• EMILY DICKINSON

What is the poet describing in the final stanza of “A Bird, came down the Walk” (359) by Emily…

The final stanza is a continuation of an extended figurative comparison that begins a couple of lines before the final stanza. The full comparison states: And he unrolled his feathers, And rowed…

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• KING LEAR

In Act I, Scene IV, of William Shakespeare’s King Lear, what reference is made to Cordelia?

If her failure to match her two older sisters, Goneril and Regan, to see who among the king’s daughters could be most obsequious would result in Cordelia’s disgrace and banishment, it was a…

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• SCIENCE

If 1144 grams of silver chloride were allowed to decompose, how many liters of chlorine gas would…

Silver chloride (AgCl) decomposes according to the following reaction: ~2AgCl−>2Ag+~Cl2~2AgCl->2Ag+~Cl2  Identify Information in the Problem: This is a stoichiometry problem. The given amount is…

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• SCIENCE

In your opinion, what is the best energy resource? Is it solar? Nuclear? Would it be a renewable…

Since we are running out of fossil fuels (in addition to the fact that their combustion generates greenhouse gases and are potentially responsible for global warming), renewable resources are the…

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• SCIENCE

The main component of natural gas used for home heating and cooking is methane, CH4. Calculate…

This problem can be solved using the ideal gas law, PV=nRT. STP is standard temperature and pressure. The information you are given is: P = standard pressure = 1.00 atm T = standard temperature =…

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• FAHRENHEIT 451

What is the role of clothing in Ray Bradbury’s novel Fahrenheit 451?

The clothing characters wear in Fahrenheit 451 often defines them symbolically. Characters’ clothing also represents the professions they practice in their society. For example, Montag wears a…

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• OEDIPUS REX

Why do people in Corinth want Oedipus to return?

At the beginning of the play, Oedipus believes that his parents are the king and queen of Corinth, Polybus and Merope. In truth, they are not his natural parents (his natural parents are Laius and…

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• TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD

What did Mr. Radley (Arthur’s father) do for a living?

In Chapter 1, Scout is describing the Radley family. She mentions that the Radleys were not social people and that the community of Maycomb rarely saw them outside. Scout says that they did not go…

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• WUTHERING HEIGHTS

I am having trouble coming up with how to connect the research sources for the notion/theory of…

I am not sure I can exactly meet your needs, but I can offer some thoughts based on Butler’s theory of gender performativity. First, I would say the original Catherine (Catherine Earnshaw Linton),…

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• THE BOY IN THE STRIPED PAJAMAS

What does Bruno learn about Maria and her life?

In Chapter 6, Bruno asks Maria if she hates the new house, but Maria avoids the question. Bruno mentions that he thinks moving to Out-With was a terrible mistake, and says that his father is…

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• HISTORY

How did Adam Smith and Karl Marx view human nature and define the purpose of the state?

Adam Smith and Karl Marx were both initially trained as philosophers, and then both went on to focus more on economics than philosophy. They were both certainly political philosophers, or if they…

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• HISTORY

How did the advocates of industrial capitalism and Marxist socialism view human nature and define…

Advocates of industrial capitalism and of Marxist socialism in the nineteenth century differed considerably in how they thought of human nature and thus consequently how they thought of the purpose…

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• GUY DE MAUPASSANT

In “Two Friends,” what is some flashback?

Maupassant uses one fairly long flashback at the beginning of the story. The two friends, Monsieur Morissot and Monsieur Sauvage, happen to meet on the street in famine-ravaged Paris which is being…

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• CARL SANDBURG

What do the boots represent in the poem “Primer Lesson” by Carl Sandburg?

This poem is a warning against speaking harsh, “proud words” – Sandburg writes in lines 2 and 3 of the four-line poem: When you let proud words go, it is not easy to call them back. They…

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• RESEARCH

Where can I find a research article on HIV/AIDS?

In order to determine where to find a research article, the researcher must consider the following: the type of article needed, the possible location of the article, and the amount of information…

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• RAYMOND’S RUN

Discuss the confrontation between Squeaky, and Gretchen and her sidekicks.

In “Raymond’s Run,” Toni Cade Bambara exposes a number of Squeaky’s character traits during her encounter with Gretchen and her “sidekicks.” As Squeaky and her brother walk down…

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• HISTORY

What were the social issues during the fall of the Byzantine Empire?

