How does Odysseus show ability to achieve immortality in Homer’s The Odyssey?

August 21, 2018 Educator

SINNERS IN THE HANDS OF AN ANGRY GOD

In the Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God, what makes the contrast between the sinners who have…

Edwards’s imagery is magnificent and moving. It contrasts the sinners who have accepted God and those who are unrepentant so powerfully that members of Edwards’s congregation were asking throughout…

1 educator answer

RELIGION

What are some of the new choices and ethical questions presented by science and technology that…

This is certainly an assignment designed to get one thinking about science, religion, and the way the two subjects clash. This being said, there are many different trajectories of thought available…

1 educator answer

ENGINEERING

What is objectivity and why it is important for engineering?

Philosophers distinguish between objectivity and subjectivity. A subjective opinion is one based on your interior feelings, ideas, and prejudices. An objective opinion is one based on gathering…

1 educator answer

REFERENCE

Advice on how to write a speech about why I want to be part of a junior fundraising committee,…

In a speech like this where you have to present yourself as a candidate for a student position, think of introducing yourself and explain why you are a good candidate. What is there about you…

1 educator answer

RELIGION

Describe ways that the women’s movement has already affected religious practices.

Without reservation, it can be stated that the rise in feminism during the second half of the 20th century had a profound effect on the role of women in the religious institutions. Religion has…

1 educator answer

SCIENCE

What is a research design?

Research design is the entire plan of a study to answer research question/s. A good research design will include the research question/s, hypothesis, type of study, data sources, methods of data…

1 educator answer

RIP VAN WINKLE

What does the “most melancholy party of pleasure he had ever witnessed” symbolize in the story…

Rip witnesses this melancholy party after he passes into the amphitheater, a liminal space far different from his everyday world. The melancholy party consists of people in old-fashioned Dutch…

1 educator answer

THE GREAT GATSBY

In the novel, The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, what does the color yellow represent?

I love this question because it is so cool what Fitzgerald did when using the color, yellow, to symbolize the difference between old money and new money in the story. If you look at the things…

1 educator answer

A TALE OF TWO CITIES

What is Doctor Manette’s secret in Chapter 5 of The Tale of Two Cities?

Doctor Manette’s secret is the reason for his imprisonment in the Bastille. He had helped to tend the victims of the Evremonde brothers’ callousness and torture. They had raped a young girl,…

1 educator answer

SCIENCE

An ant crawls 4 cm south and then turns east and crawls 6 cm. What is the distance the ant…

The ant crawled a distance of 10 cm. (4 cm +6 cm). Distance is how much ground the ant covered. It’s a scalar quantity so it doesn’t include direction. Displacement is a vector quantity that…

1 educator answer

HOW TO ANALYZE A POEM

What is the analysis of There is No Such Thing as the Moment of Death by Marilyn Krysl?

Marilyn Krysl’s poem “There Is No Such Thing as the Moment of Death” is a sobering statement about the transit from life to death. Told from the point of view of who we assume to be a nurse, we…

1 educator answer

THE SECRET LIFE OF WALTER MITTY

In “The Secret Life of Walter Mitty,” how do the tasks of Mitty’s daily life compare to those of…

Walter Mitty prefers to live in a world of his own choosing that is only tangentially connected to reality. The story opens with Mitty as the commander of a “Navy hydroplane,” competently and…

1 educator answer

OF MICE AND MEN

Explain how the theme of loneliness affects Candy, Crooks and Curley’s wife.

In Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men, loneliness is one of the primary themes. George and Lennie manage to stave off loneliness for much of the book because they have each other, thus demonstrating the…

1 educator answer

THE MOTHS

What is the lesson the narrator learned when she was bathing her grandmother?

