From Polonius’ conversation with Laertes in Act 1 Scene 3 what kind of a life philosophy does…
- HAMLET
From Polonius’ conversation with Laertes in Act 1 Scene 3 what kind of a life philosophy does…
If you look at the totality of Polonius’s advice to Laertes, it is pretty clear that Polonius is very concerned with outward appearances and maintaining one’s reputation. Most of his advice is in…
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- SCIENCE
1.85L of a gas at 97.0 kPa and 28 degree celcius was collected in flexible container. What will…
The STP as specified by the IUPAC is a temperature of 273.15 K and a pressure of 100 kPa. Now we use the Ideal Gas Law, PV= nRT, where P denotes pressure, V denotes volume, n is the amount of the…
- ESSAY LAB
Can someone help me find a photograph that can be described well enough for the readers to…
I assume you’re looking for a photograph of something real or even a piece of artwork from which you can do some kind of descriptive writing assignment. I’ll give you several ideas, but first…
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- ESSAY LAB
I’ve been asked to put together a health care outline, and I am not sure where to start.
I think that referring to your task description or assignment, if there is one, is going to be of vital importance. Seeing what the instructor’s needs and what has to be addressed is going to be…
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- BUSINESS
What is performance evaluation?
As it states in its title, “a performance evaluation” is a tool used to assess how an individual is performing in a given capacity. It is used for a variety of reasons. In some organizations, it…
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- THE KUGELMASS EPISODE
what is the theme and plot of ”The Kugelmass Episode” by Woody Allen?
theme: fiction and films is the line between art and life, between fantasy and reality. plot: “The Kugelmass Episode” opens with Kugelmass, a middle-aged, unhappily married humanities professor…
- HAMLET
I need an idea for creating a parody of Hamlet’s ” To be or not to be” speech.I’m not sure how to…
There seem to be two challenges here — finding a way to parody the speech, and then writing your own text that keeps to the form of the verse, iambic pentameter. I’ll start with looking at a…
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- TED HUGHES
How does Ted Hughes suggest sounds of the evening and communicate the extraordinary stillness of…
The first stanza of “Full Moon and Little Frieda” is where both sounds and stillness (dichotomous states) come together in the largest array. In the first line, Hughes suggests that the night is…
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- POLITICAL SCIENCE
What’s a good definiton of modern populist politics?
I would define populism as a political movement that believes that what the “regular people” want is best. It is based on the idea that the “typical” American’s values are superior to those of the…
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- THE SKY IS GRAY
What is a good thesis statement fort the short story “The Sky is Gray” by Ernest J. Gaines?
In order to give you a thesis statement, I really need to know what the topic is. Are you writing about a particular theme of the story, one of the characters, or a conflict? This story is so rich…
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- A ROSE FOR EMILY
I am looking for a three part thesis on the short story “A Rose For Emily”, by Faulkner
You have to write a thesis that reflects what you understand about the this story, but I will give you some advice and some ideas to think about. A good thesis statement for a piece of literature…
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- HISTORY
What is the geography of Germany?I’m doing a history exam on Germany and one of the requirements…
According to the Volume Library,published by The Soutwestern Company of Nashville, Tennessee, Germany is divided geographically. Northern Germany is low and flat, while southern Germany is hilly…
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- THE POEM FROM IN MEMORIAM A.H.H.
In the poem Memoriam A.H.H the whole poem explores what?can you try to pick one of the following…
In Memoriam A.H.H., is about a man questioning how the changes in the world in the Victorian Era that were coming through the scientific and industrial revolutions were challenging the existence of…
- HEART OF DARKNESS
In Heart of Darkness, discuss the representation of freedom.Tell me the page number if possible.
This is an interesting question for a number of reasons, the first being that “freedom” is not an automatically obvious theme contained within this work that has so much to do with colonialism and…
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- THE HUNTER GRACCHUS
What is theme of the hunter gracchus by Kafka?
I can find no record in Philip Roth’s bibliography of any title resembling “The Hunter Gracchus.” This is the title of a short piece written by Franz Kafka, but since you name Philip Roth in your…
- MATH
C(m)=300+5m The rate of change of C(m) is 5. explain what this means in the given context.
C(m) = 300+5m. We can give a practical meaning to this. In a (large)tank , initially there is 300 litre of water. A water pipe imputs 5 liter of water every minute. So the amount collected water…
- BRIGHT STAR! WOULD I WERE AS STEADFAST AS THOU ART
What are the qualities of the star?
