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- HEALTH ISSUES
Washington, the state where I live, is the biggest producer of apples in the US so I encourage you to eat lots of apples. In addition to the benefits described in the first post, apples are also…
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- HEALTH ISSUES
Active substances of MilfoilActive substances of Milfoil
The active substances of Milfoil are found in the plant’s inflorescence. These substances are: acids, amino-acids, proteins, flavones, etheric oils, glucose, saccarose. The following acids are…
- SOCIAL SCIENCES
what degree of the social sciences can truly predict social behavior? In what specific ways do…
I would argue that the social sciences are capable of predicting human behavior in general but that they are not capable of predicting the behavior of any given human being in any given situation….
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- BUSINESS
Data Analysis”Briefly describe the situation where Coding of the responses can be done before the…
“Suppose you are a loan officer in a bank and Econ Company Limited apply for long term loan in your bank. Your bank is providing the loan to all kinds of businesses @ 12% p.a. by analyzing the…
- THE CHRYSALIDS
What are some examples for the cost of happiness in The Chrysalids?
There are many instances of characters characters “paying” for happiness in this novel. The people of Struen give up their children and, in many cases, their wives in the name of normalcy. Any…
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- HAMLET
Show how there is a preoccupation with death in Shakespeare’s play Hamlet. (i.e. spiritual death,…
Death is everywhere in this Shakespearian play. The deaths of Hamlet, Polonius, Gertrude, Ophelia, Claudius and Laertes –those known as the main characters–all follow the original death that put…
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- MY ANTONIA
What techniques are used in My Antonia to make the descriptions of the landscape vivid?
More than anything else what lingers on in the mind after reading this book is the intense, passionate and above all evocative way that the landscape of the frontier is described in this work and…
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- ROMEO AND JULIET
I have written an essay on how Shakespeare shows that young love leads to destruction in Romeo…
It depends if you want to sound silly or serious. Only the Good Die Young Young Fate Sealed By a Kiss Love Is a Four-Letter Word Young Love is Often Short Lived Amore (Italian for love) or…
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- ETHAN FROME
How does the novella Ethan Frome demonstrate the universal truth of compassion?
Wow! This is a great and deep question! Ethan Frome by Edith Wharton is multidimensional in the way through which it expresses the basics of human and universal compassion. We first experiece the…
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- SCIENCE
Explain the common clinical signs of “multiple sclerosis” (MS) in humans.
Signs or symptoms of Multiple Sclerosis are varied. This disease affects the myelin sheaths, or fatty covering outside the nerve cells. The symptoms for M.S. are many. Involuntary eye movements,…
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- SOCIAL SCIENCES
What social factors, not individual factors, may contribute to the poverty of employed…
If a person has a full-time job but is still poor, then there are a variety of social factors that you can blame for the situation. (I am not arguing for these points of view, just laying them…
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- SOCIAL SCIENCES
Why do inequality and poverty exist in our society?Why do inequality and poverty exist in our…
It is impossible to know for certain why inequality and poverty exist and persist in our system. There are two main strands of thought about this. First, there is a school of thought that says…
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- GUIDE TO LITERARY TERMS
What are some examples from texts of the term “pun” in literature?
Since enotes allows students to ask only one question at a time, I will address your question about puns. (You are welcome to submit your other questions separately.) A pun is a play on words…
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- PICKWICK PAPERS
who is MR. JINGLES and what part does he plays in the novel?
Mr. (Alfred) Jingle is a character who tries unsuccessfully to marry women for their money (Miss Wardle and Miss Nupkins). He is somewhat of a trouble maker. Jingle ends up in the Fleet Prison…
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- TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD
Why do Jem and Scout feel guilty when Mr. Avery tells them that children who disobey, smoke, and…
They felt guilty because since 1885 Maycomb had not reported any snow during Winter. Yet, during the specific winter when the action of the story takes place there was a bit of snow mounted in the…
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- OF MICE AND MEN
How does Steinbeck show disadvantaged characters in the novel Of Mice and Men?
Steinbeck seems to purposely demonstrate disadvantaged characters through every stereotype our society still struggles with. WOMEN: Curley’s wife is characterized by being a stereotypical blonde….
