Sunday, February 2, 2014

In the book Animal Farm, what are a few similarities and differences between the rulings of Napoleon and Mr. Jones?

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I would suggest that they are identical, at least in performance.  Mr. Jones makes no pretense of creating a better world, a new social orde...

Which To Kill a Mockingbird character is brought up again in Chapter 26, and why does the character come back in this portion of the book?

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In Chapter 26, Harper Lee mentions Arthur "Boo" Radley again for the first time since Tom's trial started because the author i...

What are some neo-classical features in Thomas Gray's "Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard"?

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In his "Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard," Thomas Gray employs the neo-classical use of personification in his poem of stric...
Saturday, February 1, 2014

I'm having problems writing a thesis statement on the Boston Massacre. Can anyone help me?

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Without knowing your purpose, it is difficult to direct you on your thesis statement.  However, here are a few suggestions: If you are writi...
Friday, January 31, 2014

Compare Rufus and his dad. Is Rufus an improvement over his father? How if at all, is Dana's influence evident on the adult Rufus?

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In the novel "Kindred" by Octavia Butler, Dana is a Black woman shifting back and forth in time.  She soon realizes that when she ...

What material conditions influence (determine) “culture”?

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Here's a definition of culture from Wikipedia: Culture has been understood as a flux of phenomenon that has presuppositions and foundat...

Why does Hamlet delay his action to murder King Claudius?no

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There are several reasons for this.  First of all, Hamlet argues that he does not know whether or not he can fully trust that the ghost was ...