• SONS AND LOVERS

why sons and lovers is consider as psychological novel?

Well, mainly because of the mother-son relationship which can roughly be rendered as Oedipal one. The mother is strong and intellectualy superior to the father who is only physically strong. She is…

• POLITICAL SCIENCE

Has this shift made the executive branch LESS democratic? To what extent has the rise in the…

I would argue that yes, it has made the Executive Branch less democratic in that it has more power, less oversight, and is less transparent (records and actions more hidden from public view) than…

1 educator answer

• HISTORY

How did slavery corrupt slave owners?How did slavery corrupt slave owners?

Many people argued that slavery was bad for both the slaves and the slaveowners. The idea here was that it made the slaveowners into tyrants. If you think about it, no one in a democratic society…

4 educator answers

• SCIENCE

As what substance does ethanol naturally occur?

Ethanol is also called ethyl alcohol and is a substance that is created due to the anaerobic fermentation of sugars by yeasts. Over-ripe fruits are found to have a small percentage of ethanol, and…

• POLITICAL SCIENCE

To what extent has the rise in the influence of the members of the executive office affected our…

I would argue that the rising influence of the members of the Executive Office of the President has to some extent undercut the checks and balances that were written into our system. The reason for…

1 educator answer

• POLITICAL SCIENCE

Compare the role of the Cabinet with that of the Executive Office of the President.

Typically, in modern American presidential administrations, the Executive Office is much more important to the President than is his (or maybe someday her) cabinet. This is because the members of…

1 educator answer

• HISTORY

What role did Sorghaghtani Beki play? Please use these links to answer…

According to the link (the mongolia-attractions one) that I have attached below, this woman was the daughter in law of Genghis Khan and the mother of Kublai Khan. She played a very important role…

1 educator answer

• HISTORY

What role did women play in Mongol society? Please use these links to answer…

Of your two links, the one I’ve attached below (the globalist.com one) has better information on this topic. Basically, according to this article, Mongol women pretty much ran things in the Mongol…

1 educator answer

• HISTORY

Were the Mongols bent on world domination? Why or why not? please use these links to answer…

Neither of the links that you provide addresses this question directly. You are left to infer the answer from what is actually said. To me, the best evidence that comes from either of these links…

1 educator answer

• BUSINESS

You have been given a sum of 10 lakhs. Explain at least 3 ways in which you will profitably…

A sum of money of the order of Rs. 10 lakhs (i.e. 1 million Indian rupees) can be invested a combination of one or more of the dozens of available investment avenues. Some of the main of such…

• LORD OF THE FLIES

Jack makes a theological speculation about murder.Jack makes a “theological speculation” about…

The theological symbolism in this novel refers to Beezlebub, a demon in the Bible, also referred to as the “Lord of the Flies.” In chapter 10, Jack and his tribe are mulling around, trying to look…

1 educator answer

• MATH

Two numbers differ by 3. The sum of their reciprocals is 7/10; find the numbers

Since the two number differ by d, we assume the two numbers to be x and x+d . The sum of their reciprocals = 7, given. Therefore 1/x +1/x+3 = 7/10. Therefore multiply by 10x(x+3) both sides of…

• HISTORY

How does the Donation of Pepin give power to the church?

The Donation of Pepin gives power of a certain kind to the Church. That is, it gives the Church “temporal,” worldly power as opposed to power that is simply over people’s moral and religious life….

1 educator answer

• FAHRENHEIT 451

In Fahrenheit 451 after talking to Clarisse what hints does the author give about other…

The novel opens up with a Montag that appears to be confident, enthused, insensitive, and gleefully overjoyed by his job, life and role in burning books. He whistles while walking home from work;…

1 educator answer

• HAMLET

I taught Act 2, Scene 1 of Hamlet today–when Ophelia goes running to Polonius because Hamlet has…

My class and I just finished discussing this scene today as well. I like your questions, and there are probably many different answers, but this is what I think. At the end of Act 1, Hamlet…

7 educator answers

• THE BEST OF O. HENRY

What is the conflict between call for the duty and love in “After Twenty Years?”

One of the main areas of conflict in the story is between the friendship that Jimmy Wells feels for Bob and the duty that Wells feels as a police officer. He is forced to choose between his…

1 educator answer

• MATH

Find the critical number of the function. 1. f(x) = 5x^2 + 7x

To find the critical values of the function f(x) = 5x^2+7x. Solution: Critical points of the functions are those points where the tagents are to the curve is either parallel to x axis or vertical…

• THE ABSOLUTELY TRUE DIARY OF A PART-TIME INDIAN

How does Junior come full circle by the end of The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian?

