What are examples of figurative language in the poem "Equipment" by Edgar A. Guest?

In this poem, the word "equipment" is itself a metaphor, a form of figurative language. When Guest says, "With this equipment they all began," referring to "the greatest of men," he means that everyone, even those who go on to achieve great success, start with the same potential. Therefore, equipment is a metaphor for the potential to achieve that equality among all people. Similarly, when Guest writes that the person he is addressing has "Two arms, two hands, two legs, two eyes / And a brain to use," these body parts are also metaphorical. They stand for the way in which everyone has the same potential in life because people all start with the same tools. 

In the second stanza, when Guest writes, "They take their food from a common plate, / And similar knives and forks they use, / With similar laces they tie their shoes," he is also referring to the sameness of people's potential. The "common plate" is a metaphor for the commonality of people's experiences, as are "similar knives and forks" and "similar laces." In other words, not only do people start with the same equipment, they also face similar situations as they go through life. 

Later, Guest writes that people are their own worst enemies and get in the way of their success. He says, "You are the handicap you must face." In this line, "handicap" is a metaphor for the ways in which people put obstacles in their own paths. 

How does Wordsworth use imagery to bring out the main idea in the poem "The Solitary Reaper"?

It's often argued that the main idea of William Wordsworth's "The Solitary Reaper" is the representation/examination of how even the most ordinary people, things, or occurrences can access a more significant reality. This idea can be clearly seen within the poem, as the narrator uses precise and carefully constructed imagery to transform a simple event (the observation of a young woman singing in a field) into a representation of an important, endless source of meaning. Wordsworth creates this effect by connecting the image of the singing woman to images of exotic locales. Consider, for instance, the following lines from the second stanza:

No Nightingale did ever chaunt 

More welcome notes to weary bands 

Of travellers in some shady haunt, 

Among Arabian sands... (9-12)

In these lines, Wordsworth whisks us away from the highlands and takes us to the Middle East, using the image of the distant "Arabian sands" to expand the reality represented by the solitary reaper. Suddenly, she's not just a normal woman singing while she works; rather, she is connected to a vast source of significance and meaning. All in all, Wordsworth uses vibrant imagery to signify that even someone as common as a field worker has access to a deeper and more meaningful reality. 

What is the main difference between Neoclassicism and the Romantic period when it comes to poetry?

This is an oversimplification, but the main difference between Neoclassicism and Romanticism is that the former emphasized structure, objectivity, and restraint, while the latter emphasized imagination, subjectivity, and emotion.

Neoclassical poets such as Alexander Pope admired the Classical Age and therefore tried to emulate the features of that age. In Pope's An Essay on Criticism, he writes about the benefits of ordering and restraining creativity. When the inspiration hits, Pope argues the proper poet (or critic) will utilize control rather than let his or her imagination run wild:

Tis more to guide than spur the Muse's Steed;
Restrain his Fury, than provoke his Speed;
The winged Courser, like a gen'rous Horse,
Shows most true Mettle when you check his Course.

Romantic poets such as William Wordsworth emphasized the individual, subjective experience. Wordsworth was more concerned with imagination and emotion. In the preface to Lyrical Ballads, he famously wrote:

For all good poetry is the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings: and though this be true, Poems to which any value can be attached were never produced on any variety of subjects but by a man who, being possessed of more than usual organic sensibility, has also thought long and deeply.

Although it is not always the case, Neoclassical poetry tends to be rooted in Classical forms and themes of structure and restraint. Romantic poetry tends to focus on the emotional and imaginative experience of the individual. Another way to say this is that the Neoclassical poet might say "this is how poetry should be" while the Romantic poet might say "this is what poetry means to me."

According to Jared Diamond in Guns, Germs, and Steel, what role did the East-West axis play in the differences between societies?

The answer to this question is given in Chapter 10 of Guns, Germs, and Steel.  The length of a landmass’s east-west axis helps to determine how well domesticated plants and animals can spread across it.  This, in turn, determines how easy it is for civilization to spread on that landmass.  Places where civilization spread more easily became the “haves” of the world.

Diamond argues throughout the book that areas that have had agriculture the longest are the areas that became the “haves” of the world.  The length of the east-west axis helped determine which areas got agriculture.  Agriculture only arose independently in a very few places.  On p. 177, Diamond says that this only happened in “no more than nine areas of the globe, perhaps as few as five.”  If agriculture only arose in a few places, that means most places got agriculture by having it diffuse to them from places where it arose.

This is where the east-west axis comes in.  Plants and animals can spread more easily along an east-west axis than a north-south one.  Places on an east-west axis will typically have similar climates (allowing, of course, for things like elevation differences).  When places have similar climates, plants and animals that flourish in one can also flourish in the other.  If agriculture developed in a given place, the plants and animals that were domesticated there could spread much more easily in an east-west direction than in a north-south direction.  For this reason, agriculture spread across landmasses that have long east-west axes much more rapidly than it did across landmasses that were long from north to south.  This helped create a difference between societies in places like Eurasia (long east-west axis) and the Americas (short from east to west, long from north to south).  The places with long east-west axes got agriculture more easily once it arose, thus becoming civilized earlier and having a head start in terms of developing technology.

Who are the antagonists and protagonists in "The Adventure of the Speckled Band"?

Sherlock Holmes is usually considered the protagonist in any of his stories. Helen Stoner comes to him for help because she fears her life is in danger. The prime suspect is her stepfather Dr. Grimesby Roylott. The author, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, has Dr. Roylott put in an appearance at 221B Baker Street shortly after Helen leaves. This meeting between Holmes and Roylott is necessary to establish that Dr. Roylott is Holmes' opponent, or the antagonist. The violent and half-mad Roylott establishes the conflict during his short appearance at Holmes' residence.

“I will go when I have said my say. Don't you dare to meddle with my affairs. I know that Miss Stoner has been here. I traced her! I am a dangerous man to fall foul of! See here.” He stepped swiftly forward, seized the poker, and bent it into a curve with his huge brown hands.

Dr. Roylott does not appear in the story again until after he has been bitten by his own poisonous snake and is found sitting dead in his room. But his existence as a threat has been established, and it hovers like a black cloud over Stoke Moran. He seems fully capable of killing Holmes and Watson if he found them snooping around inside his house. No doubt he would have a number of guns to choose from on a country estate. When his body is discovered it shows that Holmes has been victorious in their conflict. In the very last paragraph of the story he accepts responsibility for Roylott's death.

"Some of the blows of my cane came home and roused its snakish temper, so that it flew upon the first person it saw. In this way I am no doubt indirectly responsible for Dr. Grimesby Roylott's death, and I cannot say that it is likely to weigh very heavily upon my conscience.”

