Jamie Wheeler
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I hold a M.A. and B.A. in literature, currently writing my Ph.D in American Literature, specifically John Steinbeck's female characters. I have been teaching both Freshman and Sophomore literature at the college level for about ten years.
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Answered a Question in The Three Musketeers
One major conflict can be found in Chapter 26, in which Aramis struggles between love and religion. "As long as a person loves, and is loved in return, and knows the whereabouts of his... -
Answered a Question in Of Mice and Men
I have a bit more to add to the previous answer. Candy believes he is becoming useless, just as his old dog is no longer the functional being he once was. Candy fears that once he is no... -
Answered a Question in A Rose for Emily
Miss Emily had been exempt from paying taxes due to the heroic war efforts of her father, Colonel Santoris. After his death, the forgiveness was to continue "into perpetuity." But after... -
Answered a Question in Dante's Inferno
I like Dr. Fajardo-Acosta's (of Creighton University) analysis, excerpted here (a link to the full lecture below): "Dante's love and sympathy for several of the souls... -
Answered a Question in In the Time of the Butterflies
Trujillo's government is a dictatorship. If anyone does anything at all that displeases him or his cronies, they can do whatever they like: jail, physical violence,... -
Answered a Question in Beowulf
Beheadings: The toppling of heads begins when Beowulf's mother beheads the warrior Aeshere. Later, Beowulf will behead Grendel after defeating him in the Great Hall,... -
Answered a Question in Why I Live at the P.O.
She may be off-balanced but I don't think she is crazy. Her living situation has driven her nuts, but probably not literally. Her family is eccentric, to say the least. Her sister... -
Answered a Question in A Rose for Emily
I think Fetterly's argument is compelling in that she aptly notes that one of the reasons Emily is able to hide her crime is because she goes so unnoticed by the townspeople. The reason... -
Answered a Question in Lord of the Flies
Well, as the movie "Mean Girls" says, "they'd just tease each other into eating disorders." :) Seriously, this is a great question. You'd probably want to avoid stereotypical "girly"... -
Answered a Question in Moby-Dick
In a very old but still relevant article titled, "A Theory of Moby Dick," author William S. Gleim argues that for Ahab, "the only escape from the torture of consciousness, as he felt it, was... -
Answered a Question in A Doll's House
The miracle Nora hopes for "in terror and hope" is for her husband to change and accept responsibility. She had previously forged a letter to the bank in order to save him from crippling... -
Answered a Question in Of Mice and Men
There is validity in both of the previous arguments, but Steinbeck's title comes from the 1785 Robert Burns poem, "To a Mouse, On Turning Her Up in Her Nest with a... -
Answered a Question in Hamlet
I am not entirely sure what you mean by "nemesis" but one of the definitions is "something that a person cannot conquer or acheive". If this is the case, then Claudius never achieves a true... -
Answered a Question in The Necklace
The climax occurs at the end of the story, when Madame Forestier tells Mathilde that the lost necklace was actually a fake. Here is the exchange between the two women: You say that you bought... -
Answered a Question in The Cask of Amontillado
The murder takes place deep within the catacombs, where the narrator lures the unsuspecting Fortunato, by telling his nemesis (we never know exactly what Fortunato has done to so... -
Answered a Question in The Man to Send Rain Clouds
The setting, an Indian reservation in the Southwest, is an integral part of Silko's story. The dryness and the cold serve to create the feeling of isolation which brings both problems... -
Answered a Question in Cat's Eye
At the age of eight, Elaine moves to Toronto where she is mercilessly picked on by other girls, effectively ruining her self-esteem. As a result, she begins to develop... -
Answered a Question in Dante's Inferno
Oh, there are many!! All of the nine circles of hell are symbolic of divine retribution for earthly sins. (Picture a funnel, with the widest circle at the top, and the smallest at the... -
Answered a Question in Hamlet
In this scene, we learn about Claudius' character from the conversation Hamlet has with his friend, Horatio. Horatio has brought Hamlet along with him in the dead of night in order that... -
Answered a Question in Macbeth
Bdmadnik's answer hits all the bases. Here are some formatting suggestions. When I teach Eng Comp and teach resume writing, I often ask students to respond to the following questions in... -
Answered a Question in Anowa
The chair is the favorite spot of the twins' master, who keeps them as slaves. They fan the chair to keep it cool, even in his absence. The action represents just how ridiculously... -
Answered a Question in Shooting an Elephant
Orwell feels that the presence of the British in Burma (now Myramar) is not right. The ambivalent feelings of the protagonist in "Shooting an Elephant" reflect his own experience of... -
Answered a Question in Everyday Use
I would like to add a bit more about the symbolism of the quilts. Maggie notes their family significance, but there is more to the history than just nostaliga. Quilting for African-Americans... -
Answered a Question in Romeo and Juliet
The previous answers are very good; I would just like to add a few lines that help to support the argument, particularly to look at Juliet's side of things. In 2.2.160, Juliet cries, "Bondage is... -
Answered a Question in The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock
The speaker of Eliot's poem is expressing his sense of isolation and loneliness, and his inability to fit into a world that he perceives as hostile. Better for him, he thinks, to be a... -
Answered a Question in The Devil and Tom Walker
