In the poem "To My Dear and Loving Husband," what is the rhetorical situation?

A rhetorical situation is defined as the intersection between three elements: an exigence (issue, challenge, or conflict), an audience (who can be persuaded and inspired to bring about change), and a set of constraints (people, institutions, personal beliefs, traditions that can help influence the audience).
So, we're going to discuss this in the context of Anne Bradstreet's poem "To My Dear and Loving Husband."
Exigence: Anne wants to persuade her husband to stay the course of their happy union. By all indications, Anne was a happily married Puritan woman. In her time, Puritans thought of marriage as a practical necessity. People didn't marry solely for love. If mutual love did develop after marriage, it was considered a perk.
The reality of the situation was this: Children were needed to replenish the labor supply, which was necessary to sustain the colonies. For its part, sex was an important procreative tool.
In Anne's case, marriage was not just a practical necessity: she actually loved her husband. The first few lines of the poem highlight this fact.

If ever two were one, then surely we.
If ever man were loved by wife, then thee.
If ever wife was happy in a man,
Compare with me, ye women, if you can.

Because Anne loved her husband, she would allow nothing to estrange her from her husband. In this poem, she is trying to persuade her husband to stay the course of the union, no matter what happens.
Audience: Anne's husband. This appears to be a very personal poem.
Set of constraints: In the poem, the constraints are Anne's Puritan beliefs, marital conventions, and the shared love between the couple.
Puritans believed that marriage was a character-building institution and that, if nurtured properly, it conferred spiritual and material benefits to the husband and wife. Divorce was frowned upon and could only be obtained for reasons such as adultery or desertion.
So, Anne aims to persuade her husband to retain love in their marriage, to "persevere," so that their love can be eternal. Anne suggests that, by staying the course, her husband (and also herself) will reap "manifold" rewards from God.
https://www.thoughtco.com/rhetorical-situation-1692061

Bennet and Royle: “Narrative” How is it possible to write a reflection paper of 500 about it? Any ideas?

"Narrative" is an article fundamentally about the importance of stories in our lives. Stories, so the article proposes, help us to understand who we are, and they also help us to understand the world around us. You might start your reflection by considering which stories are important to you. For example, have you ever read or seen a story which helped you to understand anything about your life? Or have you ever read or seen a story which has changed the way that you behave or interact with other people? This could even include stories you were told when you were a child. I read to my children every night because I think that it is good for them to be exposed to different types of characters, and because I hope they will recognize and emulate the goodness in characters like Winnie-The-Pooh and the curiosity of characters like Peter Rabbit.
The article also argues (quite convincingly I think) that stories alter the course of history. For example, the religious stories that we tell have caused wars and still cause much conflict in the world today. So you might want to consider which stories you think have the most impact upon the world, and why. For example, what stories encouraged people to vote for Donald Trump in 2016? And what stories did Hilary Clinton tell? Why didn't Clinton's stories resonate as much as Trump's?
Another interesting idea put forward in the article is that because we are so used to stories with beginnings, middles, and ends, we automatically try to organize the events in our lives in the same way. You might want to consider in your own reflection whether or not you think this predilection for imposing 'story structures' on our own lives is broadly positive or negative. For example, do we tend to neglect pastimes and things which give us pleasure if they don't seem to have any purpose or if they don't 'go anywhere?' Or do we construct stories for our own lives, with beginnings, middles, and ends, which can lead to sadness and depression if the end isn't reached? Should we learn to better appreciate moments and pleasures which don't 'go anywhere'?
One more idea that you might like to consider, and which is raised towards the end of the essay, is the idea that the relationship between the author and the reader isn't simply a one-way relationship. The article proposes that the reader possibly has as much say over how a story is interpreted as an author does. Roland Barthes developed this idea in more depth in an essay called "On The Death Of The Author." With this in mind, you might want to consider in your own reflection some examples of stories which can be interpreted in different ways. This could be an advertisement, a novel, a film, or any other medium which is used to tell stories.
I hope you find some of these ideas useful. Good luck with your reflection!

Why was Pony so concerned whether he had asked for Darry as well as Soda when he was dazed and sleeping?

After the death of their parents, Darry drops out if school to care for his two younger brothers. Because he wants to do a good job raising them, Darry acts more like a father figure than a brother, imposing strict rules and a tough love attitude.
As a result, Ponyboy generally resents Darry, not fully aware of the sacrifices Darry has made in order to provide Ponyboy and Sodapop with a relatively stable childhood. Ponyboy also believes that Darry prefers Soda, which deepens this resentment.
When Ponyboy goes to the hospital after the church fire, however, Darry is distraught over his youngest brother’s condition. Witnessing Darry’s reaction, Ponyboy finally realizes how much his brother truly does care for him.
This is why Ponyboy worries whether he called out for Darry while he was in and out of consciousness. He does not want to have hurt Darry, whom Ponyboy now understands loves his brothers very much.

