What is the purpose of Act IV in the play, Romeo and Juliet?
- GUIDE TO LITERARY TERMS
What is a “clincher” supposed to be?
The word “clincher” in an academic setting typically pertains to writing, and more specifically, to arguing. According to Webster, a “clincher” is a decisive fact, argument, or remark. Think about…
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- ROMEO AND JULIET
What is the purpose of Act IV in the play, Romeo and Juliet?
The major purpose of Act IV of this play is to act as the falling action in the plot of the play. The climax of the play has come in Act III when Romeo kills Tybalt. This is the point where the…
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- LEAVES OF GRASS
According to the preface of Leaves of Grass, what is the promise of American literature and has…
I think that one of the most basic elements that comes out of Whitman’s Preface is the idea of linking the subjective with the national. Whitman seeks to establish that there is such a thing as…
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- TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD
What is the background behind this quote in To Kill a Mockingbird?”The one thing that doesn’t…
The background information needed to help you understand a quote is also called the context of the quote. In order to determine this, you should go back to the text itself and re-read what is…
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- HISTORY
What were some of the specific economic gains for the National Road system?I need specifics – if…
It’s important to remember that at this time in US history, the 1830s, the infrastructure of the country was very primitive and inefficient. The National Road, or as it was also known, the…
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- SIDDHARTHA
Examining the extent of influence that external forces have on the central protagonist in…
Both Siddhartha and The Temple of the Golden Pavilion reject Buddha, Buddhism, and any external form of determination on the individual, whether it be family, friends, institutions, nationalism, or…
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- WILLIAM BLAKE
What is the main philosophy of William Blake?Especially when we are talking of his perception of…
William Blake was very similar to other Romantics given his decision to fight against the Age of Reason. Blake found it necessary to protest conformity and war (characteristics of the Age of Reason…
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- ALBERT CAMUS
What is the meaning of life according to Camus?
For Camus, life had no meaning, and it achieved meaning from its meaninglessness. It sounds strange, but this was his attitude. In “The Stranger,” the death of “Mama” is insignificant; his murder…
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- HISTORY
How did the ideas of John Locke influence the US Constitution?Consider the ideas of limited…
I think that your subtext really hits on many of the Lockian ideas that are in the Constitution. The idea of limited government is a Locke notion that allows government to operate within a sense…
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- MATH
What is the sum of the 11th to the 15th terms if the first term is 2?The sum of the 6th to the…
First let us denote the first term of the AP by a and the common difference by d. Now the sum of the first n terms is (n/2)*(2a + (n-1)d). So the sum of the first 5 terms is (5/2)*(2a + 4d). The…
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- HISTORY
What, according to Domat, gives kings “legitimate authority?”
I assume that you are talking about Jean Domat, a French thinker who wrote in the 1600s. Domat was a propoenent of what we now call the “divine right of kings.” As you can see from this phrase,…
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- MATH
Solve the following using Cramer’s rule: 4x – 6y=2 5x + 3y=1
According to Cramer’s Rule we can write the given set of equations in the matrix form as follows: | 4 -6 | | x | | 2 | | 5 3 | | y | = | 1 | Now the value of the determinant for the matrix |…
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- LAMB TO THE SLAUGHTER
What is an example of dramatic, situational, and verbal irony in”Lamb to the Slaughter” by Roald…
I have had to edit your question down to focus on one question alone – multiple questions are not allowed under enotes regulations. In this excellent short story the biggest kind of irony that is…
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- MATH
x^2 + 6x + 14 = 0 has roots which are the inverse of the roots of ay^2 + by + c = 0. Find a, b…
We have the equation x^2 + 6x + 14 = 0. Let the roots of x^2 + 6x + 14 = 0 be x1 and x2. The roots of ay^2 + by + c = 0 have to be 1/x1 and 1/x2. Now an equation ax + b = 0 has the root –b/a ,…
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- MATH
x , y and z are the arithmetic, geometric and harmonic means of two numbers. How are x, y and z…
Let the two numbers of which x, y and z are the arithmetic, geometric and harmonic means be A and B. Therefore x = (A + B)/2 y = sqrt (A*B) 1/z = (1/2)(1/ A + 1/B) => 1/z = (A + B)/ 2AB => z…
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- HISTORY
How did Roosevelt deal with the Great Depression?
