What is the similarity between the H.D. poems “Oread” and “The Pool”?
- OTHELLO
How is Cassio’s death supposed to inspire Othello?
Othello would be inspired by Cassio’s death since he believes that Cassio was making him a cuckold by having an affair with his wife Desdemona. He would be inspired to kill Desdemona for the…
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- GREAT EXPECTATIONS
Why does Pip go to stay with his Uncle Pumblechook in Great Expectations?
Pip goes to stay with Uncle Pumblechook before his first visit to Miss Havisham’s house. Pip has no idea what to expect from Miss Havisham, but he does not like his Uncle Pumblechook….
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- NUMBER THE STARS
Why is it so important that the Star of David was imprinted on AnneMarie’s hand in Chapter 5 of…
The Star of David symbolizes the connection between Annemarie and Ellen and the protection of the Jews. Annemarie is not Jewish, but her best friend Ellen is. The Star of David is an important…
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- THE STORY OF MY LIFE
Examine Helen’s education in Radcliffe College as described in The Story of My Life.
Helen attended Radcliffe College in Massachusetts. She “began [her] studies with eagerness” at Radcliffe. She found that the “lecture-halls seemed filled with the spirit of the great and the…
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- TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD
In the novel To Kill a Mockingbird, how do the Finches deal with the Great Depression?
The Great Depression was a time of economic hardship in the United States. People of all classes were negatively impacted by the Depression. In Maycomb, both the farmers and the professionals…
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- HISTORY
To what extent did the idea of totalitarianism exist in Nazi Germany and in the Soviet Union…
Totalitarianism is the complete control of the economic, political, and social aspects of a state by a single party or person. By its very definition, the government is brutally oppressive towards…
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- MATH
Find the equation of the line passing through (0,0) making an angle of Arctan 1/2 from the line…
We want to find the equation of the line passing through the origin that makes an angle of arctan=1/2 with the line 3y=2x: The slope of the given line is 2/3, and the given line also passes through…
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- THE GREAT GATSBY
In The Great Gatsby, what does Gatsby’s association with Wolfsheim say about Gatsby?
The appearance of Meyer Wolfsheim in chapter 4 of The Great Gatsby, leads the reader to believe that Gatsby may not have obtained his wealth in a legal manner. This can be inferred from the…
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- THERE WILL COME SOFT RAINS
Describe the organizational structure of the story “There will come soft Rains”. What effect does…
Bradbury uses a ticking clock and a voice calling out the time to count down the final moments and hours in the destruction of the dead family’s house. Like the nuclear bomb’s countdown to…
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- LORD OF THE FLIES
In Lord of the Flies, chapter 6, what connection does the beast have with the novel’s themes?
In this chapter, “Beast from Air,” what Samneric assume is some sort of beast is actually a fallen paratrooper with his parachute. An explosion occurred during the night, presumably the plane being…
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- THE CASK OF AMONTILLADO
What motivates Montresor to his crime against Fortunato?
Montresor begins the story by saying, “The thousand injuries of Fortunato I had borne as I best could; but when he ventured upon insult, I vowed revenge.” Montresor employs a figure of speech…
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- HISTORY
How does the U.S government use Manifest Destiny to make the country grow?
The notion of Manifest Destiny was created in the 1840’s by an American journalist. It was the theory that the ultimate future of the United States was to control all of the lands from the Atlantic…
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- SCIENCE
Cell can mean different things, depending upon which specific discipline of science we are talking about. In biology or microbiology, we refer to cell as the basic structural unit of all the living…
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- SCIENCE
Why does the moon change its shape every day? Why is no sound heard on the moon? Why does the sun…
Why does the moon change its shape every day? The moon does not produce any light of its own. The light that we see from the moon is light that is being reflected off the moon from the Sun. The…
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- SCIENCE
What term is commonly used to mean “inside.”
Typically, the word “interior” is used to mean “inside.” For example, when we are discussing various cell organelle (specialized structures that carry out specific functions), we commonly use the…
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- LITERATURE
What is the difference between the Ministry of Love and the Ministry of Truth?
In George Orwell’s 1984, there are four different ministries that function as the different branches of government. They are the Ministry of Truth, the Ministry of Love, the Ministry of Peace, and…
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- ROMEO AND JULIET
Which quote from Romeo and Juliet shows that Friar Laurence is to blame for the deaths of Romeo…
Even though Friar Laurence warns Romeo not to move so quickly with his love for Juliet, he marries them anyway. This isn’t the only time that the Friar makes a hasty decision. In fact, the Friar…
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- MACBETH
Why does Macbeth tell his wife that they should only have male children?
