What are the possible things that Framton Nuttel could find out that Vera lied about if he went to ask his sister? Or maybe he can't? Why?

This is an interesting question. Many readers must have wondered if Vera would ever get caught. Framton Nuttel would surely mention his visit to her. They seem to be in fairly close contact. However, the author makes it clear that Framton's sister hadn't been back to that part of England in years and didn't have a good recollection of some of the people to whom she wrote letters of introduction on her brother's behalf. His sister had told him.

"I shall just give you letters of introduction to all the people I know there. Some of them, as far as I can remember, were quite nice."

And when Vera casually inquires if he knows anyone in the area, he tells her:

"Hardly a soul," said Framton. "My sister was staying here, at the rectory, you know, some four years ago, and she gave me letters of introduction to some of the people here."

So Framton has met a few people through his sister's letters, but he has not made any real connections, probably because he creates such a poor impression on strangers. He has no one in the vicinity whom he can ask about Vera's story. However, he must start feeling suspicious after he has time to think about what happened. If he tells his sister about it, she will have no one to ask except the vicar. This is probably what Framton will do and what his sister will do. She can only write the vicar a letter. There were, of course, no telephones in those times.

The vicar would be astonished when he received the sister's letter. He wouldn't have to make inquiries because he would know that all the Sappletons were alive and well. As a matter of fact, he would probably see all of them, including Vera, every Sunday. The vicar would realize that Vera had made up a ghastly story to frighten their visitor. The only question seems to be what the vicar would do about it. Framton's sister would not know anything that would be helpful to her brother because she had been away from that rural area for four years and didn't really know any of the people very well. She would not want to make personal inquiries except to the vicar--and it is possible that she might not even want to do that. Why not? Because it would only stir up trouble. If the vicar talked to Mr. and Mrs. Sappleton, they would be very embarrassed. They would know their niece was lying, but they wouldn't want the incident to be spread around all over the neighborhood. They would feel that a total stranger had caused them trouble and now that total stranger, whom Mrs. Sappleton didn't like, was bringing in his sister and the vicar to create further trouble. It would look as if they drove a poor, sick man away when he was only seeking a tiny amount of tea and sympathy.

If Framton's sister wrote the vicar, he would certainly reply to her. But his reply would probably be that the Sappletons were all alive and that he saw them frequently. He would say that he knew nothing about anybody being killed while hunting and that it must have been some misunderstanding. The vicar's sympathies would naturally be with the Sappletons because they are local residents and parishioners.

There is a chance that the vicar might want to have a private conversation with young Vera and tell her that she shouldn't be making up stories. But we can imagine how Vera would handle the vicar! She would probably just make up another wild story to discredit Framton. After all, he is the one who is suffering from the nervous disorder. He is therefore not in perfect control of his mental faculties. He just misunderstood something she said about the danger of being sucked into a bog and then imagined that her three male relatives were returning from the dead. It was all in Mr. Nuttel's imagination, and he ran away so fast that he didn't even get to meet the three returning hunters. If only that nice Mr. Nuttel had stayed for tea, he would have seen that they were perfectly all right.

Why did the U.S. struggle after the American Revolution? Explain the economic, political, and social issues facing the young nation.

After the American Revolution, the U.S. was ruled under the short-lived Articles of Confederation. Ratified in 1781, the Articles lasted until 1789. The Articles of Confederation, as the name implies, set up a confederation of states that gave limited power to the federal government. As a result, the federal government could not regulate trade or issue currency. Different currencies complicated trade between states and with foreign countries, and the federal government also lacked the power...

After the American Revolution, the U.S. was ruled under the short-lived Articles of Confederation. Ratified in 1781, the Articles lasted until 1789. The Articles of Confederation, as the name implies, set up a confederation of states that gave limited power to the federal government. As a result, the federal government could not regulate trade or issue currency. Different currencies complicated trade between states and with foreign countries, and the federal government also lacked the power to tax. As states did not always raise enough money through taxation or provide these funds to the federal government in a timely way, the federal government often faced budget shortfalls and struggled financially.

Politically, the leadership of the country was weak. Without a President, the country could not conduct foreign relations with any authority or deal with uprisings. While the Confederation had the power to declare war, it did not have the power to raise an army. Instead, the government relied on state militias. Shortly after the Revolution, the British Navy began to try to impress American sailors (meaning recruit or force them into their navy), but the federal government under the Articles lacked the power to respond effectively to these types of threats and to internal threats such as Shays' Rebellion in 1786-1787.

Socially, many people thought of themselves as Virginians, for example, rather than as Americans. There was a weak sense of belonging to a union that could tie together people from different states. The Constitution, ratified in 1788, began to create economic and political order and to create a deeper sense of national identity. 

How does Jack London use the literary element of flashbacks to impact his audience in "A Piece of Steak"?

Jack London uses flashbacks in "A Piece of Steak" to help the reader see exactly where Tom King had once been in his life. The flashbacks simply help the reader compare and contrast Tom King's former status with his current one.

As Tom King is making his way to his next fight, on foot, he remembers what it was like when he was considered the best in the world.

Big money--sharp, glorious fights--periods of rest...

Jack London uses flashbacks in "A Piece of Steak" to help the reader see exactly where Tom King had once been in his life. The flashbacks simply help the reader compare and contrast Tom King's former status with his current one.

As Tom King is making his way to his next fight, on foot, he remembers what it was like when he was considered the best in the world.

Big money--sharp, glorious fights--periods of rest and loafing in between--a following of eager flatterers, the slaps on the back, the shakes of the hand, the toffs glad to buy him a drink for the privilege of five minutes' talk--and the glory of it, the yelling houses, the whirlwind finish, the referee's "King wins!" and his name in the sporting columns next day.

This lets the audience know that Tom King was, at one point, used to glory and fame and all of the privileges that came along with it. The flashback shows Tom King once had people fawning over him, buying him food, and practically throwing money at him. When compared to what Tom King is going through currently in the story, it's a sharp contrast. 

The secretary of the Gayety Club had advanced him three pounds--the loser's end of the purse--and beyond that had refused to go. Now and again he had managed to borrow a few shillings from old pals, who would have lent more only that it was a drought year and they were hard put themselves.

This quote shows Tom King's current status in life: penniless and borrowing money from any source he could. Tom King fell from grace, and he had to learn how to reconcile that fact within himself. 

What are some of the basic principles of the Enlightenment and Scientific Revolution?

Some basic principles of the Enlightenment and Scientific Revolution are the belief in reason over superstition. This belief in reason was behind the changes in political theory and ideas of government during the Enlightenment, as philosophers and political scientists such as Locke and Rousseau believed that governments should respect personal liberty and practice tolerance. These beliefs inspired political theories such as the social contract theory, which stated that the monarch had to follow the will...

Some basic principles of the Enlightenment and Scientific Revolution are the belief in reason over superstition. This belief in reason was behind the changes in political theory and ideas of government during the Enlightenment, as philosophers and political scientists such as Locke and Rousseau believed that governments should respect personal liberty and practice tolerance. These beliefs inspired political theories such as the social contract theory, which stated that the monarch had to follow the will of the people or be removed, and the separation of powers in different branches of government to check the power of the monarch.

In addition, the belief in reason inspired the Scientific Revolution, in which empiricism, or the importance of relying on evidence to corroborate scientific theories, became a guiding principle. This belief was important in laying the evidence-based groundwork for modern science and in ending the belief in superstition or religion to govern one's scientific understanding of the world. 

What does Charles say is his reason for visiting Mama?

Charles simply says to Chig that they might as well drop in on his mother as well as his brother. He says it so casually, it all seems so sudden. And the fact that the proposed visit wasn't in their original itinerary merely adds to the surprise. Given the incredibly fraught relationship between Charles and his mother, it's not immediately apparent why Charles would want to stop by. Certainly, when Charles shows up at the...

Charles simply says to Chig that they might as well drop in on his mother as well as his brother. He says it so casually, it all seems so sudden. And the fact that the proposed visit wasn't in their original itinerary merely adds to the surprise. Given the incredibly fraught relationship between Charles and his mother, it's not immediately apparent why Charles would want to stop by. Certainly, when Charles shows up at the house and gives his mother a kiss, it is perfectly obvious to Chig that there is something not quite right about this mother-son relationship. Chig can see all kinds of emotion in his father's eyes—fear, uncertainty, sadness, even perhaps hatred.

Perhaps Charles wants to visit his mother because he has so much he wants to get off his chest. During dinner, years of pent-up anger, rage, and resentment come rising to the surface. We sense that he has waited a long time for this moment, when he can now say all the things to his mother that he has wanted to say for so many years.

How does MLK Jr. combat racism?

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. wrote what we now know as "Letter from Birmingham City Jail" as a response to eight religious leaders (white men) who were expressing concern about the nonviolent protests Dr. King was leading. Dr. King was imprisoned in Birmingham because of his participation in the protests. In this letter, Dr. King combats racism in many ways. 

The first way he combats racism is to address it and call it what it is. Dr. King was far from being politically correct! He was bold to call the treatment of black citizens unjust, and he spoke the truth that others wanted to deny. 

I would not hesitate to say that it is unfortunate that so-called demonstrations are taking place in Birmingham at this time, but I would say in more emphatic terms that it is even more unfortunate that the white power structure of this city left the Negro community with no other alternative. IN ANY nonviolent campaign there are four basic steps: collection of the facts to determine whether injustices are alive, negotiation, self-purification, and direct action. We have gone through all of these steps in Birmingham. There can be no gainsaying of the fact that racial injustice engulfs this community. Birmingham is probably the most thoroughly segregated city in the United States. Its ugly record of police brutality is known in every section of this country. Its unjust treatment of Negroes in the courts is a notorious reality. 

Dr. King pulls no punches. He is in Birmingham because racism is there, and his purpose is to stand against injustice in all its forms. 