There were basically two social causes to the fall of the Byzantine Empire. First was a class struggle over land between the free peasants and the wealthy aristocracy. Byzantine rulers had depended…

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• TUCK EVERLASTING

Why does Winnie feel reassured when she hears the music box in Tuck Everlasting?

The music box reassures Winnie because it is pretty, and no one who owns something like that could really be all that bad. The music box is one of Mae Tuck’s most prized possessions. She finds…

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• HISTORY

Was Joseph Stalin an effective leader?

The answer to this question depends on how you define an effective leader. In the short run, you would have to say Stalin was effective because he led his country to some pretty impressive…

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• TO HIS EXCELLENCY GENERAL WASHINGTON

What natural phenomena occurs in the poem “To His Excellency General Washington” by Phyllis…

In the third stanza of the poem, Wheatley begins to relate natural phenomena to the army’s movement under the leadership of General George Washington. She writes, Muse! Bow propitious while my pen…

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• THE TELL-TALE HEART

What central idea is presented in both “I felt a Funeral, in my Brain,” by Emily Dickinson and…

This is a great pairing. To me, the thing these two texts share is a descent into madness, or the idea that there is an understanding of things that transcends reason. Both texts share the theme of…

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• THE ALCHEMIST

Melchizedek tells Santiago the fable of the oil and the spoon. Santiago believes he understands…

After the boy has sold his sheep, and has 6 sheep (10% payment) ready to give to the King of Salem, Melchizedek tells to the boy a parable, not a fable, to help him on his journey. The parable is…

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• MENDING WALL

What is some personification in Robert Frost’s poem “Mending Wall”?

The erosion of the fence and the apple trees are personified. Personification is the description of something innate or not human as if it were a person. For example, there is some phantom force…

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• THE POSSIBILITY OF EVIL

Why does Miss Strangeworth secretly warn people of the possibility of evil in “The Possibility of…

Miss Strangeworth has been writing her anonymous poison-pen letters for about one year and is getting a lot of enjoyment out of her new hobby. It would seem that she does not understand her true…

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• MY SIDE OF THE MOUNTAIN

In My Side of the Mountain, what happened when Sam noticed that his trained falcon was sick?

Sam Gribley has successfully run away from home and is living off the land in the Catskill Mountains. He trains a falcon to help him hunt small animals for food. He names her Frightful. In the 13th…

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• 1984

O’Brien tells Winston that he is the last man, but then he also claims that the party will never…

This is a thought-provoking question. Orwell was ill with the tuberculosis that killed him (and which is reflected in the broken body of Winston) while writing this final novel, so he could have…

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• THE GREAT GATSBY

What is the real American dream of Jay Gatsby?

The American Dream of Mr. Jay Gatsby, from F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel The Great Gatsby, is often difficult for readers to grasp simply because it is hidden under layers of other people’s dreams….

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• ROMEO AND JULIET

What does “feather of lead” mean in Romeo and Juliet?

The oxymoron “feather of lead” (I.i.173) is spoken by Romeo when he discovers that his cousin, Benvolio, has just been in a fight with some Capulets. He’s frustrated with the Montagues and Capulets…

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• THE RAVEN

On what does the raven perch? What is the only word it speaks?

When the raven flies into the narrator’s study, he alights on a bust of the Greek goddess, Athena. The poem’s narrator says that the raven entered “with mien of lord or lady, perched above my…

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• MACBETH

A tragic hero should evoke our sympathy. Do you sympathize with Macbeth? Why or why not? Does his…

This question deals with an important aspect of the play. We feel some sympathy for Macbeth up to the point where he has Banquo murdered and has his agents try to murder Fleance along with his…

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• HISTORY

What impact did the Hundred Years’ War have on Western Europe?

The Hundred Years’ War, which lasted from 1337-1453, was a fight between England and France over who would become the King of France after the death of Charles IV in 1328. Both the British, under…

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• THE FLOWERS

Is ignorance bliss in Alice Walker’s short story “The Flowers”?

One may be happier in certain situations when one’s oblivious to the truth, but calling ignorance bliss wouldn’t, perhaps, be right. In the story “The Flowers,” Myop’s existence, until…

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• THE CAY

What did Timothy teach Philip in Theodore Taylor’s The Cay?

In Theodore Taylor’s young reader’s novel The Cay, Timothy teaches Phillip many things including the value of self-sacrifice, independence, and perseverance. Two teachings that keep Phillip alive…

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• HISTORY

How did tanks become more sophisticated in World War II?

