Describe Silas’ financial situation in Silas Marner.
- SILAS MARNER
Describe Silas’ financial situation in Silas Marner.
Silas Marner was a man of stable finances. When in Chapter I we find out that he had once been engaged to be married, we also see that he and his promised Sarah had been saving money together to…
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- MATH
In the following scenario, invistigate to find the maximum possible amount in Gopal’s account…
Let the number of credit of interest be once at the end of one year: Then the amount A along with interest is given by: A1 = 1000(1+1)^1 = $2000. Let the number of interest credit be in 2 (or at…
- GULLIVER’S TRAVELS
I have to write an essay on book 1 of Gulliver’s Travels on it being a satire. How does it…
The author of Gulliver’s Travels, Jonathan Swift, is one of the most influential writers of satire in history. Book One, the Voyage to Lilliput, is perhaps the most popular. On the surface, it is…
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- POLITICAL SCIENCE
Why is a free and open press important to a democracy?Why is a free and open press important to a…
In my opinion, this is because a democracy thrives on the free flow of information. The people need to know as much as they can about their government and the issues that face their society. If…
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- A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM
What does Theseus mean in A Midsummer Night’s Dream when he claims that “The lover, and the…
eNotes editors can only answer one question at a time; others must be posted separately. In Shakespeare’s play, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Theseus comments that love and imagination are similar. He…
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- A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM
What other kinds of illusion exist in A Midsummer Night’s Dream?
This is a great question. There are several illusions in William Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream. First, Titania is put under a spell by Puck. When she first sees the enchanted Nick Bottom,…
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- A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM
How is the rude mechanicals’ little play related to the larger play in which it appears in A…
The Mechancials’ play, which they present for Theseus’ wedding day in Act V, is meant to be a Tragedy. It is a spoof of a classic story, the tale of Pyramus and Thisbe, or, as Quince notes, it is…
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- A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM
Judging from this much of the play, what observations can we make about Shakespeare’s ideas on…
In Shakespeare’s play, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, we find that nature and love are intertwined. Nature is used to bring the Athenian lovers, and Titania to a state of love with the potion (“love…
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- A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM
Bottom’s “translation” into an ass is a kind of emblem for all of the transformations that occur…
There are several transformations in the play A Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare. Besides Nick Bottom’s transformation into an “ass,” and back again, we also see transformations in…
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- TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD
In To Kill a Mockingbird, what is Atticus’s relationship to the rest of Maycomb and what is his…
In addition to being an attorney, Atticus is also Maycomb’s representative to the Alabama state legislature in Montgomery. Atticus runs unopposed each election, and this fact probably better…
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- PRIDE AND PREJUDICE
What is the attitude towards marriage in novel Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen?
The attitude towards marriage depends entirely on the characters. We can start by stating that the overall attitude was that marriage was a symbol of status and a rite of passage that women and men…
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- GERARD MANLEY HOPKINS
Explain Gerald Manley Hopkins as a religious poet.
Having converted to Catholicism in 1866 while at Oxford University, John Manley Hopkins studied under the great Cardinal John Henry Newman at a Jesuit school in Birmingham, England. After his…
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- OTHELLO
Except loving his stories in Othello, why did Desdemona marry Othello?
In Othello, Shakespeare presents two different Desdemonas: the one in Act I is a rebel, defiant of her father; the one in Act II is overly-compliant and passive toward her husband, martyring…
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- ESSAY LAB
Essay topic: Machines in man’s life.As an essay I must give facts.
Though your question is a bit vague, it sounds like you are looking for ideas for an essay about how machines have affected man’s life. I will give you a couple ideas to think about. First,…
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- ALEXANDER’S FEAST
Please provide a simple summary of John Dryden’s poem “Alexander’s Feast,” and please refer to…
“Alexander’s Feast,” by John Dryden, describes the celebration thrown by the great Greek warrior, Alexander the Great (son of Philip of Macedon) after Alexander had defeated the Persians in…
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- LAW AND POLITICS
Discuss what government has actually done, in practice, about civil rights.Discuss what…
Over the years, the American government has done a lot of things about civil rights. It has protected some civil rights and rejected others at various times in our history. The best-known instance…
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- HATCHET
How did you feel? …How did you feel when Brian failed to signal the plane in Hatchet?