Another way Dr. King combated racism was by breaking laws. This is sometimes called civil disobedience. In his letter he gives his rationale for doing this: 

You express a great deal of anxiety over our willingness to break laws. This is certainly a legitimate concern. Since we so diligently urge people to obey the Supreme Court's decision of 1954 outlawing segregation in the public schools, it is rather strange and paradoxical to find us consciously breaking laws. One may well ask, "How can you advocate breaking some laws and obeying others?" The answer is found in the fact that there are two types of laws: there are just laws, and there are unjust laws. I would agree with St. Augustine that "An unjust law is no law at all." Now, what is the difference between the two? How does one determine when a law is just or unjust? A just law is a man-made code that squares with the moral law, or the law of God. An unjust law is a code that is out of harmony with the moral law. To put it in the terms of St. Thomas Aquinas, an unjust law is a human law that is not rooted in eternal and natural law. Any law that uplifts human personality is just. Any law that degrades human personality is unjust.

King gives a further illustration of just and unjust laws in this letter. He reminded his readers that everything Hitler did in Nazi Germany during the Holocaust was legal and that everything the Hungarian Freedom Fighters did to combat Hitler was illegal. 

Dr. King combats racism by calling on Christians, who are united in Christ, to come together for the cause of combating injustice. He speaks about his disappointment in the religious leaders and white community of believers because they have not stood with their black brothers and sisters in fighting injustice. 

I hope the church as a whole will meet the challenge of this decisive hour. But even if the church does not come to the aid of justice, I have no despair about the future. I have no fear about the outcome of our struggle in Birmingham, even if our motives are presently misunderstood. We will reach the goal of freedom in Birmingham and all over the nation, because the goal of America is freedom. Abused and scorned though we may be, our destiny is tied up with the destiny of America. Before the Pilgrims landed at Plymouth, we were here. Before the pen of Jefferson scratched across the pages of history the majestic word of the Declaration of Independence, we were here. For more than two centuries our foreparents labored here without wages; they made cotton king; and they built the they built the homes of their masters in the midst of brutal injustice and shameful humiliation—and yet out of a bottomless vitality our people continue to thrive and develop. If the inexpressible cruelties of slavery could not stop us, the opposition we now face will surely fail. We will win our freedom because the sacred heritage of our nation and the eternal will of God are embodied in our echoing demands.

Dr. King also talks about being an extremist, which he at first resisted but then embraced. He is an extremist because he is willing to do whatever it takes to gain equality for the people he is leading. This is another way he combats racism—his passionate commitment to his cause. His commitment was unwavering in the face of opposition, threats, setbacks, and discouragement.

When the load is placed nearer the fulcrum, ______________force is needed.

The missing word in this sentence is "more". When the load is placed nearer the fulcrum, more force is needed (to lift the load.)

When the load is being lifted using a lever, the physical quantity that causes the motion of the load is called the "torque". A torque is a product of the force times the perpendicular distance from the fulcrum to the line along which the force is acting.

The torque of the...

The missing word in this sentence is "more". When the load is placed nearer the fulcrum, more force is needed (to lift the load.)

When the load is being lifted using a lever, the physical quantity that causes the motion of the load is called the "torque". A torque is a product of the force times the perpendicular distance from the fulcrum to the line along which the force is acting.

The torque of the force applied to the lever in order to lift the load has to at least balance the torque of the force the load exerts on the lever due to its weight. Thus, the product of the applied force and the perpendicular distance between the fulcrum and the line of the force has to at least equal the torque the load exerts on the lever. So, the greater the distance from the fulcrum to the point of the force application, the less the applied force would have to be. And vice versa, the closer the point of the force application to the fulcrum, the more force is needed.

What hoax was played on red-headed people by the League?

In the story, Jabez Wilson, a London pawnbroker, is informed about an advertised position by his assistant, Vincent Spaulding. Spaulding tells Wilson that the position at the Red-Headed League is perfect for him, as he has red hair. Accordingly, the job itself isn't demanding and pays well enough for the few responsibilities it entails.

Spaulding accompanies his boss to the interview, and Wilson is delighted to be offered the position by a Mr. Duncan Ross....

In the story, Jabez Wilson, a London pawnbroker, is informed about an advertised position by his assistant, Vincent Spaulding. Spaulding tells Wilson that the position at the Red-Headed League is perfect for him, as he has red hair. Accordingly, the job itself isn't demanding and pays well enough for the few responsibilities it entails.

Spaulding accompanies his boss to the interview, and Wilson is delighted to be offered the position by a Mr. Duncan Ross. Ross tells Wilson that the pay is four pounds a week for the work of copying out the entire Encyclopedia Britannica. The only stipulation for the job is that Wilson must never leave the building for the entire fours he works each day. Eight weeks pass without incident, until Wilson suddenly finds himself abruptly terminated from his position.

Bewildered that the League has suddenly been dissolved, he inquires as to the fate of the organization. When he questions the landlord as to the whereabouts of Duncan Ross, the landlord tells Wilson that Ross is really a solicitor named William Morris and that he has since moved from his present location. Wilson sets out to find Ross but is unsuccessful.

In the end, Wilson's nondescript job with the Red Headed League was just a clever ruse to get the gullible pawnbroker out of his building for four hours every day. His assistant, Vincent Spaulding, was really the notorious criminal thief, John Clay. John had been burrowing a tunnel through the cellar of Wilson's property to the City and Suburban Bank vault while Wilson was away for four hours every day. The rest of the red-headed men who applied for the job also fell for a ruse of another sort. Unknown to them all, not one of them stood a chance to be considered for a position with the spurious Red-Headed League. Their presence merely lent an air of legitimacy to the whole business of Spaulding/Clay's fake job offer.

What is the significance of women in Othello?

Women in Othello are not at all insignificant––after all, the downfall of the titular character in the play is due to his devotion to a woman, Desdemona, even though it is orchestrated by Iago; and Iago himself is motivated in part by his wife, Emilia. 

Both Desdemona and Emilia are strong characters in their own ways. While Desdemona is ultimately smothered by her husband ("put out the light, and then put out the light") her...

Women in Othello are not at all insignificant––after all, the downfall of the titular character in the play is due to his devotion to a woman, Desdemona, even though it is orchestrated by Iago; and Iago himself is motivated in part by his wife, Emilia. 

Both Desdemona and Emilia are strong characters in their own ways. While Desdemona is ultimately smothered by her husband ("put out the light, and then put out the light") her behavior when alive is that of an engaged and active young woman, interested in her community and devoted to her husband. Meanwhile Emilia, wife to a man of a lower position, attends to Desdemona while being an obedient wife to the potentially treacherous Iago. Emilia provides a foil to Desdemona in that she is a woman from an opposing side of the social spectrum: where Desdemona is a wife to a man who remains true to the end, Emilia attaches herself to Iago, who reveals himself to be a disingenuous person at an early stage. 

What is the Red Death and how did it get its name?

The Red Death is a terrible, deadly disease that has devastated the country ruled by Prince Prospero. In fact, the narrator tells us, no disease has ever been as deadly or awful as this one. It is called the Red Death because the victims of this disease begin to bleed from all their pores, in addition to the dizziness and sharp pains they experience. The diseased can easily be identified by the red stains all...

The Red Death is a terrible, deadly disease that has devastated the country ruled by Prince Prospero. In fact, the narrator tells us, no disease has ever been as deadly or awful as this one. It is called the Red Death because the victims of this disease begin to bleed from all their pores, in addition to the dizziness and sharp pains they experience. The diseased can easily be identified by the red stains all over their bodies, especially on their faces. These individuals, once spotted, immediately become shut out from the aid and sympathy of all their fellows and even their friends because the disease is so contagious. Further, the disease is so deadly and moves so quickly that the whole progression from contraction to the victim's death takes only thirty minutes.

What was Daniel's part in the skirmish?

In Chapter 2, Rosh gives the order to rob a caravan heading through the valley trade route in the mountains. Rosh wants his band to capture a giant slave because he says that the slave is too valuable to waste on the galleys. Daniel is disappointed because he is responsible for holding a scared fat man in check while the others free the huge slave from the caravan.Suddenly, Rosh gives the order to attack...

In Chapter 2, Rosh gives the order to rob a caravan heading through the valley trade route in the mountains. Rosh wants his band to capture a giant slave because he says that the slave is too valuable to waste on the galleys. Daniel is disappointed because he is responsible for holding a scared fat man in check while the others free the huge slave from the caravan. Suddenly, Rosh gives the order to attack and Daniel runs towards the heavy man in the striped headdress and twists his arm back before the man has a chance to grab for his dagger. Daniel quickly grabs the man's dagger and pokes the man's ribs with it. Daniel feels cheated out of a challenging opportunity when he sees the terror in the man's face. The entire skirmish happens quickly, and Rosh orders his men to retreat after they successfully take the slave. Daniel's job in the skirmish was simply to make sure a fat man did not hurt anyone while the rest of Rosh's band took the slave. 

Explain some of the various medieval literary forms. What were the differences between the literary forms?

There were a variety of literary forms at play during the Medieval Era. Many were religious, including confessions, revelations, and prayers. Confessions, like those of St. Augustine, are stories of personal experience and read like memoirs often do today. Revelations occur when people write what they understand to be the word of God (remember that the medieval world, generally speaking, interpreted religion more literally than we do today). Prayers are similar to poems in that...

There were a variety of literary forms at play during the Medieval Era. Many were religious, including confessions, revelations, and prayers. Confessions, like those of St. Augustine, are stories of personal experience and read like memoirs often do today. Revelations occur when people write what they understand to be the word of God (remember that the medieval world, generally speaking, interpreted religion more literally than we do today). Prayers are similar to poems in that they are meditative writings in which the speaker attempts to commune with the divine. 

Often religious but not always, allegories were also a common literary form. Allegories are instructional stories intended to convey what is right and wrong behavior.

