Martha Maurno
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I've been a teacher for 23 years and have always taught languages, whether for third graders or graduate students on the university level. Being bilingual (Spanish/English) serves to nurture this interest. Teaching all along the east coast in both the public and private sector has afforded me the privilege of a well-rounded perspective. I love and believe in my field and can't imagine every leaving it. I have been happily married for 18 years and I have two daughters, 13 and 17.
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Answered a Question in The Crucible
In addition to Proctor's hanging, you have the tragedies that befall his wife Elizabeth. In spite of being a good moral woman who would protect her husband even if the cost is... -
Answered a Question in A Raisin in the Sun
Hansberry demonstrates her sympathy for Walter by allowing Walter to redeem himself at the end of the play. Throughout the play, Walter makes many poor decisions from his treatment of his... -
Answered a Question in A Good Man Is Hard to Find
Flannery O'Conner's works as a whole grapple with religious questions and themes. Therefore, a "good man" is a universal type that may apply to a righteous man or woman. In this... -
Answered a Question in The Rocking-Horse Winner
Another great irony is that the mother finally has the money she perceives to desperately need, yet continues to be unfulfilled because she doesn't have luck in any sense of the word; she has no... -
Answered a Question in Of Mice and Men
You have posed a very deep question that almost every individual must face at some point in his or her life, whether it may be taking care of a senior family member or a close friend in need. Most... -
Answered a Question in The Tell-Tale Heart
The exposition of the story, the plot to murder an innocent man because of his eye: "He had the eye of a vulture --a pale blue eye, with a film over it. Whenever it fell upon me, my blood ran... -
Answered a Question in Romeo and Juliet
Romeo and Juliet is chockfull of complications, the most central one being the relationship between Romeo Montaque and Juliet Capulet. The Montaques and the Capulets have been "at war"... -
Answered a Question in Macbeth
Appearance and reality is an extremely important theme from the play. The first example we see is in Lady Macbeth's plans to murder Duncan. She dictates to Macbeth, look like the... -
Answered a Question in Macbeth
In Act I, Macbeth is still very much a puppet of Lady Macbeth's desires and ambitions. He is very unsure about this plot his wife has created to murder King Duncan, so he may take over the... -
Answered a Question in Their Eyes Were Watching God
The pear tree is also a motif that symbolizes the evolution of Janie's dream from that of her grandmother's early on (to get married to a prominent, wealthy man) to her entry into her third and... -
Answered a Question in Frankenstein
Absolutely! As Victor self-alienates himself because of his fear of the creature/monster he creates coupled with his guilt for having abandoned him, he becomes just as much a social outcast as the... -
Answered a Question in Of Mice and Men
In a nutshell, he tells him to stay away from his wife, only known in the novel as Curley's wife. Curley is excessively protective of his wife and suspicious and jealous of anyone who tries... -
Answered a Question in The Rocking-Horse Winner
I would also like to add that Paul is a sacrificial lamb in many ways. In order to break this vicious cycle of greed and dissatisfaction, something dramatic needed to happen to give the... -
Answered a Question in The Tell-Tale Heart
Right from the beginning, we realize that the narrator well-spoken but is also trying to convince the reader (and himself!) that he is sane even though he apparently is being accused of being... -
Answered a Question in The Tell-Tale Heart
I would also like to add that it is quite ironic that he is basically the old man's helper and friend, a confidante of sorts, yet he turns around and plans his murder. In addition, the... -
Answered a Question in The Tell-Tale Heart
I would like to add that the tone is derived from a combination of glimpses of almost flawless strategies from a sane, brilliant master-mind of a perfect murder mixed in with those of... -
Answered a Question in A Doll's House
In addition, Nora is a child because she isn't worldly and doesn't know who she really is apart from her husband and children. Her identity is completely contingent on being a wife and... -
Answered a Question in Twelfth Night
As a Shakespearean comedy, the main significance and purpose of disguise and false communication in Twelfth Night is to create irony, especially dramatic and situational irony. For example, Duke... -
Answered a Question in Beowulf
Hanging the arm by the rafters also doubles as a trophy, a concrete symbol of Beowulf's bravery and success in destroying Grendel. The gory nature of the trophy serves to... -
Answered a Question in Frankenstein
Victor decides not to create a mate for the creature because he realizes the consequences behind creating a new life and not taking full responsibility for this creation. He has played God by...