Analyze Blake’s “The Lamb” with respect to diction?
- MACBETH
What are the various filial and familial relations within Macbeth?For example: The king and his…
First, let’s look a the question of the king and his subjects. Whether you are considering the opening of the play when Duncan is king or after his murder when Macbeth becomes king, these…
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- WILLIAM BLAKE
Analyze Blake’s “The Lamb” with respect to diction?
The repetition of words and phrases (the rhetorical device anaphora) stresses the speaker’s innocent, childlike qualities and makes the structure of the poem simple and clear. The diction is…
- HISTORY
Which Americans gained the most from the 1920s economic prosperity?Which Americans gained the…
I would say that the Americans who gained the most from the economic prosperity of the 1920s were those who had the most resources. By that, I mean that people who were already pretty well off…
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- MATH
Differentiate the function y=sin^4(sqrt(u))
Here, you have one function inside another (inside another) ; so you need to use the chain rule (twice). Let x = sqrt(u), f(x) = sin^4(x) dy/du = df/dx * dx/du df/dx = 4sin^3(x) * cos(x) –>…
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- WILLIAM BLAKE
What is the theme of the “The Lamb”?
This poem is useful for thinking of the effects of simple diction and repetition in creating tone and meaning. The childlike diction reinforces the simplicity of the speaker and the listener and…
- SCIENCE
if you open a new bottle of soda and quickly put a balloon over the opening of the bottle. As you…
What is happening here is that gas is escaping from the soda bottle and moving up into the balloon. As the gas enters the balloon, the balloon will, of course, expand. As you know, soda is…
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- THE CRUCIBLE
What were Elizabeth and Danforth desires that motivated them to act the way they do in The…
DANFORTH went to great effort to assert his authority. I think his real life character had a little bit of a superiority complex. He longed for power and this situation gave him great opportunity…
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- THE SECRET LIFE OF WALTER MITTY
In “The Secret Life of Walter Mitty,” what is the central irony in Mitty’s life?
Let us recall that the definition of irony is the gap between appearance and reality. Clearly, therefore, Walter Mitty with his repeated day dreams that occur throughout the story and then his…
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- POETRY
What is the mother’s situation in Terranova’s poem “Rush Hour”?
We must infer the mother’s situation, but it seems clear that she is economically dependent on the husband who has been assaulting her and the children. She cannot appeal for help, much as she…
- LORD OF THE FLIES
Why does Jack put clay on his face, and what is its effect in Lord of the Flies?
Jack puts paint on his face, literally, to help him hide in the bushes as he hunts for pigs. It is camouflage. Figuratively, Jack puts the paint on his face to hide his true identity as a…
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- TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD
How are Atticus and Dolphus Raymond similar and how are they different in To Kill a Mockingbird?
Atticus and Dolphus: SIMILARITIES: Both enjoy the company of people regardless of their race. Both understand the cruelty of racism and its effect on people. Both have a desire to see justice. Both…
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- THE MERCHANT OF VENICE
In The Merchant Of Venice what do Antonio and Shylock think of each other?
I think you need look no further than Act I scene 3 to find a full description of how Shylock and Antonio think about each other. In many ways, the central conflict of the play is between these two…
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- POETRY
What is the theme of Elaine Terranova’s “Rush Hour”?
I think that the theme of this poem is, quite clearly, the impact that physical abuse has on women and children. The woman and the two kids in this poem have both clearly been abused and it has…
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- PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY
What is the meaning of Shelley’s “To–“?
The poem is a brief treatise on the nature of reality. On the one hand we have actuality—the actuality of music, sweet-smelling flowers, rose leaves, and the thoughtful person being addressed by…
- THE CHRYSALIDS
In chapter 8 of The Chrysalids, what is the meaning that the dead boy maybe distantly related ?
In the story The Chrysalids, Davie (the narrator) is, and knows several other youngsters who are, “different.” They are considered by society to be “mutants” or “deviations,” but Davie and his…
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- SONNET 55
I need a good analysis of “Sonnet 55.”
The speaker addresses a listener who is deeply respected and loved. We do not learn much about the “you,” except that the relationship with the speaker is a close one. The “you” and…
- NIGHT
Maria is Eliezer family’s maid. She offers to help the family when they are rounded up and placed in the ghetto. She understands, or at least has a good idea, about what is in store for them….
