What is the progress in medicine during the Renaissance period?

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SCIENCE

This is biology related.. Describe the origin and effects of air, soil and water pollution.

There are various sources of environmental pollution. Industrial and domestic discharges are the chief sources of air, water and soil pollution. Our industries, especially the manufacturing sector,…

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FAHRENHEIT 451

In the book Fahrenheit 451, does Montag like Mildred?

Mildred and Montag may have loved each other at one point, but now they live in a loveless marriage and basically just co-exist in their home. Mildred is obsessed with her soap opera family and…

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THE MINISTER’S BLACK VEIL

What two other services does Reverend Hooper attend the same day that he begins to wear the veil?

After he presides over afternoon services, Mr. Hooper officiates at a funeral first and then a wedding. At the funeral, his veil was “an appropriate emblem.” It didn’t seem so out of place at a…

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SCIENCE

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The dipole-dipole bond will be formed by atoms of two elements with widely differing electronegativities. Since it is a covalent bond, the two atoms will be non-metals. Electronegativity is just…

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FRANKENSTEIN

How does Mary Shelley use the hints and suspense before things happen? What are the techniques…

Throughout the novel of Frankenstein by Mary Shelley, hints and suspense are used to captivate the reader and allude to the events to come. Although there are numerous techniques utilized in the…

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CHAINS

What is the resolution in Chains? What are the plot events in the story?

The plot is a very particular series of events with the following labels: exposition, inciting incident, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution. The exposition of the book happens…

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ROMEO AND JULIET

What does Benvolio do about Rosaline?

Benvolio, Romeo’s cousin, sees that Romeo is clearly hurting over his obsession for Rosaline. Romeo’s brooding causes Benvolio to take several actions. First, he tries to convince Romeo to look…

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HISTORY

In what year was the Louisiana Purchase made?

The Louisiana Purchase was made in 1803. The United States was concerned it didn’t have permission from Spain to use the port of New Orleans. Spain cut off this right to us in 1802. When we…

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JULIUS CAESAR

How do the citizens feel about Caesar after Brutus’s speech in Julius Caesar?

The citizens are supportive of Brutus and seem to accept his characterization of Caesar after his speech. Brutus has an uphill battle in his speech to the people after killing Caesar. Most of the…

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ENGLISH

What are the correct forms for past simple, past perfect simple and past perfect continuous tenses?

Welcome to your new language! English is like your other language(s) – A person, place, or thing (called the “subject”) acts or “does something” (called the predicate). The rest of the…

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HISTORY

What are four main events leading to the Civil War? List them and explain their importance.

There are many important events that led up to the Civil War. Let us look at four of them. Mexican-American War. This war added a great deal of territory to the United States. The slave states…

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HEALTH

Last month, the New York City Board of Health voted to require chain restaurants to publish…

You can respond to this in at least two different ways. You can say that the restaurant association is correct, or you can say that it is overreacting. I will lay out arguments for both sides and…

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DULCE ET DECORUM EST

Do you think that the speaker of Owen’s poem would agree with the sentiment expressed in the…

The speaker paints a harrowing picture of the ghastly conditions of war, so no, he would NOT agree with the idealistic notion that it is sweet and right to die for ones country. From the outset the…

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HISTORY

What was the structure and function of the government set forth by the United States Constitution?

The government system that is outlined in the United States Constitution was one that was unique to the time period. The government would be divided into three separate branches, each with various…

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HISTORY

Who was Adolf Hitler? 1 image

“The best way to take control over a people and control them utterly is to take a little of their freedom at a time, to erode rights by a thousand tiny and almost imperceptible reductions. In…

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THE RIME OF THE ANCIENT MARINER

Were the sailors right to punish the ancient mariner? Who has the right to punish sinners in “The…

The ship has been drawn toward the South Pole. They are surrounded by ice. When the Albatross arrives, they treat it as a good omen. They feed the Albatross and the ice breaks, allowing them to…

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THE CASK OF AMONTILLADO

Why did Montresor invite Fortunato into the catacombs?

