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In the book 1984 what is Ampleforth's job in the Ministry of Truth?...

Ampleforth is a poet who works in the Records Department. Ampleforth’s job there is to rewrite politically, economical, or ideologically Old speak poems that are intolerable to the Party or to Big...

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What unusaul habits did whitey have in of mice and men? #men

In the novel Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck, sources suggest that Whitey has an unusual habit of dressing up on Sundays "even when he wasn't going no place". He was also obsessively clean, wearing...

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How much was writer Ernest Hemingway worth when he died #ernesthemingway

According to a February 22, 1964 New York Times article titled, Hemingway Estate $1.4 Million; Widow is His Lone Beneficiary Hemingway, Ernest Hemingway left a gross estate of $1,410,310. The author's...

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as the play begins how is stanley's primitive nature revealed in the story "A...

The base act that reveals Stanley's primitive nature is when Eunice and the woman laugh as Stanley throws Stella a package of meat.

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Why Is Brutus awake all night in act two scene one in the story the tragedy...

In Act 2 Scene 1, of William Shakespeare's Julius Caesar, Brutus is awake all night thinking about Caesar. When Brutus is alone in his garden, he decides that Caesar must be assassinated to keep his...

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How much is the original 1780, 4 volume set book of don quixote by ybarra...

From Abebooks.com, the price of the book "El Ingenioso Hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha" is $38,032.15 plus a shipping fee of $22.98. It will be shipped from the UK. The book was published by Madrid:...

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What unusaul habits did whitey have in of mice and men? #men

In the novel Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck, sources suggest that Whitey has an unusual habit of dressing up on Sundays "even when he wasn't going no place". He was also obsessively clean, wearing...

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But u frgt the other part of the question.."how are isolationism and nativism...

Nativism and isolationism help shaped the policies in America during the 1920's. "Isolationism" is the pulling away from world affairs. Isolationists have feared to become involved in European...

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What is an example of a hyperbole in Act 2 of Julius Caesar? #cavern #evils...

O conspiracy, Shamest thou to show thy dangerous brow by night, When evils are most free? O, then by day Where wilt thou find a cavern dark enough.

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In the narrative of the life of frederick douglass, what was Mr. Covey's...

Douglass isn't very good at his new work, so it isn't long before Covey finds a reason to beat the living daylights out of him. One day, Douglass is driving a cart and loses control of the oxen. The...

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Why did the creature kill Elizabeth and not victor? Frankenstein

The creature killed Elizabeth as his revenge because he wanted Victor to experience a similar pain of loneliness & isolation as was bequeathed to him.

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In the novel 1984, why is keeping a diary illegal? And why does Winston want...

Keeping a diary is an activity which is not illegal, since there are no laws in Oceania, however if discovered the punishment will be death or 25 years in a forced-labor camp. A diary contains...

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Who are the sleeping ones in the book "the invisible man" #walkers...

Sleeping ones in the book "The Invisible Man" are those sleep walkers, blind people who cannot see him for who he really is.

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What is a good alliteration for thursday besides thirsty, thrilling and...

Some words that offer good alliteration for Thursday include: therein, thematic, through, throughout, thereby, therefore, thereon, there’s, thereupon, therewithal and thermal. Alliteration is created...

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What are two major archetypes used to name and describe nora from the play...

In "A Doll's House", Nora is an archetypal heroine of social reform & also described as "the perfect housewife".

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What is sherlock holmes' and watson's dogs name? #sherman #toby #sherlockholmes

Watson had a bull pup before he moved into 221B Baker Street in the first Sherlock Holmes book ,"A Study in Scarlet." It was not named and never heard of again. The name of Holmes and Watson's bulldog...

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as the play begins how is stanley's primitive nature revealed in the story "A...

The base act that reveals Stanley's primitive nature is when Eunice and the woman laugh as Stanley throws Stella a package of meat.

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In Zora Neale Hurston's short story, Sweat, what does the word "eppizudicks"...

Elijah Moseley says "watermelon is jes' whut Ah needs tuh cure de eppizudicks." It means an epidemic of some sort, slang for not feeling well.

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But u frgt the other part of the question.."how are isolationism and nativism...

Nativism and isolationism help shaped the policies in America during the 1920's. "Isolationism" is the pulling away from world affairs. Isolationists have feared to become involved in European...

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What image of America do both the excerpt from twain's memoir and the...

The excerpt from Mark Twain's memoir "Life on the Mississippi" (1883) and the short story "The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras" (1865) painted America as a country built on human greed, deceit,...

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