure,
and the composition of body fluids. Homeostasis is their ability to do so. To maintain
homeostasis, an organism reacts to its external environment by making internal
adjustments.

For example, when a person steps outside on a
hot day, the body must adjust to the heat. Otherwise the body temperature would rise so
high that serious damage to the body cells, and even death may occur. Therefore, when
the heat from the sun strikes the skin, nerve endings sense that heat and send a message
to the brain.  The brain sends nerve impulses that cause corrective changes in the body
functions such as increase in blood flow to the skin produces greater heat loss from the
skin surface, increased sweating to cools the skin by evaporation.  The brain also
causes person to take voluntary action. For example, in the above example the person
person may want to decrease physical activity and seek a cool place. because of the
sensations created by the excess heat.

Please give an example of how a human maintains homeostasis.

Homeostasis is the process or system that gives living organisms the ability to maintain a stable set of conditions inside its body.  Animal need to maintain stable internal conditions such as body temperature, blood pressure, and the composition of body fluids. Homeostasis is their ability to do so. To maintain homeostasis, an organism reacts to its external environment by making internal adjustments.

For example, when a person steps outside on a hot day, the body must adjust to the heat. Otherwise the body temperature would rise so high that serious damage to the body cells, and even death may occur. Therefore, when the heat from the sun strikes the skin, nerve endings sense that heat and send a message to the brain.  The brain sends nerve impulses that cause corrective changes in the body functions such as increase in blood flow to the skin produces greater heat loss from the skin surface, increased sweating to cools the skin by evaporation.  The brain also causes person to take voluntary action. For example, in the above example the person person may want to decrease physical activity and seek a cool place. because of the sensations created by the excess heat.

In "Frankenstein", what does the monster call the cottagers?

As he tells his story to Victor, the monster admits that he liked to call the De Laceys his "protectors" even though they were unaware of his presence. He says that it was "an innocent, half painful self-deceit" to call them by this name. The irony, of course, is that once the creature is discovered by the De Laceys, Felix attacks him rather than protecting him.

How did the Dodo bird extinction affect other animals?

Extinction of living things can have a great negative impact on our ecosystem. The ecosystem is defined as "an area that contains organisms (e.g., plants, animals, bacteria) interacting with one another and their non-living environment. Ecosystems can be of any size (e.g., forest, meadow, and log)". When a component of the ecosystem becomes extinct, the effects can disrupt nature and be devastating.

The specific impact the extinction of the Dodo bird had on the ecosystem primarily has to do with specific trees. As discussed in Thinkquest, "It was not a coincident that the trees stopped germinating 300 years ago and the Dodo became extinct 300 years ago. In fact, the dodo ate the fruit of this tree, and it was only by passing through the Dodo's digestive system that the seeds became active and could grow." So without the Dodo bird present, the tree it fed on also became extinct. Without the tree, the natural habitat was changed, thus limiting food and shelter for other animals, which in turn may have forced them to leave or be vulnerable to predators. Also, any animals that preyed upon the Dodo bird also would have lost their food source with the extinction.

In Jane Eyre, Chapters 24-26, Mr. Rochester goes away for business; what happens while he is gone?

Indeed, in Jane Eyre by Charlotte
Bronte, there is much foreshadowing in Chapter 25 of the most unfortunate occurrences of
Chapter 26.  For, as Jane anticipates her wedding day, she anxiously awaits the return
of Mr. Rochester.  When Jane runs down to the gates where she can peer down the road she
remarks,

A
puerile tear dimmed my eye while I looked--a tear of disappointment and impatience...'I
wish he would come!....'I exclaimed, seized with the hypochondriac foreboding....The
event of last night again recurred to me [the splitting of the tree].  I interpreted it
as a warning of disaster.  I feared my hopes were too bright to be realized and I had
enjoyed so much bliss lately that I imagined my fortune had passed its meridian, and
must now decline.

That Jane
feels a presentiment about her wedding day is underscored by her
comment,

who
knows with what fate the next [hour] may come
charged?

