Give the full description of the characters Menteith, Caithness, and Seyton from Macbeth.
- MACBETH
Give the full description of the characters Menteith, Caithness, and Seyton from Macbeth.
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- SHABANU: DAUGHTER OF THE WIND
How does camel vengeance reflect in human behavior in Shabanu?It’s from the study guide for…
Shutr keena, or “camel vengeance,” is the propensity for camels have for never forgetting a wrong. In explaining the concept, Shabanu recalls a time when a relative of Auntie’s beat one of his…
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- TEACHERS
Teaching Resources for English 3API teach Eng 3AP Language and Writing and need sources of…
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- TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD
In To Kill a Mockinbird, what are the different views of reading potrayed by Scout, Jem, and…
Atticus never had schooling, so reading to him was vital to his education. That was what prepared him to go off to college to become a lawyer. So reading was a way of life for his generation. In…
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- THE GREAT GATSBY
Can you see this separateness of “new rich” and “old rich” nowadays too? Can you see this…
Today we see in our devastating economic situation that the “new rich” are those who have been careless with their money. They spend it on multiple homes, multiple cars and “toys” that are not…
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- FAHRENHEIT 451
In “Fahrenheit 451” why will Mildred run to turn the t.v. off for Beatty, but not for Montag?
The morning after Montag burns Mrs. Blake’s house down, he is feeling ill and sick at heart over what had happened. It is finally all hitting him-the awful nature of his work. He is upset, and…
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- ENDER’S GAME
In Chapter fourteen of Ender’s Game, what happens to Petra?
In chaper 14 Ender is the leader of a group of fighters. His team includes Petra. She is smart, strong, and as Ender characterizes her “brilliant. He had depended too much on Petra and pushed…
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- 1984
Maintaining the power of the party…Why are the rulers in the twentieth century better at…
For the first part of your question, I think you have to look to speed–speed of communication, and speed of transportation. A couple of centuries ago, it would take a long time to find out what…
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- SCIENCE
Revolution and rotation of the earth and their differences.Although often confused there is a…
You are correct. The concepts of revolution and rotation are often confused. The revolution of the earth around the sun is what is responsible for our seasons. It takes a little over 365 earth…
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- A CLEAN, WELL-LIGHTED PLACE
What is an example of strategy of evasion in Hemingway’s “A Clean Well-Lighted Place”?Strategy of…
The most obvious example of Hemingway’s use of strategy of evasion (reader’s need to infer) is in relation to the first waiter’s life. We are not told any details about the first waiter. We are…
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- PHYSICS
What is the illuminance (in lm/m^2) on a desktop if the lamp is 0.9 m above it?The equation of…
Rearranging terms, E ( 4(3.1416)d^2 ) = P, so E ( 4(3.1416)[.9m^2] ) = 1200 lm E ( 12.57 [.81m^2] ) = 1200 lm E (10.17m^2) = 1200 lm E = 1200 lm / 10.17 m^2 E = 118 lm/m^2
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- THE GREAT GATSBY
In The Great Gatsby, what preparations does Gatsby make for his reunion with Daisy?
Gatsby’s preparations begin with buying his house where he did. He knew that Daisy lived across the bay. He held the extravagant parties at his house hoping Daisy would come to one of them, but…
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- THE HOBBIT
In Chapter 12 of The Hobbit, what reason (besides the treasure) did Bilbo give Smaug for coming…
The additional reason Bilbo gives to Smaug for coming to the mountain is nothing short of revenge. Bilbo is first taken aback by Smaug’s statement of the obvious: no one could gather up all of…
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- THE SUN ALSO RISES
Three things from “The Sun Also Rises” that changed your perspective of the time period? Why did…
After a trip to Spain with his wife, Hemmingway used people he met there as characters to write about the disillusionment that all felt after the Great War. Many Americans flocked overseas to get…
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- THE GREAT GATSBY
In Chapter 9 of The Great Gatsby, how and why does Nick lie?
Nick’s lie is one of omission. When he runs into Tom Buchanan and asks Tom about what he told Wilson, it was evident from Tom’s response that Tom still believed Jay Gatsby was driving the car that…
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- HISTORY
At what point in history did the Catholic church have more than one pope?
During the Reformation. In the fourteenth century the Catholic Church had two popes. The Papal election of Urban VI in 1378, the year after the papacy returned to Rome, Italy, from Avignon,…
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- BABYLON REVISITED
Discuss the theme of “Babylon Revisited.”
There are several themes intertwined that are closely related. Change and transformation are certainly involved in this story of a recovering alcoholic who is desperate to get his daughter back…
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- THE GIVER
When do spouse get children in the book “The Giver?”
