Megan Miller, M.A.
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About
I teach Literature and Drama. I am a Substitute Teacher with 6 years of experience in various classrooms where I've learned to explain things in different ways. I have my NJ Teacher of English certification and have worked as a Student Teacher and Long Term Sub (covering for maternity leave) in a high school English class covering grades 9-12 and AP Language and Composition. I work with theater companies as an actress and teaching artist when I'm not in the classroom.
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Answered a Question in Robinson Crusoe
Robinson Crusoe is practical. He opens his tale by giving us facts and necessary background information. When he is shipwrecked, he immediately prepares for survival by salvaging whatever he can... -
Answered a Question in The Laramie Project
Many of the conflicts are interconnected, and specific examples reveal larger conflicts in the town and society as a whole. Jedadiah tells us how his parents missed his performance of Angels in... -
Answered a Question in To Kill a Mockingbird
Scout goes to school for the first time in chapter two and clashes with Miss Caroline, the young new school teacher from out of town. Miss Caroline is unfamiliar with the town residents, and her... -
Answered a Question in Macbeth
There are a number of events that lead to Duncan's death in the play. We first see Duncan in act 1, scene 2. He receives news of the battle: Macbeth has defeated Macdonwald. The Thane of Cawdor is... -
Answered a Question in A Rose for Emily
In "A Rose for Emily" by William Faulkner, Colonel Sartoris is representative of the Old South. He looks down on women of color but feels the need to take care of aristocratic white women. As... -
Answered a Question in The Giver
We can see why intelligence is an important quality for the Receiver by examining how Jonas uses his intelligence as the Receiver. One reason why the Receiver might need intelligence is because the... -
Answered a Question in Tess of the d'Urbervilles
In Tess of the d'Urbervilles, Phase the First is called "The Maiden," referring to Tess's innocence at the start of the novel. Hardy introduces Tess during the May-Day celebration. In this chapter,... -
Answered a Question in The Great Gatsby
Jordan Baker is a childhood friend of Daisy's. Shes "from Louisville. Our white girlhood was passed together there." Jordan is two years younger than Daisy, and in chapter four she reveals... -
Answered a Question in A Midsummer Night's Dream
A Midsummer Night's Dream examines the folly of love. In the first scene, we are introduced to Hermia and Lysander, who are in love. However, Hermia's father Egeus wants her to marry Demetrius, a... -
Answered a Question in As You Like It
Given that the two brothers are never on stage together, what we know about their relationship comes from what they say to others and what others say about them. We first hear about Frederick and... -
Answered a Question in The Shakespeare Stealer
In chapter 16 of The Shakespeare Stealer, Widge talks to the actor Chris Beeston, a former apprentice. Beeston explains that there is a history of playbooks being stolen from theaters. Simon Bass... -
Answered a Question in Iliad
Answers will vary for this opinion-based question. It is important to provide reasons to back up and explain your answer. Zeus is reluctant to bestow the golden apple. He says Paris, a Trojan... -
Answered a Question in Frindle
Chapter three of Frindle is appropriately titled "The Question." One of Nick's many tactics for getting out of work is called the "teach stopper" or the "guaranteed-time-waster." He waits until the... -
Answered a Question in F. Scott Fitzgerald
As with any opinion-based question, you will need to find support for your claim. Examples of evidence include citing passages from Fitzgerald's writing, considering the historical context in which... -
Answered a Question in Goodnight Desdemona (Good Morning Juliet)
I think Constance uses Desdemona and Juliet for her own transformation through the course of the play. The first line of the play is the Chorus asking "What's alchemy?" He introduces us to the idea... -
Answered a Question in Kaffir Boy
I'm happy to help you learn more about figurative language by helping you analyze examples of it in a given text! Figurative language involves figures of speech and imagery. Examples include... -
Answered a Question in All My Sons
Let's examine all of the characters in the play to determine their importance. Larry is the son of Joe and Kate Keller. He used to date Ann Deever, who is now dating Larry's brother Chris. While... -
Answered a Question in Romeo and Juliet
Romeo and Juliet are both passionate characters. They become devoted to each other soon after meeting, soon getting married and planning to run away together. Their passion is found in the flowery... -
Answered a Question in Literature
Sarajevo is in turmoil and the characters face the resulting difficulties of wartime. At the start of Macbeth, Scotland is at war. Although King Duncan wins, Macbeth disrupts the peace with murder,... -
Answered a Question in In the Blood
In the Blood is a play written by Suzan-Lori Parks. It is inspired by the novel The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne. The play centers around Hester, a struggling mother of five children with... -
Answered a Question in Night
In Night, Elie Wiesel writes about his experience during the Holocaust, including his time at Aushwitz. In the link below, you can find Sheena Blackwell's "Of Aushwitz," a long poem comprised of... -
Answered a Question in Romeo and Juliet
Feminist criticism allows us to examine works from a feminist point of view. This perspective could shed new light on how these works deal with women's issues. Some questions that enotes provides... -
Answered a Question in The Crucible
John Proctor does not always do or say what society would recommend. He does not get on well with Reverend Parris, and therefore, only two of his three children are baptized and he has not attended... -
Answered a Question in Animal Farm
In Chapter 6 of Animal Farm by George Orwell, Napoleon and the pigs make decisions that seem to go against the early resolutions made by the animals following the revolution. In order to keep the... -
Answered a Question in A Rose for Emily
The point of view of William Faulkner's "A Rose for Emily" is one thing that makes the short story unique. Written in the first-person-plural point of view, the narrator is never precisely... -
Answered a Question in Of Mice and Men
When writing a paragraph using the ACE-IT format, you first need to come up with an Assertion. This would be the answer to the question, or what you believe to be true about the text. Next comes... -
Answered a Question in The Importance of Being Earnest
In act 2 of The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde, the characters' attitudes towards the idea of a christening reveal their attitudes towards religion. They do not seem to respect... -
Answered a Question in Tuck Everlasting
Some additional items that are important in Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbit include the yellow suit, the cat, the shotgun, the music box, the mirror, and the grave. The yellow suit: The stranger... -
Answered a Question in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
At the end of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey, the tyrannical Nurse Ratched has R.P. McMurphy lobotomized. Chief Bromden decides to suffocate his friend and make his escape. Is Bromden... -
Answered a Question in A Rose for Emily
"A Rose for Emily" by William Faulkner takes place during Reconstruction following the Civil War, when the South was left to deal with the results of emancipation. The Southern economy had been... -
Answered a Question in The Great Gatsby
In chapter 6 of The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, Nick tells the reader Gatsby's origin story: that his real name is James Gatz, and he grew up very poor. One summer he meets Dan Cody, a... -
Answered a Question in Cloud Nine
Cloud Nine is a two-act play by British playwright Caryl Churchill. It premiered in 1979 and explores ideas of colonialism, gender, and family. The postmodern elements of Cloud Nine can pose... -
Answered a Question in A Rose for Emily
Homer Barron is a foreman in the construction company that comes to town to pave the sidewalks. He is "a big, dark, ready man, with a big voice and eyes lighter than his face." He soon befriends...
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