The main quality of the star is that it is eternal. We can see this in the poet’s use of the word “steadfast” and in his use of the actual word “eternal” to describe the way that the star watches…
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- DEATH OF A SALESMAN
How does Miller use structural divisions (and the lack thereof) and other dramatic techniques to…
One dramatic technique that Miller uses to enhance the concepts of the play is music. The flute accompanies most changes in scene and indicates the tone. For example, at the beginning of Act II,…
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- BRIGHT STAR! WOULD I WERE AS STEADFAST AS THOU ART
The topic of this poem is love. In this poem, the speaker is using the idea of the star that shines bright and eternally as a way of talking about his love for a woman. In this poem, the speaker…
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- ON FIRST LOOKING INTO CHAPMAN’S HOMER
The similes in this poem show how much wonder and awe the speaker feels. The main point of this poem is that the speaker feels awe and wonder when he first looks into this particular work of…
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- ON FIRST LOOKING INTO CHAPMAN’S HOMER
What two words indicate the presence of Homer?
So you are asking which two words in this poem show us that Homer is present in the poem? If so, I would say “deep-brow’d Homer” indicates that Homer is present. Other than that, there are many…
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- ON FIRST LOOKING INTO CHAPMAN’S HOMER
What is the poet’s favorite technique?
Readers of this poem may be interested to learn that Keats had trained not as a poet or writer, but as an apothecary-surgeon. In the year of this poem, 1816, he received his license to…
- SCIENCE
Which type of monitor (LCD or CRT) is of higher quality?
This depends on what you mean by “quality.” If you are talking simply about the quality of the images that can be viewed on the monitor, then I would say that a cathode ray tube has higher quality…
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- A ROSE FOR EMILY
Analyze Miss Emily’s conflicts and her solution in “A Rose for Emily”.
The central conflict that Miss Emily faced in the story is the role her father played in her life and how he frightened away any suitors and thus prevented her from really living and allowing her…
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- BUSINESS
What is the meaning of “marginal” in economic terms?
I suppose the best one word equivalent for “marginal” is “additional.” Whenever you see the word “marginal” in economics, the person who wrote it is talking about something that will be added to…
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- BUSINESS
What is the marginal productivity theory of income distribution proposed by Henry George?
The marginal productivity theory of income proposes that the factors of production (like labour inputs) that are used to produce goods are in equilibrium to the value of the output of the…
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- MATH
CALCULATING OBJECTS THROWN IN THE AIR ! link to the graph:…
- a) Definitely there is a pattern in the graph. A stone projected upwards , reaches greatest height 125 (appr) at around 5 seconds and then begins to fall. If we draw a vertical from the vertex…
- A ROSE FOR EMILY
Discuss “A Rose for Emily” through those words “dear, inescapable, impervious, tranquil,…
One theme that I think you can successfully discuss in relation to these adjectives would be the decline of the Old South after the Civil War, which was a key theme in all of Faulkner’s works….
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- PHYSICS
Derive the formula:1/v+1/u=1/f
The formula is a relation between the object distance u , inmage distance v and the focal length from the pole of the concave mirror. The formula is valid for the images in convex mirror and even…
- MACBETH
Explain briefly about the relationship between Macbeth and Lady Macbeth through out the story of…
In Acts I and II of Macbeth, Macbeth and Lady Macbeth are integrated (share the same views) in their desire for power. Their marriage seems to be a practical means to a political end. Neither…
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- TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD
Can you help with my essay on To Kill a Mockingbird: are all men created equal?My essay question…
Atticus’ speech in To Kill a Mockingbird is a classic, and he makes a compelling closing argument which contains the line to which your question refers. His use of the words makes an important…
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- LORD OF THE FLIES
How does Ralph gain the admiration of the other boys and what did he promise?
You sound like you are near the beginning because Ralph does not maintain the admiration of the boys. At first, in chapter one, Ralph has the conch. This symbol of power that is used to gather,…
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- SELF-RELIANCE
In “Self-Reliance”, according to Emerson, what is one major obstacle to achieving self-reliance?
Throughout this fascinating essay Emerson makes it clear that in his mind, the antithesis of self-reliance is civilization because it encourages conformity. Note what he says about the negative…
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- HEART OF DARKNESS
In Heart of Darkness, discuss the presentation of sexism.
