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The Road Not TakenIn Frost's poem, "The Road Not Taken," all we know from the narrator is that his having chosen the less traveled road has "made all the difference" (line 20). Whether this is a positive or a...
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Romeo and JulietI'd like to start this answer by reminding readers that Mercutio is just about as hot tempered as Tybalt. Tybalt always gets the blame for having a quick temper, but Mercutio is just as bad....
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Mansfield ParkHenry Crawford's character remains the same throughout the novel, though there is a time when he seems on the road to reforming himself. Henry is a bored, wealthy, worldly young man who comes with...
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ScienceGraphite is a macromolecule; that means it's strength depends on its covalent bond strength. Why... (1 image)A macromolecule is simply a molecule that contains a number of atoms on par with the thousands. While a chemistry based definition would consider the macromolecule to be only parts held together by...
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Social SciencesThere are at least two main points of a production possibilities frontier (PPF) (also called a production possibilities curve). A PPF shows the hypothetical amounts of two goods (or types of...
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LiteratureThroughout the novel, Daniel struggles to control his anger with the occupying Roman forces and Leah battles her inner demons. Thacia tries her best to positively influence Daniel, but Daniel is...
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LiteratureIn the book "The Dispossessed" We have seen that the women in Urrasti society are clearly defined...In stark contrast to Anarres, which was founded by a woman and promotes relative gender equality, Urrasti women are highly objectified and othered. Despite their limited social status, Urrasti...
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LiteratureThe relationship between Takver and Shevek, while not expressly forbidden by the Annarean government, is highly controversial. While Le Guin explains that Odo originally set up a society with no...
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TriflesIn Trifles George Henderson, the County Attorney, is the most psychologically flat. As such a flat character, Henderson remains the same throughout the story, "Trifles." For, all the way to the end...
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Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American MealSchlosser provides a somewhat sympathetic portrait of Carl Karcher to highlight the origins of the fast food industry. Schlosser chooses Karcher to open his work because it demonstrates how the...
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The GiverThere are significant differences in the conditions of the Annex room from what exists in other dwellings in the society. The Giver dwells there alone, the door locks, the speaker has an...
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The OutsidersThe Socs and Greasers both come from different social classes and tend to have different personalities and values. Members of the Socs come from wealthy families and enjoy special privileges. Since...
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The Scarlet LetterRelated to Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter, do you believe that if Hester was a man, she... (1 image)This is definitely a question that asks your opinion. The answer could go either way, so feel free to pick the choice that you believe in more. The important part of your answer is not the "yes"...
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FrindleMrs. Granger is called by several different nicknames throughout the book. Usually these names have a negative connotation. Mrs. Granger is different from all the other teachers. She does things...
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Animal FarmIn Chapter 10, Napoleon walks around Animal Farm carrying a whip and wearing a black coat, ratcatcher breeches, and leather leggings. Napoleon's appearance is symbolic of his tyrannical rule and...
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Neighbor RosickyThe character Anton Rosicky is described by Dr. Burleigh as being a well-rounded and contented man who has struck a fine balance in his life. This balance can even be seen in the even blend of...
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Shooting an ElephantAs the narrator remembers at the end of the story, he shot the elephant "solely to avoid looking a fool." After the elephant has stormed through the bazaar, killing a man, it calms down fairly...
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ArtsYou are being asked to analyze John Keats poem “To Autumn” in order to decide what you enjoy about reading it. This question requires you to form an opinion based on the form, meaning, sound,...
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LiteratureI need help with creating a visual representation of a character, how do I do that? The character...Creating a visual representation of a character can be difficult. Good for you for undertaking this challenge! When you read the book "An Ember in the Ashes" first look for hints from the author as...
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Outliers: The Story of SuccessNo. Innate talent is only one of the attributes needed to become an outstandingly successful person. Malcolm Gladwell begins with these definitions of “outlier:” something that is situated away...
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Christina RossettiIn "Song," Rossetti believes death to be a liberating experience. Mourning over it is not necessary because it would increase misery. As the poem's speaker, Rossetti is quite open that when she...
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BusinessEntrepôt trade refers to the practice of re-exporting goods without processing or re-packaging them again. This type of trade was carried out at duty-free ports, where these goods did not have...
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I Know Why the Caged Bird SingsMarguerite, or "Maya," has a complicated relationship with her grandmother, who she refers to as "Momma." As a child, she often resents the fact that her grandmother is so strict and religious. It...
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LiteratureSatire is defined as constructive criticism delivered by mocking an element’s shortcomings in a humorous way to bring attention to the issue. The criticism is achieved through irony and sarcasm...