Christopher Marlowe began the tradition of the chronicle play. What were the concerns of the chronicle plays?

Chronicle plays, or history plays as they're sometimes called, are a kind of drama based on themes taken from history. The chief purpose of such plays is didactic; that is to say, they're intended to teach a moral lesson.
In the days of Marlowe and Shakespeare, history was seen in just such terms, as a lengthy chronicle of events from which one derived an understanding of right and wrong. History at this time was not just a collection of facts or events or something to be studied in its own right; it was, rather, a huge cosmic drama in which good and evil battled it out for supremacy.
One can see why playwrights such as Marlowe were drawn to historical events as a source for their dramas. Edward II is probably Marlowe's most notable chronicle play, drawing as it does upon real-life historical events to warn us of the dangers of enervating luxury and political corruption.

Did people feel differently about Rutherford B. Hayes before, during, or after he was in office?

Before Hayes officially took office in 1877, he was accused of corruption. Hayes did not win enough electoral votes in 1876 to win the presidency outright, so the election went to the House of Representatives. Samuel Tilden, his Democratic challenger, won the popular vote, but there were accusations of voter fraud in Louisiana and Florida. In what would become known as the Compromise of 1877, Hayes gained the presidency and military Reconstruction ended in the South. Many Democrats felt cheated and referred to him as "Ruther-fraud" B. Hayes.
Hayes's presidency was well-received by his contemporaries. Hayes broke up the Railroad Strike of 1877 when he called out troops to ensure that trains still ran on time. He also pushed Native American acculturation instead of a war of annihilation on the Plains. Hayes also maintained the gold standard, which allowed more capital to flow into the United States. Most importantly, Hayes successfully presided over a United States that was still reeling from the Civil War.
Later historians judge Hayes by the standards of their own times. Hayes negotiated a treaty limiting Chinese immigration. Hayes put the interests of labor aside when he called out the troops to end the railroad strike. Hayes's presidency saw continued corruption in the reservation system. Hayes also did nothing for civil service reform—that would take place under the Arthur administration. While Hayes was not a progressive Republican, one can argue that the times would not support a progressive Republican. While there was a growing gap between the rich and the poor in the United States, many did not view it as government's job to fix this situation. Many of those actions which are immoral by today's standards had widespread support from voters at the time.

How can I write 8 sentences about the Russian Bourgeoisie ? It has to be for a grade 9 student (nothing complicated), with general knowledge type of sentences.

Before the two revolutions that changed Russia, first in 1905 and then the "Russian Revolution" of 1917, there were three social classes. The lowest class was the peasants, or farmers. They worked hard, ate food they raised, and didn't have any extra money for luxuries. They lived basic lives. The second class was the "bourgeoisie" which is a French word that means "middle class" so they were comfortable, not poor, and didn't have to make a living by hard labor. Then there was the aristocracy, or the rich. The peasants resented the Bourgeoisie more than the aristocracy, in some ways, because they thought the Bourgeoisie was acting more important than they actually were, when they weren't any better than the peasant class.

The word "bourgeoisie" usually refers to the class of people who controlled the means of production, especially industry. In Russia, this class was fairly small, and it was concentrated in urban areas like Petrograd. When the Russian Revolution broke out in 1917, and Tsar Nicholas II stepped down, the legislature, known as the Duma, was dominated by the Petrograd bourgeoisie. This legislature failed to withdraw from World War I--which remained profitable for many industrialists that made up the bourgeoisie, and this made them very unpopular with many Russians. In October of 1917, this bourgeoisie-backed government was overthrown in the so-called "Bolshevik" Revolution led by Vladimir Lenin, who advocated a government based upon a socialist society. The Bolsheviks drove bourgeois politicians from power, and Lenin and his followers seized control of Russia. Over time, a civil war broke out between the Bolsheviks and their opponents. Chief among these opponents were those who unsuccessfully fought for a moderate, democratic government that would be dominated by the bourgeoisie.
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/magazine/2017/09-10/russian-revolution-history-lenin/

Is Nya from A Long Walk to Water a flat or dynamic character?

I think an argument could be made for both of these options.
Nya as a Flat Character
Salva is a truly dynamic character, so Nya often can seem flat by comparison. We get to read very little about her, so she also doesn't "get as much time" to show true character development, so to speak. Nya has the same goals and desires throughout the novel (getting water, going to school, seeing her family safe and happy) and achieves them primarily through the actions of others. By the end of the novel, one could argue that Nya's environment has changed, but she herself has not.
Nya as a Dynamic Character
One could also argue that Nya is a dynamic character. Through the novel, she matures as she faces new challenges and opportunities. Most notably, she takes significant responsibility when her little sister becomes ill. We also see Nya growing more worried for her family when the seasons change and they become more vulnerable to tribal violence. Finally, one could argue that we see her become a more hopeful character as she realizes she will no longer have to spend her days gathering water and can instead go to school.