Literature papers

An examination of the rhetoric used in Gary Soto's work, "Black Hair" to reveal the marginalization of Mexicans in North America.

An analysis of the absurd in Voltaire's "Candide", Honore de Balzac's "Pere Goriot" and Franz Kafka's "The Trial".

A comparison of two characters, Charlie and Spider, from Neil Gaiman's "Anansi Boys".

An analysis of the tension in Edgar Allan Poe's "Fall of the House of Usher," Flannery O'Connor's "A Good Man is Hard to Find" and H.P. Lovecraft's "The Horror at Red Hook."

An analysis of the theme of existentialism in the short story "The Guest," by Albert Camus.

This paper analyzes whether the women in Shakespeare's "Hamlet" are as frail as they seem to be.

This paper looks at the allure of violence and warfare, as demonstrated in three novels.

This paper is a book review of "The Face on the Milk Carton" by Caroline B. Cooney.

An analysis of how William Shakespeare combines two different plots in his play "A Midsummer Night's Dream".

An in-depth review and analysis of Franz Kafka's story "The Metamorphosis".

An analysis of the magical realism in "Marcovaldo: or the Seasons in the City" by Italo Calvino.

A discussion of how the word "beauty" is applied to art, focusing on the Cubists and a few 20th century Hispanic poets.

An analysis of the plot and imagery used in the novel, "In Parable of the Sower," written by Octavia E. Butler.

An analysis of the happy and unhappy marriages in George Eliot's "Middlemarch".

An analysis of Mark Twain's "A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court".

An in-depth analysis of Walt Whitman's poem "In Clouds Descending, In Midnight Sleep."

An analysis of the two conflicts present in Lorraine Hansberry's play "A Raisin in The Sun".

A review of the book "Napoleon: Life after Death" by Edvard Radzinsky questioning its objectivity and at the same time praising its merits.

Describes the elements of prose fiction.

This essay focuses on the modernist conventions described by Michael Borshuck in "Swinging the Vernacular" and applies them to Eugene O'Neill's play "The Emperor Jones".

A review and analysis of Niccolo Machiavelli's "The Prince".

A discussion on the effects of Othello's jealousy in the play "Othello" by William Shakespeare.

A comparison of the characters in F. Scott Fitzgerald's "The Great Gatsby", Stephen Leacock's "Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town" and Arthur Miller's "The Death of a Salesman".

An analysis of Upton Sinclair's novel "The Jungle."

A comparison of the main female characters in William Faulkner's "An Odor of Verbena" and Peter Taylor's "The Old Forest".

An analysis of why Yann Martel's "Life of Pi" was a literary success.

This essay addresses the role of the monsters in "Beowulf" and shows how they serve as a morality lesson for the people of that time.

A review of Gabriel Okara's "Piano and Drums," a poem on the theme of cultural conflict.

A contrast of the marriages in "Taming of the Shrew", by William Shakespeare.

This paper is an essay discussing Anne Stevenson's use of imagery in her poem, "The Victory."

An analysis of the themes in John Steinbeck's "Of Mice and Men" that are still relevant today.

A discussion on how female authors in the first half of the twentieth century expressed themes of lesbianism in their stories.

This paper analyzes Alfred North Whitehead's theory of noble discontent as expressed in his writing, "The Adventure of Ideas."

An analysis of the state of multiple intelligence in Howard Gardner's "Intelligence Reframed: Multiple Intelligences for the 21st Century".

An analysis of the elements of magical realism in Alice Walker's "To Hell with Dying".

This paper examines different interpretations of obedience and disobedience in the Bible and Homer's "Iliad".

A comparison of Martin Luther King and Atticus Finch from Harper Lee's "To Kill a Mockingbird".

A comparison of the depiction of Grendel in John Gardner's novel, "Grendel" and in the epic poem, "Beowulf".

An analytical essay on Homer's "The Odyssey."

An analysis of the use of weather and nature as metaphors in Mary Shelley's "Frankenstein" and Charlotte Bronte's "Jane Eyre".

Looks at the unique style of poet, painter, novelist and playwright, e.e. cummings (E.E. Cummings).

A look at "The Letters of Abelard and Heloise," and what they reveal about the authors and the world in which they lived.

A review of the autobiography "Twelve Years a Slave" by Solomon Northrup.

An analysis of Eric Hickey's theory on serial murders and their victims as defined in his book "Serial Murders and Their Victims" and its relevance to law enforcement.

An analysis of Stephen Crane's work "The Blue Hotel".

A review of "In An Instant: A Family's Journey of Love and Healing" by Lee and Bob Woodruff.

An examination of Ulysses' adventure in Homer's work, "The Odyssey."