Tanks were used in World War I, but they were relatively unsophisticated and traveled at slow speeds, largely to support infantries. Tanks during World War II were also not only to support…

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• SCIENCE

On the periodic table, what is the symbol for chlorine?

The elemental symbol for chlorine on the periodic table is Cl. An element is a type of atom that has a specific number of protons. Each known element has a box on the periodic table. In the…

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• PERCY JACKSON AND THE OLYMPIANS: THE LIGHTNING THIEF

How does Percy show that he is a hero in Chapter 17 of The Lightning Thief?

In Chapter Seventeen of The Lightning Thief, Percy, Annabeth, and Grover are wandering around West Hollywood in search of DOA Recording Studios (the location that holds the entrance to the…

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• LITERATURE

How does the Raven reveal the dark aspects of humanity?

The Raven, by Edgar Allan Poe, reveals the dark aspects of humanity in the following ways: It reveals that love lost is a fact of life sometimes In this poem, Edgar Allan Poe reveals that the…

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• THE SCARLET LETTER

How is King David like Hester Prynne?

There are three key ways that the Biblical King David is like Hester Prynne from Nathaniel Hawthorne’s novel The Scarlet Letter. The first, and most obvious, is that both King David and Hester…

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• FAHRENHEIT 451

What does Clarisse say people talk about?

Clarisse is a seventeen-year-old girl who curiously shows up along Montag’s walk home one night after work. She asks him many introspective questions that “normal” people wouldn’t think of; such…

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• MATH

what is the difference between a joint relative frequency and a conditional relative frequency?

Joint relative frequency is defined as the ratio between the frequency in a certain category and the total number of data values. In this example attached, the row variables are the careers they…

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• OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES

Who was Oliver Wendell Holmes?

There are actually two distinguished Americans with the name Oliver Wendell Holmes, the poet and physician Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. and his son the jurist Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. Oliver Wendell…

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• HISTORY

What group influenced architecture in Spain?

In the early 700s, a people group called the Moors from North Africa arrived in the Iberian Peninsula and conquered the kingdoms there, as well as in parts of France. The Moorish rule in the…

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• THE SECRET LIFE OF BEES

What does Lily do with her mother’s things in The Secret Life of Bees?

Lily has very few things from her mother, a photograph of her, a pair of white cotton gloves that are darkening with age, and a small picture of a black Mary, glued onto a small block of wood, with…

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• THE OUTSIDERS

Summarize Chapter 4 of the novel The Outsiders.

Chapter 4 begins with Johnny and Ponyboy hanging out in a park at 2:30 a.m. A blue Mustang begins to circle the park, and Johnny wonders if the Socs are looking for them because they picked up…

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• NEIGHBOR ROSICKY

Toward the end of Section 4, the story’s theme is revealed. What is that theme?

One of the story’s themes, revealed at the end of the fourth section, is that farm living provides a kind of peace, happiness, and freedom that city living never can. Consider Rosicky’s thoughts as…

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• OUR TOWN

What are two early-morning routines seen in Act 1 of Our Town?

Our Town is an exceptional play in that it has a seemingly omniscient narrator in the person of the character called the Stage Manager. He tells the audience about the past, present and future. In…

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• HISTORY

How did Plato’s ideas influence or reflect the values and beliefs of his society? What are some…

Plato was a famous philosopher who probably lived from around 470-399 BCE in Athens, Greece. While his ideas have influenced the history of western thought to such an extent that a 20th century…

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• CHAINS

In Chains, what information catches Isabel’s ear?

There is a lot of information that catches Isabel’s ear, because she is actively spying on the Lockton family. I do believe that the question is directed at events in chapter 9 though. In…

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• JANE KENYON

In the poem “The Blue Bowl” by Jane Kenyon, what would the rhyme scheme be? Is there a rhyme…

It is true that there are no end rhymes in this poem, nor is there any discernible metrical pattern. The poem therefore is indeed free verse, although you are correct in noting that there are a…

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• THE ROAD NOT TAKEN

In the poem “The Road Not Taken” by Robert Frost, what does it mean by “two roads diverged in a…

It means there is a fork in the road, and it is autumn in the woods. The two roads diverged into a fork in the road, meaning that the roads went in two separate directions. The “yellow wood”…

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