• LAW AND POLITICS

Is it double jeopardy when you have been arrested once for DV & then a order is issued for…

Note: This is NOT legal advice Double Jeopardy is defined by the Fifth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution as the prohibition of a person to be tried in a state or federal court for the same crime…

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• LAW AND POLITICS

Hair testing in Family Lawa single mother had been abandoned by her husband of 8 years she was…

What has become of the child? I hate to hear of situations like this, and hope that the child’s welfare is being considered. It seems to me that if the father hasn’t been in contact at all for so…

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• MACBETH

Choose four award-winning quotations that are excellent examples of imagery from Macbeth. Choose…

Will all great oceans wash this blood/ Clean from my hand? No, this hand will rather/ the multitudinous sea incarnidine,/ making the green one red. 2.1.72 This is visual imagery. I like it because…

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• THE TURN OF THE SCREW

Why would James write The Turn of the Screw in such an ambiguous manner?

To make you ask this question! The difficulty to decipher human behaviour is the main subject of this story. To complicate matters further, James chooses as his dubious character a child, and in…

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• JOHN DONNE

What is a summary of the poem “A Lecture Upon the Shadow” by John Donne?

“A Lecture Upon the Shadow” is a poem about love and, somewhat metaphorically, about vision. Using an extended analogy (a conceit), Donne’s poem compares the vision of lovers (and the delusions of…

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• EMILY DICKINSON

How do we summarize the poem “Trees” (stanza wise) by Emily Dickinson?

Whenever you have a question that asks you to summarize something, the best way to do it is to read it all through in its entirety, and then try to sum up what you read in your own words….

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• ROMEO AND JULIET

In Act II, scene 3 of “Romeo and Juliet”, Friar Lawrence identifies another contrast between…

Friar Lawrence remarks upon Romeo’s arrival at his cell at such an early hour. The priest notes that “care,” or worry is in the mind of an older person and can keep him awake at night as he…

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• FRANKENSTEIN

Can we learn more of what it is to be human from the creature than from Victor in Mary Shelley’s…

I’m not sure about this. The creature certainly experiences some very noble and human emotions, and asks questions that make his creator seem less than human. Certainly Victor’s rejection of his…

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• MACBETH

Macbeth and Frankenstein essay help, please answer it serious otherwise just leave this question,…

This is a very complex analysis that you have to do, I will offer some ideas about the comparison of the two works, Macbeth and Frankenstein, the rest is up to you. With regard to the influence of…

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• SCIENCE

During the 1883 or earlier eruptions of Krakatoa, how was climate and crop production…

I read about this a lot a couple of years ago, and your question prompted me to revisit the book “Catastrophe”. In this book, there was an explosion as far as the year 535 AD which maintained the…

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• THE GREAT GATSBY

Early in the book, Nick says he doesn’t judge people, but isn’t the whole book a judgment of his…

He does judge those around him-just like every other human being. Remember, just because someone is narrating a story, doesn’t mean their point of view is reliable. In fact, immediately after…

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• MACBETH

Macbeth essay (Just two paragraphs, please follow the structure exactly and do it, i need this as…

Macbeth Act 1 Scene 4: [Aside] The Prince of Cumberland! that is a stepOn which I must fall down, or else o’erleap,For in my way it lies. Stars, hide your fires;Let not light see my black and deep…

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• ROMEO AND JULIET

In “Romeo and Juliet,” Act 2 Scene 3, why does the friar agree to marry the two young lovers?…

“I’ll thy assistant be; For this alliance may so happy prove To turn your households’ rancour to pure love.”(95) Romeo asks Friar Lawrence to marry Juliet and him even though their families are…

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• ROMEO AND JULIET

What does Romeo ask the Friar to do in Act 2, scene 2 of “Romeo and Juliet,”?

This is actually from Act II, scene iii. This scene directly follows the balcony scene in which Romeo and Juliet confess their love to one another and Juliet tells Romeo that if he is serious…

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• HISTORY

In July 1776 Continental Congress approved the Declaration of Independence.Would you approve of…

If I had been a colonist during the years proceeding 1776 struggle for independence from Britain I would have been a patriot. The British Government and the King of England tried very hard to…

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• AN OCCURRENCE AT OWL CREEK BRIDGE

Is “An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge” a psychological case study and therefore not true fiction,…

Bierce did not write a case study of the workings of Peyton Farquhar’s mind. He wrote a compelling story with a dramatic and largely unexpected conclusion. In dealing with the psychological aspects…

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• HISTORY

Explain the philosophy of non-violence and how it was implemented in the 1950s and 1960s?can…

The philosophy of non-violence as the tool to effect change in a society is generally credited to Henry David Thoreau. In 1848 the United States went to war with Mexico, a war which Thoreau…

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• MACBETH

Define the concept of ”manhood,” according to Malcolm, Macduff, and Lady Macbeth in Macbeth.