In Lois Lowery’s novel “The Giver” everything is planned ahead of time and there are specific rituals to follow for everything. There were women who were assigned a job of birth-mothers For three…
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- HISTORY
What are three significant characteristics of the Renaissance in Northern Europe?
The Northern Renaissance developed characteristics distinguishing it from its Italian counterpart. First and foremost, treatment of mythological subjects was very rare in Northern Renaissance…
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- THE SEA-WOLF
In Chapter 1 of The Sea-Wolf, why is the narrator taken with the notion of the “division of…
Humphrey van Weyden is on board a ferry which is taking him across the San Francisco bay. He is comfortable and says that he is letting his imagination run loose while the ferry goes across the…
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- THE WITCH OF BLACKBIRD POND
What are two quotes about Nat being punished in the stocks in Witch of Blackbird Pond? Also what…
About nine paragraphs into Chapter 16, Matthew Wood tells his family that “the three ringleaders (of the prank) are cooling their heels now in his shed, and on Lecture Day they will sit for all to…
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- HAMLET
How important is revenge as a motivating factor in Hamlet?How important is revenge as a…
Revenge is a major motivator for Hamlet. His sorrow and grief over his father’s death escalates to a desire for revenge when he is visited by his father’s ghost. King Hamlet demands for his son to…
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- BEOWULF
What is the significance about the Danes praying to the old stone gods in “Beowulf”?
One of the many themes in “Beowulf” is that of religion. In this and many other Anglo-Saxon works, there will be evidence of both pagan and Christian elements since Christianity was spreading…
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- THE MAN WHO WAS ALMOST A MAN
In “The Man Who Was Almost a Man,” how do the gun and Dave’s actions demonstrate childishness,…
An adult takes responsibility for his actions; he has the maturity, responsibility, wisdom, and respect necessary to own a gun, which is a weighty responsibility. Dave does not demonstrate any of…
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- GAMES AT TWILIGHT
In “Games at Twilight” by Anita Desai, what causes Ravi to lose the game even though he wasn’t…
He stayed in the garage for too long. He was delighted with his awesome hiding place; there are a couple moments when he almost decided to bolt and take his chances, but then he heard kids…
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- GULLIVER’S TRAVELS
Please discuss comical criticism in Gulliver’s TravelsI know that this will refer probably to the…
The four books are divided into different travel adventures, and you’re right–Swift does attack different aspects of English life in each one. For instance, in The Land of Lilliput (land of the…
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- MACBETH
Macbeth is a deeply disturbing character and his actions disgust us. Yet he also arouses our…
Macbeth is a deeply disturbing character, and his actions certainly are disgusting. Firstly, he kills the reigning monarch, Duncan, in order to usurp his throne, and from there, horrors follow upon…
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- JULIUS CAESAR
In Act 1.1 of Julius Caesar, what are the commoners doing in the streets?
“But indeed, sir, we make holiday to see Caesar and to rejoice in his triumph,” is the reply that a cobbler gives to Flavius in Act I, Scene I of “Julius Caesar” when he asks this commoner why he…
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- LITERATURE
What books on the AP reading list would you recommend because you enjoyed and profited from…
Native Son seems to work well with my students. The content allows them to discuss a wide range of topics from prejudice to communism, to responsibility. The students are capable of tying many…
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- ROMEO AND JULIET
What is the rising action in “Romeo and Juliet” in Act 1?
In “Romeo and Juliet” the exposition gives way to the rising action/problem when Romeo learns from the Nurse that Juliet is a Capulet in Act I, Scene V: Is she a Capulet?/O dear account! my life…
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- ELEGY WRITTEN IN A COUNTRY CHURCHYARD
Why are the poor and the rich equal according to “Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard”?I was…
All of the things you say are correct, and in Gray’s poem. Mainly, first and foremost, it’s because they are equal in death: Nor you, ye proud, impute to these the fault, If Memory o’er…
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- A ROSE FOR EMILY
In the story “A Rose For Emily” by William Faulkner what can one infer about Emily’s father and…
Emily’s father is a symbol of the old south, he is a patriarch, a man in charge of both his home and his family. A proud Southerner, dignified and stately, believing himself to be superior to…
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- BEZHIN MEADOW
What is the setting of Bezhin Meadow? where does this story take place exactly?
