How circulatory system is involved with digestion and excretion?

The circulatory system and the digestive system work together as follows.

• The digestive system breaks the food that is consumed by an organism into smaller pieces that the body can use such as amino acids, sugars, and vitamins. These nutrients are absorbed into cells The cells then use or convert the nutrients into biomolecules that are needed to carry on everyday functions. For example, cellular respiration occurs within the mitochondria of cells. During cellular respiration, the sugar glucose and oxygen are converted into water, carbon dioxide and an energy source called adenosine triphosphate (ATP).

The circulatory system and excretory system are connected in the following ways.

• The circulatory system carries metabolic wastes such as urea and uric acid to the kidneys. The kidneys then excrete the waste.


• Blood pressure is controlled by the excretory system.


• The acid/base balance of the body is controlled by the body. In return, the oxygen-carrying capacity of the hemoglobin that is housed within the red blood cells is dependent on the acid/base balance.

Why do people like Shakespeare?

People are varied and their reasons for loving Shakespeare are just as diverse. Yet, there are some popular reasons why people love Shakespeare. I'll outline some of them below. 

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  Poetry - Shakespeare is arguably the most well known English writer in history. His poetry is famous and unique. A majority of people love Shakespeare because they love his writing.  


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  Emotional Connections - Despite being centuries old, many people around the world have an emotional connection to Shakespeare in some way. Many high school students perform in Shakespeare plays or are brought to a performance of one of his plays. These connections last with people and influence how they feel about Shakespeare. 


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  Cultural Influence - Shakespeare is a principle influencer in English-speaking cultures. His cultural influence is difficult to ignore, and many contemporary narratives continue to build on Shakespeare's plays. New interpretations of his plays continue to be written today, and his plays are performed consistently throughout English countries. This cultural dominance also influences how people feel about Shakespeare.

In A Doll's House, why does Mrs. Linde think that Dr. Rank was the person Nora borrowed money from?

Christine Linde’s belief that Dr. Rank is the man that loaned the money to Nora, which is false, as it was Krogstad who did it, can be found in Act 2 of the play.

Christine goes to visit Nora, who had asked for her to come so that Christine can fix the Neapolitan girl dress that Nora wanted to wear to the ball. As they speak, Christine asks about Dr. Rank, and asks Nora what is wrong with him. Here, Nora explains to Christine the condition of which Dr. Rank is dying, which surprises Christine, as she had no idea that Nora had any awareness of anything or anyone else besides her (Nora's) own issues. This is indicative that even Christine, as much as she knows and loves Nora, also sees her as someone who is not much more capable to be anything but ornamental.

After asking more information about the doctor, Linde puts the facts together and infers that this has to be the mysterious man. Dr. Rank is rich, he goes to the house a lot, is friends with Torvald, and is trusted by the Helmers. Christine furthermore felt that Rank was a “tactless” man by getting into monetary dealings with Nora behind Torvald’s back.

Mrs Linde. Don't prevaricate, Nora. Do you suppose I don't guess who lent you the two hundred and fifty pounds?

Nora. Are you out of your senses? How can you think of such a thing! A friend of ours, who comes here every day! Do you realise what a horribly painful position that would be?

Mrs Linde. Then it really isn't he?

Nora. No, certainly not. It would never have entered into my head for a moment. Besides, he had no money to lend then; he came into his money afterwards.

Essentially, the reason why Christine thinks that Rank is responsible is merely by assumption, after making an association of facts. He would have been the prime candidate. He is a bachelor who pays a lot of attention to Nora, has the money to give to her if she needed it, and he is in good graces with Torvald. It is no surprise that Christine would have suspected him to be the mystery man of whom Nora spoke. However, Christine was wrong. Her old flame, Krogstad, was the person who lent Nora the money and is now blackmailing her for it.

"We love because we lack." How does this quote relate to Hamlet?

The relation between "love" and "lack" is a Freudian psychoanalytic principle that associates desire with an insatiable void. It appears that the quote you are using is pulled from Joshua Rothman's article in The New Yorker, Hamlet: A Love Story. Rothman writes: 

"[W]e love because we lack. Inside each of us there’s an emptiness, and that emptiness can never be filled. None of us can ever be loved enough—by our parents, by our children, by our husbands or wives." 

In psychoanalysis, this "lack" is metaphorical, allegorical, figurative—but in Hamlet, it is presented quite literally. Consider the parents, children, and husbands/wives in the play: Hamlet's father is dead, a ghost; his mother, and incestuous adulteress; his lover, Ophelia, first, mad, then, dead. The emptiness and shadowy nature of these traditional instantiations of love causes Hamlet to question his own motivations and torture himself psychologically. But in doing so, he lays bare the foundations of the Oedipal complex, specifically, and Freudian psychoanalysis, generally. 

The Giver explained why the people needed a Receiver of Memory. What were the reasons? What is his role in the community?

In Ch. 13, the Giver explains some of the reasons why the community needs a Receiver of Memory.

We know that the community went to Sameness many generations back and that caused the Elders to decide that having memories burdened individuals too much. So, they began to deposit these memories in a Receiver of Memories so they could access them when needed, but otherwise did not have to bother with the emotional toll they can take. We don't know much about the world when individuals had their own memories, but the Giver does describe ten years prior when the previous Receiver of Memory left. 

"It was chaos." he said. "They really suffered for a while. Finally it subsided as the memories were assimilated. But it certainly made them aware of how they need a Receiver to contain all that pain. And knowledge."

Individuals in the community really have no memories of the previous generations because they simply don't need them. They are always told what to do and when to do it, and any major decisions in their own lives are made by the Elders. The Elders themselves don't even have these memories, thus the Receiver of Memory is required, almost like a safe, to hold all of these collective memories for reference.

His role in the community is to advise the Elders whenever they need it. But this doesn't happen often. 

"Only when they are faced with something they have not experienced before."

Like the plane flying into their airspace at the beginning of the novel. They wanted to shoot it down, but the Giver advised against it because he knew it could bring on a war. They didn't understand the larger consequence of shooting down a plane because they had never been to war.

What materials did the Hualapai Indians use from their environment to make what they needed; and what are some of the things they made?

The Hualapai Indian Nation is native to the American Southwest, and today the tribe primarily lives in the state of Arizona. Though the Southwest is a desert climate, the Hualapai used an abundance of natural resources in their subsistence.

Homes were built of cedar or willow boughs. In fact- Hualapai means "People of the Tall Pine," which shows how important cedar pines are to these people. Clothing included dresses and trousers made of deerskin, and sandals woven from yucca fiber. For food, Hualapai people historically grew crops of maize, squash, and beans, and hunted wild game like deer and rabbit. Where people lived near the river, men would fish in addition to their hunting. Women also gathered yucca root, edible grass seeds, and cactus fruit, which grow wild in the desert. Clay is plentiful in the Southwest and was used to make storage and cooking vessels. Baskets were also woven from reed-grasses.

Items that were not available in the immediate environment were traded for with other tribes.

Give reasons why the animals rebel against the pigs in Animal Farm.

In Chapter Seven of Animal Farm, the hens rebel against the pigs after Napoleon strikes a deal with Whymper who sell their eggs. As a result, the hens raise a "terrible outcry" and begin to lay high up on a rafter so that the eggs fall to the floor and smash. 

For the hens, the selling of their eggs is tantamount to "murder" and this is why they choose to rebel. In addition, if we look back to Major's speech in Chapter One, being forced to lay eggs, which never had the chance to turn into chicks, is one of the reasons why the animals rebelled against Mr Jones and took the farm for themselves.

Similarly, in Chapter Five, the pigs protest Napoleon's decision to end the Sunday morning meetings. This is interpreted as a violation of their rights, hence their rebellion, which is quickly cut short by Napoleon's dogs.

The increasingly-dictatorial behaviour of Napoleon not only prompts the rebellion of these animals but also quells it. Protected by his dogs, Napoleon can crush the animals in a matter of seconds, as he does to the hens in Chapter Seven. After this, the animals have no choice but to obey his will.

How did the Protestant Reformation shape the course of European expansion in the Americas?

During the Protestant Reformation in Europe, long held religious beliefs were challenged.  The Catholic Church had been strong and influential for many centuries.  The strength of the Catholic Church was challenged in the 16th century.

The Church of England was officially established in Britain in 1534.  In other parts of Europe, men such as Martin Luther, Ulrich Zwingli, and John Calvin became leaders in the Protestant Reformation.  Their messages helped spread this new form of Christianity.

The timeframe of these changes in European Christianity coincided with European exploration and settlement in North America.  A group of separatists called the Pilgrims established a colony in Massachusetts.  Soon other Christian groups, such as Quakers, Huguenots, and Anabaptists came to the New World.  The New World became a symbol of religious freedom to some.  It was a wilderness waiting to be molded and shaped.

Puritans in England began to have conflicts with the Church of England leadership.  They wanted to conduct their congregations in their own ways, which were different than the way of the Church of England.  Many Puritans decided to relocate to New England, where they would have more religious freedom.  New England became a Puritan stronghold for many years.

Select a philosophy of life you find interesting, and connect its philosophical approach to concepts of health, illness, disability, quality of...

One particular philosophical system that is relevant to how one thinks about issues of health care, illness, quality of life, and death is Stoicism. An important piece of reading for understanding this point of view are the Discourses and Encheiridion of Epictetus.