An analysis of the friendships in "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone", by J.K. Rowling.

An in-depth review and analysis of Eric Schlosser's work "Fast Food Nation".

A discussion on the role of females in Jane Austen's novels.

A look at the literature surrounding the epic of Gilgamesh.

An analysis of "The Horse-Dealer's Daughter" by D.H. Lawrence.

A summary and analysis of Chinua Achebe's book, "Things Fall Apart".

Compares two patriotic song-poems, Woody Guthrie's "This Land is Your Land" and Irving Berlin's "God Bless America".

An analysis of the father-son relationship in Alistair McLeod's story "The Boat" and Guy Vanderhaeghe's work "Cages".

An analysis of the character of Achilles in Homer's "Iliad".

A look at the style of writing of contemporary author, Michel Faber.

A discussion of the two main moral themes in Homer's epic poem, "The Odyssey".

A comparison of the plot and perspective in which the epic poem, "Beowulf" and John Gardner's "Grendel" are written.

A close look at the female experience of slavery as depicted in Harriet Jacobs' "Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl".

An analysis of the patriarchy conflicts in Anzia Yezierska's novel "Bread Givers".

An analysis of the characters in James Dickey's "Deliverance".

An analysis of the independence and maturity of Jane in Charlotte Bronte's "Jane Eyre".

An account of Henry Fielding's novel, "Tom Jones".

An analysis of the socialization in "Rhinoceros" by Eugene Ionesco and "The Metamorphosis" by Franz Kafka.

An analysis J.D. Salinger's use of diction, imagery, and symbolism in his work "Catcher in the Rye".

A look at the evolution from neo-classicism to romanticism in English literature.

A review of Donald Trump's self help book, "Think Like a Billionaire".

A discussion on the character Lady Brett Ashley from Ernest Hemingway's "The Sun Also Rises".

A review of the fourteenth century work, "Chronicles", by Jean Froissart.

A review and analysis of John Steinbeck's novel, "In Dubious Battle".

A review of Domitila Barrios De Chungara's experiences in her work "Let Me Speak!".

An analysis of the themes of political change in Isabel Allende's "The House of the Spirits" and Gabriel Garcia Marquez's "One Hundred Years of Solitude" and "In Evil Hour".

A review of Sun Tzu's military treatise entitled "The Art of War".

A description of how literature was the means to the rise of individualism through the 17th and 18th centuries.

An analysis of Henry Adams' critique of modern education based on science as expressed in his work "The Education of Henry Adams".

Analyzes the role of memory in three short stories by Jorge Luis Borges.

An analysis of John Milton's Satan by considering the names given to him - and taken up by him - throughout the epic poem "Paradise Lost".

An analysis of the characters in William Shakespeare's "Taming of The Shrew."

A look into the characters of Shakespeare's "Twelfth Night."

An analytical essay on the propaganda in George Orwell's "1984."

Examines the message in Khaled Hosseini's novels "The Kite Runner" and "A Thousand Splendid Suns".

A critique of B.F. Skinner's utopian novel "Walden Two".

A review of the short story "Woman Hollering Creek" by Sandra Cisneros.

This paper looks at how vampires transgress boundaries in Bram Stoker's 'Dracula'.

Looks at identity, which is developed through culturally defined language, as presented in writings by Deborah Tannen, Richard Rodriguez, Gloria Anzaldua and Amy Tan.

An analytical essay on Oscar Wilde's "The Picture of Dorian Grey."

A review of the theme of love in the stories of Nicholas Sparks.

An examination of the use of metaphors, diction and figures of speech in the poem, "To his Coy Mistress," written by Andrew Marvell.

A comparison of the dual qualities of ancient Greek heroism as personified in Achilles and Oedipus from Homer's the "Iliad" and Sophocles' "Oedipus Tyrannus".

An analysis of modernism as depicted in "Mrs. Dalloway" by Virginia Woolf and "A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man" by James Joyce.

A review of the book "Gaia: A New Look at Life on Earth" by James Lovelock.

An analysis of the role of infanticide in the context of the central themes in "Oedipus the King" by Sophocles.

An analysis of the imperialist undertones in Joseph Rudyard Kipling's infamous poem, "White Man's Burden".

An examination of the main themes in the novel "Hard Times" by Charles Dickens.

An analysis of the effects of postmodernism and the discursive construction of spaces in "A History of the World in 10 1/2 Chapters" by Julian Barnes and "Field Study" by Rachel Seiffert.

This paper reviews and compares two first hand accounts written during the Fourth and Seventh Crusades.

A brief look at the relationship between logic and perception as defined in Gabriel Garcia Marquez's "The Handsomest Drowned Man in the World".