There is only one protagonist and one antagonist. Dr. Watson accompanies Holmes because he is the narrator and has to observe everything from the first appearance of Helen Stoner at 221B Baker Street. But Holmes is the protagonist and Roylott the antagonist. Helen Stoner might be called "the bone of contention" or "the MacGuffin." 

What is the significance of the title of Fences by August Wilson?

To start answering this question, think about the way fences function as symbols in this play. First, why do different members of Troy's family want to build a fence? As Bono says in Act II, "Some people build fences to keep people out...and other people build fences to keep people in. Rose wants to hold on to you all." Rose, Troy's wife, wants to build a fence to keep her family safe and protected, much as she sees Jesus as a fence and protector. Troy, on the other hand, wants to build a fence to keep death out after Alberta, the mother of his baby, dies in childbirth. 

As much as fences can offer protection, fences can also keep people out. Think about the larger meaning of fences in Troy's life. He has been kept out of playing baseball in the white leagues because he is African-American. He won't let his son, Cory, play football because he is afraid of racism, and, as a result, Cory decides to leave home. The fences, or ways that Troy has been left out of parts of American life because of racism, cause there to be fences, or divisions, in his own family. In considering the answer to this question, think about the ways in which fences keep people in but also keep people out. 

Is Morris an untrustworthy person in W. W. Jacobs' "The Monkey's Paw"?

You could make a case that W. W. Jacobs characterizes Sergeant-Major Morris as an untrustworthy person in the short story "The Monkey's Paw."

Jacobs' description of Morris's physical looks serves as one clue that Morris might not be the most trustworthy person. Specifically, he is described as being "beady of eye," which means he has small eyes that seem to "gleam with malice, avarice, or lechery" (Random House Dictionary). Beady eyes is often a description authors reserve for characters who might be worthy of suspicion.

In addition, Morris has clearly come to realize that what the monkey's paw can do is evil, yet he still brings it with him to the home of Mr. White. At first, when asked about the paw, Morris says it's not worth talking about but continues to talk about it regardless and even pulls it out of his pocket to show his hosts. Morris throws the paw in the fire and says, as he watches Mr. White retrieve it, "If you keep it, don't blame me for what happens." If he truly believed the paw should be destroyed, perhaps he would have destroyed it in private to ensure his actions were not interfered with.

What are some chapters in the novel To Kill a Mockingbird in which the theme "the effects of poverty and ignorance" are portrayed?

In Chapter 3, Lee portrays the association between poverty and ignorance in the character of Burris Ewell and his family. Burris comes from a poor family and displays his ignorance through his disrespectful comments directed at Miss Caroline. Burris' father does not value education and does not require his children to attend school. Later on in the chapter, Atticus explains to Scout how Bob Ewell spends most of his money on alcohol instead of feeding his children. The Ewells are a prime example of how Lee incorporates the theme of poverty and ignorance. The Ewell children suffer from their father's inability to maintain a steady job and their lack of moral education results in an ignorant attitude towards others.

In Chapter 15, the Old Sarum bunch attempt to lynch Tom Robinson before the trial. The Old Sarum bunch consists of poor, ignorant farmers. Their ignorance is displayed in their prejudiced views towards African Americans. Fortunately, Atticus and his children prevent them from harming Tom Robinson. The mob's ignorance would have been the catalyst for harming the Finch family in order to lynch Tom Robinson. The mob's socioeconomic status is what brings them together, and violence is perpetuated by their ignorance.

What is an example of foreshadowing in The Shakespeare Stealer?

One interesting example of foreshadowing is when Widge is leaving the Globe after his second attempt to copy out a verbatim record of Hamlet. He is trying to catch up with Falconer but is distracted by the fire and jostled by a scraggly "fellow" who smiles and politely apologizes. When Widge catches sight of Falconer, waiting for Widge to hand over to him the table-book with the charactery writing transcription of Hamlet, Widge finds that his leather wallet is empty. He has his wallet, but the table-book is missing from it: "The pouch seemed flat and empty. My heart suddenly felt the same."

Because of the foreshadowing effect of a sudden mystery, we suspect that the scraggly-bearded man had something to do with the loss, but Widge does not; he instinctively blames himself. Since we don't know for sure if the man acted as a pickpocket (or if he knew Widge had written down a transcript of Hamlet), Widge's encounter with the man foreshadows Widge's future understanding of that event (will Widge make the connection and was the table-book lifted by the man?) and foreshadows the resolution of the deeper mystery contained in the encounter: Who was that bearded man?

Then someone jostled me from behind, bringing me to my senses. ... [It] was only a thin fellow with a red nose and a scraggly beard, smiling apologetically. "Begging your pardon, my young friend," he said and moved off through the crowd.

We might suspect it was Shakespeare in disguise (like Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes, Shakespeare would have been an expert at disguises), but was it perhaps Burbage in disguise? Was it merely a street pickpocket who got lucky (or unlucky, depending upon his perspective)? Who was it? The event foreshadows the answers to these questions and the solutions to their mysterious hints. (Another instance of foreshadowing occurs just before this one when Widge narrates seeing Julian present in the fire bucket line.)

Who is the mockingbird referred to in To Kill a Mockingbird?

There are two "mockingbirds" in Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird: Arthur "Boo" Radley and Tom Robinson.

In Chapter 10, the concept of mockingbirds is introduced when Atticus gives the children air-rifles and cautions them:

Shoot all the bluejays you want, if you can hit 'em, but remember it's a sin to kill a mockingbird.

Miss Maudie adds to Atticus's words: 

Mockingbirds don't do one thing but make music for us to enjoy. They don't eat up people's gardens, don't nest in corncribs, they don't do one thing but sing their hearts out for us. That's why it's a sin to kill a mockingbird.

Thus, the mockingbird becomes a symbol of innocence. 

• Boo Radley

At first, Arthur Radley is thought to be a "malevolent phantom," but the children learn his story from Miss Maudie and gradually become sympathetic to him. When he leaves them little gifts in the knothole of the tree that the children pass each school day, Scout and Jem begin to perceive Boo as a real person, a person who does not bother anyone. Of course, the children realize what a truly good soul Boo has when he risks his life to save them from Bob Ewell.

• Tom Robinson

Another person who is kind-hearted, charitable, and lacks malevolence is Tom Robinson. Tom stops on his way down the road to help Mayella Ewell with some of her chores, even though he knows how racist her father is. In spite of his learned fear of the white man, Tom enters the ramshackle dwelling in order to "bust up a chiffarobe" and bring in kindling for Mayella because of his sympathy for her. Rather than receiving thanks for his charity, Tom is wrongfully accused of raping the very girl for whom he has done so much. He is put on trial and convicted on no substantial evidence. When, in his desperation, Tom tries to escape from prison because he fears he will be hanged, he is shot seventeen times.

