In Act 2, Scene 3 of Macbeth, was Lennox's speech, beginning with "The night has been unruly..." to "was feverous and did shake" an example of...

Lennox is a young man. He is a little nervous, finding himself alone with the older and socially superior Macbeth, who is strangely silent and grim. Lennox feels he has to talk about something, so he talks about what most people talk about in awkward situations: he talks about the weather.

Shakespeare wanted Macbeth to be present when Duncan's body was discovered. He wanted Macduff to be the one who discovers the body, since this will be the only time Macduff and Macbeth appear together before their death duel in Act 5. The knocking at the gate forced Macbeth to do what he had wanted to avoid. He had wanted to pretend to be asleep when the body was discovered and the hue and cry erupted. He is acting very strangely because he dreads the discovery of  Duncan's body. Lennox, being young and innocent, has no suspicions.

In order for Macduff to discover the body, he had to be the one appointed to wake the king. But why have Macduff perform that duty when he is sleeping outside the castle? Shakespeare wants him to be outside the castle because he wants him to be the one who knocks at the gate and thereby forces Macbeth to put in an appearance to find out why no one is opening it. Macduff had to spend a very bad night. He is a high-ranking thane, and Shakespeare has to explain why he was not accommodated inside the castle. In Act 2, Scene 1, Banquoand Macbeth  have the following exchange:

BANQUO
What, sir, not yet at rest? The King's a-bed.
He hath been in unusual pleasure and
Sent forth great largess to your offices:
This diamond he greets your wife withal,
By the name of most kind hostess, and shut up
In measureless content.

MACBETH
Being unprepared,
Our will became the servant to defect,
Which else should free have wrought.

Macbeth's reply is intended to explain why Macduff did not spend the night inside the castle. They were unprepared to receive so many guests. When Banquo says the King has "Sent forth great largess to your offices," this is intended to explain why the entire staff is so drunk that nobody is awake to open the gate when Macduff arrives. The "great largess" included a lot of liquor.

Lennox's speech in Act 2, Scene 3, is largely intended to fill up time. The two men can't just stand there without saying anything. Lennox's speech serves to emphasize his youth and innocence; to make Macbeth seem old, weary, anxious, guilty, and apprehensive by contrast; and to enhance the already tense and ominous mood by his description of "lamentings," "strange screams of death," "accents terrible," etc. It is like a prelude to Macduff's return from the King's chamber saying:

O horror, horror, horror --
Tongue nor heart cannot conceive nor name thee!

Here is what Macbeth has been dreading, what he had hoped to avoid by pretending to be asleep in his chamber. Lennox's speech might be termed a kind of "foreshadowing," since the audience knows what is going to happen very soon and is dreading it along with Macbeth. The scene he has wanted to avoid is played out at full length. Macduff rings the alarm bell and summons all the important members of the cast. Macbeth just has to stand there and endure the shock which all the innocent guests receive as they come rushing in from all sides dressed in their white nightgowns like ghosts. Macbeth expresses his mixed feelings of guilt, shame, remorse, and despair when he says to himself:

Had I but died an hour before this chance,
I had lived a blessed time; for from this instant
There's nothing serious in mortality:
All is but toys; renown and grace is dead;
The wine of life is drawn, and the mere lees
Is left this vault to brag of.

What is the length of a minor arc that is intercepted by a central angle whose measure is 50 degrees and the circle has a radius of 10?

Hello!

As you know, the length of an entire circumference of a radius `r` is `2 pi r,` and an entire circumference contains the central angle of 360 degrees.

Also the length of an arc is proportional to the measure of its central angle. The proportion is:

length of an arc with an angle `alpha` : length of an entire circumference = `alpha` : 360°,

or

length for angle alpha : `2 pi r` =...

Hello!

As you know, the length of an entire circumference of a radius `r` is `2 pi r,` and an entire circumference contains the central angle of 360 degrees.

Also the length of an arc is proportional to the measure of its central angle. The proportion is:

length of an arc with an angle `alpha` : length of an entire circumference = `alpha` : 360°,

or

length for angle alpha : `2 pi r` = `alpha` : 360°

(alpha is in degrees also).

Thus the length is `2 pi r * alpha/360,`  in our case it is  `(2 pi *10*50)/360=pi*25/9,` or approximately `8.73.`

Why did Daniel run away?

Five years before the story begins, Daniel ran away to the mountain to escape from his apprenticeship to Amalek, a blacksmith in the village. Daniel lived with his grandmother, who found herself unable to support Daniel and his sister. When Daniel became old enough, Daniel's grandmother in a sense sold Daniel to be Amalek's apprentice for a specified number of years. Amalek was a cruel master, but that was not the only trauma in Daniel's...

Five years before the story begins, Daniel ran away to the mountain to escape from his apprenticeship to Amalek, a blacksmith in the village. Daniel lived with his grandmother, who found herself unable to support Daniel and his sister. When Daniel became old enough, Daniel's grandmother in a sense sold Daniel to be Amalek's apprentice for a specified number of years. Amalek was a cruel master, but that was not the only trauma in Daniel's life. The downward trajectory in Daniel's life began when his father was crucified by the Romans for trying to rescue Daniel's uncle from being enslaved by the Romans for not paying his taxes. After Daniel's father and uncle were both crucified for the attempted escape, Daniel's mother became very ill from grief. She passed away shortly after. Leah, Daniel's sister, became withdrawn and silent after that. Daniel burns with hatred toward the Romans because of how they have destroyed his family. After one particularly brutal beating from Amalek, Daniel ran away from the village to the mountain, where Rosh accepted him into his band. He cannot return to the village because he still owes his service to Amalek.

How is Macbeth presented as being heroic during the Shakespeare play Macbeth?

For most of the play, Macbeth exhibits the behaviors of a tyrant and/or a fascist. His descent from loyal subject to murderous tyrant begins at the end of Act One, but he doesn't make the full transition until Act Two. 

Prior to Macbeth's meeting with the witches, he had been a loyal subject to the king and a worthy and successful soldier. In fact, in Act One, Scene Two, the Sergeant informs Duncan of Macbeth's...

For most of the play, Macbeth exhibits the behaviors of a tyrant and/or a fascist. His descent from loyal subject to murderous tyrant begins at the end of Act One, but he doesn't make the full transition until Act Two. 

Prior to Macbeth's meeting with the witches, he had been a loyal subject to the king and a worthy and successful soldier. In fact, in Act One, Scene Two, the Sergeant informs Duncan of Macbeth's brave fighting in battle: 

For brave Macbeth--well he deserves that name--

Disdaining fortune, with his brandish'd steel, 

Which smoked with bloody execution, 

Like valor's minion, carved out his passage, (I.ii.18-21) 

Duncan responds, "Oh valiant cousin!" Duncan is so proud of Macbeth's brave exhibition that he grants him an addition title, the Thane of Cawdor. Shakespeare shows how a brave, loyal Thane (Baron) could succumb to greed and ambition at any costs. His heroism dies with his rise to power and eventual downfall. Macbeth was heroic in battle. This is noted in the first act. But with a little push from the witches and some manipulative encouragement from his wife, he abandons that heroism and loyalty. 

What rumors have been told about Gatsby? Why does Fitzgerald reveal rumors rather than facts?

In F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby, Jay Gatsby proves to be as great and as enigmatic as the title of the novel would suggest. Before even meeting Gatsby, the reader is told that the strange man is rumored to be a bootlegger, a spy for the Germans, or even a murderer. All in all, the only thing that people seem to know for certain about Gatsby is that he is fabulously rich and...

In F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby, Jay Gatsby proves to be as great and as enigmatic as the title of the novel would suggest. Before even meeting Gatsby, the reader is told that the strange man is rumored to be a bootlegger, a spy for the Germans, or even a murderer. All in all, the only thing that people seem to know for certain about Gatsby is that he is fabulously rich and throws good parties.

Far more interesting, however, is Fitzgerald's reasoning behind this fabrication. As the novel suggests, the person at the center of the narrative is going to be great, larger than life, an almost mythological character. As such, Fitzgerald dutifully weaves a mythos around his protagonist, building him up to legendary proportions. In doing so, Fitzgerald sets himself up to draw a sharper contrast once he reveals that Gatsby was in fact very poor, and only became rich to impress a girl. After spending most of the novel considering Gatsby to be a magnificent and special figure, the true nature of his rather pedestrian origins becomes even more disappointing. It would appear that the "Great" Gatsby is not so incredible after all. 

Why was the Berlin Airlift of 1948 considered a symbol of the Cold War?

The Berlin Airlift could be considered a pivotal event of the Cold War, precisely because of its symbolic effects on the relationship between the United States, West Germany, and the Soviet Union. The airlift was an American and British response to a crisis that emerged in 1948. Desiring to unite West Berlin and East Berlin under communist rule, Soviet leader Joseph Stalin ordered that roads into West Berlin from West Germany (occupied by the United...

The Berlin Airlift could be considered a pivotal event of the Cold War, precisely because of its symbolic effects on the relationship between the United States, West Germany, and the Soviet Union. The airlift was an American and British response to a crisis that emerged in 1948. Desiring to unite West Berlin and East Berlin under communist rule, Soviet leader Joseph Stalin ordered that roads into West Berlin from West Germany (occupied by the United States and Great Britain) be sealed off. The United States did not want to risk war with the Soviets by attempting to breach the blockade, and so American and British planes flew in an enormous quantity of supplies during the years 1948-49 (airports in West Berlin remained open.) This enabled West Berlin to see out the blockade, which Stalin lifted in May of 1949. The incident demonstrated to the Soviets (and the West German people) that the United States was unwilling to give in on the issue of West Berlin. The city remained the epicenter of Cold War tensions, lurching from one crisis to the next, until the early 1960s, when Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev and the East Germans ordered the construction of a wall separating East Berlin from the West. 