At the beginning of the story, Montresor claims that he has suffered a “thousand injuries” at the hand of Fortunato. He never goes into any detail about these alleged injuries, but they are…

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HISTORY

How does Anne Frank feel towards her sister?

Anne Frank does not reveal a great deal about Margot Frank in her diary. Margot is three years older and there tends to be a little bit of sibling rivalry or jealousy in her writing about her…

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SONNET 116

What are some examples of figurative language and imagery in Sonnet 116 by William Shakespeare?…

Shakespeare’s Sonnet 116 argues the point (which is also a theme) that true love is everlasting and not swayed by anything temporal or metaphysical. The first metaphor in line 5 compares love with…

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SOCIAL SCIENCES

What consequences are there for people who don’t conform in society?

All actions have consequences, and while it is easy to condemn “anti-social behavior” and to ascribe dire, even punitive, consequences to all “anti-social” behavior (prison, rejection by…

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SELF-RELIANCE

In the essay, “Self Reliance,” what does every person realize at some moment in his education?

Emerson states specifically that every man comes to realize that envy is ignorance and imitation is suicide. The passage in question reads as follows: There is a time in every man’s education when…

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MACBETH

Why didn’t Macbeth kill Banquo himself? Why give the job to those two murderers?

These are interesting questions. There are several possible answers. In the first and most important place, Shakespeare was trying to maintain some degree of audience sympathy for Macbeth because…

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LORD OF THE FLIES

Do the hunters see Ralph as a leader in Golding’s Lord of the Flies?

To answer this, we should look at what we might consider to be evidence of a character being viewed as a leader; They can be specifically acclaimed as a leader, essentially by another character…

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HISTORY

What was the cause and the effect of the Battle of Fallen Timbers?

The cause of the Battle of Fallen Timbers was American expansion into the Ohio Valley after the Revolutionary War. After the war, this region, long desired by the Americans, passed into American…

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FAHRENHEIT 451

Why does Montag think books will make him happy in Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury?

In Fahrenheit 451, during a conversation with Faber, Montag reveals why he thinks books will make him happy: We have everything we need to be happy, but we aren’t happy. Something’s missing. I…

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SCIENCE

What is the primary cause of sympatric speciation?

The primary force that drives sympatric speciation is reproductive isolation. It is more common in plants and generally occurs when polyploid individuals are produced. For instance due to a failure…

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HISTORY

Which statement best explains the concept of “manifest destiny?”

I think there is supposed to be a list of phrases or definitions with your question. I do not know which statement best explains manifest destiny, because there are no statements included;…

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OF MICE AND MEN

Was George a good friend to Lennie?

This is a debatable question, but in my view, George was a good friend to Lennie for two reasons. First, George stuck with Lennie. This counts for something. Lennie is mentally challenged. It is…

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DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE

Explain how the Declaration of Independence preserved individual rights and formed a strong and…

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit…

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A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE

How are Stella, Stanley, Blanche, Eunice, and Steve interrelated in A Streetcar Named Desire?

Stella and Stanley are married. Eunice and Steve are married. This makes Blanche seem all the more the solitary and needy outsider. Eunice and Steve are friends and neighbors of Stella and Stanley….

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HISTORY

Why do the formation of military alliances increase the likelihood of a country going to war? 1 image

The tangled web of military alliances that were signed before World War I is considered one of the underlying causes of World War I. Without the network of alliances that existed in Europe during…

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LAW AND POLITICS

What are the political advantages of having committee?

There are political advantages to having a committee. By forming a committee, when it comes to passing a law, the committee is able to take its time to study the proposed bill in detail. The…

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SCIENCE

How does the mRNA molecule carry information to DNA?

