In the first chapter, what does Tom’s behavior reveal about his character?
- THE GREAT GATSBY
In the first chapter, what does Tom’s behavior reveal about his character?
Nick Carraway, the narrator of “The Great Gatsby” by F. Scott Fitzgerald, describes Tom Buchanan as a powerful man who reached a limited excellence at twenty-one that [makes] everything afterwards…
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- OF MICE AND MEN
Where did the title “Of Mice and Men” come from?
The title for John Steinbeck’s novel “Of Mice and Men” comes from a poem written in 1785 by the Scottish poet Robert Burns. The poem is entitled “To a Mouse, on Turning Her Up in Her Nest, with…
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- SIR GAWAIN AND THE GREEN KNIGHT
What did the knight do at the end of the story?
Are you referring to the Green Knight in this question, or to Sir Gawain? The Green Knight realizes at the end of the story that Gawain has not been completely virtuous. Gawain loves his own life…
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- LOOK BACK IN ANGER
What is the social background of Osborne’s drama Look Back in Anger?
There is a clearly a sense of social immediacy in the setting of Look Back in Anger. As is true of much literature, Look Back in Anger is a strong mirror of the changing times of the setting in…
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- ESSAY LAB
How do I write an essay introduction on fixing a problem?
Introductions tell the who or what, the where, when how and why of your essay–they do all this even though they are very short (5 – 7 percent of your essay) parts of the essay. Introductions…
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- MACBETH
Why does Lady Macbeth call on the Devil to help her? What images does she use?
Lady Macbeth receives a letter from her husband that tells that King Duncan is coming to their castle to visit. Macbeth also writes of the predictions the witches gave him about his future as…
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- HISTORY
Was Andrew Jackson’s Indian Removal policy benevolent? Was this a kind and humane gesture ?
Of course, most people would look at Indian Removal as something immoral and certainly not benevolent. The US violated treaties it had made for no better reason than because it disliked the…
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- A ROSE FOR EMILY
What are some examples and symbols of the decline of chivalry as well as the decline of the Old…
(Sorry. I didn’t realize until after posting that the question focused specifically on “A Rose for Emily.”) When I’m looking for symbols, I try to keep in mind that a symbol is something specific…
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- PERSUASION
What are the most popular elements of Jane Austen’s novel Persuasion?
Persuasion is a departure from Jane Austen’s previous works. It has a mellower tone that broadens its popular appeal. Ann and Captain Wentworth are as carefully characterized as Elizabeth and Mr….
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- MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING
In Act III, Scene 5 of Much Ado About Nothing, what are Leonato’s thoughts while he is on the way…
In Much Ado About Nothing, on the morning of Hero’s intended wedding to Claudio, Leonato is finishing his preparations and just about to leave when he is accosted by Dogberry and Verges who attempt…
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- FAHRENHEIT 451
How the characters, in Fahrenheit 451, stand to each other?Please take the whole novel as a…
I guess your question is referring to the inter-relationship of the various characters in this dystopian masterpiece. Well, to answer your question, I will choose a section of the novel that comes…
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- SCIENCE
“The Day After Tomorrow Movie Discussion” a) Excluding time factor discuss weather presented are…
If cataclysmic weather conditions happen, they are going to happen quickly. We have tornadoes, earthquakes and tsunamis all the time, and there is never any warning for any of them. However,…
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- WHERE ANGELS FEAR TO TREAD
What does E. M. Forster imply in his novel Where Angels Fear to Tread? What was his purpose?
- M. Forster loved to write about English people going to foreign countries and being profoundly impacted by them in significant ways. In Where Angels Fear to Tread, that foreign country is…
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- THE NECKLACE
Sketch a character analysis of Madame Forestier in “The Necklace”.
Madame Forestier is a good friend of Mathilde’s who has risen above Mathilde in social status. Despite this discrepancy in their wealth, Madame Forestier does not hesitate to help Mathilde when…
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- IN COLD BLOOD
What happened the weekend following the murders in “In Cold Blood”?why was this event held early?…
One of the Clutter daughters, Beverly, was married just four days after the funeral. She and her fiance, Vere English, were planning to wed in December of 1959. The Garden City Telegraph reported…
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- SOCIAL SCIENCES
In the poem “the road not taken” what is the symbolic value of two roads referred in the poem?