There were also secular writings at play. In royal courts, troubadours entertained with their songs or extended lyrical poems. Similarly, sonnets, stories, and theatricals were also performed for the amusement of the courts. In English, the most oft-cited example is Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales.

What does the First Academy Building symbolize in A Separate Peace by John Knowles?

At the beginning of A Separate Peace by John Knowles, Gene returns to Devon 15 years after he graduated high school. When he visits the First Academy Building, he narrates,

In through the swinging doors I reached a marble foyer, and stopped at the foot of a long white marble flight of stairs. . . The marble must be unusually hard. . . It was surprising that I had overlooked that, that crucial fact. I...

At the beginning of A Separate Peace by John Knowles, Gene returns to Devon 15 years after he graduated high school. When he visits the First Academy Building, he narrates,

In through the swinging doors I reached a marble foyer, and stopped at the foot of a long white marble flight of stairs. . . The marble must be unusually hard. . . It was surprising that I had overlooked that, that crucial fact. I had more money and success and "security" than in the days when specters seemed to go up and down them with me (11-12).

Not only do these hard marble stairs represent Gene's many days at school and his youth, but they are part of the reason his friend Phineas died in high school. It is in the First Academy Building that Brinker holds a mock trial to accuse Gene of breaking Finny's leg the first time. Phineas becomes angry because of the trial and storms out, slips on the marble, and breaks his leg a second time on the stairs. The fact that Gene notices how hard the marble stairs truly are 15 years later helps him realize part of the reason behind Finny's leg breaking a second time. At the time, however, Gene says the following about the marble and the building:

The excellent exterior acoustics recorded his rushing steps and the quick rapping of his cane along the corridor and on the first steps of the marble stairway. Then these separate sounds collided into the general tumult of his body falling clumsily down the white marble stairs (177).

The above passage describes how Phineas breaks his leg months after the first break. Gene harbors some guilt because he caused the first break by jouncing Finny out of the tree near the river the previous summer. Phineas would never have been able to go to the war after his first break; after the second break, complications after surgery take his life. Therefore, the marble stairs in the First Academy Building partially represent Gene's past; but for the most part, the stairs represent the end of his friendship with Phineas. Fortunately, Gene has some time to talk about their friendship and clear the air before Finny dies. Visiting the First Academy Building years after this life-changing event is meaningful for Gene because it is in this building that Finny's end is fatally decided. It's as though Gene pays homage to his friend by visiting the location of Finny's second accident. Again, noticing the hardness of the stairs reaffirms to Gene that Finny's death wasn't his fault. This brings him some peace, but he certainly views the First Academy Building as a sacred place where a good friend's accident eventually took his life. 

Frederick Douglass wrote, “When the true history of the antislavery cause shall be written, women will occupy a large space in its pages.”...

Douglass was absolutely correct in his prediction, which is not surprising given that he was an early advocate of equality for women, attending, for example, the Seneca Falls Convention in 1848. The abolitionist movement provided a forum for women's political participation at a time when they were denied such a forum by law. Legally, women could not vote, and culturally, a "separate spheres" culture dictated that a woman's proper place was managing the household. But...

Douglass was absolutely correct in his prediction, which is not surprising given that he was an early advocate of equality for women, attending, for example, the Seneca Falls Convention in 1848. The abolitionist movement provided a forum for women's political participation at a time when they were denied such a forum by law. Legally, women could not vote, and culturally, a "separate spheres" culture dictated that a woman's proper place was managing the household. But women could form clubs and other organizations that advocated against such societal ills as slavery, Indian removal, and alcohol abuse. Another reason that women played a major role in the abolitionist movement was that it revealed the inequalities that women faced. Women abolitionists found themselves closed out of antislavery meetings and organizations, and this angered them to the point that they began to openly advocate for their own rights, as Elizabeth Cady Stanton did at Seneca Falls. Many of the leaders we associate with the abolition movement were women, including Lucretia Mott, the Grimké sisters, Sojourner Truth, and Harriet Beecher Stowe. As for the debate between the Grimkés and Catherine Beecher, the latter argued that abolitionist demands for immediate abolition were inflaming the South and actually making it more likely that slavery would continue. She looked at the issue as a political matter, whereas the Grimke sisters saw it as a fundamentally moral question. They thought, like William Lloyd Garrison, that the republic could not persist in allowing slavery, which was a mortal sin. She believed in gradual emancipation, an approach that had once been shared by many, North and South, but became less viable as the sectional conflict over slavery worsened after 1837, when Beecher's letter criticizing immediate abolition was published. But overall, the prominent role played by women in the abolition movement remains one of its most remarkable aspects.

Who is Becky in Chains, and what perspective does she have on the war?

Becky is the head servant to the Locktons in New York. She's mainly in charge of the cooking, but she also decides which work is to be done by which slave or servant.  

Explaining exactly how Becky feels about the war is a much more difficult answer. Becky understands that she works for awful people; however, Becky also knows she works for a very wealthy and influential family. She doesn't want to do anything...

Becky is the head servant to the Locktons in New York. She's mainly in charge of the cooking, but she also decides which work is to be done by which slave or servant.  

Explaining exactly how Becky feels about the war is a much more difficult answer. Becky understands that she works for awful people; however, Becky also knows she works for a very wealthy and influential family. She doesn't want to do anything to jeopardize her standing in the Lockton household. Because of that motivation, Becky tries not to let her feelings about the war show.  

Chapter seven contains a small exchange between Becky and Isabel that somewhat shows how Becky feels about the war. Becky is explaining to Isabel how to do some of the work around the house. Three Patriot soldiers walk past, and Becky says the following:

"I wish they'd all go home. . . Soldiers is a nuisance."  

Isabel thinks Becky is a Loyalist because of the comment, and asks for further clarification. Becky quietly explains that the Locktons are Loyalists. As a servant of Loyalists, Becky says she is a Loyalist in public as well. 

"Listen to me good. Them that feeds us" — she pointed upstairs — "they're Loyalists, Tories. That means we're Tories, too, understand?"  

Based on that comment, I think Becky secretly supports the Patriots, but she isn't willing to risk her station in order to publicly support her feelings.

Winston describes Emmanuel Goldstein's treatment as "..... an attack so exaggerated and perverse that a child should have been able to see through...

Winston observes the treatment of Emmanuel Goldstein during the Two Minutes Hate, a program in support of the Party that appears on the omnipresent television screens. The "attack" referenced in the quote is the tirade delivered by a facsimile of Goldstein on the screens against the Party and its values, and in favor of personal liberty. Winston characterizes the speech as "exaggerated and perverse" because Goldstein's style of speech sounds like a parody of Party...

Winston observes the treatment of Emmanuel Goldstein during the Two Minutes Hate, a program in support of the Party that appears on the omnipresent television screens. The "attack" referenced in the quote is the tirade delivered by a facsimile of Goldstein on the screens against the Party and its values, and in favor of personal liberty. Winston characterizes the speech as "exaggerated and perverse" because Goldstein's style of speech sounds like a parody of Party representatives, due to its "rapid polysyllabic" nature and excessive use of Newspeak. The nature of the attack is also absurd because in less than thirty seconds the image of Goldstein rapidly states every opinion banned by the party; he denounces the Party, Big Brother, and the war with Eurasia, while promoting the old Revolutionary values and a wide variety of freedoms. Other "exaggerated and perverse" features of the speech include Goldstein sobbing in hysterics and the image of endless Eurasian soldiers marching behind him. Winston finds the speech absurd and unconvincing because of Goldstein's characterization, Party-like speech patterns, and the background of Eurasian soldiers, but concedes that one less "level-headed" than him might be fooled into genuinely believing (and experiencing rage at) the video.

`int_0^2 1/(x-1)^2 dx` Explain why the integral is improper and determine whether it diverges or converges. Evaluate the integral if it converges

Integral is improper if we have to take limit in order to calculate it. This can happen if we have infinite values of integration or if the interval if integration contains point(s) where the function is not defined. The latter is the case here because the function we are integrating is not defined for `x=1.`

Because this point is within the interior of the interval of integration (not at the endpoint) we first must write...

Integral is improper if we have to take limit in order to calculate it. This can happen if we have infinite values of integration or if the interval if integration contains point(s) where the function is not defined. The latter is the case here because the function we are integrating is not defined for `x=1.`

Because this point is within the interior of the interval of integration (not at the endpoint) we first must write this integral as a sum of two integrals.

`int_0^2 1/(x-1)^2 dx=int_0^1 1/(x-1)^2dx+int_1^2 1/(x-1)^2dx=`

Substitute `u=x-1` `=>` `du=dx.` Since `u=x-1` all bounds of integration become lower by 1.

`int_-1^0 1/u^2 du+int_0^1 1/u^2 du=-1/u|_-1^0-1/u|_0^1=`

`lim_(u to 0^-) -1/u+1/-1-1/1+lim_(u to 0^+) 1/u=`

Notice the use of directional limits (from the left for the first and from the right for the second integral).

`-(-infty)-2+infty=infty`

As we can see the integral diverges.

The image below shows the graph of the function and area under it corresponding to the value of the integral. Asymptotes of the graph are `x`-axis and line `x=1.` The other image (the red one) shows the graph of the function `f(u)=1/u.` There we see why the two directional limits have different values. 

Please summarize Chapter 3 ("Evil Air") of the book 1493 by Charles Mann.

Chapter 3, "Evil Air," is about the effects of malaria in the New World. The disease became endemic in the New World, and Mann traces the consequences of malaria. As Mann writes, the disease "turned the Americas upside down" (page 103). Malaria caused high rates of mortality, and Mann states that the areas that were once the locations of high rates of malaria are still less well developed and poorer today, as Europeans used these...