The question is a little bit incorrect. mRNA does not carry genetic information to DNA. mRNA carries the genetic information from the DNA to a ribosome. The ribosome will then “read” the mRNA…

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FAREWELL TO MANZANAR

In “Farewell to Manzanar” how did the Japanese experience eminent domain?

The term “eminent domain” refers to the government’s taking over private property for public use. While the homes and property of the Japanese were not taken by the government, they could…

SCIENCE

If the universe keeps expanding, what is it expanding into? Will it turn to another big bang?

The Big Bang Theory basically states all the solid material in the universe was assimilated together at one point (a singularity), and then, under extreme conditions of pressure and temperature, a…

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HAMLET

What explanation does Gertrude offer for Hamlet’s murder of Polonius?

Gertrude has to tell her husband Claudius about the murder, but she wants to attribute it to her son’s madness, which she now realizes is all a pretense. So she leaves out the important details…

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MATH

from an observation point the angles of depression of two boats in line with this point are found…

From an observation point 4000 feet high 2 boats are spotted — one of the boats has a 30 degree angle of depression while the other has an angle of depression of 45 degrees. We are asked to find…

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HISTORY

How significant was the Battle of the Somme to the Allies winning the war?

The significance of the Battle of Somme to the Allied effort in World War I is subject to great debate by historians. The battle did have the effect of moving the line about ten miles in the…

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SCIENCE

Is oxygen decreasing if respiration occurs?

Oxygen is consumed in the process of cellular respiration as per the following chemical reaction: C6H12O6+6O2→6CO2+6H2O+ATPC6H12O6+6O2→6CO2+6H2O+ATP here, oxygen is used for breakdown of food (in the…

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MACBETH

What spooks Macbeth while he waits to kill Duncan?

When Macbeth enters the chamber to kill Duncan he is alarmed by the fact that Donalbain is lodged in the next chamber. He believes that Donalbain and his brother Malcolm awaken before the murder…

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SCIENCE

Why is my hair brown?

The presence or absence of a substance called melanin is what determines the different hair colors. For brown hair, a subdivision of melanin, called eumelanin, is what produces the pigment, or…

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SCIENCE

Effects of alcohol on the human heart?

Long-term or heavy binge drinking can cause a number of health troubles. Alcoholic cardiomyopathy is a condition where the muscles of the heart become weakened when someone drinks on a long term…

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SCIENCE

Why do you think charging by rubbing happens best in dry weather?

Charging by rubbing takes advantage of the fact that different materials have different abilities to gain electrons. For example, when a piece of fabric is rubbed against a rubber balloon, the…

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THE HOUSE ON MANGO STREET

In what ways are hips “scientific” in The House on Mango Street?

Esperanza feels like she woke up one morning and all of a sudden had hips. When discussing this with her friends Rachel and Lucy, they tell her hips are good for holding babies while cooking and…

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HISTORY

How did the Victorians live and work?

There was such variety of living and working conditions in Victorian England (1837-1901) that it would be impossible to describe all of them here. There are, however, some key trends which will you…

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SCIENCE

Make a list of any possible solutions that have been discussed to try and reverse the problems in…

Well, there is a long list of environmental problems cased by human beings and a long list of solutions that have been proposed or adopted. The environmental problems can be thought off in terms of…

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REFERENCE

How to review a paper along with different related papers.

There are a couple of ways to review a paper. The simplest way to review a paper is to look only at grammar and punctuation. I say simplest, because you are only looking for those mistakes….

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THE MASQUE OF THE RED DEATH

In “The Masque of the Red Death”, why do Prince Prospero and his guest lock themselves into an…

Prince Prospero secludes himself and his high-ranking friends in order to escape a plague. The story begins by introducing and describing the effects of the plague, called the Red Death. It is said…

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SELF-RELIANCE

What is the summary of paragraphs 1 through 17 of “Self-Reliance”?

Emerson opens this essay by talking about some original (“unconventional”) lines he had read by a painter. It is the sentiment, more than the subject of the lines themselves, that leaves an…