A starting point for Stoic philosophy is dividing events into those under your control and those that you cannot control. While many external factors, including your genetic predispositions and random events can affect the course of your life and you cannot control external events, what is under your control is your emotional reaction to those events. For example, you cannot choose to be immortal or to remain young and healthy forever, as all people eventually age and die, but you can choose your emotional reaction to these truths. For the Stoics, one achieves happiness by only attempting to control those things within one's power and not getting upset about things out of one's control.

On health issues, this leads to the choice of moderation. The Stoics would consider smoking or drunk driving things one can control or avoid. On the other hand, as death is unavoidable, spending hours skimming the internet for every possible health fad which might prolong your life by a few minutes would seem silly to the Stoics, at it is disturbing your emotional tranquility in order to prevent something outside your control, namely human mortality.

Stoics were one of the few ancient philosophical systems that believed suicide to be a morally valid choice under certain circumstances, and would have favored physician assisted suicide, hospice care, and palliative care rather than prolongation of life in all possible circumstances.

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Help! I did a laboratory on how to separate a mixture of sand and salt from each other. To do this i decided to add water and dissolve the salt...

The explanation is probably a lot simpler.  You correctly added water to the sand and salt mixture.  The salt dissolves in the water but the sand of course does not.  The sand is then removed by pouring the mixture through a sieve.  The saltwater solution passes through the sieve while the sand is trapped and separated.  Then, the salt is isolated by boiling away the water to leave behind solid salt.

The boiling action of the water is inherently kinetic due to excess thermal energy from the heat source (stove).  A rolling boil splashes saltwater solution around.  If any splashes out of the bowl, then when it contacts the hot stove surface the water will quickly evaporate and leave solid salt residue behind.  If you are using a kitchen type bowl to heat the water in then it has a large opening at the top which is perfect for boiling water to splash out of.  Next time, boil the saltwater solution in a beaker or similar piece of glassware.  They have a much narrower mouth at the top, thus keeping the salt water better contained during the boiling process.

`x + 2y - 7z = -4, 2x + y + z = 13, 3x + 9y - 36z = -33` Solve the system of linear equations and check any solutions algebraically.

You need to multiply the first equation by -2:

`-2x - 4y + 14z = 8`

You need to add this equation to the second:

`-3y + 15z = 21 => -y + 5z = 7`

You need to multiply the first equation by -3:

`-3x - 6y + 21z = 12`

You need to add this equation to the third:

`3y - 15z = -21 => -3y + 15z = 21`

Since you have obtained equivalent equations, the lines represented by the equations of the system are parallel, hence, they do not intercept each other. The system is inconsistent and it has no solution.

Is there an example of when someone in the Odyssey is intelligent but misuses it? Like when Eurylockhos was intelligent but decided to consume the...

In Book 9 of Homer's Odyssey, Odysseus recounts his adventure to the land of the Cyclopes. While there, he and twelve of his men were imprisoned by Polyphemus the cyclops (who ate two of them and was saving the rest for later). Odysseus used his intelligence and cunning to blind the cyclops without arousing the suspicion of Polyphemus' neighbors; he told Polyphemus his name was "Nobody," which caused Polyphemus to yell: "Nobody is killing me!"

Odysseus later used his intelligence to scheme an escape from the cyclops' cave. Despite escaping without Polyphemus noticing, Odysseus wanted to brag about his intelligent plan; he wanted the cyclops to know whose cunning had bested him. Odysseus' men tried to prevent him from taunting Polyphemus, but he eventually gave into the temptation and told Polyphemus his real name:

Cyclops, if any mortal man ever asks you who it was that inflicted upon your eye this shameful binding, tell him that you were blinded by Odysseus, sacker of cities (Book 9, lines 503-504).

Unfortunately for Odysseus, Polyphemus had a powerful father: the sea-god Poseidon. Once Polyphemus told Poseidon how Odysseus had hurt him, the god promised to seek vengeance.

When did Italy join the Allies in WWI?

Obviously, Italy was a part of the Triple Alliance with Germany and Austria-Hungary before World War I. So what caused the rift and when did it occur? The Italians refused to go on the offensive with the two other members of their alliance when World War I commenced. They argued that the alliance was meant only as a defensive safeguard and Germany and Austria were waging an offensive campaign. Instead, Italy was secretly negotiating with England and France of the Triple Entente (the Allied Powers.) Italy hoped to acquire territory after the war and more was offered by the Entente. The Italians had strengthened diplomatic relations with England and France well before the start of the war, despite being in the Triple Alliance.

Officially, Italy joined the Triple Entente on April 26, 1915 with the London Pact. On May 3rd, they formally left the Triple Alliance and declared war on Austria on May 23rd. It declared war on the other Central Powers later in the year.

Why does the Ghost of Christmas Present say that if Tiny Tim dies he will decrease the population, in A Christmas Carol?

When the Ghost of Christmas Present says that the death of Tiny Tim would decrease the population, he is not expressing his own sentiment. The ghost is, in fact, repeating something that Scrooge says earlier in the book. You can find this in the opening chapter, when two gentlemen call on Scrooge to ask for a charitable donation. Scrooge refuses to donate any money and instead asks the gentlemen about the workhouses:

"Many can't go there; and many would rather die."

"If they would rather die," said Scrooge, "they had better do it, and decrease the surplus population."

By repeating this words to Scrooge in chapter three, the ghost is forcing him to confront the opinions that he once held about the poor. In the first chapter, we learn that Scrooge has no charitable feelings: he believes that poor people are like a plague on society who have fallen on hard times because of their own doing. The workhouse and the prison were places where the poor belonged, far away from Scrooge's world of money and success. If a poor person died, it would simply reduce the burden on the existing population.

By the time that Scrooge is visited by the Ghost of Christmas Present, however, he is much changed in this opinion. He sees poor children, like Tiny Tim, as innocent victims of circumstance and this is evidence of Scrooge's transformation in the book. 

Why did Belle break up with Scrooge?

In A Christmas Carol, Belle breaks up with Scrooge because he has become obsessed with money. We see this when the Ghost of Christmas Past takes Scrooge to the painful scene of the breakup. In this scene, Belle tells Scrooge he has changed, and challenges him to say this isn't so. Don't you now value money much more than you did, she asks? He agrees that he does but sees it as a sign of maturity. Belle disagrees, saying he is far too obsessed with wealth. She insists that he has replaced her with an "Idol ... the golden one" of money. He responds that poverty is the worst fate that can befall a person. Belle then says that Scrooge "fear[s] the world too much." 

Belle goes on to communicate that she knows, if he had a choice now, Scrooge would never get engaged to a dowerless [meaning she brings no money to the marriage] girl like herself. She tells him he will "regret" having married her after the fact, and so she releases him from his engagement.

Give an example of a metaphor in Act 2, Scene 2 of Romeo and Juliet.

Act 2, Scene 2, of Romeo and Juliet is one of the most famous scenes in all of theater history. It is the balcony scene, where Romeo and Juliet become infatuated with one another. There are many metaphors in this scene. I will list two of the famous metaphors and give a description of what they suggest.

But soft! What light through yonder window breaks? / It is the East, and Juliet is the sun! (II.ii.2-3)

In this line, Romeo proclaims that the light breaking in the window is "the East," and Juliet is "the sun." This is a metaphor, as he is describing Juliet as the sun. In this metaphor, Juliet is given natural, dynamic qualities. Furthermore, the sun was an important image in Renaissance times, and comparing Juliet to it is a high compliment.

This bud of love, by summer's ripening breath, / May prove a beauteous flower when next we meet. (II.ii.127-128)

Juliet describes their love as a flower. In this meeting, their love is only a bud, but time will grow their love in the same way that summer ripens and opens the bud of a flower. 

What had not been included in Rosemary's training in The Giver? Why hasn't The Giver given her those memories?

The Giver did not give Rosemary memories of pain in the beginning of her training because he could not bear to hurt her.

During Jonas’s training as Receiver of Memory, he learns that his predecessor’s name was Rosemary.  Rosemary is unique in that she failed her training.  She was replaced after a few years with Jonas.  As Jonas proceeds with his own training, he learns why Rosemary’s failed.  She meant so much to The Giver that he only gave her positive memories.  The result that when she first saw a painful one, she released herself.

Jonas is a little baffled by the case of Rosemary.  During his Ceremony of Twelve he was told that his training would entail considerable pain.  His rules also stated that he could not take medicine for it, and he could not apply for release.  At first, Jonas had no idea why he would want to be released.  He later learned that the rule was in place because Rosemary asked to be released.

At first, The Giver only shares pleasant memories with Jonas.  Soon, though he adds pain.  Sometimes he shares a memory with Jonas at Jonas’s request, when the pain of the memory is unbearable for him.  The Giver confides in Jonas that he did not share painful memories regularly with Rosemary.

"It broke my heart, Jonas, to transfer pain to her. But it was my job. It was what I had to do, the way I've had to do it to you." (Ch. 18)

The Giver explains that he loved Rosemary, and Jonas learns the concept of love through the memories.  He forced himself to give her “anguish of many kinds” and it was enough.  Rosemary asked to be released and they let her.

At the time that Jonas hears this story, he does not know what release really means.  When he sees a release, which happens to be his father killing a newborn infant, he realizes that Rosemary died.

"Rosemary had only those five weeks worth, and most of them were good ones. But there were those few terrible memories, the ones that had overwhelmed her.” (Ch. 18)

The Giver admits to Jonas that Rosemary was his daughter.  She was related to him, just as Jonas is, but they had a deeper connection.  Rosemary clearly loved him, but she could not bear the pain.  She was brave enough to end her life when she realized how tragic her community really was.  She injected herself, and that was that.