Not long after Tom's death, in his editorial in the Colored News section of the newspaper, Mr. Underwood "likened Tom's death to the senseless slaughter of songbirds [e.g. mockingbirds] by hunters and children."

Clearly, then, Tom Robinson and Boo Radley are metaphorical mockingbirds in Harper Lee's narrative.

Outline the acquisition of data through the technology of satellite remote-sensing and provide one example of the application of remote-sensing...

Remote-sensing is the practice of recording objects or environmental phenomena (sensing) from a far-away place (remote). So, satellite remote-sensing refers to the practice of using satellites or drones to collect information about objects or remote phenomena within the instantaneous-field-of-view (IFOV) of a sensor system. The sensor system, of course, is located on the satellite, space shuttle, rocket, or drone.

Basically, the sensor on a satellite platform records the electromagnetic energy reflected by the object or target. There are two types of sensors. Passive sensors are used when naturally-occurring energy is available (for example, when the sun is shining during the day). Active sensors, on the other hand, can be used at any time of the day or night. These sensors work by emitting radiation towards the target in question. Reflected radiation from the target is then measured by the sensor.

The sensors record radiation all across the electromagnetic spectrum; unlike the human eye (which can only detect visible light), these special sensors can detect infrared and ultraviolet light. The reflected radiation from the target object is then turned into images and used as a surrogate for the actual target. Invisible light such as infrared or ultraviolet light are represented by different colors in satellite images. In order to interpret these images, scientists turn to visual or digital image processors. This is the basic process of acquiring data through remote-sensing satellite technology.

An example of how remote-sensing technology can benefit daily life is in the area of hurricane or storm forecasting. Since tropical hurricanes and cyclones often cost billions of dollars in property damage and the loss of countless lives, remote-sensing technology is crucial to public safety. Gathered data over decades has allowed scientists to forecast when these dangerous storms will make landfall; this allows the public to prepare and to leave affected areas before they do. Scientists can also track, examine, and study these decades of satellite data to determine patterns of hurricane and storm formation.

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What is the conflict and resolution for the Calypso episode in Homer's The Odyssey?

Calypso is a powerful nymph living on the island of Ogygia in The Odyssey. After the last of his companions die, Odysseus washes ashore on Calypso's island. The main conflict of this portion of the epic poem is Odysseus' imprisonment. Calypso mandates that Odysseus should be her lover/husband, and so Odysseus stays on the island in this role for seven years. In fact, it's on Ogygia that we first meet Odysseus, and it appears as if the king of Ithaca is longing for his home and for his wife, Penelope. The resolution of this episode occurs when Zeus (after much cajoling from Athena) sends Hermes to order Calypso to set Odysseus free, which she reluctantly does. Furthermore, Calypso helps Odysseus to build a raft for his voyage and even aids him with a helpful wind to set him on his way.

The conflict here is interesting, as Calypso doesn't necessarily treat Odysseus badly, but she does imprison him and prevent him from returning home. As such, this part of the poem is a great example of the ways in which literary conflict is not always entirely antagonistic (or, at least, it doesn't always appear antagonistic at first glance).  

In "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge" by Ambrose Bierce, what is the attitude of the soldiers toward the hanging?

I would describe the attitude of the Union soldiers present for the hanging of Peyton Farquhar as solemn and respectful.  

Readers are told two soldiers are stationed at opposite ends of the bridge. Both of them are at "support" positions. Readers are told the position is a "formal and unnatural position, enforcing an erect carriage of the body." It's a respectful and proper body position. If the soldiers didn't care about the hanging, or had a "business as usual" attitude, I imagine they might be sitting while having a cigarette.  

Bierce describes more soldiers than the two sentries, and those soldiers also display solemn, respectful silence at the events happening in front of them. The company of soldiers witnessing the hanging stands at "parade rest." It's a slightly more relaxed position than the other two soldiers, but still requires soldiers to stand still in an orderly fashion. We are also told the soldiers are "staring stonily, motionless." They are not cracking jokes or smiling. They take the hanging very seriously, and Bierce tells his readers why a few lines later.  

Death is a dignitary who when he comes announced is to be received with formal manifestations of respect, even by those most familiar with him. In the code of military etiquette silence and fixity are forms of deference.

Despite being soldiers who are used to witnessing death, the men still give Farquhar their complete attention, silence, and respect.

What figurative language is in "Mom had grown up in the desert. She loved the dry, crackling heat" from page 21 of The Glass Castle? How do you...

The words "crackling heat" are an example of onomatopoeia. "Crackling" refers to the short, sharp sounds a fire makes when it's burning. Onomatopoeia is a word that describes or mimics the sound something makes. As a literary device, onomatopoeia is an effective means of making an author's prose more vivid.

In the book, the author uses onomatopoeia to highlight Jeannette's mother's love for the desert. "Crackling" describes the scorching desert heat perfectly. "Crackling" is also an emblem of Jeannette's mother's resourcefulness, tenacity, and fierce independence. From the text, we learn Jeannette's mother has the skills necessary to survive in the desert and thrive in her surroundings. Jeannette proclaims that her mother knows which plants are toxic and which are good for eating. Her mother also knows where to find water and how to make do with what she finds.

Jeannette maintains that her mother is courageous enough to drink unpurified water, as "long as animals were drinking from it." To make toothpaste, Jeannette's mother teaches her children to mix hydrogen peroxide with a little baking soda. In short, Jeannette's mother welcomes the "emptiness and severity" of the open desert. Her love of the "crackling heat" testifies to her courage, independence, and resourcefulness.

What can we learn from A Midsummer Night's Dream?

This play teaches us you can’t force someone to love someone else. This is a general issue in the play. Egeus tries to choose a spouse for his daughter against her wishes. In another situation, the potion Puck is given by Oberon causes trouble because it tricks people into thinking they are in love with someone when they really aren’t. The love is not real. You cannot force someone to be in love. If the love is not real, then chaos will result. That is what happens with the mismatched lovers in the forest.

In the end, the story has a happy ending because everyone ends up with the right person—the person he or she chooses. Theseus and Hippolyta choose each other from the beginning, and the play ends with their wedding and with all the other pairs successfully matched.

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How did the Sumerians, Egyptians, and Hebrews differ in how they related to their gods?

The Hebrews were monotheists who believed in only one god, while the Sumerians and Egyptians believed in many gods (they were polytheists).

While the Jews believed in a god who was omnipotent (all-powerful), omnipresent (all-present), and omniscient (all-seeing), the Sumerians and Egyptians worshiped gods who behaved very much like powerful human beings. These gods didn't shy away from committing murders, engaging in incest, having affairs, and plotting to overthrow rivals. For example, the Egyptian god Seth murdered his brother, Osiris, because he was jealous of him. Osiris, of course, was married to Isis, his sister. Here's more about the story: The Story of Isis and Osiris.