Jane tells Mr.
Rochester of a dream that she has had in which Thornfield Hall
is

in dreary
ruin, the retreat of bats and owls....I saw you like a speck on a white track, lessening
every moment....I hushed the scared infant in my lap...the wall crumbled; I was shaken;
the child rolled from my
knee....

Upon awakening, Jane
says, she beheld a woman who was tall and large with "thick and dark hair hanging long
down her back."  She took Jane's wedding veil, held it up, gazed at it, and then threw
it over her head as she gazed into a mirror.  Her face was discolored, savage, and her
red eyes rolled against the "fearful blackened inflation of the
lineaments."

The next day as Mr. Rochester and Jane stand
together to be married, a man's voice is heard,

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The marriage cannot go on:  I declare the
existence of an impediment....Mr. Rochester has a wife now
living.

In Mr. Rochester's
absence, people have arrived at Thornhill.  Another witness appears: Mrs. Rochester's
brother, witnessing that the wife lives in Thornhill.  Dissembling no more, Rochester
admits to having a wife.  He, then, leads them to where Mrs. Grace has been caring for
the woman, an utterly mad woman. Returning to her room, Jane concludes that she must
leave Thornhill, although her prospects are
"desolate."

In Jane Eyre, Chapters 24-26, Mr. Rochester goes away for business; what happens while he is gone?

Indeed, in Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte, there is much foreshadowing in Chapter 25 of the most unfortunate occurrences of Chapter 26.  For, as Jane anticipates her wedding day, she anxiously awaits the return of Mr. Rochester.  When Jane runs down to the gates where she can peer down the road she remarks,

A puerile tear dimmed my eye while I looked--a tear of disappointment and impatience...'I wish he would come!....'I exclaimed, seized with the hypochondriac foreboding....The event of last night again recurred to me [the splitting of the tree].  I interpreted it as a warning of disaster.  I feared my hopes were too bright to be realized and I had enjoyed so much bliss lately that I imagined my fortune had passed its meridian, and must now decline.

That Jane feels a presentiment about her wedding day is underscored by her comment,

who knows with what fate the next [hour] may come charged?

Jane tells Mr. Rochester of a dream that she has had in which Thornfield Hall is

in dreary ruin, the retreat of bats and owls....I saw you like a speck on a white track, lessening every moment....I hushed the scared infant in my lap...the wall crumbled; I was shaken; the child rolled from my knee....

Upon awakening, Jane says, she beheld a woman who was tall and large with "thick and dark hair hanging long down her back."  She took Jane's wedding veil, held it up, gazed at it, and then threw it over her head as she gazed into a mirror.  Her face was discolored, savage, and her red eyes rolled against the "fearful blackened inflation of the lineaments."

The next day as Mr. Rochester and Jane stand together to be married, a man's voice is heard,

The marriage cannot go on:  I declare the existence of an impediment....Mr. Rochester has a wife now living.

In Mr. Rochester's absence, people have arrived at Thornhill.  Another witness appears: Mrs. Rochester's brother, witnessing that the wife lives in Thornhill.  Dissembling no more, Rochester admits to having a wife.  He, then, leads them to where Mrs. Grace has been caring for the woman, an utterly mad woman. Returning to her room, Jane concludes that she must leave Thornhill, although her prospects are "desolate."

In "By the Waters of Babylon", what does John say about the god roads?

In "By the Waters of Babylon", when John enters the Place of the Gods, he notices that "everywhere in it there are god-roads, though most are cracked and broken."  This shows that some destruction has taken place, although John does not understand the truth about the Place of the Gods at this point.  All he sees are broken roads, and he wonders why such a mystical place (according to the priests of his village) is not "covered with fogs and enchantments".  As he proceeds to journey through the Place of the Gods, he becomes disillusioned with what he has always been taught, and he eventually realizes that these "gods" were mere men who were destroyed by their own technology.  This is an apocalyptic story that reveals the end of the modern world (as seen through the destruction of New York City) and the rebirth of a new society.  However, when John realizes that the gods he's always heard of were men, he also realizes that his people are capable of the same fate.  Therefore, he (with the advice of his father) witholds the truth from his people so as not to destroy their faith.