Clearly The Giver realized after this incident that he would have to take a different route in training Jonas, and he slowly exposed him to pain before it could become too much.  However, he is also slowly introducing Jonas to the reality of the community.  Jonas and Rosemary both likely thought that they were living in a perfect world.  When they realized what was really happening, they were horrified.  Each reacted differently.  Rosemary committed suicide, and Jonas escaped in order to return the memories to the people and end the atrocities of their community.

What is the analysis/theme of the poem "Little Things" by James Stephens?

The analysis/theme of the poem "Little Things" by James Stephens is as follows:

Theme

The theme of this poem is Forgiveness. James Stephens is asking for forgiveness, not just for himself, but for all mankind, for human beings’ dealings with the small creatures on this earth. The poet/narrator recognizes that small, defenseless creatures are at the mercy of the larger world around them. Human beings, knowingly and unknowingly, can harm these creatures who often cannot protect themselves.

Therefore, the poet asks these small creatures for forgiveness, for them to be merciful towards human beings. It is the small creatures that deserve protection and mercy from us. However, we often have other priorities in our busy lives and can forget the gentle, small creatures that we share this planet with.

Analysis

“Little Things” is a poem consisting of five stanzas. Each stanza is a couplet (two lines). Therefore, the poem is ten lines long.

Line #1 rhymes with line #3

Line #2 rhymes with line # 4, #6, #8, and #10.

In the first stanza, James Stephens talks of little creatures that run about and also tremble as they fight to survive in their often harsh environments and landscapes. A very strong thought that the poet impresses upon the minds of readers is that these small creatures can, and do, die in “silence and despair." This is an emotionally charged thought that causes the reader to stop and think of the plight of small creatures.

In the second stanza, he writes that small animals and birds and other little creatures are in a daily battle for survival and do fail in this battle. He states that they fall on “earth and sea and air."

The poet furthers these thoughts, in stanza three, on how these small creatures, such as a mouse, are often frightened as well.

In stanza four, he asks for the aforementioned forgiveness, which is the central point of this poem. He asks that human beings be forgiven for “all our trespasses” against all small creatures, who are beholden to people for their safety and protection.

Explain how John the Savage and Mustapha Mond are presented as foils in Brave New World.

In Aldous Huxley's novel Brave New World, protagonist John the Savage and antagonist Mustapha Mond are presented as foils for one another. To truly understand what this means, we should review what this literary device accomplishes: 

Foil: two characters whose differences, which are few but extreme, are emphasized by their many similarities.

The main difference between John and Mustapha is easily identified: John rejects and abhors the society of the Brave New World, whereas Mustapha fully embraces and reinforces it. Their similarities are equally clear, but many people have trouble identifying them because of these drastic differences. The similarity between these two characters is the fact that each serves as a strong advocate for his own cultural ideology, to which he tries to convert his counterpart.

In The Watsons Go to Birmingham, what did Kenny think would happen when the teacher sat Rufus next to him in class? Was he right or wrong?

When Rufus and his brother Cody first board the school bus, Kenny thinks of Rufus as "his personal saver." This is a play on the word, "savior," which is really the phrase that Kenny is trying to use. Kenny thinks that Rufus will "save" him from teasing because there is even more to make fun of about Rufus than Kenny. Rufus has poorly-fitting clothes that are ripped, his family is obviously impoverished, he has a southern accent, he is polite to the bus driver, and is overly friendly to the students on the bus. When Rufus greets his new schoolmates with, "Hi, y'all," Kenny feels thrilled that the new boy is sure to be more of a target for teasing than Kenny ever was.

However, when they get to class and the teacher sits Rufus next to Kenny, our narrator is horrified because he thinks that now the kids will think he is friends with Rufus and make fun of both of them together (two nerds equal double the teasing). Kenny tries to stay away from Rufus and is fairly rude in his efforts to ignore Rufus's friendly overtures, but Rufus refuses to acknowledge that Kenny doesn't want to be friends with him and eventually, Kenny is won over by Rufus's kindness and the fact that Rufus never steals his dinosaurs, unlike L.J. Jones.

Ultimately, kids do still make fun of Rufus, but they leave Kenny alone since he is protected by his relationship with Byron. Kids don't make fun of Kenny because they won't touch the brother of the school's God, plus Rufus is a better target. So, Kenny was wrong.

What does Scrooge think of Fezziwig?

As a youth Scrooge was very fond of "old Fezziwig." This affection is evinced when the Spirit of Christmas Past shows Scrooge scenes from his youth as he worked for Fezziwig. In one particular scene that the Spirit shows Scrooge, there are two apprentices, Scrooge and another youth, who "pour out their hearts in praise of Fezziwig."

When the Spirit asks Scrooge why Fezziwig has deserved so much praise, Scrooge is enraged. He speaks as though he were young again, saying, 

"He has the power to render us happy or unhappy; to make our service light or burdensome; a pleasure or a toil....The happiness he gives, is quite as great as if it cost a fortune."

Ironically, Scrooge acknowledges how a warm heart lights the fires of other hearts, how happiness and human warmth are contagious, and how much good will lightens the drudgery of work. After he says these things, Scrooge thinks of his own clerk and wishes that he could say "a word or two" to him. However, the Spirit whisks him to another scene.

Why were raw materials necessary in the industrialization process?

Raw materials were needed during the Industrial Revolution. Raw materials are used to make the finished products made in the factories. Raw materials could be a resource like coal that could be used to power machines. It could also be a resource like cotton that could be used to make clothes. Without raw materials, it would be very difficult to produce a lot of products at one time. A country such as Great Britain wanted to have colonies so they would have access to raw materials. If Great Britain had colonies, they could get the raw materials cheaper from the colonies than they could if they bought them from other countries. Additionally, Great Britain would have a guaranteed market for its finished products. They knew they could sell the products made in their factories in the colonies. Thus, there was an economic benefit to having colonies. Raw materials were essentially to the process of industrialization.

A material is said to be ductile if ___?

A material is said to be ductile if it can be drawn into wires. Metals, for example, are very ductile as compared to non-metals. These wires are generally used for conducting electricity. Some examples of material conductivity in our daily lives are copper wires, aluminum wires, gold and silver chain, etc. We commonly use copper wires for electrical wiring in our homes. Gold and silver wires are very commonly used for ornamental purposes.

A related property is the malleability, which is often confused with ductility. Malleable materials can be beaten into sheets. Some examples of malleable materials are iron, silver, copper, etc. Iron sheets are used for various metal works. Thin silver sheets are used in some food preparations. 

Metals exhibit both malleability and ductility, as can be seen from above examples.

Hope this helps.

Explore the significance of outsiders in the novel 'Of Mice and Men'; consider the context of the novel and provide quotes in support of the...

The idea of the outsider is very important in Of Mice and Men.  The outsider concept is very significant in the novel.  George and Lennie fight it, while all of the ranch hands live it.  Outsiders abound from Candy, who is an outsider because of his age and physical condition, to Crooks, who finds himself to be an outsider due to race. 

Much of the novella is about the outsider in American society.  It is defined by people who exist on the margins of society and who have next-to-no significant power, influence or importance.  The Great Depression helped to make millions of Americans live as outsiders, without economic, political, or social power. The migrant lifestyle George and Lennie experience is one of the best examples of the outsider because they have no larger, stable social and economic group that they are part of: the only group they are part of is the marginalized, powerless, drifting laboring group.  They move from ranch to ranch and hope to find work.   When the work is gone, so are they.  Steinbeck captures the feeling of being a drifting outsider when describing the bunkhouse  in Chapter 2.  He describes signs of transient of life that are representative of the outsider since nothing reflects permanence.

George and Lennie understand what it's like to be passing through society without belonging and to not have anyone or anything to hold to.  Part of the familiar story that George tells Lennie concerns what it is like to be an outsider:

“Guys like us, that work on ranches, are the loneliest guys in the world. They got no fambly. They don’t belong no place. They come to a ranch an’ work up a stake and then they go into town and blow their stake, and the first thing you know they’re poundin’ their tail on some other ranch. They ain’t got nothing to look ahead to.”

George's story captures the importance of the outsider in Of Mice and Men.  The ranch hands live the life of one who has "got no fambly" and "don't belong to no place."  When Lennie exclaims to George that he must "tell about us," George speaks to the dreams of both men:

With us it ain’t like that. We got a future. We got somebody to talk to that gives a damn about us. We don’t have to sit-in no bar room blowin’ in our jack jus’ because we got no place else to go. If them other guys gets in jail they can rot for all anybody gives a damn. But not us.

George and Lennie want to break the reality of the outsider.  They seek to build a "future" and to belong where there is "somebody to talk to that gives a damn about us."  It is for this reason that Lennie interjects "because I got you to look after me, and you got me to look after you, and that’s why.” 

Even ranch hands like Bill Tenner are outsiders because they work and then move on, only to be heard of in some random letter to a magazine read with joy by another outsider, namely Whit.  The young ranch hand is excited to see someone he knows in print.  The fact that an isolated letter would bring meaning to Whit's life reflects the extent to which he is an outsider.  Steinbeck writes a novella where the main characters are outsiders in the hopes of, just for a moment, bringing them from out to in, from margin to center.

if a cell is placed in a salty solution will water move in or out?

It depends on the concentration of the salty solution.

The outer membrane of a cell is semipermeable. The movement of water through a semipermeable membrane in response to a concentration gradient is called osmosis. Water moves from areas of high water concentration (low solute concentration) to areas of low water concentration (high solute concentration). In this example, solute refers to the salt. 

The interior solution of cells is slightly salty. If the intracellular (inside the cell) salt concentration and the extracellular (outside the cell) salt concentration are equal, no water will move because no concentration gradient exists.