In the short story “Bezhin Meadow” by Ivan Turgenev and taken from the collection of A Hunter’s Sketches (“Zapiski okhotnika”) the narrator is hunting in near Chernov in the District of the…
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- TO SIR, WITH LOVE
What are the themes of the novel “To Sir With Love” by E.R. Braithwaite? Can you all also include…
In the novel “To Sir, with Love,” by E. R. Braithwaite (Edward Ricardo) there are several themes which interweave within the story. One of the main themes I prejudice in this post war England…
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- TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD
When reading To Kill A Mockingbird aloud, is it wrong to read the word “nigger”, even though we…
I think it depends on the dynamics of the group reading it. If you are not being prejudice, and it is not considered offensive to anyone in the group, it shouldn’t be a problem. Harper Lee did not…
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- THE SCARLET LETTER
In “The Scarlet Letter” what happens to Chillingworth after Dimmesdale dies and why?
Chillingworth died “within the year”. Before this, Hawthorne states that “all [Chillingworth’s] strength and energy-all his vital and intellectual force-seemed at once to desert him; insomuch that…
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- YOUNG GOODMAN BROWN
What word best describes each character in the story “Young Goodman Brown”?
allegorical As an allegory “Young Goodman Brown” presents characters that are symbolic of human traits. The names as symbols are obvious, the most obvious being that of Faith, whose innocence is…
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- ANIMAL FARM
In Animal Farm, what does the song “The Beasts of England” symbolize?
The song is both a battle cry for the rebellion on Manor Farm and an anthem that helps the animals keep the spirit of the rebellion alive in their hearts. After Manor Farm becomes Animal Farm, the…
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- THE OUTSIDERS
In The Outsiders, how does Pony’s dreaming, or lying to himself, finally work out?
After the rumble, Dally and Ponyboy go to see Johnny at the hospital. When they arrive Johnny is dying. As they are visiting Johnny dies. Dally loses it and runs out. Ponyboy starts walking…
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- ROMEO AND JULIET
In Act 2.6 of “Romeo and Juliet”, what weakness in Romeo does Friar Lawrence point out before…
Friar Lawrence basically tells Romeo to cool his jets, a little. He reminds Romeo that he should love moderately, and love for longevity. He remembers how easily Romeo has fallen in and out of…
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- THE GIVER
In The Giver, why did Jonas risk the humiliation of public chastisement for taking an apple from…
Jonas was fascinated enough by the apple to be willing to steal it from the recreation area. When he and his friend had been playing catch with the apple, Jonas had noticed that it seemed to…
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- INDIAN CAMP
In “Indian Camp,” why does Nick think he will never die? Is he so sure about it?
At that moment in the story’s conclusion, Nick does feel certain that he will never die. The psychology of his feelings is no doubt complex. First of all, Nick is young. The young generally view…
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- TWELFTH NIGHT
In Twelfth Night, what is a character description,character description for Sebastian?
Sebastian, though a seldom seen character is an important one in Twelfth Night to the Shakespearean theme of the heroine as the hero. This theme also appears in Much Ado About Nothing and As You…
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- THE BET
In the short story “The Bet,” what lessons do the banker and the lawyer learn?
During his 15 year confinement the lawyer learns that money, material possessions have no long term value. He had decided to forfeit the money and leave confinement 5 minutes before his time was…
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- THE GREAT GATSBY
In The Great Gatsby, how does Wilson’s garage symbolize isolation and selfishness?
Wilson’s garage is very isolated. However, Wilson is not selfish at all. He is struggling just to get by, while Tom teases him with the possibility (which we know he’ll never follow through on)…
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- THE ADVENTURES OF HUCKLEBERRY FINN
In “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” what is the significance of the chapter title, “I…
As far as I know, there is no chapter titled “I discover Moses and the Bulrushers”. The chapter that this event occurs in is in chapter one, which is entitled “Civilizing Huck-Miss Watson-Tom…
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- SOCIAL SCIENCES
Is The Pledge of Allegiance brain-washing? Hi, I’m new at college this year and last week our…
Holy Cow! You’ve got to be kidding me! There is a HUGE difference in promoting patriotism and pride in your country and brainwashing little communist children. For one thing, you are not taught…
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- HISTORY
Who was the first to invent medicine?
It was some wise person who lived in a cave or in a mammoth-bone hut many thousands of years ago. Archaeolgists have found evidence of medical procedures, such as the setting of broken bones and…
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- 1984
In 1984, why do all three superpowers forbid their citizens from associating with foreigners?I…
The main reason all three superpowers don’t want their citizens intermingling is that the war is a farce. The superpowers all use the war as an excuse to keep their citizens and countries under…
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- FAHRENHEIT 451
In “Fahrenheit 451” what are 3 things that Beatty talks about in his speech to Montag that are…
- Beatty mentions that political correctness takes over: “The bigger the population, the more minorities…the people in this book, this play, this TV serial are not meant to represent any actual…