• SOCIAL SCIENCES

What is Germany’s ethnic structure?

Germany is a country that used to be ethnically pretty homogeneous but which is now becoming much less so. The change in Germany’s ethnic makeup has been the cause of a fair amount of tension…

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• SAILING TO BYZANTIUM

In “Sailing to Byzantium,” how are themes of mortality and immortality developed?

Here is the text of the poem: That is no country for old men. The youngIn one another’s arms, birds in the trees- Those dying generations – at their song,The salmon-falls, the mackerel-crowded…

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• ESSAY LAB

Would like help from teacher to improve my skills in essay writing.Hello, As part of my studies,…

When writing an essay on a particular work of literature, it is important to have read the piece at least two times to be familar with it. You will either have to pick a topic on which to write, or…

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• OF MICE AND MEN

What are some quotes from chapters 1 and 3 that have to do with George and Lennie’s relaitionship…

As the exposition of Of Mice and Men, Chapter I introduces the reader to the dynamics of the relationship of Lennie Small and George Milton. Clearly, George is in charge of situations and is the…

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• THE GIVER

In The Giver, what does Jonas learn from seeing the color red in the apple, the faces of the…

Jonas is seeing the color red. He has never seen in color before, and this is a new experienced for him. Taking the medication inhibits color vision for the members of the community. The…

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• SOCIAL SCIENCES

humanismwrite a critical note on humanism?

Humanism is the idea that humanity should be studied and celebrated. Humanists favor all of the arts, and believe that people should balance all aspects of their life. There are some articles on…

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• THE WORLD IS TOO MUCH WITH US

In “The World is Too Much with Us,” what is too much with us?

Wordsworth in “The World Is Too Much With Us” is much more specific about what we should be in tune with (nature) than he is about what is getting in our way. Two main targets appear to be present…

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• THE WORLD IS TOO MUCH WITH US

In “The World Is Too Much With Us,” what are the glimpses that make the poet “less forlorn”?

Having established his central theme in the first half of the poem, that by avariciously pursuing material well-being and possessions we have placed a barrier between ourselves and Nature,…

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• THE ODYSSEY

Why does The Odyssey start with the invocation of the muse? What does this tell about Homer and…

Asenaa, First, what is a Muse? A Muse is a spirit of inspiration. The Ancient Greeks of the Bronze Age believed that one of nine Muses inspired different forms of prose, poetry, drama, rhetoric, or…

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• THE WORLD IS TOO MUCH WITH US

In “The World is Too Much with Us,” with what are we out of tune?

This poem is above all a lament at the way that mankind has given himself over to the cold-hearted, mercantile pursuit of possessions and wealth. Wordsworth begins the poem with expressing how sad…

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• LORD OF THE FLIES

Jesus Lord of the Flies, made to dominate over lost boys? A book…

No simon was a parallel of jesus becausse he was martyred, was the moral one, had an encounter with the lord of the flies, and was killed. When He was killed piggy and some other guy just made…

• BUSINESS

Discuss the advantages and the disadvantages of both external recruiting and internal recruiting…

The main advantages of internal recruiting is that you will have an individual who already knows your corporate culture, and promoting within encourages employees to remain with the company and…

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• THE WORLD IS TOO MUCH WITH US

In “The World is Too Much with Us,” what are the negative aspects of the world according to…

Essentially, those elements in the world that create the feeling of alienation and repression of individual identity are those forces that “are too much with us.” Wordsworth links this with the…

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• THE WORLD IS TOO MUCH WITH US

In “The World is Too Much with Us,” what are the positive aspects of the world according to…

Actually the poem gives no positives about the “world” as it is presented in the poem. However, we need to be careful how we define the word to begin with. Wordsworth is using the word to refer to…

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• ILIAD

Does anyone know the roles of the wives of the lliad?

For the most part, I think that the role of the wives in the Iliad is to explore the domestic realm and to expose the pull of the personal in the collision between desire and duty. Homer’s…

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• OF MICE AND MEN

“The wind waves flowed up the green pool.” Comment on Steinbeck’s choice of image here, as the…

Since enotes does not allow more than one question at a time, the others were removed so that you may post them sucessively. In the last Chapter, the images of the bushes and the green pool summon…

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• MACBETH

How does Lady Macbeth change during the course of the play?Discuss with particular reference to…

Lady Macbeth, in Shakespeare’s Macbeth, reverses gender roles with her husband at the beginning of the play, only to revert to a traditional gender role by Act 5.1. Lady Macbeth wants to be…

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• CHEMISTRY

0.048 g of magnesium was reacted with excess dilute Hydrochloric acid at room temperature &…

The experiment could be done in a Wolff’s bottle fitted with an exit tube and a long neck funnel. The other end of the exit tube should be bent and trapped under water. A gas jar of 0.05 Lit….

