• NIGHT

Explain the relationship seen in Night between the death imagery and the fate imagery.

I am assuming you are speaking of Elie Weisel’s Night. The book gets its title from that fact that Elie, at the beginning of the book, is a true and faithful Jewish boy. He faithfully studies the…

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• OF MICE AND MEN

Why are the themes of loneliness and isolation important in the novel Of Mice and Men?

The themes of loneliness and isolation in John Steinbeck’s novella ‘Of Mice and Men’ are important because they are universal themes (that it is they are timeless in terms of mankind’s life on…

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• HAMLET

Why does Hamlet procrastinate?Why does Hamlet procrastinate?

This question is THE question of the play, and there are lots of theories. Here are a few: 1. Hamlet over thinks taking action and ends up talking himself out of it. He becomes caught up in the…

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• POLITICAL SCIENCE

Why is it important to VOTE?Why is it important to VOTE?

This, of course, is a matter of opinion. In my opinion, the only reason that it is important for any individual to vote is that voting is a way of showing your commitment to the democracy that you…

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• HISTORY

Christopher Columbus: Missionary or Exploiter?Christopher Columbus: Missionary or Exploiter?

If these are the only two options (which I do not think they should be) then I would have to go for “exploiter.” Columbus was clearly not (in my mind) mainly focused on exposing people he found to…

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• SOCIAL SCIENCES

Why are utopias impossible to achieve?Why are utopias impossible to achieve?

In my opinion, utopias are impossible because of human nature. A utopia is a place in which somehow all problems have been done away with. It is a place where everyone can live a life that is…

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• MATH

Prove that when x tends to infinity, the limit of ” (cot x)/x ” does not exist.

To show the limit of (cot x)/x as x–>infinity . Solution (cotx)/x = (cosx/sinx)/x = cosx/(xsinx). Therefore Lt (cotx)/x = Lt.(cosx)/(xsinx) as x–>infinity.Now we consider 3 cases (i) x =…

• COMPUTER SCIENCE

explain concept of computer memory? differentiate primary and secondary memory in detail. explain…

Main memory is directly or indirectly connected to the central processing unit via a memory bus. It is actually two buses (not on the diagram): an address bus and a data bus. The MAIN MEMORY acts…

• CRITIQUE OF PURE REASON

What is a simplified summary of Kant’s Critique of Judgement?

There is no formal answer for this, however according to Kant he simply is given a designed way of thinking and with what given facts they are attached to one of the judgements. He simply says you…

• HISTORY

What had the gods done at Teotihuacan to restore the…

At the end of the age of the 4th sun, the gods had to figure out what to do in order to allow a new sun to be created. They had to figure this out in order to allow the world to live again. To do…

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• HISTORY

What was the 5th age of the sun according to the Aztec…

I suppose that the quick answer to this is that the 5th age of the sun (or the 5th sun) was the time in which the Aztecs lived and in which we still live today. This was how the Aztecs saw things,…

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• HISTORY

What was the importance of the abandoned city of Teotihuacan to the…

I believe that what you are asking about is the role that the Teotihuacan played in “creating” the Aztec people. The Aztecs came to the Valley of Mexico as essentially a bunch of barbarians from…

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• OTHELLO

OTHELLO READERS/EXPERTS PLEASE HELP ME, MOCK TRIAL? We will be doing a trial in class, and i…

We learn of Iago’s hatred toward Othello from the beginning of the play. The reasons for this are particularly impenetrable: his revenge goes beyond anything that might be justified by his jealousy…

• MACBETH

Do you have sympathy for Macbeth? Give quotes and textual references for the answer. From Act…

Macbeth takes a journey as a character and in Act I, scene 7, we hear his inner thoughts as he weighs everything. He definitely has opportunity since the king is visiting. In this speech, he gives…

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• A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM

I need to know about Snout from A Midsummer Night’s Dream.How would you describe him?

Tom Snout is part of a subplot of the play that concerns a group of “rude mechanicals” (description coined by Puck) who are meeting to rehearse a play that they hope to perform for Theseus and his…

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• 1984

What is the purpose of Two Minutes Hate?Thanks in advance =]

Two minutes hate is a way for the government to exert more control over its citizens. Essentially, it is a way for Big Brother to ensure that the public focus is on those deemed dangerous. The…

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• 1984

How is conformity enforced in 1984?The Thought Police?

