What is actually the name of Kate Miller?
- BUSINESS
BUYERS ALWAYS PREFER LOWER PRICES TO HIGHER PRICES .DO YOU AGREE OR DISAGREE WITH THIS…
As long as you say “all other things being equal” I would agree with this statement. In other words, there are some things that could make a buyer prefer a higher price. The main thing that could…
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- ARTS
What is actually the name of Kate Miller?
Australian singer, Kate Miller, who is classically conservatory trained in opera, was born Kate Miller-Heidke in Brisbane, Australia. Kate loved performing from a young age and used to charge her…
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- BUSINESS
PRICE IS 10 DOL, QS IS 50 UNITS, AND THE QD IS 100 UNITS. FOR EVERY 1 DOL RISE IN PRICE, QS…
The equilibrium price will be $15 and the equilibrium quantity will be 75. You can see that this is correct by doing the math. We start out at a price of $10 with QS at 50 and QD at 100. You say…
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- THE BLACK CAT
What is the significance of the fire in Edgar Allan Poe’s story “The Black Cat”? There’s a…
The fire itself in “The Black Cat” is not immensely significant, but its effect is. On the very night that the narrator hangs his once-beloved cat Pluto, his house catches on fire. The entire…
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- BUSINESS
Compare the ratings for television shows to prices for goods. How are the ratings like prices?HOW…
The main function of prices in a market economy (economically speaking) is to send messages (economic signals). When we know the equilibrium price of a good or service we know that A) there are…
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- BUSINESS
MANY MOVIE THEATRES CHARGE A LOWER PRICE FOR THE FIRST SHOW ON WEEKDAY AFTERNOONS THAN THEY DO…
No, it’s not diminishing marginal utility. Really what it is is that these are in a sense different products with different demand curves. Fewer people are willing/able to go to movies early on…
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- LAW AND POLITICS
Why is there separation of church and state in the United States?
The “separation of church and state” is derived from two statements in the First Amendment of the US Constitution: the “establishment clause” and the “free exercise clause” that immediately…
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- SCIENCE
Your body is made up of_____,_________,and___that work together to keep your body alive and healthy.
I’m not sure if you are looking for specific answers or just appropriate answers that fit, but I’ll give it a shot. There are so many things that this could be–organs, cells, and nerves. Organs…
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- HAMLET
In Hamlet in what way are we prepared for the tragedy described by the Queen in relation to…
There are several ways in which we could have been prepared for the news of Ophelia’s death. The first works only if you have read a lot of Shakespeare; typically, Shakespearian tragedies play out…
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- THE LEGEND OF SLEEPY HOLLOW
Why did Washington Irving write “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow”?
While some controversy still exists over whether Irving is the creator of the basic storyline of “Sleepy Hollow,” his purpose in writing the story in the manner that he did is original to him….
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- THE CATCHER IN THE RYE
Holden caulfielddoes anyone view holden as a hero for our time? how?
On the surface, Holden might appear to be a dubious hero at best, but what do we find if we dig a little deeper. On the surface we know he has been kicked out of yet another school (Okay not kicked…
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- FRANKENSTEIN
How is appearance discussed in Frankenstein and how is that view revelant to our society?
The importance that humans place on outward appearance is extremely significant to the novel. Victor creates his monster by trying to make him as glorious looking as possible. As he brings the…
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- THE SCARLET LETTER
What is Chillingsworth’s attitude toward Hester in Chapter 4 of Nathaniel Hawthorne’s The Scarlet…
In Chapter 4 of The Scarlet Letter, when Chillingworth first encounters Hester after his sojourn in the forest, his attitude toward Hester is one of a dual regret mixed with an ironic sarcasm…
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- BUSINESS
Can you identify the error in the following statement about demand curves?The price of t-shirts…
If I’m understanding your question correctly, you need to explain how people could buy more t-shirts as the price rises (and you can’t say that the the demand curve is upward sloping). On that…
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- THE OUTSIDERS
What happens at the drugstore?
