In Chapter 4 of To Kill a Mockingbird, what new game does Dill suggest after an argument with…
- TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD
In Chapter 4 of To Kill a Mockingbird, what new game does Dill suggest after an argument with…
In Chapter 4, Jem and Scout argue about Jem’s retrieving their tire from the Radley yard. Jem gets the tire, pretending not to be afraid, and shortly thereafter announces that they will now play…
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- WHITE OLEANDER
In the novel “White Oleander” what type of narration is being used in the novel?
In this Jantet Fitch novel, “White Oleander” Astrid Magnussen is the narrator. She is a teenager who must learn to deal with the foster care system of growing up, because her mother has killed her…
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- NIGHT
Why do Eliezer and the other prisoners respond so emotionally to the hanging of the child? Were…
The child is hanged for allegedly being part of the Resistance. This child is one who people really love. Besides the fact that it is a beloved child being hung, the child dies a very slow death….
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- CHEMISTRY
What is the formula for converting grams to atoms or atoms to grams?How many atoms are in 878g of…
You cannot directly convert grams to atoms. First you must covert your grams to moles, then you can take the moles and covert to atoms. If you take your 878 grams of fluorine and then look at the…
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- DON QUIXOTE
Why is the Windmill Scene (Chapter VIII) important/well-known?
In this very famous scene, which has been immortalized by phrases such as “tilting a windmills” and in art by Pablo Picasso, Don Quixote mistakes some windmills for giants and, in true knightly…
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- ROMEO AND JULIET
In Romeo and Juliet, why does Romeo love Rosaline?
Romeo is a young, overly-sensitive man. He easily falls in and out of love, starting with Rosaline, one of Juliet’s relatives. At the beginning of the play, Romeo is dejected over Rosaline’s…
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- 1984
In 1984, what type of literature is produced for the proles? How does prole literature differ…
Anything will keep them from thinking about their situations and alternatives. Whether it be cheap novels or trashy pornography, or forumlaic songs, it has the same purpose — take up their time…
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- ROMEO AND JULIET
In Romeo and Juliet, how does Romeo feel about love?
Many see Romeo as very immature and fickle, especially when it comes to love. At the beginning of Romeo and Juliet, Romeo is extremely dejected because Rosaline, the girl he loves, has vowed…
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- MY ANTONIA
What are two examples of how the landscape descriptions either symbolize a character’s feelings…
Book 1 is set from Spring to Spring (one full year). One of my favorite examples (you’ll have to find the page numbers; I have a Kindle copy) is Pavel and Peter’s story of the wolves and the bride…
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- BUSINESS
college and the economyDoes the increase in college enrollment negatively affect the economy…
I have a problem with your some of your assumptions. First of all, people with mental retardation (people-first language, please) ARE receiving educations. There is a great variation in ability…
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- TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD
In “To Kill a Mockingbird” how tall is Tom Robinson and what is his hair color and eyecolor?
The book doesn’t offer exact statistics on his appearance. We do know that he is a black man who “was twenty-five years of age; he was married with three children”. He also had “powerful…
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- THE GREAT GATSBY
In The Great Gatsby, what did Tom do after he and Daisy returned from their honeymoon?
Nick learns from Jordan Baker the details of Tom’s behavior in Santa Barbara after his and Daisy’s honeymoon. She tells Nick that Tom was involved in a car accident that made the newspapers. He was…
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- LORD OF THE FLIES
In Lord of the Flies, is Golding saying that all humans are, in their original roots, hunters and…
In “Lord of The Flies” Golding’s writing definitely pointed to the concept that at our base, humans become more animal like in a life or death situation. The will of man to survive is very strong….
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- LORD OF THE FLIES
In Lord of the Flies, for what do the boys offer the sow’s head to the beast?
Here’s the bit of the novel you need, from Chapter 8, titled “Gift for the Darkness”: Jack spoke loudly. “This head is for the beast. It’s a gift.” The silence accepted the gift and…
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- LORD OF THE FLIES
In “Lord of the Flies” why does Golding end with the rescue of the boys? Does this ending change…
The ending rescue scene is all-important for the author to make the final profound point that barbarism and violence are not only possible in times of war or in evil people, but that it is…
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- WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
Why did Shakespeare use soliloquies? Why did Shakespeare use soliloquies? What impact did he…
How else would you know what the actor/actress’ character was thinking? If soliloquies were not included in the play, there would be no way to allow the character to reveal his/her innermost…
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- THE LOTTERY
What are five details that suggest the villagers are ordinary people in “The Lottery”?
