How does Lama Norbu describe re-incarnation to Dean?from the film Little Buddha
- CINEMA
How are the concepts of impermanence and detachment demonstrated in Bernardo Bertolucci’s film…
The story told by Lama Norbu at the beginning of the movie about an ancient Indian priest who wants to sacrifice a goat to the gods is a good introduction to the concept of impermanence and its…
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- CINEMA
How does Lama Norbu describe re-incarnation to Dean?from the film Little Buddha
I just rented this movie! The scene where Lama Norbu explains reincarnation goes like this: He tells Dean that the body and the soul are like a cup of tea, filled with tea. So, he took the cup of…
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- CINEMA
The begging bowl is an important symbol in the movie Little Buddha. Describe the uses of the bowl…
The begging bowl is an important symbol in Buddism. It is a story told in this religion that says that prior to the period of enlightment of the Buddha was undergoing a process of sacrifice in…
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- THINGS FALL APART
How did prejudice and discrimination contribute to the collapse of the group?
Overall, male against female discrimination contributes to Okonkwo’s tragedy, but I don’t think it contributes to the collapse of the tribe. White against black racism and Christian monotheism…
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- CINEMA
Upon his first meeting with Jesse, Lama Norbu says “In my country we love masks”. What is the…
Masks are important for Buddhism as they often reproduce gods and deities. They are an integral part of Buddhist culture and beliefs and are often worn during religious dances and rituals to defeat…
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- CINEMA
Little Buddha opens with a story about a monk killing a young goat. The monk changes his life and…
The Priest dropped to his knees saying, “Forgive me, I beg you. From now on I will be the Guardian and Protector of every goat in the land.” [Giggling.]”Now, what does this ancient tale teach us?”…
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- OF MICE AND MEN
What similarities can you detect between the characters of Lennie and Curley’s Wife? this is a…
Lennie and Curley’s wife both find themselves separated from the rest of the group for different reasons. With Lennie, he’s just not able to socially keep up and compete with the other guys. With…
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- HEALTH
Could someone define what stomach cancer is?I’m writing a paper on stomach cancer and I’m reading…
The stomach is a muscular pouch or bag-like structure located in the upper mid-abdomen. It is composed of several layers of tissue, including the inner lining called the mucosa, a sub-mucosa, a…
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- AN ASTROLOGER’S DAY
An Astrologer’s day, Dusk, The Umbrella Man , each of the three stories involves a trickster. Who…
I would say i like the tricksters of ‘an astrologers day’ & the trickster of ‘the Umbrella man’ equally and more than the trickster of ‘dusk’. The reason for liking them is that the astrologer…
- SCIENCE
What effect does the temperature of nitrogen gas have on the pressure it exerts?
Nitrogen approximately follows the ideal gas law which gives the relation between pressure and temperature as pV= nRT, where p is the absolute pressure of the gas; V is the volume of the gas; n is…
- ESSAY LAB
How do you make a thesis about the history of something?
Writing a thesis about the history of something is not particularly difficult since it will probably fall naturally into some kind of chronology. A thesis generally contains three main points…
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- THE OPEN WINDOW
What can I use, as a title, for the following essay on “The Open Window”?The essay’s topic is:…
Another approach to think through might be to consider the theme or message of this excellent short story by Saki. Instead of just using the title, you might want to think about what Saki is trying…
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- HEALTH
Can someone tell me if stomach cancer is hereditary?I’m writing a paper on stomach cancer. I can…
The main cause of stomach cancer identified by scientists is infection, especially by the Helicobacter pylori while the factors that are known to increase the risk of getting stomach cancer are…
- THE SAMURAI
Can anyone explain the themes of The Samurai by Shusaku Endo?
I have not read this book in 20 years, but since you’ve asked twice, I’ll give it a shot. To me, the major theme of the book is the twin struggles of Hasekura and Velasco to deal with their human…
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- KAREL ČAPEK
what is the summary of “The Fortune Teller” by karel capek?
sounds like you dont want to do the reading 🙂
- PHYSICS
If I have a conductor through which a current is flowing, is a magnetic field produced due to it?
Whenever electrically charged particles move, they result in a magnetic field. When a current passes through a conductor, electrons are moving through the conductor. Electrons have a negative…
- AN OCCURRENCE AT OWL CREEK BRIDGE
What overall feeling do you get when you read An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge by Ambrose Bierce?
