Victor wants to cure disease and raise the dead: perhaps, he wants to reunite Elizabeth with her parents and regain his own mother's love. ... Of course, Caroline contracts scarlet fever and upon her deathbed directly expresses her love to Elizabeth only. ... Victor also comments on how Elizabeth is handling the loss of Caroline, her savior, "She indeed veiled her grief" (50). ... Having never fully differentiated from his mother, Victor views his mother's death as his own. ... Unable to fully function as a member of society, Victor struggles with primitive desires for his mother...

• Word Count: 2532
• Approx Pages: 10
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Hall develops this sensitive lesbian and as the story unravels the reader is invited to look closer into the soul of this character and what being a lesbian entails to her. ... Like many lesbians, Stephen feels that she is an outcast of society. ... She struggles to feel accepted by anyone other than a very select few. ... Stephen lost part of her soul when her own mother abolished her from her home. ... (Well of Loneliness p.339) Puddle encourages Stephen to write not only for her own sake, but also for the sake of all inverts. ...

• Word Count: 2169
• Approx Pages: 9
• Grade Level: High School

Everything imaginable happens until there are a select few left that are true friends. ... Once Edna moves out into her own house, the break and separation between her and Leonce is evident. ... (Seyersted 221) The older woman cautions Edna: "To be an artist includes much; one must possess many gifts "absolute gifts "which have not been acquired by one's own effort. And, moreover, to succeed, the artist must possess the courageous soul."" ... He is not her friend, but he tricks her into borrow...

• Word Count: 3600
• Approx Pages: 14
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School