"Death of The Moth" is a woman's realization that the only way to keep her dignity is to take her life before the insanity in her mind takes it for her. Virginia Woolf's life was one dramatic episode after another. From the time that she was thirteen until the night that she was...

Although the female characters in Frankenstein are not given significant importance in a direct role, their influence upon Victor Frankenstein drives the entire plot. Victor's descent into madness begins immediately after his mother's death. Prior to his mother's death he led an ideal life as Vic...

AT the information desk of a downtown Manhatten Barnes And Noble, I ask about a title--Be your own undertaker. How to dispose of a dead body. The young man behind the desk doesn't miss a beat. "Has it begun to smell." he asks,with a perfunctory grin that acknowledges yet undercuts the small jo...

Although the female characters in Frankenstein are not given significant importance in a direct role, their influence upon Victor Frankenstein drives the entire plot. Victor's descent into madness begins immediately after his mother's death. Prior to his mother's death he led an ideal life as Vict...

Whether or not Euthanasia and assisted suicide should be legalized is one of the most hotly debated legal and ethical issues. Proponents of legalizing assisted suicide and euthanasia often defend their case by mixing two types of argument. One is based on social policy; the other is related to indiv...

We have all seen or heard stories about people wanting to end their lives due to extreme pain and suffering. Sometimes in the heat of war, soldiers, blown apart by land mines or bullets, ask for someone to just put them out of their misery. Since they know they will be dying very shortly, they wo...