Throughout the novel The Scarlet Letter, Nathaniel Hawthorne maintains a thin line between good and evil. Who is morally good? Who is morally rotten? Between Dimmesdale and Chillingworth it is tough to tell. Both characters have their virtues, yet both have their fatal weaknesses. Only at the f...

I have read two books, "Forever Free," by Joe Haldeman and "Speaker For the Dead," by Orson Scott Card. These two books, while differing in many ways have similar aspects of the plot. The writers with similar spontaneous writing styles depict life in the future in similar ways. Both books illustrate...

Who is responsible for the deaths? There were several deaths that occurred in Mary Shelley's Frankenstein. Although the monster committed all these crimes, they were all related to getting revenge on a deeply flawed Victor Frankenstein, who abandoned him. In fact a...

Stand By Me Stand By Me is the story of true friendship and the loss of innocence. It brings all childhood insecurities, fears, and dreams intosharp, crystal-clear focus. It begins, as childhood stories often do, with curiosity. Four friends, each with his own emotional baggage, decide to go on ...

Tennyson's "The Lady of Shalott", is a poem full of symbols of death, isolation, and light. He shows the Lady moving from a spiritual death and isolation to an awakening that is highlighted by his use of light. Ultimately, Tennyson's poem urges its readers to confront life rather t...