What is the role of Titania in Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream?
- A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM
What is the role of Titania in Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream?
In A Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare, Titania is the queen of the fairies, married to King Oberon. Titania helps set the main action of the play in motion. She has a changeling (a…
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- SCIENCE
Would it be correct to classify the biceps muscle as a tissue?The biceps muscle in the upper arm…
It would be accurate to classify the biceps as a muscle. The banded muscular tissue in the forearm allows the movement of the forearm to the shoulder. In actuality, the bicep muscle consists of…
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- THE GLASS MENAGERIE
How/Why is the theme of escaping explored in the Glass menagerie play?what techniques, symbols,…
Tom, the narrator of the play, and one of its three main characters, wants to escape from his deeply unsatisfying situation: the life he lives with his overbearing, neurotic mother and his shy,…
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- SAROJINI NAIDU
Please give me the summary of Sarojini Naidu’s “Bangle Sellers.”
Naidu’s poem explores the imagery associated with bangles and the implications for women’s roles in a traditionalist Indian social setting. The bangle seller is trying to convince the purchasing…
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- PRIDE AND PREJUDICE
What is the effect on the Bennet family of Mr. Bennet visiting Mr. Bingley?In chapter 2 Mr….
Mr. Bennet’s initiative to pay a call upon Mr. Bingley is uncharacteristic and exuberantly surprising. While this event occurs early on in the novel, the reader already knows at this point that…
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- ELEGY WRITTEN IN A COUNTRY CHURCHYARD
What is the figure of speech in “An Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard” from Lines 1-28?figure…
Thomas Gray, the poet, employs an extended metaphor in the first 7 stanzas to compare the end of humans’ life and the mourning for their loss to the end of a day. His use of colors such as grey,…
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- TWELFTH NIGHT
What are the plot and subplot in the Twelfth night and how are they interlinked?
In the main plot, Duke Orsino uses the shipwrecked Viola, who is disguised as a man named Cesario, to help him woo the Countess Olivia. However, comic mayhem follows as Olivia instead falls in love…
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- AS YOU LIKE IT
How does court life contrast with rural life in Shakespeare’s As You Like It?
As You Like It is heavily concerned with the contrasts between court and rural life. In it, characters from the court retire into the country and meet there characters who have always lived in the…
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- HISTORY
Why might aboriginals have killed only the food that they needed?50-100 words
I agree with the above answer but would also add an additional point. At least in the United States, many people believe that aboriginals (Native Americans or “Indians”) killed only what they…
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- TO AUTUMN
Can anyone explain the themes of John Keats’s poem “To Autumn”? Why did Keats write this poem…
In a letter to a friend named Reynolds, Keats explained that he composed “To Autumn” because Somehow a stubble plain looks warm–in the same way that some pictures look warm–this struck me so…
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- TEX
Can anyone tell me the theme of Tex by S.E. Hinton?
One of the themes of Hinton’s work is the idea of moving on and staying behind. Part of Tex’s maturation process is understanding if he is going to be leaving Oklahoma for “bigger and better”…
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- FRINDLE
Describe each character in Frindle.Are they bad, good, arrogant, foolish etc…
The central character in Frindle is Nick Allen, the fifth grader who invents the word “frindle.” Nick is intelligent and extremely creative, the innovative mind who engineers elaborate pranks in…
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- THE PRINCE
What did Machiavelli feel was wrong with Italy of his time, that it needed The Prince he…
When Niccolo Machiavelli wrote “The Prince” in 1513, he felt that there was a great deal wrong with the way Italian governments (of course there was no such thing as the country of Italy at this…
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- RAY BRADBURY
What is the crises in “Utterly Perfect Murder”, written by Ray Bradbury?
I am not sure I have a completely clear idea of what you mean by “crisis,” but I’ll see what I can do. There are two possible definitions for “crisis” that could apply to this story: an unstable…
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- ANIMAL FARM
What techniques do Napoleon and Snowball use in their struggle for power over Animal Farm?
Snowball and Napoleon, arguably the most intelligent animals on the farm (other than, perhaps, the mule) are in a “battle” to control the direction that Animal Farm will take. Both of them choose…
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- THE CRUCIBLE
In “The Crucible,” by Arthur Miller, Danforth is the Deputy Governor and, as such, is in overall charge of the witch trials that occur in Salem. In the play, it is revealed that Danforth is…
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- A DAY’S WAIT
What starts the boy’s concern over dying in Ernest Hemingway’s short story “A Day’s Wait”?
