What are some sensory images in “There Will Come Soft Rains”?
- THE ORESTEIA
In The Oresteia by Aeschylus, how do Apollo and the Furies differ in how they interpret the bond…
The Oresteia by Aeschylus is a true trilogy containing three plays that are performed in chronological sequence. In the first play, the Agamemnon, Clytemnestra hills her husband Agamemnon, in part…
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- DANCING AT LUGHNASA
What is Gerry Evans’ role in Dancing at Lughnasa by Brian Friel?
Gerry Evans is Michael’s father and the off-and-on lover of Michael’s mother, Chris Mundy. Dabbling unsuccessfully in various occupations (he’s a gramophone salesman with aspirations of fighting in…
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- NEVER LET ME GO
In Kazuo Ishiguro’s Never Let Me Go, how could we consider Hailsham as a golden cage for the…
The golden cage image (or what is also commonly called a “gilded cage”) is one that suggests one lives in luxury but without freedom. Hailsham appears to be a very high quality boarding school in…
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- SCIENCE
There are a number of ways in which heat can be transmitted, including convection, conduction and radiation. Sun’s rays travel through the space by radiation (since there is no medium for heat…
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- THE CANTERVILLE GHOST
When did the ghost first feel a little humiliated in “The Canterville Ghost”?
In “The Canterville Ghost,” the ghost is humiliated by the Otis family after his very first appearance. This occurs in Chapter Two, late in the night, when the Otis family are all asleep in their…
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- NO LONGER AT EASE
Discuss No Longer at Ease as a post-colonial novel.
In Achebe’s novel No Longer at Ease, Obi is not a competitor in a power struggle, but rather is a victim of the struggle caused by colonialism. Ezeulu’s power struggle highlights the dangers of…
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- SCIENCE
how do chromosomes arrange during prophase 1 and metaphase 1 of meioses and the significance of…
During Prophase 1 of meiosis, two chromosomes adhere to one another forming a homolog pair. This pair is arranged in a tetrad or bivalent structure because a single chromosome is made up of two…
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- SOCIOLOGICAL THEORIES OF RELIGION: CONFLICT ANALYSIS
Scholars in the sociology of religion seek to study religion systematically and scientifically….
Within the scholarly community, there are actually few objections to the empirical study of religion. That is not to say that scholars consider the empirical approach the only way to study…
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- THE ROAD NOT TAKEN
How has the decision in “The Road Not Taken” by Robert Frost affected the traveler’s life in the…
In the poem “The Road Not Taken” by Robert Frost, a traveler comes to a fork in the road and needs to decide which path to take. Both paths look fairly similar, but one, which is slightly more…
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- ROMEO AND JULIET
What are some quotes about prejudice and anti-prejudice from the Romeo and Juliet film by Baz…
Baz Luhrmann, together with Craig Pearce, adapted Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet for that film and famously stayed true to the original dialogue throughout most of the film. That’s one of the…
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- THINGS FALL APART
What are some things that happened in Things Fall Apart that show that the British invasion…
Chinua Achebe’s post-colonial novel Things Fall Apart depicts the rise of British colonialism as experienced by members of a prominent Igbo family. Okonkwo, the patriarch of this family, is…
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- NIGHT
Why does the head of the block order the men to clean their bunks?
As Elie and the rest of his block are ordered to begin a forced march from their camp (fleeing the Allies who are fast approaching), the head of their bunk realizes he has not cleaned the bunk and…
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- THE ODYSSEY
In the book the Odyssey, who or what is the great leveler in book III?
Athena mentioned the great leveler while talking to Telemachus. The goddess was trying to convince him that the gods had the ability to protect his father on his homeward journey. However, she…
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- LOVE AND HATE IN JAMESTOWN
What happened during the winter of 1609-10? In Love and HAte in jamestown
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- THINGS FALL APART
What has Things Fall Apart failed to do as a postcolonial text?
