Rae Dalton
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I have a B.A. in English and years of experience as a writing tutor for high school and college students. I love reading, writing, and talking about fiction.
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Answered a Question in Gorboduc
Gorboduc, by Thomas Sackville and Thomas Norton, is widely considered the first English tragedy. It uses elements of Greek tragedy theater and paved the way for later tragedies of the Elizabethan... -
Answered a Question in The Stone Angel
Hagar Shipley has faced many hardships in her life, starting in childhood with the death of her mother and her father's specific expectations for her. After leaving those expectations behind and... -
Answered a Question in The Great Gilly Hopkins
On the way to Gilly's latest foster home, Miss Ellis alludes to Gilly causing problems in her previous foster homes. Gilly is a strong personality—she is judgmental, clever, and sometimes mean,... -
Answered a Question in Pride and Prejudice
The reader gets a full explanation for Darcy’s behavior (in his own words) in his letter to Elizabeth in Chapter 22, which he gives her after she rejects his marriage proposal. In this explanatory... -
Answered a Question in In Watermelon Sugar
The reader isn’t given much information about the narrator, so it’s hard to judge whether he is being honest (and therefore reliable). In Watermelon Sugar is a postmodern novel, characterized by... -
Answered a Question in When You Reach Me
The development of Miranda and Sal as characters is central to When You Reach Me. Miranda relies on Sal as her best friend, and the two are extremely close. We can infer that Sal is reliable and... -
Answered a Question in Girl
Postmodern literature, a movement that began in the 1960s, is characterized by being experimental. The postmodern aspects of “Girl” are visible in Kincaid’s experiments with form. For example, the... -
Answered a Question in In the Shadow of the Glen
Synge's commentary on Irish culture in this play can be interpreted in multiple ways. One direction to take is to look at Synge's accurate portrayal of life in the Irish countryside. Synge spent...