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…, it’s character’s heart and soul, and mine. You see for me a book that captivates through Identification is always the most tangible form of asthetic perfection I can find in literature. My author must paint in my mind so clearly a portrait of their character…

…does. At the command of his superior, he questions Hester, “…I charge thee to speak out the name of thy fellow-sinner and fellow-sufferer…though he were to step down beside thee, in thy pedestal of shame, yet better were it so, than to hide a guilty heart…

…Emily Dickinson's obsession with death in her poetry has fascinated people for over a century. Her use of dark, morbid language was relatively unique in mid-nineteenth century poetry, especially for a woman. The subject of these poems ranged from just…

…and listen to the words and feel the emotion instilled by John’s voice. In the darkness behind my eyes images are painted on the blank canvas of my imagination. His passion is what brings this small collection of words to life with so much vibrancy. Starting…

…into the eye and heart of the child. In the woods is perpetual youth” (Emerson 10). When one visits nature, it takes on the mood of the visitor. If a man is in a somber mood, nature will appear dark and gloomy. If a man is exuberant, nature will reflect…

…for Brown is that these sinners are people he recognizes to be pious and upstanding figures in the community. Upon discovering the Deacon and minister’s presence, he feels “overburdened with the heavy sickness of his heart” (172). It is here that he has doubts…

…to be Wordsworth’s fantasy or his lover, and to some she is believed to be a relative who he held very close to his heart. He (Wordsworth) believed that it was especially in the language of nature that man could know ultimate truths. These truths coexist both…

…Adolph Meyers from the fictional town. He was saved from hanging because even as he was cast in this evil light, he “touched their hearts.” This illustrates perhaps better than any other example the extent of the main character’s ability to communicate his…

…of transformation stress an urgent sexual appetite, as does the three women who ambush Harker in Dracula’s castle. Jonathan later recalls in his journal “… I felt in my heart a wicked burning desire that they would kiss me with those red lips.” In Dracula, only…

…, astraddle first his midsection, and then being moved lower. She described something flesh-colored and curved, with masses of dark wiry hair surrounding it”. . . .”Bestiality,” Stanley said, “wouldn’t be easy for anyone to accept, child or adult.” “Accept…