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- THE MERCHANT OF VENICE
in merchant of venice, how shylock didnot accept other religions?can you please answer that…
Shylock is a Jew, that is religion of his choice and the one he was born in. Naturally, if you belong to one religion you don’t accept other religions (religion is mostly an exclusive relationship,…
- THE MERCHANT OF VENICE
in merchant of venice, how was shylock willing to sacrifice his faith?can you please answer that…
Shylock must give away all he has and became a Cristian or he will be sentenced to death. So,he was willing to sacrifice his faith to save his life. Not much of a life, he would probably die soon…
- SOCIAL SCIENCES
What does the term “agents of socialization” mean?
To know what agents of socialization are, you must first understand what socialization is. Socialization is the process by which the members of a society are taught the values of that society. In…
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- TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD
In Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird, what is the symbolism of Dolphus Raymond?
[eNotes editors are only permitted to answer one question per posting. If you have further question, please submit them in separate postings.] In Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird, Dolphus Raymond…
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- POLITICAL SCIENCE
What does the term “attentive public” mean?
The term “attentive public” comes from the part of the field of political science that is concerned with public opinion. This subfield studies the way that public opinion is formed and its impact…
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- OF MICE AND MEN
In Of Mice and Men, what has recently happened to Curley to make his behavior worse?(“cockier’n…
At the specific moment you cite, Curley has become more cocky for two reasons. First, he and his new wife just got married two weeks ago. This makes him feel like a pretty big deal around the ranch…
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- OF MICE AND MEN
What does the language Candy uses tell about the nature of the relationship between blacks and…
The language that Candy uses to describe Crooks and his relationship with their boss demonstrates many things. First, that the boss would take the freedom to annoy Crooks on purpose, perhaps…
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- OF MICE AND MEN
In Of Mice and Men, why does George want to do all the talking with the boss of the ranch…
In John Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men, the main characters are George and Lennie. We know that they have lived together most of their adult life and that George is basically Lennie’s caretaker even…
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- GUIDE TO LITERARY TERMS
What is asked when told to elucidate the structure of any common phrase in English? Please…
This question requires your understanding of the word elucidate. Essentially, this means to make something clear, or to clarify what is said. I would also imagine that you are being asked to pick a…
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- TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD
In Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird, what is the symbolism of Sheriff Heck Tate? How is this a…
[eNotes editors are only permitted to answer one question per posting.] In Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird, I believe that Heck Tate is symbolic in several ways. Heck Tate is symbolic of…
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- A TALE OF TWO CITIES
In A Tale of Two Cities, why does Darney go to France?
In the story by Charles Dickens about the French Revolution A Tale of Two Cities, Charles Darnay received a letter from a well-liked servant who was also a doctor, Gabelle, who is also the father…
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- SCIENCE
how is electricity produced in a ‘battery’ and ‘dynamo’? (a couple of sentences for each please)
A battery is made from cells connected in series. Each cell has a small voltage and a battery adds these voltages. Electricity is produced in an electrochemical cell by chemical reactions that…
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- ROBERT BURNS
What is a good thesis statement for “To a Mouse” by Robert Burns?
I would suggest the following: In “To A Mouse,” Robert Burns questions whether a human being is superior to a mouse. In Stanza 1, Burns states that he, personally, has no intention of killing the…
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- THE LOVE SONG OF J. ALFRED PRUFROCK
In “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock,” discuss how Eliot shifts the reader from a distant…
The main issue on Prufrock’s mind is a deeply personal and intimate one–he wants to ask someone that he cares about an “overwhelming question” of serious import. That subject–whether to ask her,…
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- THE CANTERBURY TALES
In The Canterbury Tales, does the Wife of Bath wear a sexy attire?
It has always been said that the most interesting tale within The Canterbury Tales is the connecting tale that starts with “The Prologue” and continues with the various altercations that go on…
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- SCIENCE
What exactly does Darwin’s theory state and how it is different from Punctuated Equilibrium?If…
Darwin believed that evolution was a slow, gradual continuous process of change. This could mean that evolutionary changes could occur over thousands or hundreds of thousands of years. It is so…
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- BUSINESS
What does operating leverage measure, and how is it computed?
Operating leverage is used to determine how a change in sales revenue affects the operating income of a company. There are many ways of finding operating leverage. One of them is to denote it by…
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- SCIENCE
Punctuated equilibrium is the idea that evolutionary changes can happen in fits and starts. What…
Punctuated Equilibrium was an idea that was proposed by Stephen Jay Gould and Niles Eldredge. It was a critique of Darwin’s Theory of Evolution. Darwin believed that evolution was a slow…
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- BELLE PRATER’S BOY
Can you please summarize chapters one through five of Belle Prater’s Boy by Ruth C. White?
