How is the h1n1 flu virus different from the regular flu virus?
- SCIENCE
How is the h1n1 flu virus different from the regular flu virus?
The reality is that there is no such thing as the “regular flu virus.” They are all sort of cousins so there are hundreds of different variations on the flu “theme.” Some are nastier than…
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- AS YOU LIKE IT
In Act I, Scene II of As You Like It, who is Touchstone and why he is talking to Rosalind and Celia?
Touchstone is the Fool or Natural of Duke Frederick’s court. When he makes his first entrance in Act I, Scene II of As You Like It, Celia and Rosalind interrupt, or cut off, their witty repartee…
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- THE TAMING OF THE SHREW
Why does the Lord in the “Induction” of The Taming of the Shrew play a practical joke on…
Mousey is correct in suggesting that part of the purpose of the Induction in The Taming of the Shrew is to set a humorous tone. There is a bit more that can be found in the Induction, however, if…
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- AS YOU LIKE IT
Who is Le Beau? What news does he report to Celia & Rosalind?This question is in regard to…
In the Shakespeare play “As You Like It,” Le Beau is a courtier who is part of the retinue of Duke Frederick. Duke Frederick is the father of Celia and the uncle of Rosalind. Le Beau brings news…
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- GEOLOGY
Describe the changes in air pressure that occur during an El Nino year. How do these…
During a year with the El Nino effect, there is warming of the surface waters in the eastern Pacific Ocean and the pressure is high in the western Pacific. The opposite is true in years when the…
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- AS YOU LIKE IT
In As You Like It, what is Rosalind feeling at the begining of Act I, Scene III, and how does…
At the beginning of Act I, Scene III of As You Like It, Rosalind is feeling very downhearted because she has fallen in love with Orlando, which makes her feel the loss of her father’s presence…
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- THE LOTTERY
How do the comonplace details of life and the folksy language contribute to the impact of the story?
The commonplace details and folksy language serve to delude the reader regarding the tone of Shirley Jackson’s “The Lottery.” So, when the denouement comes, the reader is all the more shocked by…
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- THOSE WINTER SUNDAYS
How does imagery, metaphors and/or similes contribute to the meaning of “Those Winter…
The controlling metaphor of Robert Hayden’s “Whose Winter Sundays” is in the father’s “austere and lonely offices,” acts of love performed against the elements so that the family would not…
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- RAIN OF GOLD
At what age does Lupe marry Salvador? How old was Salvador when he married Lupe?
Lupe is 18 when she marries Salvador. She was born in 1911, & they married in 1929. Salvador is 25. He was born in 1904. Their age difference is one reason for Lupe’s family’s reluctance in the…
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- HAMLET
Explain exactly why Hamlet chooses to spare Claudius’ life in the church when he had every reason…
Here’s the scene (Act 3, scene 3), and it’s not in church; it’s in the castle: HAMLET:Now might I do it pat, now he is praying;And now I’ll do’t. And so he goes to heaven,And so am I revenged….
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- THE NECKLACE
How did Madame Loisel contribute to the cost of the new necklace?
In the Guy de Maupassant short story “The Necklace,” Madame Loisel borrows an apparently expensive necklace from her friend Madame Forestier, and then loses it at the party that she attends. The…
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- I KNOW WHY THE CAGED BIRD SINGS
In I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, how does Marguerite’s feeling of “I didn’t come to stay”…
Marguerite and her brother Bailey have been shuttled around among relatives a lot in their young lives. In order to protect herself from being hurt if their latest living arrangements do not work,…
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- THE CRUCIBLE
What is John Proctor’s attitude towards his land?
In Act I, John and Giles Corey get into an argument with Thomas Putnam about his land. According to John and Giles, Putnam claims that he owns land that does not belong to him because Putnam’s…
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- THE CRUCIBLE
What is the signifcance of Miller ending the play with the line “the drums rattle like bones in…
This line creates a powerful image in the mind’s eye. As audience or reader, we imagine the similar sounds that drums and bones make. Miller connects these two images because he is trying to show…
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- GULLIVER’S TRAVELS
How did the war between Lilliput and Blefuscu begin in Gulliver’s Travels?
In Daniel Defoe’s novel Gulliver’s Travels, Gulliver becomes involved in the long-standing dispute between the tiny citizens of Lilliput and the nearby island nation of Blefuscu. The conflict…
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- FRANKENSTEIN
In Frankenstein, what does the creature notice when he leaves Victor’s apartment in Ingolstadt?