Chapter 3, "Evil Air," is about the effects of malaria in the New World. The disease became endemic in the New World, and Mann traces the consequences of malaria. As Mann writes, the disease "turned the Americas upside down" (page 103). Malaria caused high rates of mortality, and Mann states that the areas that were once the locations of high rates of malaria are still less well developed and poorer today, as Europeans used these areas as "extractive states" (page 103) from which to draw natural resources but not as areas in which to establish permanent institutions.

In the latter part of the chapter, Mann develops the argument that malaria was one of the reasons colonial America turned to slavery. After long relying on enslaving Native Americans and becoming an exporter rather than an importer of slaves, colonies such as Virginia turned to chattel slavery and the enslavement of Africans in part because malaria decimated Native American and white populations alike. While at first, colonies such as Virginia and what would become South Carolina relied on Native American labor and that of indentured servants, the effect of malaria on these populations resulted in the turn to enslaving Africans. While the exact date that malaria arrived in the New World is still debated, Mann believes that there is no doubt that malaria is "a historical force that deformed cultures" (page 116). 

`y = 5lnx` Determine whether the function is a solution of the differential equation `y^((4)) - 16y = 0`

Given

`y = 5ln(x)`

`y' = 5/x`

`y''=-5/x^2`

`y'''=10/x^3`

`y''''=-30/x^4`

so we have to check whether` y^((4)) -16y=0`

`y'''' -16y=-30/x^4 -16(5ln(x)) != 0  ` 

So it's not a solution to the differential equation.

Given

`y = 5ln(x)`

`y' = 5/x`

`y''=-5/x^2`

`y'''=10/x^3`

`y''''=-30/x^4`

so we have to check whether` y^((4)) -16y=0`

`y'''' -16y=-30/x^4 -16(5ln(x)) != 0  ` 

So it's not a solution to the differential equation.

How do the poems "The Lovesong of J. Alfred Prufrock," "The Wasteland" by T. S. Eliot, and "Dulce et Decorum Est” by Wilfred Owen relate to T....

T. S. Eliot developed his theory of impersonality in his essay "Tradition and the Individual Talent." In this essay, he states:

Poetry is not a turning loose of emotion, but an escape from emotion; it is not the expression of personality, but an escape from personality.

In this statement, he is articulating a combination of ideas. First, he does not think that poetry should resemble a diary in the sense of simply being an outpouring...

T. S. Eliot developed his theory of impersonality in his essay "Tradition and the Individual Talent." In this essay, he states:

Poetry is not a turning loose of emotion, but an escape from emotion; it is not the expression of personality, but an escape from personality.

In this statement, he is articulating a combination of ideas. First, he does not think that poetry should resemble a diary in the sense of simply being an outpouring of what a person happens to be feeling at a given time. Instead, it exists at an intersection of the poetic tradition, the objective external objects or specific images that can evoke an emotion in a reader, and the particular emotion or experience.

Thus in "Prufrock," we do not simply get an outpouring of Eliot's own feelings. The poem connects to tradition through its frequent uses of allusion as well as its formal character, which moves back and forth between modernist free verse and traditional forms such as the heroic couplet and Shakespearean song. 

Although "The Wasteland" may have originated in Eliot's personal feelings (instead of being purely autobiographical), it addresses fragmentation as a modern condition and grounds itself in poetic and religious tradition in its central figure of the Fisher King. 

"Dulce et Decorum Est” is a more intensely personal poem, but the poet distances himself by use of the concrete imagery and details that are "linguistic objective correlatives" of the emotions experienced. Rather than telling us that war is horrible, Owens shows its horrors by means of precise descriptions of soldiers enduring trench warfare and gas attacks in World War I. Its title and conclusion link it to the poetic tradition.

In August Wilson's Fences, how have circumstances helped to make Troy the man he is? How might his life have been different had he turned...

The whole point of August Wilson's play Fencesis that circumstances beyond his main character's control have conspired to destroy whatever chances that character may have had to enjoy life and live prosperously. Troy Maxson is a garbageman, a profession historically if unfairly associated with poverty and ignorance. He is also a middle-aged African American whose prospects as a professional athlete—specifically, as a baseball player—were dashed by virtue of his ethnicity. Wilson's play begins in...

The whole point of August Wilson's play Fences is that circumstances beyond his main character's control have conspired to destroy whatever chances that character may have had to enjoy life and live prosperously. Troy Maxson is a garbageman, a profession historically if unfairly associated with poverty and ignorance. He is also a middle-aged African American whose prospects as a professional athlete—specifically, as a baseball player—were dashed by virtue of his ethnicity. Wilson's play begins in 1957, ten years after Major League Baseball became an integrated sport. Troy is 53 years old. His best years are behind him and he knows it. Forced by virtue of the institutionalized segregation that kept African Americans out of many professions and that condemned them to an inferior socioeconomic status, Troy, as with many other African American ballplayers, had to be content throughout his peak physical years playing in the Negro Leagues for much less money and much less fame. Early in Fences, Troy and his far more pragmatic wife Rose argue about what could have been had racism not proven such an overwhelming obstacle to success. Ten years before the play opens, Jackie Robinson has broken the color barrier as the first African American to sign with a major league team. Responding to Rose's pride over the symbolism of Robinson's accomplishment, Troy states the following:

"I done seen a hundred niggers play baseball better than Jackie Robinson. Hell, I know some teams Jackie Robinson couldn’t even make! What you talking about Jackie Robinson. Jackie Robinson wasn’t nobody. I’m talking about if you could play ball then they ought to have let you play. Don’t care what color you were. Come telling me I come along too early. If you could play . . . then they ought to have let you play."

Fences is driven by Troy's sense of disappointment in having been unable to realize his potential as a baseball player solely on account of the color of his skin. What makes the play such a tragedy, however, is how Troy's inability to make it to the major leagues has left him eternally bitter, and it is this bitterness and resentment of those who are now able to prosper, like Jackie Robinson, that drives him to sabotage the prospects of his son Cory.

Had Troy been born ten years later, he might have benefited from Branch Rickey's liberal attitudes towards race. Rickey was the real-life owner of the Brooklyn Dodgers who took a chance and signed the African American Robinson, thereby integrating what was known as "America's pastime." Any period of time subsequent to 1947 would have been preferential for an African American ballplayer aspiring to join the big leagues. While segregation continued into the 1950s, and while the civil rights movement would have to continue its struggle throughout the 1960s, black athletes were finally being celebrated in professional sports. Troy Maxson would have been a successful athlete, and his life and that of his family would have been very different.

Had Troy been white, then Wilson's story would have been entirely different. Troy would not have confronted racial barriers and his talent and hard-work would have been amply rewarded. 

What is the diction, imagery, and figurative language in the poem "Full Moon" by Robert Hayden?

This poem is an exploration of the endurance of the moon, itself unchanging while it endures through humanity's changing beliefs, experiences, and ambitions. It is dense with imagery and figurative language, so this can form the core of your writing about it.

The first stanza depicts the moon as it is imagined by children—"a bubble house of childhood's tumbling Mother Goose man"—and packages this alongside the image of that same moon as "the throne to a goddess to which we pray." Many cultures across history have prayed to a moon goddess, such as the Greek Selene (Roman Luna). These beliefs about the moon, as a figurative "bubble house" or "throne," the poet says, are "no longer." In these instances, the poet's figurative language—the moon is not literally a throne or bubble house, nor has it ever been—serve to establish vivid imagery of the moon as a castle in the sky, the seat of long-ago daydreams.

The following stanza describes the moon in terms of, by contrast, the concrete issues it provides for scientists: the "challenger" encouraging them to reach it and the "white hope of communications experts." There is a degree of figurative language here, as the moon does not have the agency to set itself up as a challenger, but by contrast to the first stanza, this one lacks imagery or fanciful language, underlying its description of science rather than fantasy. The moon, instead, is "emphatic," steadfast in its purpose, enduring.

The following two stanzas, however, revisit the imagery and lush language of the fanciful, as the poet describes what the moon has meant to his family. The imagery here calls to mind travelers, or other country people, believing that certain elements of their lives depended upon the moon as it "waxed and waned—the times at which they "planted seeds, trimmed their hair," pierced their ears for "gold earrings," which the language of the poem almost invites us to imagine glinting under the moon. The poet, however, undercuts this imagery harshly: "the moon shines tonight upon their graves," outlasting with its unchanging nature all their beliefs and acts of service to it.

Stanzas five and six revisit the familiar imagery of Gethsemane, underlining the length of time for which the moon has accompanied humanity through its most significant events. Here it "burned in the garden," and the poet emphasises with repetition that its light was "made holy." The moon's light catches in Christ's "dazzling" tears and lights his path "with radiance." The imagery is vivid and the language elevated: "The Glorious One," "His Holiness."

In the final stanza, again, then, the poet repeats his tactic of contrasting this rich imagery with the scientific, but in this case, the moon-as-challenger, too, is described evocatively. "A mooted goal" now that it has been conquered, the poet muses darkly that it may perhaps next be "an arms base, a livid sector." For now, though, the moon outlasts all human meddling and "dominates the dark."

`sum_(n=1)^oo 1/2^n` Confirm that the Integral Test can be applied to the series. Then use the Integral Test to determine the convergence or...

Recall the Integral test is applicable if `f` is positive and decreasing function on interval `[k,oo)` where `kgt=1` and `a_n = f(x)` . 

If `int_k^oo f(x) dx` is convergent then the series `sum_(n=k)^oo a_n` is also convergent.

If `int_k^oo f(x) dx` is divergent then the series `sum_(n=k)^oo a_n` is also divergent.

For the  series `sum_(n=1)^oo 1/2^n` , we have `a_n=1/2^n` then we may let the function: 

`f(x) = 1/2^x` with a graph of:

As shown on the graph, `f(x)` is positive and decreasing on the interval `[1,oo)` . This confirms that we may apply the Integral test to determine the converge or divergence of a series as:

`int_1^oo 1/2^x dx =lim_(t-gtoo)int_1^t 1/2^x dx`

To evaluate the integral of `int_1^t 1/2^x dx` , we may Law of exponent: `1/x^n = x^(-n)` .

