Who was involved in the development of the periodic table?
- EDWARD THOMAS
What image from “The Glory” does Edward Thomas use in “Beauty” to express the resolution of the…
“The Glory” is an exultant and blissful poem in which the poet writes of the glory of the morning; the narrator speaks of “the dove/That tempts me on to something sweeter than love.” The…
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- PRIDE AND PREJUDICE
In Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice, what are some of the examples of focalization shifts?
Focalization refers to the point-of-view or perspective through which a story is told. Pride and Prejudice is a highly focalized novel, with most of the story unfolding through the eyes of…
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- HISTORY
What were the perceived benefits of communism in Russia during the 20th century?
Perhaps the most important perceived benefit to Russians who supported the Bolshevik Revolution was that the Communists promised an immediate exit from World War One. Russian participation in that…
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- THE STORY OF MY LIFE
Did Helen Keller have a fascination with sailing?
Helen spent a summer in Nova Scotia in 1901. While there, she spent many “wondrous hours” sailing. She described sailing as being her “favourite amusement.” She spent a lot of time in Halifax,…
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- BUSINESS
How does operations management contribute to the achievement of the success of an organization?
Operations management refers to the management of resources to produce a good or provide a service. A manager must ensure that resources are used to create a good or provide a service as…
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- REFERENCE
How would you apply Piaget’s stages of cognitive development to children with disabilities?
Piaget’s Stages of Cognitive Development essentially establishes the development of certain schemas over time to illustrate cognitive growth. A schema is an idea or thought process about what…
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- REFERENCE
Hi i have to write an email to my pen friend can please someone correct my mistakes thanks. I…
Dear (your friend’s name here), Thanks for your email! I read it last night. I’m sorry I could not reply, I was too tired. As soon as I got home yesterday, I went to bed . My journey home took…
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- HISTORY
What are the similarities and differences between Merovingian dynasty and Carolingian dynasty?
The Merovingian and Carolingian dynasties were successions of rule by Frankish kings who united significant expanses of what we now call Europe. Kingship in both dynasties was hereditary, typically…
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- ESSAY LAB
How can I research a case study that relates to an incident I read about or experienced at…
The assignment suggests that you have already been assigned reading about challenges in the classroom. Review that reading and make a list of the most common problems that the author(s) discuss….
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- SOCIAL SCIENCES
Do we need freedom? To what extent do we need it?
People certainly do not need freedom. In order for us to need something, we must be unable to live without it. People need food and water. People in most climates need shelter and clothing….
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- LAW AND POLITICS
Is our system of government actually properly designed to prevent tyranny? If so, how? If not,…
This is, of course, a matter of personal opinion. My own view is that our government is set up to prevent tyranny as well as any system of government can be. However, there is no way to set up a…
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- THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST
How is The Importance of Being Earnest a melodrama?
The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde is a melodrama because the characters and events are exaggerated. The exaggeration, as well as being satirical and critical of Victorian society, is…
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- THE DEVIL AND TOM WALKER
In describing Tom’s work as a usurer, Irving writes, “…in proportion to the distress of the…
The narrator of the short story “The Devil and Tom Walker” describes how Tom sets up his business as a money lender “at this propitious time of public distress,” when people were absolutely…
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- LORD OF THE FLIES
What is Golding’s theme in Lord of the Flies?
The predominant theme of William Golding’s Lord of the Flies is that man innately operates on predatory instincts and being civilized is but a veneer. There is a Russian proverb that states, Man is…
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- LAW AND POLITICS
In what ways could imperialism be considered an economic phenomenon?
The phrase, “god, gold and glory” dates back (at least) to earliest days of the Age of Exploration, in the early to mid 1400s, when Spanish and Portuguese sailors, backed by the largesse of their…
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- SCIENCE
How are twins produced? Do they have 46 chromosomes each?
Yes. Individuals that are twins have 46 chromosomes. Twins can be either identical or fraternal. Identical twins have the same exact DNA, whereas fraternal twins do not. The production of each type…
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- MY SIDE OF THE MOUNTAIN
What is the turning point in the book, My Side of the Mountain?
The main turning point comes in the 18th chapter, “In Which I Learn About Birds and People.” Bando brings Sam three newspaper articles that claim that a wild boy is living in the Catskills. Sam…
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- OF MICE AND MEN
Write your impression of the theme of chapter four which takes place in Crooks’s room.