If the solution outside the cell is more salty than the concentration inside the cell, a concentration gradient exists. Water will move from the interior of the cell to the outside. As a result, the cell will shrink in volume.

Conversely, if the solution outside the cell is less salty than the concentration inside the cell, a concentration gradient also exists, but water will move from the exterior solution into the cell. As a result, the cell will swell. 

In the novel Holes, what are the plot and climax?

The book Holes, by Louis Sachar, tells the story of 14-year-old Stanley Yelnats, whose family has been cursed with bad luck for generations. The curse began when his great-great-grandfather, Elya Yelnats, failed to fulfill his promise to carry Madame Zeroni up a mountain. Stanley is affected by the curse when he is falsely accused of stealing shoes donated by a star basketball player to an orphanage and ends up being sentenced to Camp Green Lake. At the camp, boys are required to dig a hole five feet wide and five feet deep every day. The counselors claim the digging is meant to "build character" and ask the boys to bring them anything they find. Stanley begins to suspect they are looking for something in particular when they are uninterested in a fossil he finds but interested in an empty lipstick tube. It turns out that the camp is searching for a treasure stolen from Stanley's cursed great grandfather, also named Stanley Yelnats, by outlaw murderer "Kissin' Kate" Barlow.

When Stanley's friend Zero runs away, Stanley decides to leave the camp to try to find him. When the two reunite, Stanley breaks the curse on his family by carrying Zero—the great-great-grandson of Madame Zeroni—up a mountain, fulfilling Elya Yelnat's promise. The climax occurs when the two return to the camp: they enter one of the holes and find the treasure, a suitcase marked "Stanley Yelnats," but the warden finds them and points a gun at them just as poisonous lizards swarm the hole. The two are saved when Stanley's lawyer shows up to exonerate him. Zero and Stanley are both freed from Camp Green Lake and split the treasure, consisting of jewels and bonds, to help their families.

Who dominates -- the living Caesar or the dead one?

This is a very interesting question!  One would be tempted to say that the living Caesar, the larger-than-life figure we see at the start of the play, is more dominant.  But truthfully, we see little of that Caesar, and while we hear about his grand deeds secondhand, we do not see them directly.  Instead, we see the living Caesar assassinated at the start of Act 3, Scene 1, and we sense his humility and weakness when he utters his famous phrase, "Et tu, Brute?"

The ghost of Caesar, on the other hand, continues to appear throughout the remainder of the play and does, in fact, have an effect on the plot there forward.  It is Caesar's ghost that serves as a bad omen to Brutus and warns of bad things to come at Philippi.  It is the thought of Caesar's ghost that ultimately drives Brutus to kill himself in Act Five.  Thus, while the living would naturally seem to be more dominant than the dead, both versions of Caesar play an important role within the play.

In "Harrison Bergeron," what are the difficulties that Hazel and George experience in simply trying to have a conversation?

The premise of "Harrison Bergeron" is that everyone has been made equal. This is done by agents of the Handicapper General, who ensure that people wear artificial handicaps. These handicaps include mental handicaps for the smart, weights for the strong, and masks for the beautiful.

Early in the story, Hazel is described as having "a perfectly average intelligence." This means that she is, by our standards, extraordinarily dumb. Without a mental handicap, she still cannot remember why she is crying, even while the tears are still wet on her face. This lack of intelligence makes it hard to hold a conversation.

George, without his mental handicap radio, would be more intelligent. The device he is required to wear makes a dreadful noise (examples include a buzzer, breaking glass, and a car crash). This disrupts his thoughts on a regular basis, every twenty seconds or so, making it impossible for him to form a coherent train of thought.

Separately, both George and Hazel would have trouble carrying on a conversation. Together, they have no chance of more than a very basic conversation.

How did Helen write her preliminary exam?

Helen took her preliminary exams for entrance into Radcliffe College in the summer of 1897.  Because Helen was deaf and blind, she could not write these exams in the traditional way, which was by hand.  Instead, Helen needed special accommodations in order to complete her exams.  Helen had to use a special typewriter to write her exams.  This took away the anonymity usually associated with these exams, because Helen's were the only ones that were typed.  Rather than writing the exams in a room with other students, Helen was placed in a room of her own.  This was done so that her typewriter would not distract other students.  A guard was assigned to "prevent interruption." Mr. Gilman, the principal, read the questions and finger spelled them into Helen's hand.  Helen would then type her responses.  Mr. Gilman read and repeated her answers by finger spelling so that Helen could correct any errors.

In Lord of the Flies, is Golding correct in believing that evil is an inherent trait that all humans possess and the only things keeping humans at...

According to Golding, it is clearly the forces of evil within us all that will triumph when the trappings of civilization are taken away. His portrayal of the way that Jack and his hunters triumph over the representations of civil order (Ralph) and science (Piggy) is his way of suggesting that when the strictures of society and civilization are taken away humankind will resort to selfishness, evil and violence to enforce those emotions. Even Simon, frequently labeled as a Christ-figure, cannot overcome the forces of evil and instead is murdered by the boys in a fear-induced frenzy.

Certainly the ongoing war in the outside world contributes to the general sense of evil being the normal state for humankind.

Considering the historical context within which Golding composed the story, it would make sense that his outlook was dark. Having witnessed the horrors of World War II and the beginning of the Cold War, he had every reason to be critical of the human race's capacity for good.

`y = x^3, y = 0, x = 1, x = 2` Use the method of cylindrical shells to find the volume generated by rotating the region bounded by the given...

The shell has the radius x, the cricumference is `2pi*x` and the height is `x^3` , hence, the volume can be evaluated, using the method of cylindrical shells, such that:

`V = 2pi*int_1^2 x*(x^3) dx`

`V = 2pi*int_1^2 x^4dx`

Using the formula `int x^n dx = (x^(n+1))/(n+1) ` yields:

`V = 2pi*x^5/5|_1^2`

`V = 2pi*(2^5 - 1^5)/5`

`V = (62*pi)/5`

Hence, evaluating the volume, using the method of cylindrical shells, yields `V = (62*pi)/5.`

What was the name given to the former antebellum leaders of Georgia who came to power after Reconstruction?

The antebellum leaders that came to power after Reconstruction in Georgia, as in most Southern states, were known as Redeemers. They were mostly wealthy Democrats, some of whom--John B. Gordon, for example--had been leaders in the state, and indeed in the Confederacy, during the war. They were able to rise to power by appealing to the racism of Georgia's white voters on the one hand and to the interests of wealthy investors and industrialists on the other. Georgia's "redemption" took place in 1872 when a Democratic candidates won the gubernatorial election and a majority in the state's legislature. By that point, African-American voters had been mostly disenfranchised, and this process was made complete after 1872. Indeed, black legislators and other officeholders were purged in the aftermath of a return to Democratic rule. Because they were associated with wealth and privilege, and the "old regime" of the state, the Redeemers in Georgia and throughout the South were often called "Bourbons," a reference to the French dynasty of kings. 

What motives and methods are related to SALT I of 1972 and SALT II of 1979?

In the late 1960s, the Soviet Union was constructing a system of Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles (ICBMs) designed to reach the United States. The Soviet Union was also building an Anti-Ballistic Missile (ABM) protection system that would prevent the U.S. from retaliating against Moscow if the Soviet Union decided to fire a missile at the U.S. As a result, President Lyndon Johnson began to de-escalate the arms race through talks that began in 1967. The goal was not to completely eliminate nuclear weapons but to reduce the capacities of both the U.S. and the Soviet Union to launch and defend themselves from nuclear attacks.

After several years of talks, President Richard Nixon and Leonid Brezhnev, the leader of the Soviet Union, signed SALT I, or Strategic Arms Limitation Talks, in 1972. Both sides agreed to limits on the number of nuclear weapons they had. In addition, both nations set limits on the use of anti-ballistic missiles (ABM) sites. The Soviets had constructed this type of system in Moscow in the 1960s, the U.S. had launched an ABM program to protect several ICBM sites. Over time, the U.S. stopped construction of these sites because of financial constraints. In addition, the systems were not found effective in the U.S.

Later in 1972, the countries began a second series of SALT negotiations because SALT I did not prevent either side from using Multiple Independently Targeted Re-Entry Vehicles (MIRVs) on their missiles. These types of missiles had many warheads. SALT II talks also aimed to limit the use of strategic nuclear weapons that would target civilian or military centers. These negotiations stretched from the Nixon administration to the administrations of Ford and Carter. In 1979, President Carter and Leonid Brezhnev signed the SALT II agreement. Six months later, the Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan, so the United States Senate did not ratify the SALT II treaty. However, both the U.S. and the Soviet Union followed the terms of the treaty. 

What elements of the narrative of Into the Wild indicate that it is based on research?

Many parts of the narrative are based on Krakauer's research into McCandless and his life.  

Unwilling to let McCandless go, I spent more than a year retracing the convoluted path that led to his death in the Alaska taiga, chasing down details of his peregrinations with an interest that bordered on obsession.

Krakauer explains in the book's opening author's note that he spent a great deal of time trying to retrace McCandless's journey.  Frequently, Krakauer incorporates into his narrative letters that McCandless wrote to various people during his travels.  Krakauer also recounts many interviews he conducted with people that knew McCandless as more than a passing vagrant. All of those are examples of Krakauer's research. 

Chapters 8 and 9 are the two most glaring pieces of evidence that Krakauer's narrative is based on research.  That's because those chapters focus on men that came years before McCandless and lived or died in similar fashions to McCandless.  For example, the last piece of first hand evidence regarding the disappearance of Everett Ruess is dated 1934.  That's well before either McCandless or Krakauer was alive.  The only way for Krakauer to include so much detail regarding that man was to do extensive research.  