As for Sumerians, the god Enki was forefront in their worship; with his Mesopotamian equivalent, Ea, Enki was the creator of the world. He was also, in turn, a virile god who had an immense sexual appetite, and he enjoyed sexual encounters with various goddesses. There are also Sumerian accounts of Enki and Inana (the goddess of sex and war) battling each other for the right to rule civilization. Here's more about Enki: Enki/Ea, god of wisdom and the creator of the world.

The Hebrews, for their part, saw their god as infallible and holy. He was viewed as a god they could trust in a time of trouble. The Hebrews believed that their god had a plan for their lives and that his laws were to be obeyed for their own good. The Hebrews viewed their god as the epitome of perfection, one who didn't participate in the sometimes violent and lascivious activities the Sumerian and Egyptian gods engaged in.

A major difference between the Sumerian and Egyptian people also lay in how they saw their gods. The Sumerians saw their gods as deities who had to be placated and catered to, while the Egyptians saw their gods as deities who were largely benign and well-disposed towards humans. For the Sumerians, the most important gods largely kept a distance between themselves and humans, so worshipers often relied on intermediary gods to intercede for them. Since Sumerian city-states often had patron gods and goddesses, the Sumerian people often spent inordinate amounts of time placating these gods with sacrifices and prayers.

On the other hand, the Hebrews approached their god without the benefit of intermediaries. Although they had a priestly caste, the Hebrews largely believed in a personal experience with their god.

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How does the opening scene of Julius Caesar capture the interest of readers for the rest of the play?

There was a lot of talking and restlessness in Shakespeare's theater before the play began, especially in the pit where the standees were often unruly. Shakespeare's opening scenes typically start with incidents that will capture attention and create silence so that everyone can hear the actors. In Macbeth, for example, the Three Witches are so weird and crazy that everyone is fascinated. In Hamlet there is a suggestion that the guards are in imminent danger and are all frightened. Julius Caesar opens with a big conflict between the tribunes and the plebeians. Theatergoers were probably not accustomed to seeing so many people on the stage when the play had just opened.

Shakespeare does not have to capture audience interest for the rest of the play. That would be impossible. He captures audience interest long enough to silence them and get them involved in the plot. The imbroglio between the tribunes and the commoners not only attracts attention; it illustrates the fundamental problem in the play. There is great unrest in Rome. A lot of people are fed up with democratic government and want a strong man to take over and establish law and order. Julius Caesar is presenting himself as that man. There is a strong possibility that he will be made king. Many aristocrats fear this demagogue because he evidently intends to achieve power by taking money, property, and power from the privileged classes in order to improve the conditions of the have-nots. The conspiracy to assassinate Caesar is essentially intended to preserve the privileges of the rich and powerful.

So Shakespeare's dramatic opening captures immediate interest and also acquaints the audience with the nature of the crisis prevailing at the time. The opening scene ends with dialogue containing a wonderful metaphor which shows that Julius Caesar is at the center of this great crisis.

FLAVIUS
I'll about,
And drive away the vulgar from the streets;
So do you too, where you perceive them thick.
These growing feathers pluck'd from Caesar's wing
Will make him fly an ordinary pitch,
Who else would soar above the view of men
And keep us all in servile fearfulness.

How do you think weak and sickly Lady Madeline escapes from the copper and stone tomb in "The Fall of the House of Usher"?

I will give you two theories on this.  One is that the whole thing is in the narrator’s head and the comments about how she seemed to be alive made him imagine her coming out of the tomb.   The other option is that she was just so angry about how she was buried alive that she mustered up the strength to push her way out.  After all, the lid was not tight because they are the ones who screwed in the lid.

To say that Roderick is not in his right mind is an understatement.  The narrator really does not seem to know what he walked into when he went to that house.  He hasn’t seen Roderick for ages.  They were childhood friends.  He came because Roderick asked him to, and he found himself stepping into a nightmare.

The doctor did not know what either Roderick or Madeline were suffering from; according to the narrator he “wore a mingled expression of low cunning and perplexity.”  When Madeline died, Roderick’s reaction was odd to say the least.  He wanted his sister entombed beneath the house.  There, the narrator says she seems to look alive still.

The disease which had thus entombed the lady in the maturity of youth, had left, as usual in all maladies of a strictly cataleptical character, the mockery of a faint blush upon the bosom and the face, and that suspiciously lingering smile upon the lip which is so terrible in death. 

This is one of the hints that foreshadows the fact that she is alive, in addition to the fact that she is being entombed there and not somewhere else.  She almost seems healthy.  You can imagine that she might have pulled together enough anger and resentment to pull herself out of the tomb and kill her brother.  Roderick seemed to think it was possible.

Not hear it? — yes, I hear it, and have heard it. Long — long — long — many minutes, many hours, many days, have I heard it — yet I dared not — oh, pity me, miserable wretch that I am! — I dared not — I dared not speak! We have put her living in the tomb!

Maybe it is the twin bond, and Roderick knew that she was still coming.  The whole thing is creepy, and maybe the creepy house and Roderick’s bizarre behavior made the whole story a figment of the narrator’s imagination.  It could have been a nightmare.

What are some examples of repetition in the monologue "Seven Ages of Man" from Shakespeare's As You Like It?

Jacques's monologue from As You Like It is an example of dramatic poetry, and as such, repetition of words and ideas is employed for emphasis and to intensify effect.

Here are some examples of this repetition:

• Words: plays, player
  

Jacques uses the forms of the word play in order to emphasize and remind his listeners that he is using the extended metaphor of people's being actors on the stage of life.

First, he states that "all the men and women [are] merely players" (line 2) and each man in his life "plays (line  4) many parts." Then, after Jacques describes these various parts which are the stages of life, he concludes, "And so he plays (line 19) his part." 

• Words: part, parts
  

Jacques refers to people as actors on the stage of life, who assume different roles, or "parts," as he calls them, during the various phases of their lives.

He contends that in his lifetime, each man plays many "parts (line 4)." 

Then, after describing five of the roles/parts of man, Jacques makes a summation: "And so he plays his part" (line 19).

• Words: age(s)

Jacques describes people's roles in life as "seven ages" (line 5). Later, he again uses the word as he mentions the "sixth age" (line 19)

• Ideas: The idea of man's assuming different roles throughout his life is repeated with the descriptions of these roles and with the ideas introduced by such words as acts, age, scene
  

Jacques states that man is involved the "acts" of seven ages (line 5), and he describes these various ages and the roles played as though they are scenes on a stage. He concludes, "Last scene of all..." (line 25). 

How could August Stramm's "War Grave" be compared with Issac Rosenberg's "On Receiving News of the War"?

There are a number of ways to compare both poems. Here are some:

1)Compare the structure of the poems.