When the story begins, the villages come together for an annual event, in keeping with tradition. This is similar to modern neighbors holding annual block parties. The men, women, and children…
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- HEALTH
I woke up one morning and my vision in the left eye was blurred. It seems as though I am looking…
You should see an opthalmologist IMMEDIATELY. It sounds like you could have a problem with your retina – maybe part of it has detached, torn or deteriorated. The longer you wait the less chance…
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- MATH
If 3/5 is 15, then 1/5 must be 5 (15/3). So 5/5 of that number would be 5 x 5 = 25. So 25 is your answer.
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- CINEMA
What was the movie “Stand And Deliver” about?A summary about the movie including positive and…
In the movie “Stand and Deliver,” the story of Jaime Escalante who taught at the inner city school of Garfield High in East Los Angeles was brought to the big screen. Mr. Escalante was a…
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- ILIAD
In the Iliad, when Hephaestus is making a shield for Achilles what is the point of all the…
Hephaestus shows so much on the shield; the heavens, the earth, the sea, and the pictures of two cities with all the activities of civilization in the Bronze Age: festivals and weddings, legal…
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- AN OCCURRENCE AT OWL CREEK BRIDGE
What are some examples of literary realism in “An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge”?
In “An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge,” obvious examples of realistic detail are the setting of the Civil War with the enmity existing between the two sides fighting. This description of the…
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- THE HOUND OF THE BASKERVILLES
Briefly explain what happens in Chapter 14 in The Hound Of The Baskervilles, and why it is…
The chapter opens with Holmes, Watson, and Lestrade preparing to execute Holmes’ plot to expose the villainous Stapleton. As Holmes tends to be a secretive personality, the others are not sure…
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- LITERATURE
Hiking and running, smiled and found. What sound device is this an example of?
The number of syllables in rhyming words is a determiner of what type of rhyme is used. In the case of “hiking” and running” feminine rhyme is used as the words are composed of two syllables. On…
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- BUD, NOT BUDDY
Who are the main characters in the book, Bud, Not Buddy? What are their personalities and…
There are obviously a number of characters in this novel and I am not going to give you a description of each one as really what I want you to do is to read the book! So what I am going to do is…
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- OF MICE AND MEN
In Of Mice and Men, what is ‘Old Susy’s Place’ and what purpose does it serve in the novel?…
Susy’s Place is one of the reasons most of the men do not have a lot of money saved. It is a house of prostitution where the men go every payday to drink and carouse. They usually end of spending…
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- DEATH OF A SALESMAN
In Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman, why is Biff determined to tell Willy the truth about…
In Arthur Miller’s “Death of a Salesman”, Biff is determined to have his father hear about his true self. Throughout his entire life, Willy has convinced Biff that being successful meant that you…
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- DEATH OF A SALESMAN
In Death of a Salesman, why does Biff run out of the chop house?
Biff meets his father and brother in the restaurant after his humiliating encounter with Bill Oliver. Their dinner dissolves into disaster because of Willy’s growing mental and emotional…
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- LAW AND POLITICS
How do I file an intestate succession, and where do I get the form?In answer to my last question…
You will need to file in the state district court in the parish where your brother was domiciled at the time of his death (if he was in a hospital or nursing home, file where his home was). It…
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- KING SOLOMON’S MINES
What can be said about imperialism in King Solomon’s Mines?
Whilst the actual novel does not directly address the fact of imperialism, this is only because it is an assumed reality of the world that is presented to the reader in this novel. Nonetheless…
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- MATH
There are 30 red and blue balls are in a box. How many balls are blue?At a random drawing out,…
Since you know the probability of drawing a red ball is 7/15, and you know the amount of balls in the box is 30, then you can make a proportion: probability 7/15 = x/30. Solve for x by…
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- THE ADVENTURES OF TOM SAWYER
What do the following lines from Chapter 1 in The Adventures of Tom Sawyer mean:”The old lady…
The old lady was wearing her beautiful, fancy glasses that she wore just to look great. The problem was that she couldn’t actually see anything through them (she might as well have been looking…
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- WILLIAM ERNEST HENLEY
An interpretation of the following lines from “Invictus”? “It matters not how strait the gate,…
The defiant tone of this poem reinforced by the two Biblical allusions in the lines you are referring to. “It matters not how strait the gate” is an allusion to Matthew 7:13 when Jesus says, “Enter…
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- A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM
In A Midsummer Night’s Dream, what magical transformation overcomes Bottom and Hippolyta?
Bottom’s head is turned into that of a jackass, he does not realize this, and when the other see him, they run away scared of him. “Titania swears she is in love with Bottom, a man with the…
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- THE POETRY OF WORDSWORTH
Can somebody please explain this line from the poem “Ode to Duty”- “To humbler functions, awful…
The line is an apostrophe or direct address to duty ( “awful Power!) If you look at the stanza in its entirety, you will see that Wordsworth is asking for a spirit of self-sacrifice and humility….
