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DiKsa [7]

In western dramas it's usually motive-driven characterization

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3 years ago

In his attempt to explain the difference between Importance and Expression to Grendel, the dragon uses the examples of the diffe

Softa [21]

Answer:

The dragon uses the examples of animals and vegetables to explain about man's inevitable move towards complexity. Vegetables can be regrown by using a bit of its part, while an animal has a head that controls every other part. Likewise, man has the ability to adapt to any change in his environment, which leads to the choices he make. And it is this superior ability of man which signifies the gap between man and other beings, just like importance and expression are different.

Explanation:

When Grendel went to the cave of the dragon in Chapter 5 of the text Grendel by John Gardner, the dragon began teaching about everything. He proclaimed that he knows and hears everything, exclaiming that it's what "makes [him] so sick and old and tired".

And in his attempt to teach Grendel about the difference between importance and expression, he uses the example of a jug. He states "the jug is an absolute democracy of atoms", but devoid of expression. To him, "Importance passes from the world as one to the world as many, whereas expression is the gift from the world as many to the world as one." This shows that what is deemed important may not necessarily be expressive.

In other words, his attempt to explain the difference led to the animal/vegetables analogy. He explains nature's consequent move to complexity which he relates to the case of man's ability to adapt to his environment despite Grendel's belief of their foolishness. He uses vegetables and animals as examples between man and a rock. A rock is a simple object, which may be whole in its being but unlike a man, it is not capable of doing anything to change its existence. On the contrary, man can adapt to his surroundings and change his ideas, even at the last minute. Animals have a head which leads the other body parts, like a man does. But vegetables and rocks have no such ability, which renders their limited abilities. To summarize is points, the below quote from the text rightly presents the difference-

"If the dominant activity be severed from the rest of the body--if, for example, we cut off the head--the whole coordination collapses, and the animal dies. Whereas in the case of the vegetable, the democracy can be subdivided into minor democracies which easily survive without much apparent loss of functional expression."

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3 years ago

When I opened the refrigerator to get some food, my dog Jasmine would come to the kitchen and I would give her a snack. After a

Nadusha1986 [10]

Answer:

A Conditioned stimulus.

Explanation:

'A Conditioned stimulus' is elucidated as the stimulus that was previously neutral eventually leads to evoke a learned response with training. Such a stimulus is contradictory to unconditioned or naturally occurring stimulus which triggers a specific response naturally while the former elicits a response through learning from the various factors.

As per the question, the 'opening of refrigerator' exemplifies a 'conditioned stimulus' as it evokes a learned response from the 'dog' as it runs to the kitchen every time 'refrigerator is opened'. Therefore, 'it demonstrates a conditioned stimulus' as Jasmine learns with time that 'every time the door is opened, he gets some food'.

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3 years ago

Which literary movement began after the early american and colonial period

BARSIC [14]

In the post-war period, Thomas Jefferson's United States Declaration of Independence, his influence on the United States Constitution, his autobiography, the Notes on the State of Virginia, and his many letters solidify his spot as one of the most talented early American writers. The Federalist essays by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay presented a significant historical discussion of American government organization and republican values. Fisher Ames, James Otis, and Patrick Henry are also valued for their political writings and orations.

Much of the early literature of the new nation struggled to find a uniquely American voice in existing literary genre, and this tendency was also reflected in novels. European forms and styles were often transferred to new locales and critics often saw them as inferior.

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3 years ago

Which excerpt from “Hills Like White Elephants” provides the most details about the main characters’ lives outside the railway s

Rama09 [41]

Answer:

He did not say anything but looked at the bags against the wall of the station. there were labels on them from all the hotels where they had spent nights is the correct answer.

Explanation:

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2 years ago