First, Rosenberg's poem follows the ABAB rhyme; each stanza begins with an iambic trimeter line alternating with an iambic dimeter line, and so on.

Snow is/ a strange/ white word. (trimeter)
No ice/ or frost (dimeter)
Has asked/ of bud/ or bird (trimeter)
For Win/ter’s cost. (dimeter)

Meanwhile, Stramm's poem is minimalist in approach and utilizes one-line statements that portray the varied emotions and perspectives of soldiers on the front lines.

2)Compare the style of each poem.

August Stramm wrote his poem in the Expressionist style, with none of the militarism and gratuitous violence exemplified in works influenced by Futurism and Vorticism. Vorticism is a blend of Cubism and Futurism. Cubist works were avant-garde art and poetry that concentrated mainly on fragmented and abstract reassembly of particular subjects. Futurist works concentrated mainly on the unsentimental aspects of modern technology and mechanism; additionally, futurist works glorified the power of technology and violence as well as the triumph of human inventions over the natural environment.

August Stramm's poem is apologetically minimalist, and he resorts to unflinching one-line statements about war, in order to portray the human experience. This Expressionist approach highlights emotion and the subjective in relation to any experience. It is not futurist or vorticist; there is no effort to revert to sensational, gratuitous violence or to glorify the machines of war. Stramm's poem concentrates on the human experience; in any war, each moment is unique. Not all moments are of terror; some moments are mundane and even ordinary. Consider the words Stramm uses: "water," "attack," "nothing," "kiss," and "forgotten."

Rosenberg's poem, on the other hand, tries to explore the rationale for violence and bloodshed. He ponders the "crimson curse" and the "spirit old" which has focused its "malign kiss" on humankind. Please refer to the link below for a cogent analysis of the religious imagery.

3)Compare the backgrounds of both poets. How did differing perspectives about war affect the content of their poems?

Consider the backgrounds of the poets: August Stramm was a German Expressionist poet, who served and died on the battlefield during World War One. Isaac Rosenberg was an English Jewish poet, who also served and was killed on the battlefield during World War One.

Both men used markedly different styles to write their poems [please refer to number (2) above]. Also, consider that Rosenberg's poem contains religious imagery that is profoundly troubling and unsettling. Both poems allude to the inevitability of death and obliteration, sure. However, Rosenberg's poem touches on a distinctly vulnerable God, one most people would rather not consider: Red fangs have torn His face. / God’s blood is shed.”

It is an image of God that certainly flies in the face of the Judaeo-Christian conception of God. The imagery is stark and may offend certain sensibilities, but it certainly underlines the horror of war in unmitigated terms. Rosenberg's attitude to war was perhaps cynical, but nevertheless bereft of naivety: "I never joined the army for patriotic reasons. Nothing can justify war. I suppose we must all fight to get the trouble over." [Field, F. (1991). British and French writers of the First World War: Comparative studies in cultural history. Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press, p. 235].

Here's a very helpful analysis of Rosenberg's On Receiving News of the War:

On Receiving News of the War analysis.

On the other hand, Stramm was married and pursued lofty hobbies as an amateur artist and cellist. His fascination for war as a subject matter was equal to his revulsion for the atrocities of war. Stramm's minimalist approach highlighted an almost macabre, microscopic fascination for the intricacies of human terror and experience. Again, please refer to the information above.

Hope this helps!

How might a nation try to overthrow a foreign country that reigns over it?

There have been plenty of revolutions over the course of history. Some of these occur when a country is revolting against the rule of another country that is occupying or in some way controlling it. Here a few examples of how a country in this situation might stage a revolution.

American Revolution: In this case, the American colonies were revolting against the country that founded its very existence—Britain. It involved a full-scale, long-term war that involved a third foreign power (France). This kind of overthrow is very difficult, as it requires a great deal of resources and manpower—manpower that is willing to fight and risk life and limb.

India: Britain colonized India in the 19th century (for the most part, although there had been some colonial activity before that). Eventually, in the first half of the 20th century, the Indian people began in earnest to try to throw off British rule. Gandhi led a nonviolent protest that brought about Indian independence in 1947. This is not the way revolutions usually proceed. It took an exceptional person like Gandhi to pull off a relatively bloodless revolt.

Iran: The Iranians lived under the oppressive Shah of Iran, who was supported by the United States. In this 1979 revolution, a religious group, radical Shiite Muslims, staged a revolution that included taking hostages at the U. S. Embassy. In this case, one group represented how most of the country felt, and exploited that sentiment—throwing off the power of the Shah (and America) in the process. This revolution was not nonviolent.

These are three different ways that a country might overthrow a foreign power. Doubtless there are more.  

In chapter 21, Holden makes a comment comparing how adults sleep to how children sleep. How does this relate to what we know about Holden's character?

In Chapter 21, Holden happens upon his little sister, Phoebe, sleeping peacefully in his brother D.B.'s room. After watching her, he decides that children always look very peaceful when they sleep, unlike adults. It makes sense that Holden would say this. He is a character who is quite thoughtful and critical about everything. He tends to see things in a more cynical light than other people his age, and it shows in his observations of others. In life, he experiences a feeling of discontent with everything; this contributes to his views on the adult pursuasion and his judgemental attitude toward virtually everyone else that he runs into.

Adults, he thinks, are very "phony" in general. In fact, he sees a lot of what happens in the world as their fault. We know that he has experienced some trauma in his past which makes him a troubled person and an unreliable narrator. It also gives him a unique perspective on certain situations. Where someone else might look upon Phoebe sleeping in a positive light, he marvels at how different she looks than an adult would. This negative spin that he puts on everything that he witnesses speaks to his internal anger and critical nature. 

Do you think "The Slave's Dream" is an anti-slavery poem? Give reasons.

"The Slave’s Dream" is an anti-slavery poem because it ends with the view that the slave is happier dead that enslaved. The poem portrays the grim nature of slavery by depicting the slave’s dream. The slave is shown sleeping near a rice field with a sickle in his hand. He has been enslaved and forced to work under the sweltering sun. He dreams that he is back in his native home. In his dream, he is free and enjoys all the perks of freedom. He also sees himself together with a loving family. However, his actual situation is far from what he sees in his dream. Slavery has stripped him off all that is good in life. He is a slave far away from home with no prospects of ever having a family or his freedom. In conclusion, the poem describes the harsh realities of slavery because the slave does not live to realize his dream.

Find the value of A to normalize the wave function: {A, -L `

Hello!

There is no given `L` and no given `A.` But, this is not a problem, we can write expressions with variables.