At the beginning of Chapter 2, Ponyboy Curtis and Johnny Cade met Dally Winston on “the corner of Pickett and Sutton.” When they met, they were too early to go the movie at the drive-in, so they…
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- THE GIVER
Why did the community make the distinction between “selection” for Receiver of Memory and…
“Assignment” is a common and relatively simple process in the society. At the age of twelve, every citizen is “Assigned” to a job they will do for the good of the community. Children are…
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- THE ROAD NOT TAKEN
How do such poems as “The Road Not Taken,” “Mending Wall,” work to discuss the individual…
In “Mending Wall” as I discuss at the first link below, Frost is talking about whether there is a need for barriers between individuals. Follow the first link to read more. In “The Road Not…
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- HISTORY
What are the 2 most important reasons that businesses grew during the 19th century industrial…
I assume you are asking why there was an increase in the size of firms during this time. And I’m assuming we’re talking about the United States. Factor 1: Technology. There is no one single piece…
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- SOCIAL SCIENCES
How does domestic violence lead to jail and death?
I’ll try to answer this question as it is written, but I feel you might want to clarify it so that you can get better answers. The most obvious connection between domestic violence and death is…
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- LAW AND POLITICS
How did the American Feminist movement affect the entry of women into the politic sphere?
There have been at least two “feminist movements” in the US. The first happened in the 1800s and was concerned with such things as pushing for the right to vote (which women gained nationwide in…
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- SCIENCE
THE DAY AFTER TOMORROW MOVIE QUESTIONSa) Excluding time factor discuss weather presented are…
Like much of Hollywood’s apocalyptic fare, I tnink this movie is an exaggeration, but contains a bit of truth. We do need to be prepared for catastrophic events, but it is not likely that they…
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- THE ROAD NOT TAKEN
How do such poems as “Mending Wall,” work to discuss the individual and the culture?…
“Mending Wall” in particular, explores (and questions?) the need for barriers between people. Whether there is such a need or why the need arises speaks to what our culture is like. In the poem,…
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- ORYX AND CRAKE
Why dose language play such important part in the concept of the noble?
In regard to Oryx and Crake, language is central to the concept of the noble in literature because it is the medium that has historically captured and preserved some of the world’s greatest and…
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- PAUL’S CASE
Do you think Cather was a bit heavy-handed in killing Paul?”Pauls Case” BY Willa Cather
This is an interesting question! Paul’s suicide does seem a bit heavy-handed, but it is very much in Paul’s character. Think about his interactions with the faculty at his school. He is flamboyant…
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- AN OCCURRENCE AT OWL CREEK BRIDGE
Compare Cather’s account of Paul’s death in “Paul’s Case” with accounts of dying in other stories…
Both “Paul’s Case” and “An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge” rely heavily upon the stream-of-consciousness technique, meaning that they take place in a character’s head and stream that character’s…
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- HISTORY
How were these places significant in the French Revolution? (see description below)The storming…
- The Bastille was a big fortress and prison in Paris. As a prison, it was a symbol of the oppression the people felt. A mob stormed it on July 14, 1789, looking for weapons. This is seen as…
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- MATH
factorization of 128×4 – 54xy3please explain with the all steps
Factorization means that you take what is common between different terms, and take that out of the parenthesis grouping those terms. Factoring the following: 128x^4 – 54xy^3 First, note what is…
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- HARD TIMES
How has the river in Charles Dickens’ “Hard Times” been polluted?
In Charles Dickens’ “Hard Times,” Coketown is portrayed as a sort of industrial nightmare area. The book is written in the context of an England where a new, industrialized society is taking the…
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- SOCIAL SCIENCES
I want a defination for those statements please:1- city officials are trying to stop development…
Presumably these are questions straight from your text or homework and your teacher may be looking for particular words or terms that are now known to those of us who don’t have your particular…
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- HISTORY
How did these factors help business get bigger during the Industrial Revolution? (see description…
- New technology helped in various ways. Railroads, for example, gave access to larger markets. Machinery allowed firms to make more product more quickly, thus allowing them to get bigger. 2….
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- BY THE WATERS OF BABYLON
In “By the Waters of Babylon,” where did John see the word Lincoln?
I’ve read through the entire story very closely, and don’t see any place where he sees the word Lincoln. However, he does come across a ruined statue with the letters “ASHING” under it. He…
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- TEACHERS
Should gifted students skip gradesShould a student skip a grade level due to academic…
I skipped 6th grade way back when and I don’t think it did me any lasting damage. However, my case may be unusual since I was attending a small missionary school out in Micronesia and was promoted…
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- HAMLET
What is an example of a parody in ‘Hamlet” by William Shakespeare?Also, what is a definition of…
The word parody is taken from the Greek parōidía, which means, according to the Encyclopedia Britannica, “a song sung alongside another.” A complex literary device, parody’s purpose is to make a…
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- MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING
Discuss the character of Don John and his role in “Much Ado About Nothing”.