Malcolm defines the kind of man he is, his character, in this excerpt from his conversation with Macduff in Act IV, Scene iii: [I] scarcely have coveted what was mine own, At no time broke my…

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• ROMEO AND JULIET

What are some famous quotes from Friar Lawrence that deal with morality, violence, prejudice, or…

Your essay is an interesting concept. Atticus, in my opinion, is one of the most honest and wise characters in literature; Friar Lawrence, not so much. I feel that the Friar really made a…

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• LAW AND POLITICS

what do you prefer, parliamentary oor presidential form of government?explain why.

I think that both forms of government have their strengths. In nations where the democratic process has been established over time and has proven to be supported by the structures in the nation, a…

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• GATHERING BLUE

What helped Kira finally fall asleep in Gathering Blue ?Please answer!

Kira keeps a small scrap of cloth in her pocket, and it helps her fall asleep on her first night at her new home in the Council Edifice. Finding herself in unfamiliar surroundings after the trauma…

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• THE SCARLET IBIS

From whose point of veiw is “The Scarlet Ibis” told?

“The Scarlet Ibis” is a beautiful story told in the first person by Brother. He is looking back in time to a point in his youth when he saw a beautiful Scarlet Ibis. The amazing thing is that the…

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• SOCIAL SCIENCES

Do you believe that suffering unites people? May prosperity divide them?Do you believe that…

Yes, I think both of those can be true. When the whole community suffers, as in World War II, people were very much united by the experience. Not only did most families have someone fighting in…

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• AN OCCURRENCE AT OWL CREEK BRIDGE

During the flashback in the story’s second section, who visits Peyton Farquhar?

Peyton Farquhar is being hanged as the story opens. In section II of the story the reader is taken back in time and discovers a beginning of the incident which leads to his current position….

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• OSCAR WILDE

What is the theme in “The Young King” by Oscar Wilde?

One of the main themes in The Young King is self-transformation. This young king who lives in opulence and extravagance has an ephiphany through a dream, realizing that the golden and expensive…

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• MATH

How do you find the principal without time or rate when calculating compounding interest?

To calculate compounding interest, you at least need to know the interest rate. You also need to know how many times the present day value has been compounded in order to work backwards to the…

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• THE CATCHER IN THE RYE

What can you say about Holden’s attitude towards theatre, cinema, and army?Did he deny the moral…

Army- Holden hated the idea of war, and thought of the Army as a place “full of bastards”- His brother served and was apparently negatively affected by it. Hence, Holden says about the War:…

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• THE CATCHER IN THE RYE

Speak about Holden’s attitude to children. Don’t you think that he was still a child? Was he…

Holden saw in children the lost world of carelessness and innocence that he consistently mourned and missed as a result of “growing older”, yet, as we know, Holden never really has “grown UP”….

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• GUIDE TO LITERARY TERMS

How do you determine the use of formal or informal diction when reading a book?

Formal and informal diction are two ways that authors can write. Formal diction is writing that is typically in 3rd person. The author does not use the words “I, we, our, my, us”. Informal diction…

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• THE TELL-TALE HEART

How is the narrator in “The Tell-Tale Heart” different from the narrator of Mark Twain’s “The…

The narrator in “The Tell-Tale Heart” is a first person narrator. The man who was involved in the action of the story tells the story from the first person, using “I” to relate the action. In…

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• A SEPARATE PEACE

Where are examples of figurative language in “A Separate Peace”?

Every version of the book will have different page numbers, so if I give you one it most likely will not be accurate. However, I can tell you as close as I can where the passages are. For great…

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• SONNET 29

Write an essay that Compares and Contrasts “Sonnet 29” and “Valediction Forbidding Mourning”.

I won’t write your essay for you, but I will help you with some ideas. You should begin by noting what elements of these two poems are similar and how they are different. Let’s start with the…

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• REFERENCE

What is a poem about youth that teaches a lesson? What is a poem about youth that teaches a…

“To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time” by Robert Herrick is a poem about youth that develops a strong theme (lesson). The voice in the poem speaks to the young, telling them to “Gather ye rosebuds…

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• LYDDIE

In the book Lyddie, will Lyddie return to the farm? If so, when will she?