To normalize a wave function means to find the expression for `A` (depending on `L`) such that the probability of finding a particle somewhere on the entire axis is exactly `1.` It is known that a probability density function `pd(x)` is the square of a wave function `Psi(x).`

Also, by the definition of a probability density function, the probability of a particle being (at least) somewhere is  `int_(-oo)^(+oo) pd(x) dx = int_(-oo)^(+oo) |Psi(x)|^2 dx.` 

In our case `Psi(x) = 0` for `x` outside `[-L,L],` therefore the integral is equal to

`int_(-L)^(+L) |Psi(x)|^2 dx = int_(-L)^(+L) |A|^2 dx = 2LA^2,`

and this must be `1,` so `A^2 = 1/(2L),`  `A = 1/sqrt(2L).` This is the answer.

What is a brief summary of the poem "The Listeners"?

"The Listeners" is a fairly accessible poem by Walter de la Mare.  The poem begins by telling readers that a traveler is knocking on the door of a lone house by a forest.  He arrived by horse, and it is nighttime.  The traveler knocks the first time, and nobody answers.  The traveler knocks a second time, and again nobody answers.  The poem then goes on to describe exactly how still and empty the house appears to be.  There is no explanation given as to why the house is empty or why nobody is answering the door.  The traveler then knocks on the door a third time, and nobody answers.  He then announces to nobody in particular that he came to the house as promised, but nobody answered.  

‘Tell them I came, and no one answered,   

   That I kept my word,’ he said. 

The traveler then mounts his horse and leaves. 

If it takes 50 mL of 0.05M HCL to neutralize 345 mL of Mg(OH)2 solution, what is the concentration of the Mg(OH)2 solution?

First, write the unbalanced equation:

`Mg (OH)_2 + H Cl = Mg Cl_2 + H_2 O.`

It is simple to balance it:

`Mg (OH)_2 + 2H Cl = Mg Cl_2 + 2H_2 O`

(give the coefficient `2` to `H Cl` to balance `2 Cl` at the right side, then give the coefficient `2` to `H_2 O` to balance `O,` and we are done).

Thus one mole of `Mg (OH)_2` requires two moles of `H Cl` to be neutralized.

Next, there are `0.05 (mol)/L * 50*10^(-3) L = 2.5*10^-3 mol`  of  `H Cl`  in  `H Cl` solution, therefore there are twice less moles of `Mg (OH)_2,` `1.25*10^-3 mol.` This gives the molarity (molar concentration) of `Mg (OH)_2` to be equal to  `(1.25*10^-3 mol)/(345 mL) = (1.25 mol)/(345 L) approx 0.0036 M.`  This is the answer.

In James Hurst's "The Scarlet Ibis," who notices the bird first?

In "The Scarlet Ibis," Doodle, the narrator's younger brother, notices the bird first. The family is eating lunch in their dining room on a very hot Saturday at the end of the summer, and Doodle stops eating when he hears a "strange croaking noise" from outside. Doodle reaches the yard first, where he sees a large bird, about the size of a chicken with scarlet feathers and long legs, poised awkwardly in a tree. As they watch, the bird tumbles from the tree and dies, its eyes becoming veiled and its beak "unhinged." As the family admires the bird's elegance, "it lay on the earth like a broken vase of red flowers." 

It is important that Doodle notices the bird first because he clearly identifies with the bird, who the father says is a scarlet ibis. Soon after he sees the bird, Doodle, in some ways also an exotic and delicate creature, dies with his neck and chest stained red with blood. The bird is a symbol of Doodle's inability to adapt to his environment, in which Brother subjects Doodle to physical rigors he cannot handle. 

Compare the theme of manipulation in Orwell's 1984 and Shakespeare's Macbeth.

Manipulation occurs in George Orwell's 1984 when the government, also called Big Brother, inundates society with misinformation. News is manipulated for effect, there is no free press. When the government can control production and dissemination of the news, citizens cannot benefit from a free exchange of ideas. It makes people a lot easier to control.

The government actually does even more than that—it actively changes history, going so far as to rewrite news articles from the past to support actions taken by the government in the present.

In Macbeth, most of the manipulation is perpetrated on the character of Macbeth. He is a great warrior, but not very bright when it comes to understanding the motivations and actions of others. His wife, Lady Macbeth, is actually the more ambitious of the two, and she skillfully persuades him to do the unthinkable—kill King Duncan, so that he can become king himself. She does this by attacking his ego, suggesting that he is not really a man if he cannot stomach the idea of killing Duncan. She also behaves as though he would be disloyal to her if he did not kill Duncan.

Macbeth is also manipulated by the witches, who show him prophecies that entice him to gain power, then commit violence to keep it.

Left to his own devices, Macbeth would probably have passed on killing Duncan and seeking the throne. At one point he has decided forgo the whole thing, but Lady Macbeth talks him out of it.   

Gulliver says, "[...] I always believed it would be, some Time or other, my fortune to do." What did Gulliver want to do, and how did he prepare...

Gulliver believed that it would be his fortune, at some point, to travel.  In order to prepare himself for a life of travel, he continued his education for some time, procuring money enough to do so.  He studied medicine, what he calls "Physick," because he knew that such a course of study would be useful and practical on voyages.  After school, he got a recommendation to serve as the "Surgeon" on board a ship called the Swallow, and he was gone about three and a half years.  When he returned, he tried to settle in London, set up a practice, and got married, but business was poor and his practice failed because, as Gulliver says, he was unwilling to "imitate the bad Practice of too many among [his] Brethren."  He went again to sea, making several trips over the next six years, and he eventually returned home.  Another business failure led him to try his hand, again, at travel, and thus begins the story.

According to Gladwell, in Outliers, what is the reason that Asians excel at mathematics? Discuss the cultural and educational differences that he...

Gladwell has a few different arguments to make regarding Asian excellence at mathematics.  First, the agricultural tradition of many Asian countries, which is rice farming, promotes this skill, and second, Asian languages, Chinese in particular, are better adapted to handling computation of numbers, both leading to an educational climate in which the attributes of a rice-farming tradition and an ease with numbers promote educational and subsequent success in math.

Rice farming, according to Gladwell, requires a great deal of hard work through all seasons, problem-solving, and attention to detail.  Historically, rice farmers had complete autonomy to make decisions regarding their crops, unlike serfs, tenant farmers, and slaves. Each farmer and his family had to manage a complex system of engineering, irrigation, and timing to be successful. The qualities needed brought  tangible reward.  This created a culture in which hard-working, problem-solving, attentive people who cultivated the earth were successful.  I'm not sure how Darwinian this might be, but clearly, these are the traits that were handed down from one generation to the next. Children learned by being active participants in the process.  And all of the skills needed to successfully farm rice are the same skills necessary to do well in math. 

