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- ORATION ON THE DIGNITY OF MAN
In his work, Oration on the Dignity of Man, why does Pico Della Mirandola format his writing the…
Pico della Mirandola’s Oration on the Dignity of Man was intended to represent this learned Renaissance-era figure’s contribution to the ongoing debate regarding humanism and theology. Pico…
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- SINNERS IN THE HANDS OF AN ANGRY GOD
There are three famous figures of speech Edwards develops in the fourth through seventh…
Calvinist minister Jonathan Edwards’s “fire and brimstone” sermon sent many of his congregation running from the church in terror as they imagined the heat of hell’s torments along with Edwards’s…
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- TREASURE ISLAND
In Treasure Island what is an adventure that Jim Hawkins experiences?
After having learned of a secret treasure on an island, the district squire named Trelawney makes the proposition of taking Livesey as ship’s doctor and Jim as the cabin boy, after the ship’s…
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- THE DEVIL IN THE WHITE CITY
How does Erik Larson build suspense in The Devil in The White City?
A story, whether fiction or nonfiction, that combines an unidentified serial killer and a rare but massive concentration of people – in this case, a World’s Fair – pretty much builds its own…
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- REFERENCE
I would like to ask a question about the film Skin. I want to write an expository essay, but I…
Expository writing simply refers to an essay, article, or other format that seeks to explain or describe the subject matter. That’s pretty much it. Simply explain the topic, in this case, the…
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- MATH
You could go a couple of ways doing this. The first would be the remainder method. Start by seeing how many times 67 goes into 79 as a whole number. Clearly we only get 1. However, we are left with…
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- DIFFERENT SEASONS
From “Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption,” consider the relationship between Red and…
Stephen King was deliberate when he created the subtitle for “Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption” as “Hope Springs Eternal.” Part of the reason why he affirms that “hope springs…
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- MATH
How do I solve this problem?If the cooling system in a light-water nuclear reactor is shut off,…
The given function is: T=680(1.0004)t−665T=680(1.0004)t-665 where T represents the temperature of the fuel rods in degrees Fahrenheit andt is the time in seconds So to solve for the average rate of change…
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- LITERATURE
I need help with writing an essay about Judy Blume’s books.
When you are writing an essay there are several different types including, research, reflective, and informative essays. As you state you are writing about a book by Judy Blume you will most likely…
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- MATH
How do i do this problem: 5 less than the product of 5 and a number y is 22
Convert the written question to an algebraic equation: The product of 5 and a number y is written 5y. 5 less than the product is written 5y-5. Typically is indicates equality. So we have 5y-5=22….
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- MATH
math is going on a walk a thon.For every 1/2 mile he walks he gets 75 cent.When he finished his…
For the first question: We know that he earns $0.75$0.75 for every 1212 miles that he walks, therefore for 1 mile he will earn 2⋅$0.75=$1.502⋅$0.75=$1.50 . So, we must know how many$0.75$0.75 he earns so that…
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- THE RED BADGE OF COURAGE
What challenging or stressful situations does Henry face in The Red Badge of Courage?
In The Red Badge of Courage, Stephen Crane treats with his characteristic irony the epic myth in which the hero travels to the underworld where his innermost fears are challenged and from which he…
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- MATH
Megan signs a contract to rent a house and the rent is $1200 per month.Her monthly rent increases…
For the first year, if the inflation rate is 4.5%, Megan’s rent will increase by 4.5% of $1200. 4.5% of $1200 can be calculated using the formula Part = r*Whole, where r is the percent expressed as…
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- BUSINESS
These are very important things to consider in a hospital, such as ABC Hospital which is…
In almost every business sector, at some point, companies are confronted with the need to invest in new facilities, equipment, and people. Those business that have been particularly successful at…
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- A&P
In the story “A & P” how might the characters be portrayed if the story were told by Lengel?
