What types of characters does Shakespeare include in Romeo and Juliet?

August 25, 2018 Educator

TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD

How does Dill change from the start to the end of Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird?

At the start of Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird, Dill is young, energetic, and imaginative. His youthful innocence is portrayed in the fact that he is the only one of the three children who…

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SCIENCE

What are two possible uses for hydrophobic material?

Hydrophobic materials are materials that do not mix well with water (“hydro” = water, “phobic” = fear of). A group of nanomaterial scientists created a superhydrophobic material that is…

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LAW AND POLITICS

Who should be the next Supreme Court Justice to replace Antonin Scalia?

As is the case with almost all Americans, I do not have a specific name to give as the best replacement for the late Justice Scalia. Instead, I will give three different opinions as to what sort…

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LITERATURE

What is the most popular book of all time?

Besides the Bible and the Koran, a surprising favorite is Lebanese Khalil Gibran’s The Prophet. And it could be said that, of the secular Western literature, Shakespeare’s Folio has been used…

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LAW AND POLITICS

How many supreme court justices have died in office?

Until last week, the answer to this question would have been 34. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia makes the 35th Justice to pass away while actively serving on the court, and only the second…

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THE MINISTER’S BLACK VEIL

How does this story reflect the darker side of the Romantic view of human nature?

Often, Romantic writers focused on the wonderful things of which humankind is capable. We have an enormous capacity for generosity and creativity and love, as well as the ability to find truth in…

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SCIENCE

What are the names of the processes used to separate sugar from a mixture of sugar and glass…

I would use the processes of dissolving, filtration, and evaporation to separate a mixture that is composed of sugar and glass pieces. First, the entire mixture can be placed in and stirred in a…

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A RAISIN IN THE SUN

How is Willy Harris important to Walter’s goals and ambition?

Walter has goals and ambitions like anyone; however, he feels emasculated or less than a man because being black in the 1950’s has limited his opportunities to succeed. Walter works as a…

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MATH

What is the number of orders needed to produce maximum profit from the equation…

Hello! I think xx is the number of orders and PP is the profit. The graph of this function is a parabola branches down. Its maximum is reached at a vertex, whose x-coordinate is −b2a-b2a (for…

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THE NECKLACE

What do Guy de Maupassant’s word choices tell about Madame Loisel in “The Necklace”?

The main character in Guy de Maupassant’s short story “The Necklace” is a dynamic character who significantly changes over the course of the story. The author uses specific language to characterize…

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RAYMOND’S RUN

What lessons can readers learn from the relationship between Squeaky and Raymond in the short…

There’s a lot we can learn from the bonding between Squeaky and Raymond. Their relationship exemplifies deep attachment and selfless love between siblings. Squeaky teaches us that true love is…

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THE LADY OR THE TIGER?

How well does the lover know the princess in the short story “The Lady or the Tiger”?

The reader may assume that the lover knows the “semi-barbaric” princess quite well in Frank Stockton’s short story “The Lady or the Tiger.” After all, he is labeled as her lover. In fact, the man…

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ROBIN HOOD

Please can you give me a summary of Robin Hood?

Robin Hood is a prominent figure of English folklore who is considered to be a champion to the oppressed peasantry because he “stole from the rich and gave to the poor.” There are many variations…

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MURDER IN THE CATHEDRAL

How is Eliot’s Murder in the Cathedral a moral play?

Murder in the Cathedral is about the Archbishop of Canterbury’s moral struggle against Henry II. Henry has stripped him of the chancellorship of England because the archbishop has excommunicated…

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LAW AND POLITICS

What does the judicial branch of government do exactly?

The judicial branch of government, at the federal trial court level and at the state trial court level, rules on cases and controversies when lawsuits are filed by people and/or entities against…

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FAHRENHEIT 451

What is significant about the lines from “Dover Beach” that Montag reads aloud to Mildred and her…

Montag has a discussion with his wife’s friends, Mrs. Phelps and Mrs. Bowles, about their husbands and families. Both women show disinterest in their husbands’ welfare, which also shows how their…

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THOMAS HARDY

Describe figurative speech in “The Workbox” by Thomas Hardy.