Roosevelt’s program to deal with the Depression consisted of the three R’s: “Relief, Recovery, Reform.” His first act upon taking office was to declare a “bank holiday” which closed the banks for…
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- A TALE OF TWO CITIES
How is the Manette household described?A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens
After Lucie Manette and her father have settled into life in London four months after his rescue and the trial of Charles Darnay, Mr. Lorry, who has become the friend of the doctor, makes his way…
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- SOCIAL SCIENCES
What types of problems exist with dating services, matchmaking, or personal ads?
Though “matchmaking” agencies and personal ads seem to be a thing of the past, online dating services are booming businesses right now. Though I have no personal experience with creating personal…
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- MATH
Solve the following equation: log (x + 3) + log (x^2 + 1) – log ( 5x + 3) = log 1
We have to solve the equation log (x + 3) + log (x^2 + 1) – log (5x + 3) = log 1 First simplify using the relation: log a + log b = log (a*b) and log a – log b = log (a/b) log (x + 3) + log (x^2…
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- SCHINDLER’S LIST
What does Schindler’s List teach us about human nature and the capacity for great good and great…
The construction of the narrative poses human beings between paths of extreme virtue and shocking cruelty. While it is easy and very convenient to look at Schindler and be reminded of all that is…
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- DEATH OF A SALESMAN
In what ways can we apply the ideas of the article ‘Tragedy and the Common Man’ by Arthur…
I think that there a couple of applications from Miller’s idea of tragedy to Willy’s predicament in the drama. The most elemental would be Miller’s construction of tragedy as an idea that tragedy…
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- ARTS
transcribe the following words: comb and debutno
you’re enrolled with IGNOU in Bachelor’s degree programme, aren’t you my friend?? Even I don’t know the answer to this question. It’s very unclear. Do you know the answers of the other words, if…
- SOCIAL SCIENCES
can any one help me find article the sociological imagination is being usedpls summarize the…
C Wright Mills and the Sociological Imagination. This is a very deep theory so to summarizing is difficult but as a teacher I will try my best. Essentially Mills was arguing that you need to be…
- LITERATURE
Which is the purpose of the author in the story Marigolds by Eugenia Collier?
The author’s purpose is to share several important messages with us. One is about youth and age. The young can never imagine that the old were once just as they are now; they feel they will always…
- HISTORY
What does the Roman Republic gain and what does it lose as it acquires an empire?
The process of becoming an Empire was thrust unwillingly on the Roman Republic. During the Second Punic War, soldiers and commanders who were defeated by Hannibal were exiled to Sicily. As a…
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- DAMBALLAH
What are the major themes in John Edagr Wideman’s Damballah?
John Edgar Wideman’s short story “Damballah” (it’s also a chapter from a book-length collection, of course) is one of my favorite pieces in African American literature, even though (or perhaps…
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- MATH
How many hours have to be spent doing a pet care job and how many hours babysitting in the…
You can babysit and earn $8 per hour and the pet care job pays $9.5 per hour. You have 20 hours in all to work. Let the time put in babysitting be B. So the time for the pet care job is 20 – B. The…
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- TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD
What finally forces Jem over the threshold into adulthood in Chapter 22?To Kill a Mockingbird by…
After the trial of Tom Robinson in which there was convincing evidence that he was innocent, but the jury, nevertheless, has convicted him, Jem is extremely disturbed. For, his idealisitic concept…
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- ETHAN FROME
In Ethan Frome, explain the situational analysis in the ending scene in Ethan’s kitchen at the…
The basic situational analysis lays in the irony of the situation itself. The author brings us to the present time, when the complete story is revealed to us. At first, we found out that Ethan had…
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- MY ANTONIA
In Willa Cather’s novel, My Ántonia, did Ántonia get to keep the money she earned while working…
When Ántonia takes a job with the Harlings, in Willa Cather’s novel, My Antonia,” there is some argument between Ambrosch Shimerda, Ántonia’s brother, and Mrs. Harling. Mrs. Harling agrees to pay…
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- BIOLOGY
The largest known insect (the Goliath beetle) has a body mass of about 0.1kg. Describe one…
Insects have a hard exoskeleton, which protects all the other internal organs of the insect. The exoskeleton’s role in insects is also similar to the role of the internal skeleton or endoskeleton…
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- HAMLET
“We do not see things as they are, we see things as we are.” How is this is reflected in the play…
This a great question that speaks of our tendency as humans to read into things based on our own situation and perspective. Often, our “view” of a situation is highly conditioned by our life…
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- GUIDE TO LITERARY TERMS
What is the definition of a character?I am writing a book report on a non-fiction book entitled,…
Character in literature is defined as persons, animal, things, or natural forces presented as persons in short stories, novel, plays, or narrative poems. Since character is thus limited to fiction…
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- POLITICAL SCIENCE
What challenges are faced by those trying to put together a political party?