What are 5 pure elements that can be found in your home?

Most products and materials that would be found in your home are compounds, mixtures or alloys. Only the most stable elements will resist reacting over time. Metals found in the home are often alloys that incorporate desirable properties of several metals, such as strength and corrosion resistance.

Here are some examples of pure elements that might be found in a home:

Argon and tungstenare in incandescent light bulbs. Argon is inert and therefore keeps...

Most products and materials that would be found in your home are compounds, mixtures or alloys. Only the most stable elements will resist reacting over time. Metals found in the home are often alloys that incorporate desirable properties of several metals, such as strength and corrosion resistance.

Here are some examples of pure elements that might be found in a home:

Argon and tungsten are in incandescent light bulbs. Argon is inert and therefore keeps the tungsten filament from oxidizing.

Mercury is in some thermostats and in switches in space heaters that turn off when tipped over. Mercury completes the circuit when the appliance is in the upright position, but drains to a lower position and breaks the circuit when tilted.

Copper is used in electrical wiring and in some water pipes.

Carbon is in pencils. What we call pencil lead is actually the graphite form of carbon. The diamond form of carbon is in jewelry and is used as a cutting surface on saw blades designed to cut through metal.

About 20% of the air in your home is oxygen and about 80% is nitrogen.

Phosphorous is on the tips of matches and ignites from the friction of striking them.

Gold is found in jewelry and on the circuit boards in computers and small electronics.

Zinc is used as a coating on nails and screws and in water heaters to prevent galvanic corrosion.

Americium is used in smoke detectors.

Aluminum is used as foil and for beverage cans. Some outdoor furniture is made of cast aluminum because it's corrosion resistant.

Tantalum is used in capacitors in digital cameras, cell phones and tablets.

How does this poem express Anne Bradstreet's values?

Anne Bradstreet's poem expresses her values as it acknowledges the Puritan belief that woman was created to be man's helpmate, subordinate, and to be in harmony with her husband.

The very title, "To My Dear and Loving Husband", establishes the relationship that Bradstreet has with her husband: they both love each other. Yet, there is the sense that she is somewhat subordinate in that she feels that she cannot repay the love that she receives....

Anne Bradstreet's poem expresses her values as it acknowledges the Puritan belief that woman was created to be man's helpmate, subordinate, and to be in harmony with her husband.

The very title, "To My Dear and Loving Husband", establishes the relationship that Bradstreet has with her husband: they both love each other. Yet, there is the sense that she is somewhat subordinate in that she feels that she cannot repay the love that she receives. She says, "Thy love is such I can no way repay."

Bradstreet's use of parallelism also connotes the harmony of their marriage and the relationship of wife and husband:

If ever two were one, then surely we. 
If ever man were loved by wife, then thee; 
If ever wife was happy in a man, 

That they both feel the same way about each other is reaffirmed at the poem's end:

Then while we live, in love let's so persever[e]
That when we live no more, we may live ever.

With its repetition of the sounds of the 'w's and the 'l's in these last two lines, there is a certain harmony. In fact, throughout the entire poem there is a balance that appropriately parallels the feelings of Mr. and Mrs. Bradstreet. Certainly, this symmetry is suitable to a poem that celebrates a happy and satisfying marriage.

In The Boy In The Striped Pyjamas, how does Bruno feel about his new home?

Bruno is dismayed when he sees where he is going to live because it is in such contrast to his lovely house in an interesting and exciting part of Berlin.

Whereas Bruno's former home was in an established neighborhood in the city, this house near the Polish border is completely isolated and on a desolate piece of land, but his house in the city was surrounded by others with streets to traverse that had fruit...

Bruno is dismayed when he sees where he is going to live because it is in such contrast to his lovely house in an interesting and exciting part of Berlin.

Whereas Bruno's former home was in an established neighborhood in the city, this house near the Polish border is completely isolated and on a desolate piece of land, but his house in the city was surrounded by others with streets to traverse that had fruit and vegetable stands emitting all sorts of smells. This new house is much smaller and seems to Bruno to be "the loneliest place in the world." As if all of this is not bad enough, there is no one for Bruno to play with and his friends are all back in Berlin. He tells his mother, "I think this was a bad idea," but she tells Bruno that they do not have the "luxury of thinking."

Without doubt, the new house could not be more different from the house that the family has moved from in Berlin, and Bruno's feelings about it are equally as disparate.

The global recession forced thousands of firms into bankruptcy. Does this fact alone confirm that “external factors are more important than...

Not necessarily. It depends on the company, its industry, and the quality of its management, as well as the particular internal and external factors that affect a business. External factors are as important as internal factors in strategic planning.  I believe that one does not supersede the other.

First of all, astute company management is management that considers all factors carefully when coming up with a strategic plan. Good managers don’t just consider external factors when coming up with a strategy.

Yes, external factors are very important for a company to consider. For example, retail clothing firms are finding it quite tough to grow sales in the contemporary marketplace. The reason: today’s consumers are currently spending more money on “life experiences” (food and travel) than on products such as clothing.

This past Christmas season was, over all, a dismal one for retail sales in the U.S. Therefore, the external factors of “changing consumer thinking and preferences” are causing retailers to think differently about how to get people back into their stores.

However, a company cannot ignore internal factors in strategic planning as they are just as important. A clothing retailer may have a concept for a new product by a great in-house designer. The company may believe this new product offering can once again spur consumer interest – resulting in more consumers visiting the retailer (in store and online) and also resulting in more sales. As a result, the retailer must advance this program, this internal factor, in its effort to drive sales and profits.

The strategic plan would be to get this new and innovative clothing product to market. The retailer would take into account external forces, while internally continuing to engage in product development. Therefore, strategic planning involves taking into account, as a whole, external and internal factors.

Furthermore, strategic planning means considering the internal factor of “budget constraints.” A company has only so much money to allocate to its strategies and must take this internal factor into account, while at the same time considering external factors such as economic volatility, unemployment, high interest rates, and government regulations as pertains to their specific business.

Many firms were forced into bankruptcy during the global recession because they were not well-prepared to weather that economic storm. This was due to internal factors such as poor planning; inefficient operations; limited budgets; employees that may not have been properly trained; a wrong product mix; unsuitable pricing, and more. Then, harsh external factors combined with these and caused their downfall. Nonetheless, more efficient and well-prepared companies, with smart management, survived the global recession and are still thriving today.

If for an exam question you had to explain the relationship between Estella and Pip throughout the book; would you be able to include about Pip's...

Pip’s meeting with Estella at the end of the novel shows the maturity in both of them, which has advanced greatly from the first meeting, and even from their last meeting before Estella’s marriage. Pip has mellowed in his infatuation with Estella, perhaps even questioning if it had been “true love.” He has grown up and lived through some difficult times, coming to terms with what he truly is, which is different than what he...

Pip’s meeting with Estella at the end of the novel shows the maturity in both of them, which has advanced greatly from the first meeting, and even from their last meeting before Estella’s marriage. Pip has mellowed in his infatuation with Estella, perhaps even questioning if it had been “true love.” He has grown up and lived through some difficult times, coming to terms with what he truly is, which is different than what he wanted to be. This maturity was achieved once he learned who his true benefactor was, as well as come to terms with the fact that he was not destined to be Estella’s husband by the intention of Miss Havisham. He has realized that he has given himself up to being manipulated by someone who is more worldly-wise, and thus become worldly-wise himself.

Yet it is Estella who has changed the most. Through her abusive marriage and the relief of widowhood, she has overcome her training to break men’s hearts. She has learned to see Pip as a human being, rather than a tool to be manipulated. With the dual endings provided by Dickens (the original being one that gives a hint that their relationship might resume at a different level), we can see how both of grown up and grown beyond what they had once been.

In the poem "This is the Dark Time, My Love" a) What world would be possible if the negative force did not exist? b) Identify the negative force...

In the poem "This is the Dark Time, My Love", by Martin Carter:

a) The world that would be possible, if the negative force did not exist, would be a world where peace reigns. War would be a thing of the past and men and women touting “dark metal” would be no more. This dark metal represents artilleries, guns, and the boots/reinforced uniforms that soldiers use, carry, and wear as they carry out actions...

In the poem "This is the Dark Time, My Love", by Martin Carter:

a) The world that would be possible, if the negative force did not exist, would be a world where peace reigns. War would be a thing of the past and men and women touting “dark metal” would be no more. This dark metal represents artilleries, guns, and the boots/reinforced uniforms that soldiers use, carry, and wear as they carry out actions of war as directed by their commanders.

b) The negative force at work in this particular poem is war. But drilling down even more, it is humankind’s inhumanity to each other. It is the greed, lust, and striving for power and misguided standing that leads to selfish thoughts - and the subsequent actions that lead to war. It could be a leader and/or nation that is guilty of this selfishness, which causes another nation (or nations) to strive to stop this irrational force. It could be all nations involved in a conflict are selfish and lustful. Regardless, war, no matter who is to blame, is the negative force that is a scourge on humankind and has been since Man’s beginning.

Dreams are being wrecked by way of oppression and governments imposing their will on their respective citizens. Dreams are being wrecked by conflict and the “carnival of misery”; countries engaging in destructive acts against other countries and even their own people (re: Iraq against the Kurds, and also the accusations even of Syria against its’ own people), as well as many other examples throughout history. Therefore, it is governments wrecking the dreams, often, of its own citizens and the citizens of other nations.

