How does Shakespeare make Act 3, Scene 1 of “Romeo and Juliet” interesting?
- ROMEO AND JULIET
How does Shakespeare make Act 3, Scene 1 of “Romeo and Juliet” interesting?
Act III is the climax of “Romeo and Juliet,” and like many dramas it presents a conflict of strong action. Here in Scene I is the fight scene. It is a hot day, tempers are flaring; even the…
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- AN OCCURRENCE AT OWL CREEK BRIDGE
In “An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge”, why is Farquhar’s death on a bridge significant?
The fact that Farquhar is hanged on a bridgeintensifies the irony and symbolism of the entire story. We are told that Farquhar is a Southern plantation owner who somehow was rejected for service by…
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- THE CRUCIBLE
Are the judges evil in “The Crucible”? Define what you mean by evil in your answer.Are the…
The judges in “The Crucible” can be considered evil because of the way that they act and think throughout the course of the play, particularly toward the end. The audience is first introduced…
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- TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD
How does the setting affect the characters in the novel ‘To Kill a Mockingbird?’
In the opening scene, the sleepy town of Maycomb seems bathed in the lethargy of summertime heat. This helps create the mood of the story and it also creates an appropriate context in which the…
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- MATH
A rectangle of sides 3 cm and 4 cm is inscribed in a circle. Find the radius of the circle.
If this rectangle is inscribed in the circle then it is drawn into the circle with each corner of the rectangle lying on the edge of the circle. If the sides of the rectangle are 4 and 3cm, you…
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- 1984
What is the woman doing while she is hanging clothes in Part 2, Chapters 3-4 of 1984?
The woman is singing while she is hanging out her clothes. Winston is completely confused by the woman’s behavior. He cannot understand why she is singing, because the song itself is meaningless,…
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- GREAT EXPECTATIONS
What do we learn about Pip’s personality from his conversations with Miss Havisham and Estella in…
From his moments with Estella, we see that Pip is easily swayed to doing whatever it is that Estella wants. He wants so badly to please her that he drops everything he’s ever known about being a…
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- HISTORY
What was the name given to a gigantic, luxury steam ship that tragically sank in the Atlanic?The…
The name given was the Titanic. Your question though seems to allude to a wider theme, and that is the relationship between Greek Mythology and the sinking of the Titanic. A key concept that needs…
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- THE COLOR PURPLE
What is the meaning of calling Albert Mr_______ in The Color Purple by Alice Walker?
There is an element of power in the choice of eliminating Albert’s last name. Whether we presume that the author (Alice Walker) or the character writing the letters (Celie) makes the choice,…
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- MIGUEL STREET
What are the main themes in the novel Miguel Street?
If you are thinking about the main theme of the novel, you have to look at the narrator and how he develops through the novel and the lessons he learns from this community which is the subject of…
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- GREAT EXPECTATIONS
What do we learn about Pip’s personality from his conversations with Miss Havisham and Estella in…
Several things about Pip’s personality are revealed through these conversations. The audience sees how timid yet honest he is in the way that he hesitantly answers Miss Havisham’s questions. We see…
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- WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
What were Shakespeare’s parent’s names?
Mary and John Shakespeare were Shakespeare’s parents. John Shakespeare married Mary Arden, the daughter of a wealthy businessman and landowner. Although they could not write, each were important…
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- TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD
What are some noticeable linguistic characteristics of Calpurnia?
Calpurnia speaks two languages – ‘white folks’ talk’ when she is with the Finches or among white people and the Negro dialect when she is among coloured people. Calpurnia has learned to roll with…
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- THE ODYSSEY
Why does Odysseus choose to sail toward Scylla rather than Charybdis?
Odysseus is acting wisely in making this choice. If he were to sail toward Charybdis, he could lose his entire ship and the lives of all the men if the whirlpool happened to suck the ship down. He…
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- THE GIFT OF THE MAGI
How would you react if you are Jim or Della?I want to know about the way you will react…
Long ago there was a December in which my family had no extra money for gifts. Having moved to a town where we had no friends or relatives, we were on our own. It was a time of economic…
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- BUSINESS
What is the role of Human resource planning in the success of an organization.In relation to…
Human resource planning enables a company or organization to select the best individuals to help reach their goals. In health service planning, it is important to have individuals with appropriate…
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- THE SIGN OF THE BEAVER
In “The Sign of the Beaver”, what is the adjoining land of another tribe?
