What are two examples of metaphors in Romeo and Juliet?
- MARCH
What does March like about Grace and Marmee?
March is first drawn to the slave woman named Grace. He meets her when he is a young man working as a peddler in the southern United States. Grace is a slave to Mr. and Mrs. Clement, who are…
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- SCIENCE
How does sarcomere length influence the maximum tension that is possible during muscle…
To answer your question, it is important to explain the structure of skeletal muscle and the mechanism by which muscle contracts. Muscles are made up of units of muscle fibres and each muscle fibre…
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- SCIENCE
Intestinal gas is known as flatus. Thousands of different species of bacteria inhabit the human gut. Archaea, single-celled organisms that used to be classified with bacteria but are now in their…
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- TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD
Atticus says, “Simply because we were licked a hundred years before we started is no reason for…
Atticus is referring to slavery and prejudice in general. For the last hundred years at the time of the novel, African-Americans had been considered less than human. The majority of people in the…
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- HARRISON BERGERON
In what point of view is this story written?
In first-person point of view, the narrator uses “I” or “we.” In the second-person point of view, the narrator uses “you.” In “Harrison Bergeron,” the narrator uses the third-person point of view….
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- THE GIVER
Why does the Community wait until December to name their children in The Giver?
Children are not given a name for the first year of life, until they have met all of the requirements to join a family. All children in the community are given a number when they are born. The…
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- MATH
We have to find the zeros of f(x)=sin(x−π4).f(x)=sin(x-π4).
Hello! Well, this task isn’t very complicated. Recall that zeros of a function f(x)f(x) is the points xx at which f(x)=0.f(x)=0. So we have to solve the equation sin(x−π4)=0.sin(x-π4)=0. The general solution of…
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- HISTORY
How did Lincoln attempt to carve out a moderate position on slavery?
Abraham Lincoln attempted to carve out a moderate position on slavery by saying that he opposed slavery on moral grounds while also saying that he was not in favor of abolition. He particularly…
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- A MODEST PROPOSAL
What is the target of Swift’s satire “A Modest Proposal”? How successful is his attack?
Swift has several targets in “A Modest Proposal.” One is Great Britain. It was British rule that played a major role in creating the horrible conditions in Ireland referenced by Swift in the essay….
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- WHY I LIVE AT THE P.O.
Why does it take 9 loads to bring Sister’s belongings to the post office in “Why I Live at the…
There are two reasons why it takes nine loads to move Sister’s things to the post office. The first reason is basic and fairly factual. The girl who is helping her is pulling a little wagon,…
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- SOCIAL SCIENCES
What were the negative effects of the Columbian Exchange?
The Columbian Exchange was the widespread transfer of goods and ideas, plants, animals, food, humans, cultures, etc., between the east and west after Europe discovered the Americas, opening up…
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- MATH
A geostationary satellite is positioned 35,800 km above earths surface. It takes 24 h to complete…
Hello! We may suppose that the orbit is a circumference, Earth is a ball (sphere) and the speed of a satellite is constant. The radius RR of the orbit is the Earth’s radius plus the given height,…
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- SCIENCE
What are some similarities between the ribosome, endoplasmic reticulum, and golgi appartatus?
Ribosomes, the endoplasmic reticulum, and the Golgi apparatus are all organelles. They are also all involved in the making, packaging, and shipping of proteins. Ribosomes help in the production of…
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- ROMEO AND JULIET
What brings Juliet pain in Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet?
Daughters in Shakespeare’s time, and throughout most of history, were subject to their fathers socially and legally. Young girls did not have the pleasure of choosing to whom they would be married…
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- SCIENCE
What is the direction of energy in a transverse wave compared to oscillation in a longitudinal…
The oscillations of a longitudinal wave occur in the same direction as the direction of energy transfer. The displacement of the medium through which a longitudinal wave travels is either the same…
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- SCIENCE
37.0 gallons of water flow past a given point in Cicero Creek every second. How many milliliters…
You need to convert from gallons/second to milliliters/hour. You can do this using a series of conversion factors to go from gallons to milliliters and from seconds to hours. A conversion factor…
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- THE IDEA OF A UNIVERSITY
If one was to disagree with John Henry Newman’s definition of the purpose of the university, what…
One can disagree with Newman on many grounds. After all, Newman was writing in the nineteenth century after he had been appointed Rector of the new Roman Catholic university in Dublin. His book…
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- THE DIARY OF A YOUNG GIRL
How were the Jews restricted in Amsterdam in Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl?
