"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...