
Amy Lepore
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Born in Bowling Green, KY. Graduated high school from Hopkinsville High in 1986; University of Central Florida with B.S. in 1991; and Murray State University with M.A. in 1996. Taught in Kentucky, South Korea, Florida, Arizona, North Carolina, Mississippi on both high school and college/university levels. Freelance author. Married with two sons.
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Answered a Question in Beowulf
Line numbers sometimes differ, so I'm taking a chance on this--I hope that the speech to which you refer is the speech he makes to the Danes and their nobility: When we crossed the sea, my comrades... -
Answered a Question in The Phantom of the Opera
Here are a few for starters: The cript of Christine's father is a symbol--the family name is DAAE pronounced "die" and she undoubtedly thinks of death as a friend having been orphaned and... -
Answered a Question in To Kill a Mockingbird
Scout turns the crowd away by addressing Mr. Cunningham directly and speaking about his son, Walter. She connects with him through his son and speaks about what a good person Walter is...she... -
Answered a Question in To Kill a Mockingbird
Mayella's life is anything but glamorous, or even normal. She is the eldest daughter, the substitute mother to all of her siblings, and the mistress to her own father. She can't be... -
Answered a Question in Gulliver's Travels
Gulliver's Travels is a parody of the travel journals famous during Swift's time. In the story, divided into four book, he satirizes everything from British government to science, politics,... -
Answered a Question in Shooting an Elephant
The physical setting of the story is in British-occupied Burma. The main character, a British soldier, is forced to kill an elephant after is has run wildly through the village on a rampage... -
Answered a Question in A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning
There are several--the speaker compares the love he and his wife share to a compass and to gold. These are examples of metaphorical conceits--extended metaphors or comparisons between two... -
Answered a Question in Dulce et Decorum Est
Wilfred Owens is one of several poets known as the "trench poets"--a group of men who were actually involved in combat who wrote realistic, non-romanticized poems about what really goes on in... -
Answered a Question in The Pit and the Pendulum
A theme is a universal truth that permeates the entire story. Some are more obvious than others, but you can essentially find them by filling in the following blanks:____________________(name... -
Answered a Question in A Rose for Emily
http://www.enotes.com/topics/how-compare-two-characters Check the link above for points on how to compare any two things--characters, works of literature, objects, etc. It will prove very... -
Answered a Question in Beowulf
In Anglo-Saxon culture, several things are most important: a belief in fate ("wyrd"--the old English word for fate which eventually becomes "weird" as in the Weird Sisters of Macbeth),... -
Answered a Question in The Cay
I love that this book deals with disabilities and that people with disabilities like blindness or amputations aren't different mentally, emotionally, or spiritually than able-bodied people. ... -
Answered a Question in Because I could not stop for Death—
The tendency of metaphysical poetry is toward psychological analysis of the emotions of love and religion. The poet's intent is to speak honestly yet unconventionally of life's complexities.... -
Answered a Question in Dulce et Decorum Est
The tone in a poem is like the tone of voice you use when you speak. The tone you use with a child, or a dog, or you boss is different--and changes according to the situation. You speak... -
Answered a Question in Self-Reliance
This is so appropriate for me since I recently moved from Florida to Kentucky and just last month the contract I had started in Florida for my cell phone expired. I have been without a... -
Answered a Question in Waiting for Godot
By definition, a Tragicomedy is a play that employs a plot suitable to tragedy but ends happily like a comedy. The action seems to be leading to a tragic catastrophe until the unexpected turn... -
Answered a Question in A Doll's House
In today's world, I have no doubt that she would be suspect, if not committed. Look at what the McCann family went through when their daughter Madeline "disappeared" from their hotel room... -
Answered a Question in Great Expectations
For one thing, London has represented for a very long time the fact that one has established oneself. Pip going there to be educated and to possibly find employment is a huge step up from the... -
Answered a Question in Astrophil and Stella
Sidney's sonnets 31 and 75 are part of a story entitled Astrophil and Stella. 31 The moon looks sad and pale as it climbs up into the sky. Is it possible that Cupid shoots... -
Answered a Question in Julius Caesar
This quote is so important to the play. Language is used to manipulate and interpret so many different events and instances in Julius Caesar. Right off the top of my head, I think of the... -
Answered a Question in Trifles
I can get you started with these examples and explanations of them. The women found a quilt that had not yet been pieced together. The pieces indicate Minne's frame of mind since her... -
Answered a Question in Hamlet
Maybe he does.... Even though he treats her horridly, he may be reacting to his hatred of what he sees his mother doing, which he makes a symbol of the weakness of all women. "Frailty, thy... -
Answered a Question in Seize the Day
This is a painful novel to read. I'm not sure the title is appropriate...it felt to me to be anything but a carpe diem philosophy. More like "Go With the Flow". Wilheim doesn't... -
Answered a Question in Of Mice and Men
I feel that way, too, Clane. Reading the book makes the reader feel extremely sorry for Lennie...he makes decisions on impulse. More like an animal than a human being. He is... -
Answered a Question in Macbeth