The overall feeling that I get from reading this story is one of regret. Even though I think that the South’s cause in the Civil War was evil, I cannot help but feel bad for Farquhar. In the…
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- ILIAD
Briefly describe the battle between Ajax and Hector in Homer’s Iliad.
In the seventh book of Homer’s Iliad, the Trojan Helenus proposes that Hector fight a single combat with one of the Greeks to determine the outcome of the war. Initially, all of the Greeks are too…
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- MOBY DICK
How do you account for the “magnetism” between Ahab and his crew?Moby Dick by Herman Melville
“A grand ungodly god-like man,” Captain Ahab, to whom an old man darkly and ominously at the beginning of the novel, creates mystery in the mind of the crew as he does not emerge to the top-deck…
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- MOBY DICK
Why does Melville present different perceptions of the whale in Moby Dick?
As a creature who is part of the vast universe that has many meanings, so too does Moby Dick have different meanings for different characters in Melville’s novel. These different meanings serve to…
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- MATH
Solve for x and y using x + 2y = 8 and 3x + 4y = 16
x+ 2y = 8……..(1) 3x + 4y = 16……..(2) Let us use the elimination method to solve: We’ll multiply (1) by -2 and add to (2): -2x – 4y = -16 3x + 4y = 16 ==> Now add both equations: ==> x…
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- THE FLEA
How does the woman “triumph…” in stanza 3 in John Donne’s poem “The Flea”?
The brief answer would be that the woman triumphs by killing the flea that the speaker has been begging her not to kill. We can infer from the poem that she has killed it with one of her nails….
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- REFERENCE
Roulette is a gambling game of a sort that is usually played in casinos (as opposed to the sort of game like poker that a person can play at home with their friends). Roulette uses a wheel that…
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- JOHN KEATS
What is the grasshopper and the cricket basically trying to say?
In my opinion, the meaning of this poem is that life goes on at all times and in all circumstances and that there is some aspect to life that is always beautiful. The poem is actually literally…
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- SCHINDLER’S LIST
How would I write a thesis for an analytical essay on Schindler’s List?
A thesis statement is your plan and organization for your essay. It determines what your essay will contain and how it will be contained. A thesis statement has two components: the opinion, and the…
- RABINDRANATH TAGORE
Explain Ratan’s quest and love towards the postmaster in Tagore’s “The Postmaster.”
There will be many different reads on this because Ratan is such a complex character in Tagore’s work. I think that her quest and love towards the postmaster is motivated by the fact that someone…
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- HISTORY
Did the American Revolution change things for slaves?Did the American Revolution change things…
I would argue that very little changed for slaves as a result of the American Revolution. The Revolution was not fought in any way for the sake of the freedom of slaves and so it did not really…
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- EVERYDAY USE
In “Everyday Use,” summarize the resolution of the plot.
Unfortunately you have asked more than one question. Enotes regulations specifies you are only able to ask one, so I have edited your question to focus on the resolution of the plot. Remember that…
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- THE SNIPER
In regards to “The Sniper,” do you think violence is ever justified?In regards to “The Sniper,”…
Absolutely, violence is sometimes justified. However, I am not at all sure that violence is justified in the circumstances that surround this story. To me, violence is always justified when your…
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- SCIENCE
How was the universe created? I think the big bang theory is wrong.
Scientists agree that the Big Bang Theory is currently the best explanation for the beginning of the universe. It states that all the matter and radiation of the universe was located in a dense…
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- RENAISSANCE LITERATURE
Can we relate to Renaissance literature, or is our modern world too distant from the Renaissance…
One of the primary goals of the Renaissance, other than reviving Classical standards in art and lifestyle, was the development of Humanist philosophy—a system of thought that persists to date….
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- THE OUTSIDERS
When you say “with” I assume you are asking why she is his girlfriend. I assume that you are thinking that she is a nice kid who seems to actually like some of the greasers like Ponyboy. So, you…
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- SCIENCE
Explain how would the energy conservation law fail if electric current is assumed as a vector…
Perhaps you need to double check the question? Or provide greater context? The fact of the matter is that electric current IS a vector quantity, and the energy conservation law does NOT fail. So…
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- POLITICAL SCIENCE
Discuss one specific example of a form of political participation.Discuss one specific example of…
I do not know for sure what you want discussed, but I will talk a bit about social movements. To me, social movements are the form of political participation used by desperate people. They are…
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- ILIAD
Who are the Achaeans in the Iliad?
