Friday, March 18, 2016

What is the main function of the fool in "King Lear"? What is the secondly function?

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The fool as a character is confusing, but part of this is the difference between the 1600s and today, as well as the difference in place. If...

What is elasticity of demand?

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The price elasticity of demand, sometimes simply called price elasticity, measures how much the quantity demanded of a good changes when its...
Thursday, March 17, 2016

In The Outsiders, what differences can be seen between Ponyboy and Johnny? I just found about school, and aboutt theirs family's background. What...

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Other than their backgrounds, there are a few differences between the two characters.  Ponyboy is definitely a stronger character in terms o...

How does Laura Esquivel use literary devices to build the mood in "Like Water for Chocolate"?

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Esquivel uses several literary devices, including foreshadowing, metaphors, symbolism, imagery, and hyperbole, in order to create different ...

What is the relationship between me and the daughter of my mother's sister? Actually, my mother is not directly related to her mother.

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Many riddles or "messy" problems begin with an apparent conundrum and they intentionally mislead the reader by the way they are ph...

Explain Claudius' comments to Hamlet regarding his father's death. What advice is given?

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In Act 1, Scene 2. Claudius is trying to lift Hamlet out of his depression. He thinks the depression is caused by the death of Hamlet's ...

What is the summary for Chapter 1 of Into the Wild?

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Jim Gallien, a union electrician, picks up a hitchhiker about four miles out of Fairbanks on Tuesday, April 28, 1992.  The hitchhiker introd...