lmetcalf
lmetcalf
Female
April 15, 2004
Teacher
High School - 12th Grade
English / Literature / Writing
Reading, researching, biking, and catching up with all the television and movies that my students tell me I should be watching.
Biography
I have taught high school English for just over 20 years and can't imagine doing anything else!
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Answered a Question in Hamlet
This is a very specific--and very important--section of a larger scene, and to...
Answered a Question in Percy Bysshe Shelley
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Answered a Question in Modernism
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Answered a Question in Hamlet
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Answered a Question in Literature
The most important thing about citation is that the students are actually do it at...
Answered a Question in Oedipus Rex
To the Greeks, the greatest moral blindness would have to be Oedipus's hubris in...
Answered a Question in The Devil's Arithmetic
What is interesting about this novel is that Hannah of the present is transported...
Answered a Question in Hamlet
When you think about "dramatic significance" you need to ask yourself what purpose...
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Answered a Question in Fiction
I don't think there is one finite answer and actually think you could argue that...
Answered a Question in Literature
I prefer the rich history that British Literature provides, and I especially...
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Answered a Question in Abraham Lincoln
I sometimes think we can't know the quality of the leadership until the...
Answered a Question in Business
Even a "small investor" is a stock holder if he owns a share of a publicly traded...
Answered a Question in William Shakespeare
I completely agree with Post #9. Shakespeare wrote over 400 years ago which is a...
Answered a Question in History
Printing and the ability to share texts with a wide audience affects us in the...
Answered a Question in Literature
A narrative poem is just a story -- don't let the poem aspect of the assignment...
Answered a Question in Beowulf
I would agree that the Christian influences in the poem suggest an afterlife, but...
Answered a Question in Health
What you eat for breakfast tends to set up the rest of your day. If you are trying...
Answered a Question in Beowulf
I agree with the above posts, and would add that some of Beowulf's treasures are...
Answered a Question in Beowulf
Another argument in Beowulf is the role of Wryd or fate in a man's life. There are...
Answered a Question in Colleges
All the test preparation books you can purchase at your local book store would be...
Answered a Question in Reference
There are living wills which allow people to make it clear what measures they want...
Answered a Question in Oedipus Rex
The key example of Oedipus's pride as it relates to his downfall is that he thinks...
