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Compare attitudes to love as presented in Christina Rossetti's 'Remember' and Shakespeare's 'Sonnet 116'

It’s in their exploration of time’s relationship to love that the two poems differ most starkly. Rossetti acknowledges that time may ultimately trounce her lover's memory of her. Her use of repetition in ‘da...
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Answered by Joseph S. • English tutor
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What do I need the Pythagoras theorem for?

As an example you can use it to calculate the length of the hypotenuse in a triangle. The square of the hypotenuse is equal to the sum of the squares of the other two sides. As a formula a^2 + b^2 = c^2
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What is the subjunctive?

The subjunctive is used to express wishes, probabilities, or conditions which are contrary to fact. It is called Konjunktiv 2 in German. It would be like the "would do" function in English. For exa...
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What is the difference between passive and active?

Passive is often used when the focus on the action, not so much the person involved. Active on the other hand seems more vivid. As an example you could say: The dog ate the sausage. (Active) Der Hund hat die...
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Compare and contrast three ways in which sperm cells and egg cells are specialised for their functions

Both sperm cells and egg cells contain a haploid nucleus, this means that they contain half the number of chromosomes of a normal diploid cell. This is so that when the egg is fertilised by the sperm there a...
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