`int_1^t 1/2^x dx =int_1^t 2^(-x) dx`

To determine the indefinite integral of  `int_1^t 2^(-x) dx` , we may apply u-substitution by letting: `u =-x` then `du = -dx` or `-1du =dx` .

The integral becomes:

`int 2^(-x) dx =int 2^u * -1 du`

                 ` = - int 2^u du`

Apply integration formula for exponential function: `int a^u du = a^u/ln(a) +C` where a is constant.

`- int 2^u du =- 2^u/ln(2)`

Plug-in `u =-x` on `- 2^u/ln(2)` , we get: 

`int_1^t 1/2^x dx= -2^(-x)/ln(2)|_1^t`

              ` = - 1/(2^xln(2))|_1^t`

Applying definite integral formula:` F(x)|_a^b = F(b)-F(a)` .

`- 1/(2^xln(2))|_1^t = [- 1/(2^tln(2))] - [- 1/(2^1ln(2))]`

                 ` =- 1/(2^tln(2)) + 1/(2ln(2))`

                ` =- 1/(2^tln(2)) + 1/ln(4)`

Note: `2 ln(2)= ln(2^2) = ln(4)`

Apply `int_1^t 1/2^x dx=- 1/(2^tln(2)) + 1/ln(4)` , we get:

`lim_(t-gtoo)int_1^t 1/2^x dx=lim_(t-gtoo)[- 1/(2^tln(2)) + 1/ln(4)]`

                        ` =lim_(t-gtoo)- 1/(2^tln(2)) +lim_(t-gtoo) 1/ln(4)`

                        ` = 0 +1/ln(4)`

                          ` =1/ln(4)`

Note:  `2^oo =oo` and `oo*ln(2) =oo` then `1/oo = 0`

The `lim_(t-gtoo)int_1^t 1/2^x=1/ln(4)` implies the integral converges.

Conclusion:

The integral`int_1^oo1/2^x dx` is convergent therefore the series `sum_(n=1)^oo 1/2^n` must also be convergent.

Is the increase in black male incarcerations the reason for the black family breakdown?

This question refers to two separate phenomena, both of which are the subject of intense debate. The first, the "increase in black male incarcerations," refers to the enormous and disproportionate rise in incarceration rates among African American men since 1960. The result of this has been that over 25% of black males born after 1970 have been to prison before their mid-30s. On a policy level, this shocking statistic is widely attributed to the "war...

This question refers to two separate phenomena, both of which are the subject of intense debate. The first, the "increase in black male incarcerations," refers to the enormous and disproportionate rise in incarceration rates among African American men since 1960. The result of this has been that over 25% of black males born after 1970 have been to prison before their mid-30s. On a policy level, this shocking statistic is widely attributed to the "war on drugs" and to criminal justice policies such as "mandatory minimum" sentences established as part of an effort to crack down on crime. New York City, which implemented such procedures as "stop and frisk" in response to rising crime rates, was emblematic of this approach to criminal justice. However, rising rates were also indicative of the deeply-rooted structural issues—too complex to explore in this limited space—that confront African-American communities.

The phrase "breakdown of the black family" is a loaded phrase rooted in an assumption from the 1960s about the roots of African American poverty. It was made famous by the so-called "Moynihan Report," a study commissioned by Senator Daniel Moynihan. Like all families, black families are not monolithic—they come in all shapes and sizes, and we should not assume that they are in danger of "breakdown" if they do not look like a paternalistic model imposed from above. However, there is no doubt that the trend of mass incarceration has had devastating effects on many black families (even if the concept of the "black family" is too simplistic). Of the black men imprisoned since 1960, more than half were the primary earners in their families and more than half also lived with their children. The vast majority were, contrary to myth, employed. Their incarceration was obviously damaging to the family as an economic unit and contributed to the cycles of poverty that have devastated many African American families. The problem persists even after they are released. Having a criminal record has a devastating effect on future earning power. There is also a strong correlation between parental incarceration and an increased likelihood of behavior problems—and criminal activity—among the children of the incarcerated men. While there are innumerable success stories, mass incarceration has been devastating for black families. Sociologists and other scholars point to even more insidious effects. Mass incarceration has contributed to the "criminalization" of black men in popular perception, and this has profound effects on professional opportunities for young black men. As author Ta-Nehisi Coates has written, "the job market in America regards black men who have never been criminals as though they were." Mass incarceration, as well as the systemic and structural conditions that are intertwined with it, have had tragic effects on black individuals, families, and communities.

What is the effect of the author never explicitly stating the family's race?

Although Nadine Gordimer was a famous writer-activist from South Africa, she chose to make this particular story "color-blind." Essentially, she chose to omit the race of the family she wrote about. 

While this may seem curious to us, Nadine's omission may have been intentional; in fact, the omission has a stunning effect on readers. It shows that the race of the family is not as important as the fear they live under. We are led...

Although Nadine Gordimer was a famous writer-activist from South Africa, she chose to make this particular story "color-blind." Essentially, she chose to omit the race of the family she wrote about. 

While this may seem curious to us, Nadine's omission may have been intentional; in fact, the omission has a stunning effect on readers. It shows that the race of the family is not as important as the fear they live under. We are led to question why the family lives in such fear and why frequent riots occur in the city.

We are also led to speculate as to how the social fabric can unravel with such frightening ease.

The race of the housemaids, gardeners, and rioters are also not explicitly stated. Gordimer simply refers to these people as "people of another color." By not stating the race of the groups in conflict, Gordimer may be making the point that race-driven conflict is dehumanizing in nature.

Like the city rioters, the housemaids and gardeners are purportedly members of "another color." These domestic maids and gardeners do not share the same racial identity as the families they serve in the suburb. Yet, they share the same distrust of the city rioters that their employer families do. 

When the mother of the family orders her housemaid to bring out bread and tea for the loitering masses outside their gated house, the latter refuses. She proclaims that those outside the gate are "loafers and tsotsis" and are not to be trusted. After all, they will only "tie her up and shut her up in a cupboard" for her kind deed.

Despite sharing the same racial identity as the loiterers outside the gate, the housemaid refuses to trust her safety to their hands. Accordingly, what Gordimer may be trying to say by omitting an explicit reference to the race of the family is potentially this: it is not our racial identities that are important but, rather, the question of why we are in conflict with another.

Gordimer chose to focus on the issues of security and equality; to her, these issues transcend race and nationality. 

How can the girls smile at each other with genuine respect when only one of them wins the race in "Raymond's Run" by Toni Cade Bambara?

A game of sport involves two opponents or two opposing teams. The objective is to win by defeating the other. Yet it’s not a war. It involves some universally accepted ethics. According to Merriam Webster dictionary, 'sportsmanship' is “fair play, respect for opponents, and polite behavior by someone who is competing in a sport or other competition.”

Thus, other than one’s skill, a game of sport also tests one’s patience and conduct in the...

A game of sport involves two opponents or two opposing teams. The objective is to win by defeating the other. Yet it’s not a war. It involves some universally accepted ethics. According to Merriam Webster dictionary, 'sportsmanship' is “fair play, respect for opponents, and polite behavior by someone who is competing in a sport or other competition.”

Thus, other than one’s skill, a game of sport also tests one’s patience and conduct in the field.

In ‘Raymond’s Run,’ neither Hazel nor Gretchen takes to unfair means to win the race. They give their best and compete without any malice for each other.

When the winner is announced, Hazel looks at Gretchen and smiles as an acknowledgement of her good running.

 “And I smile. Cause she’s good, no doubt about it. Maybe she’d like to help me coach Raymond; she obviously is serious about running, as any fool can see.”

Gretchen reciprocates and answers her back with a smile.

“And she nods to congratulate me and then she smiles. And I smile.|”

Respect for and appreciation of the opponent is one of the most admirable qualities in a sportsman. Though not so common, it exhibits one’s strong sense of sports ethics. At the end we are filled with admiration for both Hazel and Gretchen, because of the smiles they exchange. Actually, with the smiles they express their respect and appreciation for one another.

Both these young girls, therefore, smile because they are bestowed with the true sportsman spirit.

How can fear be dangerous in "Once Upon a Time"?

In Nadine Gordimer's “Once Upon a Time,” fear proves to be the family’s downfall. A family lives in a city in which there is great social unrest—modeled largely on South Africa—and fears riots and burglaries. Once further security is suggested by the husband’s mother, described as a “wise old witch,” the couple find themselves in an escalating war against their own fear. A neighborhood watch program is not enough to assuage their fears, so they get an electronically controlled fence. Having noticed a hole in one aspect of their security, they seek to mend it. Ironically, many of these measures make them more vulnerable, such as the alarms:

The alarms called to one another across the gardens in shrills and bleats and wails that everyone soon became accustomed to, so that the din roused the inhabitants of the suburb no more than the croak of frogs and musical grating of cicadas' legs. Under cover of the electronic harpies' discourse intruders sawed the iron bars and broke into homes, taking away hi-fi equipment, television sets, cassette players, cameras and radios, jewelry and clothing, and sometimes were hungry enough to devour everything in the refrigerator or paused audaciously to drink the whiskey in the cabinets or patio bars.

Quite plainly, the alarms cause more problems than they solve; however, the family does not appear to realize this fact. Their fear outweighs their common sense.

Near the end of the story, the family possesses an electronically-controlled fence, alarms, a seven-foot tall fence, and trusted employment: they ought to feel safe. The sight of their cat scaling the fence causes their security concerns to well up again, so they choose to arm the top of their fence with a vicious wire coil. Their child, after reading Sleeping Beauty, tries to make his way through the thorns to find a princess, but instead gets caught in the razors; he dies as a result.