When I first read the book, I thought that this was the moment that would ultimately finish Brian. I realized that the structure of the book was devised so that each time he encountered…
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- BUSINESS
In comparing accounting net income and operating cash flowname two items you typically find in…
The two missing elements are interest and taxes! Listen to this: Since it adjusts for liabilities, receivables, and depreciation, operating cash flow is a more accurate measure of how much cash a…
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- HISTORY
What are the fundamental change in the world political system after World War II?
The fundamental change in the world following the conflict was the emergence of the two superpowers of Russia and the United States. It was the first time that there was little, if any, European…
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- HAMLET
I have to write an essay about Sense of Self and have to explain Hamlet; how would you describe…
This question is a mammoth one, and there are literally hundreds of thousands of pages of literary criticism written on the subject of Hamlet’s character. In order to help you get a handle on…
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- ARTS
Mention at least two African influences and two european influences related to Jazz.Some…
That jazz would not have begun if there had been no blacks in America is an opinion that rings of Miles Davis who claimed that no white could truly play jazz. There is no one like Louis Armstrong,…
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- ARTS
Discuss and describe a composition of your choice from the Jazz era.Discuss and describe a…
This is a pretty broad category. You need to narrow down your parameters. Moreover, a composition of MY choice would not be a composition of your choice. What decade interests you? What do you…
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- MACBETH
If somebody can please write a page putting the theme of Macbeth in contemporary times.If…
A young executive in a big corporation finds a way to take over the company. All he has to do is make sure that the current man in power is “accidentally killed.” This young executive, Bobby,…
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- WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
Please give me some advice on writing a conclusion on Shakespeare’s Romantic Comedies.
Let me see if I can identify what you are exactly asking for in this question. If you already have an essay and want to create a conclusion to this essay, then you have a couple of choices. A…
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- MATH
Simplify lg(2^2/1*3)+lg(3^2/2*4)+……..+lg(99^2/98*100)
We have to simplify: lg(2^2/1*3)+lg(3^2/2*4)+……..+lg(99^2/98*100) Here we will use the relation that log a + log b = log (a*b) lg(2^2/1*3)+lg(3^2/2*4)+……..+lg(99^2/98*100) => lg [2^2 *…
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- PHYSICS
What is the temperature at thermal equilibrium in the following case?A uniform 3 kg block of…
The specific heat capacity of copper is given as 380 J/kg*K and the specific heat capacity of iron is 450 J/kg*K. The block made of copper is at 80 degree Celsius and the block made of iron is at…
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- PHYSICS
Why is the temperature constant in the following case:The piston for a bicycle pump is pushed…
According to the ideal gas law P*V = n*R*T, where P is the pressure, V is the volume, n is the amount of the gas, R is the gas constant and T is the temperature. Now the piston of the pump is…
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- MATH
What are the solutions of equation 2x^2-8x-192=0?
First, simplify the equation by doing common factor. So the equation becomes 2(x^2 – 4x – 96) = 0. To get the solutions of the equation, we just have to factor (x^2 – 4x – 96) = 0, (x – 12)(x + 8)…
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- MATH
Write the circle equation if it passes through the point (5,4) and the center of circle is (2,0).
The equationof a circle with centre (h,k) and radius r is given by: (x-h)^2 +(y-k)^2) = r^2. Therefore the circle with centre (2,0) is given by: (x-2)^2 +(y-0)^2 = r^2…..(1). So the circle at (1)…
- MATH
Evaluate the definite integral of y=1/cos ^2x. x=0 to x=pi/4
The definite integral will be evaluated using the Leibniz-Newton formula. Int f(x)dx = F(b) – F(a), where x = a to x = b We’ll put y = f(x) = 1/(cos x)^2 We’ll compute the indefinite integral,…
- MATH
You need to write sinh2xsinh2x as it follows: sinh2x=sinh(x+x)sinh2x=sinh(x+x) Using the following trigonometric identity yields: sinh(α+β)=sinhα⋅coshβ+coshα⋅sinhβsinh(α+β)=sinhα⋅coshβ+coshα⋅sinhβ Reasoning…
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- MATH
A rectangle is inscribed in a circle of radius 5 inches. If the length of the rectangle is…
Let one side of the rectangle inscribed be x, then the other side of the rectangle is = 2*times the distance of the side x from the centre = 2*sqrt(r^2- (x/2)^2) . Therefore area of the rectangle…
- MATH
A horizontal trough 12 feet long has a vertical cross section in the form of a trapezoid. The…
The cross section of the trough is trapezoid. The bottom width is 3feet. So the top width is 3 +or- 2xsin(4/5) feet at a height x. Case (i) the top width is 3+2xsin(4/5). The area of the cross…
- HISTORY
How did the Enlightenment lead to revolutions both in Europe and its new world colonies?
