What is Creon’s main concern at the beginning of the play?
- THE WOMAN WARRIOR
In The Woman Warrior, what is the relationship between Kingston and Brave Orchid (her mother)?
In The Woman Warrior, the relationship between Kingston and her mother Brave Orchid is fraught with tension. Kingston says in several places throughout the book that she is and has been confused…
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- ANTIGONE
What is Creon’s main concern at the beginning of the play?
Creon’s main concern is to govern Thebes with authority, but also with justice. Therefore, he is in favor of following the law to the very letter. Additionally, he is concerned with asserting…
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- THE CRUCIBLE
What is the tone in each one of the Acts?
ACT I – SUSPICION and HYSTERIA: Everyone wonders what the girls were doing out in the woods, while the girls wonder what they can do or say to not get caught. They frantically work on a plan when…
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- MATH
What is the maximum area that the enclosure described below can contain?You have 32 m of fencing…
Let x and y be the sides of the rectangle, Then the perimeter: ==> P = 2*x + 2*y But one of the sides will not be fenced because it is open to the barn. Then,we will remove one of the sides….
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- ANTIGONE
Please could someone give me a quick little summary of the story/history of Oedipus, Antigone’s…
Oedipus Rex or Oedipus the King recounts the story of Antigone’s father, Oedipus. There is a longer story, but the short summary is this: Oedipus has become the king of Thebes by solving a riddle…
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- OF MICE AND MEN
How does John Steinbeck use Plot Development to portray the theme of loneliness?
Loneliness is not only present throughout the story, it is present in nearly all of the major characters in a very concrete way. Lennie and George travel around together in part because they…
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- ANTIGONE
Dionysus, or Dionysos, is the Greek god of wine, grape harvest, theatre, and well, partying. His Roman name is Bacchus, and he was celebrated in a myriad of ways. One that is most important to the…
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- LAW AND POLITICS
I need the basic information about the Justinian Code.Only basic information with dates please!
Justinian was the emperor of the Eastern Roman Empire that became known as the Byzantine Empire. By the time he became emperor in 527 the Western Roman Empire had fallen. In 528, he chose ten men…
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- ANTIGONE
Sophocles is the author of Antigone, who is credited with introducing a third actor on stage. Sophocles also changed Greek drama by defining it as what happens between people. We don’t know much…
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- ANTIGONE
What’s a thorough definition of a Greek Tragedy, as well as what it includes? A Greek tragedy…
To answer your definition literally: “According to Aristotle, a Greek tragedy includes an: 1. Incentive moment: pre-existing “in medias res” situation that achieves unity of time, place) 2….
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- ANTIGONE
Please define/describe the ROLE of Tiresias in the play, Antigone.
In Antigone, as well as in other Greek literature, Teiresias is a prophet, sent by the gods to reveal truth to those who will hear him. Another name for a prophet is a “seer,” and, ironically,…
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- HISTORY
Why did delegates think the Articles of Confederation needed to be replaced?
The Articles of Confederation were deeply flawed, could not tax to pay the nation’s $4 million war debt, could not easily pass laws, required unanimous consent for amendments, and could not raise…
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- TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD
How would you describe Mayella and her home life?
Mayella is a 19 year-old lonely girl who wants nothing more than a friend. I would assume that she is either neglected or abused because she seems to have a fear of her father. She assumes the role…
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- POETRY
What is an example of consonance?
Consonance is the repetition of consonant sounds in a sentence. It is most often used and analyzed in poetry. Consonance can be confused with alliteration rather easily because they are so close….
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- S. ELIOT
The tone T.S. Eliot displays in “Macavity: The Mystery Cat” is best described as a. somber.b….
“Macavity: The Mystery Cat” by T.S. Elliot was printed in a collection of poems written between 1909 and 1962, and prior to his death in 1965. The poem is particularly humorous. The rhyme scheme…
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- NIGHT
What are the opportunities of escape at the beginning of night?Just wondering the escape…
Well, there was really only one option for escape: leave the country. However, very few families took this chance. Many did not believe the rumors, even when individuals returned and told stories…
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- MATH
Why is the right hand side of levi-cevita identity anti-symmetric?
Consider the definition for 3 dimension eijk. eijk = -1 for odd pemutation eijk = 1 for even permutation. eijk = 0 when i=j, or j = k or k =i. Therefore eijk = – ejik eijk = ejki , there are 2…
- JOHN F. KENNEDY
What rhetorical devices and purposes are in JFK’S inaugural speech?
JFK’s inaugural address invokes the use of many rhetorical devices: 1. REPETITION: Many of his paragraphs started with “Let both sides…” I think this demonstrated his purpose to unify the…
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- THE DEVIL’S ARITHMETIC
Why is Shmuel’s family going to another village?