According to the summary of Act V scene 1 in eNotes: The Gentlewoman reports to the Doctor that Lady Macbeth is sleepwalking and her behavior is very strange. The Gentlewoman says that... -
Answered a Question in A Good Man Is Hard to Find
The grandmother is very self-absorbed and preoccupied with herself. It's her decision to go on vacation, and where they go, and that they drive to the house she wants to see. It's... -
Answered a Question in A Rose for Emily
From reading the story, the reader understands that Emily values tradition--her home, her way of living, her clinging to the past and what she has learned about being a "lady" from her parents and... -
Answered a Question in To Kill a Mockingbird
Atticus sits on a chair outside the jailhouse in order to make Tom Robinson feel more secure and safe. Atticus has an air of leisure: he is reading the paper but obviously expecting visitors. A... -
Answered a Question in Poetry
This is an nontraditional love poem like Shakespeare's Sonnet 130. It's the reality of love...not the idealistic "perfection" of it. It's the "if he hits you, it means he likes you"... -
Answered a Question in Fahrenheit 451
Montag is a fireman, i.e. "book burner." His job is to extinguish any and all published works which may antagonize the masses and cause unrest. In a nutshell, any dissenting or... -
Answered a Question in Ode on a Grecian Urn
Stanza 1, the speaker is addressing the urn itself. He mentions it is timeless and has lasted for a long time and asks questions of the message on its side--who are these lovers? These gods?... -
Answered a Question in Le Morte d'Arthur
One conflict arises from the simple miscommunication of action. Both Mordred and Arthur, not trusting one another wholly, have instructed their men to fight to the death if any warrior on the... -
Answered a Question in Macbeth
You could point out that the witches symbolize the dark side of human nature. They are absolutely evil...we know that from the beginning when they meet and choose Macbeth to be their... -
Answered a Question in Macbeth
In the beginning of Act III, Banquo voices suspicion about Macbeth and Duncan's murder--their friendship is eroding. Macbeth is planning the murder of his best friend, Banquo and his son,... -
Answered a Question in The Lottery
For one, Tessie Hutchinson's son is the first to throw a stone at her. Maybe he understands what that means, maybe not--but he has been taught that when the black marble/stone is chosen, the... -
Answered a Question in The Kite Runner
This book is a beautifully written novel about two boys who grow up in the same household, share many experiences, but who are locked into their own social classes. They are friends and loyal... -
Answered a Question in The Taming of the Shrew
How about this one? Kate addresses the crowd of wedding guests as she is waiting with them for Petruchio who is intentionally late for their wedding. "No shame but mine. I must,... -
Answered a Question in Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?
Directors and producers almost always change something in the film versions of books and literature. Most of the time it has to do with time constraints--the book always is ten times better... -
Answered a Question in To Kill a Mockingbird
I agree with Jamie. I didn't like her techniques and her refusal to allow students to do things beyond when the teacher or state says they will learn them. There is such a thing as... -
Answered a Question in 1984
The Party attempts to make gender irrelevant. The whole purpose of gender is to procreate and to have the family unit. The Party has successfully obliterated the need for both of these... -
Answered a Question in The Dunciad
A mock epic has all the qualities of an epic, but makes fun of the seriousness of an epic by creating a central conflict around something considered to be trivial. For instance, there is a... -
Answered a Question in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
The irony lies in the fact that Tom and Huck have grown up knowing nothing different than white people own slaves. Jim, having traveled with Huck, has established a friendship and has proven... -
Answered a Question in Frankenstein
I'm not sure exactly what you need, but I will give this my best college try. :) Victor Frankenstein goes to medical school partly because he wants to find a way to keep people from dying... -
Answered a Question in A Good Man Is Hard to Find
You could write about the "journey" of life. The grandmother's journey from the beginning of the story to the end is an amazing study. The journey of the family--literally and... -
Answered a Question in To Kill a Mockingbird
Atticus mentions to Jim and Scout that the case is sensitive and the whole world is basically against them from the beginning because it's one black man's word against several white people. No... -
Answered a Question in A Jury of Her Peers
The play is called "Trifles" and the short story from which the play was written is called "A Jury of Her Peers". In both titles, we get a glimpse of what the play is about--the women... -
Answered a Question in Great Expectations
Pip begins the novel as a humble and loving young lad living in the house of Joe, the blacksmith, and Mrs. Joe, Pip's sister. Mrs. Joe rules the home with an iron fist (even Joe seems a bit... -
Answered a Question in The Crucible
The room is empty, but plainly decorated and has a serious, dark air about it. There is sunlight, but only through the upper windows--it is not cheerful. The heavy beams jut out, plain boards... -
Answered a Question in Lord of the Flies
Plain and simple: Peer Pressure. They needed to be part of this social activity which is easy to get caught up in with the rhythmic "beating" of their voices like drums as they sing and dance... -
Answered a Question in The Canterbury Tales
This is an assignment that I give every year--Chaucer's work is regaled as the very first collection of short stories (as we know them). He tells the truth as he sees it, and sometimes he...
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