Category: Arts

What is the importance of Islamic art? Meaning and beauty The art of the Islamic world reflects its cultural values, and reveals the way Muslims view the spiritual realm and the universe. For the Muslim, reality begins with and centers on Allah. Allah is at the heart of worship and aspirations for Muslims, and is […]

What happened in Act 1 Scene 1 of Macbeth? Summary: Act 1, scene 1 Thunder and lightning crash above a Scottish moor. Three haggard old women, the witches, appear out of the storm. In eerie, chanting tones, they make plans to meet again upon the heath, after the battle, to confront Macbeth. As quickly as […]

What is the relationship between Iago and Roderigo? By introducing Iago’s seething hatred of Othello to Roderigo, Shakespeare immediately forms an antibiosis relationship—one where Iago benefits—between the two characters. Roderigo is willing and eagerly inclined to find an unbalanced camaraderie with Iago, as Iago manipulates him throughout the play. What is the relationship between Roderigo […]

Are short stories italicized MLA? Titles of individual short stories and poems go in quotation marks. The titles of short story and poetry collections should be italicized. This can get a little tricky when authors title their collection after a story within that collection. Is the title of a song italicized or underlined? In general, […]

Why would someone want to process their film in the darkroom? Today’s photographic film is made of plastic coated by an emulsion with light sensitive materials. Why would someone want to process their film in the darkroom? It gives the photographer greater control over the print. Chemical temperature is important while developing film, but not […]

How do you get a bleach stain out of a black shirt? Removing or erasing the bleach stain Apply a good swig of alcohol to your cotton wool ball. Hold the damaged area and rub the stain, and the area around it, with the alcohol-soaked ball. The original colour of the garment will spread into […]

How do you say you look like your mom? If you know you look like mom, you could just say, “Yes, I hear that a lot,” or “Yup.” Depends on whether or not you feel like discussing it. The last time someone told me that, they actually said, “You’re a lot like your mom,” in […]

What type of meter is 3 2? 3/2 and 3/8 are also simple triple. 4/4 time is classified as simple quadruple due to its four beats which can be divided into two notes. 4/2 and 4/8 are also simple quadruple. Notice that a time signature in simple meter will always have a 2, 3, or […]

What does salt do when added to breads? Salt regulates the rate of yeast activity, providing a slow, steady rise. This allows the yeast to develop the characteristic bread flavor. Salt also strengthens the gluten structure of the dough, not allowing the trapped carbon dioxide bubbles to expand too quickly. How do salt and sugar […]

What are spirituals in music? Spirituals (also known as Negro spirituals, Spiritual music, or African-American spirituals) is a genre of music that is “purely and solely the creation” of generations of African Americans, which merged African cultural heritage with the experiences of being held in bondage in slavery, at first during the … Where did […]