In William Wordsworth’s poem “We Are Seven,” how does the author create eeriness at the beginning…
- WE ARE SEVEN
In William Wordsworth’s poem “We Are Seven,” how does the author create eeriness at the beginning…
The poem “We are Seven” is about an eight year old girl who is playing among the tombstones in a graveyard, and the poet observes how happily she plays and with how much energy she is invested in…
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- ALGEBRA1
inverse functions: f(x) = (7x+2)/(3x-11) find f-1 (x)
We’ll inter-change x and y and we’ll get: x = (7y+2)/(3y-11) Now, we’ll multiply both sides by 3y – 11: x(3y – 11) = 7y + 2 We’ll remove the brackets: 3xy – 11x = 7y + 2 We’ll keep all the terms…
- TRIGONOMETRY1
What is tanx if 2sinx – 5cosx = 0 ( use right angle triangle ) ?
According to the Pythagorean theorem in a right angle triangle: (sin x)^2 + (cos x)^2 = 1 If we’ll divide the expression by (cos x)^2, we’ll get: (sin x)^2/(cos x)^2 + 1 = 1/(cos x)^2 (tan x)^2 =…
- ALGEBRA1
solve the linear system 4x-y+12=0 3x-y+6=0
We’ll re-write the equations of the system, isolating the variable y to the left side: The equations are: y = 4x + 12 (1) y = 3x + 6 (2) We’ll put (1) = (2) 4x + 12 = 3x + 6 We’ll isolate x to the…
- TRIGONOMETRY1
Given sin x = 2/3 and sin y=1/3, 0<x<90, 90<y<180, find tan(x+y)?
First of all, we’ll have to find out if tan x and tan y are positive or negative. From enunciation, we’ll have tan x belongs to the first quadrant and it is positive and tan y belongs to the second…
- MATH
Find all zeros of the polynomial 6×4+17×3-2×2+x-6 = 0
We can find the zeros of a polynomial equation by using synthetic division. First check to see that the equation is written in descending powers of the variable. Then look at the highest power in…
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- MATH
Find the zeros of the quadratic function f(x) = -3×2+18x-7please explain the solution step by step
We’ll put the qudratic equal to zero: -3x^2 + 18x – 7 = 0 We’ll multiply by -1 both sides: 3x^2 – 18x + 7 = 0 We’ll apply the quadratic formula: x1 = [-b + sqrt(b^2 – 4ac)]/2a a,b,c are the…
- MATH
A downward sloping straight line shows what relationship?
A line is represented mathematically by a “linear” equation, which takes the following standard form: y = mx + b This equation defines the point y given the input x, and parameters m and b. m is…
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- WALK TWO MOONS
Any idea “Walk Two Moons” by Sharon Creech is appropriate for what grade level ?Any idea “Walk…
Walk Two Moons is a story by Sharon Creech which features a 13 year old girl, Salamanca Tree Hiddle, as a main character. This story would therefore be appropriate for students slightly below and…
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- SCIENCE
Compare the process of respiration and photosynthesis in a green plant.
Photosynthesis is a process that allows green plants or producers to manufacture their own food. Carbon dioxide, water and sunlight must be present to initiate this reaction. Carbon dioxide enters…
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- THE AWAKENING
In The Awakening, do you think Mr. Pontellier is sincere where his sympathy torwards Robert’s…
Leonce Pontellier has never seen himself as a victim of any kind of behavior coming from Edna, or anyone connected to her. His only aim in life is preserving appearances, and prolonging the…
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- OTHELLO
Please help with these questions about Shakespeare’s Othello.1. What does the Duke mean by “Men…
Though you are technically only allowed one question per submission, I have only edited out one of the three that you proposed, as the two above relate to the Duke and his point of view on the…
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- SCIENCE
what are the uses of electrolysis?
Electrolysis is a technique that is used to drive a non-spontaneous chemical reaction to occur with the assistance of an outside electric current. An important use of this technique is to separate…
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- TOUCHING SPIRIT BEAR
Any idea “Touching Spirit Bear” by Ben Mikaelsen is appropriate for what grade level?Any idea…
Touching Spirit Bear by Ben Mikaelsen is a story that deals with a teenage main character in isolation, and also presents issues with which he is dealing in his regular life. Among these issues…
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- THE GIVER
Any idea “The Giver” by Lois Lowry is appropriate for what grade level ?Any idea “The Giver” by…
Louis Lowry’s The Giveris developmentally appropriate for an upper elementary to junior high setting, beginningg with the 5th grade and up. The reason for this is because students ages 11 and up…
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- OEDIPUS REX
Provide examples and evidence of Marxism, existentialism, feminism, and Freudian pscychoanalysis…
In Antigone, Sophocles introduces us to the first great feminist hero, Antigone. She is outspoken against a man, the King. In terms of psychoanalysis, Antigone follows the gods laws (superego)…
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- THE STRANGER
Provide examples and evidence of Marxism, existentialism, feminism, and Freudian psychoanalysis…
In The Stranger, Meursault is Camus’ absurdist (similar to existentialism) hero: he loves life, hates death, and scorns the gods. Instead of crying at his mother’s funeral, he refuses to…
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- WUTHERING HEIGHTS
What is the significance of the two houses in Emily Bronte’s Wuthering Heights?