The two poetic devices that contribute to the overall impact and meaning of the poem are:

1. Repetition

 

Simple repetition is used to great effect in this one-stanza, 12-line poem. What is repeated is the line:

“This is the dark time, my love”

In essence, the line is used three times: in the title; in line number one; and in line number five. The narrator of the poem is gently saying to someone he or she loves that a time of turbulence and trial is upon them. It seems the narrator is trying to softly warn the person and maybe even shield the other person from what is to come.

In addition, the two words ‘my love’ are employed again in the middle of line eleven. So, this small phrase is actually repeated four times in this poem.

2. Alliteration

 

Alliteration is used in this poem and it adds to the rhythmic flow and musicality of the piece. Here is the alliteration in “This Is the Dark Time, My Love”:

-  brown beetles

-  shining sun

Of note is that there is also internal rhyme in this poem: in line eleven, the last two words of the line rhyme – “stranger invader”.

In To Kill a Mockingbird, Miss Caroline sent Burris Ewell home because he had lice. What effect did her instructions have on him?

Miss Caroline was about twenty-one years old and from North Winston County.  She was unaccustomed to the children who were raised in Maycomb.  When she saw lice in Burris Ewell’s hair, she screamed.  The children as a whole did not find it unusual and did not react to it.  They were concerned that she had been frightened, but they were not concerned that he had lice.  Miss Caroline told him,

“Well, Burris, …..I think we’d...

Miss Caroline was about twenty-one years old and from North Winston County.  She was unaccustomed to the children who were raised in Maycomb.  When she saw lice in Burris Ewell’s hair, she screamed.  The children as a whole did not find it unusual and did not react to it.  They were concerned that she had been frightened, but they were not concerned that he had lice.  Miss Caroline told him,

“Well, Burris, …..I think we’d better excuse you for the rest of the afternoon.  I want you to go home and wash your hair.” (pg 26)

She then opened a book and told Burris that he should wash his hair with lye soap.  Lye soap is a very harsh soap but it was the cure for lice in those days.   He was to treat his scalp with kerosene afterwards. Burris didn’t understand.  Scout says,

"He was the filthiest human I had ever seen. His neck was dark gray, the backs of his hands were rusty, and his fingernails were black deep into the quick. “ (pg 27)

She then asked him to bathe himself before he returned the next day.  Burris laughs at this.  The Ewells never attended school for more than one day a year. The children tell her,

“They come the first day every year and then leave.  The truant lady gets ‘em here ‘cause she threatens ‘em with the sheriff, but she’s give up tryin’ to hold ‘em.”  (pg 27)

So when Miss Caroline tells him to wash his hair and his body, Burris just laughs.   He tells her,

“You ain’t sendin’ me home, missus.  I was on the verge of leavin’ ---- I done my time for this year.”

How is Oedipus Rex a tragedy of fate?

First, Oedipus received a prophecy from the oracle at Delphi, indicating that he would kill his father and marry his mother.  The ancient Greeks believed that the oracle was the servant of Apollo, and when the oracle says something is going to happen, it is going to happen.  Nonetheless, Oedipus attempts to evade the prophecy by never going back to his home, in Corinth.  He figures that if he isn't around his mother and father,...

First, Oedipus received a prophecy from the oracle at Delphi, indicating that he would kill his father and marry his mother.  The ancient Greeks believed that the oracle was the servant of Apollo, and when the oracle says something is going to happen, it is going to happen.  Nonetheless, Oedipus attempts to evade the prophecy by never going back to his home, in Corinth.  He figures that if he isn't around his mother and father, then he cannot possibly fulfill that fate.

What Oedipus doesn't realize is that the people he thinks are his parents are not actually his parents.  This is what he went to the oracle to find out, but the oracle didn't tell him.  His birth parents had sent him away to be killed when he was a baby because they, too, had heard the prophecy and were attempting to evade it.  However, the servant did not kill Oedipus, but gave him to a servant from Corinth instead, and this is how he ended up there.

Therefore, when Oedipus makes his way toward Thebes, he has no idea that this was actually his birthplace and that his parents were the king and queen of Thebes.  On his way, he ran into his birth father, the king of Thebes, they had a physical altercation and Oedipus killed him (without realizing, of course, that this man was his father).  He accidentally fulfilled this half of his fate, and when he gets to Thebes and finds it in need of a king, he marries the queen (his mother) and takes the throne (he had saved Thebes from the sphinx, and so they thought it was appropriate to crown him).  

In the end, Oedipus never had a chance.  His fate was determined even before he was born, when his parents heard the prophecy, and cemented by his own actions when he attempted to escape the prophecy.  Perhaps if he'd have just gone home to Corinth and asked no more questions, it would have turned out all right; maybe the gods would have changed their minds.  However, in trying to escape his fate, he actually enabled it to occur.  His terrible pride, in thinking that he could outsmart the gods and defy the oracle, contributed to his downfall, but because his fate was already determined, Oedipus Rex can be considered, in part, a tragedy because of this fate.

Does "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner" recount a single dramatic, often tragic, episode?

This question is another way of asking, "Does this poem qualify as a ballad?" The answer is "yes," but let's examine each of the three qualifications contained in this definition of a ballad.

Does the poem recount a single episode? In a sense, the poem functions as a "story within a story" or a frame story because it relates one story about the mariner pulling aside a wedding guest, which happens in the present time,...

This question is another way of asking, "Does this poem qualify as a ballad?" The answer is "yes," but let's examine each of the three qualifications contained in this definition of a ballad.

Does the poem recount a single episode? In a sense, the poem functions as a "story within a story" or a frame story because it relates one story about the mariner pulling aside a wedding guest, which happens in the present time, and another story about what happened to the mariner at sea, told in flashback. However, the stories are not two separate tales; indeed, the present time story is an outgrowth of the prior story and is really just a continuation of it. Because of the mariner's experience at sea, he is now compelled to roam the earth retelling his tale to people who need to hear it. So although part of the story is told in flashback, the poem has no subplots or secondary plots; it relates a single episode.

Second, is it dramatic? This word has two definitions, and both apply. One refers to the art of drama, where there are actors in a play who enact a series of events. This definition applies in the sense that the poem is a story with rising action, climax, and denouement and features memorable characters. The second definition for "dramatic" is "striking." The events in the poem are certainly striking. The poem features spirits, battles with nature, life-threatening situations, and even "zombies." 

Third, are the events "often tragic?" This can also be answered affirmatively. Some of the tragedies that occur in the poem are that 200 sailors die, two spirits--Death and Life-in-Death--gamble for the life of the mariner, a young boy goes insane, and the mariner himself does rigorous penance for causing what the poem presents as a grave tragedy itself: the killing of the innocent albatross. 

This poem easily conforms to the definition of a ballad by presenting a single dramatic and tragic story. 

In act 5, scene 1, analyse Bassanio's relationships with both Antonio and Portia, showing how they have developed over the play.

Bassanio is very close to both his friend Antonio and his wife Portia. Though Portia and Antonio love one another for Bassanio’s sake, there is some unspoken, possibly unconscious, competition between the two. Antonio and Portia have given much to Bassanio. Antonio gave Bassanio money so he could woo Portia, putting his life on the line to borrow money for him. Portia was willing to give Bassanio lots of money to rescue Antonio and, when...

Bassanio is very close to both his friend Antonio and his wife Portia. Though Portia and Antonio love one another for Bassanio’s sake, there is some unspoken, possibly unconscious, competition between the two. Antonio and Portia have given much to Bassanio. Antonio gave Bassanio money so he could woo Portia, putting his life on the line to borrow money for him. Portia was willing to give Bassanio lots of money to rescue Antonio and, when that didn’t work, disguised herself as a lawyer and almost single-handedly saved Antonio’s life.

During the trial, Antonio asks Bassanio to speak well of him to Portia. Bassanio says that he would sacrifice “life itself, my wife, and all the world” to free Antonio. Unbeknownst to Bassanio, Portia is there. She comments, “Your wife would give you little thanks for that, / If she were by, to hear you make the offer.” As a kind of payback, Portia insists Bassanio give her their wedding ring as payment. Bassanio protests until Antonio suggests it is fair to give him the ring: “Let his deservings and my love withal / Be valued against your wife's commandment.”

In the final scene, Act V, Scene 1, Portia condemns Bassanio for giving away their ring and even tricks him into thinking she slept with the lawyer to get it back. Antonio feels awkward about these quarrels, but Portia insists it is not his fault:

ANTONIO: I am the unhappy subject of these quarrels.

PORTIA: Sir, grieve not you; you are welcome notwithstanding.

She eventually reveals to Bassanio that she was the lawyer and tells Antonio that he has regained his fortune. Though Portia and Antonio have a kind of a subtle power struggle over Bassanio, they are reconciled in the end.

What is the nature of the conflict in this story? Who, or what, do you see as Mrs. Mallard's antagonist?

The main conflict in "The Story of an Hour" is character vs. society.  Mrs. Mallard's adversary is not her husband, as some might argue, but society, due to society's expectations for right female behavior as well as marriage.

First, Brently Mallard was a good husband.  Mrs. Mallard "knew that she would weep again when she saw the kind, tender hands folded in death; the face that had never looked save with love upon her [...]."...

The main conflict in "The Story of an Hour" is character vs. society.  Mrs. Mallard's adversary is not her husband, as some might argue, but society, due to society's expectations for right female behavior as well as marriage.

First, Brently Mallard was a good husband.  Mrs. Mallard "knew that she would weep again when she saw the kind, tender hands folded in death; the face that had never looked save with love upon her [...]."  She doesn't take issue with him, in particular, but rather the institution of marriage, in general, and what it meant for the woman.