Don John is the half brother of the prince, Don Pedro. He is the bastard brother since his parents, unlike Don Pedro’s, weren’t married. He is angry and bitter and he is jealous because he is…
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- THE WAVES
What are the representations of woman in Virginia Woolf’s The Waves?
Of the six main characters in The Waves, three are women: Susan, Rhoda, and Jinny, and each in a different way picture a different side of womanhood. Susan is the most “natural” of the three women….
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- A PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST AS A YOUNG MAN
What are the representations of women in James Joyce’s A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man?
Joyce’s Portrait has a very unique perspective on women through its protagonist, Stephen Dedalus. In the first chapter, there are only two women encountered in a significant way. These are his…
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- LITERATURE
Suggestions for historical fiction recent European historyMy wife has a coworker whose daughter…
Have her try some biographies. Princess Diana’s story might interest her. Or maybe the mystery surrounding the Romanovs and Anastasia of Russia. Or the great love story of the Duke and Duchess of…
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- SCIENCE
Reagrding THE DAY AFTER TOMORROW, the movie, if we are in global warming, why is a scenario of…
The world climate is currently warming. This produces many affects, from insect zone changes to droughts. One affect, perhaps having the most impact, is that ice shelves all around the planet are…
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- TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD
Compare and contrast Atticus’s and aunt alexandra’s methods of parenting? Who’s do you think is a…
Atticus Finch teaches his children, Scout and Jem, with kindness and consideration; he sets an example for them in everything he does and does not belittle or underestimate them. When Atticus…
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- FAHRENHEIT 451
According to Clarisse’s uncle in “The Hearth and the Salamander,” what virtue are the youth of…
Clarisse talks about her uncle quite a bit; he seems to be her main source of information about the way things used to be. In the second conversation between Clarisse and Montag that we read about,…
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- JABBERWOCKY
In “Jabberwocky,” by Lewis Carroll, what is the effect of the last stanza’s being a repetition of…
My first thought is that the repetition tells us that the story in the poem is over. Most of us are used to the convention that that hero returns home after her or his adventures, for example, and…
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- THE SCARLET LETTER
What is the tone, theme, imagery and figurative language of chapter 16 from “The Scarlet…
Chapter XVI of “The Scarlet Letter” characteristic of Romanticism, is rich in atmosphere and symbolism. The gloom and chill of the forest reflects Hester’s state of mind and the mood of the scene…
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- SHAKESPEARE’S SONNETS
The speaker of the poem argues that “Love’s not Time’s fool.” What does he mean by this? Do you…
The line that you cite argues that love is eternal and is not to be subordinated to time. As long as we’re talking about love within the lifetime of the lover, I agree (at least at this point in my…
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- ANNE BRADSTREET
What are some of the poetic elements in Anne Bradstreet’s “To My Dear and Loving Husband”?
The first poetic element (I’m more used to the term “poetic device”) appears in the repetition of the phrase “If ever…, then…” in the first three lines and, in a different form, in…
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- SHAKESPEARE’S SONNETS
What does this poem mean? Please answer ASAP, it is super urgent.”Let me not to the marriage of…
The basic idea of this sonnet (Sonnet 116) is that love is constant and unchanging. The first quatrain says that love does not change, no matter what the circumstance. The second quatrain describes…
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- SOCIAL SCIENCES
Anyone with ideas on how to write about the development stages, theories from J. Piaget and Erik…
I”ve always understood these developmental stages as a story; the protagonist (the person who’s developing) faces different challenges and, as a result, changes in the course of the story. This…
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- THE WAR OF THE WORLDS
In what way does the scientific theory of evolution influence Wells’ vision of the Martians in…
Evolution says that due to genetic variation, some organisms are better suited to their environment than others and survive to reproduce. In War of the Worlds, the Martians seem to be about to take…
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- HATCHET
What is the external conflict and internal conflict in Hatchet?
The most apparent notion of external conflict in the work exists between Brian and the wilderness. The natural elements of weather, predators, and scarcity of resources help to provide the…
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- REFERENCE
Some people say that computers have made life easier and more convenient. Others say that…
You can argue both cases quite easily. Computers have made entertainment (downloaded or streamed music or video, for example) and communications (email, IM, etc) much more convenient. Computers…
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- SCIENCE
Some people believe that earth is being harmed by human activity. Others feel that human activity…
Yes to both. Of course some things people are doing hurt the planet. If you believe in global warming, like most scientists do, that’s the most obvious example. But there are others, such as all…
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