Frost is referring to choices made in life, specifically, the choice of a more unorthodox lifestyle as compared to a more conventional one. The poet sees two roads and is “sorry he could not travel…
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- MATH
You should use integration by parts such that: You need to select as u and as dv such that:
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- LITERATURE
Relative merits and demerits of art for arts sake and art for life sake?Give conclusion at the…
In terms of assessing the strengths or weaknesses in the creation of art, one has to be mindful that taking either to an extreme creates challenges. If one takes the creation of art for arts sake…
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- SINNERS IN THE HANDS OF AN ANGRY GOD
So is one to preach only the kind side of God’s love and exclude the parts of His Word showing…
As far as I can tell, the issue is that your theology is different than mine in a number of ways. For me, the Old Testament vision of a wrathful God does not make sense (in terms of what I think…
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- 1984
In 1984 compare and contrast the attitudes of Winston Smith and Julia towards the party.
Winston is just barely coming to a realization of his hatred for the Party, and is filled with terror and unease in regards to being discovered. He hates the party, has vague suspicions about its…
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- SULA
Is there forgiveness in Sula?Was anyone forgiven for anything?
First, let me warn you that this question is strictly opinion-based and subjective. While one person might say that there is indeed forgiveness and support that opinion textually, another person…
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- FAR FROM THE MADDING CROWD
How does Hardy demonstrate constantly in his works that man is destined to suffer?
Hardy, though he lived a very normal, contented life, promotes the idea of fatalism or determinism in all his works. While there is almost always a “higher power” in his works (referred to as…
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- TWELFTH NIGHT
How do you describe the love between Viola, Olivia and Count Orsino?I find it really hard to…
Concerning love as it hits Viola (Cesario), Olivia and Orsino (Duke), in the simplest terms, they all suffer from unrequited love (unreturned and unfulfilled love). This trio of unrequited lovers…
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- THE SNIPER
What character traits does “The Sniper” exhibit after being wounded in Liam O’Flaherty’s short…
Let’s take a look at that section of the story to better understand how the Sniper responds to being shot. I’ll choose a few important quotes to illustrate: “His forearm was dead. “I’m hit,” he…
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- FRANKENSTEIN
After reading Paradise Lost, what references does the creature (from Frankenstein) use to show…
In chapter fifteen of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, the creature details how he came to understand how he was seen by the world. This new knowledge allowed the creature to understand the world…
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- THE KITE RUNNER
Is ‘The Kite Runner’ Khaled Hosseini’s autobiography?
No, it is not, although Hosseini’s Afghan roots and his immigration to the United States are important points in common. Check out the references below, including a biographical profile of this…
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- SCIENCE
In the “Day After Tomorrow” movie, I want to know the answers for these questions:a) Excluding…
I’ve seen “The Day After Tomorrow” at least half a dozen times and I’m fascinated with the movie! Every time I watch it, I catch something in it I never noticed before. However, the likelihood of…
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- LAW AND POLITICS
Hate crimeswhy should there be a law??
The rationale for hate crimes is two-fold. First, there is something inherently worse about being attacked for an innate characteristic (race, etc) than for something that you can control (like how…
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- TWILIGHT
edward and belladoes anybody have as good as a relationship as bella and edward???
In a word–no! One of the criticisms I’ve heard about Edward and Bella’s relationship is that it gives girls and young women an unrealistic view of romantic love, painting it as all-consuming and…
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- BUSINESS
Using a diagram, relate the high petrol prices with demand for higher cc engine cars.This refers…
Many Americans prefer a car with a smaller engine or a hybrid car if they can choose. The recent government program, Cash for Clunkers showed data that Americans want cars with smaller engines. In…
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- ARTS
Discuss ‘art for art’s sake.’References of different authors
Although most people today think that this is another one of Oscar Wilde’s famous quips, the expression was not his orginally. This expression (or modifications of it) got thrown about by several…
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- BUSINESS
What are two factors causing decrease in the supply of petrol?What two factors have lead to the…
There are many factors. Some of these are: 1.There are many concerns about the Middle East: is it stable enough politically to assume that petro will be supplied regularly. 2.The Russians are…
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- THE OLD MAN AND THE SEA
Using specific references to the novel, support this statement, describing how how Santiago…
Hemingway portrayed Santiago’s compassion by the way he sees the ocean. He says on page 30, “But the old man always thought of her as feminine and as something that gave or withheld great favors,…
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- THE NECKLACE
With theme of “The Necklace” being that one should be content with one’s self and one’s…
Because Guy de Maupassant focuses his moral truth around Mathilde Loisel, her character and her interaction with other characters is of paramount importance to the development of theme. So, in…
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- FYODOR DOSTOEVSKY
What is the summary and theme of the story The Little Orphan by Fuodor Dotoevsky?