The narrator was an odd child and even disrespectful by her admission. She was in constant conflict with her family. Her sisters would chide her for her inability to participate in feminine…

1 educator answer

JANE EYRE

In Bronte’s Jane Eyre, examine the use of imagery and symbolism in the depiction of central…

True to the Gothic genre which Bronte subscribes, weather and nature are a couple of the images and symbols used as points of reference to what is going on in and around the characters in her…

2 educator answers

FAHRENHEIT 451

In Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451, which 3 characters caused Montag to re-evaluate his life the…

Montag’s 17-year-old neighbor Clarisse is the catalyst that propels Montag to re-evaluate his life. Clarisse leads Montag to the realization that he is not in love with is wife Mildred and makes…

1 educator answer

SCIENCE

How does the mining of minerals influence the weathering of rock? 1 image

Weathering is the process of natural elements like rain, wind, and sunlight both chemically and physically changing natural landforms. In the case of rock, nature can physically change the rock by…

1 educator answer

TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD

In chapter 16 of To Kill a Mockingbird, what elements of the description of the town and…

Scout, the narrator, describes the scenes outside of the courthouse on the first day of the trial. People have traveled from all over the county for the trial. Scout first describes parts of the…

1 educator answer

SCIENCE

Ranging from smallest to largest, what is the correct order of structure within a cell?…

The base pair is the smallest of these structures. The term “base pair” usually doesn’t even include the deoxyribose sugar or the phosphate group that compose the backbone of the DNA; it just…

1 educator answer

STAR WARS EPISODE I: THE PHANTOM MENACE

How is Obi-Wan KenObi a wise character in Star Wars?

Obi Wan is a wise character for a variety of reasons. They all could be summarized by saying that he is the epitome of what a Jedi is. The list of Jedi that I feel epitomize its tenets, and are…

1 educator answer

OF MICE AND MEN

Is this thesis strong enough to support my essay if I am using the theme of loneliness and…

Yes, I think that you can write your essay using your thesis statement. After writing the essay, you may polish it a bit based on your body paragraphs, but it works just fine as a thesis…

1 educator answer

SCIENCE

What are some examples of biochemical and physiological evidence for evolution?

Degrees of similarity in the structure of biomolecules of organisms, and in the physiology of systems in organisms help to show how closely those organisms are related to each other. One of the…

1 educator answer

THE MERCHANT OF VENICE

How does the monologue by Shylock in The Merchant of Venice that begins “Signor Antonio, many a…

That quote sequence comes from Act 1, Scene 3. Earlier, Bassanio asked Antonio to lend him some money, so that he could go and woo Portia. Antonio can’t lend him the money though, because all of…

1 educator answer

SCIENCE

Which material can be classified as translucent?

Regarding your question, materials come in three types. Transparent, translucent, and opaque. Transparent materials are materials that allow light to pass through easily. Window glass is a good…

1 educator answer

INVESTMENT CONCEPTS

How do we increase our investments if we have limited savings?

The first way to do this is to borrow money to use for investing. The method, called “investing on margin”, is extremely risky, and increasingly subject to strong regulations. The reason is that if…

1 educator answer

HEALTH

What does it mean when mixed flora bacteria are present in the sinuses and how does this occur?

The sinuses are a series of hollow cavities present in the bones of the skull and connected to the nasal passages. The cavities are lined with mucosal tissue which produces mucus. When infection is…

1 educator answer

RELIGION

What developments have begun to affect attitudes regarding the roles of women?

Since this is categorized under religion, I’m assuming you mean the roles of women in religious organizations. These are affected by and affect secular society. Those societies in which there is…

1 educator answer

1984

What is the symbolic significance of the clock in 1984?

The old-fashioned clock serves three purposes in 1984. First, it helps create a sense of a new or very different world in the mind of the reader. Most readers at the time the book was published…

2 educator answers

THE BOY IN THE STRIPED PAJAMAS

In The Boy in the Striped Pajamas, what details about the setting help make the characters and…

The Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John Boyne is fictional but the characters’ personas are based on expected norms across the world at the time of the Second World War (WW II). Bruno is the son of…

1 educator answer

THE CATCHER IN THE RYE

In “The Catcher in the Rye,” Holden says the following: “All the athletic bastards stick…

The part that you are asking about is in chapter 6. Stradlater has just come back from his date with Jane. Holden is curious as to what happened on the date, because he is worried that Stradlater…

1 educator answer

OF MICE AND MEN

In Of Mice and Men, what is significant about the letter Whit reads from the Western magazine?

This moment in Of Mice and Men is significant to the eye of the beholder, and perhaps Steinbeck wanted to cause just that effect on the reader. If you have ever been in a situation as desperate as…

1 educator answer

ROMEO AND JULIET

What are some quotes from Romeo in the final scene of Romeo and Juliet that show his maturity?

