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…the scarlet letter on her chest, they suggest that she have it branded on her forehead or even be put to death (Hawthorne 51). Perhaps the most important influence on the story is the author's interest in the "dark side" ("Introduction" VIII). Unlike…

…to Transylvania as a journey between two atmospheres, entering the "thunderous one", Mr. Lockwood too is introduced to Wuthering Heights on a stormy night, a foreshadowing of the darkness to come. Mr. Lockwood has an arrangement to meet with his neighboring tenant, Mr…

…to provoke the audience to think about the situation in the play and to intrigue the audience. At the very start of Act two scene 2 Fleance enters with a torch because it is dark, in the context of what is about to happen (treason/the murder of King Duncan…

…the hypocritical society of Puritans. A strong conscience exists within Dimmesdale, but his internal conflict between his weakness and his strive to reveal the truth result in the suffering within the heart and soul. The role of Dimmesdale as a minister is utilized…

…spirits. Whether one considers them as human witches in league with the powers of darkness, or as actual demons in the form of witches, or as merely inanimate symbols, the power which they wield or represent or symbolize is ultimately demonic. Let us, therefore…

…to him. The place that he lived was not home, his family members were either dead or 'blotted' from his memory as existing as family at all; he had a 'young heart overborne with sadness, and a soul full of apprehension' (p. 47). Douglass must counter…

…so that he can take the pearl to the capital he finds it ruined. The boat's importance is more fully conveyed through Steinbeck's personification of it. Light: The use of light and dark is seen in countless literary works to symbolize the ever…

…to the vitality of the tragic vision, which pierces beneath the "official view" of any culture to the dark realities that can never be permanently hidden, and together they mark a recrudescence of the tragic spirit in what would seem an unlikely time, on unlikely soil…

…such as "Miss Torso" and "Miss Lonely-hearts", these are people we recognise as part of our own lives. Then, there is L.B Jeffries, played by James Stewart. He is the main character of Rear Window, a photographer who has broken his leg and has been confined to his…

…crashing down around me. In one minute, I was lost in the pieces of my heart as it shattered around me from each detail of the cheating done. I waited in the dark as he slept that night, waiting for the reason to help me understand how this could have happened…