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Macduff’s Misery — What can we learn from it?
In Act IV of Macbeth, Macduff receives the worst news that any parent can ever receive: his children and his wife have been killed. Hearing this news surely motivates Macduff to kill Macbeth, the dictator, but I think that this … Continue reading
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Text and Subtext in Act I Scene 5
In this scene Macbeth’s wife talks to him. She has read his letter, telling her about the good news that he heard from the witches, and she wants to make sure that he acts quickly in order to become king. … Continue reading
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Macbeth’s Ambition — and what we might learn from it.
Over the past twenty years or so, I’ve thought a lot about… well, myself. Sometimes, as I think about the man in the mirror, I consider this question: What are my ambitions? To what extent am I willing to work … Continue reading
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Three Witches — Some images and an article.
Three Witches – eNotes.com Reference. I noticed a couple of things as I tried to do the blog post I assigned to students on images of characters. It was very hard for me to think of anything to do besides … Continue reading
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Why am I making everyone do blogs?
Why literature? Why blogs? I’ll start at the first question. I love literature. I loved it when I was in middle school — so much that I decided that I wanted to be an English teacher for the rest of … Continue reading
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The beginning of Academic Year 2011-12
It’s a new year, full of new possibilities for education. At the moment, the thing that has me inspired — and very nervous — is the enormous change that has happened in the world of education since I started teaching … Continue reading
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A Year in the Life of an English Class 