
Julianne Hansen, M.A.
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I have enjoyed discussing literature with students for over 20 years. I love examining texts from multiple perspectives. I always encourage students to be certain their interpretations can be fully supported with evidence from the text but that there isn't always one perfect answer. I have completed extensive undergraduate work in various fields of science and enjoyed postgraduate work in educational policies and testing practices.
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Answered a Question in Leiningen Versus the Ants
There are several reasons that Leiningen does not fear the approaching ant invasion, but all are based on an overconfidence in his own abilities. First, Leiningen believes that he has "planned... -
Answered a Question in Romeo and Juliet
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Answered a Question in Twelfth Night
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Answered a Question in Robert Frost
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Answered a Question in Susan Orlean
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Answered a Question in A Doll's House
The concluding scene of Henrik Ibsen's A Doll's House created quite a social stir within its historical context. In fact, the actress hired to perform the play in Flensburg, Germany, in 1880 was so... -
Answered a Question in The Handmaid's Tale
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Answered a Question in Fahrenheit 451
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Answered a Question in The Handmaid's Tale
In considering this quote, you might first examine Offred. As a handmaid, she is powerless in Gilead, forced to live where she is assigned and to endure rape in the hope of producing a child.... -
Answered a Question in The Tempest
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Answered a Question in Jeffrey Archer
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Answered a Question in The General in His Labyrinth
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Answered a Question in History
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Answered a Question in Joseph Addison
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Answered a Question in The Giver
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Answered a Question in History
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Answered a Question in The Crucible
Arthur Miller uses several different types of propaganda throughout The Crucible. A type of propaganda he often uses is bandwagon; this type of propaganda convinces people to act or think a certain... -
Answered a Question in The Glass Castle
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Answered a Question in Logan's Run
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Answered a Question in The Boat
It might be helpful to structure your essay by first finding themes which these two short stories by Nam Le share. Although you are working with two different plots and sets of characters, the... -
Answered a Question in The Handmaid's Tale
Mirrors, or the lack thereof, are used to symbolize the removal of personal identity among the handmaids in The Handmaid's Tale. There is only one mirror on display in the Commander's house; when... -
Answered a Question in So Far From God
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Answered a Question in Margaret Laurence
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Answered a Question in Literature
The parent-child relationship is presented as emotionally complex in "Catrin." A daughter is seeking increasing independence, represented through her desire to skate "in the dark," which... -
Answered a Question in Romeo and Juliet
These lines are significant because they reflect themes of fate which are central to Romeo and Juliet. From the opening scene, the Prologue has indicated that the "ancient grudge" between the... -
Answered a Question in The Other Side of Truth
You might begin by examining themes of truth and courage that can be found in The Other Side of Truth. When confronted about going "too far" with his condemnation of the lack of educational... -
Answered a Question in The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
You might consider how characterization, setting, and diction are used to create mystery and tension in The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. The opening of the novel begins with a... -
Answered a Question in Skellig
Michael, the protagonist and narrator of the story, meets his new neighbor Mina at the beginning of chapter 7. Her physical qualities are described in chapter 9. She is "little" with hair "as black... -
Answered a Question in Dover Beach
The central tone of Arnold's "Dover Beach" is laden with despair. In this poem, the speaker is filled with "melancholy" as the "Sea of Faith," which has sustained the earth for so long, retreats... -
Answered a Question in Pride and Prejudice
In Pride and Prejudice, Austen presents the idea of female accomplishment as an absurd social expectation that values women on the basis of arbitrary, exhausting standards. Mary is referred to as... -
Answered a Question in Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
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Answered a Question in The Bloody Chamber
When examining this scene for evidence of patriarchal attitudes and gender inequality, pay particular attention to words which diminish a woman's position or show disrespect on the basis of her... -
Answered a Question in Chronicle of a Death Foretold
You might first consider how the linear structure of the narrative itself is disrupted through the use of flashbacks representing various points in the past. The novel begins, for example, with a... -
Answered a Question in Literature
The complication which is presented in "The Cold War" involves a dispute between two ice cream vendors who are battling for a thin profit margin in Salem, Oregon. The authors utilize a third-person... -
Answered a Question in Trifles
The inciting moment of a play, also known as its catalyst, is the the event which propels the protagonist into action. The inciting moment of Trifles occurs when Mr. Hale, who is neighbors with... -
Answered a Question in Trifles
In order to determine the conflict, it's important to first determine which character is the protagonist who is facing this conflict. Minnie Wright serves as the protagonist in the play, even... -
Answered a Question in Fahrenheit 451
When Montag returns home one evening, he finds that Mildred has overdosed on a bottle of pills. She is taken to the hospital where her stomach is pumped and her blood is replaced. One machine is... -
Answered a Question in Romeo and Juliet
Similes compare two unlike qualities or objects using the word like or as. The best example of a simile in this scene occurs in lines 9–10: These violent delights have violent ends And in their... -
Answered a Question in Kindred
In considering this quote, it might be helpful to first consider the history of slavery worldwide. Only in recent times has the enslavement of people been declared a violation of human rights;... -
Answered a Question in Death of a Salesman
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Answered a Question in Macbeth
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Answered a Question in Literature
In Wilmer Mills's poem "Diary of a Piano Tuner's Wife," the speaker uses metaphors to convey her desire to live a life that is not defined by her husband's expectations or standards. She seeks a... -
Answered a Question in Anne Brontë
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Answered a Question in The House on Mango Street
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Answered a Question in The Story of an Hour
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Answered a Question in History
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Answered a Question in Dorothy Wordsworth
Relying heavily on personification and a contrast of imagery, the speaker of "Address to a Child During a Boisterous Winter Evening" conveys the ironic limitations of nature's threats. The poem... -
Answered a Question in John Rawls
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Answered a Question in The Open Boat
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Answered a Question in Logan's Run
I am working from an electronic text that doesn't have page numbers, so I will include chapters for your reference. Don't get me wrong, citizen. I'm no coward. I'm not going to run. I have my...
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