She feels a "monstrous joy" because, from now on,

There would be no one to live for her during those coming years; she would live for herself.  There would be no powerful will bending hers in that blind persistence with which men and women believe they have a right to impose a private will upon a fellow-creature. 

The joy is somewhat monstrous because it comes at the expense of her husband's life; however, though monstrous, she does happy because she recognizes, as she says, that she can now be "'free, free, free!'"  In marriage, a woman of this period loses her identity as an individual; she becomes someone's wife, and her husband is legally entitled to make any and all decisions of importance.  Her duty is to acquiesce to his wishes.  She would likely not have married had this been a viable social option, but it was not during this era.  This wasn't the arrangement just for her marriage, but for all marriages.  Even though her husband was kind, she was still required to allow him to "live for her."  As someone's wife, she could not live for herself.  As a widow, she will now have that right.  Without the social expectations surrounding marriage and the prescriptions for her behavior within that institution, Mrs. Mallard would have had no adversary.

Whose story unfolds in the telling of Phoebe's story?

Sal Hiddle tells her grandparents Phoebe’s story on their trip to Idaho. Sal had moved to Euclid, Ohio, and made friends with Phoebe. Phoebe is a “girl with a powerful imagination,” which she uses to come to terms after her mother leaves the family. Phoebe believes that the departure was not done willingly, but that her mother was kidnapped. She refused to believe that her mother left of her own free will.

As Sal tells...

Sal Hiddle tells her grandparents Phoebe’s story on their trip to Idaho. Sal had moved to Euclid, Ohio, and made friends with Phoebe. Phoebe is a “girl with a powerful imagination,” which she uses to come to terms after her mother leaves the family. Phoebe believes that the departure was not done willingly, but that her mother was kidnapped. She refused to believe that her mother left of her own free will.

As Sal tells the story, the reader learns that Sal’s own mother left her family and went to Idaho. Sal is on this trip to try to reach her mother by her birthday and bring her home. As she describes Phoebe’s adventures to her grandparents, she realizes that Phoebe’s story is her own. Like Phoebe, she refused to accept that her mother may have had good reasons for leaving, ones that had little to do with Sal. It had nothing to do with rejection, but in finding herself as a unique person, apart from being a wife and mother. Sal realizes that, like Phoebe, she had refused to accept the truth, driving everyone around her crazy. In the end, Phoebe’s mother returns home, but Sal’s mother is not coming back.

How does Jem develop empathy and tolerance when he witnesses the Tom Robinson trial in Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird?

In Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird, at first, witnessing Tom Robinson's trial, especially hearing the verdict after seeing that all of the evidence points to Robinson's innocence, only serves to make Jem bitterly angry, angry to the point of tears. However, as he continues to work through his feelings, Jem develops a better understanding of people that shows he has developed a sense of empathy and tolerance. Jem's sense of empathy...

In Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird, at first, witnessing Tom Robinson's trial, especially hearing the verdict after seeing that all of the evidence points to Robinson's innocence, only serves to make Jem bitterly angry, angry to the point of tears. However, as he continues to work through his feelings, Jem develops a better understanding of people that shows he has developed a sense of empathy and tolerance. Jem's sense of empathy and tolerance can especially be seen towards the end of Chapter 23.

In Chapter 23, Scout's announcement that she plans to invite her schoolmate Walter Cunningham home for lunch once school starts up draws some very bitter comments from her Aunt Alexandra. Aunt Alexandra denies Scout permission to invite Walter home, saying that the Cunninghams are "not our kind of folks" and even going so far as to call Walter "trash." Aunt Alexandra's comments make Scout so angry that she wants to attack her aunt and bursts into tears. Jem takes his sister into his care and tries to console her. While consoling her, Jem explains some new revelations he has acquired about people.

As he explains to Scout, when he was younger, Jem used to think the same thing as Scout--that all people were the same. However, witnessing the prejudice that caused an innocent man to be convicted and sentenced to death has led Jem to try and develop some new conclusions about people. As Jem explains to Scout, he has become forced to ask himself the question, "If [people] are all alike, why do they go out of their way to despise each other?" (Ch. 23). Jem further explains to Scout that people in different social classes have different education levels, and it's lack of education that breeds hatred.

Seeing that all people have differences in education allows Jem to look compassionately at all people--he sees that they cannot help what they do due to their education levels. For this reason, he is even able to view his aunt with compassion and empathize with her disdain for others. He empathizes with her because he agrees that the Finches are, luckily, more educated than people like the Cunninghams and the Ewells, and that education level places the Finches in a greater, more important position in society. Yet, Jem also sees his aunt as being less educated than Atticus; therefore, he understands why his aunt is able to show less tolerance of others than Atticus--she can't help it. Hence, because Jem has developed this newfound understanding that people cannot always help what they do due to education levels, he is able hear his aunt speak negatively of others without being angered, whereas Scout is still very much angered by it. His ability to hear his aunt speak out against people shows he has developed a sense of compassion and empathy he is able to extend to even his aunt.

Why did dictatorship rise after WWI?

There were several reasons why dictatorships rose after World War I. In Germany, the Weimar Republic was established after World War I ended. However, the Versailles Treaty was so harsh on Germany, especially with the $33 billion Germany had to pay to the Allies in reparations, that the Republic was doomed to fail. There were serious economic problems in Germany, in part caused by these high reparations. Germany’s paper money became worthless. Germany, which hadn’t...

There were several reasons why dictatorships rose after World War I. In Germany, the Weimar Republic was established after World War I ended. However, the Versailles Treaty was so harsh on Germany, especially with the $33 billion Germany had to pay to the Allies in reparations, that the Republic was doomed to fail. There were serious economic problems in Germany, in part caused by these high reparations. Germany’s paper money became worthless. Germany, which hadn’t had much experience with democratic government, was quick to turn to a totalitarian leader that promised the German people better economic times and a return of German pride.

In Italy, Mussolini came to power by promising to restore Italy to the glory days of the Roman Empire. The Italians felt they weren’t given enough land in the Treaty of Versailles. He also promised the Italian people more jobs and a program similar to Social Security.

In Japan, the military was in charge. The Japanese felt they should have been put on equal footing with the United States and with Great Britain at the Washington Naval Conference. As a result of the Five-Power Naval Limitation Treaty, the Japanese were unhappy they could only have three warships to the five both the United States and Great Britain could have. When the Prime Minister of Japan tried to end the invasion of Manchuria, he was assassinated. This sent a message as to who was in charge in Japan.

Many times, when a country is struggling economically, they turn to dictators to resolve the problems. That clearly happened in several countries after World War I ended when economic difficulties arose. There were many factors that contributed to the rise of dictatorships after World War I ended.

How does Lowry convey the attitudes of the girls and their mother toward the Germans in Number the Stars?

Annemarie and her sister, as well as their mother, do not like the presence of German soldiers in Denmark.  We first see this when Annemarie's mother finds out that a soldier stopped her daughter and Ellen on the road.  She asks "'Why doesn't he go back to his own country?'"

Later Annemarie tells her mother that there is a swastika on the Hirsch family shop.  Her mother turns away, upset.  Then she goes to speak...

Annemarie and her sister, as well as their mother, do not like the presence of German soldiers in Denmark.  We first see this when Annemarie's mother finds out that a soldier stopped her daughter and Ellen on the road.  She asks "'Why doesn't he go back to his own country?'"

Later Annemarie tells her mother that there is a swastika on the Hirsch family shop.  Her mother turns away, upset.  Then she goes to speak to Mrs. Rosen.  The Hirsch family were Jews, and so are the Rosens.

Annemarie and her sister also do not like the presence of the soldiers.  When two soldiers stop her in the street with her sister, Annemarie sees "two sets of cold eyes glaring at her."  When one soldier tries to touch Kirsti's fair hair, she pulls away and tells him not to.  

We also know that the family does not like the Nazis because the deceased oldest daughter, Lise, was part of the Resistance.  It is clear that everyone in the family sees the German occupation of Denmark as a negative thing.

What is Harper Lee's message/theme on race?

In the novel, Lee shows that racism is born of prejudice, intolerance, and ignorance. There are elements of racism in Maycomb that are quite obvious. The white and black populations live in separate areas. This has to do with economics as much as race. In addition, there are elements of racism that are unsaid and simply understood. When Tom is charged with rape, everyone (black and white) knows that he will have a hard time...

In the novel, Lee shows that racism is born of prejudice, intolerance, and ignorance. There are elements of racism in Maycomb that are quite obvious. The white and black populations live in separate areas. This has to do with economics as much as race. In addition, there are elements of racism that are unsaid and simply understood. When Tom is charged with rape, everyone (black and white) knows that he will have a hard time getting a fair trial from an all-white jury. That is, even the members of the jury silently acknowledge their own prejudices. Atticus presents a logical and strategic case but the jury can not, or will not, overcome their prejudices. In Chapter 23, Atticus notes, "The one place where a man ought to get a square deal is in a courtroom, be he any color of the rainbow, but people have a way of carrying their resentments right into a jury box." 

Some members of Maycomb will admit their prejudices. Some will not admit a thing, even though they perpetuate racist thinking. And, there are some hypocrites who claim that they have no racist thoughts but they clearly still hold some prejudices. Consider Mrs. Merriweather's hypocrisy in supporting the Mrunas but ignoring the needs of the black community in her own town. 

In Chapter 23 (same section), Atticus adds, " As you grow older, you’ll see white men cheat black men every day of your life, but let me tell you something and don’t you forget it— whenever a white man does that to a black man, no matter who he is, how rich he is, or how fine a family he comes from, that white man is trash.” Atticus is saying that, because of racism and intolerance, black men (and women) are at a disadvantage. They do not get the same rights and opportunities and understanding that whites in this society would get. So, when a white citizen takes advantage of this, Atticus says this is trashy. In this sense, racism is more than just having evil thoughts. Racism manifests in real ways and affects real lives. Tom is accused and killed because of racism. 