In "Charles," who is the main character in the story? What's a reason for your answer?

I think that the mother is the main character in Jackson's "Charles."

Jackson opens and closes with the mother's frame of reference.  The narrative begins with her reflection about Laurie starting kindergarten.  It speaks to how she perceived a potential change in her son when he "renounced corduroy overalls with bibs" in place of "blue jeans with a belt."  This detail is striking because it shows how the mother sees her son drifting away from her.  When she furthers this with how Laurie's start of kindergarten reminds her that "an era of my life has ended," it is clear that we are seeing her son's experience through her own eyes.  She tells us how he came home, the way he responded to his father, and what he said.  Her narrative focus drives the story, and in doing so, helps to make her the main character.

When we experience the ending of the story, our attention turns to her. As it becomes clear her son is the classroom disruption, everything we once thought changes.  She moves from being a concerned parent who has good intentions, but is limited in what she can do to an oblivious parent who failed to see the changes in her son.  The problems that she saw as someone else's are now her own and this shift is significant to her characterization.  The story's conclusion has a jarring effect on the reader because of how we see the mother and helps to make her the main character.

In "The White Man's Burden," Kipling portrays the indigenous people of the colonized countries as wild, half-devil and half-child. Why does the...

In his poem, “The White Man’s Burden” Rudyard Kipling says that the white people have to send their best people out to work hard for the sake of people who are not nearly as good as they, the white people, are.  In the first stanza, he calls them “fluttered folk and wild” and, a little later, “half devil and half child.”  He and other defenders of colonialism portray indigenous people in this way because it helps to justify their colonization of those people’s lands.

It is important for defenders of colonialism to portray indigenous people in these ways.  When the imperialists do this, they help to justify ruling over other people.  When they say that the colonized people are like children, it shows that those people are not ready to take care of themselves.  Because they are not ready to take care of themselves, it is proper for and “adult” country to care for them.  When the imperialists say that the indigenous people are “wild” and “half devil,” they are “proving” that it is important for them to be harsh with the people.  If the people are wild devils, they need a firm hand to keep them in line.

If the imperialists succeed in convincing people of these things, it makes their lives easier.  People in their home country and in other rich and powerful countries will support the idea of imperialism.  They will think that it is appropriate to take colonies and to act relatively harshly towards the colonies’ populations.  For these reasons, it is important for Kipling and others to create a discourse that portrays indigenous people in these ways.

If spring 2 can only compress by 2 meters, what mass must the bock have, given the setup depicted in diagram 1, to compress spring 2 by exactly...

The energy required to compress a spring with spring constant Pk by x is equal to (1/2)*Pk*x^2.

In the diagram, the spring 1 is compressed by 5 m. The spring constant of this spring is 71 N/m. If the mass of the block is m, the potential energy stored in the spring is 0.5*71*25 = 887.5 N.

Spring 2 can compress only by 2 m. For this to happen, the block has to rise by 41 + 2 = 43 m. The gravitational potential energy of the block rises by m*9.8*43 = 421.4*m. The energy required to compress the spring 2 by 2 m is 0.5*m*37 = 18.5*m

As energy is conserved,

18.5*m + 421.4*m = 887.5

m = 887.5/439.9

m = 2.0175 kg

If the mass of the block is 2.0175 kg, the required conditions are met.

When the spring 1 is released, the block is accelerated. Its kinetic energy at a level x m from where it is released is: 887.5 - 2.0175*x*9.8

The velocity at that point is `sqrt(2*(887.5 - 2.0175*x*9.8)/2.0175)`

The maximum velocity of the block is equal to 29.66 m/s. It has this velocity when spring 1 is released.

How does the wavelength range of gamma rays compare to that of radio waves?

Gamma rays have the smallest wavelength of all the electromagnetic waves. The wavelength of gamma rays is usually less than 10 -12 meters. Radio waves have that largest wavelength of all the electromagnetic waves. Radio waves have a wavelength between 1 millimeter and 100 kilometers.

Electromagnetic waves are transverse waves that do not require a medium through which to travel. Therefore, electromagnetic waves can travel through a vacuum such as empty space. The wavelength of an electromagnetic waves is the distance between two consecutive crests or two consecutive troughs.

Gamma rays are produced from radioactive atoms. Because of their small wavelengths and high frequencies, gamma rays are able to pass through the tissues of organisms. Therefore, gamma rays are often used in medical procedures used to treat internal organs. For example, gamma rays are used to kill cancer cells.

Radio waves may be created naturally by lightning or astronomical objects. Radio waves can also be created artificially. Radio waves are most often used for communication, broadcasting, radar, navigation systems, etc.

What changes in Scotland after Macbeth dies?

We can only infer the answer to this question, but the text does offer us quite a few clues. We know that Macbeth is known as a "tyrant" and that his formerly loyal men are running away from him. In addition, we know that the witches' final three prophecies have left Macbeth assured of his safety. After all, "none of woman borne can harm Macbeth" (IV, i). Taken at face value, this prophecy seems to give Macbeth every reason to sit back while his country begins to fall apart.

Therefore the reader can infer that rule under Malcolm, Duncan's heir, will be less chaotic. Civil war will halt as Macbeth the tyrant has been killed by Macduff, a man borne of a corpse. He accepts the crown and immediately calls "home our exiled friends abroad" (V, viii) and looks ahead to more peaceful days in Scotland.

What conflicts did Claudius go through in Hamlet?

Claudius has external conflicts with Hamlet and internal conflicts about what to do with Hamlet.

Claudius killed his predecessor, King Hamlet, and married the queen, Gertude.  This resulted in a lot of resentment on Hamlet’s part.  He was not happy that his uncle would marry his father—especially since the two men were brothers!

Hamlet’s conflict with Claudius is an outspoken one.  While Claudius has to be careful to be kingly, Hamlet does not really behave like a prince.  He is sullen and acts out.  He makes no secret of his opinion of the marriage and of Claudius. 

Claudius tries to laugh off Hamlet’s mood, and comments that the young man should snap out of it.

KING CLAUDIUS

… But now, my cousin Hamlet, and my son,--

HAMLET

[Aside] A little more than kin, and less than kind.

KING CLAUDIUS

How is it that the clouds still hang on you?

HAMLET

Not so, my lord; I am too much i' the sun. (Act 1, Scene 2)

Hamlet’s remark about the relationship between himself and his uncle demonstrates his strained relationship with Claudius.  Hamlet is the man’s nephew and his son, since he married Hamlet’s father.  Claudius comments on Hamlet’s mood, and Hamlet’s reply is sullen and cryptic.

Claudius is presented with an internal conflict about what to do about Hamlet, especially as he gets more and more suspicious that Claudius killed King Hamlet.  He can’t just kill Prince Hamlet, because that would be too obvious.  Hamlet’s bizarre actions make him unsure what to do.

Claudius attempts to pray about the whole situation. Hamlet actually sees him and thinks he is praying, and doesn’t kill him because he thinks he will go to Heaven.  Instead, we learn that Claudius is so conflicted he can’t even pray.

KING CLAUDIUS

[Rising] My words fly up, my thoughts remain below:
Words without thoughts never to heaven go. (Act 3, Scene 3)

Claudius does try to kill Hamlet, but Hamlet is too clever for him.  In the end, almost everyone dies in the complicated duel and poison of Act 5, including Gertrude.  Hamlet gets his revenge!  It is at great cost.

Claudius is evil.  It takes a lot of guile and no morals to kill your brother and marry your sister in law.  He desires power, and will go to any means to get it and to hold onto it.  However, he is outwitted by Hamlet.  Hamlet's crazy is too much for Claudius.  Whatever he does, Hamlet is always one step ahead of him.

Identify the roots of the equation: `2x^3 + 12 x^2 - 72x - 432` State the multiplicity of each root. .

`2x^3 + 12 x^2 -72x -432 = 2x^2 (x + 6) - 72 (x + 6)`

`= (2x^2 - 72)(x + 6)`

The roots of an equation, f(x) is 'a' if, f(a) = 0.

Thus, the roots of the current equation can be calculated as:

`2x^2 - 72 = 0`

`2x^2 = 72`

`x^2 = 72/2 = 36`

`x = sqrt(36) = 6 and -6`

And another root is:

x + 6 = 0

or, x = -6

Thus the roots of the equation are 6 and -6 (appears twice). 

The equation can also be written in a simplified as: `2 (x+6)^2 (x-6)`

Since, the root x = -6 appears twice in the equation, the multiplicity of -6 is 2. Similarly, the multiplicity of x = 6 is 1.

Hope this helps. 

Why does the poet say "I firmly believe" instead of "I believe" in the poem "I Believe" by Brucellish K Sangma?

The addition of "firmly" has to do with the poem's meaning.  The poet wrote 6 complete stanzas in the poem.  The first five stanzas are about all of the things that the speaker could supposedly do, if she put her mind to it.  Things like soar to the heights like a bird or dive deep with the sharks are all included.  The final stanza is this: 

But I firmly believe I've to complete

The role assigned to me here

Where I dream and breathe

The poet's meaning here is that it doesn't matter what he can accomplish.  What does matter is that the narrator does well the tasks that he is involved in.  His calling in life might be to swim with sharks.  It might be to fly high in the sky.  It might be something else.  Whatever it is, the poet strongly believes that it must be done.  It's not a question of should.  It's a calling that will be accomplished no matter what.  

How do cells get the chemicals they need to survive?

