Ann Dixon
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This is my 36th year of teaching. I taught learning disability high school students for 5 years, emotional support students for25 years in middle school, high school, and a state hospital. I have taught English in the schools for 15 years and now I teach vocational, money manager, job talk and clerical for my 4th year.
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Answered a Question in Romeo and Juliet
In Act II, Scene 3, Friar Laurence describes a relationship between good and evil and man and herbs in his soliloquy. The first reference is: "The earth that's nature's mother is her... -
Answered a Question in Shakespeare's Sonnets
Answer continued from above: His feelings for this mistress range from love to disgust to hatred. He runs the whole gamut f the love-hate spectrum in his sonnets and all the trials and... -
Answered a Question in Shakespeare's Sonnets
"Out of the 154 sonnets that Shakespeare wrote, 126 seem to be written to the same person." He was a rich nobleman and the first twelve sonnets urge him to marry and have children. ... -
Answered a Question in The Necklace
When Madame Loisel and Monsieur Loisel discover that the necklace is missing from her neck they begin to panic. Mr. Loisel went back to every place they had been to see if he could find it. ... -
Answered a Question in The Necklace
The complication that causes the conflict in "The Necklace" is for Madame Loisel to find the things in life that will make her fit into a higher social class. This is based on... -
Answered a Question in Pride and Prejudice
Elizabeth decides to tell Jane the truth about Wickham, but doesn't tell her the part he played in her relationship with Bingley. She doesn't want to hurt her, but it also makes it easier for... -
Answered a Question in The Lady, or the Tiger?
I feel the theme of "The Lady, or the Tiger? is one of making the right choice and overcoming jealousy and pride. The Princess holds the fate of her lover in her hands. She knows what... -
Answered a Question in The Lady, or the Tiger?
The young man, in The Lady, or the Tiger?, was thrown in prison because the King found out about the love affair he had been carrying on, for months, with his daughter. Also it was not... -
Answered a Question in The Lady, or the Tiger?
The setting of The Lady, or the Tiger? is a make believe kingdom designed through the imagination of Frank Stockton. Stockton does allude to the kingdom's "distant Latin neighbors"... -
Answered a Question in A Christmas Carol
When the First Spirit arrived on the scene, Scrooge asked him, "Who and what are you?" The spirit replied, " I am the Ghost of Christmas Past." Scrooge asked, Long Past?" The Spirit... -
Answered a Question in To Build a Fire
The man in "To Build a Fire" is fighting an external conflict, nature. Even though the man is well aware of the laws of nature in the Yukon Territory, he defies those laws and begins a battle... -
Answered a Question in Everyday Use
Maggie's smile represents a victory. Throughout the story, Maggie never seemed to be happy and was always hiding in the shadows of her sister. When her mother told Dee that the... -
Answered a Question in Harrison Bergeron
I think the quote that summarizes the story of "Harrison Bergeron" is from The Declaration of Independence": "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that... -
Answered a Question in The Most Dangerous Game
Rainsford agrees to play General Zaroff's game because he wanted to see if General Zaroff would keep his word and let him go if he survived three days of the hunt. It is always important... -
Answered a Question in The Most Dangerous Game
Whitney was sailing to Rio in the Amazon to hunt jaguar. He told Rainsford that he hoped the jaguar guns had come from Purdey's. Rainsford falls off the ship while the crew is asleep,... -
Answered a Question in Romeo and Juliet
According to calculations, Lady Capulet says, "By my count, I was your mother much upon this years that you are now a maid". This seems to say that Lady Capulet was thirteen when she had... -
Answered a Question in Romeo and Juliet
In Scene 3, They say that the nurse is a merry and slightly crude servant. Once she starts talking she can't stop. As depicted in the movie with Olivia Hussey and Leonard Whiting, she... -
Answered a Question in The Cask of Amontillado
"The Cask of Amontillado" is a short story, written by Edgar Allan Poe and first published in the Godey's Lady's Book, 33, (November, 1846) 216-218. It is a monthly magazine from... -
Answered a Question in Romeo and Juliet
Another simile in Act Three, is when Mercutio, Benvolio, Page and the servants enter the public place in the street and Mercutio is fooling around with Benvolio. Mercutio tells him, "Thy head... -
Answered a Question in Harrison Bergeron
Harrison Bergeron didn't kill himself literally, but he did instrument his own killing by standing up for what he believed in. Standing up for one's rights never goes without some... -
Answered a Question in Harrison Bergeron
Harrison is weighted down by many handicaps:Instead of wearing the normal earpiece for a mental handicap, he wore a tremendous pair of earphones. He also wore glasses that were thick and wavy... -
Answered a Question in Everyday Use
Another feeling that Alice walker evoked in reading the story is sentimentality. It is felt by visualizing the items being discussed in the story as part of the past. The... -
Answered a Question in Everyday Use
Dramatic irony is present in the story. Dee was glad her first house burnt down to the ground and as her mother said in reference to the new house, "No doubt when Dee sees it she... -
Answered a Question in The Masque of the Red Death
I researched this question online and came up with a couple of answers that I feel could be relevant to your question. The seven rooms might signify the 7 stages that a person goes through in... -
Answered a Question in The Masque of the Red Death