The Chinese numbering system also promotes a greater ease in learning, remembering, and manipulating numbers than those of other languages.  The names for the numbers are quite short, and they are not as inconsistent as other languages, for example, in English. We do not say "fiveteen" to show five plus ten, for instance.  Having brief sounds means children learn the numbers quickly, they memorize them almost immediately, and they do not have to be concerned about discrepancies in logic.  That makes numbers a great deal easier to work with, and this advantage, from such an early age, is a factor, too, in Asian excellence in math. 

I find both of these credible ideas, but what concerns me is that as Asian populations become increasingly urban and the world becomes increasingly Americanized, this great advantage could be lost. That would make for a more level international playing field, I suppose, but it would be such a shame for any culture to lose such wonderful attributes. 

Why is water really wet?

I am guessing that by wet, you are referring to several things: coolness, dampness, lubrication, and the ability to saturate things or make things wet.

The coolness of water is caused by a few things. First, water is a better conductor of heat than air. If you put a thermometer into a cup of fifty degree air and fifty degree water, the one in the fifty degree water will drop faster. Second, water can evaporate from the skin, absorbing energy from the skin to change into a gas. This is how sweat works. Third, water can get more surface area on your skin than most solids. Water can get into all the pores and folds of skin, while solids are left with much less on the surface.

Dampness is when water changes the properties of other things by being in them. For example, when a paper towel is damp, it gets floppy and limp. Damp hair clings together better. Damp skin is more flexible. This is caused by dehydration of dried out fibers, allowing greater flexibility.

Lubrication is from the ease in which water molecules slide past each other. By having at least two layers of water molecules between sliding surfaces, they glide effortlessly.

What are the achievements of the United Nations Organization?

There are several successes of the United Nations. One success was keeping South Korea independent after North Korea attacked them without provocation in 1950. The United Nations put together a fighting force of soldiers from several countries, led by the United States, to force North Korea out of South Korea. South Korea remains independent today.

The United Nations helped save the pyramids in Egypt. When there was a proposal to build a highway that would endanger the pyramids, the United Nations acted to divert the building of the highway so the pyramids would remain safe.

The United Nations has worked to eliminate some diseases and to protect the environment. The United Nations worked to wipe out smallpox with a vast immunization campaign. The United Nations also worked to get countries to work together to protect the ozone layer by getting countries to sign an agreement to reduce carbon emissions.

The United Nations has also worked to help children. The Children’s fund of the United Nations works to protect the rights of kids.

The United Nations has had many successes.

Which line from the text shows that Capulet believes Tybalt should respect him because he is Tybalt’s uncle?

When Tybalt sees Romeo at Lord Capulet's masquerade party, he becomes instantly enraged, feeling as though the young Montague's presence is an insult to his family's honor.  He wants to confront Romeo himself, and is rushing off to do so when Capulet stops him.  Tybalt explains that he's spotted Romeo and details his belief that the young man has come "in spite" to mock their festivities (1.5.70).  However, Capulet, quite reasonably at first, instructs Tybalt to leave Romeo alone and not to let his presence be a bother because Capulet would never treat Romeo badly in his own house, especially not in front of his guests.  He says,

Take no note of him.
It is my will, the which if thou respect,
Show a fair presence and put off these frowns,
An ill-beseeming semblance for a feast.  (1.5.80-83).

In these lines, then, Capulet seems to demand his nephew's respect for his will, asking him to stop being upset and just enjoy the party.  However, when Tybalt says that he cannot endure Romeo's presence, Capulet becomes angry, saying,

He shall be endured.
What, goodman boy?  I say he shall.  Go to.
Am I the master here or you?  Go to.
[....]
You will set cock-a-hoop, you'll be the man! (1.5.86-91)

Here, Capulet insults Tybalt, calling him "goodman boy," emphasizing Capulet's rank as a gentleman above Tybalt, and then he further underscores the disparity between their respective statuses when he rhetorically asks who the master is here.  (It is obviously Capulet.)  Finally, he accuses Tybalt of recklessness when he says that his nephew "will set cock-a-hoop," and mocks him for wanting to "be the man," and, essentially, take charge (over Capulet, his uncle).  Thus, Capulet says quite a few things to reinforce his power over Tybalt: this is his home, his party, his guests, he is a gentleman, the master, the man in charge.

What are three ways Elie Wiesel's father helped him stay alive in the camps, as detailed in Night?

Despite the fact that his father is often a burden to Elie, the older man's presence in the camps is one of the major reasons why Elie ultimately survived. Throughout their internment, Elie is constantly concerned with his father's well being and considers himself indispensable to his father's survival. This attitude probably helped keep Elie from succumbing to exhaustion and starvation. There are two good examples of this in section six. During the forced march from Buna to Gleiwitz, Elie suggests that his survival was prompted by his father's presence running at his side. He believed that if he faltered and could not go on, his father would also certainly perish:

My father's presence was the only thing that stopped me....He was running at my side, out of breath, at the end of his strength, at his wit's end. I had no right to let myself die. What would he do without me? I was his only support.

A little later in this section, Elie is again on the verge of giving in to exhaustion when his father saves him. After marching (more like running) forty-two miles, he drops to the snowy ground to sleep. His father pleads with him to move on and not to fall asleep on the frozen "carpet" of snow:

"Don't let yourself be overcome by sleep, Eliezer. It's dangerous to fall asleep in the snow. You might sleep for good. Come on, come on. Get up."...I got up, gritting my teeth. Supporting me with his arm, he led me outside.

Even though Elie's father does not survive the camps, it could certainly be argued that Elie lived on primarily because he had a purpose in life during the horrible year he spent imprisoned. In his book Man's Search for Meaning, Victor Frankl, also a camp survivor, argued that apathy and lack of purpose was one of the major reasons why prisoners died. They simply gave up because they could see no reason to carry on such an abominable existence. For Elie, no matter how bad things got, he always had his father (his father died shortly before the liberation of Buchenwald) to give him a purpose and a reason for living.

What is an example of Victor's moral culpability in Frankenstein?

Moral culpability is defined as the state of mind of a person before and while committing an act that may be considered cruel, illegal, "evil," or deviant. For example, if someone does harm upon someone else on purpose and with the intention of causing harm and pain, then this person is morally culpable for the actions he or she is committing. 

In Frankenstein, both Frankenstein and his monster are equally responsible for the situations that take place. 

Victor creates the monster out of pure, shallow ambition, just for the sake of attempting to be godlike. 

I had worked hard for nearly two years, for the sole purpose of infusing life into an inanimate body. . . I had desired it with an ardour that far exceeded moderation; but now that I had finished, the beauty of the dream vanished, and breathless horror and disgust filled my heart.

Insubstantial and vain, Victor now rejects the very creation he fought so hard to make. He is morally culpable of doing everything, from the desecration of corpses, to the unethical attempt to mock divine intervention, just to bring life into this body. Any consequence that arises as a result of such actions stem from an act that was, essentially, immoral. For this reason, Victor is to blame. It is no surprise his creature rebels against him.

