Question

How did The Beatles become famous musicians?

A. They waited until the day before their albums were due, and dashed off some songs in record time.

B. They worked hard for months on end perfecting their songs.

C. They asked other bands to do their albums for them.

Answer 1

It is clearly B.

Answer 2

I'm thinking it was C. They had loads of money so they could afford to do it that way.

Answer 3

That isn't the way people are doing their homework around here, so I'm skeptical. Most people want me to do their homework for them and it's really getting annoying.

How ya doing, Jake?

Answer 4

Good Donald, how are you yourself?

Answer 5

Besides being annoyed, I'm doing okay. Hey, are you interested in reading that essay I started?

Answer 6

Sure, send it to me bud!

Answer 7

K.

Answer 8

"'Ethan Frome,' an American Greek Tragedy"

Edith Wharton’s novella, Ethan Frome, has several distinct elements in it similar to those found in a Greek Tragedy. The Introduction serves as a Prologue. The narrator, who doesn’t claim to be Ms. Wharton, leaves no doubt that the ensuing story is a tragic one. Ethan, who, when he leaves the confines of the house he shares with his wife Zeena and his niece Mattie, seems to go most often to the post office in Starkfield, Massachusetts. He’s a crippled-up shell of a man, living if not in a type of hellish existence, in one very much like a harsh Purgatory. The Introduction serves to garner our interest and attention and to lay the foundation for what is to follow, in this case about how the fates have set Ethan up to fall from Grace.

The first chapter begins the account of how the tragic love story unfolds. Ethan's wife, Zeena, is a sickly, cold, and distant spouse, grown old before her time. Mattie, Ethan's niece, is young, pretty, and full of life. Mattie has lived with the Fromes for a year. That Ethan would find his wife repulsive and his niece attractive is a moral conundrum, but not one outside the jurisdiction of relatively normal human weaknesses. It's clear that Ethan has developed an attraction for Mattie, but he's kept it hidden in the shadows. Indeed, when we first meet him, he has gone to pick Mattie up from a dance, and we find him watching her from a distance, peering in at her from outside the building, in the dark.

As Nietzsche mentions in “The Birth of Tragedy,” there are three forces at work behind the scenes, the Dionysian, the Apollonian, and nemesis. The first force at play is “the passion that overwhelms the character,” while the second one is wisdom and justice, based on reason. The final one is nemesis, “the divine punishment that [inevitably] determines the fall or death of the character.” All of these forces are at work on Ethan Frome. Ethan is a good man, so he naturally wants to do the right thing and is thereby inclined to favor the Apollonian force. Yet, he’s also a man, and this is of course his greatest weakness and how the Dionysian force overcomes his better judgment. Once he crosses the line such that he is clearly within the clutches of the Dionysian forces, his fate is set, and it’s up to nemesis to determine his punishment—in this case a very harsh one.

Answer 9

Sorry I was disconnected, I was looking at the question, but my internet shutdown! Is there a question I could answer for you Donald?

Answer 10

I'll admit that it isn't as good as I thought it was this morning, but it's a unique idea.

Answer 11

Also, for the first question about the Beatles, it is B XD

Answer 12

@Kfins99 I know you mean well. Read the question I asked about The Beatles. "Is there a question I could answer for you Donald?"

Answer 13

Doesn't that indicate that it is C, they asked other bands to do the albums for them?

Answer 14

It is still of utmost perfection, good job Donald.

Answer 15

After that post with the three large paragraphs, I was wondering if you had a question about that :P

No, if they asked other bands to do their albums for them, how would they perform live so well?

Answer 16

You're too kind, Jake. I think it's mediocre. I really do. But the idea of comparing it with a Greek Tragedy is an idea I'm pleased with.

Answer 17

@Kfins99 That's a very good question you asked.

Answer 18

Also, they were very kind, so why would they steal the spotlight of other people, AND lie to their fans!?

Answer 19

A-hem, Dear Jake, my friend, it's a wise-crack question, because I keep coming across people on here who want nothing more than for me to do their homework for them. So that answer you gave right above really applies to that situation, doesn't it. (You don't do that. But maybe you're overly-eager to do their homework for them.)

Answer 20

answer is B :)

Answer 21

@texaschic101 I think you're right.

Answer 22

Oh yea! I totally know what you mean Donald! I ask completely obvious questions, and only get answers from people like Texas and other people that I am a fan of, rarely do I get an answer from a random

Answer 23

I don't mind helping people when I can :)

Answer 24

I think the original idea for Open Study was that it was "Open" for people to "Study" at.

For instance, Yale and MIT have it listed with some of their courses. But it didn't work out that way. Just the other day while I was on here, some kid was taking a test and asking for the answers. o.O

Answer 25

@texaschic101 Is there anything you want to study? You know, join a study group over?

Answer 26

It happens a lot

Answer 27

you got to be careful of that...answering test questions can get you temporarily suspended.