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- ILIAD
What is ‘In medias res’? How it is used in the Homer’s Iliad?
The term, “in media res” means to begin in the middle of things. This term is very appropriate in describing the beginning of the Iliad since it begins in the ninth year of the Trojan War and then…
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- NAOMI SHIHAB NYE
Could someone give me an analysis of the poem “Where Children Live”?
This poem is unique in many ways because it suggests that children participate in a world of “secret smiles” (line 20). It is filled with details that in life might give fits to a harried…
- GREAT EXPECTATIONS
What kind of punishment does Pip expect for striking the young gentleman in Great Expectations?
To answer this question, I think that you should look at the first few paragraphs at the start of Chapter XII. There, you can see Pip having these sort of fevered fantasies about what will happen…
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- ERNEST HEMINGWAY
What made Ernest Hemingway one of the most popular American writers of his time ?possible…
The soul of the journalist never left Ernest Hemingway. Whether he wrote of upper Michigan where he grew up or the conflicts of war and the heart and the soul where Hemingway had lain himself, he…
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- WUTHERING HEIGHTS
How does Lockwood describe the Yorkshire section of England in Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte?
In Chapter I of Wuthering Heights, the narrator–a man named Lockwood–describes the section of Yorkshire, England where the novel’s action will take place. He begins: This is certainly a…
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- MATH
I need help answering this question.Point A is outside a circle and AB and AC are tangent to the…
We draw the figure. Let A be any point out side a circle with centre O and radius r. Since AB and AC are two external tangents to the circle at points B and C, the lengths of tangents are equal….
- A RAISIN IN THE SUN
What is Walter’s attitude towards money?
Walter’s attitude towards money changes over the course of Hansberry’s work. At the start of the play and from that point, Walter is driven by money. His anticipation of the life insurance check…
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- THE GREAT GATSBY
What is a suitable theme in Chapter 6 when Gatsby joins Cody on the five year voyage?
A literary archetype displayed through that chapter is the quest. Every hero goes through one of these and it is the process of the journey that makes him the well-rounded individual he eventually…
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- HAMLET
What are some objects that symbolize the character Claudius from Shakespeare’s Hamlet?
I think if there was just one object that most audiences would associate with Claudius, it would have to be poison. Consider the many different associations and connections he has with it. First,…
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- SOCIAL SCIENCES
Why have the Democratic and Republican parties been so durable so as to maintain exsistence since…
There can be many ways to go about answering this. I would take the economic materialist point of view. For the most part, both parties have not represented a true departure from the capitalist…
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- THE MONKEY’S PAW
How does the author use situational irony in “The Monkey’s Paw”?ANSWER ASAP, this paper is due…
I would say that the situational irony in this story is used to emphasize the main point of the story. I think that the main point is that you can’t really change fate or destiny — if you try, it…
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- THE CRUCIBLE
How is Abigail Williams manipulative?
Abigail begins the story in Act I by trying to manipulate all of the girls into a defense of what they were doing in the forest. She says: Now look you. All of you. We danced… And mark this. Let…
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- RUMBLE FISH
What do they mean by “reflection on your reading” for Rumble Fish?
While different teachers use the term in different ways, “Reflection” means for students to personalize the notion of reading and generate personalized responses to the reading selection or text….
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- LORD OF THE FLIES
How has Ralph become more compromising to Jack? What is the significance of Ralph reminiscing…
In this chapter, Ralph and Jack are working together, for the most part. They are both in the hunting party that is looking for a pig. This is one of the few times since the earliest chapters,…
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- THE GREAT GATSBY
How can one relate the following quote by Tupac Shakur to The Great Gatsby: “Reality is wrong….
Gatsby is a good example of one who does not let reality interfere with the conviction of his dreams. He dreams of reuniting with Daisy–a somewhat realistic goal which he succeeds in achieving….