Fear is the rationale behind the family’s actions, and look where it brought them: their only child is dead, indirectly by their hand. They do not even have the satisfaction of knowing that their efforts kept them safe, because they so clearly didn’t. Their internal desire for safety outpaced the actual threat at hand—in other words, their fear was disproportionate—and it led to the loss of their child.

Generational Differences (Mature Generation, Baby Boomer, Generation X, Generation Y, Generation Z) What impact are generational variations in...

Every generation fears for the future of the United States when it observes the next generation to come. An innate sense of conservatism with respect to societal norms causes many mature adults to look askew at the practices, beliefs, and cultural innovations of the younger generations. Elvis Presley scandalized the older generations when he emerged, as did rock and roll in general, and Public Enemy and N.W.A. shocked many of the Baby Boomers. The point...

Every generation fears for the future of the United States when it observes the next generation to come. An innate sense of conservatism with respect to societal norms causes many mature adults to look askew at the practices, beliefs, and cultural innovations of the younger generations. Elvis Presley scandalized the older generations when he emerged, as did rock and roll in general, and Public Enemy and N.W.A. shocked many of the Baby Boomers. The point is that each generation brings something new to the table and that something new might be perceived as threatening to the existing social order. This is true in the business world. Seemingly innovative middle-aged or older executives are often skeptical of the ideas advanced by their more youthful colleagues and underlings, and their cynicism is often without foundation. Rather, it is simply a reflection of the older individuals' failure to grasp the significance of the societal transformations taking place around them.

These distinctions between generations certainly includes communications. This “educator” recalls sharing office space with younger colleagues who routinely used a vocabulary (“he’s phat”) that simply did not exist a few years earlier. To suggest that a communications challenge existed would be an understatement. In the world of business, however, those challenges can be telling. Marketers seek to appeal to a certain demographic and that requires fluency in the vocabularies and cultures of that demographic. Communications obstacles must be overcome if certain types of companies are going to survive in a competitive marketplace. Forms of communication are as important today as vocabulary, with social networking having revolutionized (for better or worse) the way people interact. Older management-level generations cannot afford to ignore these social trends, no matter how ludicrous they may appear. Means and forms of communications evolve, and failing to adapt accordingly means lost revenue and even collapse. For many generations, the telephone was a principal means of communication; today, electronic mail (email), texting, and communication via social networking is the norm. Emojis are replacing words. This all represents a challenge to those who came before, as will future forms of communication to the users of texts and emojis today.

Customers can come in a variety of demographics, or a business might target only one demographic, like today’s "Millennials." Communications within an organization and between that organization and the public need to reflect a clear understanding (if not appreciation) of these distinctions between generations.

Who are the major characters in "The Open Window"?

Framton Nuttel: A young man ordered by his doctors to stay in the country to help cure his frayed nerves. He's also rather shy, so his sister thinks it would be a good idea to provide him with some introductions to local families. She clearly means well, but this turns out not to be such a good idea after all. His first (and last) port of call is the Sappleton residence.

Vera: The fifteen year...

Framton Nuttel: A young man ordered by his doctors to stay in the country to help cure his frayed nerves. He's also rather shy, so his sister thinks it would be a good idea to provide him with some introductions to local families. She clearly means well, but this turns out not to be such a good idea after all. His first (and last) port of call is the Sappleton residence.

Vera: The fifteen year old niece of Mrs. Sappleton. A seemingly demure young lady, she's actually rather mischievous with a highly vivid imagination. This gives her a particular talent for telling the tallest of tall stories. Inventing scary horror stories on the spot is a particular specialty.

Mrs. Sappleton: The lady of the house. Framton has gone to visit her, but unfortunately she's not there when he arrives, so he has to sit with the mischievous Vera, who proceeds to spin him a yarn in which her aunt has a particularly prominent role. When Mrs. Sappleton appears, she has a brief conversation with Framton which ends in terror and a very hasty departure. 

What is a good chapter title for Chapter 8 in The Outsiders?

Chapter 8 is not all that exciting of a chapter compared to other chapters in Hinton's book The Outsiders.  Most of the chapter occurs within the halls of the hospital as Ponyboy and Two-Bit check in on Dally and Johnny.  The chapter weaves lots of reminders about the upcoming rumble, and as the chapter continues, the readers sees Ponyboy get more and more worried about the rumble itself.  He has a sick feeling that...

Chapter 8 is not all that exciting of a chapter compared to other chapters in Hinton's book The Outsiders.  Most of the chapter occurs within the halls of the hospital as Ponyboy and Two-Bit check in on Dally and Johnny.  The chapter weaves lots of reminders about the upcoming rumble, and as the chapter continues, the readers sees Ponyboy get more and more worried about the rumble itself.  He has a sick feeling that something bad is going to happen.  Based on Ponyboy's feelings, an appropriate chapter title might be "Premonition."  A premonition is a strong feeling that something bad or unpleasant will happen soon.  

In addition to Ponyboy not looking forward to the rumble, the reader learns that Randy has decided not to fight in the rumble.  Cherry shows up in the chapter as well and expresses her negative feelings about the fight too.  Because of all of these questioning thoughts about the rumble, I believe a good chapter title might be "Rumble Rumblings."  The dictionary defines rumblings as "general but unofficial talk or opinion often of dissatisfaction."  I feel that word is quite appropriate in the context of this chapter.  

What were the reasons that Jo March did not want Meg to marry Mr. Brooke and how was this conflict resolved?

Jo does not want Meg to marry Mr. Brooke, Laurie's tutor, because she is anxious to keep everything and everyone at home, just the way it has always been. She knows that if Meg gets married, Meg will move out and begin to have a family of her own, and Jo just wants all the girls to stay young and stay home because she loves their family dynamic so much. Her concern never really gets...

Jo does not want Meg to marry Mr. Brooke, Laurie's tutor, because she is anxious to keep everything and everyone at home, just the way it has always been. She knows that if Meg gets married, Meg will move out and begin to have a family of her own, and Jo just wants all the girls to stay young and stay home because she loves their family dynamic so much. Her concern never really gets "resolved" per se; it's just that Meg and Mr. Brooke are in love, and though Marmee and Mr. March make them wait a bit to get married (until Mr. Brooke can purchase a home in which they can live), they do eventually get married. Jo has to deal with the fact that this is the way of things: people grow up, they move on, and life changes.

Why do the rest of the actors run off when Bottom reappears?

The events you are referring to take place in Act III, scene I of A Midsummer's Night Dream. When Bottom reappears, his head has been turned into that of an ass by the mischievous fairy Puck, who loves to play tricks. This startles Bottom's companions and they run away. Puck then aims to follow the other actors into the woods to frighten them even further by transforming into various scary forms, such as a...

The events you are referring to take place in Act III, scene I of A Midsummer's Night Dream. When Bottom reappears, his head has been turned into that of an ass by the mischievous fairy Puck, who loves to play tricks. This startles Bottom's companions and they run away. Puck then aims to follow the other actors into the woods to frighten them even further by transforming into various scary forms, such as a headless bear, a hog a fire, and many others.  

Bottom does not know that he now has the head of a donkey. His companion Snout returns briefly and tells him that his head has been transformed, but Bottom takes this as an attempt to trick him and scare him. There is quite a play on the word "ass," which obviously has an ironic meaning. Bottom does not understand what Snout is trying to tell him and replies that Snout is acting like an ass–– when actually Bottom is the "real" ass! 

SNOUT: O bottom, thou art changed! What do I see on thee?

BOTTOM: What do you see? You see an ass head of your own, do you?

When Snout leaves, Bottom remains in the woods and starts to sing to prove his bravery, believing that his friends are only trying to make "an ass" of him. 

BOTTOM: I see their knavery: this is to make an ass of me, to fright me if they could. But I will not stir from this place, do what they can. I will walk up and down here and I will sing, that they shall hear I am not afraid.

What inspired the naming of the Elizabethan age?

The Elizabethan Age is named after Queen Elizabeth I of England, who reigned from 1558 until her death in 1603. Elizabeth was the dominant figure of the age, presiding over an increase in England's wealth, stability and international standing. Her reign was also distinguished by a flowering of the arts, most notably in literature with the works of Jonson, Spenser, Marlowe, and, of course, Shakespeare.

History has bestowed upon Elizabeth an era of her own...

The Elizabethan Age is named after Queen Elizabeth I of England, who reigned from 1558 until her death in 1603. Elizabeth was the dominant figure of the age, presiding over an increase in England's wealth, stability and international standing. Her reign was also distinguished by a flowering of the arts, most notably in literature with the works of Jonson, Spenser, Marlowe, and, of course, Shakespeare.

History has bestowed upon Elizabeth an era of her own because she was such a dominant personality. She overcame a good deal of personal trauma in her early life to develop into a formidably intelligent, tough-minded woman who provided England with the stability it so desperately needed after almost thirty years of religious and social upheaval. Over time, she came to be loved and feared in equal measure, establishing herself as a national icon who provided great inspiration to the English sailors in their rout of the Spanish Armada. Her religious settlement of 1559 put the Church of England on firm foundations and reduced interdenominational conflict, while strengthening the English throne.

In almost every aspect of English public life, the forceful, dominating personality of Queen Elizabeth I made an indelible mark. However, Elizabeth continues to be judged by history, there can be no doubt that the long years of her reign can rightly be called the Elizabethan Age.

What is a good summary of "Television"?

"Television" is a poem written by Roald Dahl, who is most famous for having written Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, The BFG, and James and the Giant Peach. Roald Dahl was a British author who lived from 1916 to 1990. He was a also fighter pilot during World War II. 

"Television" is forty-seven lines and rich in poetic devices. The subject matter of the poem is the problem of television. Dahl writes that it is...

"Television" is a poem written by Roald Dahl, who is most famous for having written Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, The BFG, and James and the Giant Peach. Roald Dahl was a British author who lived from 1916 to 1990. He was a also fighter pilot during World War II. 