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- ROMEO AND JULIET
In Romeo and Juliet, how can you compare the love Romeo feels for Juliet as appose to the love he…
Very good question! When thinking about Romeo and his infatuation with Rosalind, it is important to consider Act II scene 4, when Romeo tells the Friar about his new-found love for Juliet and how…
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- ROMEO AND JULIET
Evidence: “In a minute there are many days”In this piece of evidence Juliet is giving an idea…
This subject has already been dealt with on eNotes. Here is a link for you: http://www.enotes.com/romeo-and-juliet/q-and-a/wat-does-juliet-ask-before-romeo-climes-down-rope-89651
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- ROMEO AND JULIET
In Romeo and Juliet, Romeo kills Tybalt… With what was Tybalt killed?With a dagger, a sword,…
In Act III, Scene 1 of Romeo and Juliet, Romeo returns from his marriage to Juliet by Friar Laurence to find his friends. But, he sees an altercation in progress and seeks to defuse the situation….
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- THE GREAT GATSBY
Discuss the theme of the American Dream in Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby and Miller’s Death of…
Jay and Willy are linked in that both of them envision dreams that are not rooted in anything substantive. In the end, both protagonists end up becoming crushed by the weight of their own dreams….
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- WILLIAM FAULKNER
What does William Faulkner mean when he says: “The best literature is about the old universal…
William Faulkner used this phrase as part of his Nobel Prize of Literature speech banquet in 1949. What he means by this quote is that the best expressions in written language are often the most…
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- LITERATURE
What made you want to learn and love Literature?I know this is a common topic, but I want to know…
Reading literature is like eating a good meal. We might nibble away as we slowly enjoy the mental feast. We might voraciously gobble it up because we can’t wait to get more. Ultimately, our…
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- ALGEBRA1
If x=1 is the root of 5x^3-4x^2+7x-8=0, what are the other roots of equation? (use the remainder…
Using the remainder theorem, as x = 1 is a root of the expression 5x^3-4x^2+7x-8=0, the expression is divisible by ( x – 1). (ax^2 + bx + c)(x – 1) = 5x^3-4x^2+7x-8 => ax^3 + bx^2 + cx – ax^2 -…
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- ALGEBRA1
Verify if the line x=42-14y intersects the line y=2x-11.
We have the line x = 42 – 14y. The other line is y = 2x – 11. Use x = 42 – 14y from the equation of the first line and substitute in the second y = 2x – 11 => y = 2( 42 – 14y) – 11 => y = 84…
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- THE JOY LUCK CLUB
In “A Pair of Tickets,” how does Tan use this fact as a way of developing the idea of “becoming…
The primary focus of Amy Tan’s short story, “A Pair of Tickets,” is Jing-Mei’s journey in coming to terms with her Chinese heritage. At the beginning, there is a “great divide” between Jing-Mei’s…
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- THE JOY LUCK CLUB
In Amy Tan’s “A Pair of Tickets,” language plays a key role to Jing-Mei “becoming Chinese.” How…
Language does, indeed, play an enormous role in Amy Tan’s short story, “A Pair of Tickets,” from her collection The Joy Luck Club. When Jing-Mei meets their family in China, they are separated to…
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- A ROSE FOR EMILY
Describe the narrator’s feelings towards Emily.
In A Rose for Emily by William Faulkner the narrator is a third person omniscient who uses the term “we” to falsely provoke the feeling that it is a first person, but it is a normal thing for…
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- THE NECKLACE
Does anyone else find Matilde’s personality jump in “The Necklace” to be a bit extreme and…
I think we need to remember the context in which Guy de Maupassant was writing. Let us not forget that actually in those days women did not have as many options or opportunities as they do today….
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- MACBETH
In Macbeth, why did Lady Macbeth have anxiety attacks and could not sleep?
Sorry to begin by correcting your question, but Lady Macbeth’s problem was not that she could not sleep. Rather she could, but when she did sleep, she would sleepwalk and talk about what she had…
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- GRAMMAR
simple past and past perfect With examples, describe the differences in meaning between the use…
Excellent answer to a question that probably should have been posted on the Question and Answer board. Nice job Frizzy. however, enotes has some other grammar resources abvailable at the following…
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- THE RIME OF THE ANCIENT MARINER
“The Wedding Guest beat his breast” is repeated in lines 31 & 36 in “The Rhyme of the…
Repetition in poetry is used for emphasis. These lines appear at the beginning of the poem. The Wedding Guest has been detained by the ancient mariner for reasons he does not yet understand. The…