The creature first notices light/dark sensations. The light initially causes him to close his eyes because he is as one (a baby) seeing for the first time. He also experiences temperature…
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- JULIUS CAESAR
On what condition does Brutus allow Marc Antony to make his funeral oration?William Shakespeare’s…
After Caesar is slain in the third act of “Julius Caesar,” Antony sends a servant to lie prostrate before Brutus and ask him if Antony may come to testify that Caesar deserved to die; Marc Antony…
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- HISTORY
Is there an invention or inventor that starts with the letter Q during the time period of…
This sounds like a fascinating assignment. The letters “Q” and “Z” always seem to give some trouble. Some items I came up with seem to emphasize the letter “Q” in a background manner, but it still…
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- SCIENCE
Gene therapy is the fairly new method of disease treatment aimed mostly at genetic diseases. Basically, a normal allele is inserted into a patient’s defective cells. This is a very new approach…
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- SCIENCE
What is the classification of chemical substances that kill microorganisms or block their…
“Antibiotics” are the class of substances that kill microorganisms or prevents them from spreading. The first antibiotic to be used in a formal medical setting was penicillin, first discovered in…
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- LITERATURE
What is a good thesis statement for how literature has enlightened me?
This can be approached in a variety of ways. One way would be to examine how literature has changed your life. A thesis statement along these lines could be, “Specific works of literature have…
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- THE STRANGE CASE OF DR. JEKYLL AND MR. HYDE
Other than the Chapter 1 reference to Cain, what other biblical allusions are in The Strange Case…
In Chapter 10 of The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Hyde utters the Biblical allusion “…like the Babylonian finger on the wall, to be spelling out the letters of my judgment….” This…
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- A VERY OLD MAN WITH ENORMOUS WINGS
What details “A Very Old man with Enormous Wings” illustrate the characteristics of the…
In “A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings,” the lives of Pelayo and Elisenda represent the realistic commonplaces of the magical realism of the genre of the story. Pelayo and Elisenda live in an…
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- TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD
What literary devices are in chapter 22 of To Kill a Mockingbird?
Literary devices found in Chapter 22 of Harper Lee’s novel To Kill a Mockingbird include the following: PERSONIFICATION–“Miss Stephanie’s nose quivered with curiosity;” “Miss Maudie’s diction was…
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- GREEN GRASS, RUNNING WATER
What is the importance of the names characters have in Green Grass, Running Water?
The names that King has chosen for his characters, particularly the traditional indigenous names, are very symbolic of the characters themselves and their position in life, especially in regard to…
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- SCIENCE
How is a zygote formed?Please show me a diagram.
“Zygote” is the scientific term that refers to a fertilized egg cell. That means that it is formed when an egg cell is fertilized by a sperm cell. In human reproduction, a fertilized egg is…
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- THE CRUCIBLE
Who two characters have the strongest opposition and conflict between each other in the Crucible?…
The morality play designed by Arthur Miller lends itself to poising characters at opposite spectrum of ethical actions. This means that one could pick two characters who represent different ends…
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- REFERENCE
What can you tell me about the Druze in Lebanon?I know Druze is a kind of religion.
The Druze faith is an offshoot of Islam which considers itself to be a reform sect of that faith. The Druze live mostly in the Middle East, specifically in Lebanon, Syria, and Israel. The Druze…
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- THE TAMING OF THE SHREW
Why, in a film version of The Taming of the Shrew, does Kate slaps Petruchio during their…
There are a couple of ways to approach your question. The simplest answer as to why one character does anything in a film (or a play, for that matter) is that the director or actor decided that it…
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- BUSINESS
How To Edit My Image Document Online? i have some PDF files how can i Convert it to…
You can get Acrobat Professional, but be aware: it’s lots of money. Like hundreds of dollars. If you have Adobe Creative suite, you’re in luck because Acrobat is bundled with it. For about $50, you…
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- ARTS
can someone give me a critcal anlysis of what Ferris is trying to say in his painting “The First…
An idealized vision of peace and harmony in the New World. Representatives of Pilgrim-settler society and Native American society are sharing a meal together. The Native American taking the offered…
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- LITERATURE
Does there have to be hamartia in Modern Tragedies?
As defined in Aristotle’s “Poetics,” the evolution of a character from one that rests in nobility to one of destitution from their own character flaws is an essential component of Ancient Tragedy….
