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…, in the repeated images of the maze, the labyrinth, the weary and uncertain path, Hawthorne sats (by indirection) the Emersonian promise in a harsh and tragic light. Hester and Dimmesdale had "trusted themselves"; their hearts had "vibrated to that iron string…

…that he has just been named Thane of Cawdor, and he cannot believe he "yield[s] to that suggestion / Whose horrid image doth unfix my hair / And make my seated heart knock at my ribs" (Holt ct I, Scene III,). In Scene 5 of Act 1, however, his "vaulting…

…, with speckles. I have looked at it so long, I think it is a part of my heart. But it flickers, Faces and darkness separate us over and over"(6-9). The image of the wall creates a feeling of boredom and sadness as the darkness separates the mirror from its…

…and with it weaves the mysteries of human nature and the issue of guilt in such works as “The Black Cat” and “The Tell-Tale Heart.” The dark and foreboding tones in “The Imp of the Perverse” are almost ridiculed by Poe himself in “The Sphinx.” In “Some Words…

…vital organs, heart, central nervous system, or by a combination of these different effects with hemorrhage (The Execution Protocol). Probably the quickest way to execute a human being with a gun is to fire a single bullet from a piston at point blank range…

…. He had several chances to confess his black secret, but he did not do so. With each passing failure to disclose the truth, he grew more and more dark and disgraced. One example was when Dimmesdale spoke to Hester on the scaffold, which was a high platform…

…and desolate. The life around me was static, a mere illusion, robotically controlled and emotionless. There was nothing, no one to illuminate my life. I was stuck in the darkness. My mother hit me. Slapped me across the face with all the strength she could…

…was talking with Roger Chillingworth, little Pearl made an "A" for herself out of eelgrass. When her mother asked if she knew why her mother wore the letter, Pearl replied, "Truly I do! It is for the same reason that the minister keeps his hand over his heart…

…of Catherine’s marriage to Edgar. So, Heathcliff preys on Isabella’s ignorance towards his false love for her. Therefore, through obsession, jealousy, and ignorance, passionate love is consumed by the darkness of hatred. Growing up together in the same household…

…In this section of the book, Paul finally understands what the war is about and why he is there. But he learned this grim reality after a traumatizing event. He begins to see the devastation and agony the war brings accompanied with its empty heart…