The land adjoining that of the Beaver hunting grounds belongs to the Turtle Clan. The Indians have a system of coexisting on the land based on mutual respect. They mark their hunting grounds with…
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- THE ADVENTURES OF HUCKLEBERRY FINN
How is Huck’s father first introduced in the novel “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn”?
He is talked about as an absentee father which is why Huck is in the care of the Widow Douglas and her sister. We don’t actually meet him until after the ominous hint of his presence with the…
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- THE SCARLET LETTER
Who is the doctor in “The Scarlet Letter”?
Hester Prynne’s real husband, long thought to have been lost at sea, assumes the identify of Roger Chillingworth and practices medicine in Boston when he arrives in the town. During the time when…
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- BARTLEBY THE SCRIVENER, A TALE OF WALL STREET
What do we learn about the character of narrator in the first few paragraphs?What does his…
In the first few paragraphs of “Bartleby the Scrivener, A Tale of Wall Street,” Melville paints a picture of the lawyer as an elderly, orderly, calm, successful though not professionally energetic,…
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- BARTHOLOMEW FAIR
How come there is no study guide available for “Bartholomew Fair”?I have really been battling to…
Just like everybody else, we editors at enotes live in space and time and can(‘t) work but just so fast! There is an immense amount of material out there, and choices for new material are loosely…
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- A TREE GROWS IN BROOKLYN
What does Francie’s father do for a living in A Tree Grows in Brooklyn?
Francie’s father is a singing waiter. Francie’s father, Johnny Nolan, never is able to secure steady work; he only works “at one-night places here and there”. He would undoubtedly be able to…
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- WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
What time did Shakespeare die?
It is recorded with the Stratford Parish Registry that Shakespeare died on or around April 25, 1616. Most scholars believe he died on the 23rd and was perhaps buried on the 25th.
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- A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM
What trick does Puck play on Bottom in Act 3, Scene 1 of “A Midsummer Night’s Dream”?
In Act 3, sc. 1, Puck (Robin Goodfellow) decides, when he watches the tradesmen and Bottom practicing their play, that they are foolish and Bottom is especially a fool. Puck calls them “…hempen…
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- TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD
If you haven’t already, I recommend reading chapters 12-14, where this question is answered. It is a great book, and well worth the time taken to read it. Scout is a bit young to know about what…
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- WAITING FOR GODOT
Explain the theme of oppression and cruelty in “Waiting for Godot”.
I’m not sure what your actual question is regarding this theme, but oppression and cruelty are certainly things we see pop up in Beckett’s play. Arguably, Lucky and Pozzo are the two characters…
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- THE SHADOW LINES
Comment on the role of women characters in Shadow Lines.
Whilst the main focus of this novel is postcolonialism and in particular the fragile and transitory status of boundaries and frontiers, a key concept within postcolonial studies is how gender…
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- MATH
What is the median of 56,57,59,59,60,60,60,60,60,61,61,61,62,62,62,62,63,63,64,64, 64,64,…
The median of a series of numbers is the middle number when all the numbers are arranged in order. You already have your series arranged in order, so you are halfway done. There are two ways you…
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- MENDING WALL
What are the political implications of Robert Frost’s poem “Mending Wall”?
The political implications of Robert Frost’s poem “Mending Wall” can be variously interpreted. For example, the very first line of the poem – “Something there is that doesn’t love a…
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- I WANDERED LONELY AS A CLOUD
To Wordsworth “nature is a healer”. How far is this true of Wordsworth’s “I Wandered Lonely As A…
In this poem, Wordsworth compares his loneliness to a cloud drifting upon the breeze. But then, he comes across a field of beautiful daffodils, and they are so beautiful that he spends a couple…
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- THE PIT AND THE PENDULUM
What appears in quantities of 7 in “The Pit and the Pendulum”?
At the beginning, when he is being questioned by the judges, he mentions that there were seven tall candles in the room: “And then my vision fell upon the seven tall candles upon the table. At…
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- HISTORY
How might life in Europe and the Americas have been different if Columbus had not journeyed…
This is a fascinating question, and one can imagine any number of fantastic scenarios. Larger and more modernist Native American societies in North America, the Aztecs or Incas with more…
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- WINTER DREAMS
What exactly are Dexter’s “winter dreams”?