Little Schatz begins feeling sick early one morning and the illness spawns a giant misunderstanding that leaves him waiting to die in Ernest Hemingway’s short story, “A Day’s Wait.” He came…
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- OF MICE AND MEN
What is an example of figurative language in Of Mice and Men? I need a specific quote from the…
Steinbeck’s description of Slim, the skinner in “Of Mice and Men is quite figurative: A tall man stood in the doorway….Like the others he wore blue jeans and a short denim jacket. When he had…
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- CINEMA
In the movie The Univited (2009) who shut the door making the candle fall, Anna or her sister Alex?
It was Anna who saw the disturbing event between the father and former nurse and had the plan to set a fire to kill them in revenge, thus protecting her sister Alex and their ill mother. Anna goes…
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- BUSINESS
Morale Issues in Business EthicsI’m giving everyone a 5% pay increase, because of the principles…
Good! I hope enotes is reading, ’cause I want the increase in my next check!!
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- ANIMAL FARM
What happens to Snowball during the meeting about the windmill? What events in Soviet history…
In the meeting about the windmill, Snowball is arguing that the windmill will free the animals from the need to work. Napoleon, who disagrees with Snowball about the need for the windmill, calls…
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- DEATH OF A SALESMAN
Whose fault is Biff’s failure in Death of a Salesman?I have to write an essay on that one question
In the final analysis, one of the lasting legacies of Miller’s work is the idea that human beings are the sum total of their actions and beliefs. One of the truths spoken in the play comes out of…
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- A DOLL’S HOUSE
Why was Nora unaware that Dr. Rank was in love with her?
Nora was unaware of Dr. Rank’s love for her for several reasons. Perhaps first and foremost is the structure of society at the time. In the society in which Torvald and Nora lived, it would have…
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- THE CRUCIBLE
Does Reverend Hale make The Crucible dramatic? If he does, how? I am exploring characters and how…
The drama that Hale provides resides in his inability to invoke action. Hale realizes in the end of the play that Proctor is not a witch, but rather guilty of adultery. Yet, he cannot act nor can…
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- THOMAS HARDY
Paraphrase the last stanza of Thomas Hardy’s “On the Departure Platform.” —‘And why,…
Here’s a paraphrase: When you truly love her, why does an elation that you want to replicate have to be gone forever? I cannot explain why nothing recurs exactly. It’s good to note that the final…
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- THE CASK OF AMONTILLADO
What are three examples of verbal irony in Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Cask of Amontillado” that does…
Although there is verbal irony throughout Edgar Allan Poe’s short story, “The Cask of Amontillado,” examples excluding the antagonist Fortunato are quite limited. As Montressor leads his…
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- RALPH WALDO EMERSON
Could you explain to me what Ralph Emerson is trying to say in his essay “The Poet”?
First, you need to understand that Emerson is a transcendentalist. In this context, that means that he believes that human beings need to seek “an original relation to the universe,” meaning that…
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- BUSINESS
How does one think like an economist?I always see in my economics books and it says thinking like…
All economists have to think the same way to some extent. This doesn’t mean that they have to come to the same conclusions but rather that they have to go about things more or less the same way….
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- S. ELIOT
Discuss the problem of religion as addressed by T.S. Eliot as seen in his poem “The Love Song of…
T.S. Eliot had strong convictions about tradition (defined as the presence of the past in the present and exploration of the past in the present, through which circularity is created), the physical…
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- BUSINESS
Why do people write books if it’s not lucrative?the author of the book economics for dummies once…
Economically speaking, you would write a book if that’s the best (most lucrative) possible use of your time. Maybe the author of that book doesn’t get a lot for each book sold. But maybe it…
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- BUSINESS
How does an increase in demand cause an increase in price of a good?i just want to understand it…
This is sort of the corollary to your question about supply. Here, there is once again more competition for a product. In laymen’s terms, an increase in demand means that more people want some…
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- BUSINESS
Why does the price of a good rise when its supply falls?i understand that the supply curve will…
Not in economic jargon, if supply goes down, then there is less of the good being offered for sale. If less of a good is offered for sale, then there is more competition to be able to buy that…
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- BUSINESS
Is the U.S. meeting its economic goals? Based on the GDP, Inflation, Unemployment Rate, and…
This is sort of an open-ended question… First of all, it must be noted that the US has no formal goals in these areas. We of course want GDP to go up, for there to be little inflation and…
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- SAKI
Saki’s “The Storyteller’ ‘s summary, climax, falling action and rising action.
