Jeff Biersach
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Education: WILLIAMS COLLEGE, BA cum laude CORNELL UNIVERSITY, MA Teaching Experience: The Field School, Middlesex School, Choate Summer Program, Cambridge School of Weston, Episcopal High School, and (present) Durham Academy.
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Answered a Question in Romeo and Juliet
The Prologue to the play reminds the audience that Fate is central in ROMEO & JULIET. Though the characters seem to control their own lives through their bold, rash, and romantic actions,... -
Answered a Question in Daisy Miller
Daisy Buchanan is not innocent, but she makes every effort to appear innocent. In fact, Daisy Buchanan is downright guilty, even murderous. After committing a fatal hit and run, she... -
Answered a Question in Hills Like White Elephants
First, Hemingway experiments with the limitation of language. Through the couples' strained dialogue, "Hills..." explores the painful inadequacy of communication. The story's central tension... -
Answered a Question in History
In October of 1929, the United States stock market began a steep decline that signaled the beginning of a long economic downturn known as the Great Depression. In a matter of weeks, investors... -
Answered a Question in An American Tragedy
Dreiser must leave Clyde's actual culpability vague in order for the 'trial section' of the novel to work. At the end of the novel, one might claim that Clyde realizes that he is not being... -
Answered a Question in History
Public Education arrives later than the mid-1800s. But, if you are looking for nineteenth century reform movements, how about: women's rights, temperence, abolitionism, and the various...