Literature papers

An examination of struggle and oppression in the nineteenth century through analysis of the works of Joseph Conrad, James Joyce and Tony Harrison

A review of the recurrent themes in Ernest Hemingway's works with specific examples discussed.

An analysis of two feminist approaches to literary theory.

A discussion on how William Blake's "Songs of Innocence" and "Songs of Experience" can be considered both complex and simple.

This paper explores the issue of gender boundaries and male/female relationships in 'Howard's End ' by E.M. Forster and looks at the issues and tensions the characters face surrounding these boundaries and relationships.

An analysis of the story of "Dracula" by Bram Stoker as an expression of social and psychological anxiety.

A brief review of Joyce Carol Oates' short story "Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?".

An analysis of the critique of consumerism that Larissa Lai portrays through runners in her novel, "Salt Fish Girl."

A review of chapter 7 of the book "Inequality, Development, and Globalization" by Ellen Meiksins Wood.

A review of the book, "Reaching Out", by the late Dutch-born Catholic theologian, Henri J. M. Nouwen.

Analyzes how narrative voice is used in Robert Louis Stevenson's "Will O' the Mill", Thomas Hardy's "The three Strangers", William Conrad's "The Inn of the Two Witches" and Jean Stafford's "Bad Characters".

A review of Edgar Allan Poe's short story, "The Oblong Box".

Looks at the concept of piety in Plato's dialogue "Euthyphro".

An analysis of Amy Tan's short story "Two Kinds".

A review of the article "Researchers and Teachers Working Together to Adapt Instruction for Diverse Learners" by D. Fuchs and L.S. Fuchs.

An examination of a major theme of social criticism in the abridged novel, "The Monkey and the Monk," based off of the Chinese classic, "The Journey to the West," by Anthony Yu.

Examines Angela Carter's tale "The Company of Wolves", a satire of "Little Red Riding Hood" and other traditional fairy tales.

Examines racism in Beecher Stowe's "Uncle Tom's Cabin".

A proposal for a project to study the representation of women in Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet" and "Othello".

An analysis of the theme of national identity in Kiran Desai's "The Inheritance of Loss".

Looks at messages relating to body image and society from Catherine Pigott's online short story "Chicken Hips".

An analysis of the theme of dissimulation in Boccaccio's "Decameron" and the "Heptameron" of Marguerite of Navarre.

A review and comparison of the books "Lucy" by Jamaica Kincaid and "Small Island" by Andrea Levy.

This paper is an analytical commentary on a passage from Thomas Hardy's "Tess of the d'Urbervilles".

This paper discusses Thucydides' objective, authoritative accounts of historical occurrences and argues that this style has led to the present day survival of his work.

A look at second life experience through literature.

This paper looks at 'The Republic' by Plato and discusses Kallipolis, Plato's just city.

A look at Charlotte Bronte's "Jane Eyre" and Kate Chopin's "The Awakening" and how both novels show that society of the nineteenth century was not an egalitarian society.

A review of Alfredo Vea's novel on the world after the war in Vietnam, "Gods Go Begging."

Looks at "The Miracles of Our Lady of Rocamadour", translated and edited by Marcus Bull, to understand the concepts of need in the Middle Ages.

An investigation into premise and images of "Sonnet 126" by Francesco Petrarch.

An analysis of the relevance of Frederick Douglass' writings today.

An analysis of how Fred Wah reflects on his multicultural heritage in his biofiction work, "Diamond Grill".

An analysis of the themes of ghosts, time, memory and trauma in Toni Morrison's "Beloved".

An analysis of the construction of childhood and of the child within historical and cultural contexts.

A analytical commentary on the thoughts of the author, Robert Lee Frost whilst writing his poem, "The Road not Taken".

An analysis of John B. Lee's poem, "Hockey Heart".

Looks at the theme of faith in John Donne's poem "Death, be not Proud".

A review of the poem "Easter Rising 1916" by William Butler Yeats.

A review of Primo Levi's "Survival in Auschwitz".

This is a summary and review of the story "Last Orders" by Graham Swift.

An analysis of the concept of evil in John Milton's "Paradise Lost" and Shakespeare's "Othello".

A review of the effects of drug and alcohol abuse by mothers as portrayed in "Prozac Diary" by Lauren Slater and "Falling Angels" by Barbara Gowdy.

This paper analyzes the peer relationships of Vittorio Innocente in Nino Ricci's "Lives of the Saints" and of Paddy Clarke in Roddy Doyle's "Paddy Clarke, Ha, Ha, Ha".

Compares Tillie Olsen's "I Stand Here Ironing" and Alice Walker's "Everyday Use".

A summary of the novel, "The Road", by Cormac McCarthy.

A critical analysis of Madeleine Thein's "Simple Recipes", using a secondary source.

Analyzes the themes of religion and human nature in Yann Martel's "Life of Pi".

An analysis of the metamorphism of absolutist political ideology within "In Dubious Battle" by John Steinbeck.

Looks at the maternal figures in two of Toni Morrison's writings: "The Bluest Eye" and "Sula".