The novel ends on an uncertain note. It is not clear whether Lyddie will return to the farm or not. As she walks with Luke Stevens in the final scene, Lyddie realizes that there are things she…

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• THE OUTSIDERS

Would Johnny have been guilty for manslaughter if he would have lived? If so, why?You are…

In “The Outsiders,” Ponyboy and Johnny were in the park late at night and the Socs approached them and began harrassing them. They began to push Ponyboy’s head in the fountain and kept pushing him…

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• FAHRENHEIT 451

In “Fahrenheit 451”, in what way is the work of the firemen ironic? (4 ironies if possible with…

It is ironic because in our way of thinking firemen put out fires rather than start them. In F451, the firemen start fires to keep people safe from the ideas presented in books. They are still…

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• OUR TOWN

Why have audiences for decades experienced such an emotional reaction to this play, frequently…

Because the characters are so real and everyone in the audience has experienced the same events and emotions as the characters on stage. By watching the characters on stage deal with these things,…

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• LAW AND POLITICS

What can you say about law of patents and law of trademarks?

The Commerce Department created a deaprtment called the The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (PTO). The PTO is a federal agency that grants patents and registers trademarks to individuals or…

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• THE RANSOM OF RED CHIEF

How do I describe Sam’s feelings about Red Chief by the end of the story? How does he change…

In O Henry’s “The Ransom Of Red Chief”, Sam is the “brains” (if there are any brains) of the operation. At the beginning of the story, he reasons that given the size of a child that a child would…

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• ILIAD

Why was it dangerous for King Priam to ransom the body of Hector?

Achillles was keeping Hector’s body and dragging it around the tomb of his friend to show he had avenged his friend in battle. Achilles was in horrible grief over the death of Patroclus. …but…

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• ILIAD

Why is Andromache called Hector’s “precious wife”? Mention three things that would make a woman…

She is precious to Hector because he loves her. She is the mother of his son who is still just a baby. She is not like the other women who are hiding in their houses or praying at the temple to…

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• ILIAD

What is the implication of this statement: “The Trojan women have gone to Athena’s temple to make…

The women went to the temple to pray for protection and for their city to be spared. They were in fear because their town was being overrun and their best warriors were being killed. The…

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• LITERATURE

My teacher has asked me to write something like poetry, but not. I need the exact word if…

Are you speaking of a sonnet? It is a fourteen-line poem which usually does tell a short story or deals with a small problem or issue. In a Shakespearean sonnet, you have the problem or issue…

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• MACBETH

What dramatic point does Shakespeare make by including the reference to King Edward the…

Every reference to the King of England in Macbeth is done with positive words like “worthy” “good” and “honorable”. This is done for two reasons. First, Malcolm has chosen to go to England for…

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• GONE WITH THE WIND

Consider the question readers most often ask themselves and each other after finishing the novel:…

Probably not. Scarlett and Rhett have too much emotional baggage…they have wounded one another too many times to be able to completely put it behind them and begin fresh.

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• ROALD DAHL

I want to know ten questions on “Matilda” by Roald Dahl.

How about these: 1. Who is Matilda? 2. What is special about Matillda? 3. How does she deal with her situation at home? 4. What seems to be Roald Dahl’s opinion of watching TV? 5. What…

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• SCIENCE

What are the primary colors?I am pretty sure that they are magenta, yellow, and cyan but on my…

Magenta, yellow and cyan are what are used in photography to achieve the primary colors which are red, yellow, and blue. The colors magenta, yellow and cyan are also the colored light rays used to…

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• ADAM BEDE

How come nobody noticed that Hetty was pregnant? She was only gone for a fortnight.

I wouldn’t say that nobody noticed…Hetty knew, Arthur knew, Adam knew, and someone in Hetty’s family knew since she was probably plagued with morning sickness and was also thickening around the…

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• JANE EYRE

Analyze Jane’s character in Chapter 36 and describe the main technique Bronte employs in the…

Jane’s character in Chapter 36 is a mature, more independent, and determined woman than she was when she first arrived at Thornfield. She has finished her figurative journey of self-discovery at…

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• GUIDE TO LITERARY TERMS

What are the definitions of: Connotation, Denotation, Imagery, Hyperbole, Imperative, Paradox,…

Connotation refers to the implied meanings that words/statements have. Much of modern slang relies on connotation for its meaning, because the literal meanings do not make sense. For example,…