The teachings and precepts of the Enlightenment helped to foster revolutions in Europe and its colonies in a couple of ways. The most elemental way was the Enlightenment’s praising of individual…
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- WUTHERING HEIGHTS
I want to describe Wuthering Heights in the first chapter, but not a description of the…
There is no more fitting setting for Emily Bronte’s Wuthering Heights than the Yorkshire moors, brooding, but subtle in their beauty. This area is not dissimilar to the Scottish Highlands, but…
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- OTHELLO
How is Bianca portrayed in Othello?
Bianca shows up in the play when everyone arrives on the isle of Cyprus. She is a courtesan attached to Cassio. In order to describe how she is “portrayed” in the play, we must look both at what…
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- THE ADVENTURES OF HUCKLEBERRY FINN
How is Huck Finn hardworking in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn?
[eNotes editors can only answer one question per posting.] In Mark Twain’s The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, I would assume that Huck Finn is a hard worker because he must endure—stay alive. It…
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- OTHELLO
Compare and contrast Othello and Iago in Othello by Shakespeare.
There will be much out there written on this subject. I think that in assessing the relationship between both characters, one has to notice a shift of weight. At the start of the play, Othello…
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- WHAT WE TALK ABOUT WHEN WE TALK ABOUT LOVE
How does alcohol work to unveil the real message that they are trying to develop in ‘‘What We…
I started my teaching career in Raymond Carver’s high school in Yakima, Washington, so greetings from Carver country. I’ll assume you are referring to the characters in Raymond Carver’s story, and…
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- LAW AND POLITICS
What would happen if Supreme Court Justices had term limits?AMERICAN GOVERNMENT 2
In my opinion, the main impact this would have is that presidents would not be able to maintain their influence so far into the future as they can now. A second impact would be that more…
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- MACBETH
Clothing imagery quotes in Macbeth throughout the play?
Clothing in the play Macbeth symbolizes the idea of stolen power or social status. Your teacher probably wants you to look at the way other characters in the play describe Macbeth’s clothes. If you…
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- WAITING FOR GODOT
What does Estragon’s statement mean?It is in Act II, after Estragon reveals that he forgot that…
Both Vladimir and Estragon are characters in Becket’s Waiting.They are tramps.Estragon’s being furious on Vladimir’s asking him the question above denotes that it might be that Estragon considers…
- HAMLET
What is the inner conflict of Claudius in Hamlet? Provide some quotations.
Claudius’s inner conflict is first expressed in his long soliloquy in Act 3, shortly after the play within a play. He is clearly unsettled by having just watched a performance of what he actually…
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- HAMLET
the delay”the question of the delay in hamlet”
Something that we might consider is that Hamlet’s delay-this apparent lack of action was the action he chose to take. This was his action. He then spent a significant portion of the play trying to…
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- HARRISON BERGERON
In “Harrison Bergeron,” how is Vonnegut’s description of the future not as unrealistic as we…
Interesting question. In this great story, Vonnegut identifies a worrying tendency that is occurring in our society today and takes it to an extreme, illustrating what would happen if our world…
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- TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD
Why are “lynching” and the Ku Klux Klan mentioned in the book, To Kill a Mockingbird?Lynching is…
Historically, the Ku Klux Klan was an active organization at the time To Kill a Mockingbird was set. For African Americans living in the South during the 1930s, the KKK was a very real and present…
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- THE RAVEN
How might a psychologist explain the speaker’s experience in “The Raven”?
Crucial to understanding this question is the fact that it is the speaker who narrates this tale. Poe is a master in using the unreliable narrator to present unstable personalities, who are either…
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- MATH
A person in a rowboat 2 miles from the nearest point P on a straight shoreline wishes to reach a…
The nearest distance of the person to the spot P on the shore = 2miles. Let starting point of the person to row the boat be S. Then SP = 2. Let the house be at the spot H on the bank of the…
- HISTORY
What does the following quote mean?”The color of slaves–that is all–the misery of poverty,…
The excerpt has many different layers to it. Chesnut’s diary really strives to bring many layers of complexity to the challenges and situations brought out by the Civil War conflict. In this…
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- POETRY
Provide a brief description of the poem “Lament” paying particular attention to the author’s…
“Lament,” by Gillian Clarke, is an anti-war poem. When written it was directed at the Gulf War in 1991. This poem was inspired by pictures taken by the media that showed the death and devastation…