Discuss a significant decision made by a major company that has some ethical implications associated with it.

There are of course numerous examples to choose from. 

Most of the ethical decisions you'll hear about involving major corporations are bad: There's Enron's fraudulent accounting, HSBC's money laundering for terrorists, Ford concealing the hazards of the Pinto, and the collusion of several banks to manipulate the LIBOR, just to name a few.

But I'd actually like to take a different tack and talk about some major decisions by corporations that are not so bad, emphasizing the fact that ethical dilemmas arise in almost any large industry on a daily basis and can in fact be resolved well. Profits and ethics can sometimes come into conflict, but they are not inherently incompatible.

Morningstar Farms recently issued a voluntary recall of their Black Bean Burgers because they found traces of peanut in them which was not listed on the label.

I want to emphasize that they did not have to do this. It is not illegal to put peanuts in veggie burgers, and the fines for inaccurate labeling of this sort are quite small, especially when it is unintentional.

But Morninstar Farms knew that some of their customers might have peanut allergies, and would be harmed by the accidental peanut traces. They could have gone the way of Enron and Ford, run a cost-benefit analysis and decided that it was cheaper to risk the court cases than to recall the burgers; but they didn't. They saw the moral implications of risking harm to their customers, and refused to accept that outcome. They recalled the burgers, at great expense to themselves, in order to protect their customers from harm.

There are other examples of corporations making the morally right decision that I could talk about. There are always stories about health insurance companies not covering care people need---but we don't hear about the insurance companies that do cover people's care. There are always stories about the companies that pollute water, but never about companies like Pepsi that build clean-water infrastructure in Africa.

I don't mean to say that corporations are always sunshine and rainbows---they absolutely can do horrible things, and sometimes do. But I think we paint a distorted picture of the world when we only talk about the moral dilemmas that corporations get wrong. We should be trying to find out why some corporations make better decisions than others, in order to make more of the good ones and less of the bad ones.

If I add four spoonfuls of powdered ice tea to a 1/2 liter glass, but it doesn't dissolve, would adding more water dissolve it?

Every solute has a certain saturation level for a given solvent, at a certain temperature. This is the maximum amount of solute that can be dissolved in a given quantity of solvent at a certain temperature. For example, say the saturation level of sugar is 20 g per lt of water at 20 degrees Celsius, then only 20 g of sugar will dissolve in 1 lt of water at that temperature and any extra will...

Every solute has a certain saturation level for a given solvent, at a certain temperature. This is the maximum amount of solute that can be dissolved in a given quantity of solvent at a certain temperature. For example, say the saturation level of sugar is 20 g per lt of water at 20 degrees Celsius, then only 20 g of sugar will dissolve in 1 lt of water at that temperature and any extra will simply stay undissolved. The remaining quantity of solute can be dissolved by one of the two (or both) methods: increasing the solvent volume and/or increasing the temperature. Adding extra solvent decreases the solute concentration below the saturation level and allows more solute to be dissolved. Increase in temperature of solvent increases the rate of dissolution and hence more solute gets dissolved. 

Note that there are a variety of powdered iced tea products available in market, some of them dissolve in cold water, while the others dissolve in hot water. If the powdered tea mix, we are discussing here, dissolves only in hot water (which means solubility is very low in cold water) then addition of extra cold water will not help. And temperature increase may be the only option.

Hope this helps.

Why was Helen Stoner afraid of her stepfather in "The Adventure of the Speckled Band"?

Helen Stoner is afraid of her stepfather because he has a violent temper and her sister is dead.

Helen Stoner comes to hire Sherlock Holmes.  When a person comes to see the famous detective Sherlock Holmes, it means that the person is in serious trouble.  Helen’s trouble is that she lives with her stepfather, and he is not a good person.  The bigger problem is that her twin sister is dead and she is suspicious.

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Helen Stoner is afraid of her stepfather because he has a violent temper and her sister is dead.

Helen Stoner comes to hire Sherlock Holmes.  When a person comes to see the famous detective Sherlock Holmes, it means that the person is in serious trouble.  Helen’s trouble is that she lives with her stepfather, and he is not a good person.  The bigger problem is that her twin sister is dead and she is suspicious.

Helen tells Holmes that her stepfather Dr. Roylott is from an old family.  He was a doctor, but when he married her mother he no longer worked.  They returned to the old family manor, and his behavior changed.

But a terrible change came over our stepfather about this time. Instead of making friends and exchanging visits with our neighbours … he shut himself up in his house and seldom came out save to indulge in ferocious quarrels with whoever might cross his path. 

The violent quarrels with neighbors are just the beginning of Helen’s worries about her stepfather.  Helen had a twin sister, Julia, but she died under suspicious circumstances after they moved.  Helen is worried that strange things are still happening at her house and she might be next.

Helen is right to worry.  Holmes and Watson go to Stoke Moran to investigate. They stay the night, and hide in a room waiting for something to happen.  What happens is that a snake comes into the room.  It is a very deadly snake called a swamp adder.  It is what killed Julia.

Holmes explains to Watson that Dr. Roylott was dangerous because he was a doctor.  Doctors are supposed to do no harm, but this one did not stick to his oath.

When a doctor does go wrong he is the first of criminals. He has nerve and he has knowledge. Palmer and Pritchard were among the heads of their profession. 

The snake turns on Dr. Roylott and kills him, so from that point on Helen no longer needs to worry about her stepfather.  She can be safe in her own home, as long as she gets rid of all of the roaming animals!

In "A Rose for Emily," what was the significance of Emily's father in her life?

In “A Rose for Emily,” the father acts as an isolating force in Emily’s life. The townspeople “remember[…] the young men her father had driven away” and it is only after her father’s death that Emily meets and pursues the Northerner Homer Barron. Other mentions of her father reference his “crayon portrait” in the dusty parlor or the townspeople’s envisioning of him as “a spraddled silhouette […] his back to [Miss Emily] and clutching a...

In “A Rose for Emily,” the father acts as an isolating force in Emily’s life. The townspeople “remember[…] the young men her father had driven away” and it is only after her father’s death that Emily meets and pursues the Northerner Homer Barron. Other mentions of her father reference his “crayon portrait” in the dusty parlor or the townspeople’s envisioning of him as “a spraddled silhouette […] his back to [Miss Emily] and clutching a horsewhip.” Despite the fact that Mr. Grierson is not an active character in the story, Faulkner’s descriptions paint him as a kind of guard, chasing off Emily’s suitors to keep her with him.

It is also worth noting that as the story’s events are told in non-chronological order, much of the action is referred to in relation to her father’s death: “the dispensation dating from the death of her father,” “That was two years after her father’s death,” “After her father’s death,” “the summer after her father’s death.” His death informs Emily’s romantic timeline, and likely prevents her from forming a healthy relationship with Homer Barron. Just as her father locks Emily away from the world, Emily continues the cycle by keeping Homer Barron for herself.

What is the reason for the anomalous behaviour of water?

The anomalous behavior of water, sometimes called the density anomaly, is due to strong intermolecular attractions between water molecules called hydrogen bonds. The large electronegativity difference between oxygen and hydrogen causes the hydrogen-oxygen bonds to be polar. The oxygen ends of water molecules are slightly negative and the hydrogen ends are slightly positive. The positive and negative ends are attracted to oppositely charged ends of other water molecules.

Here are some of the behaviors caused by hydrogen bonding:

High...

The anomalous behavior of water, sometimes called the density anomaly, is due to strong intermolecular attractions between water molecules called hydrogen bonds. The large electronegativity difference between oxygen and hydrogen causes the hydrogen-oxygen bonds to be polar. The oxygen ends of water molecules are slightly negative and the hydrogen ends are slightly positive. The positive and negative ends are attracted to oppositely charged ends of other water molecules.

Here are some of the behaviors caused by hydrogen bonding:

High surface tension: The hydrogen bonds between molecules at the surface of a container of water cause the surface to behave like an invisible skin. Water will mound up when a container is overfilled before it spills over. Water skippers (insects) are able to walk on water because of the high surface tension.

Expands when freezing: Most substances are more dense in the solid state than in the liquid state. Water shows the opposite behavior. As water approaches its freezing point and the molecules get close together, hydrogen bonding causes a hexagonal crystal structure that has a lot of open space. The fact that ice floats on water is what keeps lakes from completely freezing and aquatic life dying off in the winter.

Higher than expected boiling point: Boiling point is a periodic trend. Water is an exception to the trend. In the diagram below you can see that the boiling point of analogous compounds increases with atomic number within a group of the periodic table. For example, CH4 has a lower boiling point than SiH4 and the tetrahydride boiling points continue to increase going down the group. However, water has a higher boiling point than either H2S, H2Se or H2Te. It takes more energy to overcome the hydrogen bonds and separate the molecules.

In the memoir Night, Wiesel was dehumanized by the Nazis. What are some quotes to prove this?

In Elie Wiesel's Night, the Nazis dehumanize him (and countless others in the concentration camps).

After Elie and his father are separated forever from his mother and his sisters, the horrific acts carried out upon those in the camps destroys everything that Elie thought he knew about the world and strips him of his humanity. Elie was 15 years old when he and his father went into the concentration camp. There are many examples of how Elie became dehumanized.