In this epic poem, the Achaeans are the people that we tend to think of as “the Greeks.” These are the people who have come over from what is now Greece to fight in Asia Minor (what is now Turkey)…
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- ILIAD
Briefly give the gist of Books 3,4 and 5 from Homer’s Iliad.
In Iliad 3, we have a duel between Menelaus and Paris/Alexander. The winner of the duel will determine who gets “Helen and all her treasure.” After the duel, the two armies will make a peace treaty…
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- ILIAD
Introduce briefly the character Hecuba from Homer’s Iliad.
Hecuba is the Queen of Troy. After the destruction of Troy, Hecuba is taken prisoner and is taken away to be a slave. Her name is always associated with grief and loss, consequently, she is often…
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- MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR.
How do I analyse Martin Luther King’s “I Have a Dream” speech as a historical text?
Some aids for reading primary source documents. 1) Know how English was used at the time the document was written. Some words and phrases may have had different meanings then than now. 2) Know…
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- ILIAD
Describe briefly Dolon’s Night Mission in Homer’s Iliad.
The tenth book of Homer’s Iliad describes a scene that seems quite unusual, given the fact that most military activity in the Greek world occurred during the daytime. In Iliad 7, the combat between…
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- SOCIAL SCIENCES
Discuss whether health care is already rationed in the U.S.Discuss whether health care is already…
Absolutely — health care is clearly already rationed in the United States and it cannot help but be rationed in some way. Today, we have two main ways in which our health care is rationed — we…
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- HOLY SONNETS
What is happening in the sestet of Donne’s Holy Sonnet 14?
In lines 9–14 the speaker becomes the bride, Satan the enemy to whom the speaker is engaged, and Christ the bridegroom who must “break that knot again.” The couplet states the clinching…
- HOLY SONNETS
In Donne’s Sonnet 14, comment on the word choice.
The active verbs in the first quatrain suggest that God is a being with awesome, overwhelming power. The “three-personed God” is the Trinity: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Knock and break can…
- EVERYMAN
Examine Everyman as a morality play or dramatized sermon.
Everyman is a late 15th century morality play which deals with the summoning of its protagonist, called Everyman, who represents the mankind, by God through Death. In a medieval morality play, the…
- MATH
What is dy/dx if x=5t^3 and y=3t^5?
y = 3t^5 x =5t^3. Here both x and y are expressed in terms of t. This is called the parametric equation of the curve . Therefore dy/dx = (dy/dt)* dt/dx. . Or dy/dx = (dy/dt)/(dx/dt) y = 3t^5. So…
- HOLY SONNETS
What is the purpose of Holy Sonnet 14 by John Donne?
This sonnet is a meditation on the speaker’s sense of his own sinfulness and his desire that God should purify him. Of great interest are Donne’s verbs of violence—the metaphor being that the…
- E. CUMMINGS
Explicate the poem “Next to of Course God America i”.
The poem is a sonnet, with the form being abab, cdcd, efgfeg. The rhyming words are colloquial and also trite, in keeping with the nature of the speaker and his purpose as a July 4 type of orator….
- A CHRISTMAS CAROL
What is the moral of A Christmas Carol?
The moral of A Christmas Carol has everything to do with the transformation of the main character, Ebenezer Scrooge. He begins the story as a miserly, closed-hearted man. Through the events of…
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- E. CUMMINGS
What is the theme of his poem “next to of course god america i”?
This author is probably one of the more intricate and involved poets. This poem is a minor masterpiece of poetic satire, in which the main speaker reveals his stupidity as he talks. Cummings raises…
- MATH
Calculate the area of the region enclosed by the x-axis and one arch of the curve y = sin x.
y = sinx. To find the area under the curve and x axis for one arc of the function. We know that sinx has an arc y = sinx above axis for x in (0 , pi). So the area A under the arc of the curve y…
- HAYDEN CARRUTH
How does the poet use the word “heart” in “An Apology for Using the Word “Heart” in Too Many…
The poet is referring to the word “heart” as it is connected to the layers of meaning that the word has for people, even the dullest. The word is a part of normal human experience, fully…