In most ways, Chinua Achebe’s seminal debut novel Things Fall Apart is a textbook example of a successful postcolonial text. Indeed, Achebe presents an authentically Nigerian story about a…
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- LAW AND POLITICS
What are the most important differences between a single-member district and proportional…
A single member district is an electoral district from which only one person gets elected in a given race. All Congressional districts in the United States are single member districts. It is true…
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- THANK YOU, M’AM
What effect will Mrs. Jones have on Roger’s future in Langston Hughes’s short story “Thank You,…
In Langston Hughes’s short story “Thank You, M’am,” Mrs. Luella Bates Washington Jones significantly influences Roger through compassion, care, and generosity. When Roger tries to steal her purse,…
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- CARL SANDBURG
How does one understand Carl Sandburg’s poem that begins with the following lines: They have…
Carl Sandburg (1878 – 1967) lived and wrote during the Gilded Age, a period of significant economic growth due to industrialization, as well as of corruption, that spanned between the 1870s to the…
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- MISS BRILL
Does Miss Brill come to a realization about her life and habits, or does she manage to suppress…
Miss Brill does come to a realization about her life and habits. At the Jardin Publique, after she overhears the young man ridiculing her and the girl mocking her fur, her dream-world in which she…
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- HISTORY
How did ideas, like the worship of Isis, spread in the Ancient World?
Even though transportation was slower in antiquity and the present, and there was no instantaneous communication via the internet, people did travel widely and exchange ideas. There were two main…
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- NATHAN THE WISE
What was the context in which Nathan the Wise by Gotthold Ephraim Lessing was written? Who was…
Gotthold Ephraim Lessing was born on 22 January 1729 in Kamenz, Saxony in Germany where his father was a Lutheran minister. He died on 15 February 1781. He is known primarily as a playwright,…
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- NIGHT
Summarize the deportation events.
The first instance of deportation occurred against the foreign Jews of Sighet. The alleged deportation ended in the brutal murder of the Jews by German soldiers in Poland. Moishe the Beadle, a…
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- TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD
What is an example of an inference in To Kill A Mockingbird and page number?
Inference: Tom Robinson will be found guilty because the racist jury members convict him simply because he is black. In Chapter 19, Scout and Dill have a conversation with Dolphus Raymond. Dolphus…
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- RELIGION
What makes you you and not someone else, in Unamuno’s sense?
“And the secret of human life, the universal secret, the root secret from which all other secrets spring, is the longing for more life, the furious and insatiable desire to be everything else…
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- THE ODYSSEY
What explanation does Telemachus give when Mentes asks him about the chaos in his house?
In book 1 of the Odyssey, Athena journeys to Ithaca to meet with Telemachus, the son of Odysseus. The goddess disguises herself as Mentes (Mentor in some translations, such as the one I will quote…
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- THE LOTTERY
What perfunctory steps take place every year?
Many of the steps involved in the completion of the lottery could be described as perfunctory. For example, every year the villagers make a list of all of the members of the village from the oldest…
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- A ROSE FOR EMILY
How do we learn about Emily? How do reports and rumors about her create the narrative of her life?
The narrator in William Faulkner’s “A Rose for Emily” seems to be a collective town voice, or a town spokesperson, if you will. Everything the reader learns about Emily is filtered through what…
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- LAW AND POLITICS
If you had the ability to decide which department in the federal bureaucracy to get rid of, which…
It might be surprising to hear this from a teacher, but I would consider eliminating the Department of Education. Not because I don’t want funding for education, but because I would rather see…
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- A PEOPLE’S HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES
In A People’s History of the United States, what evidence does Zinn offer to support his…
The quote that you cite is found about halfway through Chapter 3 of Howard Zinn’s A People’s History of the United States. Most of the rest of the chapter gives his evidence for this, so there…
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- HISTORY
How did the Catholic Church respond to the challenges of Luther, Calvin, and the Protestant…
In 1517, Martin Luther posted his 95 Theses to the door of All Saints’ Church in Wittenberg, Germany. In these theses, Luther questioned the Catholic Church’s sale of indulgences to reduce…
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- PEDRO PÁRAMO
Explain the death of Toribio Aldrete in Pedro Páramo.
In Pedro Paramo, Juan Preciado has gone back to Comala to find his estranged father, Pedro Paramo. As he travels to the village, he meets his half-brother, Abundio Martinez, who serves as his…
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- REFERENCE
An oxymoron is a figure of speech that combines seemingly contradictory words or phrases to offer new meaning. Here are a few examples you may have heard before: Jumbo shrimp. We typically know…
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- HISTORY
What are some negatives of the Articles of Confederation?