The Thought Police is part of it, but there is so much more. First, all members of the Party wear a uniform (conformity at its most basic). They are not permitted to have personal…

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• SCIENCE

explain factors effecting Bio compatability

The factors that effect bio compatability are as follows: biomaterials interact with the human body and eventually how those interactions determine the clinical success of a medical device (such as…

• THE GARDEN PARTY: AND OTHER STORIES

Can you identify the resolution in “The Garden Party”?

You are not allowed to ask multiple questions according to enotes regulations, so I have edited your original question accordingly to focus on the resolution of this impressive short story. Let us…

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• AMONG THE HIDDEN

In the book, Among the Hidden, What strategies does the government use to make a family like…

Because the world’s population is outgrowing Earth’s resources, the government chose to intervene. Families were not allowed to have more than two children. If a third was expected, women were to…

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• DUSK

Please compare “Dusk” by Saki and “The Umbrella Man” by Roald Dahl as stories of tricksters.

People who live in the country can satisfy some needs, especially for food, without money. But city people need money for everything. Money is their preoccupation. Both “Dusk” and “The…

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• FAHRENHEIT 451

What is the significance of the scene in which Montag first meets Clarisse?

In my opinion, the significance of this scene is that it represents the start of Montag’s transformation in this book. After meeting Clarisse, Montag starts to think and starts to reconsider his…

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• SCIENCE

At t=2t’ (MV’-mv’-MV+mv)=???2 particls of mas M & m r in projectile.At t=0 their velocity…

The momentum of a body is defined as mass*velocity. Here, we have two bodies and there is a change in the velocity after they collide. Initially the body with the mass m has a velocity v and the…

• PRIDE AND PREJUDICE

What comedy is there in Pride and Prejudice?

The comedy in Pride and Prejudice comes from observing the behavior of particular characters, characters whose behavior rings so true to life that their actions have a comic tone. Two such…

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• BUSINESS

Identify stereotypes that foreigners typically hold about Americans.Why do you think they might…

I would say that one stereotype that foreign investors might have about American business and management resides in the level of unilateral action that is taken. The perception is that Americans…

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• POLITICAL SCIENCE

What is the reason behind Singapore becoming such a powerful dictatorship?

I disagree with the previous answer. (And I believe it does not answer the question since the question asks why Singapore is a dictatorship while the first answer tries to talk about if it is a…

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• MATH

For the series 3, 8 15, 24 , 35… what is the difference of the sum of the first 25 terms and…

We see that the series 3, 8, 15, 24, 35… is not an AP as there is no common difference; neither is the common ratio a constant. So looking at other alternatives, we see that each of the terms can…

• POLITICAL SCIENCE

How is the Born-Alive Infants Protection Act of 2002 relevant to the Abortion Debate?

The question asked how the law is relevant but the first answer simply asserts that it is not relevant. I am therefore adding an answer that I think is more responsive to the question’s…

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• SCIENCE

How do airbags in a car work, won’t the passengers get crushed by it?

You have to understand the complete working of an air bag before you can ask this question. The most important units of an air bag system are: an air bag and gas generator, crash sensors and a…

• GRAMMAR

When starting a sentence with “then”, which punctuation is correct? “Then, discuss with the…

Then, discuss with the others. According to Hodges’ Harbace Handbook, one should use a comma to set off words such as interjections, vocatives (words used to address someone directly), or…

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• PHYSICS

What should we take as the distance between them in the equation for calculation of force of…

Force of gravity acting between any two bodies is inversely proportional to the square of the distance between the two bodies. The distance between the two bodies as applicable for this…

• BIOLOGY

Are humans affected by magnesium deficiency?

Health of humans is very much affected by deficiency of magnesium in their diet an bodies. Magnesium is an important mineral nutrient required by humans. Along with calcium and phosphorous, it is…

• HAMLET

What change has taken place in Hamlet in Act Five, Scene 2?

Hamlet has come to realize that we humans don’t have control over everything and that fate plays a large role in our lives. We just have to accept that, work with that, and make the best of it….