Macbeth says this in Act I, Scene 7, after Lady Macbeth chastises him for his misgivings about murdering Duncan. He tells her: Bring forth men-children only,For thy undaunted mettle should…
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- CHARLES
In “Charles” by Shirley Jackson, what is Laurie’s relationship with his parents like? How would…
On the surface, the relationship between Laurie and his parents seems quite typical. When he starts kindergarten, he starts wearing jeans instead of overalls and this shows how he is becoming more…
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- HISTORY
How did the leadership of the colonial forces help them to victory?
The leadership of our colonial forces was a key factor in helping the colonists defeat Great Britain in the Revolutionary War. George Washington was a brilliant and a skilled leader. He always…
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- THE ODYSSEY
How can I relate Odysseus’s revenge from Homer’s The Odyssey to a situation in real life?
The short story of Odysseus’s revenge on the suitors boils down to a few details: he didn’t return from the Trojan War in a timely manner, so his community assumed he was dead. Suitors came to his…
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- OF MICE AND MEN
Why is Curley’s wife not given a name in Of Mice and Men?
Curley’s wife, whose name is simply a genitive of him, is a stock character who is perceived as an Eve, or temptress intruding on the fraternity of men in Of Mice and Men. After her first…
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- SCIENCE
The process of phosphorylating ADP to form ATP and removing a phosphate from ATP to form ADP in order to store and release energy respectively is known as the ATP cycle. ATP stands for adenosine…
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- KILLINGS
How does a reader’s opinion of Richard change from the beginning to the end of Killings?
The reader’s opinion of Richard Strout may change through the story even though the readers see him always through the eyes of Matt Fowler. At first, Fowler presents Strout as a murderer…
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- THE CASK OF AMONTILLADO
In “The Cask of Amontillado,” are there ways that the narrator might be manipulating the truth?
Absolutely! The narrator, Montresor’s, very first line indicates the heightened emotion he feels surrounding the events of this story and, therefore, establishes a motive for exaggeration or…
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- SCIENCE
As Molly is walking across campus, a car swerves toward her. Her heart races and sweat breaks out…
In this scenario, the increase in Molly’s heart rate, as well as sweat production, when avoiding the car’s path is due to the activation of the sympathetic nervous system. The sympathetic nervous…
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- THE THREE SISTERS
What is the setting of “The Three Sisters”?
“Three Sisters” takes place in and around the Prozorov family home outside an unnamed town in an unidentified province in Russia. It seems like many miles away from much excitement, and one of…
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- THE EPIC OF GILGAMESH
Compare and contrast the loss of immortality suffered by Gilgamesh and the fall from grace…
In both the Biblical story of Genesis and the Epic of Gilgamesh we find a story of the decline of humanity from an idyllic state to our current mortal state. In both cases this decline is…
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- A SORROWFUL WOMAN
How do the seasons of spring and winter play out in the narrative of the story “A Sorrowful Woman”?
The story opens in the winter: “One winter evening she looked at them: the husband durable, receptive, gentle; the child a tender golden three,” the first line states. During this winter season,…
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- DOCTOR FAUSTUS
What decisions does Doctor Faustus make and what are its consequences?
The most significant decision that Faustus makes is his decision to sell his soul to Lucifer in exchange for twenty-four years of the demon Mephistopheles’ dedicated service. Faustus wants to…
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- ROMEO AND JULIET
What impact does the oxymoron “violent delights have violent ends” in Shakespeare’s Romeo and…
Even though he has agreed to marry Romeo to Juliet not more than a day after the young couple meet, Friar Lawrence preaches patience and moderation to Romeo at the beginning of Act II, Scene 6. The…
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- FRANKENSTEIN
What were Victor Frankenstein’s warnings to Robert Walton in the book Frankenstein?
Once Victor finds out that Walton is willing to sacrifice everything — even his own life — in his pursuit of knowledge and discovery, Victor desperately wants to prevent his new friend from…
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- ALL SUMMER IN A DAY
What is the connotation of the words “surged,” “bore,” and “protesting?”