"Television" is forty-seven lines and rich in poetic devices. The subject matter of the poem is the problem of television. Dahl writes that it is a terrible thing for children to sit in front of the television set. He admonishes parents to get rid of it at once because it is making children forget to think. All they do is sit and stare at the screen. He then answers arguments parents might make in response, about what will the children do if they don't have a television? And how will parents be free to do the things they need to do? And he answers these concerns by saying children will do what they did before the television, which is read books. This fosters imagination and creativity and doesn't dull the senses of children. 

The rhyme scheme of this poem is set up as rhyming couplets. It is an AB pattern, with the first line rhyming with the second, the third and fourth lines rhyming with each other, and this pattern continues throughout the poem. Even lines seven and eight, which wouldn't rhyme to the American ear, rhyme when one considers British folks pronounce the word "been" like a bean, not ben. 

The most important thing we've learned,

So far as children are concerned,

Is never, NEVER, NEVER let

Them near your television set—

Or better still, just don't install

The idiotic thing at all.

In almost every house we've been,

We've watched them gaping at the screen.

Dahl also makes great use of hyperbole in this poem. He says that children stare at the television screen until their eyes pop out, and follows that statement up with the claim that last week they saw a dozen eyeballs on the floor. He also uses simile ("his brain becomes as soft as cheese") and repetition in this poem. 

How does the form of "Ballad of Birmingham" heighten its meaning?

In Dudley Randall’s “Ballad of Birmingham,” form and content exist in an ironic relationship. Dudley’s poem uses the childlike qualities of the ballad’s form—particularly its rhyme scheme—to draw attention to the inescapable horrors of racism.

The poem consists of eight quatrains, each with an ABCB rhyme scheme (as is typical of a ballad). This rhyme gives the poem a sing-song, playful quality that reflects the poem’s opening stanza, in which the boy requests to “go...

In Dudley Randall’s “Ballad of Birmingham,” form and content exist in an ironic relationship. Dudley’s poem uses the childlike qualities of the ballad’s form—particularly its rhyme scheme—to draw attention to the inescapable horrors of racism.

The poem consists of eight quatrains, each with an ABCB rhyme scheme (as is typical of a ballad). This rhyme gives the poem a sing-song, playful quality that reflects the poem’s opening stanza, in which the boy requests to “go downtown / Instead of out to play.” This ABCB rhyme scheme provides the reader with a sense of safety that is not unlike the mother’s own. The rhyme scheme is almost childishly simple, producing a sense of predictability that is revealed to be ironic in the closing moments of the poem in which a bomb goes off in the church.

While the poem does employ an ABCB rhyme scheme, moments before the explosion, there is a minor alteration to this pattern:

The mother smiled to know her child

Was in the sacred place,

But that smile was the last smile

To come upon her face.

“Child” and “smile” produce a slant rhyme—a type of rhyme where sounds are similar but do not produce a true rhyme. It is fitting that this shift in form occurs at the moment when it does. Here, it is the excess of rhyme that marks the impending explosion. Form and content reveal the tragic impossibility of a sacred place or a simple, playful childhood during a historical moment scarred by racism and hate.

Was the African slave trade necessary for Great Britain's economic policy to work?

Great Britain's economic policy, mercantilism, required that the country export more goods than it imported. For this to happen, Britain needed to maintain its status as the world's strongest industrial power. Britain did this by acquiring colonies overseas. It was motivated to do this because it needed new markets for its finished goods. The colonies could also be used to supply raw materials for manufacturing.

The trouble with the colonies is that after the British...

Great Britain's economic policy, mercantilism, required that the country export more goods than it imported. For this to happen, Britain needed to maintain its status as the world's strongest industrial power. Britain did this by acquiring colonies overseas. It was motivated to do this because it needed new markets for its finished goods. The colonies could also be used to supply raw materials for manufacturing.

The trouble with the colonies is that after the British economy became prosperous, British nationals did not desire to move to these locations, which were in inhospitable climes. This is where the slave trade becomes a factor. Because the colonies were primarily established to provide particular cash crops, which required numerous workers, slaves were utilized to make them profitable. The slave trade itself was also a very lucrative endeavor. Due to the need to make colonies profitable to increase industrial trade, Britain was closely tied to the Atlantic slave market. So to answer the initial question, Britain's economic policy was probably not viable without the trade and use of slaves.

We can probably assume that Bruno's parents were struck with unbelievable grief upon learning of their son's death in the gas chamber. Do you...

The Boy in the Striped Pajamas has become a very popular novel in recent years, partially due to its surprise ending. This ending, which combines situational and dramatic irony, is a particularly effective example of the aphorism “what goes around comes around.” In short, the son of a Nazi concentration camp commandant is killed along with other Jewish prisoners.

It’s interesting to wonder how the parents would have reacted to their tragedy over the course...

The Boy in the Striped Pajamas has become a very popular novel in recent years, partially due to its surprise ending. This ending, which combines situational and dramatic irony, is a particularly effective example of the aphorism “what goes around comes around.” In short, the son of a Nazi concentration camp commandant is killed along with other Jewish prisoners.

It’s interesting to wonder how the parents would have reacted to their tragedy over the course of time. Would they have repented of their role in the murder of so many innocent victims? It seems logical to think that their tragic experience would have changed their view of what they were doing. But how often is this really the case?

People don’t often change their worldviews, even when confronted with such a startling example of their error. It is more likely that the family would have become emotionally defensive, rationalizing their behavior and finding someone else to blame for what happened. It isn’t farfetched to think that they might have blamed the Jewish prisoners themselves, preferring to believe that their son had been victimized and tricked into his fate.

It is certainly possible that the boy’s mother and father might have viewed the incident as a sign that they should change their attitude toward their role in the Nazi efforts. Such things do happen—but it takes extraordinary courage to stand up to our failures in that way.

Discuss the treatment of aboriginal people by the Canadian justice system. What would be a good thesis statement for this topic?

A research topic on the treatment of indigenous or aboriginal peoples by the Canadian justice system requires some knowledge of Canadian history with respect to native tribes. While the treatment of aboriginal tribes by British and French settlers and governments may not have been as bleak as occurred in the United States, it was still bad, and it certainly involved the removal of indigenous peoples from their native lands and racist policies for many decades after that deliberately sought to deprive native tribes of their heritage. When considering the experiences of aboriginal peoples in Canada's justice system, it is, consequently, important to take into account the fact that native tribes were independent nations with their own beliefs, traditions, and policies for dealing with intra-tribal conflicts or disputes. A 2001 report by the Aboriginal Justice Implementation Commission titled The Justice System and Aboriginal People noted the following with respect to native tribes and their perception of Canada's justice system:

"For Aboriginal people, the essential problem is that the Canadian system of justice is an imposed and foreign system. In order for a society to accept a justice system as part of its life and its community, it must see the system and experience it as being a positive influence working for that society. Aboriginal people do not."

This statement is telling: Native tribes, as noted, are, or are supposed to be, per treaties, independent, sovereign entities. In practice, they are not--at least when assimilated into "mainstream" Canadian or American society. Histories of subordination into foreign cultures and political and justice systems have left deep emotional and cultural scars that are not healing, and this is reflected in aboriginal perceptions of the criminal and civil justice systems into which they are regularly thrust. As the table included in the Maclean's article indicates, native peoples fare far worse in the Canadian justice system than African Americans do in the U.S. justice system. The justice system, it is alleged, fails to take into account the unique mitigating circumstances that have resulted in a disproportionate percentage of the native population entering the justice system.

When considering a thesis statement for the issue of indigenous peoples and their treatment in the Canadian justice system, then, consideration must be made of the history of these peoples with respect to European colonization hundreds of years ago. That history is relevant today, as government policies practiced by Canada were highly prejudicial toward indigenous tribes, including forcibly removing native children from their homes and placing them in schools designed to eliminate any semblance of native culture and heritage. Deprived of their language and traditions and immersed in poverty, aboriginal peoples have suffered from higher rates of stress-related ailments and, as emphasized, more incidences of encounters with the criminal justice system. A thesis statement could be along the lines of "Canada's history of repression with respect to aboriginal tribes has caused disproportionate rates of crime among those tribes."

http://www.ajic.mb.ca/volumel/chapter7.html

http://www.macleans.ca/news/canada/out-of-sight-out-of-mind-2/

http://news.nationalpost.com/full-comment/conrad-black-canadas-treatment-of-aboriginals-was-shameful-but-it-was-not-genocide

What is meant by "we're the odd minority crying in the wilderness"

The words you quoted are spoken by Granger to Montag at the end of the story. The "odd minority" refers to Granger's fellow intellectuals. They are said to be a "minority crying in the wilderness."

The phrase "crying in the wilderness" originates from the Bible. It is first referenced in Isaiah 40:3.

The voice of him that crieth in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the LORD, make straight in the desert a highway for our God.

The phrase later resurfaces in John 1:23.

He said, I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness, Make straight the way of the Lord, as said the prophet Esaias.

Here, John is the lone voice preparing the way for Jesus Christ's ministry on earth. So, the phrase "crying in the wilderness" has two implications. The first is that it usually references a lone or minority voice/voices. The second is that the voice always prepares the way for a person, development, or movement of import. 

In Fahrenheit 451, Granger and his fellow intellectuals are the "minority crying in the wilderness." Just like the disciple John, this group of intellectuals is ignored by the majority population. This is why Granger asserts that his group has little control over the events transpiring in the world. So, the small group of nonconformists hide themselves and spend the majority of their time memorizing whole books about every conceivable world philosophy, religion, political thought, and scientific topic.

Like the apostle John, Granger's group sequesters itself and waits to emerge from hiding at the right time, ready to share the knowledge it has gleaned (and protected) for the benefit of mankind.

In Fahrenheit 451, what is the significance of the books that were saved? Why are there no recent works of fiction included?

