Question

If a=2 and b2 –ab=-1 , then what is the value of log(a+b)(a3+b3) a. -1 b. 1 c. -2 d. 2

Answer 1

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The final line in Persuasion describes the navy as “that profession which is, if possible, more distinguished in its domestic virtues than in its national importance.”  The relationship between the world of the navy and the domestic world of women will be examined, including the question of whether women belong on ships, and the experiences of women who stay “at home, quiet, confined.” The Royal Navy Strand   Breakout #A1

Moved to C4.

Margaret McBride Horwitz, New College Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA

“The Role of the City of Bath in Anne Elliot’s Journey Home”

The 1995 BBC film adaptation of Persuasion poses two questions:  what is Anne Elliot’s perceived value to those in her circle (interior world), and where is her true home (exterior setting) after her family’s financial decline and relocation to Bath?  Images of light, windows, water and music will be explored.  Persuasionon Film Strand  Breakout # A2

David Monaghan, Mt. St. Vincent University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada 

“Social Change, Personal Development and the Dynamics of Movement in Persuasion”

This is an exploration of urban and rural space and movement, in which the presenter concentrates on Anne and Wentworth’s innovative spatial machinations to achieve a renewed relationship.  This movement motif, the presenter argues, reveals Austen’s awareness of her society evolving toward modern communities.  Persuasion on Film Strand  Breakout #A3

Jean E. Brassil, Clinical Psychologist, Derby, CT, USA

“Anne Elliot, Practicing Psychologist”

Anne Elliot, like Elizabeth Bennet, was a student of character.  Austen describes Anne as possessing “a quickness of perception . . . a nicety in the discernment of character, a natural penetration.”  Surely these characteristics make her a good psychologist!   Interior Worlds Strand  Breakout #A4



Susan Allen Ford, Delta State University, Cleveland, MS, USA

“Learning Romance from Scott and Byron”

Published in Persuasions 26 (2004).  “Learning Romance from Scott and Byron: Jane Austen’s Natural Sequel.” Persuasions 26 (2004): 73-88.

As Anne and Benwick sit apart from the group in Lyme, they talk “of poetry, of the richness of the present age,” and—in particular—of two “first-rate poets,” Walter Scott and Lord Byron.  How might their poems illuminate the issues a