Username: sfwriter
Gender: Female
Member since: January 21, 2008
Birthday: April 20, 1970
I am a: Teacher
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Community / Jr. College
Subjects:
English / Literature / Writing
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About Me
San Francisco Writer
Bio
MA in English Lit currently writing study guides and some fiction. Special area of literary interest: 16th century.
Interests
Marlowe and Surrey and other Renaissance poets. Philosophy, cooking and baking, ancient history, swimming.
Schools
- Saint Mary's College - Notre Dame, IN, US (1988 - 1992)
- National University - La Jolla, CA, US (2006 - 2008)
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The Dead
- Answered a question in The Dead:
Michal Furey loved Gretta so much that he, a (probably) tubercular worker in a...
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Since you understand what "fifth business" is, think of how it applies to...
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Characters who are foils of each other are usually similar in some ways, but not...
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I have written a response on "Sir Patrick Spens" which summarizes the poem and...
- Answered a question in Fifth Business:
The Vision of Dr. Faustus is a play on the old legend of a German alchemist who...
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Ode on a Grecian Urn
- Answered a question in Ode on a Grecian Urn:
On the surface, this poem seems to be about the nature of art. Keats says...
- Answered a question in Romeo and Juliet:
I am assuming we are talking about end-rhyming. In at least one spot in this...
- Added a post in The Odyssey:
Yes, this is a very fertile topic, and you have some work to do. If you have...
- Asked a question in Henry Howard, earl of Surrey:
In what way is Surrey's translation of the Aeneid different from others? What's...
- Added a post in Julius Caesar:
Posters 1 and 2, if it is possible, I agree with both of you! Poster 1, within...
- Answered a question in Hamlet:
Horatio is a man of science and learning (science was often called "philosophy" in...
- Answered a question in The Westing Game:
Yes, Theo wins the game played with an unseen opponent in Chapter 23.
Only Theo,...
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The Importance of Being Earnest
- Answered a question in The Importance of Being Earnest:
That's an interesting question, in that the motivations of everyone in this...
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I thought it as well to have Jones with us also. He is not a bad fellow, though...
- Answered a question in The Red-Headed League:
Sherlock Holmes uses his famous "method" of picking up on tiny clues, usually of...
- Answered a question in The Odyssey:
The shade (ghost or spirit) of Elpenor, one of Odysseus' men whom he spoke to in...
- Answered a question in Wuthering Heights:
Thrushcross Grange (even the name is evocative, inviting the picture of songbirds...
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