From the time he was a boy, Dexter longed for a life filled with wealth, beauty, and glamour. He was a romantic by nature, never able to accept the realities of his middle-class existence, always…
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- TEACHERS
Longer days, longer weeks, longer yearsA few weeks back the new education chief, Arne Duncan,…
I wholeheartedly agree with your assertion that it will increase the drop – out rate. My students were writing position papers on this very topic, and almost all of them cited an increased drop -…
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- A ROSE FOR EMILY
In “A Rose for Emily” what actions or objects point towards any central theme in the story?What…
One of the central themes in the story is death and loss. There are five deaths that are mentioned in the story.The story actually begins with Emily’s funeral. Then, we learn of the death of…
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- HAMLET
I have multiple quotes from Hamlet in my paper. Is there a certain way to cite the entire play…
If you’re using the Modern Language Association’s guide to formatting and writing papers, then no, you must include the act/scene/line numbers for whenever Hamlet speaks. You formally indicate this…
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- THE VELDT
What is the setting of the story “The Veldt”?
The entire story takes place within the “Happy-life Home” of George and Lydia and their children Wendy and Peter. This story takes place in the future, and the Happy-life Home is an…
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- LORD OF THE FLIES
In chapter 3 of “Lord of the Flies”, why does Simon go to his bower?
Simon is the most spiritual character in LOTF and he is often compared to Jesus Christ for this reason. Simon has compassion, spirituality, and loves solitude for prayer, meditation and communion…
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- REASON AND MORALITY
How do you explain the fact that morally evil people can be highly educated in terms of ethics…
I want to start off by saying that I believe this is a question where you will solicit opinions as I believe that there is no black and white answer for your question. People who are highly…
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- UNWISE CHILD
When was child pornography first documented and by whom?I’m doing an agrumentative essay paper…
Perhaps this will be helpful. The NSPCC (National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children) site contains an article by Susan Creighton. In her summary of research findings, she writes:…
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- THE KITE RUNNER
Discuss how the ever changing of politics of Afghanistan affect each of the characters in The…
AMIR. Amir loses his life of privilege when he flees Kabul with Baba, but his life changes for the better in America. He learns to speak English, graduates from college and becomes a successful,…
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- THE OPEN BOAT
What does the “open boat” symbolize in relation to the major tenets or characteristics of…
Characteristics of Naturalistic literature include the following: – Humans as subjects -Determinism of the characters in the text- typically, their determinism plays no part in the outcome…
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- FRANKENSTEIN
In “Frankenstein”, how does Robert Walton feel about his guest?
Just before Robert Walton meets Victor, he has written his sister about the need for a friend. He writes his sister: ” I have no friend, Margaret: when I am glowing with the enthusiasm of success,…
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- JAMES THURBER
How did James Thurber affect the modern era?
I don’t know that Thurber really exerced that much influence over the society he lived in; his works were rather a reflection of it. Remember that he was both a writer and a cartoonist and his…
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- BRAVE NEW WORLD
In Brave New World, how are Linda and John different from the other savages, and why is Lenina…
Linda is different from the other savages because she’s not from the reservation, she’s from the Brave New World, and she still lives by the standards of that society. She is promiscuous, and still…
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- THE SCARLET LETTER
In The Scarlet Letter, why does Chillingworth ask Hester to keep his identity a secret?
Simply put, he intends to worm his way into Arthur Dimmesdale’s life and ruin it for taking Hester away from him. Chillingworth is a great reader of people. By careful observation, he is able to…
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- HISTORY
How can I understand The Declaration of Independence of Thomas Jefferson? What is the content of…
There are so many things to discuss about Thomas Jefferson’s masterpiece, which was written and approved by the Second Continental Congress in 1776. Besides the famous opening, “We hold these…
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- WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
What was Shakespeare’s life like as a boy?what sports did he play what was his hobbie
“Shakespeare was born and raised in the picturesque Tudor market town of Stratford-on-Avon, a local government and commercial center within a larger rural setting,” As a young child, Shakespeare…
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- FRANKENSTEIN
What’s an example of a thesis statement for Frankenstein?The paper is about technology in today’s…
Here’s a “two parter” thesis for you! Try and equal technology with science and there’s so much material in the novel and in real life. Science, for all its advantages, is not the holy grail of…
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- THE ADVENTURES OF HUCKLEBERRY FINN
I’m writing an essay, about the satire Twain uses to show the stupidity and injustice in society…
In Chapter IX unbenowst to Huck, Jim and he find Pap’s dead body in a house; Pap has been shot in the back. Jim quickly covers the body so that Huck will not recognize his father. Later, in the…
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