When the American colonies declared their independence from Britain in 1776, they drafted the Articles of Confederation’ to bind themselves together as unified country. These Articles, however,…
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- FAHRENHEIT 451
1.) In Fahrenheit 451, why does America look so good? 2.) Who is Faber? How is he a coward? 3.)…
The world in Fahrenheit 451 is marked by oppression and extreme limitations of freedom of speech, press, and publication. The authorities even condemn and criminalize freedom of thinking. Clarisse…
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- THE POSSIBILITY OF EVIL
What does the title of “The Possibility of Evil” mean? Where in the story is it explained?
The title refers to the possibility of evil occurring in Miss Strangeworth’s town. At the start of the story, the name of the protagonist immediately gives one pause. We are led to question why the…
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- HISTORY
How did British policy after 1763 push the colonies closer to independence?
In 1763 the Seven Years’ War came to an end and Britain became the ruler of much of North America. But war had come at a high cost: Britain’s national debt was £121 million, a staggering amount in…
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- THE NIGHTINGALE
In The Nightingale, in all of the student’s garden there is no red rose. What do you think is…
In the story The Nightingale, the red rose symbolizes love. The red rose is considered the most beautiful and the most desired flower in the world, just like love is so beautiful and so desired….
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- SCIENCE
What are some good websites for information on the butterfly that are clear to pre teens?
For pre-teens there is a wealth of information on butterflies available online. A quick ‘Google’ for “butterfly facts kids” should get you off to a good start. However, here are some more thorough…
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- LAW AND POLITICS
Why do sports athletes get paid exorbitant amounts of money, when U.S. soldiers get paid a small…
The fact that athletes are paid much more than soldiers is very troubling to some people. There is no doubt that without the soldiers and everything for which they fight, there would be no sports…
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- ISLAND OF THE BLUE DOLPHINS
In the Island of the Blue Dolphin what illness spread during winter and why was she afraid of the…
Island of the Blue Dolphins is a book about a woman named Karana. She was left behind on the island after she went to retrieve her younger brother. Her tribe had to evacuate the island because of…
- SPEECH TO THE VIRGINIA CONVENTION
In 1775, Patrick Henry made his speech to his audience of Virginia legislators to convince them…
Three main points that Patrick Henry makes in order to support his argument: 1. There is no reason to think that England will treat the colonies more justly. When the first Continental Congress…
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- ONCE UPON A TIME
In Once Upon A Time by Nadine Gordimer, how does the cat symbolize and support the theme of the…
In Once Upon A Time by Nadine Gordimer, the cat reveals the flaws in the family’s perfect world. After the family install an alarm system, it is the cat which sets it off during the night when it…
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- LITERATURE
In the short story “Harrison Bergeron,” what does the first line suggest? (The first line of…
The first line suggests several things. First and most simply, it establishes the setting. This is far enough in the future for things to have changed, but still close enough to be considered near…
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- FAHRENHEIT 451
What is the meaning of this quote from Fahrenheit 451, by Captain Beatty: “So bring on your…
Shortly before this section, Beatty is on a rant about why books should be burned. He lists different types of literature and how they might offend certain groups. If anyone is offended, his…
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- HISTORY
What is going on in this picture and what is the bag for? 1 image
Although I cannot tell for sure since the picture is not given any context, this appears to be a picture of a group of men about to tar and feather another man. This is most likely a depiction of…
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- TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD
How does Scout describe Little Chuck Little?
Little Chuck Little is one of the many poor students in Miss Caroline’s first grade class. Scout describes Chuck Little as having phenomenal patience with all living things, following an incident…
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- SCIENCE
How many moles of Neon will be needed to fill a 48.0 Liter tank at STP?
The volume of one mole of any gas at STP is 22.4 L. STP means standard temperature and pressure. This comes from Avogadro’s hypothesis that equal volumes of gases at the same temperature and…
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- BLESS ME, ULTIMA
How would you characterize Antonio’s own religious beliefs in Bless Me, Ultima?
Antonio is still discovering his religious beliefs because he is being pulled in two opposing directions (Catholicism and the magic of Ultima) and trying to reconcile the two. One of Antonio’s most…
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- LITERATURE
What are some sensory images in “There Will Come Soft Rains”?
An author uses sensory images in a literary piece to appeal to one or more of the reader’s five senses. Sara Teasdale uses imagery in her poem “There Will Come Soft Rains” to describe the…
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- OF MICE AND MEN
How does Candy explain that they are no longer afraid that Curley’s wife will get them fired?
In Chapter Four of Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men, Crooks, Lennie and Candy have come together in Crooks’s room. Lennie, somewhat at loose ends because George has gone into town, sees the light from…
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