For example, in the camp, Dr. Mengele and other SS doctors come to take stock of the men. The head of their block tells the men how to avoid being chosen by the doctors to be killed—for example, to run to keep their color high. As Elie and those around him go through the process, each man's prayer is that the doctor will not write down the numbers on his arm. Passing through the check-up, Elie is completely unaware as to whether his number was taken down, and he asks Yossi what happened. Yossi tells him his number was not taken, but it would have been impossible because Elie was running so fast. Yossi and Elie chuckle together; however, we see how Elie has little concern for the others.

I began to laugh. I was glad. I would have liked to kiss him. At that moment, what did the others matter! I hadn't been written down.

On a march in the freezing weather, a young Polish man named Zalman is beside Elie. At one point, while Elie and others force themselves to run forward without the clothing, food or health to sustain such activity, Zalman tells Elie that he cannot go further:

I can't go on any longer. My stomach's bursting...

Elie tries to encourage Zalman, but the man cannot go on, and he sinks to the ground. Elie soon forgets him:

That is the last picture I have of him. I do not think it can have been the SS who finished him, because no one had noticed. He must have been trampled to death beneath the feet of the thousands of men who followed us.

I quickly forgot him...

In order to survive each day, Elie becomes callous in the face of so much death. Prisoners will kill each other over the smallest bit of food. Elie sees a son kill his father to take a small piece of bread from him. Elie does not cringe or cry—survival is all that he can think of.

Towards the end of the novel, Elie and his father become separated when the sirens go off. Waking, Elie notes:

...I remembered I had a father...I had known that he was at the end, on the brink of death, and yet I had abandoned him.

I went to look for him.

But at the same moment this thought came into my mind: "Don't let me find him! If only I could get rid of this dead weight, so that I could use all my strength to struggle for my own survival, and only worry about myself." Immediately I felt ashamed of myself, ashamed forever.

The young man Elie was when he entered the concentration camps died as Elie struggled to survive. In the place of that adolescent appears a man who is hardened in the face of torture and constant death. Elie loses his entire family, even his father who he tries to care for. He loses his faith, and he loses his ability to empathize with what others face. The Nazis strip him of all innocence and kindness in the camps.

Upon learning of his father's death, he cannot even cry. He desperately wants to... "But I had no more tears."

When he is finally liberated from the camp, after his father's death, Elie and other survivors are fed: they only care about food. Some travel to a nearby town to get clothes, but no one thinks of revenge for themselves or their families. Elie becomes seriously ill for two weeks and almost dies. When Elie is finally able to rise from his bed, he goes to look at himself in the mirror, something he had not been able to do since being placed in the ghetto in his hometown of Sighet. 

From the depths of the mirror, a corpse gazed back at me.

Certainly what Elie saw was a reflection of what little of young Elie was left within.

Explain why Mme Loisel leaves in a hurry after the ball.

Mathilde has an attractive new gown and is wearing what she thinks is an expensive diamond necklace, but she has old and cheap-looking "wraps" to put on when she is finally ready to go home. By "wraps" the author means short garments that only cover the shoulders and upper part of the woman's body. We might call such a garment a "stole." Mathilde has had a grand success at the ball. She has been admired...

Mathilde has an attractive new gown and is wearing what she thinks is an expensive diamond necklace, but she has old and cheap-looking "wraps" to put on when she is finally ready to go home. By "wraps" the author means short garments that only cover the shoulders and upper part of the woman's body. We might call such a garment a "stole." Mathilde has had a grand success at the ball. She has been admired by all the men and envied by all the women. She is anxious to get away quickly because she doesn't want the women to see that she is really a poor Cinderella who can't afford the kind of wraps all the other women will be putting on.

Of all living things, women dread women most of all, and of all women the clever and beautiful.
                                                                                       Theodore Dreiser, The Titan

Her husband is anxious to get away too. It is already four o'clock in the morning, and he has to be at work at the Ministry of Education at ten.

He threw over her shoulders the garments he had brought for them to go home in, modest everyday clothes, whose poverty clashed with the beauty of the ball-dress. She was conscious of this and was anxious to hurry away, so that she should not be noticed by the other women putting on their costly furs.

This is where the clasp of the necklace probably comes undone, although the necklace itself might not fall off under the wraps for some time. If they both hadn't been in such a hurry to get away, the necklace might never have been lost. Mathilde has to put on those wraps because it is bitterly cold outside. The invitation specifies that the date is January the 18th.

If a rabbit is homozygous dominant for black fur, then what is the rabbit's genotype?

If we allow “B” to represent the dominant allele for black fur and “b” to represent the recessive allele for fur color, then “BB” could represent the genotype of a rabbit that is homozygous dominant for black fur.

Alleles are varieties of genes. Alleles can be dominant or recessive. A dominant allele is the “stronger” variety of a gene. Dominant alleles are indicated by a capital letter. The capital letter used is often the first...

If we allow “B” to represent the dominant allele for black fur and “b” to represent the recessive allele for fur color, then “BB” could represent the genotype of a rabbit that is homozygous dominant for black fur.

Alleles are varieties of genes. Alleles can be dominant or recessive. A dominant allele is the “stronger” variety of a gene. Dominant alleles are indicated by a capital letter. The capital letter used is often the first letter of the dominant trait that is being represented. A recessive allele is the “weaker” variety of the gene. Recessive alleles are represented by lowercase letters. The lowercase letter that is used is usually the first letter of the dominant allele that is being represented.

A genotype is the genetic combination of alleles that an individual has for a trait.  Phenotypes are the physical representation of a genotype.  Because dominant alleles are “stronger” than recessive alleles, only one dominant allele is needed to produce a dominant phenotype.

Genotypes can be homozygous dominant, heterozygous, or homozygous recessive. Homozygous dominant genotypes have two dominant alleles and will show the dominant phenotype. A heterozygous genotype has one dominant and one recessive allele. Because a heterozygous genotype contains a dominant allele, it will also show the dominant phenotype. Homozygous recessive genotypes contain two recessive alleles. Having a homozygous recessive genotype is the only way an individual can show the recessive phenotype.

What is the meaning of Song No. 40 from Gitanjali?

The poet in song 40 in "The Gitanjali," by Tagore, is in the mood of despair. We don't know this at the start of the poem, where the poet is asking God to rain on his "arid heart." He doesn't even care if the rain comes in the form of a fierce storm; he just needs relief.

"Send thy angry storm, dark with death, if it is thy wish, and with lashes of lightning startle...

The poet in song 40 in "The Gitanjali," by Tagore, is in the mood of despair. We don't know this at the start of the poem, where the poet is asking God to rain on his "arid heart." He doesn't even care if the rain comes in the form of a fierce storm; he just needs relief.

"Send thy angry storm, dark with death, if it is thy wish, and with lashes of lightning startle the sky from end to end."

All the poet desires is that his overwhelming despair, which burns within him, be drowned in a healing rain.

The final line of the poem is that last entreaty the poet makes to God—asking for both a cleansing wrath of the Father, and at the same, the tender heart of the Mother.

"Let the cloud of grace bend low from above like the tearful look of the mother on the day of the father's wrath."

What is Article VI of the Constitution?

Article VI of the Constitution has several parts. The first part states that the debts the U.S. government incurred while the country was ruled by the Articles of Confederation are still valid and that the government will pay them now that it is ruled by the Constitution. Part of the background behind this part of the article is that Alexander Hamilton, the first Secretary of the Treasury, wanted the United States government to have a...

Article VI of the Constitution has several parts. The first part states that the debts the U.S. government incurred while the country was ruled by the Articles of Confederation are still valid and that the government will pay them now that it is ruled by the Constitution. Part of the background behind this part of the article is that Alexander Hamilton, the first Secretary of the Treasury, wanted the United States government to have a debt. Once the government had assumed and began to pay off the debt, people would come to trust the government to a greater extent.

The second part of Article establishes the Supremacy Clause--that is, the idea that the Constitution, as well as federal laws and treaties made pursuant to the Constitution, are the supreme law of the land and take precedence over state level laws. John Marshall, later the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, helped establish the Supremacy Clause in practice through cases such as McCulloch v. Maryland (1819), a case in which the Supreme Court decided that states could not levy taxes on the federal bank because states cannot impede laws carried out as part of the powers given to the federal government in the Constitition.

Finally, the third part of the article requires government officials to take an oath but states that the oath must not be religious in nature and that the government cannot require religious tests of its employees. This article is an expression of the separation of church and state in the government. 

How does Macbeth's determination make him a bad person?

It is difficult to say that it is Macbeth's determination that makes him a bad person. He is more characterized by ambition, and an excessive faith in the witches, which drive him to carry out some very evil deeds. Macbeth does not really show determination to kill Duncan--indeed he is chastised by his wife in Act I, Scene 7 when he briefly decides to put off the murder. Early in the play, it is Lady...

It is difficult to say that it is Macbeth's determination that makes him a bad person. He is more characterized by ambition, and an excessive faith in the witches, which drive him to carry out some very evil deeds. Macbeth does not really show determination to kill Duncan--indeed he is chastised by his wife in Act I, Scene 7 when he briefly decides to put off the murder. Early in the play, it is Lady Macbeth who shows determination, pushing Macbeth to murder the king and later encouraging him to put his qualms about murdering Banquo aside. Later in the play, though, Macbeth is completely determined to do whatever is necessary to maintain his power, including the murder of Macduff's family, but one might say that he had little choice by that point but to stick it out to the bitter end at that point. Having gained the crown by murder, there was no way to keep it except through further violence and murder. Yet even in the final scene, when it is revealed that he has been fooled by the witches' prophecy, he briefly refuses to fight Macduff, only doing so when he realizes that his only other option is humiliation and death. 

What techniques of characterization does Hughes employ in creating the character of Mrs. Jones?

