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• In Act V of The Tragedy of Macbeth by William Shakespeare, why does Macbeth believe that Malcolm cannot harm him?
  
• What type of plays did Shakespeare write?
  
• How does Hamlet react to Ophelia when she returns his gifts, and why?
  
• What is Hamlet wearing when he first appears onstage?
  
• Why doesn't Hamlet kill Claudius when he hears him confessing?
  
• Whom does Hamlet accidentally kill, and why?
  
• In "Hamlet", why doesn't Hamlet kill Claudius when he discovers him in an attitude of prayer?
  
• How did Macbeth and Lady Macbeth change over the course of the play?
  
• What are two examples of a hyperbole in act 3 of "Romeo and Juliet"?
  
• Where is indirect characterization about Romeo found in the story?
  
• What is the difference between a motif and a repetition in a poem? Could you give me an example as well?
  
• Why would a poet use no capitalization or punctuation?
  
• What are examples of verses from Rap songs, with the artist, that show exact rhyme, internal rhyme, end rhyme, and slant rhyme?
  
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• How do I write a paper in third person present tense? What words can I not say? (e.g. me you him her, we) My teacher is a stickler.
  
• Why does Friar Lawrence agree to marry Romeo and Juliet?
  
• In "Romeo and Juliet", what bird does Juliet try to convince Romeo that they heard? Why?
  
• What is the characterization of Juliet Capulet, other than she was hasty?
  
• What does "diction" mean in poetry? What does my English teacher mean when he refers to a poet's diction?
  
• What is the point of view of Hamlet?
  
• What are examples of foreshadowing in Romeo and Juliet, specifically act 1 scenes 1-5? Could you explain why?
  
• What is the purpose of the prologue in Romeo and Juliet?
  
• What genres of books work best with first-person and third-person point of view?
  
• Why shouldn't you use first and second person pronouns in writing?
  
• I've read multiple sentences, mostly from articles that quote someone or thing, in which something is said and then a word is in brackets. For example: "And then [she] said..." Why do people do this and what does it mean?
  
• Can you write a book in first person and third? Can you switch them?
  
• What are descriptive adjectives to describe Odysseus from The Odyssey?
  
• Can you help me understand what Deus ex Machina is and give me some examples of it from the Odyssey?
  
• Is the following sentence missing semicolons or commas? If so, where?: Not all highly educated people enjoy traveling but many world travelers are particularly well educated.
  
• What is the difference between brackets and parentheses? Are they British and American versions of the same thing?
  
• Is it correct to put brackets inside of brackets in a sentence? For example: (writing (here))
  
• What is an Elizabethan tragedy and what is the best way to describe it?
  
• If there are no parenthesis in an equation then do you still follow order of operations?
  
• What would be the correct order of the punctuation marks for the following sentence?
  
• What is the subject in the sentence? It is singular or plural? What is the verb? Sally hates pie.
  
• What is the definition of third person point of view?
  
• Act Two of "Macbeth" contains the famous "dagger” soliloquy. Why does Macbeth say the things he does in his private speech?
  
• Is this the correct punctuation? I need help with these sentences. If not, why?
  
• How does Nurse react to Lord and Lady Capulet's outrage that Juliet is refusing to marry their chosen suitor in Romeo and Juliet?
  
• Is "am" a noun or verb? For example, "I am a winner."
  
• You have been saving pennies in a jar, and you now have 123 pennies. You want to know the total mass of the pennies before you take them to the bank. If each penny has a mass of 2.50 g, what is the total mass of the pennies?
  
• What are some examples of onomatopoeia in The Raven by Edgar Allan Poe?
  
• What are examples of similes?
  
• What was Hamlet's famous "to be or not to be" speech about?
  
• In A Midsummer Night's Dream, who is the queen of the fairies?
  
• What are songs with onomatopoeia in the lyrics? The song also has to have other literary devices such as simile and metaphors.
  
• What are some examples of hubris?
  
• What is blank verse? What is an example of a blank verse in the play Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare?
  
• Is "The door creaked." an example of an onomatopoeia?
  
• Can anyone give me examples of hubris in Greek/Roman mythology? All I can really think of is Arachne and Athena.
  
• Is the Harry Potter series an allegory?
  
• What does positive and negative connotation mean?
  
• What are the first, second, and third person pronouns?
  
• How do you convert 40 ounces to pounds?
  
• What is #m * n# when #m=13# and #n=12#?
  
• What is Prince Escalus's reaction to the quarreling between the Capulet and Montague families in Romeo and Juliet?
  
• What are the last two lines of a Shakespearean sonnet called?
  
• What is the difference between relative and interrogative pronouns?
  
• How do you change the following sentence to the past tense?: The train is reaching its destination.
  
• What are the nouns in the following sentence?: When Richard took the keyboard out of his backpack, he noticed that three keys were missing.
  
• Who is Romeo in love with before he falls for Juliet?
  
• What is a possessive pronoun?
  
• Who is Tybalt in Romeo and Juliet?
  
• What purpose docs Mercutio's speech about Mab, Queen of the Fairies, serve in Romeo and Juliet?
  
• How does Romeo interfering with Mercutio and Tybalt's fight affect the outcome of Romeo and Juliet?
  
• Why won't Romeo fight with Tybalt in Romeo and Juliet?
  
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• What is Macduff's reaction to the flight of Duncan's sons in Shakespeare's play Macbeth?
  
• When was Shakespeare born?
  
• What is the preamble in the Declaration of Independence?
  
• Who invented the lightning rod, bifocals, and the catheter?
  
• How do molecules move in fluids?