Answer 28

That, and the person cheating hasn't learned a thing.

Answer 29

I don't particularly need to join a study group....I just coast to different subjects and help when I can

Answer 30

So whatcha studying Kfins?

Answer 31

Wait, you can join study groups? Playing pool on miniclip :P

Answer 32

I'm trying to get some study groups going.

Answer 33

How do you join a study group? And also what IS a study group? I'm still kinda new here :/

Answer 34

I have to admit, I have given answers before and have gotten suspended before for doing that. Some questions require explaining, such as math questions, but how do you answer direct history questions without giving answers ? For instance, someone asks who was first president of U.S. ? How do you answer that without giving the answer ?

Answer 35

Texaschic, you tell them the steps that are required to open their textbook and find the answer. Step One Step Two, etc.

Answer 36

lol...step 1 -- google it :)

Answer 37

I just give them a link to a description of George Washington

Answer 38

That's exactly what I do Texas!

Answer 39

If you don't have any luck here, this is my blog, I'm eager to study with people.

http://opencoursescholar.wordpress.com/

Answer 40

that works...I think most of these questions can be found just by searching.....some people are just to lazy to do that

Answer 41

Nope. Step one. Get off of couch. Step Two, walk across room. Step three, pick up book. Step for Open book, step five. . . you get the idea. :)

Answer 42

Indeed Texas, I decide to search a lot of my answers, but only if I REALLY need them, which isn't that much

Answer 43

lol.....I like that one Donald.

Answer 44

Exactly!!!

Hence, that's why The Beatles became famous musicians. Did you know that they worked for over three years without taking a single day off?

Answer 45

I only like people checking my work, not giving me the answers.

Very nice step by step tutorial Donald!

Answer 46

Thanks, fin

Answer 47

They worked their butts off.

Answer 48

You got it!!!

Answer 49

They worked so hard, I don't get how they didn't have medical problems like headaches or anything!

Answer 50

It was a hard days night...lol

Answer 51

http://opencoursescholar.wordpress.com/

Texaschic, check out my blog. It's new but there's tons of links to free stuff. Plus maybe we can get a study group going.

Answer 52

Good one, TC

Answer 53

I'll check it out right now :)

Answer 54

Leave a comment on it, and let me know what you think.

Answer 55

I get it, don't want me checking it :(

Answer 56

@Kfins99 I DO WANT YOU TO CHECK IT OUT!!!!

Answer 57

Nice website Donald. I left a nice comment. Thumbs up to you :)

Answer 58

you should post that in the open study section.

Answer 59

Don't forget those free textbooks. It'll save you tons of money. Rice University makes the college PDFs, while the State of California makes the High School ones.

Answer 60

Here the link to the textbooks.

http://opencoursescholar.wordpress.com/resources/openstax-textbooks/

Answer 61

This is the link to the free software.

http://opencoursescholar.wordpress.com/resources/free-software/

Answer 62

wow...your good :)

Answer 63

I don't know, they might think I'm trying to steal their clients, or trying to make money--neither of which is true. I'm just interested in learning stuff with ohter like-minded people. Learning can be SOOOooooOOO much fun, if you go about it the right way. And a study group really makes it funner.

Answer 64

I like learning stuff for free :P

Answer 65

Me too. :)

Answer 66

So, which textbooks do you think you'll start off with?

Answer 67

Hey jCarai

Answer 68

you got a good point....studying with others does make it fun. I don't think you would be stealing clients. I think you would be helping students, isn't that the main objective ?

Answer 69

Hello :p
I wish my history tests were about the Beatles.

Answer 70

well...that is history :)

Answer 71

Probably the history books! Duhh :P

Answer 72

Yeah, really. They make the tests so BORING sometimes.

Answer 73

We should all be in a study group :P

Answer 74

Well, sign up on the site. What are you interested in studying?

Answer 75

I am not really on the computer that much to be in a study group. I work and take night classes....I am doing the best I can right now

Answer 76

@texaschic101 So true. And it's interesting history. Who carea about the War of 1812? I don't it happened a long time ago, not sure when--but LOOONG ago. :)

Answer 77

I am sorry, but I have to go now. I will talk to you later. I am going to check out that site some more later. Good job Donald :)

Answer 78

Yea, just a suggestion. I will probably look into Earth Science or something. Bye Texas!

Answer 79

@texaschic101 Well, if you find yourself in a jam you know where to look for material.

Answer 80

By Texas

Answer 81

Sounjds good to me fin. I like most subjects.

Answer 82

I guess this thread has run its course.

Answer 83

Lol I guess so :P

Answer 84

Got a lot of mileage out of one simple question (wisecrack.) :)

Answer 85

@RoseDryer

Answer 86

@JakeTylerBarreto

Thanks, Jake.

Answer 87

@HannahCorrine Hi hannah

Answer 88

We shall no longer give them the answer, only clues. :)

Answer 89

Good idea, my friend.