• A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM

In Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, how does Demetrius feel towards Hermia and Helena at…

At the very opening of the play, Demetrius feels that he is in love with Hermia. In front of Duke Theseus and Egeus, Hermia’s father, he begs Hermia to relent to her father’s will and agree to…

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• ANIMAL FARM

What is Old Major’s main idea or purpose in Animal Farm?

Old Major’s main idea is to make the animals aware of a transformative vision of reality. His primary purpose was to suggest to the animals that they can be the agents of their own state of being…

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• ENOTES HELP

A question and answer are posted to a wrong group. How do I shift them to the correct group?

I think you have answered a question which was posted in a wrong group. Unless you become an editor with Enotes.com, it is not possible for you to change the group of the question. Once you are…

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• CHEMISTRY

Determine the empirical formula of an oxide of silicon from the following:Mass of crucible =…

The mass of the crucible is given as 18.2 g. The mass of the crucible + mass of the silicon is 18.48 g. This gives the mass of the silicon alone as 18.48 – 18.20 = 0.28 g. The mass of the crucible…

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• BUSINESS

Define the concept of intercultural strategic alliance and list both advantages and disadvantages.

An intercultural strategic alliance is a partnership between two organizations from different parts of the world. An example of this would be an alliance between a Japanese corporation and a…

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• THINGS FALL APART

Is Okonkow a tragic hero in Things Fall Apart? CRITERIA OF A TRAGIC HERO

If you look over Okonkwo’s actions, it can sometimes be difficult to look past his immense insecurity to his also immense pride but it is there. His absolute unwillingness to listen to others,…

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• THE RIME OF THE ANCIENT MARINER

In “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner,” why is the Sun called “glorious” in line 97 and yet called…

In line 97 the sun is called glorious for a couple of reasons. Their ship was surrounded by fog and mist, and once the sun rose, the fog and mist cleared away. The sun was described as glorious…

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• SOCIAL SCIENCES

Define B. F. Skinner’s Operant Conditioning.

B.F. Skinner’s operant conditioning is an intervention that is mostly used to achieve a behavior. The term “operant” indicates that the process by which we will achieve the behavior is through…

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• SONNET 18

Explain the grafting metaphor in Shakespeare’s Sonnet 18.

The subtle reference to grafting occurs in line 12 of Shakespeare’s Sonnet 18: When in eternal lines to time thou growest: The specific words relevant to grafting are “in … lines to time thou…

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• MATH

A missile is fired at 840 m/s at an angle x to the horizontal. Prove that its range is the…

The missile is fired at 840 m/s at an angle x to the horizontal. We can divide its velocity into a horizontal component equal to 840* cos x and a vertical component equal to 840* sin x. The…

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• CALCULUS

Find the slope of the tangent to the curve y=sin x at the point (pi/6, 1/2) on the curve.

To find the slope of the tangent to the curve at the point ( pi/6 , (1/2) we have to find the first derivative of the curve and substitute the value of x at that particular point. y = sin x =>…

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• MATH

What is the difference between a finite interval and an infinite interval?Which of the following…

For instance, the first interval is finite on the left side and infinite to the right side. Why? Because, the left end of the interval is a real number, since the right end is a symbol, and not a…

• TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD

How many times does an average teen have to read To Kill A Mockingbird to be able to fully…

There is no single answer to this question. A student’s ability to comprehend a text is dependent on an individual’s reading comprehension skills–the reading strategies that are used and the…

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• TO SIR, WITH LOVE

What is the role of patience in To Sir, with Love?

Patience plays a fairly important role in Braithwaite’s narrative. On one hand, Braithwaite, himself, shows patience with teaching. He does not immediately quit nor does he rashly discredit his…

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• TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD

How many readings does it take for an average person to be able to fully understand this book, To…

Your question makes me smile, katemckay, when I think of all the books I’ve read numerous times to fully understand them. The truth is, I’m not sure a really profound novel will ever be fully…

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• ON LIBERTY

What are Mill’s views on freedom of thought and expression in On Liberty?