If you woke up one day to discover that the government and everyone in society were burning books, which ones would you save? Of course, most people would save their favorite books. However, for the intellectuals that Montag meets after escaping from such a society, they choose the following books to save through memorization:

"I am Plato's Republic. Like to read Marcus Aurelius? Mr. Simmons is Marcus . . . I want you to...

If you woke up one day to discover that the government and everyone in society were burning books, which ones would you save? Of course, most people would save their favorite books. However, for the intellectuals that Montag meets after escaping from such a society, they choose the following books to save through memorization:

"I am Plato's Republic. Like to read Marcus Aurelius? Mr. Simmons is Marcus . . . I want you to meet Jonathan Swift, the author of that evil political book, Gulliver's Travels! And this other fellow is Charles Darwin, and this one is Schopenhauer, and this one is Einstein, and this one here at my elbow is Mr. Alber Schweitzer, a very kind philosopher indeed. Here we all are, Montag. Aristophanes and Mahatma Gandhi and Gautama Buddha and Confucius and Thomas Love Peacock and Thomas Jefferson and Mr. Lincoln if you please. We are also Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John" (151).

Within the above list are some of the greatest writers, philosophers, political leaders, spiritual leaders, and scientists to grace the earth with human thought. If all of these works are lost, it would mean that humanity would have to rediscover such genius again. That might take centuries! Also, Bradbury wrote Fahrenheit 451 in the early 1950s, so anything written after its publication would certainly not be included. However, these intellectuals must have memorized the above list of works because they all have something in common--they are all classic works that not only contain a store of human knowledge and wisdom, but also provide different perspectives on how to live, how to create a free and just society, and how to question the status quo. The society in Fahrenheit 451 uses manipulation and distraction to control the population. Thus, the works memorized would be useful if that society were ever in a position to rebuild. Soon after Montag meets these men, an atomic bomb goes off. Apparently, the time to rebuild and use these valuable works of information and insight might be closer than they realized.

What is the significance of the rosebush outside of governor's mansion, which Pearl cries over?

The rosebush at the governor's mansion is an echo of the mention of the wild rosebush that grew beside the prison door where Pearl was born while her mother was jailed for her adultery. The narrator describes it as covered with roses that "offer their fragrance and fragile beauty to the prisoner as he went in, and to the condemned criminal as he came forth to his doom, in token that the deep heart of...

The rosebush at the governor's mansion is an echo of the mention of the wild rosebush that grew beside the prison door where Pearl was born while her mother was jailed for her adultery. The narrator describes it as covered with roses that "offer their fragrance and fragile beauty to the prisoner as he went in, and to the condemned criminal as he came forth to his doom, in token that the deep heart of Nature could pity and be kind to him."

Pearl was conceived in an act of passion that Puritan society could not condone. Her mother, Hester Prynne, was living alone in the wake of her husband's disappearance; moreover, their's had been an arranged and loveless marriage, because of her parents' poverty. Pearl's father, Arthur Dimmesdale, would not acknowledge Pearl or Hester because he was a Puritan minister.

The wild rosebush represents something beautiful that comes from Nature, much like Pearl herself. Because the novel is romantic, Pearl has a seemingly supernatural ability to intuit that she is wild and beautiful as well. When Pearl reaches out and cries for the rose in the governor's garden, it is as if she has a sense memory of the place of her birth and identifies with the rose's natural beauty.

What idea does Creon preach?

In the play Antigone, Creon chooses to bury Eteocles with full military honors, while his brother's corpse lays decaying in an open field where carrion can feast on it. Creon decrees that anyone who touches or prays for Polyneices will be considered an enemy of the State and sentenced to death. Creon is only interested in retaining his power and maintaining social order. He refers to his enemies as "stiff-necked anarchists," and preaches the...

In the play Antigone, Creon chooses to bury Eteocles with full military honors, while his brother's corpse lays decaying in an open field where carrion can feast on it. Creon decrees that anyone who touches or prays for Polyneices will be considered an enemy of the State and sentenced to death. Creon is only interested in retaining his power and maintaining social order. He refers to his enemies as "stiff-necked anarchists," and preaches the importance of following laws and decrees handed down by political officials. In Creon's opinion, individuals must respect the State regardless of their personal beliefs or grievances. In contrast, Antigone believes that citizens must follow the wishes of the gods before listening to politicians. Creon's refusal to compromise and view the situation from Antigone's perspective is a drastic miscalculation that has disastrous results. His insistence that Antigone's crime must not go unpunished results in bloodshed and hardship.

What did Moishe the Beadle try to warn the Jews of Sighet about? How did he know the danger? How did the Jews react?

In Chapter 1, Moishe the Beadle is expelled from the village of Sighet and crammed into a cattle car by the Hungarian police because he is a foreigner. After a few months had gone by, Moishe the Beadle returns to Sighet and explains to the villagers how he barely survived a massacre. He begins by telling the villagers that the Gestapo had driven the foreign Jews to a forest and ordered them to dig huge...

In Chapter 1, Moishe the Beadle is expelled from the village of Sighet and crammed into a cattle car by the Hungarian police because he is a foreigner. After a few months had gone by, Moishe the Beadle returns to Sighet and explains to the villagers how he barely survived a massacre. He begins by telling the villagers that the Gestapo had driven the foreign Jews to a forest and ordered them to dig huge trenches. He then says that the Gestapo took aim and shot every Jew. Moishe mentions that the Gestapo were throwing infants in the air and shooting at them like targets. Moishe explains to Eliezer that he wanted to warn the Jews in Sighet about the horrors he had witnessed so that they could prepare to leave. However, Moishe weeps because nobody will listen to him. They think that he is lying and call him mad.

Given that, in standard form, `3^236` is approx. `4 * 10 ^ 112` and `3^(-376)` is approx. `4 * 10^(-180),` find the approximation in standard form...

Hello!

To answer this question we only need the fact  `3^(-376) approx 4*10^(-180).`

By the definition, raise some number `b` to a negative natural power `-n` means 1) raise `b` to the positive power `n` and 2) divide `1` by the result. This is the formula:

`b^(-n) = 1/(b^n).`

As you can easily infer from this formula,

`b^(n) = 1/(b^(-n))`                              ...

Hello!

To answer this question we only need the fact  `3^(-376) approx 4*10^(-180).`

By the definition, raise some number `b` to a negative natural power `-n` means 1) raise `b` to the positive power `n` and 2) divide `1` by the result. This is the formula:

`b^(-n) = 1/(b^n).`

As you can easily infer from this formula,

`b^(n) = 1/(b^(-n))`                                                     (1)

is also true.

In our task, `n = 376` and `b = 3.` So we have

`3^376 = 1/(3^(-376)).`

The number at the denominator is approximately known, so

`3^376 = 1/(3^(-376)) approx 1/(4*10^(-180)) = 1/4*1/(10^(-180)) = 0.25*1/(10^(-180)).`

Now we use the formula (1) in the reverse direction for `b = 10` and `n = 180:`

`1/10^(-180) = 10^180.`

This way the number in question is about

`0.25*10^180 = 0.25*10*10^179 = 2.5*10^179`  

(standard form requires factor between `1` and `10` ).

So the answer is:  `3^376 approx 2.5*10^179.`

(if you actually need 3 in some other degree, please reply and I'll try to help)

Why is Tybalt responsible for Romeo and Juliet's deaths?

Tybalt has a clear and potent hatred of everything that the Montagues stand for. His loathing is most obviously displayed during the Capulets' ball. When he notices Romeo, who has gatecrashed the occasion, he immediately wants to confront and remove him. When he informs his uncle, Lord Capulet, of his plan, he is harshly admonished and feels both insulted and humiliated, first by Romeo daring to enter their private celebration and, second, because his uncle scolded...

Tybalt has a clear and potent hatred of everything that the Montagues stand for. His loathing is most obviously displayed during the Capulets' ball. When he notices Romeo, who has gatecrashed the occasion, he immediately wants to confront and remove him. When he informs his uncle, Lord Capulet, of his plan, he is harshly admonished and feels both insulted and humiliated, first by Romeo daring to enter their private celebration and, second, because his uncle scolded him for wanting to do what he believes is right: honoring and defending the Capulets against a despised enemy.

Tybalt is so angered by Romeo's audacious act that he later sends a written challenge to the Montague household in which he wants the family to answer for what he believes was an insult to the Capulet name. Mercutio tells Benvolio that Romeo will answer the challenge but doubts whether he is man enough to stand up to Tybalt.

In Act lll, scene l, after a verbal altercation between Tybalt and Mercutio, Romeo arrives on the scene and is immediately challenged by the former. Romeo refuses to engage him in a duel and says:

I do protest, I never injured thee,
But love thee better than thou canst devise,
Till thou shalt know the reason of my love:
And so, good Capulet--which name I tender
As dearly as my own--be satisfied.  

His response is undoubtedly informed by his affection for Juliet, Tybalt's cousin. The hotheaded Mercutio is upset by what he sees as Romeo's weakness and takes up Tybalt's challenge. Romeo tries to intervene when the two start fighting and he inadvertently gives Tybalt an advantage so that he mortally wounds Mercutio. 

Tybalt's exaggerated pride, desire for revenge, and hot-headed petulance are directly responsible for Mercutio's death. After Mercutio's death, Romeo confronts Tybalt and, empowered by revenge, kills him in a duel. This incident has a dramatic effect on the plot and drastically changes the lives of our two protagonists. When the Prince learns that Romeo has killed Tybalt, he banishes him from Verona on pain of death if he should return.

It is Romeo's exile that eventually drives both him and Juliet to desperate measures in order to be together. In an ironic and tragic twist, the convoluted plan, suggested by Friar Lawrence, fails miserably and culminates in their deaths. Tybalt's actions, therefore, set in motion all the events which followed. It is in this manner, then, that he is indirectly responsible for the deaths of the two star-crossed lovers.