In this seemingly simple poem about village life, a woodworker or “joiner” gives his wife a wooden sewing box he has made for her. At first, this appears a touching gesture, and the wife approaches…

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HISTORY

What impact did the oil crises of 1973 and 1979 have on the North American economy/society?

One major short-term impact was that these oil crises contributed to significant inflation that lasted more or less throughout the 1970s. Rising fuel prices tend to affect all sectors of the…

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H. LAWRENCE

Why did Paul have to die?

Paul dies because he has driven himself into frenzies until he is weakened. Furthermore, Paul’s death is Lawrence’s cautionary observation on the misdirection of one’s life force as a result of…

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THE CHARGE OF THE LIGHT BRIGADE

How did the Light Brigade charge the Russian Army?

Alfred, Lord Tennyson’s poem “The Charge of the Light Brigade” immortalized a single battle from a war that is now largely forgotten: the Crimean War, a conflict in which Britain, France, and the…

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HISTORY

Why was Pearl Harbor attacked by the Japanese?

Pearl Harbor was of strategic importance in a potential war between the United States and Japan because that is where the American Pacific Fleet was stationed. President Franklin D. Roosevelt had…

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JULIUS CAESAR

Some people might claim that the spirit of Caesar influences the entire course of Shakespeare’s…

While Caesar is certainly not the main player on the stage of Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar (he is, after all, dead by the middle of the third Act), it’s still possible to argue that his spirit, or…

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JULIUS CAESAR

Why was it a mistake for Brutus to allow Antony to have the last word at Caesar’s funeral in…

It was a mistake to allow Antony to speak after Brutus because Antony was a more persuasive speaker. Brutus was convinced that Mark Antony was harmless. He believed that Caesar was the only one…

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HISTORY

The Louisiana Purchase had great geographic significance for the United States because it ______?

There are a number of possible answers to this question. Given the way you have worded the question, it appears that you are probably expected to give one specific answer, probably from your book….

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HISTORY

How could World War 2 have been prevented?

One of the main reasons that is often cited as being a cause of the Second World War was the Treaty of Versailles that ended the First World War. On June 28th 1919 the Treaty of Versailles was…

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THE CRUCIBLE

What is an internal and external conflict for John Proctor?

I think that most of the conflicts surrounding John Proctor are internal. One internal conflict of John’s is his guilt. John is a respected and well liked member of the Salem community. People…

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THE YELLOW WALLPAPER

Critic Catherine Golden describes what happens to the narrator in “The Yellow Wallpaper” as a…

Charlotte Perkins Gillman’s story “The Yellow Wallpaper” is an overlay of the story of so many repressed women during the Victorian era as it presents the medical and professional dominance of…

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HISTORY

Describe the Upper South and Lower South.

The South was divided into two regions. One region was called the Upper South while the other region was called the Lower South. The Upper South included the states of Maryland, Virginia, and North…

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FRANKENSTEIN

What was the reaction of the man whose daughter was saved by the creature?

In the book Frankenstein by Mary Shelley, the creature saves a young girl, but receives a hostile response. While spending time out in nature, the creature relaxes and enjoys its beauty until he…

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HISTORY

What type of laws were codified when Napoleon was in charge? How did the process work?

The Code civil des Français, informally called the Napoleonic Code or the Code of Napoleon, was established by Emperor Napoleon I in 1804. (I’ve linked an English translation of the full text of…

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TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD

What does Atticus mean when he says “The one thing that doesn’t abide by majority rule is a…

Atticus says the above to Scout in Chapter 11 of Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird, the same day that Jem, in a fit of fury, wacks all the flowers off of Mrs. Dubose’s camellia bushes and must…

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AN OCCURRENCE AT OWL CREEK BRIDGE

Ambrose Bierce uses more than one point of view in “An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge.” What are…

The only point of view employed by this story is third-person limited omniscient. We can tell that Part I uses this kind of narrator because he knows only the thoughts and feelings of Peyton…

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THE GREAT GATSBY

What was the mood of the initial reunion between Gatsby and Daisy?