Shmuel is getting married to Fayge, the rabbi’s daughter in the next village. Just like in today’s society, a wedding is usually held in the bride’s home town. Shmuel, his family, and his friends…
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- THE OPEN BOAT
What are an examples of situational, dramatic and verbal irony in Crane’s “The Open Boat”?
Situational irony occurs when the men in the open boat see people upon the shore. Situational irony is where a situation occurs in which expectation is contradicted by reality. The men in the…
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- ANTIGONE
How do you explain the meaning of a dialogue quote?For example, how do I explain a quote like:…
Some points of reference for analysis might include: THE SPEAKER: Who said this quote? Why did they say it? What type of character are they? Was it typical or unusual compared to their original…
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- THE GREAT GATSBY
Compare The Great Gatsby to the movie The Usual Suspects.
I would start off with the idea of concealing one’s identity from others. Gatz reinvents himself as Gatsby. Soze reinvents himself as Verbal Kint. In the end, both transformations are done to…
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- DRAMATIC MONOLOGUES AND LYRICS OF BROWNING
What is the meaning of Langbaum’s quote, “dramatic monologue is in disequilibrium with what the…
As discussed by Glennis Byron in Dramatic Monologue, Robert Langbaum in 1957 said “the meaning of the dramatic monologue is in disequilibrium with what the speaker reveals and understands. … we…
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- HISTORY
What does King Louis XVI do or not do to safeguard his Throne during the french revolution?
There are so many mistakes that Louis XVI did prior to the taking of the Bastille that it would take a whole book to write each down. I can offer the ones that stand out the most. First, after the…
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- THE CRUCIBLE
Is Arthur Miller effective of conveying the theme vs. evil?In the Cruicible is Arthur Miller…
Yes, The theme of good versus evil is conveyed in the fanatic obsession of puritanism and witchcraft being used as a way to get people to be tagged, labeled, and in trouble. When Abigail got fired…
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- ESSAY LAB
How can I write a dialog between two people? I need suggestions, please.
Probably the best thing for you to do is find a story or novel and look through the pages until you see a page that has two of the characters talking with each other. The lines will be shorter…
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- DÉSIRÉE’S BABY
I know it is implied, but do Desiree and her child actually die?I need to write an argumentative…
Yes, they did die and there is no way around it. Desiree had so little left in her psyche, and so many limitations occurring in her life when Armand left that she had nothing left to live for. Her…
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- THE GUEST
Who is the prisoner and what is his crime?
In “The Guest,” the prisoner is an arab who is accused of murder. The French gendarme Balducci says: We had been looking for him for a month, but they were hiding him. He killed his cousin….
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- HISTORY
On what was the Harrapan writing found? If someone can answer by reading this article….
The answer to this is that the Harappan writing has been found on pieces of pottery. You can see a picture of one of the pieces of pottery at the top of the article that you have provided a link…
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- SCIENCE
If a student adds HCl to a mixture of SiO2, NaCl, CaCO3, will they eventually be able to separate…
I can’t understand what you mean by separate out the pure components. If HCl is added to the mixture of SiO2, NaCl and CaCO3: HCl does not react with SiO2. This is why HCl can be stored in glass…
- TEACHERS
Which of the following authors is most appropriate for a 3rd grade boy who is a reluctant reader…
In my opinion, Gary Paulsen would be the best choice of author for a third grade boy. My only concern would be that the reading level might be a little high for him, but that is often difficult to…
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- HISTORY
What makes the Harappan culture unique among other ancient civilizations?…
According to this article, what makes the Harappans unique among ancient civilizations is the fact that they seem to have been pretty egalitarian. That is, they did not see their rulers and other…
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- BRAVE NEW WORLD
How does Linda spend her time when she comes back to civilization?
I assume that you are asking about Linda’s activities after she gets back to “civilization.” I have changed your question to reflect that. When Linda finally gets back to civilization, she no…
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- MATH
How to integrate function 1/sin^2x*cos^2x?
To integrate the given function, we’ll have to re-write the numerator of the function to give odds to the resolution of the indefinite integral. We’ll substitute the numerator1, by the fundamental…
- THOMAS KING
Explain the writing career of Thomas King.
Thomas King began in an academic career. After attending colleges in California, he worked as a photojournalist in New Zealand before completing a bachelor degree in English from California State…
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- MATH
If the vertex of the curve ax^2 + (2a+1)x + a-1 is on the line y=3x-1, which is a?