During the occupation of the Netherlands by Nazi Germany during World War II, the Jewish residents of the Netherlands faced a unique set of circumstances, ultimate leading to the reduction of the…
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- WHIRLIGIG
In Whirligig, where has Brent lived before?
We learn most of this information in the first chapter, “Party Time.” Brent and his parents live in the Chicago area now. They had moved here from Atlanta, because Brent’s father was promoted…
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- SCIENCE
What is the purpose of photosynthesis?
All organisms need energy to survive. Animals receive energy by consuming food. Conversely, plants do not eat, and cannot absorb all the energy they need from the soil. Thus, plants have evolved…
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- OF MICE AND MEN
When all men go to the town and Lennie goes to visit his puppy, who does he visit in Of Mice and…
Lennie talks to Crooks while the men are in town. George and the other men go into town to spend their paychecks, and Lennie stays behind. He goes into the barn to visit the puppies. There he…
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- CATCHING FIRE
How is the setting of the book Catching Fire important to the story?
Two settings stand out as particularly important to the story of Catching Fire. One is District 12, Katniss’s home, where she has returned in a mixture of triumph and guilt after winning the…
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- A DOLL’S HOUSE
Is female agency inherently dangerous in A Doll’s House?
You are asking if female agency is “inherently dangerous” in Henrik Ibsen’s A Doll’s House, but I would question who exactly finds Nora Helmer’s actions seditious? Nora does in fact challenge the…
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- LORD OF THE FLIES
What are Ralph and Jack worried about in Chapters 3 and 4?
Throughout Chapter 3 and 4, Ralph and Jack are both concerned about different things. In Chapter 3, Ralph’s main concern involves building the shelters. Ralph laments that only him and Simon have…
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- FAHRENHEIT 451
What are some similes in part three (“Burning Bright”) of Farenheit 451?
You can find a number of similes in the third part of Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451 if you know how to spot them. Similes are a specific literary device that draw direct comparisons using…
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- TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD
How do you know Dill is a liar?
Dill Harris is Scout and Jem’s imaginative friend from Meridian, who spends his summers at his Aunt Rachel’s house in Maycomb County. Dill is notorious for his tall-tales and made up stories…
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- A ROSE FOR EMILY
What contrasts does the narrator draw between changing reality and Emily’s refusal or inability…
Emily Grierson stands out from the other townspeople of Jefferson in her inability and unwillingness (I think both are true) to recognize and respond to change. Whether it is acknowledging her…
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- OF MICE AND MEN
Crooks is ostracized by the other men because of his race. He has to live by himself in a little room off the barn. It isn’t even his room but a place where they store equipment for the horses. It…
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- TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD
Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird is set during the Great Depression of the 1930’s. How does this…
Most of the country’s economics in the early twentieth century was agriculturally based. A high percentage of families lived and worked on farms for their livelihoods. When Scout asks if they were…
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- HISTORY
How did the Sons of Liberty respond to the movement of British troops?
The Sons of Liberty were originally created to oppose some of the tax laws of the British. They organized protests and boycotts of British products to try to pressure the British government to end…
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- “I HAVE A DREAM” SPEECH
What does Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., predict for the future of American society?
In this speech King shares his dream for America; he says that he hopes and has faith that this dream will come true, so it is also a prediction. The dream or prediction has the following…
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- HISTORY
Gilgamesh wants to kill the monster Humbaba so he can attain fame and glory. Early in the Epic of Gilgamesh, Gilgamesh does not fear death. The god Enlil had decreed that Gilgamesh–2/3 god and 1/3…
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- AN OCCURRENCE AT OWL CREEK BRIDGE
How does “An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge” fit into the literary movement of Realism?
Ambrose Bierce’s story, “An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge,” was written in 1890 when American authors were creating works that embraced Realism. Several characteristics of Realism are present in…
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- THANK YOU, M’AM
What are Mrs. Jones’ character traits in the story “Thank You, Ma’am”?
In the short story “Thank You, Ma’am” by Langston Hughes, Mrs. Jones, the main character, demonstrates that she is a tough, yet sincere and honest woman. One of my favorite descriptions of her…
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- HISTORY
ECONOMIC SYSTEM refers to the______ A. creation of products and services for consumption. B….