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- MACBETH
What is tyranny? Compare the tyrant Macbeth with a tyrant of the 20th century.(A clear definition…
Tyranny refers to a type of centralized government where there are no limitations on an individual’s display of power. The lack of institutional checks to the exercise of one’s political power can…
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- ESSAY LAB
What are the features that make a school a good, committed, and educational institution?It’s…
If the question seeks to analyze the conditions that help make a school an institution committed to education, there will be many answers to such a query. I would submit that one such element has…
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- A CHRISTMAS CAROL
Why does the Ghost of Christmas Past show Scrooge the boarding school where he was left alone?
The Ghost hopes to remind Scrooge of what it was like to be alone and hopeless around Christmas. While it is true that Scrooge is bitter and selfish because of the way in which he was treated as a…
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- HEALTH
Rheumatoid ArthritisHas there been a study to determine if the disease (RA) results in shorter…
Sometimes the drugs for Rheumatoid Arthritis can be almost as bad as the disease. By that I mean that they are very strong, and they can have serious side effects. However, the condition alone is…
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- REFERENCE
Who is available to help prepare for the IELTS Exam for study abroad?
To prepare for your IELTS test, the first step is to download the IELTS candidates booklet available on the IELTS website. The second step is to practice and examine the sample questions also…
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- BUSINESS
How to analyze the different types of manager styles?
The fundamental premise involved in determining the need or effectiveness in different management styles is being able to assess what method works well for both management and subordinates. In…
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- THE CANTERBURY TALES
How do the tavern knave and publican personify Death in “The Pardoner’s Tale”?
The tavern-knave and the publican both know exactly who has died. The tavern-knave tells the three brash young men that Death has taken a friend of theirs. He goes on to warn them that they…
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- THE NAME OF THE ROSE
In The Name of the Rose, how is William of Baskerville the symbol of empiricism?
In Umberto Eco’s The Name of the Rose, the author portrays a pivotal period in the history of scientific thought. During the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries (the novel is set in 1327), the…
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- BRIDGE TO TERABITHIA
Compare the reactions of Jess and Leslie to the eastern church service.How does each reaction…
Jess is bored by the service because it always seemed to be the same. He tuned it out like he did his school lessons and let his mind float free. He was embarrased bythe way his sisters were…
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- LORD OF THE FLIES
It is clear to you where the story is taking place? Is the story happening in the present or did…
The story takes place in an unnamed future time. The book was written in 1954 during the Cold War and within short memory of WW II. William Golding served in the war and was horrified to see how…
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- THE MASQUE OF THE RED DEATH
What is the integrity in the short story, “TheMasque of the Red Death”?
I’m not certain if I completely understand your question, but the reference to “the integrity” of the story makes me think of Poe’s theory of short story writing. Poe believed that everything in a…
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- SCIENCE
An white star has an approximate surface temperature of 10,000 K.(a) At what wavelength does the…
The relationship between the surface temperature of a star and the wavelength at which it radiates most strongly is called Wein’s Law, which can be expressed as W = 2897 / T where W is the…
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- SCIENCE
The Ha line of a star is received on Earth at a wavelength of 655.3 nm. What is the star’s…
The Ha line as measured from a source at rest has a wavelength of 656.3 nm. Your star’s Ha line is at a slightly shorter wavelength, so that star is moving towards the Earth. To find the radial…
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- THE CASK OF AMONTILLADO
Who is the protagonist and antagonist in the story “The Cask of Amontillado?”
There are only two characters in Edgar Allan Poe’s classic short story “The Cask of Amontillado”–Montressor and Fortunato. But which one is the protagonist? By normal definition, the protagonist…
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- ESSAY LAB
Write a story in which a maid, a child, and a policeman played an important role?It’s an essay.
This is fairly wide open. If the topic is to write a story in which a maid, a child, and a policeman play an important role, then I think that it belies a traditional essay, and is more open to…
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- HISTORY OF PLYMOUTH PLANTATION
What problems did the settlers of the Plymouth Plantation face?Specifically, what did they face…
The Pilgrims, as we usually refer to them, had a very hard time on their voyage to the New World and in their first months on land. They survived thanks in large part to help from some Native…
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- THEIR EYES WERE WATCHING GOD
To what extent does Janie make her own emancipation?
In the first few decades of her life, Janie is controlled by forces beyond herself, most notably her grandmother and Logan Killicks. Yet when Joe Starks comes along, she makes the choice to leave…
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- WUTHERING HEIGHTS
Why does Catherine marry Edgar?
Catherine tells Nelly in chapter nine of the novel that the reason she will marry Edgar is that he can give her the material possessions that Heathcliff can’t. She loves Heathcliff and acknowledges…