Lengel, the manager of the A & P [Atlantic and Pacific grocery store chain] is the authoritative figure, the representative of the system, who is in the store to enforce policy and maintain…
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- TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD
How does Harper Lee develop the symbolic elements of the Mockingbird and Scout’s overalls…
It is always important that critiques of narratives and characters appropriately consider both the era in which the novel has been written and the setting of this novel. Overalls as symbol So,…
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- HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT
ABC Hospital is a small, privately owned community hospital. It has been struggling to…
Scenario #1: ABC Hospital, a “small, privately-owned community hospital,” is struggling to survive in the face of increasing competition from larger, newer city hospitals with state-of-the-art…
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- EVELINE
She felt her cheek pale and cold and, out of a maze of distress, she prayed to God to direct her,…
Eveline’s mother is no longer alive. Eveline has become the woman of the house, essentially assuming all the responsibilities of her late mother. She feels a duty to uphold and continue those…
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- LITERATURE
Take this position: Writing comes from a writer’s imagination–not true
I’m guessing you are being asked to defend a position whether or not you agree with it. Writing does not come from a writer’s imagination. Writing comes from the writer’s personal experiences….
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- MATH
A patio is to be built on the side of a house using 48 congruent square stones. It will then be…
We know that the area of the patio is 48 square units. We need to list the pairs of numbers with product 48. We also calculate the edging required for each patio. For that we will apply the formula…
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- INDIAN KILLER
In Sherman Alexei’s Indian Killer, why do the white people seek out Indian lifestyle as a means…
Early in his novel Indian Killer, Sherman Alexei describes in methodical detail the birth of John, and his transference through a surrealistic scene involving violent attacks on Native Americans…
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- LITERATURE
Explain this quote”you can have africans contributing to humanism.but you cannot have african…
The quote can effectively be explored if it is contextualised properly. However, the concept of humanism in Africa relates to the desire amongst most Africans to practice what is called in South…
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- FRANKENSTEIN
Hi all! I have my IOP sometime in February (my teacher hasn’t assigned specific dates to us yet)…
Here is a different suggestion as the analysis of the roles of women is becoming a bit worn: Perhaps, then, a comparison of the modern play by Tom Stoppard, Arcadia, with Shelley’s Frankenstein may…
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- JIHAD VS. MCWORLD
What is the relationship between the concepts in “Jihad vs. McWorld” and the discipline of…
Postcolonialism and Barber’s Jihad vs. McWorld analysis are both very difficult concepts to understand. Reducing them to simple representations is no easy task. Postcolonialism Postcolonialism,…
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- MATH
First, simplify the left side of the equation using the trigonometric identity for tangent: tanx=sinxcosxtanx=sinxcosx cosx tanx will become cosx⋅sinxcosx=sinxcosx⋅sinxcosx=sinx Then, the simplified equation we now…
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- SOCIAL SCIENCES
Please pick any of the 5 statements given below and create a research study answering the…
To give you choices to choose from, I will answer these questions for the last two of the statements that you gave. These are: The more languages one knows, the easier it is to learn…
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- THE OUTSIDERS
What is the difference between Tim Shepard’s gang and Ponyboy’s in The Outsiders? Explain how…
Pony feels that Shepard’s greatest advantage is his love of life, and he uses this to his gang’s advantage. Tim Shepard’s gang is one of the “downtown outfits,” according to Ponyboy (Ch….
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- MATH
Name a real-word object that has a top view of a triangle,and a side and front view that are each…
Take note that a triangle is a polygon with three sides. While, a rectangle is a polygon with 4 sides and 4 angles that measure 90 degrees. One example that has a top view of a triangle and a side…
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- THE AMBITIOUS GUEST
We often talk about fate and destiny, about “the wheel of fortune.” We live our lives not knowing…
Nathaniel Hawthorne’s “The Ambitious Guest” reveals how a small change in one’s life can alter it forever. In this story, it is the unexpectation of Death that makes such an alteration as a happy…
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- OF MICE AND MEN
Did Curley have a negative impact on his wife? Explain.
At first, Curley’s wife seems to be a little too flirtatious, seemingly intent upon causing a fight between Curley and one of the other ranchers. However, in Chapter 4, she reveals this provocative…
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- TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD
In To Kill a Mockingbird, how is Jem affected by the Jim Crow laws of the 1930s?
Jem witnesses discrimination throughout his childhood as a result of Jim Crow laws. Jim Crow laws were laws that discriminated against African Americans by forcing them to live in segregation….
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- SCIENCE
What is a microscope and how does it work?
As the name suggests, a microscope is a tool for looking at objects that are too small to see with the naked eye – in effect, the objects are microscopic. Scientists and others use microscopes…
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- PERCY JACKSON AND THE OLYMPIANS: THE LIGHTNING THIEF
What is the setting in the book The Lightning Thief?
The Lightning Thief had 2 major settings and a few more minor ones throughout the text. It the opening and end of the book the story is based in New York City, where the story follows Percy through…
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- THE ODYSSEY
Who is narrating “The Odyssey?”