Cells are the smallest functional units of life and form all the other organisms, including plants, animals, human beings, etc. These life forms are capable of carrying out a number of life processes such as metabolism, growth, reproduction, etc. These activities require a number of chemical molecules and energy. Cells may be capable of making some of these molecules as part of their metabolism. However, they cannot synthesize every chemical they need and hence are dependent on their immediate environment for such chemicals. This is where the cell membrane comes into picture. Cell's outer layering is very special as it allows the entry of selective molecules only. Thus, only the chemicals that are needed are allowed access to the cytoplasm, while the rest are not allowed entry. 

Thus, cell's external environment fulfills the requirement of chemicals that cannot be produced by the cell itself.

Hope this helps. 

In the novel The Boy in the Striped Pajamas, does Bruno demonstrate caring for others and thinking about someone other than himself? If so, how...

Yes. Throughout the novel, Bruno is a compassionate, sympathetic character who selflessly demonstrates kindness towards others. Despite Bruno's father being a Commandant in Hitler's Third Reich, he displays manners and kindness towards his family's servants. Maria, the maid, is treated with indignance by Gretel and is looked down upon by the rest of his family. Bruno demonstrates kindness towards Maria by speaking to her politely and even referring to her as part of their family. Rather than bossing her around like the rest of his family, Bruno treats her with respect. Another example of Bruno demonstrating his selfless nature is depicted when he begins to bring food with him to his rendezvous with Shmuel. He can tell that Shmuel is hungry and suffers from malnutrition, and Bruno gives him cheese, bread, and meat. Also, Bruno agrees to help Shmuel find his father. Despite the terrible weather and the possibility of getting caught, Bruno selflessly climbs under the fence to look for Shmuel's father. When Bruno comes face to face with the harsh conditions of the concentration camp and wants to go home, he loyally decides to stay with Shmuel and continue looking. Bruno demonstrates his kindness towards Shmuel by disregarding his own feelings and choosing to continue searching throughout the camp.

What is the meaning of the title?

This story is set in the future (it was published in 1950). It is the year 2026 and technology has advanced in two significant ways. First, there is substantial technology to fully automate a house. The house in the story serves as alarm clock, cook, calendar, virtual secretary, gardener, maid, etc. There is also the technology to have weapons of mass destruction (atomic weapons). The family that used to live in this house has been vaporized, along with all the families in the general area and perhaps beyond. However, much of the house has survived the atomic blast and the house continues to function as if the family were still alive and well. 

The house schedules everything. Evidently, the house was programmed to recite a poem every night. When the house asks Mrs. McClellan which poem she would like to hear, no one is there to respond. The house selects a poem at random and the selection is "There Will Come Soft Rains" by Sara Teasdale. The poem suggests that if mankind "perished utterly," nature and the remaining creatures would scarcely care or notice that mankind was gone. The phrase is "there will come" and this suggests that sometime in the future, "there will" come a time when humans will annihilate themselves. Or, at least, the suggestion is that there will come a time when humanity will be capable of this. It is a cautionary poem in a cautionary story. This could happen and when it does, the rains will come and nature will be oblivious to the fact that humans are gone. It is a lesson for humans to have some humility and to take serious responsibility for the technology they create. 

From To Kill a Mockingbird, I need ten quotes about Scout and Atticus that show their character traits.

It's unclear if you need ten quotes for each character, so here are five scenes for each to get you started. The quote you choose from each is up to you. I have used chapter references, rather than page numbers, because there are so many editions of the book.

Chapter Three:

Scout: She beats up Walter Cunningham in the schoolyard because he caused her to "get off on the wrong foot" with Miss Caroline. This shows Scout is tough, both mentally and physically.

Atticus: Atticus accepts Walter for lunch at their house after Jem has invited him and as Scout puts it, Atticus and Walter "talked together like two men." While Scout is judging Walter based on him being so poor, Atticus is not. He treats him  as an equal because that is his nature.

Chapter Five:

Scout: In this chapter Dill and Jem grow closer and Scout spends more time with Miss Maudie. Scout wants to be one of the boys - she is a tomboy - and by being left out of the group, she feels rejected. This shows that she is actually quite sensitive, despite her tough outer demeanor.

Atticus: He finds out about the Boo Radley game and tells the kids to stop their "nonsense." He understand that they were simply "putting his life's history on display for the edification of the neighborhood." By telling them to stop, he is showing the Radley's respect.

Chapter Nine:

Scout: Scout does not understand the weight of her words, or the words of others, just yet. She also does not yet understand the significance of the case her father has taken on. This shows her innocence.

Atticus: He explains to Scout that she is not allowed to use the "n-word" despite her classmates using it. He also says that Tom Robinson is a man who deserves a defense, just like anyone else. The scene where he explains all of this to Scout demonstrates that Atticus is fair.

Chapter Thirteen:

Scout: When Aunt Alexandra comes to stay we are reminded just how easily irritated Scout is. This is a trait we see in her throughout the book, but nothing brings out her dark side quite as fast as Aunt Alexandra, so this chapter is full of quotes.

Atticus: Atticus is a good/concerned father. He demonstrates this throughout the book, but in this chapter he has asked his sister, Alexandra, to come stay with the family. He knows that things are going to be hard for him and the family during the trial, and he wants all of the support for the kids that he can get.

Chapter Fifteen

In this chapter both characters show how brave they are, but for different reasons.

Scout: Scout and Jem go to the jail and watch the mob come up to Atticus. Knowing something is terribly wrong, and fearing for her father, Scout steps into the middle of her father and the mob. She ends up diffusing the situation and they are able to all go home safely. To step in between all of those men in those circumstances shows great bravery.

Atticus: He goes to the jail to guard Tom Robinson, knowing full well that a mob might be coming to pull him out of the jail and hurt him. He goes alone, and simply sits outside to keep watch. This is very brave of him.

How does one separate the complete subject from the complete predicate by using a / in compound sentences? Example: Marion/read the paper. Please...

First, your “sample” is not a compound sentence. It is a simple clause with sentence punctuation (capital letter and period). There is no reason to separate the subject from the predicate with a / (called a solidus). Secondly, the solidus’ function is ambiguous, according to the Chicago Manual of Style. It is mostly a visual device, not punctuation, and can take the place of a semicolon to emphasize a distinct parallel relationship between two clauses, thus:

                 Our moon is usually simply called “the moon”/ our sun is simply called “the sun.” But astronomers use more precise and exclusionary terms.

In a normal multi-clause sentence, the solidus should be avoided.  Your problem sentence --"The boys went to the park, but they didn't do anything." -- would not benefit from an insertion of a solidus in place of the comma, because the "but" is a conjunction that serves a purpose, to show a negation between two clauses. A solidus in place of "but" would change the meaning of the sentence.

However, if you are using the solidus as part of a grammatical exercise in recognizing and indicating complete subject and predicate, then you would use the solidus quite simply, like this:

• The boys/went to the park, but they/didn't do anything.

What is the main problem in Fahrenheit 451?

In Fahrenheit 451, the main problem is a society that is distracted from the world's problems by mass media and forbidden from being freethinkers by prohibiting literature and reading for pleasure. 

From the beginning of the novel, the reader is constantly reminded of an impending war and the threat of nuclear annihilation. Early in the first chapter, the narrator describes Montag's fear of these jets that are omnipresent:

"The jet bombers going over, going over, going over, one two, one two, one two, six of them, nine of them, twelve of them, one and one and one and another and another and another, did all the screaming for him. He opened his own mouth and let their shriek come down and out between his bared teeth."

In addition, the narrator introduces the fact that nuclear war is a real possibility as the United States had "started and won two atomic wars since 2022!" Meanwhile, the threats of war pop up often in the book. While sleeping at the firehouse, Montag hears a radio saying, "war may start at any hour..."

However, from the actions of Mildred, Montag's wife, there seems to be no worry about war. Instead, her biggest concern is the installation of a "fourth wall" in their parlor that make it "just like this room wasn’t ours at all, but all kinds of exotic people’s rooms." Mildred spends nearly all her hours in that room watching the televisor and talking to her "family." 

In addition, as Clarisse points out in the book's first few pages, no one notices anything anymore. Instead of looking at the moon or dew on the grass, people are too busy driving in their jet cars to see anything, she says. This inability to look at the world keeps the citizens from paying attention to what is actually happening. The threat of nuclear annihilation was real, but no one seemed to notice. 

Over what area should a force of 100 N act to produce a pressure of 500 Pascals?

Hello!

The definition of a pressure is a force over an area, or more precisely the quotient of a force acting perpendicularly to a flat surface, to the area of that surface:

P = F/A.

The unit of a pressure is Newton divided by meter squared, `N/m^2.`  It is called Pascal and is denoted as Pa. So it is simple to find an area when the pressure in Pa and the force in N are given:

A = F/P.

In our case it is equal to 100 N / 500 Pa = 0.2 `m^2.`  This is the answer.

Blaise Pascal (1623 – 1662) is a famous physicist, mathematician and philosopher who discovered among other things Pascal's Law (or principle) of transmission of fluid-pressure. The principle states that pressure exerted anywhere in a confined incompressible fluid is transmitted equally in all directions throughout the fluid.

How many moles of ions are in 29.5 g of MgCl2?

We will to use the following conversion factors to solve this problem:

1 mole `~MgCl_2` = molar mass of `~MgCl_2`

1 mole `~MgCl_2` = 1 mole `~Mg^2^+`  ions

1 mole `~MgCl_2` = 2 mole `~Cl^1^-` ions

We’ll use the first conversion factor to convert between the given amount in grams of `~MgCl_2` (29.5 g) and moles of `~MgCl_2` .