This is a great question. There are of course three main female characters in this amazing novel: Marlow’s Aunt, Kurtz’s African Mistress and lastly the Intended, Kurtz’s fiancée back in Europe….
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- POETRY
Examine Blake’s twin poems ‘The tyger’ and ‘The Lamb’ as ‘two aspects of God and two…
Blake published “The Tyger” in his collection entitled Songs of Experience, and “The Lamb” in his collection entitled Songs of Innocence. Generally, the two natures depicted in the poem can be…
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- A HYMN TO GOD THE FATHER
Attempt a critical appreciation of John Donne’s “A Hymn to God the Father”.Donne’s A Hymn to…
One of Donne’s last works, written in 1623, “A Hymn to God the Father” is all-embracing in its religious feeling. From its opening reference to original sin – “that sin where I begun,/Which was my…
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- POETRY
Confessional poetry is a category of poetry which is, in the broadest sense, exactly what the name implies. This genre of poetry shares certain characteristics. First it is autobiographical,…
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- THE MERCHANT OF VENICE
In The Merchant of Venice, how does the courtroom react to Shylock?
Your question would be a bit more clear if you had mentioned character names, if you are interested in reactions to Shylock and behavior. The courtroom itself cannot react to anything. For this…
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- A THOUSAND SPLENDID SUNS
Explain the success of Khaled Hosseini in giving us a picture of events in Afhganistan through…
Afghani-born author Khaled Hosseini spent much of his youth in Afghanistan and neighboring Iran. He was born in Kabul and spent most of his life there and in Tehran, Iran before his family moved to…
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- SCIENCE
Please provide a specific question instead of a blank topic.
- POLITICAL SCIENCE
What do conservatives believe?What do conservatives believe?
Conservatives, economically speaking, want the government to stay out of their lives. A good current example is health care. Conservatives do not want the government to tell them whether they…
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- AS YOU LIKE IT
What is the similarity between Adam’s character and Celia’s character in the play As You Like…
Adam and Celia are similar in their loyalty — Adam to Orlando and Celia to Rosalind. Both leave the court for the Forest of Arden as a show of this loyalty and solidarity to Orlando and Rosalind,…
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- SCIENCE
In molecular biology, splicing is a modification of an RNA after transcription, in which introns are removed and exons are joined. This is needed for the typical eukaryotic messenger RNA before it…
- MACBETH
Throughout Act 4, scene 3 of Macbeth, several derogatory terms are used to refer to Macbeth….
In this scene, Malcolm and Macduff have lots to say against Macbeth. They blame the nearly irreparable state of affairs in Scotland on Macbeth’s bloodthirsty killing spree. Here are some of the…
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- ROMEO AND JULIET
Explain why you think the topic of parent/child relationship is as relevant to modern audience as…
I guess I would turn this question around — why wouldn’t it be as important or relevant? I cannot imagine a time when parent-child relationships will not be relevant. I think that the…
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- SIR PHILIP SIDNEY
How can you explain the meter in Sir Philip Sidney’s poem “My True Love Hath My Heart”?
Meter is defined in scansion as the rhythm and the number of repeating patterns. A question about meter excludes structure and rhyme scheme. The meter of Sydney’s “My True-Love Hath My Heart” is a…
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- THE MOST DANGEROUS GAME
In “The Most Dangerous Game”, what are seven adjectives that are used to describe the setting?
You do well to focus on the setting as a key component of this great and exciting short story. You need to remember that in a sense, Ship-Trap Island, as Zaroff has called his abode, is created by…
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- THE OUTSIDERS
Why do you think the Greasers might relate to Hank Williams, Sr.?Why do you think the Greasers…
I would say that the reason that the greasers could relate to him is because of how hard his life was. If you ever listen to (a number of) his songs, and if you ever read about his life, you will…
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- THE CRUCIBLE
Do you have any ideas for catchy newspaper titles for The Crucible?I’m thinking of writing about…
This scene is done in secret right? And newspapers try to get as much of the who, what, when, where, why and how out as quick as possible. So, why don’t you consider titles like: Shadows in the…
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- TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD
What are some reasons why YOU like To Kill a Mockingbird the novel instead of the movie?For…
While the film To Kill a Mockingbird is extremely well casted and acted, I like the book better because of Harper Lee’s skilled use of language and characterization. For time’s sake, the filmmakers…