What does this saying by Shakespeare mean? When daffodils begin to peer... Why, then comes in the sweet o' the year... Good morrowHe used Old...

This is from the song that opens Act 4, scene 3 of
The Winter's Tale.  The rogue Autolycus is singing about how, as
the first response noted, it is springtime, the sweetest time of the year, during
which he can chase after women, engage in thievery, and drink
ale. 

Also, Shakespeare did not write in Old English.  If
you take a look at the poem Beowulf in the original, that is Old
English.  Grab a copy of Chaucer's Canterbury Tales in the original
to see what Middle English looks like.  Shakespeare is actually modern English, although
the spelling of various words has changed over time.  What you see when you grab a
modern edition at the library or bookstore is something that has been edited: the
spelling cleaned up, the punctuation regularized, etc.  But it is still modern English. 
With practice and some good footnotes to help with the obscure words, Shakespeare needs
to no translation (at least not like Beowulf
does).

What does this saying by Shakespeare mean? When daffodils begin to peer... Why, then comes in the sweet o' the year... Good morrowHe used Old...

This is from the song that opens Act 4, scene 3 of The Winter's Tale.  The rogue Autolycus is singing about how, as the first response noted, it is springtime, the sweetest time of the year, during which he can chase after women, engage in thievery, and drink ale. 

Also, Shakespeare did not write in Old English.  If you take a look at the poem Beowulf in the original, that is Old English.  Grab a copy of Chaucer's Canterbury Tales in the original to see what Middle English looks like.  Shakespeare is actually modern English, although the spelling of various words has changed over time.  What you see when you grab a modern edition at the library or bookstore is something that has been edited: the spelling cleaned up, the punctuation regularized, etc.  But it is still modern English.  With practice and some good footnotes to help with the obscure words, Shakespeare needs to no translation (at least not like Beowulf does).

What is Crooks doing when Chapter Four begins and ends? Why does John Steinbeck set up the chapter this way?

Chapter 4 begins and ends with Crooks putting liniment on his back in his room. He's isolated from the rest of the men and pretty much stays to himself in his room when he isn't working. First Lennie and then Candy goes into Crooks' room, and Crooks, for just a little while, forgets the racism that alienates him and talks to Lennie and Candy as men. When Curley's wife comes in, all of this ends. The men try to get her to leave, and she gets angry and plays the racism card at Crooks when he stands up to her. She puts Crooks back in his place as the only black man on the ranch who isn't allowed to even socialize with the whites. Her cruelty reminds Crooks of his situation and that he can't do anything about it. This is why Crooks tells Candy he really didn't want to go work with them on their farm.

This chapter begins and ends with the same event to show that nothing will change for Crooks, and it foreshadows that nothing will change for Candy, Lennie, and George.

Does Jane Austen address the theme of gender injustice in her treatment of love and marriage in Pride and Prejudice.elucidate.

From the very start of the story Jane writes in her
epilogue the subtlety ironic words:

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IT is a truth universally acknowledged, that a
single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a
wife.

Austen, a staunch
independent woman herself, obligingly ensured that the topics of gender injustice
prevailed and permeated throughout the story. The character of Elizabeth represents
Jane's own views and behaviors during this period in history, where women were admitted
as the property of their husbands.

Through Elizabeth, Jane
voices her opinion and frustrations albeit also her tolerance of this
reality.

First, we have Mrs. Bennett having none other than
5 children, all of them daughters- Her mission is therefore to marry them off well, or
else they will become destitute in society.

Second, the
estate in which the Bennetts live is at the mercy of their far cousin Mr. Collins ONLY
because Mr. Bennett, having 5 daughters, will die without an heir whenever he does. In
that time, properties could only be transferred from males to
males.

Charlotte, the anti-Austen, says plainly how she
will accept to marry Mr. Collins so that she can come of some property, company, and
earn social respect.

Lydia, Elizabeth's younger sister who
eloped with Wickham to  her social disgraced was married off by the generosity of Darcy
and his intentions to clean up her act and that of Wickham's. As she returns, Lydia
considers herself higher ranking than her sisters because she is now married and insists
on everyone in town knowing it.

Lady Catherine DeBourgh,
who wanted to marry Darcy to her own daughter Miss Debourgh had already that marriage
planned and flattened out simply because it was "natural" that marriage was made for the
purpose of acquiring or joining fortunes rather than for
love.

In Pride and Prejudice, the women who were happy and
content were, gladly, the women who waited for their true love. The rest were all seen
as victims of their own social limitations.

Does Jane Austen address the theme of gender injustice in her treatment of love and marriage in Pride and Prejudice.elucidate.

From the very start of the story Jane writes in her epilogue the subtlety ironic words:

IT is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife.

Austen, a staunch independent woman herself, obligingly ensured that the topics of gender injustice prevailed and permeated throughout the story. The character of Elizabeth represents Jane's own views and behaviors during this period in history, where women were admitted as the property of their husbands.

Through Elizabeth, Jane voices her opinion and frustrations albeit also her tolerance of this reality.

First, we have Mrs. Bennett having none other than 5 children, all of them daughters- Her mission is therefore to marry them off well, or else they will become destitute in society.

Second, the estate in which the Bennetts live is at the mercy of their far cousin Mr. Collins ONLY because Mr. Bennett, having 5 daughters, will die without an heir whenever he does. In that time, properties could only be transferred from males to males.

Charlotte, the anti-Austen, says plainly how she will accept to marry Mr. Collins so that she can come of some property, company, and earn social respect.

Lydia, Elizabeth's younger sister who eloped with Wickham to  her social disgraced was married off by the generosity of Darcy and his intentions to clean up her act and that of Wickham's. As she returns, Lydia considers herself higher ranking than her sisters because she is now married and insists on everyone in town knowing it.

Lady Catherine DeBourgh, who wanted to marry Darcy to her own daughter Miss Debourgh had already that marriage planned and flattened out simply because it was "natural" that marriage was made for the purpose of acquiring or joining fortunes rather than for love.

In Pride and Prejudice, the women who were happy and content were, gladly, the women who waited for their true love. The rest were all seen as victims of their own social limitations.

What is the exposition of "The Necklace"?

The exposition is a literary technique in which the background information about the characters is given to the reader.

In The Necklace the exposition of Mme. Loisel is presented right away. We find out immediately what kind of person Mme. Loisel is. We know that she's "pretty and charming" and she came from a family of artisans. We find out that she feels she was born into the wrong class of society and settled for marrying her husband. She feels everything in her life is inferior to what she feels she deserves. She spends her days dreaming of being wealthy and admired.

The exposition of this short story doesn't give us much information about Loisel's husband because the focus is on her and the hard lesson she has to learn about being content.

What is the summary of how the Allies defeated Germany?

The Allies defeated Germany by the US and Britain sitting
back and letting the Soviet Union do all the really bloody work.  For much of the war,
the US and Britain were only really fighting German in the air and on the sea.  During
that time, the Russians were losing huge numbers of men fighting Germany on the ground
and weakening Germany considerably.

The Western Allies put
some pressure on Germany by invading Northern Africa and then Italy, but the main ground
fighting was still on the Eastern Front.  When D-Day came, Germany was finally forced to
fight a two front war and quickly lost.

So the strategy was
for the US and Britain to attack Germany's industrial capacity while the US built up the
Allied arsenal.  As they did this, the Soviets did most of the fighting and dying.  When
the arsenal was built up enough, the Western Allies invaded Europe and dealt the death
blow to Germany.