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- ARTS
What can you tell me about Lawren Harris from the “Group of 7”?
Lawren Harris was born in Ontario in 1885. His family was very well off. His father was partnered with Massey in the Massey-Harris farm machinery company. His father eventually sold his part of the…
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- ADAM BEDE
In Adam Bede, how is Hetty is profoundly and eternally selfish?
Hetty is a young, uneducated girl, who tries to use her beauty and feminine wiles to get what she wants out of life. Lost in the fantasies and dreams of a little girl who wants to live out a…
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- WILLIAM WORDSWORTH
In “Ode to Duty,” what is referred to as “weary strife of frail humanity”? Why is humanity said…
When Wordsworth was a younger man, he was disillusioned with the mechanical age in which he lived; Wordsworth felt that only the man who turned to nature, who felt the joy of nature, could find…
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- ROMEO AND JULIET
In Romeo and Juliet, how does Romeo take Rosaline’s rejection?
In Act 1, scene 1 of “Romeo and Juliet”, both Romeo’s parents and Romeo reveal his feelings about Rosaline’s rejection of him to his cousin Benvolio (although his parents do not know why…
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- KIDNAPPED
In Kidnapped, describe how much Stevenson creates a whole world of hipocrisy through his language.
This is an unusual question. I’ve modified the language a little bit to make it more logical. The question assumes Stevenson did “create a whole world of hypocrisy in Kidnapped” though it can be…
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- HAMLET
What are some themes of justice, judgment, and justification in “Hamlet”?
Hamlet seeks justice as he tries to discover whether Claudius is in fact guilty of the crime the ghost has accused it of. He seeks to take the throne away from a murderer, enacting justice in the…
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- THE MERCHANT OF VENICE
How might Shylock be the victim of “The Merchant of Venice”?
… you have rated me About my moneys, and my usances: Still have I borne it with a patient shrug, For sufferance is the badge of all our tribe: You call me,—misbeliever, cut-throat dog,And…
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- SHOOTING AN ELEPHANT
Orwell’s better judgement tells him not to kill the elephant. Why, then, do you think he decides…
The Policeman feels compelled to shoot the elephant because that is what the crowd expects him to do. Even though he prefers to let the animal, now calm, live, he realizes that the demands of the…
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- THE RAPE OF THE LOCK
Pope, Wit, and “The Rape of the Lock”In An Essay on Cristicism, Alexander Pope defines the use of…
Well, for one, “The Rape of the Lock” is a mock epic. In an epic, the language used is very elevated–not plain at all. Therefore, in a mock epic, the same is true even though the language is…
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- ROMEO AND JULIET
How does Act 1 Scene 1 follow directly from the Prologue and set the mood for the rest of Romeo…
Act 1 scene 1 of “Romeo and Juliet” sets the mood and tone for the rest of the play in that it brings out one of the play’s major conflicts–the feud between the Capulets and the Montagues….
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- THE YELLOW WALLPAPER
What is the significance of the woman behind the yellow wallpaper and what does the woman mean to…
The woman behind the wallpaper is an extension of the narrator’s personality. She is the freedom that the narrator is denied. The fact that the woman behind the wallpaper is able to move around…
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- ROMEO AND JULIET
In Romeo and Juliet, how does Juliet’s soliloquy in Act 2.5 present the old and the young?
Juliet waits for the nurse to return from meeting Romeo. The nurse went off at 9 o clock, and promised to be back in half an hour. It’s now midday, and Juliet is getting frustrated: O, she is…
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- LANGSTON HUGHES
I need help with Hughes’ poem, “The City.” What is the structure? Theme? Symbols? Moral and…
Hughes’ poem appears here: In the morning the city Spreads its wings Making a song In stone that sings. In the evening the city Goes to bed Hanging lights About its head. The poem is…
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- JULIUS CAESAR
Poetry and Julius CaesarI am trying to find poetry, traditional or modern, that I can compare and…
“Night Thoughts”, by Henri Coulette: http://www.poemhunter.com/p/m/poem.asp?poet=6799&poem=31014 “Ambition”, by Robert Servicehttp://www.poemhunter.com/p/m/poem.asp?poem=110402 “Julia…
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- HEART OF DARKNESS
How can I get a downloadable text of “Heart of Darkness” by Joseph Conrad?
The text of the novel is available on enotes for download. Just click on the link below. If you need any other e texts just type the name of the novel with the word text in the search box on the…