In a civilization or culture, the economic system is the system of production, consumption, and trade of goods and services. An economic system can be as simple as a small village that utilizes…
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- THE CRUCIBLE
In The Crucible, Elizabeth explains to Proctor that if people confess to witchcraft they will..?
Elizabeth tells Proctor that if people confess to witchcraft they will not hang. Salem is going crazy! What began with a bunch of girls dancing in the woods has turned into advanced…
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- PETER PAN
Who is Peter Pan? Does he exist in real life?
Peter Pan is a character in a play and novel written by J. M. Barrie. The first appearance of Peter Pan was in a novel called The Little White Bird, published in 1902. In 1904 Peter Pan was brought…
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- THE DEVIL AND TOM WALKER
How is nature used in “The Devil and Tom Walker”?
In “the Devil and Tom Walker,” Washington Irving uses natural surroundings to convey both mood and meaning. When Tom Walker first encounters “Old Scratch,” the black man wearing a red sash, he is…
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- THE ODYSSEY
What information does “the beggar” receive and give about the suitors and Odysseus?
When Odysseus returns to Ithaca, disguised as a beggar, he learns a great deal about the suitors by observing their behavior, especially their behavior toward him. According to the rules of Greek…
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- HOP-FROG
How did Hop Frog come to be in the court in the first place?
According to Edgar Allan Poe, the clever court jester, Hop Frog, was stolen from “some barbarous region” by the King and enslaved for the sole purpose of making the King laugh. Hop Frog is a…
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- SCIENCE
If the speedometer of your car reads a constant speed of 40km/hr can you say 100% for sure that…
Velocity is speed in a given direction. Because it requires that direction be included it’s a vector quantity. Speed is distance covered divided by time elapsed, and isn’t a vector quantity. The…
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- GILGAMESH
I’m supposed to write a short essay comparing excerpts of Book of the Dead and the Epic of…
A good strategy for your essay would be to focus on the idea of the relationship between power and justice and responsibility. In Gilgamesh, we see a king with absolute power. In addition to being…
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- YOU GOT NOTHING COMING
In the book You Got Nothing Coming, Notes from a Prison Fish, how did the main character get to…
You Got Nothing Coming, Notes From a Prison Fish is the memoir of an ordinary man who got sucked into prison life after committing voluntary manslaughter. According to author Jimmy Lerner’s…
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- HISTORY
What was the result of the Battle of Fallen Timbers?
In the years preceding the Battle of Fallen Timbers, which took place in 1794, a large uprising of a confederation of Native Americans led by the Miami war chief Little Turtle, gripped the Ohio…
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- A DOLL’S HOUSE
In A Doll’s House why doesn’t Nora forgive Torvald?
Nora refuses to forgive Torvald for several reasons. Chief among these reasons is the fact that throughout the play, Torvald shows himself to be an uncaring, insensitive man who is ultimately only…
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- TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD
How does Scout’s view of Boo Radley change from the beginning of To Kill a Mockingbird to the end?
When the novel begins, Scout is terrified of Boo Radley. She views him as a sort of legendary monster who lurks around in the night. She listens with fear to the many rumors about the man. She has…
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- SHOOTING AN ELEPHANT
Hello, I’m having trouble understanding exactly the meaning of a thesis in this story “shooting…
I am assuming from the question that you want to come up with a thesis for Orwell’s essay. You can do so by isolating one theme, such as the narrator’s conflict between being true to himself and…
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- LITERATURE
What are some examples of allusion, imagery, mood, tone, similes, metaphors, personification,…
The literary devices you listed can be deployed in written literature, but also in the arts more generally (e.g. film, TV, opera). Examples of each could be drawn from the arts more broadly…
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- THE OPEN WINDOW
What is the plot of “The Open Window”? What are the expostion, rising action, climax, falling…
“The Open Window” by Saki is a short story about a dual-layered practical joke a young woman (Vera) plays on an unsuspecting visitor. The plot points can be broken up according to the plot triangle…
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- ROMEO AND JULIET
What are two examples of metaphors in Romeo and Juliet?
William Shakespeare’s tragedy Romeo and Juliet is fraught with metaphors! A metaphor is a form of figurative language which applies non-literal descriptions in order to draw comparisons between two…
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