The houses to which you refer are Wuthering Heights, home of the Earnshaw family, and Thrushcross Grange, home of the Linton family. Both houses are family estates located in the Yorkshire moors…
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- THE GREAT GATSBY
In The Great Gatsby, what are the values of the people who reside in the Valley of Ashes, East…
The people of East Egg and West Egg are wealthy and obviously value material possessions, but there is a significant difference between them. Those of East Egg value their heritage and take an…
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- SONNY’S BLUES
In Baldwin’s “Sonny’s Blues,” what are the images of light and darkness, especially effects of…
There are so many images of darkness and lightness in “Sonny’s Blues.” I think there are such images on every page in the story, and I will provide a few. As to the effect of the characters’ dark…
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- SONNY’S BLUES
How does the narrator make it possible for the reader to understand Sonny more sympathetically…
James Baldwin’s “Sonny’s Blues” is a story with musicality. For with the narrative beginning in media res, the past and future are brought together with great poignancy; and, with these interludes…
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- SONNY’S BLUES
How is the narrator’s response to Sonny shaped by his own set of goals, hang-ups, and…
In James Baldwin’s “Sonny’s Blues,” having had a daughter die, the narrator notes that “[M]y trouble made his real.” As he waits for Sonny at the subway station, the narrator experiences a flood…
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- MATH
if f(x)=x^2+3x and g(x)=x+3, for what positive value of x does f(x)=g(x)?
We have the two functions : f(x)=x^2+3x and g(x)=x+3. To determine for what values of x is f(x) = g(x) , equate the two f(x) = g(x) => x^2+3x = x+3 => x^2 + 2x – 3 = 0 => x^2 + 3x – x – 3…
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- RABINDRANATH TAGORE
What is the lesson in the poem “The Tame Bird was in a Cage” by Rabindranath Tagore?
One of Tagore’s lasting legacies to all of literature is that he composed works where the “lesson” was not something entirely easy to grasp. There is little simple in his work. The poem is…
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- POLITICAL SCIENCE
What tie-in does Franklin’s quote about how democracy is three animals voting have to current…
I assume that you are talking about a quote that is often attributed to Benjamin Franklin and which says that democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting to decide what will be for lunch. There is…
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- CINEMA
How does Edward’s downfall in Edward Scissorhands enlighten the audience?Arthur Miller says that…
The inclusion of Miller is an interesting subtext to the question. There are few writers better than Miller in articulating the condition of the individual terrorized by the community. Similar…
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- BRAVE NEW WORLD
What is the role of literature in the World State in Brave New World?
Literature has no role in the New World; in fact, it is prohiited. When the Savage arrives in the New World and he recites lines from Romeo and Juliet, the children laugh, for they are unable to…
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- TRIGONOMETRY MATH
A boat tied up at a dock bobs up & down with the passing waves. Vertical distance between…
The boat moves up and down with the passing waves. I take the height of the boat to be a sinusoidal function. And the height of the boat is zero at the start of the cycle. The distance between the…
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- MAUS
What literary device is used in Maus’s subtitle “My Father Bleeds History”?
In the subtitle to the first part of Maus, the phrase “My Father Bleeds History” includes a metaphor. In this part of the biography, Art Speigelman gives the background to his father’s, Vladek’s,…
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- HISTORY
What material was used to build Lincoln Memorial?
The Lincoln Memorial is constructed of five kinds of stone. One of the kinds of stone is Indiana limestone. Another type of stone is something called Yule Marble. This second kind of stone comes…
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- LITERATURE
ch2 How did his mom react when she heard that Russell wanted to be a garbage man? Doris was the…
part B i think, She could have made somthing of her life.
- CHEMISTRY
What is the molecular formula of the rocket fuel in the following case:Rocket fuel is know to…
The rocket fuel is made up of carbon, hydrogen and nitrogen. The molar mass of the fuel is 60.1 g/mole. Let the molecular formula of the fuel be C(a)N(b)H(c) and let us assume that the nitrogen is…
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- GOOD COUNTRY PEOPLE
What is the falling action of “Good Country People”Flannery O’Connor
In plot, the falling action is the series of events that happen after the climax, or turning point. This action precedes the denouement, or resolution in the plot in which the conflict ends. So,…
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- TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD
In To Kill a Mockingbird, what mistakes does Atticus make as a father and a lawyer?