In the final scene of Romeo and Juliet, Romeo reveals his maturity in his interaction with Paris and final words before he commits suicide. As Romeo enters the tomb, he is stopped by Paris, who…

1 educator answer

HISTORY

How would modern society be different if the Renaissance had never happened?

Perhaps the best way to answer this question is to look at the aspects of the Renaissance that most resonate in modern society. I would argue that the most important of these is the philosophy of…

1 educator answer

HISTORY

How were Luther, Calvin, and Zwingli different?

First, here is an overview of some of the views the three men espoused. Calvin: He believed that people were born into sin but could be saved by God’s grace if they were “elected,” which was…

1 educator answer

SCIENCE

How can I determine the reactivity of an element?

The reactivities of elements can be predicted by periodic trends (patterns within the Periodic Table.) Let’s start with periodic trends. An element’s reactivity is its tendency to lose or gain…

1 educator answer

WALT WHITMAN

What are Walt Whitman’s teachings as conveyed through his poems?

Walt Whitman was a groundbreaking poet whose influence upon American literature has been considerable. His strong sense of individualism and appraisal of his own-self-worth helped him develop a…

1 educator answer

THE POSTMASTER

How is loneliness is depicted in “The Postmaster”?

In “The Postmaster,” Tagore shows how loneliness can be temporary for some people and permanent for others. The postmaster struggles mightily with loneliness. He cannot find social connection…

1 educator answer

HISTORY

Was fear of an American takeover the most important factor that drew the British North American…

The Confederation of Canada in 1867 was a movement borne of many factors, including many socio-political and economic considerations within the various colonies that comprised British North…

SCIENCE

What laboratory apparatus is attached to a ring stand and can be used to hold a test tube or…

In chemistry, it is important to understand which laboratory equipment is being used in order to correctly and safely conduct experiments. The correct usage of lab equipment not only increases the…

1 educator answer

HISTORY

Where are the Tea Acts, Boston Massacre and Boston Tea Party mentioned in the Declaration of…

The Declaration of Independence has four separate parts. The beginning is called the Preamble and is followed by the Declaration of Natural Rights. The List of Grievances and Resolution of…

1 educator answer

SCIENCE

Is it possible to insert an image from a file into a Excel Spreadsheet? A. Yes B. No

Yes, it is possible to insert an image from a file into an Excel spreadsheet. I am attaching a screenshot of an Excel spreadsheet with some images inserted in it. The spreadsheet contains images of…

1 educator answer

WILLIAM WILSON

What statement is Edgar Allan Poe making about human nature in his short story “William Wilson”?

Edgar Allan Poe’s short story “William Wilson” is an allegorical tale that warns readers not to give way to mankind’s evil, more instinctive nature.Poe sets up his allegory concerning human nature…

1 educator answer

HISTORY

To understand the similarities that Mongols and Europeans shared, it is necessary to look at what virtues the two cultures felt should be rewarded. Both cultures extolled the virtues of obedience…

1 educator answer

HEALTH

How do you find your BMI?

BMI stands for “body mass index.” The units for body mass index can be either kilograms per meters squared, or pounds per inches squared. The equations for either unit are below: BMI = weight (kg)…

1 educator answer

SCIENCE

How long was Chicago a coral reef?

The last major glaciation period, or “Ice Age,” ended around 12 to 13 thousand years ago. The ice in the glacial sheets at that time lasted some ten to twenty million years. That’s a long time to…

1 educator answer

THE CATCHER IN THE RYE

In J.D. Salinger’s The Catcher in the Rye, why does Holden sympathize with the oft-reviled Judas…

Chapter 14 is where Holden and schoolmate Arthur Childs are talking about the Bible and “the Disciples.” Holden’s conscious thoughts center around thinking that Jesus didn’t have enough time to…

1 educator answer

THE CRUCIBLE

How have Hale’s opinions of the accused changed by the end of Act 2?

The Reverend Hale is sent for to help advise the court because he is know to be a scholar of witchcraft and experienced with outbreaks of witchcraft in the Colonies. He is convinced that the…