Literature papers

An argument against Glaucon's thesis from Plato's "The Republic".

The paper is an examination of betrayal as a motif in literature and in the bible.

This paper is a review of William Faulkner's "As I Lay Dying".

A review of the poem "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" by T.S. Eliot

An analysis of the theme of mental deterioration in Edgar Allan Poe's "Alone" and Charlotte Perkins Gilman's "The Yellow Wallpaper".

A comparison between the novels "Of Mice and Men" by John Steinbeck and "The Stranger" by Albert Camus.

A review and discussion on the book "Life in Prison" by Stanley Williams.

Explores the meaning of free-will as discussed in John Milton's "Paradise Lost", "Doctrine and Discipline of Divorce" and "Areopagitica".

An analysis of "Interpreter of Maladies and Other Stories" by Jhumpa Lahiri.

A discussion of the changing nature of marriage as portrayed through English literature.

An analysis of the style and content of Phillip Terman's poem "A Response to Jehuda Halevi" from "Rabbis in the Air."

A look at the literary technique used in the book "The Color Purple" by Alice Walker.

A look at how Mark Twain viewed society through "Huckleberry Finn".

A discussion on Book 9 of "Paradise Lost" by John Milton.

This paper looks at Langston Hughes' efforts in overcoming the racism that was prevalent in American society.

A discussion of the theme of alienation in William Golding's novel, "Lord of the Flies."

An analysis of the behavior of three vengeful sons; Hamlet, Fortinbras and Laertes.

This paper discusses the danger of doublespeak to modern society.

An analysis of the main theme in Jonathan Swift's classic "Gulliver's Travels".

Reviews Virginia Anderson's "Creatures of Empire", which discuses the problems of the coexistence of the English and Indians in early colonial America.

Describes Jane Eyre's journey to independence in Charlotte Bronte's "Jane Eyre".

A review of John Steinbeck's book "Of Mice and Men".

This paper discusses the concept of a foreign language according to the beliefs of Franz Kafka and Karl Marx.

This paper studies the character of Efram Nugent in the novel 'Girl in Landscape' by Jonathan Lethem.

An analysis of the use of rhetoric in Virginia Woolf's essay "Shakespeare's Sister" from her work "A Room of One's Own".

This paper discusses the British intelligence service and studies Stephen Dorril's book, 'MI6: Inside the Covert World of Her Majesty's Secret Intelligence'.

An analysis of the theme of justice in Geoffrey Chaucer's "The Reeve's Tale" and "The Miller's Tale".

A discussion of how Odysseus cunningly shows that actions speak louder than words in Homer's epic poem "The Odyssey."

A commentary on the book "The Grey Wolf" by Sapphire.

A commentary on the short story by John Updike, "A & P".

An analysis of Homer's "The Iliad" Book IV, lines 422-436.

An examination of the abortion symbolism and metaphors within the short story, "Hills Like White Elephants," written by Ernest Hemingway.

An analysis of the modernist and romantic elements in the poetry of Walt Whitman and Emily Dickinson.

This paper discusses George Orwell's crusade against totalitarianism, concentrating on his book "1984".

A review of Fatima Meer's "Higher Than Hope", a biography of Nelson Mandela.

An examination of the imaginative journey in a comparison of Samuel Coleridge's poems, "Lime Tree Bower," "Frost at Midnight" and "Cover of Ivory Trail" and Tennessee Williams' "The Glass Menagerie."

Discuses the institution of marriage as presented in Geoffrey Chaucer's "The Canterbury Tales".

An analysis of the life of 19th century romantic poet, Lord Byron, and his works.

Explores the historical problems relating to black slavery emancipation as presented in Eric Foner's "Nothing but Freedom".

Analyzes John Donne's poems "The Flea" and "Elegy 19".

An analysis of the themes of social and economic injustice in "The Lesson" by Toni Cade Bambara.

A discussion of Dante's struggle between pity for the sinners condemned to hell and affinity with the justice of his Creator in condemning them, in his poem "The Inferno."

A discussion of the character Renfield in Bram Stoker's "Dracula"

This paper looks at literature discussing the impact of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster.

This paper studies the short story 'Recitatif' by Toni Morrison

An analysis of Tom Stoppard's play "Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead".

Reviews Toni Morrison's novel "The Bluest Eye", which is about adaptation to unrealistic cultural expectations and the real meaning of beauty.

Reviews Susan Mann's "The Talented Women of the Zhang Family", which chronicles the lives of three generations of women living in 19th century China.

A discussion on the middle station of life that Daniel Defoe presents the reader in "Robinson Crusoe".

A discussion on science fiction novelist, Herbert George Wells.