Loneliness is the major theme of chapter four in Steinbeck’s novella. The four characters who appear in the chapter all deal with loneliness in one way or another. Lennie is lonely because George…
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- MY LAST DUCHESS
What are some Italian Renaissance elements found in “My Last Duchess”?
The Duke of Ferrara who narrates “My Last Duchess” is what Browning would consider a prototypical Renaissance Italian character. He may be based on Alfonso II d’Este (22 November 1533 – 27…
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- TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD
What are some ways that Tom Robinson in To Kill a Mockingbird is not a “mockingbird”? Please…
Before answering this question, it’s important to understand Harper Lee’s use of the mockingbird symbol in To Kill a Mockingbird. Early on in the novel, Atticus asserts “it’s a sin to kill a…
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- MENDING WALL
Why does the poet consider the spring season mischievous in “Mending Wall”?
The spring is the mischievous time of year because the gaps in the wall are found during spring. The poem is about two neighbors who have a wall between their land. They have an agreement to meet…
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- MACBETH
What quotes show that Macbeth is a hero?
When the play begins, Macbeth is considered a hero. He has fought and defeated the enemy with bravery, strength and skill. The wounded sergeant reports the victory to King Duncan. He declares that…
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- A CHRISTMAS CAROL
Question 1: Scrooge’s name has come to mean someone who is grumpy and stingy, and he shows both of the qualities when he interacts with other characters in the beginning of the story. Bob…
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- RELIGION
Who wrote the gospel of Mark and why?
The authorship of the gospels is tricky, as they were all initially anonymous before later tradition ascribed authors to them. The Gospel of Mark is, originally, anonymous. We attach Mark to this…
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- MATEO FALCONE
What is the irony in the short story “Mateo Falcone”?
In this story, it is Fortunato’s lawful act that ends up condemning him to death. And it is this lawful act that likewise soils him in his father’s eyes. The boy is described as showing…
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- LITERATURE
What was the role and status of women in Shakespeare’s time?
During the Elizabethan period, women had very limited opportunities in life. Most girls grew up to be wives and mothers, and any woman who didn’t was considered strange or immoral. During…
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- THINGS FALL APART
How does the relationship between Okonkwo and Nwoye change throughout the book Things Fall Apart?
In Chinua Achebe’s Things Fall Apart, Achebe focuses special attention on the strained, often toxic relationship between Okonkwo and his oldest son Nwoye. Okonkwo is heavy-handed and dictatorial…
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- THE STORY OF MY LIFE
Please give me a character sketch of Mr. Keith.
Merton Spencer Keith (1851-1920) became Helen’s tutor after she left the Cambridge School for Young Ladies and its principal, Arthur Gilman. She still had much studying to do before she could…
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- THE GIVER
What does Rosemary symbolize in the Giver?
I believe that Rosemary is symbolic of hope, failure, and danger. She is not symbolic of hope for very long. In fact, she would be a hopeful character long before Jonas is even chosen to the be…
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- UNWIND
Explain the background of how the society in Unwind developed.
The society in Unwind develops from people agreeing to take a ridiculous middle road to a problem that is present in today’s society. Before the events that take place in the book, the pro-life…
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- MACBETH
Discuss the dramatic irony in Malcolm’s tactical decision in Act 5, scene 4, especially in…
Malcolm is with his men in the wood of Birnam, getting ready to do battle with Macbeth. Malcolm tells every soldier to “hew down a bough and bear ‘t before him.” This way, each man carrying a leafy…
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- SCIENCE
An automobile is traveling west. Can it have a westward velocity and at the same time, an…
Velocity is the ratio of displacement to the time taken. Acceleration is the rate of change of velocity and can be positive (known as acceleration) or negative (known as deceleration). It is…
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- HISTORY
How did NATO and the Warsaw Pact change Europe?
As World War II concluded, the Soviet Union began to seize territory in Eastern Europe as so-called “satellite states,” causing the west to feel as though an “iron curtain” (a phrase popularized by…
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- ESSAY LAB
How can a student write an essay about why they should be selected to attend a science trip? How…
Great question. Writing is hard work, and making it truly stand out can be a daunting task. I can help with some tips. One thing to think about when writing this essay is to think about who…
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- HISTORY
In what ways did the NATO and the Warsaw Pact change Europe?