Part of the reason why Junior comes full circle in his thinking is because he has learned to see the world beyond dualities. Throughout the narrative, Junior struggles with being “Indian” or…

1 educator answer

• THE SCARLET LETTER

Compare Hester, Dimmesdale, and Chillingworth in terms of their responses to the initial sin in…

The Scarlet Letter centers around one sin, adultery. Most of the other sins in the novelradiate from that one. I assume from your question that you’re referring to adultery as the “initial sin.”…

1 educator answer

• WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE

Why is Shakespeare the so-called “Father of Literature?”

Ivana gives a good general answer. Yes, I agree. I think you could make a convincing argument for at least two potential titles for Shakespeare: Father of Modern Literature and/or Father of…

1 educator answer

• MACBETH

What is an example of equivocation in Act 3 of Macbeth?

Equivocation can have a few different ways in which it is formulated, but, Enotes’ general definition of equivocation is: Equivocation is classified as both a formal and informal fallacy. It is…

1 educator answer

• THE ODYSSEY

Why didn’t Odysseus take his bow with him to Troy?specific location of answer

The answer to this question can be found in Book XXI. I cannot give you a page number because I do not know what edition of the book you might have. The basic answer is that the bow is too…

1 educator answer

• KING LEAR

“As flies to wanton boys are we to the gods.” Please give background to this quote in King Lear.

Gloucester speaks this line in Shakespeare’s King Lear. It is a fairly profound line in a drama that is filled with many of them. The sum total of the line represents the relationship between…

1 educator answer

• TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD

In chapter 7 of To Kill a Mockingbird, why is Jem so emotional when Mr. Radley fills the knothole…

Jem is struggling with several forces at work in his life here. First off, he was getting pretty excited about the newly formed relationship the kids were having with the giver of the gifts. This…

1 educator answer

• HEART OF DARKNESS

In Heart of Darkness, analyze how on the basis of Kurtz’s actions alone he might be considered to…

Well, if we examine what Kurtz has done based on his actions alone, it is absolutely obvious that he has done enough to warrant the description “evil.” Consider his actions in dominating a tribe…

1 educator answer

• HEIDEGGER’S EXPERIMENT

What kind of book (“folio volume”) was in the middle of Dr. Heidegger’s study in “Dr….

In “Dr. Heidegger’s Experiment,” the rather eccentric Dr. Heidegger has invited four of his old (and miserable) friends to his study, a “curious place.” It’s full of many things, including volumes…

1 educator answer

• SCIENCE

What is a really cool 2-person science fair project that will guarantee us an A?(High school level)

make a telegraph.i got 3rd place in the science fair for it

• LAW AND POLITICS

How does the Magna Carta still impact law?

I would say that the main impact of the Magna Carta on today’s laws is in the idea of individual “due process” rights that is enshrined in that document. These rights continue to form the basis of…

2 educator answers

• SCIENCE

(i) Ethanol C2H5OH is made industrially by the reaction of water with ethene, C2H4 according to…

Hess’s Law states that the heat evolved or absorbed in a chemical process is the same whether the process takes place in one or in several steps. Here we have the equations: C2H4(g) + 3O2(g)…

• LORD OF THE FLIES

Why is Lord of the Flies an allegorical fable?

An allegorical fable is a story told to represent another instance in time with several symbols and levels of association between the two storylines. Golding claims to have written this as a…

1 educator answer

• THE CANTERBURY TALES

What does the Wife of Bath really want in The Canterbury Tales?

In her story, the Wife of Bath tells of a knight that has to find the correct answer to the question: What do women really want? After a lot of wondering and looking for the correct answer, the…

2 educator answers

• BECAUSE I COULD NOT STOP FOR DEATH—

Emily Dickinson compared to Robert FrostI would like to compare Dickinson’s “Because I could not…

Comparing “Stopping By Woods on a Snowy Evening” by Robert Frost, and “Because I could not stop for Death” by Emily Dickinson, have some similarities and differences in terms of style. Both poems…

2 educator answers

• HISTORY

What were some intellectual achievements of the Umayyad dynasty?

The Umayyad Dynasty began in 661 when Muawiya, an Umayyad leader, took control of the Islamic Empire that had been growing since the time of Mohammad. The Umayyad Dynasty lasted until 750 when the…

2 educator answers

• THE CANTERBURY TALES

How does the wife of Bath define a “good” husband?

