Username: sagetrieb
Gender: Female
Member since: June 13, 2007
Birthday: September 25, 1958
I am a: Teacher
Grades:
Doctorate
Subjects:
English / Literature / Writing
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- Answered a question in My Antonia:
There are two introductions, one published in 1933, the other in the earlier... - Answered a question in The Yellow Wallpaper:
The narrator’s use of personification indicates her depressed state of mind. For... - Answered a question in Everyday Use:
Understand the Id as the unconscious that harbors secrets upon which we act... - Answered a question in Paul's Case:
Paul fears his father, who shows little affection for his son. At one point Paul... - Answered a question in Paul's Case:
Paul is a very dynamic, complex character, so much so that this story is often... - Answered a question in I Stand Here Ironing:
Emily was born during the depression, and the mother had to leave her with... - Answered a question in Young Goodman Brown:
Hawthorne shows in this and other stories that human beings are both good and... - Answered a question in Everyday Use:
The tone of a story concerns the attitude of the narrator or character toward the... - Answered a question in A Rose for Emily:
The druggist should not have sold Emily the poison, just as a bartender should not... - Answered a question in Young Goodman Brown:
The story demonstrates that evil is the nature of mankind in two ways: first,... - Answered a question in A Raisin in the Sun:
The play was first produced in 1959, anticipating by just a few years the... - Answered a question in The Great Gatsby:
Gatsby is surprised because he does not view a woman as a full human being, which... - Answered a question in The Great Gatsby:
Even as Tom says “I have a—almost a second sight, sometimes that tells me what... - Answered a question in The Great Gatsby:
This question of Daisy’s reflects back to her question in Chapter One. ... - Answered a question in Into the Wild:
Chris’s mother says half way into the book, “I just don’t understand why ...
About Me
Teacher who loves to help students
Bio
BA, MA, and PhD in English and Literary Studies. I have taught high school and college for many years
Interests
Reading and writing (of course). I work out a good deal, especially lifting weights and walking. I love to dance, travel to exotic places, eat sushi, and go to movies.
Groups
- Literature 101,
- eNotes Editors Group,
- Antigone,
- Night,
- A & P,
- Song of Solomon,
- Tess of the d'Urbervilles,
- Beloved,
- Leaves of Grass,
- The Princess and the Goblin,
- Are You There God? It's Me Margaret,
- Fahrenheit 451,
- The Beast in the Jungle,
- The Golden Notebook,
- Madame Bovary,
- The Kite Runner,
- Men of Iron,
- Gulliver's Travels,
- A Room of One's Own,
- The Yellow Wallpaper,
- The Sun Also Rises,
- Cat's Eye,
- The Most Dangerous Game,
- In the Time of the Butterflies,
- O Pioneers!,
- Wuthering Heights,
- A Worn Path,
- Winter Dreams,
- What We Talk About When We Talk About Love,
- The Unvanquished,
- Twelfth Night,
- Trifles
Favorites
Favorite Books
- A Raisin in the Sun,
- Beloved,
- Eminent Victorians,
- King Lear,
- Middlemarch,
- Mrs. Dalloway,
- Mrs. Warren’s Profession,
- Orlando,
- Pride and Prejudice,
- The Age of Innocence,
- The Ambassadors,
- The Duchess and the Jeweller,
- The Garden of Eden,
- The Garden Party,
- The Lady of Shalott,
- To the Lighthouse,
- Winter Dreams
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