We’ll use the second and third conversion factors to convert between moles of `~MgCl_2` and moles of of `~Mg^2^+ ` ions and `~Cl^1^-` ions.

Step 1: Determine the molar mass of `~MgCl_2` . We need to do this calculation first, because we will need to use the molar mass of `~MgCl_2` as part of our first conversion factor.

Calculate the molar mass by: 1) multiplying the atomic mass of each element in the compound times its subscript, 2) adding your answers together.

Molar Mass of `~MgCl_2` :

   Mg: 1 x 24.305 = 24.305 g

   Cl: 2 x 35.453 = 70.906 g

   24.305 g Mg + 70.906 g Cl = 95.211 g `~MgCl_2`

So, our first conversion factor becomes:

     1 mole `~MgCl_2` = 95.211 g `~MgCl_2`

Step 2: Convert grams of `~MgCl_2` to moles `~MgCl_2` .

To convert grams to moles, multiply the given amount of `~MgCl_2` times the first conversion factor shown above.

(29.5 g `~MgCl_2` )(1 mole `~MgCl_2` /95.211 g `~MgCl_2` ) = 0.310 mole `~MgCl_2`

Notice that the conversion factor is oriented such that the part of the conversion factor with the same unit as the given unit is placed in the denominator. This enables you to cancel out the given unit and be left with the unit that you are trying to convert to.

Step 3: Convert moles of `~MgCl_2` to moles of `~Mg^2^+` ions and moles of `~Cl^1^-` ions.

To convert moles of `~MgCl_2` to moles of ions, we need to multiply moles of `~MgCl_2` (0.310 moles) by the second and third conversion factors shown above.

Moles of `~Mg^2^+` ions:

(0.310 mol `~MgCl_2` )(1 mol `~Mg^2^+` /1 mol `~MgCl_2` ) = 0.310 mol `~Mg^2^+` ions

Moles of `~Cl^1^-` ions:

(0.310 mol `~MgCl_2` )(2 mol `~Cl^1^-` /1 mol `~MgCl_2` ) = 0.620 mol `~Cl^1^- ` ions

What kind of irony is exemplified by the outcome in "The Gift of the Magi?"

Della sells her hair for twenty dollars in order to buy Jim a platinum chain for his watch. She goes home, curls what is left of her hair, and waits for Jim to come home. At this point, we (readers) have no idea what Jim has for Della. So, it is a shock to learn that he has purchased "The Combs" for her. This is an example of situational irony because this is when the outcome contradicts what is expected. It is ironic for the reader and for the characters because they could not have expected this result. 

A perceptive reader might then guess that Jim sold his watch to buy the combs. In this case, it would be an example of dramatic irony because this occurs when the reader knows something a character does not. In this case, if the reader correctly assumes that Jim sold his watch, the reader knows something that Della does not yet know.

However, if the reader does not make this assumption, it is still situational irony because, again, the result is contrary to what was expected. In this case, the reader does not foresee this second result. Likewise, neither Della nor Jim expected their gifts to be rendered useless as a result of their mutual generosity. The irony is created out of the situation in which the result is unexpected. 

What does the Big 5 Personality Test measure? How does it work?

The Big Five Personality test measures five general aspects of a person's personality. These are extroversion (or introversion), neuroticism (or lack thereof), (dis)agreeableness, how conscientious someone is, and how open to new experience they may be. The idea behind this is that though many factors make up a person's personality, these general traits can account for much of the variation in personality.

The test functions by having the test-taker rate how much they agree with certain statements, on a scale from "totally disagree" to "totally agree." The test encourages the test-taker to evaluate their thoughts and feelings and how they react in certain situations. It accounts for emotional, social, and ideological elements of  person's personality by piecing together the data from several questions.

Though the test seeks to "measure" how much one does or does not fit on a spectrum, it doesn't really measure anything quantifiable. The end result describes a qualitative personality type.

what is the significance of mRNA?

mRNA, or messenger RNA, is the bridge between DNA and proteins, where DNA "stores" the hereditary information, and proteins are often the products made from DNA for a variety of purposes including cell function and structure. In the nuclei of eukaryotic cells, DNA is transcribed into mRNA, essentially a copy of the original DNA information. (The transcribed mRNA isn't actually an exact copy, but the reverse complement of the original DNA, kind of like a mirror image.) The mRNA then leaves the nucleus and is translated into protein through ribosomes and tRNA, which are specific carriers for protein building blocks that match up to the mRNA sequence.

There are several advantages to having mRNA as the "bridge" between DNA and protein. First, this allows DNA to be kept in the nucleus, away from degrading enzymes. Second, the existence of mRNA allows for additional regulation of gene expression. For example, multiple copies of mRNA can be made from a single DNA template, allowing for high expressions of certain genes. Also, gene expression can be stopped by degrading the mRNA since more mRNA can be made when gene expression needs to be turned on again. 

Describe three main actions of Scrooge that demonstrate his development from the beginning to the end of the novel.

These can be found in Chapter (or Stave) five. Firstly, consider the action in which Scrooge purchases the prize turkey and sends it to his employee, Bob Cratchit. This is an extremely generous gesture on Scrooge's behalf and one which is unimaginable before Scrooge's transformation. In the first stave, for example, Scrooge was happy to let Bob freeze in his office, and was reluctant to let Bob take Christmas Day as a holiday. Sending him this gift, then, represents the thawing of Scrooge's icy heart. 

Secondly, we see another important development in Scrooge's decision to spend Christmas Day with his nephew, Fred. The Scrooge in Stave One would never have entertained such an idea. In fact, he says to Fred:

"Nephew!'' returned the uncle, sternly, "keep Christmas in your own way, and let me keep it in mine!"

Scrooge's change of heart, then, is evidence of how his character has been transformed by the three spirits.

Finally, in the fifth stave, Scrooge also makes a charitable donation to a collection for the city's paupers. But, if we remember what happened in Stave One, Scrooge turned the gentlemen away and implied that it would be better if poor people died:

"If they would rather die,'' said Scrooge, "they had better do it, and decrease the surplus population."

This action provides further evidence of Scrooge's transformation. Gone is the wealthy miser who resented the poor and, in his place, is a man who cares for others and seeks to share his wealth. 

Why did Paul Revere alert the colonists when the British were coming?

Paul Revere stopped at houses along the way between Boston and Lexington in order to wake the Minutemen, who were private citizens that had formed a militia.  Paul Revere left Boston because he had been warned by his good friend, Dr. Warren, that the British soldiers were going to Lexington to arrest John Hancock and Samuel Adams.  Lantern signals were hung in the church bell tower of Christ Church to warn whether the British troops were traveling "by land or by sea."  Paul Revere "rowed across the Charles River to Charlestown" and then rode a horse across the countryside in the dead of night.  He stopped at every house along the way in order to alert the Minutemen and get them to gather together just in case of trouble.  They were prepared to fight the British troops if necessary.  He eventually reached Lexington to warn his friends.

Explain why Mrs. Putnam was so concerned about the condition of her daughter in The Crucible.

Mrs Putnam has a history of problems regarding childbirth and the rearing of her young, as she herself emphatically declares:

Reverend Parris, I have laid seven babies un-baptized in the earth. Believe me, sir, you never saw more hearty babies born, And yet, each would wither in my arms the very night of their birth. I have spoke nothin', but my heart has clamored intimations. And now, this year, my Ruth, my only - I see her turning strange. A secret child she has become this year, and shrivels like a sucking mouth were pullin' on her life too.  And so I thought to send her to your Tituba - 

Her reference to 'intimations' suggests that she believed that there was a wicked force afoot which denied her the privilege of raising children in these instances since they were either stillborn or died during childbirth. It is also apparent that she was deeply concerned about Ruth's condition, for she was 'turning strange.' Ruth was the only child who had survived past childbirth and in her desperation, she turned to Reverend Parris's slave from Barbados, Tituba, to seek help. 

Her later statements emphasize the fact that she believed demonic forces had killed her children.

They were murdered, Mr. Parris! And mark this proof! Mark it! Last night my Ruth were ever so close to their little spirits; I know it, sir. For how else is she struck dumb now except some power of darkness would stop her mouth? It is a marvelous sign, Mr. Parris!

Mrs. Putnam's assertions clearly indicate her ignorance. She could not fathom that there may have been something wrong with her and grasped at whatever she thought was an explanation for her failures. It is patently ironic that she did not seek further divine guidance and help or consulted the doctor, but that she approached Tituba for assistance. The irony lies in the fact that she and her husband later become most vocal in accusing others of witchcraft, whilst she was the one who had sought supernatural assistance from Tituba, who was believed to possess the ability to conjure spirits. 

Since Mrs. Putnam refused to accept responsibility for her children's deaths, it became easy for her to blame others, thus turning attention away from her own guilt in seeking alternative remedies for her problem - an extremely un-Christianlike approach. She insists on blaming sinister forces for her children's deaths even after Rebecca Nurse suggests that she go to God for answers and that she should look to herself for blame.

But I must! You think it God's work you should never lose a child, nor grand-child either, and I bury all but one? There are wheels within wheels in this village, and fires within fires! 

Furthermore, she was indignant about the fact that others were more successful at giving birth and raising children than she had been. She turns against Rebecca Nurse who had successfully given birth to and raised, a number of children. Mrs. Putnam could not understand why her family's greatest opponent and enemy, could be so successful whilst she had been an abject failure. The two families had been involved in a long-standing feud about political power and property and she and her husband despised the Nurses for their success.