There are two major types of challenges faced by those trying to create a new political party: First, they have to find an issue or a set of issues that will keep party members together. The…
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- TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD
What does Atticus’s comment that Calpurnia “…knows what she means to the family” show about his…
After the confrontation at the jail in Chapter 15 of To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, Atticus and his sister Alexandra have breakfast the next morning. Naturally, they discuss the events of…
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- THE LONE RANGER AND TONTO FISTFIGHT IN HEAVEN
What is the subject of The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fist-fight in Heaven?
The title of the series of short stories, which came to Shermie Alexie in a dream, is dreamlike itself at times. Representing the Native-American experience, Alexie incorporates various facets of…
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- MATH
f(x)=x^2 and f(x)=2^x are drawn on coordinate grid. Unit is 1 in. At 1 ft to right of origin,…
To find the height of graph g(x) = 2^x . 1 ft = 12 inch in the graph. If we reptresent 1 inch as unit in the graph, then 1 feet right is = 12 inches along the x-axis in the positive direction. So…
- RELIGION
Hi, I was just wondering if someone can help me find a link to the passage in the…
There is no such passage in the quran as god doesn’t tell us in the quran to beats our selfs infact he says quite the opposite Allah tells us to look after our bodies and not to harm them as they…
- SILAS MARNER
What place is like the Rainbow Inn in Silas Marner?
In the story, the Rainbow Inn is like the town’s only hotel, which serves like a multipurpose room: Its lower level has a bar (tavern, public house or “pub”) in which the townspeople go to idle a…
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- SILAS MARNER
In Silas Marner, what does the growth of this story reveal about the people of Raveloe?
The growth in Silas Marner is illustrated in many different ways. There is an overall growth maturity, because people moved out of their comfort zones and opted to accept Silas Marner as part of…
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- SILAS MARNER
Describe how the story about the peddler grew in Silas Marner.
The story of the peddler is very funny in the way it began and developed, because it produces in the reader a unique provincial flavor much familiar to the way in which many neighbors begin rumors…
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- ETHAN FROME
In Ethan Frome what are three facts about Ethan that keep him a prisoner for life, that he can’t…
The first thing that came to mind were personality traits that Ethan has, but if he really wanted to, he could probably control those aspects of himself, or subvert them to stronger desires. For…
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- SILAS MARNER
In Silas Marner, is Raveloe effectively portrayed as a typical town we could find in real life?
George Elliot made a superb job in presenting a realistic scenario for the story of Silas Marner. In the first place, it presents us with a small town with a strong sense of community and…
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- SILAS MARNER
What kinds of personalities are evident in Silas Marner?
Here are a few adjectives that you could assign to each of the main characters. These could be developed into a larger discussion of their personalities. What is interesting is how some of the…
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- THE WINTER’S TALE
How do you explain Leontes’ insane jealousy in The Winter’s Tale?
This is an excellent question. Since Shakespeare explored jealously in Othello, it appears that jealousy is not what is important but the results of that jealousy is what he wanted to explore….
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- MATH
What is the last (units) digit of 333^444 ?
Any number which has a units digit of 1, will continue to have the same digit no matter what is the power it is raised to. We can write 333^444 as (333^4)^111. Any number which has a units digit of…
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- ASTRONOMY
Why do planets have to rotate on their own axis?
The origin of celestial bodies like the stars and the planets is from large clouds of gases called nebulae. There are no forces acting within or between celestial bodies that makes them rotate….
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- MATH
What is the sum of all numbers divisible by 13 and smaller than 100.
The smallest number multiple by 13 is 13, The largest number that is smaller than 100 but multiple by 13 is 91. Now the multiples of 13 lying between 13 and 91 form an arithmetic progression with a…
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- ROBINSON CRUSOE
What’s the theme of adventure in Robinson Crusoe?
Although the book has many deeper themes, it can also be read as a simply adventure story. After all, if you think about it, Robinson Crusoe encounters a huge variety of adventures in the course…
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- THE FLEA
What would be a good thesis statement related to the following poem?John Donne ‘The Flea’
In order to construct a thesis statement for an essay analyzing this poem, you must first brainstorm and pre-write ideas for what you are going to write about. Remember, a thesis statement is one…