They surged about her, caught her up and bore her, protesting, and then pleading, and then crying, back into a tunnel, a room, a closet, where they slammed and locked the door. In this passage…
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- HISTORY
I am massive, extend across most of the northern third of Africa, lie in fourteen African…
You may have heard my name but forgot about me. You can’t miss me on a satellite image. I am called the “great desert” in Arabic. The translation: Sahara. I am the third largest desert in the…
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- THE MERCHANT OF VENICE
Does the play, Merchant of Venice, suggest that love and friendship can be stronger than money?…
Yes, it certainly does. The first evidence of this is when Antonio, out of love for his friend Bassanio, is prepared to provide him with the security to obtain a loan from Shylock, the…
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- BY THE WATERS OF BABYLON
What does John mean when he says, “It is better to lose one’s life than one’s spirit”?
The story that you are asking about is “By the Waters of Babylon” by Stephen Vincent Benet. The quote that you are asking about occurs fairly early in the story. John has left to go to the Place…
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- SPEECH TO THE VIRGINIA CONVENTION
Why did Patrick Henry use rhetorical questions in his “Speech to the Virginia Convention”?
In the relatively brief 1775 “Speech to the Virginia Convention,” Patrick Henry poses over twenty rhetorical questions to his audience. Generally, a rhetorical question is not asked because the…
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- HISTORY
Why were Australians and Americans so terrified of Communist infiltration after World War II?
Not just Americans and Australians, but many people around the world feared Communist infiltration because they saw what they viewed as the relentless expansion of communism around the world. In…
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- SOCIAL SCIENCES
There are two main definitions of the word “economy.” The primary definition is: a network of producers, distributors, and consumers of goods and services. The second definition is: careful…
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- AENEID
Aeneas was a Trojan prince, a warrior and a hero in The Aeneid, which best captured his story and mission. After the fall of Troy, the gods asked Aeneas to flee from Troy. He was to gather some of…
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- SCIENCE
I threw a rock straight up with a speed of 13 m/s. I happened to be standing over a well when I…
Hello! Let’s count a height from the level of the water surface. Then the height of the water surface is zero and the height of your hand is H0=5m.H0=5m. Also we’ll ignore air resistance. The height…
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- THE KITE RUNNER
“There is only one sin, only one. Every other is a variation of theft.” In The Kite Runner,…
This statement was made by Baba to Amir. Amir was informing the reader about the conditions before the Taliban took control of Afghanistan. People in Afghanistan enjoyed extensive freedoms back…
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- OTHELLO
What is the context for this paragraph from Act III Scene 3 in the tragedy of “Othello,” written…
In this passage, Emilia is acting for her husband Iago. Previously in the scene Desdemona has taken out her handkerchief in an attempt to bind Othello’s head and alleviate his headache; the…
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- SCIENCE
What are the name of three animal organelles?
Organelle are structures within cells that have specialized functions. Some of the key organelle in an animal cell are nucleus, mitochondria, golgi apparatus, cell membrane, endoplasmic recticulum,…
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- ANIMAL FARM
In Animal Farm, why do the animals like the song Beasts of England so much that they memorize it…
In Animal Farm by George Orwell, the animals like the song “Beasts of England” for a number of reasons. Firstly, the song is introduced to the animals by Old Major, the highly revered elder pig of…
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- BUSINESS
I’m currently working on the 2008 crisis and there is something that I just can’t explain to…
While we may never fully understand their motivations for this reckless (and questionably legal) behavior, there are a few things to consider that might make it a bit more explicable.The first is…
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- D.
What is the similarity between the H.D. poems “Oread” and “The Pool”?
One major similarity between H.D.’s two poems “Oread” and “The Pool” is that both pieces involve a speaker actively engaging with the natural world, specifically with bodies of water. In “The…
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- THE ALCHEMIST
What is the central conflict of The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho?
The central conflict for a story revolves around the main protagonist achieving a specific goal. The plot rises as the main character encounters obstacles that get in the way of him or her solving…
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- THE PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY
What are some of the most significant passages of Gothic style in The Picture of Dorian Gray? I…
In answering this question, you should look to find examples of Gothic motifs in the text. Examples of Gothic motifs include a scary or frightening atmosphere and references to the supernatural. By…
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- TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD
In the novel To Kill a Mockingbird, who were the group of men that came to visit Atticus at his…
At the beginning of Chapter 15, a group of men, which includes Heck Tate, Link Deas, Dr. Reynolds, Mr. Avery, and other familiar men throughout town, stand outside Atticus’ home and talk to him….
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