I think that the best way to answer this is to say that the Wife of Bath seems to want the following things in a husband: First, she wants a husband who is obedient to her, or at least one that she…

1 educator answer

• THE CANTERBURY TALES

The Wife of Bath acknowledge that chastity is the ideal; what are her reasons for ignoring this…

Basically, the Wife of Bath gives a number of religious reasons for not being chaste. She does say that being chaste is best, but she argues that it is not for everyone and that God does not…

1 educator answer

• MENDING WALL

What suggests that the speaker’s attitude toward the wall is not necessarily Frost’s in “Mending…

Reading this poem over several times, I looked for something that seems to contradict the general mood of the poem. The poem is about mending a wall between two properties, something the speaker…

1 educator answer

• A MODEST PROPOSAL

In “A Modest Proposal,” a clear difference exists between Swift and the persona who makes this…

Part of the immense humour of this passage is the tone that the speaker uses to make his “modest” proposal. On a literal level the speaker’s tone is earnest and straightforward. On the satirical…

2 educator answers

• ENGLISH

How would you describe the way you write?EXAMPLE: Do you take your time and usually turn in a…

Usually the best and most effective way to write is to build up enough schema and momentum to produce a clean, well-edited, final copy that is ready for publication. I usually try to think on a…

6 educator answers

• REFERENCE

Are you the first to finish, but not necessarily the one turning in the most accurate work?Are…

I was definitely like this in high school and to some extent in college. My study skills were really not that great. However, I think that the more that I started to get to do work that interested…

8 educator answers

• THE CANTERBURY TALES

According to the Wife of Bath, what complaints do men have about their wives?

To find the answer to this, I think that you need to look in the Prologue to the Wife of Bath’s tale. In the prologue, she talks about things that her husband would say about wives. The basic…

1 educator answer

• REFERENCE

How thorough are you with your work in life and in school?How thorough are you with your work in…

While I was in graduate school (and especially once I started to teach classes while I was in graduate school) I became very thorough and systematic in my work. I have found that it is very…

10 educator answers

• MY SIDE OF THE MOUNTAIN

Describe three steps in Frightful’s training from My Side of the Mountain.

There is not any place in the book where it straight out says “here are three steps of the way I trained Frightful. But Sam does talk about various things that he does to train the bird. For…

1 educator answer

• THE SCARLET LETTER

In The Scarlet Letter, what is a mythological and historical allusion?

Well, there are certainly plenty allusions for you to find! I will pick out one historical allusion for you and comment upon it, and hopefully this will give you the idea of how to work out what…

1 educator answer

• THE FISH

Compare and contrast “The Fish” by Mary Oliver, and “The Fish” by Elizabeth Bishop.Consider the…

Your question has many parts to it, but I can, unfortunately, answer only one. I have selected the last part: Are both women reaching the same conclusions or different ones based on their…

1 educator answer

• THE BET

Can someone give an analysis of the character in “The Bet” by Anton Chekov?

You haven’t specified which character you would like me to focus on in this intriguing and, in many ways, inscrutable story by Chekov, so I will focus on the main character, which is the Banker….

1 educator answer

• HISTORY

How can you argue that Oliver Cromwell was a tyrant?

To me, there are two main things you can point to in order to argue that Cromwell was a tyrant. First, you can look at his tendency to keep power for himself and to oppress his enemies. For…

1 educator answer

• TO HELL WITH DYING

What is the significance of the struggles Mr. Sweet and the narrator go through in “To Hell with…

The struggles I see Mr. Sweet and the narrator in “To Hell With Dying” going through are different. Mr. Sweet seems to struggle with the unhappiness that has made up his life: not being able to…

1 educator answer

• TO HELL WITH DYING

What are the different types of conflict (both external and internal) found in “To Hell with…

Though “To Hell With Dying” has a sad ending, it is not all bad. The story is filled with recollections of shared joy, love and unconditional acceptance. There are some conflicts, though the first…

1 educator answer

• TO HELL WITH DYING

What is the point of view in “To Hell with Dying”?

The point of view in “To Hell With Dying” written by Alice Walker, is first person. The story is told about Mr. Sweet and the revivals that bring him back from the brink of death, several times….

1 educator answer

• HISTORY

At what point did the Democrats win control of U.S. House of Representatives during…

The answer to this is that the Democrats did not take control of the House of Representatives until the Reconstruction period was very nearly over. They only took control in the 44th Congress –…