Added to that was also the fact that, despite the Putnams and Reverend Parris, the Nurses had no known enemies in the village and were highly respected by all and sundry. This increased the Putnam's animosity to the family and they were, therefore, out to get them and purposefully went about to destroy them. To this purpose, they later accused Rebecca Nurse of witchcraft and of sending out her spirit to prevent the birth of their babies or to stifle them soon after.  

It is therefore not surprising that later, the Putnams use their daughter who had been involved in illicit goings-on with other girls and Tituba in the woods, to point fingers at whoever they wanted to punish or get rid of, such as the unfortunate George Jacobs, who happened to be in dispute with them about land. They had found a method to get rid of their opposition and maliciously used it, claiming many innocent lives and destroying families in the process. 

Who, in the Declaration of Independence, did the colonies say they wanted to be independent from?

The colonists were declaring independence from Great Britain in the Declaration of Independence. All of the colonies had been part of the British Empire before the Revolutionary War, and in fact there was considerable debate among the members of the Second Continental Congress (and society as a whole) over whether they should declare independence, even though the colonies had been at war with the British for more than a year. In the Declaration, the colonists argued that the British government had violated their rights, both as British subjects and as human beings, and that they therefore had the right to sever their political ties with the mother country. The document was issued in the midst of the Revolutionary War, and American independence was not a reality until the Treaty of Paris of 1783. 

In Lord of the Flies, why were rules so important to Ralph?

Rules are significant to Ralph because he is the group's leader. In order for Ralph to maintain control of the boys and ensure their survival, Ralph must create and enforce rules. The first rule Ralph makes concerns taking turns speaking during assemblies. Ralph says that individuals who wish to speak during the assemblies must hold the conch. This rule is important because it ensures that each boy will be given a chance to express his feelings without interruption. Ralph also creates several rules regarding maintaining the signal fire, building huts, where to relieve oneself, and keeping a fresh supply of water. Despite Ralph's affinity for rules and hopes of creating a structured, civil society, he fails to enforce them. With no consequences to their actions, Jack and his hunters continually neglect Ralph's rules and start a tribe of their own.

What are examples of literary devices in chapters 6 - 11 of Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird, such as hyperbole, metaphor, personification, and...

A hyperbole is a type of figurative language in which an author uses an exaggeration to express a point. Dr. Wheeler gives us the following example of hyperbole: "His thundering shout could split rocks" ("Tropes," Carson-Newman University).

In To Kill a Mockingbird, author Harper Lee uses hyperbole to help capture the voice of her narrator Scout, as a young child. Since children rarely see the world literally, using exaggeration helps capture the thoughts and voice of a young child. One example of hyperbole can be seen in Chapter 11 in Scout's description of the two children waiting for Atticus to come home after Jem had blown his top and whacked off all of Mrs. Dubose's camellia flowers. Since it felt like such a long wait due to the fact that the children knew they would be in trouble and did not go and greet him by Mrs. Dubose's house as they usually did, Scout uses the following hyperbole to describe the wait time and Atticus's eventual arrival:

Two geological ages later, we heard the soles of Atticus's shows scrape the front steps. (Ch. 11)

A metaphor is a common type of figurative language in which a writer makes a descriptive point by comparing something to something else. Dr. Wheeler gives us the following example of a metaphor: "Carthage was a beehive of buzzing workers" ("Tropes").

One example of a metaphor in To Kill a Mockingbird can be found in Chapter 7, soon after Scout, Jem, and Dill sneak over to the Radleys' house at night to try to peer in to the window, earlier in Chapter 6. During the adventure, Jem had gotten his pants caught in the bared-wire fence and had to abandon them. At two in the morning, Jem went back to retrieve them and found them lying folded up on the fence, having been mended but mended by someone without any skill, like a man, like Boo Radley. At the start of Chapter 7, not knowing in what state Jem had found his pants, Scout notes that Jem had been moody all week immediately after returning to the Radleys' at 2 in the morning. Scout attributes his moodiness to fear and uses the following two metaphors to explain what her own fears would have been like in the same situation:

As Atticus had once advised me to do, I tried to climb into Jem's skin and walk around in it: if I had gone alone to the Radley Place at two in the morning, my funeral would have been held the next afternoon. (Ch. 7)

Since Scout does not literally "climb into Jem's skin," we know this is a perfect example of figurative language. In addition, we know that Harper Lee is using the image of "climbing into Jem's skin" as a comparison to describe Scout's attempt to understand what was going on inside of Jem's head. Since Lee is creating greater understanding by drawing a comparison between "climbing into Jem's skin" and literally understanding someone, we see that this is a perfect example of a metaphor. In addition, Scout would not have literally died had she gone to the Radleys' at 2 am; therefore, Lee is also drawing a comparison between Scout's fear and death to better capture Scout's fear, thereby creating a second metaphor.

I need this quotes explained: Taking into account the above statements, explicate the following passages from Macbeth: “My way of life has...

It looks like you are looking for help with the passages which include the above three quotes. If so, let's discuss them below. Bolded words are mine.

Seyton!—I am sick at heart,

When I behold—Seyton, I say!—This push (battle offensive or war)

Will cheer me ever, or disseat me now (either I will reign or lose my power).

I have lived long enough. My way of life

Is fall'n into the sere, the yellow leaf, (fallen into the realm of old age; 'sere'- withered and aging; 'the yellow leaf' refers to the autumn of one's years, when one is approaching death (winter)

And that which should accompany old age,

As honor, love, obedience, troops of friends, (Macbeth says that he cannot hope to have all the desired things which should accompany his old age: honor, love, obedience (from subordinates), and a faithful group of friends).

I must not look to have, but, in their stead,

Curses, not loud but deep, mouth-honor, breath

Which the poor heart would fain deny and dare not. (Instead, Macbeth can only hope to have the surety of soft curses, honor from those who don't really mean it ('mouth-honor'), and a miserable life which lingers (he compares such an existence to a heart which despairs of life but is afraid to die. In other words, the heart is personified as a sentient element; here, Macbeth connects this personification to his own dread of the coming struggle. Interestingly, this speech foreshadows Macbeth's eventual defeat and his prophecy here proves prescient/prophetic as the play concludes).

Seyton!

Cure her of that.

Canst thou not minister to a mind diseased, (Macbeth wants to know why the doctor can't cure his wife's diseased mind or what appears to be a psychological ailment).

Pluck from the memory a rooted sorrow,

Raze out the written troubles of the brain(Macbeth thinks that all the doctor has to do is to pluck the offending trouble from his wife's memory, to 'raze' or to take out whatever worry is oppressing her).

And with some sweet oblivious antidote (Here, Macbeth thinks there's some drug which can accomplish the above purpose).

Cleanse the stuffed bosom of that perilous stuff

Which weighs upon the heart? (Macbeth thinks that his wife's spirit is merely burdened with negative emotions or 'perilous stuff,' whereas Lady Macbeth is actually inflamed with a powerful, ambitious spirit which her husband has failed to account for. Here, remember that in Shakespeare's time, the health of one's body was predicated on the balance of the four humors- blood, phlegm, yellow bile, and black bile. So, that 'perilous stuff' Lady Macbeth is burdened with is none other than the preeminence of yellow bile in her body, which lends her a choleric temperament. 

In Act 1 Scene 5, in the famous Lady Macbeth soliloquy, Lady Macbeth has chosen to invoke the spirits 'That tend on mortal thoughts, unsex me here, And fill me from the crown to the toe top-full/Of direst cruelty.' In other words, she has chosen to burden herself with a spirit which will give full vent to her choleric cruelty. In imbuing her husband with this same spirit, she also condemns her husband to share her fate. His mind later becomes as deranged as hers. Consider the dagger hallucination soliloquy, and Macbeth's last words as he prepares to fight Macduff. He thinks he can't be harmed by a man born of woman and that he leads a 'charmed life').

She should have died hereafter. (She would have died eventually).

There would have been a time for such a word. (Such news as this would have been announced in due time).

Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow,

Creeps in this petty pace from day to day

To the last syllable of recorded time,(Each tomorrow creeps along slowly until the end of time).

And all our yesterdays have lighted fools

The way to dusty death. Out, out, brief candle! (Every past day has only served to light the path of fools to their deaths).

Life’s but a walking shadow, a poor player

That struts and frets his hour upon the stage

And then is heard no more. It is a tale

Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury,

Signifying nothing. (Basically, Macbeth laments that life is often a waste of time, full of 'sound and fury' which eventually fades away, 'signifying nothing.' Here, in Act 5, Scene 5, Macbeth's words foreshadow the manner of his own death. He fights Macduff to the bitter end, in a clash of violent fury, but his efforts are futile and lead only to his death. He is beheaded by Macduff, and his violent ambition has turned to nothing).

Hope this helps. Good luck for your midterms!

How important is suspense in the The Most Dangerous Game?

The whole story is rooted in suspense. So, if you take away suspense, you change what is central to the story.  We can see this in several ways.

First, in the beginning of the story, the island that they pass is mysterious. In fact, Rainsford’s friend, Whitney, says that the place is called Ship-Trap Island.  He also says that the sailors have a curious dread of the place. For the reader, the places is mysterious. We can say that curiosity fills the reader's mind as well. 

Second, when Rainsford finds himself on the island, he meets general Zaroff and Ivan, two men who are also shrouded in suspense.  Who are they?  What are they doing here?

Third, during the hunt, when Rainsford is hunted, there is great suspense. Will he die? Will he win? What will happen?  As you can see the whole story is filled with suspense.  It is what drives the plot and action of the story.