The boundary between NATO countries and the Warsaw Pact defined Europe during the Cold War, and to an extent, still defines American-Russian relations today. After the fall of the Nazis in 1945,…
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- MATH
If the length of the side of a cube increases, what happens to the surface area to volume ratio?
Hello! Denote the length of a cube side as a.a. Then its volume is V=a3V=a3 and the surface area is A=6a2A=6a2 (a cube has six faces, each is a square with the side length aa). Therefore the ratio in…
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- RULES OF THE GAME
What motivates Waverly to “jerk her hand” away and run from her mother into the alleys, rather…
This happens toward the end of the story, on a Saturday when Waverly isn’t off at a chess competition and is stuck having to walk through the public market with her mother. Waverly feels…
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- A CHRISTMAS CAROL
In the following extract how does Dickens present Scrooge? “Oh! But he was a tight-fisted hand…
In describing Scrooge as a physically cold person: his cheeks “shrivelled” by the cold, his lips “blue” and his white hair, eyebrows and beard pictured as a “frosty rime,” Dickens also describes…
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- BUSINESS
How does price organize production?
We can say that price organizes production in a market economy because prices tell business what to produce and how to produce it. In a market economy, prices send signals to firms and to…
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- THE DIARY OF A YOUNG GIRL
Why does Anne call herself a bundle of contradictions in Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl?
Anne says she is a bundle of contradictions because she has a lighter side and a thoughtful side. Trapped in a secret room over her father’s office hiding from the Nazis, Anne Frank definitely…
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- AN INSPECTOR CALLS
In the play An Inspector Calls, what is Mr Birling’s attitude towards the Inspector?
When we are introduced to Mr Birling, he comes across as a man who is quite pompous and arrogant. He is impressed by his status and the fact that he is on the cusp of furthering his prestige since…
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- TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD
Where does the title of To Kill a Mockingbird come from?
The title of To Kill a Mockingbird refers to a passage from the book in which Atticus tells Scout that “it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird.” When Scout asks Ms. Maudie why her father would say it’s…
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- BRIDGE TO TERABITHIA
Why is the glass of milk that Jess pours for himself warm?
The milk is warm because it just recently came out of the cow. Like humans, cows are warm-blooded animals, so their milk comes out warm to the touch. This probably happens fairly often in Jess’s…
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- THE RAVEN
“The Raven” has been popular for more than one hundred years. Why doesn’t it merit this continued…
One could argue that English language poetry has changed drastically in the years since 1845 when Edgar Allan Poe wrote “The Raven,” and that therefore this classic piece of American poetry should…
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- GREAT EXPECTATIONS
“No varnish can hide the grain of the wood.” How does Dickens present the qualities of a…
Pip, after his encounter with the lovely but condescending Estella and Miss Havisham, wants to be nothing but a gentleman, though he has little hope of accomplishing this. When he grows up and…
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- RELIGION
What does freedom mean in different religions?
Freedom means different things in different religious traditions. In Christianity, freedom is considered the opposite of bondage. The Christian notion of freedom is tied to righteousness or…
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- THE PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY
Was Lord Henry Wotton in The Picture of Dorian Gray moral, immoral or amoral?
In a sense, this is as much a question concerning definition of terms as concerning the novel. First, the basic distinction among the terms is: Moral: means acting in accordance with one’s own…
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- ROMEO AND JULIET
After Act III, scene i, how does Romeo and Juliet change from a comedy to a tragedy?
In Shakespearean (Elizabethan) times, the dramatic genre of ‘comedy’ didn’t have the same definition as it does today. Shakespeare’s plays are considered to fall into three genres: histories,…
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- SCIENCE
When burned, what other materials form the same products made when paper burns?
When paper burns, a combustion reaction occurs. The general chemical formula for a combustion reaction is as follows: Hydrocarbon + oxygen →→ carbon dioxide + water Paper is made from the…
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- SCIENCE
Who was involved in the development of the periodic table? Describe each individual’s contributions.
Many individuals contributed to the development of the periodic table. Johann Dobereiner (1817): Dobereiner noticed that several elements could be grouped in such a way that the properties of one…
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