Fyodor Dostoevsky’s short story “The Little Orphan” is a wonderful Christmas tale of mercy, love and redemption. A young boy in a bitterly cold cellar in winter-time St. Petersburg awakens to…
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- TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD
In Chapter 24 of To Kill a Mockingbird, how does the author reveal the fact that the women in…
The hypocrisy of these women is revealed through their conversations during the meeting of their Missionary Circle. They profess to be Christians doing good works, but their words and attitudes…
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- NO ONE’S A MYSTERY
What are some symbols in “No One’s a Mystery”?
A major symbol in Elizabeth Tallent’s “No One’s a Mystery” is the car ride that the narrator and Jack take through town. This car ride is symbolic of the journey on which Jack and the narrator…
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- BUSINESS
If I receive a promotion and the salary moves me to higher tax bracket, will my entire salary up…
No it will not. The term that applies here is “marginal tax rate.” This term means that a given tax rate applies to every dollar you make ABOVE AND BEYOND the upper limit of the lower rate. So, to…
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- ODE ON A GRECIAN URN
Can I have a summary of the metaphors in the poem “Ode on a Grecian Urn” by John Keats?Please…
To understand the metaphor one must find the tension in John Keats’s “Ode on a Grecian Urn.” This tension is between the aesthetic ideal and reality. The images on the urn, that of maidens and…
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- THE MASQUE OF THE RED DEATH
What were the costumes at the masquerade ball?
The costumes are many and varied, and are never identified individually. Yet Poe’s description creates a scene of revelry, where costumers let their minds run free to design masques of all…
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- BRAVE NEW WORLD
In Brave New World, what is the meaning of the following quote?”And that,” put in the Director…
This quote comes as the Director is explaining how certain classes of humans are conditioned and engineered to perform certain tasks, regardless of what their own experiences might allow if they…
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- MACBETH
Is Macbeth a moral play? Is justice served at the end of the play and how can you defend whether…
Morality is often in the mind of the individual, but some areas of morality are commonly accepted, particularly that it is wrong to murder someone. Macbeth commits the murder of King Duncan. His…
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- SONG OF MYSELF
What is the meaning of section 18 in “Song of Myself” by Walt Whitman?
This section of “Song of Myself” is a commentary on the many fallen heroes that fight battles for us in war, and never come home to the victory parades, bands and marches that are thrown in honor…
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- HAMLET
What impression do you get of Hamlet from his soliloquies?pls make the answer broad Shakespeare’s…
Unlike his dead father who seems to have been a man of action, Hamlet is extremely pensive and passive. Of a melancholic temperament which is given to mulling over ideas, Hamlet is philosophical…
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- AP LITERATURE AND COMPOSITION
How can I change my essay from First Person POV to Third Person POV?Example Sentence: “I strongly…
First of all, not on the topic of POV, “still stands against the opposing” sounds kind of strange to my ears at least. Do you mean to say that you still hold that opinion against opinions that are…
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- THE MIRACLE WORKER
What does Annie ask of Captain Keller when he compliments her on what she has done with Helen in…
When Captain Keller compliments Annie on what she has done with Helen, she asks one thing of him – to not undo what she has accomplished. When Captain Keller and his wife return after giving Annie…
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- SCIENCE
Based on the following factors, what do developing countries have in common?The following factors…
Keeping in mind that not every developing country will have all of these factors… In general, there’s no way to really connect population to whether or not a country is “developing.” You can…
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- THE MASQUE OF THE RED DEATH
In “The Masque of the Red Death,” whom does Prince Prospero invite to his abbey?
In this story, Prince Prospero devises an idea to remain safe from the plague that “had long devastated the country”. He decides to enclose himself in his castle, and seal it up so nothing can come…
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- OF MICE AND MEN
In Of Mice and Men, was the killing of Lennie justice being served?This is an essay question I…
There is a lot of existing material on e-notes which should assist you to formulate your response (see links below). You need to establish for yourself where your boundaries for justice are, and…
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- REFERENCE
IXHow should I approach class IX syllabus
In America, ninth grade is the first year of high school. It’s a difficult time, because things get much more difficult. They also get complicated. Be involved in extra-curiculars, but don’t…
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