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How can I study The Merchant of Venice?

Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice is one of his most famous, and indeed studied, comedies. However, it is far more complex than a simple marriage and romance plot. The play examines questions of class, ra...
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How can I study TS Eliot's The Waste Land?

The Waste Land is a very complex poem, with a lot of allegories and hidden meaning. It can be daunting, especially due to its length. However, it is worth spending time on it to properly understand it. The p...
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What is a cadence?

A cadence is a series of notes and/or chords which indicate the end of a phrase or section in a piece of music. There are many different kinds of phrases but the most common are perfect, imperfect and playga...
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Describe what is meant by photoperiodism

A response controlled by relative light and dark periods. The name of the receptors responsible for absorbing light are phytochromes. The photoperiodic stimulus is detected by the leaves of the plant.
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Explain why the second ionisation energy of boron is higher than the first ionisation energy of boron.

Boron is the 5th element in the periodic table, and has an electron configuration 1s 2 2s 2 2p 1 . The first ionization energy of Boron is the energy required to remove the single 2p electron, while the seco...
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