I think there is some truth in all of your statements, but perhaps the one that comes closet, for me, is the last. I don't know that Irving believed that "the majority" of the world was... -
Answered a Question in Monster
Here is the "overview" of Walter Dean Myer's novel about 16 year old Steve, who is on trial for murder: "Monster is presented as a screenplay, with handwritten comments, by the main character Steve... -
Answered a Question in Romeo and Juliet
What we know about the Montagues and their son must largely be surmised from Romeo's actions. There is not the intense dialogue from Lord and Lady Montague as there is between the... -
Answered a Question in Everyday Use
Hakim-a-barber is Wangero's (Dee's) black muslim boyfriend. John Thomas is the man her sister, Maggie, is to marry.Hakim is an arabic or African name, John Thomas is a common English name (both... -
Answered a Question in Hullabaloo in the Guava Orchard
One of the prominent themes in Desai's novel is that of hunger and satisfaction in a place where hunger is common but satisfaction hard to come by. Though it is a serious theme, the author weaves a... -
Answered a Question in In the Time of the Butterflies
There are a number of images integral to Alvarez fictionalized account of the real life Mirabel sisters. The imagery is used to reinforce concepts of oppression, liberation, life and death, to name... -
Answered a Question in In the Time of the Butterflies
Fifty?? How about five? :) Minerva, Ch 2. :"The country people around the farm say that until the nail is hit, it doesn't believe in the hammer." (*Until pain is made real, it seems like it will... -
Answered a Question in A Midsummer Night's Dream
Snug does not want to frighten the ladies (as doing so can mean death to a player) but he obviously relishes his "fierce" identity: Here are the lines that support this claim (5.1.210-216): (As the... -
Answered a Question in The Masque of the Red Death
The rooms are blue, purple, green, orange, white, violet, and black, with scarlet panes. The colors are wildly dreamlike and surreal, like entering a state of progressive madness, each color... -
Answered a Question in In the Time of the Butterflies
The life cycle of the butterfly is an important symbol of the novel to which, and of course, the title alludes. Literally, butterflies (in Spanish, "Las Mariposas") are beautiful but have very... -
Answered a Question in A Jury of Her Peers
The tension between men and women in Glaspell's short story is everything. Men do not value women or their work. They do not listen to them, give their opinions credence, or think about them as... -
Answered a Question in The Poisonwood Bible
I suspect it is because Nathan does not listen to anyone else, his innermost feelings are not known, and thus, the story is told through the eyes of his daughters and his wife, Oleanna. The women... -
Answered a Question in Julius Caesar
The Second Citizen (in my text, "Second Plebian") is actually a cobbler. The "mending of soles" is a clever play on words (soles = souls). First, his lines read: A trade, sir, that I hope I may use... -
Answered a Question in The God of Small Things
Roy's novel can be viewed as a complete indictment of patriarchy. Male-dominiation in all things is the norm in India, whether the domination be in the realm of political, social, or financial... -
Answered a Question in The Watsons Go to Birmingham—1963
I would say that the rising action occurs when By is set by his parents to Burmingham to live with his grandmother . This move sets the stage for the action that is to follow, that is, moving By... -
Answered a Question in The Silver Sword
The "true meaning" or theme of Ian Serraillier's novel is the possibility of peace through human communication that is made tangible through trust, support of one another, and most of all, throught... -
Answered a Question in Julie of the Wolves
Hmmm. I found one example of what might be considered onomatopeia in the phrase "A snowstorm of cotton-grass seeds blew past her face." As critic M.H. Abram notes, "there is no exact duplication of... -
Answered a Question in Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
Jean-Baptiste Grenouille is the main character. He is an odd anti-hero who does not have an "odor" himself, but he *can* smell and is obsessed with odors and through a series of experimentation, is... -
Answered a Question in Brave New World
From Chapter 2: "Moral education, which ought never, in any circumstances, to be rational." I would say that this is both humorous and mockery. If anything, morals ought to be soundly rational so... -
Answered a Question in Wuthering Heights
Catherine loves Heathcliff, but their extreme class and social differences drive a wedge between them, in her mind. She soothes her conscience by telling herself that if she marries Edgar, who she... -
Answered a Question in Pygmalion
I tried very hard to locate information about this topic for you, but there is not much to be had on Higgins and the Oedipal complex. I did find one article, from 1958, titled "Shaw's Childhood and... -
Answered a Question in Things Fall Apart
The title of the book the district commissioner is writing is "The Pacification of the Primitive Tribes of the Lower Niger." The very idea that the DC characterizes the people as "primitive" says a... -
Answered a Question in A Midsummer Night's Dream
As the scene opens, Quince, Starveling, and Flute wonder what has become of Bottom and lament that there is no one else in Athens who could play the part of Pryamus but he. Here, Bottom is telling... -
Answered a Question in The Most Dangerous Game
Rainsford decides that he will capture Zaroff, by setting a trap. If Zaroff "trips" it, a dead tree will fall on top of him. It works only partially, as the Zoroff's shoulder is injured but he is... -
Answered a Question in Jane Eyre
Thornfield is imposing from the outside and Jane is intimated by its looming presence, but when she enters, she finds it not as bad as she'd feared. This description of her initial entry to...
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