What is the setting of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer?

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer takes place in St. Petersburg, Missouri, along the Mississippi River, in the 1840s. The small town and surrounding area is Tom’s playground for all the adventures he goes through in the novel. The town of Hannibal is considered the present day setting of the novel, and if you go there, you will see a replica of the fence Tom talks Ben into painting and the boyhood home of Mark Twain. There is also a magnificent cave nearby that the boys explore (Tom and Becky Thatcher get lost in the cave) and Jackson Island where the boys stay while pretending to be pirates. Other setting sites include a graveyard, where the Tom and Huck see Injun Joe kill the doctor, and an abandoned house, where Huck and Tom overhear the plans of Injun Joe to kill the Widow Douglas. 

The novel takes place during the United States' “adolescence” and the settling of the West.  It is also takes place during the time of slavery.

In Act 2, Scene 1, what does Macbeth's soliloquy reveal about his state of mind?

Macbeth's soliloquy is occasioned by the sight of an imaginary dagger hovering before him. Macbeth interprets this vision as a sign that he is to carry out the murder of Duncan, saying that it "marshall'st me the way I was going." He is resolved to carry out the murder of Duncan even though he has already acknowledged that it is wrong, and he seems to believe, based on the vision and his encounter with the witches earlier in the play, that he is destined to commit the murder, driven by forces over which he has no control. In short, Macbeth is determined to commit the murder, but is still aware that it is a "bloody business" filled with "horror." In this soliloquy we see Macbeth grappling with several of the major themes and conflicts that we see throughout the play. He doesn't seem to know whether he is fated to commit the murder, or if he is doing it totally of his own volition. He knows, as we have seen already, that it is an evil deed, but his ambition (as well, perhaps, as the machinations of evil inhuman forces) drives him to do it. 

What is the rising action in Bud, Not Buddy?

In a work of literature, the rising action begins at the start of the story and is the information and events that occur as the story reaches the climax. In Bud, Not Buddy, the rising action begins shortly after Bud is placed with an abusive foster family. When Bud leaves the family and spends his days wandering and traveling, the rising action truly begins. The rising action consists of all of the events that take place while Bud is traveling, such as meeting up with Bugs, spending time in Hooverville, receiving his first kiss, going to Grand Rapids, and riding with Lefty Lewis. The rising action ends when Bud meets the man who he believes to be his father, which is the climax of the story.

Give two examples of parasitism found in plants?

Parasitism is a relationship in which one species benefits, while the other does not (unlike mutualism type of symbiosis). In case of parasitic plants, the parasite lives off of the host plant and obtains its nutrients and water from the host plant itself. An example of parasitic plant is Cuscuta sp., commonly known as Dodder. These are parasitic vines and are attached to their host through haustoria, small rootlike structure that allows it to bind itself to host plant, and directly obtain their nutrients, minerals and water from the host's vascular system. Another example of parasitic plants is juniper mistletoe or Phoradendron juniperinum. This plant lives off California juniper or Juniperus californicai. This parasitic plant covers the host plants to such an extent that it appears to be a part of the host. It is more commonly found in California, United States.

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What university did Benjamin Franklin help create?

Benjamin Franklin helped to create the University of Pennsylvania. This was a response to, what Franklin said, was a lack of adequate educational institutions in the state. Writing in 1749, he said: "It has long been regretted as a misfortune to the youth of this province that we have no academy in which they might receive the accomplishment of a regular education."

Inspired by the likes of Harvard, Franklin wrote a pamphlet on this subject and urged local citizens to donate money to create a university. In 1751, with the help of some friends, Franklin opened the Academy of Philadelphia. Acting as a trustee, Franklin co-created the Academy's curriculum which focused on the sciences, history, logic, math and geography. By 1765, the Academy also had a fully-functioning medical department which became the first teaching hospital in the country. 

Two years after Franklin's death, in 1792, the Academy was officially known as the University of Pennsylvania. 

`y = x^3, y = 8, x = 0` Use the method of cylindrical shells to find the volume of the solid obtained by rotating the region bounded by the...

The volume of the solid obtained by rotating about x-axis by using cylindrical shell method is

`V = int_a^b 2piyf(y) dy`

The given information is

The curves

`y = x^3 =gt x = y^(1/3) `

`y = 8` , `x = y = 0` and rotation is about y-axis

`therefore V = int_0^8 2piy[y^(1/3) - 0] dy `

          =`2pi int_0^8 y^(4/3) dy ` 

          = `2pi 3/7 y^(7/3)|_0^8 `

         =  `(6pi)/7 * 8^(7/3)`

         =  `(6pi)/7 * 2^7`

        = `(768pi)/7`

`therefore` The required volume is  `(768pi)/7`

What is the evidence that the theme of the poem "The Slave's Dream" is longing for freedom?

To begin with, the title of the poem itself proves that it’s all about the slave's longing for freedom. What can a slave dream of? Of course it’s about his freedom.

The slave must have been a leader or head of some tribe or even a king in Africa but now he’s just a slave. He’s far away from his native land and family. What he longs for is to become free again and go back to his own place. So, he “again” sees “his Native Land” “in the mist and shadow of sleep.”

Unrestrictedly he strides as “a king” and not as a slave.

Beneath the palm-trees on the plain
  Once more a king he strode;
And heard the tinkling caravans
  Descend the mountain-road. 

He sees himself surrounded by his loved ones ~ his wife and children. Nobody comes to take him away from them. But the dream is too sweet to be true and so a tear rolls down his cheek even though he’s asleep.

He saw once more his dark-eyed queen
  Among her children stand;
They clasped his neck, they kissed his cheeks,
  They held him by the hand!--

A slave’s life is completely controlled by his owner. Without any authority over himself, he can’t do anything to please himself unless his master is favorable to him. But, at least in his dream, he’s his own master. He doesn't need to take anybody’s permission to ride his horse at a “furious speed.”

And then at furious speed he rode
  Along the Niger's bank;
His bridle-reins were golden chains,
  And, with a martial clank,
At each leap he could feel his scabbard of steel
  Smiting his stallion's flank. 

 In his dream, it is he who decides how fast he should ride and where he should stop. All these images - “blood-red flag,” “the bright flamingoes,” the slave riding his horse at “furious speed,” the roaring lion, “glorious roll of drums” and the “ocean” - reinforce the fact that the poem is about nothing else but the slave’s longing for freedom.

Moreover, the following lines would leave no doubt that the poem’s central theme is the slave’s longing for freedom:

The forests, with their myriad tongues,
  Shouted of liberty;

Thus, every line quoted here reveals the slave's deep-seated yearning for emancipation from slavery.