The creature is shunned by Victor, which causes its hatred. The creature demands that Victor creates a partner for him, thus allowing Victor to fix his wrong. When Frankenstein changes his mind after having originally agreed to do it, the monster punishes him. The anger and want for revenge is what makes the creature morally culpable for his actions. Even though the creature may have had a degree of reason for hating his maker, the fact that he acted against him on purpose is what would hold the creature morally responsible for its actions.

What appeals to you about Shylock's speech in The Merchant of Venice? How might it be performed?

By "Shylock's speech," I'm assuming that you are referring to Shylock's "Hath not a Jew eyes?" speech in Act 3, Scene 1, which is probably the moneylender's most famous speech (and perhaps the most famous speech in the whole play). If you're unfamiliar with this speech, here is the most important part of it: 

                                               ... He hath

disgrac'd me and hind'red me half a million;

laugh'd at my losses, mock'd at my gains,

scorned my nation, thwarted my bargains,

cooled my friends, heated mine enemies. And

what's his reason? I am a Jew. Hath not a Jew

eyes? Hath not a Jew hands, organs, dimensions,

senses, affections, passions, fed with the same

food, hurt with the same weapons, subject to

the same diseases, healed by the same means,

warmed and cooled by the same winter and

summer, as a Christian is? If you prick us, do we

not bleed? (46-58)    

In this speech, Shylock describes the abuse he's suffered at the hands of Antonio, and points out that this oppression is a result of the fact that he's a Jew. More importantly, Shylock questions why he should receive such ill-treatment, as a Jew is a human being just as a Christian is. This speech is important because it uncovers the anti-Semitism at the heart of the play and points out its hypocrisy. More to the point, it reveals that Antonio is not as virtuous as he seems, but is actually something of a racist. As such, this speech is appealing because Shylock is proving that he is not just a "villain"; instead, he is an oppressed individual who suffers greatly at the hands of his Christian oppressors. In that case, even if Shylock can play the villain, this role is complicated, as the Christian community in the play has driven Shylock to evil by subjugating him to cruel treatment and prejudice.

Determining how this speech might be performed is somewhat subjective. That said, I believe that it would have to be performed with a complex mixture of hatred, outrage, and sadness, as Shylock is essentially conveying that he is tired of being treated as sub-human just because he is Jewish, as he is exactly the same as his Christian tormentors. Therefore, any performance of this speech would have to effectively convey the complex and subtle layers of emotion displayed here.                                        

Are there any examples of logos appearing in Into The Wild?

The way that I interpret this question is that it is asking if any company logos appear in the book.  I can provide two specific times when Krakauer comments on a specific logo within Into the Wild.

The first described logo is the logo found on Chris McCandless when he was discovered dead in the bus.  When McCandless was found, the Alaska State Troopers could not identify who he was.  McCandless didn't travel with any kind of identification.  McCandless happened to be wearing a shirt that had the logo of a towing company in Santa Barbara.  The law enforcement officers then contacted the towing company in hopes that they knew McCandless.  

The second specific logo mentioned in the book appears on a jacket being worn by Walt McCandless.  The jacket's logo is for the Jet Propulsion Laboratory.  

If by "logos," you mean logic, then the best example from the book would be chapters 8 and 9.  In those chapters, Krakauer tries to convince readers that McCandless is not some singular crazy guy.  Chapter 8 focuses on Gene Rossellini, John Waterman, and Carl McGunn, and chapter 9 focuses on Everett Ruess.  During these chapters, Krakauer attempts to establish similarities between McCandless and the four men.  The arguments are presented in a logical format with supporting evidence, and those chapters did quite a bit to change my opinion of McCandless himself. 

Why do you think Stevenson chose to tell the story from Utterson's point of view rather than using Jekyll and Hyde from the beginning? How does...

Stevenson likely chose to have Utterson narrate the story so that the audience would see the story unfold as he does, increasing suspense and tension as we must wonder with him what on earth is going on with Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.  If either Jekyll or Hyde were the narrator, there would be almost no suspense because either one would be able to explain to us, from the beginning, what the nature of their relationship is and how they are connected.  However, as it is, whenever Utterson is confused and suspicious, so are we.  Whenever he lacks information, so do we, and so Stevenson succeeds in creating a great deal more suspense by revealing the strange case to us as it is revealed to Utterson.  Then, as he pieces the full story together from Lanyon's narrative as well as Jekyll's letter, we see the big picture at the same time, finally relieving the tension for all of us. 

Does light affect the growth of an Elodea plant?

In general, plants need food in order to grow. The process by which plants make their own food is called photosynthesis. We can determine if light affects the growth of an Elodea plant by finding out the effect of light on its ability to produce its own food and maintain optimal growth.

Such experiments have been carried out using the Elodea plant before, and the results of one such experiment as presented in a research report by Dr Norman Herr indicates that light affects the rate at which the Elodea plant makes its own food and, by extension, its ability to maintain optimal growth.

The experiment concludes that excessive light may result in a ‘burn out,’ while too little light will not provide sufficient light for the plant to manufacture its own food and maintain optimal growth.

What were the immediate and long term effects and consequences of the Cuban Missile Crisis?

The Cuban Missile Crisis was a serious event that had both short-term and long-term consequences. Once the United States discovered that the Soviet Union was building missile sites in Cuba and placing missiles there, we responded to this threat.

In the short term, the consequences were significant. We put our military on high alert. We imposed a naval blockade around Cuba and indicated that the Soviet ships would not be allowed to pass through the blockade. We also demanded they remove the missiles from Cuba and dismantle the missile sites. The world anxiously watched events unfold in what had the potential to be a nuclear confrontation. Fortunately, a compromise was reached, and disaster was avoided.

In the long run, the Cuban Missile Crisis had several effects. Both the United States and the Soviet Union realized how close they came to a major confrontation that could have involved the use of nuclear weapons. Both sides agreed in 1963 to ban the aboveground testing of nuclear weapons. Both countries agreed to establish a telephone hotline so the leaders of both countries could talk if a crisis developed. In 1968, both countries signed an agreement, called the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, where each side agreed not to give other countries nuclear technology.

The Cuban Missile Crisis was a serious event that had both short-term and long-term impacts.

How many bonds can a sulfur atom form?

This answer depends on how technical of an answer you are looking for. Most of the time a sulfur atom can form two bonds. It is in the same column of the periodic table of elements as oxygen is and oxygen will form two bonds. Most people would say that sulfur will do the same thing because it has six valence electrons. That means it has two more spots to fill in order to have a full outer shell. Of course sulfur is not oxygen, so it does not behave exactly the same way that oxygen behaves. For example, sulfur can form up to six bonds, which is what is the case in something like sulfuric acid -- (H2)SO4.