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 Macbeth
I agree with Post #3. Macbeth, as with all of us, has the choice to follow the good or the evil instincts in him. to further the theme of "growth and plants" in the play: the seed... -
Answered a Question in Frankenstein
In addition, the creature chooses not to murder Victor, but to make Victor dependent on the creature. Victor is all the creature has in the world. There is no female... -
Answered a Question in Elizabethan Drama
There are several discrepancies in the film to what really happened in the Renaissance time period. First, there is the issue of the ages of many of the key players. Sir William Cecil... -
Answered a Question in The Devil and Tom Walker
A love of the paranormal or supernatural is also a key element in Romanticism. In "The Devil and Tom Walker" there are several events which qualify as unexplainable beyond a shadow of a doubt... -
Answered a Question in The Wife of Bath's Tale
The Old Woman in the "Wife of Bath's Tale" says that a gentleman is one who "loves to work for virtuous ends, Public or private, and who most intends to do what deeds of gentleness he can, Take him... -
Answered a Question in Literary Terms
Exposition is one of the four chief types of composition. The others include argumentation, description, and narration. In high school as well as English 101 and 102 of your... -
Answered a Question in Romeo and Juliet
Romeo and Juliet, while old enough to fall in love and get married secretly, are still only children. They did have the courage to defy their families secretly but not out in the open. ... -
Answered a Question in Macbeth
In this scene, Ross and an Old Man speak of the wild and unnatural events that were observed during the course of the night and the day following Duncan's murder. Macduff reveals that... -
Answered a Question in 1984
Most of the symbols represent the freedom of thought and choice to do what one wants when one wants--for example, the diary Winston purchases and writes in just out of the view of the telescreen,... -
Answered a Question in The Lottery
Something else that the author is pointing out is that we need to be aware of the danger of tradition for tradition's sake. Just because something has always been done a certain way does not... -
Answered a Question in Macbeth
The primary theme here is the wonderful illusion vs. reality theme. It's rampant throughout this play: the witches who don't seem real to Banquo and Macbeth since they appear and disappear so... -
Answered a Question in A Midsummer Night's Dream
The story is very similar to Romeo and Juliet, two young people in love and denied the right to marry by their parents who happen to live next door, and some say this is one of the sources... -
Answered a Question in Night
Elie's father protects him and sacrifices his share of rations in the beginning of the novel in order to keep up Elie's strength. As physical strain, the cold, and illness wreaks havoc with... -
Answered a Question in The Remains of the Day
The film version hosts Anthony Hopkins as the main character, the butler, Stevens and Emma Thompson as the estate's housekeeper, Miss Kenton. As is true with most books, the action varies becoming... -
Answered a Question in The Diary of Samuel Pepys
Pepys repeatedly mentions his wife, Elizabeth; however, he also has many affairs with ladies of the court of Charles II. His friends include others mentioned in the diary--Dr. Burnett, for... -
Answered a Question in My Last Duchess
It is hard to say that the Duchess was flirtatious. Perhaps she was only friendly and in love with life. Either way, the Duke wanted her to only show affection to HIM. Take a look... -
Answered a Question in Whirligig
A whirligig is something that has one or more pieces which spin around in the wind. In this story, the main character builds whirligigs to repay a mother whose child has died in a car... -
Answered a Question in Julius Caesar
There are several petitions presented to Caesar when he arrives on March 15 (the Ides of March) at the senate. One in particular pleads for mercy for Cimber's brother to be allowed home from... -
Answered a Question in The Canterbury Tales
In order to enter a medieval university, students had to join a minor religious order of the Church. Once out of school, they were expected to seek secular employment outside the... -
Answered a Question in Le Morte d'Arthur
The basic code is as follows: The Ten Commandments of the Code of ChivalryFrom Chivalry by Leon Gautier Thou shalt believe all that the Church teaches, and shalt observe all its directions. Thou... -
Answered a Question in 1984
The Proles need a leader to take them to revolution. There is no such leader, and the Proles are basically happy in their ignorance. They are kept poor and dependent on the Party, but... -
Answered a Question in 1984
Julia cares more about having fun and enjoying her life (her little trists with all her man-friends) than she cares about bringing down the Party. If fact, Julia thinks Winston's ideas... -
Answered a Question in 1984
Newspeak is a way of deconstructing the language to a point that no original thought is needed to express your elements of conversation. Instead of "amazing", "incredible", and... -
Answered a Question in A Worn Path
Wikipedia defines a "quest" as "a journey towards a goal used in mythology and literature as a plot. In literature, the objects of quests require great exertion on the part of the hero, and the... -
Answered a Question in To Kill a Mockingbird
The tree house represents peace and childhood innocence. It is hidden in the leaves away from all the evils of the world and allows the children to feel sheltered and safe in a "perfect"... -
Answered a Question in The Masque of the Red Death