The initial reunion between Gatsby and Daisy is filled with several different moods. For Gatsby, this occasion is fraught with tense excitement, since he has hoped and longed for this moment,…

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THE STORY OF AN HOUR

In what ways does the life of the author of “The Story of an Hour” parallel the life of the…

“The Story of an Hour” is a short one, and simple. It tells of a young Mrs. Mallard with a weak heart who learns that her husband has been killed in a work accident. After she sobs…

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HEALTH

I need help writing a research paper about the HIPAA privacy rule.

HIPAA is an acronym that stands for the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act. It was created by the Department of Health and Human Services. HIPAA established national standards that…

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HISTORY

What did The Jungle reveal about the meat-packing industry?

The Jungle revealed the unsanitary conditions in the meatpacking industry. Although Sinclair wrote the novel to expose the brutal exploitation of poor immigrant workers, the public reacted most…

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THE CASK OF AMONTILLADO

Read this sentence from “The Cask of Amontillado” “Come,” I said, with decision, “we will…

The story is told from Montresor’s point of view – thus we know all that he is thinking. Indeed, he has told us at the beginning of the story that he is seeking to exact revenge on Fortunato…

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THE GREAT GATSBY

How was Tom Buchanan rude to Gatsby and how did Gatsby react?

Tom was rude to Gatsby on more than one occasion, seeing him as little more than a vulgar, nouveau-riche upstart who was hardly worth the time of day. To set the context for Tom’s disdain, in one…

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TO BUILD A FIRE

What purpose does the dog serve in this story? How do London’s descriptions of the dog reveal its…

The man does not belong in this setting. He can only maintain his existence by the artificial means of building fires. The dog, on the other hand, does belong in this setting because it is not far…

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MATH

3(X+y)=y if (X,y) is a solution to the equation above and y is not equal to 0 what is the ratio…

Hello! It is not hard. As you know, usually to find two unknowns two equations are required. There are only one equation, so probably we cannot find xx and yy separately. But the question is not…

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HISTORY

Who took more the liberal approach, President Hoover or President Roosevelt?

If we are using “liberal” in the modern sense, which generally is taken to mean someone who believes that the government should play an active role in economic matters, then Franklin Roosevelt took…

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REFERENCE

How would you characterize the three men in Jerome’s Three Men in a Boat?

The narrator is known as J. We don’t know what he does for a living, but he’s an avid storyteller. He likes to go off on tangents whenever something reminds him of a story from the past. We get…

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FAHRENHEIT 451

What is the significance of Montag seeing his reflection in Clarisse’s eyes in Farenheit 451?

For one thing, this makes him recall a moment with his mother. When he was a child, the power had gone out and they were left with one candle and found themselves in an intimate moment of…

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BECAUSE I COULD NOT STOP FOR DEATH—

In the first two lines of “Because I could not stop for Death—” what adverb defines Death’s…

“Kindly” Emily Dickinson’s “Because I could not stop for Death,” composed around 1863, envisions one’s death as a carriage ride to immortality. Death collects the poem’s persona, or speaker, and…

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LITERATURE

I’m doing archetypes for my English class but I’m stuck at “underdog.” Who from a movie can be…

The underdog archetype is generally a character that has some natural talent in an area, but is also lacking in other areas. Perhaps the underdog is lacking in experience or proper gear. The…

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HISTORY

Discuss the factors that led to the rise of medieval universities, their organisation and the…

Medieval universities were founded in European countries such as Spain, England, Italy, and France from the 11th to 16th centuries. One of the factors that led to their rise was the earlier…

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SCIENCE

Why do you think it is important to develop alternative energy sources?

Alternative energy sources are non-conventional energy sources. That is, sources other than the commonly used energy sources. Human beings commonly use fossil fuels (such as coal, natural gas,…