Let f(x) = ax^2 + (2a+1)x + a -1 First let us dtermine the vertex: V(xv, yv) such that: ==> xv = -b/2a = -2a-1/2a = -1 – 1/2a ==> yv = -(b^2 -4ac)/4a = [-(2a+1)^2 + 4a(a-1)]/4a =…
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- SCIENCE
If the time taken for the pendulum to swing from A to C to B is 3 seconds, what is the period of…
The period of oscillation of the pendulum is the time taken to go from one extreme to another. Here that would be from A to C. In the question the mean position is B and the extreme positions are A…
- ESSAY LAB
Write an argumentative paragraph on the following topic: “The use of cellphones can make users…
I don’t think you are going to find anyone to write the paragraph for you here. This will end up falling on your broad shoulders. There are some initial starting points that can help you…
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- THE OLD MAN AND THE SEA
What specific situations are created in the novel? How?
“Situations”? That’s a bit nebulous, but I’ll try: 1. Man vs. man: Santiago is a fisherman on a dry streak, and he’s been the target of the younger fishermen. Santiago fishes in the Biblical…
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- MATH
if the roots of the Q.E. are equal then prove that b²=4ac.10 class quadratic equations.
ax^2+bx+c = has equal roots. We know that if roots are equal say x1 and x1 then we can write the equation as: (x-x1)(x-x1) = 0 and ax^2+bx+c = 0 same equations. So a(x-x1)(x-x1) = ax^2+bx+c must…
- GULLIVER’S TRAVELS
How does Swift’s depiction of the Brobdingnagians reflect on ordinary humans like his readership…
In Book 2 of “Gulliver’s Travels”, Gulliver lands in the land of the Brobdingnags. The Brobs are 12 times larger than Gulliver (conversely, the Lilliputians of Book 1 were 12 times smaller). The…
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- MATH
Establish the relative position of the lines 2x+y-3=0 and 4x+2y+1=0
Given the two lines 2x + y – 3 = 0 and 4x + 2y + 1 = 0 we put them in the form y= mx + c where m is the slope and c is the y-intercept. we have 2x + y – 3 = 0 => y = -2x +3 4x + 2y + 1 = 0…
- MATH
Given y = mx^2 + (2m – 1)*x + m + 3. Calculate m if the image of the function is [3,+infinite).
y = mx^2+(2m-1)x+m+3. The y has the range on the interval (3 , inf). y = mx^2+2mx+m -x+3 y = m(x+1)^2 -x+3 So when y >= 3 m(x+1)^2 -x+3 > 3 0 = m(x+1)^2 -x > = 0 m(x+1)^2 > x. m >…
- MATH
Determine m if the function f has two real roots. The roots are not equal. f = mx^2 + (m-1)*x – m…
f(x) = mx^2+(m-1)x-m+2 . Since f(x) = 0 has two distict real roots, we must have the discriminant greater than zero. So (m-1)^2 – 4*m* (-m+2) > 0 m^2-2m+1 +4m^2-8 > 0 5m^2 -10m -7 > 0…
- MATH
Calculate the indefinite integral of f(x)=1/(cos2x + sin^2x)
To integrate 1/(cos2x+sin^2x). We shall have a transformation; tanx = t. Thhen sec^x*dx = dt or dx = dt/(1+tan^2x) = dt/(1+t^2. We know that cos2x = 2cos^2x-1 = 2/(1+t^2) -1 = (1-t^2)/(1+t^2)…
- MATH
How do I solve the equation 2X+Y<=1000
2x+y < = 1000 is a linear equations. 2x <= (1000-y). So x <= (1000-y)/2 = 500-y/2. We can use x <= 500-y/2 to find all possible vaues of x for any given y. Similarly , we can solve…
- RELIGION
is there a difference between Hindus and Buddhists on how and why they discipline their bodies?
There are so many paths for the ‘HINDUS’to worship ‘GOD’.That is why there are innumerable personal ‘GODS’and sects in Hinduism.Infact one may choose ALLAH or JESUS or KRISHNA or BUDDHA as one’s…
- LITERATURE
In “Meteor” by John Whyndham, explore the ways the writer uses language to vividly portray a…
In general terms, because the text of Wyndham’s “Meteor” isn’t available on-line, when examining a text to determine how an author creates an affect like “radically different perspective of life on…
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- ROMEO AND JULIET
What does this mean: “Tis but thy name that is my enemy Thou art thy self, though not a Montague….
In this line, Juliet is lamenting the fact that she is in love with a man whose family is the enemy of her family. She is saying that it is only his family, and not he himself, that is her enemy….
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- 1984
What is your opinion of Julia? Is she a realist or a cynic ?
Julia is a realist in that she has a real grip on her humanity, and that of others. She obviously is against Big Brother and the system, and the reason for this is that she understands that there…