Each room represents a stage in human life. The colors begin bright and happy representing innocence and vitality and progressively become more somber to represent the slowing of body... -
Answered a Question in Great Expectations
Ch 1—a pressed flower from the cemetary near his home with Joe and his sister. It reminds him of home and of the first time he met the convict who changed his life. Ch 3—a bit of the... -
Answered a Question in Sonnet 18
Every sonnet has three major qualities: There is a problem or question posed, there is the "turn" or "big BUT", and there is the solution or answer. The first 8-12 lines usually houses the... -
Answered a Question in The Magician's Nephew
I would say Man vs. himself. Digory is definitely attempting to find himself and his place in the world or in Lewis' created worlds. This adventure is a series of events which allow... -
Answered a Question in Hamlet
There is only so much intensity an audience can take within a couple of hours' watching. With every death or battle, there must be some accompanying humor to release the tension and allow the... -
Answered a Question in Lord of the Flies
Simon is one of the only boys on the island intuitive enough to recognize what was happening to the boys and their rudementary civilization. These intuitions were the "passions," and he was... -
Answered a Question in Our Town
I don't have the text right in front of me, but Wilder describes the Stage Manager as a happy-go-lucky person...the one everyone knows and says "hello" to on the street. He is the narrator... -
Answered a Question in The Kugelmass Episode
Verbal irony and dramatic irony are especially prevelant--his character is always saying things the reader doesn't expect to help promote his very Jewish persona. Perhaps the best example of... -
Answered a Question in The Kugelmass Episode
Fantasy and realism absolutely contribute to the humor as a man who is dissatisfied with his "real" life seeks the adventure and excitement of a "fantasy". By being able to pop into Madame... -
Answered a Question in Macbeth
Lady Macbeth is an interesting character. When we meet her, she is reading Macbeth's letter which tells her of the witches' prophecy. She decides that Macbeth is too weak to make it... -
Answered a Question in Hamlet
Laertes acts as any older brother would for his baby sister. Although it is hinted at that both Laertes and Hamlet have been "playmates" as young people of noble birth often are, where... -
Answered a Question in Ode on a Grecian Urn
The Urn is the sylvan historian because it is rather like a picture frame. It has many carvings along its sides which tell the story--and each story will never change as long as the urn... -
Answered a Question in Trifles
The mere title of the play tells you everything you need to know. They continue to laugh and smile condescendingly at the women and the things they talk about--whether or not Minnie intended... -
Answered a Question in Roman Fever
It is also worth mentioning that the ironic ending completely reverses the position of the two women. Mrs. Ansley, who has been feeling superior to Mrs. Slade all these years, is suddenly... -
Answered a Question in Beowulf
How about The Seafarer? It's not as exciting as Beowulf--no blood and guts scenes--but it does help to paint a picture of how the A-S lived, believed, and morphed into the Medieval period. I... -
Answered a Question in Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead
The coin tossing, for one. The law of probability stands firmly against that many "heads" in one sitting. The arrivals and departures of these two are quite ironic as well. They seem to... -
Answered a Question in Romeo and Juliet
Romeo and Juliet parallel Tony and Maria in that both are in love, and their love is forbidden. R&J come from feuding families, whereas T&M are from different sides of the track. They... -
Answered a Question in Pygmalion
There are several conflicts worth mentioning in this play. First, Professor Higgins and Colonel Pickering have a playful "bet" that Higgins can't make a common flower girl speak and act like a... -
Answered a Question in The Lottery
The townspeople in The Lottery follow a tradition they've had for as long as anyone can remember the same way the Capulets and the Montagues or the Hatfields and the McCoys continue their family... -
Answered a Question in Becket
Henry II and Thomas a Becket are friends and drinking buddies until Henry appoints Thomas as Archbishop of Canterbury making him the head of the Church in England. The two most powerful... -
Answered a Question in Lord of the Flies
An allegory is where something represents itself and also something beyond itself at the same time. For example, in the play Everyman the main character is himself and all of humanity... -
Answered a Question in The Old Man and the Sea
I will take the most obvious character: Santiago. We learn about him through both indirect and direct characterization. Both of these include what the character does, thinks,... -
Answered a Question in Bright Star! Would I Were as Steadfast as Thou Art
My favorite Keats poem is "Ode to a Grecian Urn". There are plenty of images there--the lovers just before they kiss under a tree in Spring, the tree that never loses its leaves, the cow... -
Answered a Question in The Westing Game
The reading of the will indicates that the heirs will be paired with another person and that each pairing will be given a set of clues which they are to keep secret from the others. They are... -
Answered a Question in Lysistrata
Another theme is war or violence. The women rebel against the men and get together (from both sides) to plan how to end the war their men are fighting. The women withhold sex on both...
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