Discusses the intersection of race and class in William Faulkner's "Absalom, Absalom!".

Examines the social aspects of race through the writings of Alain Locke in his essay "The Concept of Race as Applied to Social Culture" and Ralph Ellison in his novel "Invisible Man".

A review of the book "Revisiting America" by Susan Wyle.

An analysis of the novel "The Road" by by Cormac McCarthy.

A comparison of "Iliad" by Homer and "Oedipus the King" by Sophocles.

A review of F. Scott Fitzgerald's novel "The Great Gatsby."

This paper looks at the overabundance of emotion in Shakespeare's work 'Twelfth Night'.

This paper provides a review of Kevin Phillips' book, "Wealth and Democracy: A Political History of the American Rich".

A discussion of alcoholism in Ernest Hemmingway's novel "The Sun Also Rises".

Looks at the theme of women's social-cultural position in Susan Glaspell's short story "A Jury of Her Peers".

An analysis of the theme of pain and growth in Anne Tyler's play "Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant".

An analysis of the ways in which Theophilus Presbyter influenced later practices of other artists, particularly looking at his treatise, "On Divers Art."

An analysis of how Emily Dickinson conveys ideas of life and death in her poem "Because I Could Not Stop for Death".

An analysis of the views of various ancient philosophers and authors on the purpose of life.

A review of Heather Devine's book "The People Who Own Themselves: Aboriginal Ethnogenesis in a Canadian Family".

This paper examines Algernon's practice of "bunburying" in Oscar Wilde's "The Importance of Being Earnest".

An analysis of the poem "The Law of the Yukon" by Robert W. Service.

An analysis of the way in which Sylvia Plath portrays men as oppressors in her book, "The Bell Jar."

An analysis of how a poem by Charles G.D. Roberts, "Kinship," views native Canadians at the time the poem was written.

Examines Susan McCaslin's poem 'The Call' from her book "Flying Wounded".

A review of the poem "Wonders of the West or a Day at the Falls of Niagara, in 1825" by James Lynne Alexander.

A review of "A Night to Remember", Walter Lord's 1955 work about what happened the night the RMS Titanic sunk.

This paper analyzes the patriarchal institution of marriage in "The Yellow Wallpaper" by Charlotte Perkins Gilman and "Hedda Gabler" by Henrik Ibsen.

This paper discusses Susan McCaslin's poem "Just an Ordinary Woman" as an example of the British Columbian mystical tradition.

An analysis of the use of the Black Madonna as an important symbol of women leadership within the "The Secret Life of Bees" by Sue Monk Kidd.

A comparison and contrast of the themes and use of characters in William Shakespeare's "Othello" with Cinthio's story, "Gli Hecatommithi."

Explores the themes of pride and love in Jane Austen's "Pride and Prejudice".

A comparison of the character of Emma and her relationship with Mr. Knightley, from Jane Austen's novel, "Emma" with three film adaptations of the book.

Explores the friendship between Huckleberry Finn and Jim in Mark Twain's "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn".

A look at how US society has many similarities to the civilization portrayed in George Orwell's novel, "1984".

An analysis of Alice Major's poem "Maps".

A comparative analysis of how the characters of Jay Gatsby from F. Scott Fitzgerald's "The Great Gatsby" and Willy Loman from Arthur Miller's "Death of A Salesman" face their pasts.

Examines the motivation of philanthropist Baron Edmond James de Rothschild as presented in Ran Aaronsohn's book "Rothschild and Early Jewish Colonization in Palestine".

This paper compares the past and families of Jay Gatsby in F. Scott Fitzgerald's "The Great Gatsby" and Willy Loman in Arthur Miller's "Death of a Salesman".

An analysis of African-American discrimination in Richard Wright's "Native Son," Lorraine Hansberry's "A Raisin In The Sun" and Lanston Hughes' poem, "Ballard of the Landlord."

An analysis of the role of Philisides in Philip Sidney's "The Old Arcadia".

An analysis of flight and African-American heritage in Virginia Hamilton's "The People Could Fly".

An in-depth examination of the novel "Rebecca" by Daphne Du Maurier.

This paper is a critical review of Ian Greene's "The Courts", which examines the relationship between courts and democracy in Canada.

This paper examines four Romantic poets, Wordsworth, Coleridge, Byron and Blake, and their works.

A review of Toni Morrison's "Song of Solomon".

This paper discusses Tim O'Brien's "The Things They Carried" about the reality of combat in Vietnam.

An examination of Charles Sangster's poem "The St. Lawrence and the Saguenay".

This paper discusses the book "Of Mice and Men" by John Steinbeck, focusing on the social implications of striving to be human.

This paper discusses one of Robert Frost's earliest poems "The Road Not Taken"

This paper analyzes a nineteenth century poem, "Niagara Falls," by James K. Liston.

This poem analyzes "London" by William Blake and points out the grimness of the city as portrayed in the poem.

This paper explores the literary devices utilized by Henrik Ibsen in his play "A Doll's House".

A comparative analysis of the superheroes Superman and Spiderman.

A discussion on the theme of place in six poems by David Malouf.