The Odyssey was originally narrated aloud by a poet or a singer. Since the tale was passed on to others through an oral tradition, the “narrator” just happened to be whomever was reciting the epic…
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- SONNET 18
What are the themes of Shakespeare’s Sonnet XVIII?
In Sonnet XVIII, written in the Petrarchan form of an octave followed by a sestet, Shakespeare incorporates Renaissance themes such as the imperfection of the universe because of the fall of man….
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- THE THIEF
Who/What is the antagonist in the book, The Thief, by Megan Whalen Turner?
In Megan Whalen Turner’s novel The Thief, the reader is compelled to accept at the story’s protagonist the titular thief, an individual whose identity is defined by his exceptional ability to…
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- HISTORY
How did the Agricultural Revolution come about?
Although there have been a number of events that have been called agricultural revolutions, I assume that you are asking about the first Agricultural Revolution. This revolution is also known as…
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- MATH
When we write “What is 70 x 1?” we are saying ‘What is 70 multiplied by 1?” To multiply numbers, imagine the first number as rows of coins and the second as potential columns of coins. If I have 70…
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- PRIDE AND PREJUDICE
Why is Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice considered the best example of the novels of manners?
England has a history of extreme class consciousness that permeates its society. Not a caste system like that in the former British colony of India, but social segregation of the masses has a long…
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- REFERENCE
Chapter 1: The Human Mosaic Book. Please can you summarize the whole chapter 1.
The preface and first chapter introduce five themes of human geography: region, mobility, globalization, nature-culture and cultural landscape. The first, region, refers to a group of places with…
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- THE METAMORPHOSIS
Though the first sentence tells us that Gregor has turned into some kind of insect, we are never…
If one interprets the writing of The Metamorphosis as a form of expressionism, the transformation of Gregor Samsa into a huge insect is a fantastical expression of punishment and salvation from…
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- THE METAMORPHOSIS
1.If Metamorphosis is a story about life within modernist society, what might Gregor Samsa’s…
- That Gregor Samsa suddenly perceives himself as “a monstrous vermin,” is more symbolic than it is real in this Modernist novella of ambiguity and allusion, alienation, and rejection of…
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- SCIENCE
I don’t under stand what a volcano or magma or lava is can you please tell me?
A volcano is a mountain that is generally formed from the out pourings of lava/magma. Let’s take the magma lava thing first. Magma is molten (melted) rock. There are a few ways to create magma,…
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- HAMLET
Who said this quote in Hamlet “Our sometime sister, now our queen, … have we taken to wife?”
Claudius said this referring to Gertrude, because he married his brother’s wife. This quote makes light of the fact that Gertrude is once was Claudius’s “sister,” or at least his sister in…
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- THE RING
In Isak Dinesen’s “The Ring”, why won’t Lovisa ever be fully content with her new life?
In Studies in Short Fiction, Bassoff contends that Lovisa ‘‘muses over her happiness’’ and then, after her engagement with the thief, ‘‘life is both more and less than imagined…
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- MATH
A store has apples on sale for $3.00 for 2 pounds. How many apples can you buy with $9.00?
Using ratios: You can solve this problem using ratios. The ratio of cost to pounds of apples is $3.00 to 2 pounds. This means that for every $3.00 spent you can buy 2 pounds of apples. Since you…
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- CHILDREN’S LITERATURE
In the book bronze bow why did the romans capture joel? Did they know who he really was?
In the book “The Bronze Bow” by Elizabeth George Speare, the Romans capture Joel because they uncovered his part in robberies that have taken place in ancient Israel. Consequently, they arrest…
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- RELIGION
What is the name of the Hebrew holy book?
When you ask about the “Hebrew holy book,” I assume that you are asking about the scriptures that are held by Jews to be sacred. If that is the case, different people use different names for…
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- OTHELLO
Please I need 4 simple literary conventions of elizabethan theatre that can be found in othello…
Four simple literary conventions of Elizabethan theatre that can be found in Othello Act 5 are: 1. Heightened Dialogue: In Othello, Act 5, Scene I, we see a fine example of heightened or dramatic…
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- MATH
Is (6,4) a solution of the system of linear equations? −6x+y = −32…
To check if an ordered pair (x,y)(x,y) is a solution of a linear equation, you need to plug-in the values of xx and yy on the equations, and check if results as a true statement. For the first…
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