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- MIGUEL STREET
name five characters in miguel street no
Laura, Toni, the narrator, Mr. Backhu, Edward
- LORD OF THE FLIES
Describe the religious imagery in Lord of the Flies. How does Golding’s depiction of the island…
The forces of good and evil are generally divided up into the forces within the boys. Piggy and Ralph are trying hard to help the boys govern themselves and to organize to help effect a rescue and…
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- SCIENCE
Why did Rutherford conclude that an atom’s nucleus has a possitive charge instead of a negative…
Rutherford built an experiment that has come to be known as the gold foil experiment or the Geiger-Marsden experiment. Rutherford fired a very narrow beam of alpha particles which were positively…
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- MATH
An acute angle is one whose measure is less than 90 degrees. It is one of three kinds of angles that are typically talked about in geometry classes. I will discuss each so that you can remember…
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- A GOOD MAN IS HARD TO FIND
How does O’connor display ‘good’ in “A Good Man is Hard to Find” in the the misfit and the…
Flannery O’Connor’s fiction must be read with an eye to its mysterious motifs, complex characters and themes that are related to faith and grace. O’Connor once said that “If the Christian faith is…
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- REFERENCE
What are the different types of sports practice, such as massed parctice, distributed practice,…
Though the question is a bit hard to interpret, I would consider it this way: Massed practice, in which the entire team works together on specific tactical situations or plays or even scrimmages to…
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- BARBIE DOLL
Discuss the tone in “Barbie Doll,” focusing on word use, irony and exaggeration.
“Barbie Doll” by Marge Piercy, is a poem which relies heavily on irony to make its point. Irony, of course, is a contrast or discrepancy between two things. In this case, the contrast is between…
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- MY PAPA’S WALTZ
What is your interpretation of the relationship between father and son in “My Papa’s Waltz”?
This is one of my favorite poems. Roethke (the author) vividly captures the joyful bond between father and son. The father and son in “My Papa’s Waltz” have a close relationship. The father is a…
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- THE CITY OF EMBER
what is linas main goal in the story?
To find a way to get the citizens out of the city before they all died of starvation or before it became total darkness forever
- SCIENCE
How is oxygen able to diffuse into skeletal muscles during physical activity?
During physical activity, oxygen is able to diffuse from the capillaries to the muscle cells due to the concentration gradient, of higher oxygen in the bloodstream, as compared to in the muscle…
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- PHILOSOPHY
What does Socrates mean by this statement?”When my sons grow up, visit them with punishment, my…
What Socrates is saying in this line is that people should care about virtue more than anything else. He is expressing this by telling the audience that he would want them to really come down on…
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- HAMLET
What is the historical accuracy of Hamlet?
bdover is correct. Anne Hathaway was plotting to run away with Shakespeare’s wife until he suddenly died. Many scholars have often questioned whether or not Shakespeare was responsible for his…
- HAMLET
How can I make a cultural reference to Hamlet’s speech “What a piece of work is man”?I’m having a…
A cultural reference is when an older, classical work is referred to in a later work of art or popular culture. In the case of Hamlet’s speech, “What a piece of work is man,” there are many…
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- A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM
I need to find an example of a biopoem about Tom Snout from A Midsummer Night’s Dream.
A biopoem is a style of poetry not found in Shakespeare’s writings, so I think instead of “find” a biopoem, you will need to write a biopoem. I’ll give an overview of what a biopoem is and of the…
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- THE RED BADGE OF COURAGE
How does the author convey his message/theme in The Red Badge of Courage?Please cite 2 examples…
While The Red Badge of Courage has more than one theme, or message, that Stephen Crane proposes through his narrative, the Naturalistic theme seems the most salient. That is, Crane portrays Nature…
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- HISTORY
What was education like during the 1920s and the 1930s?
In the early 20’s there was a record number of schools. It was the era of the one room school house. Towards the end of the decade consolidation was the norm and many of the one room school houses…
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- THE SCARLET IBIS
What are some of the similes used in “The Scarlet Ibis”?
Remember that a simile is a form of literary comparison where one object is compared to another object using the word “like” or “as”. Normally the two objects are dissimilar – we would not normally…
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- FENCES
In the play, “Fences” How can the characters of Troy and Cory be compared and contrasted? Troy’s…
I think that one level of comparison is that both Cory and Troy have to deal with adversity. This challenge is caused by social and economic hardships. Another comparison that I see between both…