Sex and Death in Literature Woody Allen once said ‘all great literature is about sex and death’, and although that my not be true for all it is definitely true for most. While some may like to believe that those two subjects should be dealt with cautiously, they are the two things people love and fear most. People love the idea of sex, whether it is the act itself, or the constant complications between genders. Men and women have for many years struggled over who is better in terms of physical strength, sexual sensuality, academics and home life. Death, on the other hand, is not something North Americans love but rather fear, and ou