This story is “a story within a story.” A young man on a train by chance shares his coach with a woman with two children who are bored and fretful. When she is unsuccessful at entertaining them…
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- FENCES
What are two example of situational irony in Fences?
The ending of the play can be seen as an instance of situational irony. At Troy’s funeral, where all have come to pay their respects, it would be expected that Gabriel would finally be able to…
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- HARRISON BERGERON
In “Harrison Bergeron” what does Harrison Bergeron’s rebellion against the government represent?
In Harrison’s world, the government has stepped in to try to ensure that everyone is equal, and that no one has their feelings hurt because someone else is prettier, smarter, or stronger than they…
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- SCIENCE
Many technological advancements have greatly benefited us, but has this come at the cost of our…
In addition to the points the previous two posters make, you can look at the technological advances in agriculture, medicine and other areas as helping lead to the main cause of all this–too many…
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- A THOUSAND SPLENDID SUNS
Even though Mariam doesn’t like Laila at first in A Thousand Splendid Suns, why does Laila defend…
Laila defends Mariam for several reasons. First, she feels pity for Mariam. As horrible as Laila’s situation is (losing her family and her lover), she realizes that Mariam’s life with Rasheed has…
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- SPEAK
What is the main setting of Speak as well as its main conflict?
The rich aspect of Anderson’s work is that the setting can be literally in any high school. The exact location of the events are in Syracuse, New York, but the issues addressed in the work make it…
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- THE PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY
In The Picture of Dorian Gray, when Lord Henry and Basil accompany Dorian to the theatre to see…
In Chapter six of The Picture of Dorian Gray, Dorian takes Basil and Lord Henry with him to the small theatre to see his betrothed Sybil act in the play Romeo and Juliet. Dorian was attracted to…
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- GIANTS IN THE EARTH
In Ole Rolvaag’s novel, Giants in the Earth, a reference is made to Peder being born with a…
Being born with a “victory cowl” (caul), or being “born with a veil”, means that the baby is born with some of the membranes of the placenta over the head and face. There were many superstitions…
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- THE ODYSSEY
Where is Odysseus located at the poem’s commencement?No
The Odyssey, traditionally credited to Homer, is the story of the adventures undergone by Odysseus as he returns home to Ithaca from his participation in the Trojan War. On his long journey home,…
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- BUSINESS
Is cost-benefit analysis a legitimate tool and what role should it play in moral…
Cost-benefit analysis is clearly a legitimate tool for businesses to use in deciding what actions to take. As Friedman has argued, the role of business is to make money and a cost benefit analysis…
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- TO HIS COY MISTRESS
What evidence indicates that Andrew Marvell’s poem “To His Coy Mistress” is a carpe diem poem?
Carpe diem means to “seize the day.” The speaker in “To His Coy Mistress” is trying to persuade his lover to stop postponing sexual intimacy in their relationship because The grave’s a fine and…
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- THE GREAT GATSBY
Describe the Buchanans and their background. How are they related to the narrator in The Great…
Tom and Daisy Buchanan live in East Egg, the fashionable and extravagant neighborhood of “old money” on Long Island. Both grew up in Louisville among the elite of society there. Daisy is the…
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- MACBETH
Discuss the influence of the witches’ prophecies on MACBETH’S decision to murder DUNCAN.Question…
When Macbeth meets the witches, they greet him with the title “Thane of Cawdor,” which he does not yet know that he is to receive. They follow this strange pronunciation with the prophecy that he…
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- NIBELUNGENLIED
Do you think Kriemhild is evil in the Nibelunglied?
In my opinion, no. She’s not evil. In fact, I would argue that if she were a man she would be seen as a hero and there wouldn’t have been any need for her to die at the end of the story. It seems…
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- HARD TIMES
In the book Hard Times by Charles Dickens, who is “the Diminutive boy with an old face”?
This character appears in Chapter 6 of “Hard Times.” He is a member of the circus that comes to Coketown. The start of the circus is E.W.B. Childers and the diminutive boy plays his son in his…
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- THE CRUCIBLE
Please help write an introduction for: “Consider the ways in which Miller presents John and…
Part of this introduction should encompass how Miller presents the couple in an overall manner. I would suggest that the introduction bring to light the idea that Miller depicts the Proctor…
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- THE ADVENTURE OF THE SPECKLED BAND
During the investigation in ‘The Speckled Band’ Holmes uses deductive reasoning to solve the…
Sherlock Holmes discovers a myriad of clues to ascertain the guilt of Dr Roylott and his evil scheme.Here are a few of the key points. Firstly, he has a proclivity towards aggression. Helen says…