The Red Death is a deadly disease for which there is no cure. It cannot be avoided and eventually it will kill everyone because there is no cure. The citizens outside of Prince Proospero's... -
Answered a Question in The Devil and Tom Walker
Tom turned to the church in order to trick the Devil and get out of his bargain. Tom worried about his after ife and began to see his evil ways, but it still didn't stop him from using his... -
Answered a Question in The Devil and Tom Walker
Tom's wife did make a deal with the Devil or so it is told. She made her first encounter with him but he wanted her to bring items of value to him. The next evening she left with her apron... -
Answered a Question in The Devil and Tom Walker
I think a good theme for the story is "We reap what we sow." If we only go around worrying about ourselves and what we can get out of a situation to benefit us, then we have truly... -
Answered a Question in The Devil and Tom Walker
The factors that contributed to Tom's initial refusal to the Devil are as follows: Tom didn't want to accept the Devil's offer because he wasn't sure whether he wanted to make his wife happy by... -
Answered a Question in The Most Dangerous Game
While Rainsford and General Zaroff are having dinner and discussing the "hunt," General Zaroff tells Rainsford about one of his former prey. He says to avoid "Death Swamp" because one other... -
Answered a Question in The Life You Save May Be Your Own
Mrs. Crater has various reasons for wanting Mr. Shiftlet to marry Lucynell. Mrs. Crater leads a very sedentary life and depends on her daughter to cook, clean, feed the chickens, do the laundry,... -
Answered a Question in The Life You Save May Be Your Own
I feel that Mr. Shiftlet is a bigger hypocrite. In the story he tells Mrs. Crater, "never let anyone take your daughter away" and then he not only takes her away but dumps her at a roadside... -
Answered a Question in The Fall of the House of Usher
The writer, Edgar Allen Poe, chose to purposely not give the narrator a name. This gives the narrator credibility in his meeting with Roderick and the events leading to the downfall of the... -
Answered a Question in The Fall of the House of Usher
Roderick and Madeline are not vampires. Roderick’s sister, Madeline, has be stricken with a mysterious sickness—perhaps catalepsy, a trancelike state characterized especially by the loss of... -
Answered a Question in The Man Who Was Almost a Man
In the story Dave demonstrates that he is just a 17 year old "boy" and not ready to make the rite of passage into manhood. He felt that a gun was a status symbol to be a man and if he... -
Answered a Question in Pride and Prejudice
In Pride and Prejudice, Elizabeth views marriage as a total committment of body and soul and that is the reason for marrying. Other characters display opposite views. Mr. Collin's approaches... -
Answered a Question in William Shakespeare
"Shakespeare's nickname is 'The Bard'. The word 'bard' means poet. Shakespeare is called 'The Bard' because he is widely recognized as the greatest poet the world has ever known. In 1769 the actor... -
Answered a Question in The Necklace
Some of the examples of symbolism in "The Necklace" are: The necklace is a symbol of wealth and power for Madame Loisel. This represents a world she longs to be in but will never be... -
Answered a Question in The Necklace
In The Necklace the quote,"All was ended for her" was said when the reception was over and Mr. and Mrs. Loisel were dropped off at their apartment. This quote meant that she was back to... -
Answered a Question in The Gift of the Magi
The only foreshadowing I see in the story, "The Gift of the Magi", is when Della has been crying because she only has $1.87 cents to buy a gift for Jim. She then stands by the window,... -
Answered a Question in The Gift of the Magi
In "The Gift of the Magi" O' Henry uses symbolism in reference to the Three Magi (The 3 Wisemen). They come bearing gifts of gold, frankincense and myrrh to Baby Jesus in Bethlehem. The... -
Answered a Question in The Gift of the Magi
Jim and Della both have possessions that they have cherished their whole lives. Jim has a gold pocket watch that his father had given him and his grandfather had given to his father. ... -
Answered a Question in Romeo and Juliet
Juliet is in a dilemma because she is already married to Romeo, who has been banished for killing Tybalt and her parents have no idea and have arranged for her to marry Paris. ... -
Answered a Question in Romeo and Juliet
The quote, "Down with the Capulets! Down with the Montagues!" occurs in Act I, Scene 1. The quote is said by the citizens of Verona because they have again caused a civil... -
Answered a Question in Romeo and Juliet
The quote "Never seen so black a day as this. Oh, woeful day, oh woeful day" was said by the Nurse in Act 4, Scene 5 when they found Juliet in her bed and assumed she had committed... -
Answered a Question in The Most Dangerous Game
Rainsford's first night of the hunt was spent "big tree with a thick trunk and outspread branches. He climbed up into the crotch and, stretching out on one of the broad limbs, after a... -
Answered a Question in The Most Dangerous Game
The time period of "The Most Dangerous Game" is the 20th century when game hunting was a popular past-time for the wealthy class. The story involves three locations: the yacht Rainsford is... -
Answered a Question in The Most Dangerous Game
General Zaroff tells Rainsford that the men are capsized in their ships by an act of God or he helps it along with the push of a button that causes flashing lights. This is supposed to warn... -
Answered a Question in The Most Dangerous Game
General Zaroff's training was in Russia before the Revolution of 1917. He was born of a noble family and his father had trained him to be a hunter from the age of five. He was in the... -
Answered a Question in The Most Dangerous Game
Rainsford is on his way to Rio to hunt jaguars in the Amazon. Whitney, one of the crew, and Rainsford decide to have a discussion on hunting. Whitney explains that they are approaching "Ship-Trap...
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