Langston Hughes uses several techniques to characterize Mrs. Jones. First, she is characterized physically as a large and imposing woman. At the beginning of the story, Hughes writes, "She was a large woman with a large purse that had everything in it but hammer and nails." Mrs. Jones's size gives her an advantage over Roger, and she is described as being physical towards him: "Mrs. Jones stopped, jerked him around in front of her, put...

Langston Hughes uses several techniques to characterize Mrs. Jones. First, she is characterized physically as a large and imposing woman. At the beginning of the story, Hughes writes, "She was a large woman with a large purse that had everything in it but hammer and nails." Mrs. Jones's size gives her an advantage over Roger, and she is described as being physical towards him: "Mrs. Jones stopped, jerked him around in front of her, put a half-nelson about his neck, and continued to drag him up the street."

Beyond just categorizing her physically, a more significant technique that Hughes uses is characterizing Mrs. Jones through her actions and through her words. Because she doesn't turn Roger in to the police but instead takes him in to feed him, we come to see her as a mentor or even a mother figure. When she asks, “Um-hum! And your face is dirty. I got a great mind to wash your face for you. Ain’t you got nobody home to tell you to wash your face?” we can see that she's already got a sense of concern for Roger and an understanding of why he tried to steal her purse.

She goes on to say, “You ought to be my son. I would teach you right from wrong. Least I can do right now is to wash your face. Are you hungry?” and as she drags Roger home against his will, we can see that she is serving in the role of a temporary caretaker. We see this role further play out back in Mrs. Jones's apartment when she tries to teach Roger a lesson by telling him, “Well, you didn’t have to snatch my pocketbook to get some suede shoes,” said Mrs. Luella Bates Washington Jones. “You could of asked me.”

First through physical description, and mostly through her actions and words, Hughes characterizes Mrs. Jones as a dominant and intimidating but kind and motherly figure.

What are some characteristics of Juliet and Friar Lawrence?

I will start with Juliet, and I'll start with the easy and obvious characteristics.  First, Juliet is a girl.  A young girl at that.  Her father tells Paris that Juliet is not ready to be married yet, because she is too young.  

My child is yet a stranger in the world;She hath not seen the change of fourteen years,

Juliet is also a Capulet; they are the sworn enemies of the Montagues, which...

I will start with Juliet, and I'll start with the easy and obvious characteristics.  First, Juliet is a girl.  A young girl at that.  Her father tells Paris that Juliet is not ready to be married yet, because she is too young.  

My child is yet a stranger in the world;
She hath not seen the change of fourteen years,

Juliet is also a Capulet; they are the sworn enemies of the Montagues, which is what Romeo is.  Juliet, despite her youth is wise and strong beyond her years.  I think this because she doesn't automatically dismiss her mother's advice about Paris.  I work with 13 year old students.  I know how they talk about their moms and mom's rules.  Juliet tells her mom that she will look at Paris with an open mind.  She doesn't simply dismiss her mom's advice for the sake of dismissing her. 

I'll look to like, if looking liking move:
But no more deep will I endart mine eye
Than your consent gives strength to make it fly.

Regarding her strength, Juliet stands up to her father and mother about her desire to marry Romeo.  That's not an easy thing for a young girl to do, especially when dad is screaming and insulting you.  Juliet does stand up to her father's onslaught though and stands firm in her devotion to Romeo.  

Friar Lawrence is a much more interesting character I think.  He's quite mysterious.  For example, why does a holy man religious figure have such intimate knowledge of potions and herbs?  He is presented as a friar, but I feel he more closely resembles a wizard or medicine man.  He is a caring individual, and the evidence is in how he treats Romeo and Juliet.  He can clearly see their love for each other, but he still warns Romeo of the potential problems that the marriage is going to cause.  

Wisely and slow; they stumble that run fast.

Yet despite his concerns, Friar Lawrence still agrees to unite Romeo and Juliet in marriage.  That sounds wonderful and romantic, until you think about his main stated reason for doing so.  

In one respect I'll thy assistant be;
For this alliance may so happy prove,
To turn your households' rancour to pure love.

Friar Lawrence believes that Romeo and Juliet's marriage will have the power to end the feud between the Capulets and Montagues.  That's devious and scheming, because it might work, but it might not either.  Of course Friar Lawrence isn't taking any of the risks either.  His plot is completely safe for him, because Romeo and Juliet will take any of the trouble that comes.  

How can I write a five paragraph essay about Macbeth?

The introduction should have a hook to grab attention, a topic leading to a thesis statement, and then the major points you will use to support your topic. All of these items work together to make a solid intro.

Example thesis: The story shows [topic] through [point 1], [point 2] and [point 3].

Another example: One of the larger themes of the play Macbeth is guilt. This can be seen through [point 1], [point 2] and [point 3].

The first body paragraph is about point 1, and ONLY point one. You go into detail and use support such as quotes from the story and paraphrased scenes, from the story to back up your thesis. Make sure each paragraph is at least 4-5 sentences long.

The second body paragraph is about point 2, and once again uses details, quotes and paraphrased scenes to support that point.

The third does the same thing.

In your conclusion, you should restate your thesis and main points again, but in different words.

Hope that helps!

Why is Piggy certain that no one will ever find them?

Piggy and Ralph are the first boys we are introduced to in Lord of the Flies.  They quickly realize that no grown-ups have survived the plane crash that has left them stranded, and that apparently no people at all inhabit the island where they have landed.  The flight was filled with children; from what we gather in the first chapter, two adults were on the plane, and they are both gone.  One seems to...

Piggy and Ralph are the first boys we are introduced to in Lord of the Flies.  They quickly realize that no grown-ups have survived the plane crash that has left them stranded, and that apparently no people at all inhabit the island where they have landed.  The flight was filled with children; from what we gather in the first chapter, two adults were on the plane, and they are both gone.  One seems to have died:

“Where’s the man with the megaphone?”
The fair boy shook his head.

While Ralph is optimistic about the survival of the pilot, Piggy is more realistic:

“That pilot.”
The fair boy allowed his feet to come down and sat on the steamy earth.
“He must have flown off after he dropped us. He couldn’t land here. Not in a place with wheels.”
“We was attacked!”
“He’ll be back all right.”
The fat boy shook his head.

Piggy realizes from what he sees out the window when the plane is going down that the chances of the pilot's survival are non-existent.  He understands that they are now on their own.  Ralph, continuing to neglect the seriousness of their situation, then assures Piggy that his father, who is a commander in the Navy, will be right along to get them as soon as he realizes they are missing.  Piggy refuses to allow Ralph this delusion:

“How does he know we’re here?”
“They’d tell him at the airport.”
Piggy shook his head, put on his flashing glasses and looked down at Ralph.
“Not them. Didn’t you hear what the pilot said? About the atom bomb? They’re all dead.” 

Piggy is a child whose life has not been filled by fairy tales.  His dad is dead; his mom deserted him; his guardian-aunt placates him with candy; and his schoolmates bully and terrorize him.  He realizes the brevity of their situation long before the other children and is much more realistic about the possible consequences.

What qualities do you think are most important for a president to have ? Which candidates seem to have these qualities ? Which ones don't ? Why do...

There are several qualities a presidential candidate should have. Once I share those qualities, you will be able to decide which candidates do or don’t have those qualities, or who have some of those qualities.

One quality a presidential candidate should have is integrity. Anybody running for the highest elective office in our country must be a person who lives by the highest possible standards. There can be no secrets about something that happened in the past that could damage that person’s reputation.

Another quality is honesty. The candidate must tell the truth about his or her views. The candidate must be able to answer questions directly and with truthful answers. The candidate must be able to admit when a mistake has been made. Being dishonest in any way can ruin that person’s image and credibility.

A third quality is being able to communicate effectively. Some of our most effective presidents were people who mastered the art of communication. Franklin D. Roosevelt was able to assure the American people with his weekly radio addresses. John F. Kennedy was the same way with his televised and broadcast speeches. Being a master communicator can really be an effective characteristic for a leader.

A presidential candidate must be knowledgeable of the issues. Knowing the issues can help the candidate develop policies to deal with them. By knowing the issues, a candidate may be able to avoid unintended consequences of policies created to deal with those issues. Knowing the facts surrounding the issues may help raise the credibility of the candidate. If the people believe the candidate knows the issues well, they will most likely have more respect for the candidate.

A candidate must know when to compromise. Candidates rarely succeed with they refuse to bend on issues. The candidate must be able to reach a compromise with those who see an issue differently than the candidate sees the issue.

A candidate must have empathy and be able to relate to the people of the country. Presidents will deal with situations that cause great sorrow. They must be able to respond with empathy for those who have suffered significant losses. The candidate must also be able to show the people that he or she understands the situations most people face every day. They must be able to relate to people of different backgrounds, of different income levels, and of different religions and races.

A final characteristic is the candidate must be hard working. The job of President is very demanding. The candidate must show that he or she can handle the effort, the time, and the demands needed to successfully fulfil the responsibilities of the job.

Based on these characteristics, who do you think meets most or all of them?

What are some advantages and disadvantages/hardships in pages 122-182 of Katherine Paterson's Lyddie?

In the second half of Lyddie, the main character experiences several hardships, although some good things happen as well. 

First, Lyddie is suddenly given the responsibility of caring for her younger sister Rachel, whom she really hasn't seen for about four years. What's more, the family farm is about to be sold by her uncle, meaning that she is too late to pay off the debts and obtain the farm for herself. On page...

In the second half of Lyddie, the main character experiences several hardships, although some good things happen as well. 