An explanation of how the writers in the 18th century, influenced the mood of the American people.

An analysis of the symbolism of the eye in the works of Edgar Allen Poe.

A review of the novel "Everything is Illuminated" by Jonathan Safran Foer.

This paper compares and contrasts the relationship between God and humanity for Socrates in the "Apology" and for Gilgamesh in "Gilgamesh".

A discussion on inferiority complex in the book "Notes From Underground" by Fyodor Dostoyevsky.

This paper analyzes the poem "The Gift" by Li-Young Lee.

A review of Edward Abbey's essay "The Great American Desert".

A discussion on the theme of darkness as paralysis in "Dubliners" by James Joyce.

This paper analyzes Hedley Bull's beliefs, concentrating on his work 'The Anarchical Society: A Study of Order in World Politics'.

Looks at poetic themes of female writers in America before 1865.

This paper analyzes and discusses the social issues raised in the book 'Bowling Alone' by Robert Putnam.

A review of Toni Morrison's "Beloved".

An examination of various themes in Joseph Conrad's novella, "Heart of Darkness."

A review of the book "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" by Maya Angelou.

A look at many of the issues of Nathaniel Hawthorne's day as described in the novel, "The Blithedale Romance".

An analysis of the themes of reason and choice in John Milton's "Paradise Lost".

An examination of the condition of perpetual mourning and its relationship to God, Satan and death in literature and film.

A detailed analysis of Emily Dickinson's personification of death as a courteous Victorian gentleman with a dark underside in her poetry.

A discussion on art and reality in Virginia Woolf's "To the Lighthouse".

A review of a Russian fairy tale "Humpbacked Pony', which teaches children the important values in life.

A comparative look at Eugene O'Neill's "Long Day's Journey into Night" and Harold Pinter's "The Homecoming".

An analysis of the central role of the letter in Jane Austen's novels "Pride and Prejudice" and "Persuasion."

A comparison of "The World is Too Much With Us" written by William Wordsworth and "A Vindication of the Rights of Woman" written by Mary Wollstonecraft.

An analysis of Francis Scott Fitzgerald's novel "The Great Gatsby".

A comparison of Harriet Jacobs' "Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl" and Frederick Douglass' "Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass".

This paper looks at one of William Shakespeare's best loved romantic comedies "A Midsummer Night's Dream".

A review on the role of Eve in the epic poem, "Paradise Lost" by John Milton.

An analysis of Apple Computers' 1984 commercial that was based on George Orwell's novel "Nineteen Eighty-Four".

A review and summary of "The Birth of Venus" by Sarah Dunant.

A review and summary of Lucy Grealy's memoir, "Autobiography of a Face".

An analysis of the themes of epiphany and revelation in Kate Chopin's "The Awakening".

A comparison of three histories written for children: "The Double Life of Pocahontas," by Jean Fritz, Mary Pope Osborne's "Davy Crockett" and Julius Lester's "John Henry."

A review of Dickens' "Bleak House."

A comparison of Homer's "Iliad" with Christa Wolf's "Cassandra" - an account of war by a man and a woman, respectively, on the same topic.

A critical analysis of "Born in Bondage: Growing Up Enslaved in the Antebellum South" by Marie Jenkins Schwartz.

A review and summary of the book "Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl", by Harriet Jacobs.

An analysis of the them of impurity in Jonathan Swift's "The Lady's Dressing Room" and "A Beautiful Young Nymph Going to Bed".

An analysis of Jane Austen's perceptions of gender in her work ""Pride & Prejudice".

A critical review of the poem "Unknown Girl in the Maternity Ward" by Anne Sexton.

A review of Linda Sue Park's book, "A Single Shard."

An examination of the theme of honor in Gabriel Garcia Marquez's book "A Chronicle of a Death Foretold."

This paper looks at two different biographies of Beethoven, by Martin Geck and by David Wyn Jones.

An analysis of Elizabeth and Jane in Jane Austen's "Pride and Prejudice".

Analyzes Psalm 62, which, according to Jewish tradition, is the work of David.

A comparison and contrast of "Gandhi's Autobiography: The Story of My Experiments with Truth", by Mahatma Gandhi, "Black Elk Speaks: Being the Life Story of a Holy Man of the Oglala Sioux" by John Neihardt and "The Hiding Place" by Corrie Ten Boom.

This paper compares and contrasts Mary Shelley's 'Frankenstein' and James Whale's film 'Frankenstein'.

This paper studies the novel 'The Flanders Panel' by Arturo Perez-Reverte.

A review of the issue of violence in the book "The Wretched of the Earth" by Franz Fanon.

A review of Lynn Staley's "The Book of Margery Kempe"