Mill holds a very passionate view of freedom of thought and expression in On Liberty. Mill’s ideas have been a source of inspiration for those concerned with civil liberty and individual…

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• HISTORY

How did the Supreme Court affect civil rights?How did the Supreme Court affect civil rights?

The Supreme Court affected civil rights by handing down a number of decisions that paved the way for the Civil Rights Movement of the 1950s and 1960s. The Court’s decisions helped create an…

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• KUBLA KHAN

What examples of poetic creation, actual and symbolic, are present in “Kubla Khan” and in…

Many argue that this is actually a poem about artistic creation, and that the creation of the “pleasure dome” is a thinly-veiled allegory of the creation of art and poetry itself. Note how the poem…

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• THE SOLITARY REAPER

What is the impact of the song in Wordsworth’s poem “The Solitary Reaper?”

The song in the poem is what provides the internal reflection for the subjective experience that is so vital to the poem. The speaker, presumably Wordsworth, experiences what he does because of…

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• THE SCARLET LETTER

In The Scarlet Letter, is Hester Prynne a worthy role model?In The Scarlet Letter, is Hester…

What actually makes Hester a role model is her ability to overcome great trial and turmoil in her life and create the best that she can with it. Over the course of the Hester’s perception in the…

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• POETRY

Could I have an explanation of the poem “Of Mothers, Among Other Things”? I smell upon this…

In this poem, Ramanujan creates a comparison between the speaker’s mother and a tree, along with the life that surrounds that tree. She begins by calling the audience’s attention to “the silk and…

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• HISTORY

How was the Atlantic slave trade organized and who controlled each aspect of the trade?How was…

There are several different ways of looking at the slave trade, but one of the most common descriptions of it is the triangular trade. European merchants brought goods to Africa to trade with the…

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• THE OUTSIDERS

In The Outsiders, what message about violence does the author wants to convey?

It is important to realise that the portrayal of this violence in this important coming-of-age novel is inextricably intertwined with issues of class difference that dominate the novel. Both…

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• CINEMA

How does Strictly Ballroom represent the experiences and notions of belonging?

I think that that much of the experience of belonging has to revolve around Fran. Scott is considered to “belong” and is considered to be an insider force, given the fact that his family has…

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• THE OUTSIDERS

In The Outsiders, how is “Nothing Gold Can Stay” relevant to Ponyboy and Johnny’s story?

It is important to realise that one of the central themes of this excellent novel is that of childhood and growth. Ponyboy, as the youngest member of the gang of Greasers of which he is a part, is…

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• JOURNALISM GROUP

Why is journalism important to the world?Why is journalism important to the world?

This question is highly open to opinion, and if it was asked in class, I assume your teacher would like to hear your opinion. In order to answer it honestly, it is important to understand exactly…

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• TO HIS COY MISTRESS

I need to contrast “To His Coy Mistress” with “The Passionate Shepherd to His Love.”

These are two great poems and I am sure you will find much to talk about. A good place to start though is to consider what obvious similarities and differences there are concerning the theme or…

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• BEOWULF

Grendel’s motheri need to write and essay in grendls mother and i need help

Here are a few suggestions for topics or questions you ask yourself that relate to Grendel’s mother. Once you think about these topics/questions, you can then craft an essay about her. How does…

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• LINGUISTICS

What do you know about contrastive analysis in linguistics?

In the field of linguistics there are several elements that are studied in order to understand the semantics, syntax, and morphology of a language. Contrastive analysis is a practice used in our…

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• HISTORY

What is the historical importance of journalism?

Journalism is important to historians because it can give us a window on to the past. It can tell us what people were thinking and saying at various important times in the past. It is for this…

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• FRENCH REVOLUTION, THE

Explain the effects of the French Revolution.Explain the effects of the French Revolution.

In my mind, the most intense effect of the French Revolution was the ushering of despair and despondency behind grass roots movements and expressions of the political good. On the heels of the…

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• HISTORY

How did people explain that it was all right to own other people?experiences of african americans…

There were many ways in which people justified slavery. Some people argued that slavery was a necessary evil, but others argued that it was positively a good thing, even for the slaves. Some…