First, Lyddie is suddenly given the responsibility of caring for her younger sister Rachel, whom she really hasn't seen for about four years. What's more, the family farm is about to be sold by her uncle, meaning that she is too late to pay off the debts and obtain the farm for herself. On page 122, she writes her brother Charlie explaining the situation. 

Next, Lyddie becomes very ill and almost dies. She contracts a serious fever, probably from Brigid, whose mother is ill and whose germs she has been exposed to via the "kiss of death" procedure at the factory. As we learn on page 131, her illness lasts over two weeks. 

On page 139, Rachel develops a cough due to her work in the factory that worries Lyddie. She realizes this could be life-threatening, so she allows Rachel to go to live with Charlie, which causes her severe loneliness (p. 148). That loneliness is compounded when Diana leaves the factory (p. 153). 

On page 161, Rachel protects Brigid from an unwanted advance by the factory overseer, and the overseer retaliates by having her fired (p. 168). 

Despite all these hardships, Lyddie experiences some pleasant times as well. Having Rachel with her is a joy, especially since Rachel nurses her continually during her sickness. Brigid also sticks by her and nurses her back to health (p. 130). Diana brings Lyddie a gift of a book by Dickens (p. 132). Rachel gets a job as a doffer and is able to stay with Lyddie in the boarding house for a time, becoming the "pet" of the girls (p. 138). Although it is hard for Lyddie to let them go, Charlie and Rachel get adopted by the Phinneys into a fine situation (p. 142). Finally, Lyddie receives a marriage proposal from Luke Stevens, her former neighbor, who has actually purchased her old family farm, making it possible for her to return there if she wants (p. 147). Although Lyddie does not take him up on his offer, she keeps the possibility open as something she might consider after she has finished college at Oberlin (p. 181). 

(Page numbers are from the 1991 Puffin Books edition.)

In Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury, where does bravery and loyalty play an important part?

Guy Montag lives in a world where no one can be trusted because people are trained to turn someone into authorities for possessing or owning books. It doesn't matter what relationship a person shares with another, either. Children can turn in parents, neighbors turn in neighbors, and even a wife can turn in a husband simply for looking at a book. The consequences are arresting the offender and burning down his or her house along with the books. In order to live in such a society, one would need to be brave and loyal to one side of the issue or the other. Book owners would need to be brave to face such a society and loyal to others whom they know own books, too. On the other hand, non-book owners would have to be brave enough to turn in family members, friends, or neighbors in order to remain loyal to the government. The scary part is discovering who might be brave and loyal for whom. Either way, a person must be brave and loyal in order to survive this life.

As Montag switches his loyalties away from supporting book burning, he must brave the consequences of his choices and actions and discover whom he can trust. He tries to bring his wife along with him in this endeavor, but she turns on him and calls the authorities, instead. Montag realizes his wife's betrayal as he shows up to his own house with the fire squad:

"The front door opened; Mildred came down the steps, running, one suitcase held with a dreamlike clenching rigidity in her fist, as a beetle-taxi hissed to the curb.

'Mildred!'

She ran past with her body stiff, her face floured with powder, her mouth gone, without lipstick.

'Mildred, you didn't put in the alarm!'" (114)

To his surprise, his wife was neither brave nor loyal--she simply fled. Hence, bravery and loyalty are important here because his wife didn't have either to support her husband. 

Later, Montag bravely runs for his life. The Mechanical Hound is sent out after him and he has to escape into the river to avoid it. Luckily, others like Montag who live in the wilderness were loyal and did not assist the authorities to find him. Instead, they helped Montag by bringing him into their midst and accepting him. Granger, the leader in the wilderness, explains their role in helping Montag:

"Granger nodded to a portable battery TV set by the fire. 'We've watched the chase. Figured you'd wind up south along the river. When we heard you plunging around out in the forest like a drunken elk, we didn't hide as we usually do. We figured you were in the river, when the helicopter cameras swung back in over the city. Something funny there. The chase is still running. The other way, though'" (147).

Oddly enough, strangers were more brave and loyal for Montag than his wife was. If these people had not gone to help him, Montag could have died alone in the wilderness. Lucky for him, though, he finally finds people with whom he shares a common interest in preserving the thoughts, stories and ideas found in books and they live to wait for a time when they can share those things again.

`3x - 5y + 5z = 1, 5x - 2y + 3z = 0, 7x - y + 3z = 0` Solve the system of linear equations and check any solutions algebraically.

EQ1:  `3x-5y+5z=1`

EQ2:  `5x-2y+3z=0`

EQ3:  `7x-y+3z=0`

To solve this system of equations, let's use elimination method. In elimination method,  a variable or variables should be eliminated to get the value of the other variable.

Let's eliminate y by multiply EQ3 by -5. Then add it with EQ1.

EQ1: `3x-5y+5z=1`

EQ3: `(7x-y+3z=0)*(-5)`

             `3x-5y+5z=1`

`+`   `-35x+5y-15z=0`

`----------------`

               `-32x - 10z=1`    ...

EQ1:  `3x-5y+5z=1`

EQ2:  `5x-2y+3z=0`

EQ3:  `7x-y+3z=0`

To solve this system of equations, let's use elimination method. In elimination method,  a variable or variables should be eliminated to get the value of the other variable.

Let's eliminate y by multiply EQ3 by -5. Then add it with EQ1.

EQ1: `3x-5y+5z=1`

EQ3: `(7x-y+3z=0)*(-5)`

             `3x-5y+5z=1`

`+`   `-35x+5y-15z=0`

`----------------`

               `-32x - 10z=1`       Let this be EQ4.         

Eliminate y again by multiplying EQ3 by -2. And add it with EQ2.

EQ2: `5x-2y+3z=0`

EQ3: `(7x-y+3z=0)*(-2)`

              `5x - 2y+3z=0`

`+`      `-14x+2y-6z=0`

`----------------`

                   `-9x-3z=0`

                        `3x+z=0`       Let this be EQ5.

Then, consider two new equations.

EQ4:  `-32x-10z=1`

EQ5: `3x + z=0`

Eliminate the z in these two equations by multiplying EQ5 with 10. And,  add them.

     `-32x-10z=1`

`+`     `30x + 10z=0`

`-------------`

                      `-2x=1`

Then, isolate the x.

`(-2x)/(-2)=1/(-2)`

`x=-1/2`

Plug-in this value of x to either EQ4 or EQ5.

EQ5: `3x+z=0`

`3(-1/2)+z=0`

And, solve for z.

`-3/2+z=0`

`-3/2+3/2+z=0+3/2`

`z=3/2`

Then, plug-in the values of x and z to either of the original equations.

EQ3: `7x-y+3z=0`

`7(-1/2)-y+3(3/2)=0`

`-7/2-y+9/2=0`

`1-y=0`

`1-1-y=0-1`

`-y=-1`

`(-y)/(-1)=(-1)/(-1)`

`y=1`

To check, plug-in the values of x, y and z to the three original equations. If the resulting conditions are all true, then, it verifies it is the solution of the given system of equations.

EQ1: `3x-5y+5z=1`

`3(-1/2)-5(1)+5(3/2)=1`

`-3/2-5+15/2=1`

`-3/2-10/2+15/2=1`

`2/2=1`

`1=1`     `:. True`

EQ2: `5x-2y+3z=0`

`5(-1/2)-2(1)+3(3/2)=0`

`-5/2-2+9/2=0`

`-5/2-4/2+9/2=0`

`0/2=0`

`0=0`      `:. True`

EQ3: `7x-y+3z=0`

`7(-1/2)-1+3(3/2)=0`

`-7/2-1+9/2=0`

`-7/2-2/2+9/2=0`

`0/2=0`

`0=0`     `:. True`

Therefore, the solution is   `(-1/2,1,3/2)` .

Can you give me an example of iambic tetrameter in "Suicide in the Trenches" by Siegfried Sassoon?

Siegfried Sassoon's poem includes several lines that conform to the iambic tetrameter pattern. Iambic tetrameter is a metrical pattern in which the line of poetry is divided into four feet (iambs) with stress placed upon the second syllable in each of those feet. If you were to divide the lines of poetry into chunks of two syllables each, you would then be able to examine whether the second syllable in each bears more stress.

The first four lines can be diagrammed as follows, split into iambs. I have used bold font to indicate which syllables are stressed, and left the unstressed syllables not in bold font:

I knew / a sim / ple sol / dier boy

Who grinned / at life / in emp / ty joy,

Slept sound / ly through / the lone / some dark,

And whist / led ear / ly with / the lark.

As you can see, all four of the lines in this first stanza conform to the iambic tetrameter pattern. It is important to look at the rest of the lines in the poem too, though, because not all of them employ iambic tetrameter. In case of one or more lines deviating from the pattern, you would need to be able to identify which of them are not good examples of iambic tetrameter. Consider the second stanza:

In win / ter trench / es, cowed / and glum,

With crumps / and lice / and lack / of rum,

He put / a bull / et through / his brain.

No one / spoke of him / again.

The last line of this stanza does not divide neatly into groups of two syllables because there are seven syllables rather than an even number. Furthermore, if the line is spoken aloud it sounds awkward to try and put the stress onto the second, fourth, and sixth syllable like you would have to if they were part of iambs. Saying "No one / spoke of / him a / gain" just does not sound right, and it leaves the syllable "gain" hanging all by itself at the end. So in stanza two, the lines of iambic tetrameter are lines five, six, and seven, but not line eight. Line eight appears to contain a trochee, a dactyl, and an iamb. 

After that group of lines, we then move on to stanza three. In this final stanza all four lines are in iambic tetrameter:

You smug- / faced crowds / with kind / ling eye

Who cheer / when sol / dier lads / march by,

Sneak home / and pray / you'll nev / er know

The hell / where youth / and laugh / ter go.