Atticus is an excellent attorney who loves the law and practices it with honor. He is also a responsible father who loves his children and guides them with patience and understanding as they grow…
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- LINES COMPOSED A FEW MILES ABOVE TINTERN ABBEY
Refer to lines 88-93 in Tintern Abbey by Wordsworth and explain the ideas of humanity, youth,…
The lines that you are referencing come near the end of the rather long poem and serve to sum up the thematic intention of the whole poem. The poems is about his traveling to visit the ruined…
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- THE SECRET LIFE OF BEES
What effect does Black Mary have on Lily’s maturation/development in The Secret Life of Bees?
Black Mary, or “our Lady of Chains” had once been a figurehead on a ship. It survived and washed ashore where a local group of people took it in and made it the basis of their religion. Black…
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- 1984
In 1984, Is Winston made into reluctantly selfish victims of totalitarian regimes or are they…
Sorry I meant is Winston and Julia.
- THE GREAT GATSBY
In The Great Gatsby, is the conflict of the story physical, social, psychological, or a…
With respect to F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby, there are conflicts of all the types mentioned in the question with the major conflict involving Jay Gatsby’s attempt to regain the love of…
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- RELIGION
Compare and Contrast a Catholic Mass to a Baptist Service.Compare and Contrast a Catholic Mass to…
I think that you can sense a great deal of discussion will be present on this topic. I am not certain if there is one answer. I would like to draw from the President’s words on the topic, though….
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- TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD
Besides going after his kids, how else does Bob Ewell try to ‘take down’ Atticus for not staying…
Reminiscient of the street scene in Verona of Romeo and Juliet, when the Montague servant, Sampson, bites his thumb in an insulting gesture toward Abraham, a servant of the Capulets, Bob Ewell…
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- SCIENCE
how is phenylalanine produced?
Plants and many bacteria and other microorganisms make phenylalanine from a molecule called prephenate. Phenylpyruvate is produced when the carboxyl group is removed. In a series of a few more…
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- THE GREAT GATSBY
What three points show that the theme of the American Dream is found in The Great Gatsby and…
The American Dream, and its destruction, are primary themes in both works. 1. Jay Gatsby and Willie Loman are both dreamers who work to succeed and thereby shape the futures they dream for…
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- THE PIT AND THE PENDULUM
What “voice” did Poe use to write “The Pit and the Pendulum” and was it appropriate for the story…
One feature of the style of Poe’s writing is that he seems to be a master ventriloquist, being able to create and bring to life a series of characters and narrate tales from their perspective…
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- NIGHT
Examples of allusions in Night chapter 5?
A literary allusion is a reference within the text to something noteable outside of the text, often from other literature, but also from science, history, or even pop culture. The book Night is…
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- OF MICE AND MEN
how does stienbeck shape our views of curleys wife in ‘of mice and men’ ?please add qoutes as well
Curley’s wife is presented in a mostly unfavourable light and it is interesting that she is never named; it is as though she has no real identity. Like others in the novel Curley’s wife has a dream…
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- 1984
According to 1984, a hierarchical society is only possible on the foundation of….1984>BOOK…
According to the book, the basic motive for war at that point in history is to maintain the artificial scarcity that dictates a wealthy elite and a poor populace. The fear is that without that…
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- ROMANTICISM
Can you give information about Romantic criticism and its basic tenets. Can you please send a…
Neoclassical criticism had stressed that writers should seek inspiration in the literary and artistic works of the past, particularly the Greek and Latin ones. Therefore, neoclassical criticism…
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- MIDNIGHT’S CHILDREN
How does Salman Rushdie present magic realism in his novels, especially in Midnight’s Children?
Let us begin by reminding ourselves what a definition of magic realism actually is before going on to examine this excellent postcolonial classic. Magic realism is a literary style that combines…
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- MATH
How long would it take to accumulate a charge of 460 mC using a current of 0.2 A?
Your answer can be derived from an understanding of the unit of current. In your problem, 0.2 A of current is flowing. (We’ll assume that this value remains unchanged for the duration of the…
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- PHYSICS
A current of I = 230 mA flows through a wire. How many electrons pass a particular point of this…
The current flowing through the wire is 230 mA. The SI unit of current is ampere. 1 ampere of current denotes the movement of 1 coulomb of charge per second. 230 mA of current means a movement of…