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• THE RED BADGE OF COURAGE

Where did most of the action in The Red Badge of Courage take place?I have been looking for…

Most critics agree that the setting of Stephen Crane’s The Red Badge of Courage is in Virginia, and the battle that is mentioned with the question: The Battle of Chancellorsville, a major battle…

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• MATH

A curve is described by the equations {x = 2 + 2 cos t and y = 1 – 3 sin^2 t} with 0 ≤ t <…

The given curve is {x = 2 + 2 cos t and y = 1 – 3 sin^2 t} with 0 ≤ t < 2π}. We have to find the equation of the curve in terms of x and y. To do this, we eliminate t. For this , we find…

• POLITICAL SCIENCE

What is the importance of requiring people to register in order to vote?

The major reason why states require people to register to vote is so that they can be sure that the people who are voting are actually eligible to do so. If people could just come down to the…

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• OTHELLO

What major personality problems does this reveal in Othello when Desdemona tells Othello, “for…

Other forces in the world of this play help to make Othello choose as he does. The workings of chance help Iago—for example, Desdemona’s accidental loss of her handkerchief. Human fallibility…

• OTHELLO

What does Othello do when Desdemona says “for the love I bear Cassio?”

This comes in Act IV, scene i, when Lodovico comes from Venice. Desdemona is saying that she would like to see the “division” between Othello and Cassio mended. The exact line you are referring…

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• OTHELLO

Why is it wrong for Desdemona to beg Othello to be friends with Cassio saying “for the love I…

It is not morally wrong at all, but it is socially unacceptable in this sexist society. A woman, certainly a wife, is meant to be seen and not heard. Desdemona breeches her bounds as a wife…

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• THE PHANTOM TOLLBOOTH

What kind of tortous tasks does the terrible Trivium give Milo, Tock, and the Humbug? Why do you…

The Terrible Trivium’s job was to so occupy people’s time that they no longer had time to do anything important. One character had to dig a hole in a cliff using a needle. Another had to move each…

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• SONG OF MYSELF

In Section 9 of “Song of Myself” by Walt Whitman, what does he take pleasure in?

While Whitman never says that he takes pleasure in anything in particular; he gives us a very pleasurable scene and his action in it from which to infer his pleasure. He has taken pleasure in…

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• HISTORY

How did the realities of the new world affect the plan of colonizers?

This is a fairly vague question. I would think that more pointed analysis could be offered with a better and more specific wording of the question. In my mind, the presence of wealth and the…

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• WE REAL COOL

Who is the speaker in “We Real Cool?”

In my opinion, the speaker in this poem is not any particular person — it is not someone that we can name. Instead, the speaker in the poem is meant to be someone who represents a certain group…

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• BELOVED

How is the story of Denver’s birth like the story of Beloved’s appearance?novel name is Bloved

Both incidents are examples of crossings, so to speak. Denver was born on the Ohio River when Sethe was escaping from the Sweet Home plantation in Kentucky to Cincinnati, Ohio–a free state….

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• ILIAD

Describe briefly the heroism with which Hector embraced his death in Homer’s Iliad.

The death of Hector strikes modern audiences as essentially the climax of Homer’s Iliad, even though it takes places two books before the end of the epic. Additionally, the poet has been preparing…

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• SCIENCE

How do bees find the source of food in the following situation.At a park one day, you see a bee…

The bees are focused on the one can of soda because that is the only can of soda that they know about. They have not come out randomly looking for sources of food. Instead, they have come out…

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• ILIAD

What was Achilles’s reaction to Patroclus’s death?

The brief answer to this is that Achilles’s reaction to Patroclus’s death was one of intense anger and an overwhelming desire for revenge. It was when Patroclus died that Achilles finally got over…

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• THE GREAT GATSBY

What do Nick and Gatsby talk about, in chapter six, after the party?

After the swimming party, Gatsby talks to Nick about Daisy. Gatsby wants Daisy to leave her husband and completely repudiate her past with him. His plan is for him and Daisy to return to…

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• ILIAD

What was the background history that initiated the Trojan War?

Eris, the goddess of discord, became angry when she wasn’t invited to the wedding of Achilles’ parents. As revenge, she threw a golden apple that had “for the fairest” written on it into the hall…

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• ILIAD

Describe in brief in the sides that the gods and goddesses took in the Trojan War.

The main divinities that aided the Greeks were Hera and Athena. This goes back to the tradition of the Judgment of Paris, in which the Trojan Paris chose Aphrodite as the most beautiful of the…