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Waste DisposalI assume that when you say computer waste, you refer to the literal waste of computer and electronics components. Computers and other electronics equipment may have a certain lifespan once built;...
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ScienceAn incandescent light is a more technical term for traditional light bulbs, which produce light via incandescence. This is the term for the light emitted by objects when they're heated, in the same...
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HistoryThe Brothers by Stephen Kinzer is about the Dulles brothers--John Foster Dulles (who served as Secretary of State from 1953 to 1959) and Allen Dulles (who served as head of the CIA from 1953 to...
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HistoryThe main theme of this book is that the urban population of the world for the first time is more plentiful than that of rural areas (page 1). Cities will also account for most of the future global...
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To Kill a MockingbirdEarly on in the novel, Scout is terrified of her reclusive neighbor, Arthur "Boo" Radley. She believes all of the false rumors about Boo and refers to him as the "malevolent phantom." In Chapter 5,...
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History"The Troubles" were a thirty-year period from 1968 to the Peace Accords in 1998 that were marked by sectarian violence in Northern Ireland. In researching this time period, you might want to...
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LiteratureEnder changes constantly throughout the book. His changing isn't a nice, smooth continual path of positive change either. He sometimes reverts back to how he was before, or he changes to be like...
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The Necklace"The Necklace" by Guy du Maupassant is the story of a just barely middle-class French couple, Monsieur and Madame Loisel. Madame Loisel is a pretty woman who believes that her marriage to a mere...
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ScienceAnimals, such as fish, amphibians, mammals, and insects have a variety of adaptations that let them exist in swift moving water. Fast moving water tends to be colder than slow water; some of it...
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GrammarCompound sentences simply involve putting together (or "compounding") two sentences with a comma and a joining word (or "coordinating conjunction). Coordinating conjunctions include: and, but, or,...
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The VeldtThe children, Peter and Wendy, generally misbehave in a manner that we would expect; they act contrary to their parent's wishes when they aren't being directly observed, deflect the blame, and then...
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To Kill a MockingbirdWith the controversial Tom Robinson trial over, Scout tries to settle back into every day life. She starts the third grade. Scout walks by the Radley house each day, hoping to catch a glimpse of...
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LiteratureAt the beginning of the book, Phillip is spoiled and naive. For example, after German submarines have blown up tankers in the neighboring island of Aruba, he asks his father, "Why can't we go out...
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GrammarSamuel Taylor Coleridge's "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner" is an incredibly important poem which marked the shift to British Romanticism and the modernity of poetry. It was published in 1798 and...
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To Kill a MockingbirdAtticus Finch protests against Jim Crow by not allowing his children to refer to the African-American members of the community using the pejorative term that others do, and by his treating...
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My Side of the MountainSam Gribley is a city kid who runs away from New York city to live in a tree on his ancestral land in the wilderness of the Catskill Mountains. The main conflict of the plot is man versus nature....
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Because I could not stop for Death—The first stanza of "Because I Could Not Stop for Death" describes the gentleman caller who appears in order to taker the speaker with him in his carriage. Obviously, he is Death personified. As...
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One Thousand Dollars
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ScienceThe most important thing about non renewable resources for developing countries is ease of use and cheap availability. To use the energy in a fossil fuel, often times all that is required is fire....
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The Paper MenThe term "campus novel" became common in the 1950s and general refers to a novel that takes place primarily in university settings, with protagonists who are part of a university community, usually...
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ScienceMitochondria don't really have a fixed shape, and so it would be imprecise to call them "circular." Furthermore, circles are two-dimensional shapes, like you would draw on a piece of paper, and...
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DuskDusk is defined as the darkest period of twilight. According to the narrator of Saki's story "Dusk," the time was about six-thirty in early March. At that time of day and at that time of the year...
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The Road Not TakenThe word “fair” comes at the beginning of the second stanza of “The Road Not Taken.” In the first stanza, the narrator sees two roads or paths ahead. He’s deciding which one to take. He...
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Canada: Native PeoplesGabriel Dumont (1837-1906) was a leader of the Metis (which has an accent on the "e"), one of the three indigenous people in Canada. The Metis combine indigenous and European ancestry. Dumont...
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Animal FarmAccording to Enotes.com, an allegory is a story in which "the characters and events stand for something else. (See the reference link provided). We see this clearly in Animal Farm: on the one hand,...
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Karl MarxThe inevitability of capitalism's destruction is prevalent in much of Marx's writing. However, its direct mention can be seen in the opening chapter of Marx's and Engels's The Communist...