Literature papers

This paper discusses the importance of psychoanalysis for effective reading as Peter Barry suggests in referencing Edgar Allan Poe's detective story "The Purloined Letter" and William Shakespeare's "Sonnet 73".

A review of the trilogy of plays: "Blood Wedding", "Yerma" and "The House of Bernarda Alba" by Federico Garcia Lorca.

An analysis of the roles of Grisildis and Cecilie in Geoffrey Chaucer's "The Clerk's Tale" and "The Second Nun's Tale".

An analysis of the relationship between Geoffrey Chaucer's "The Book of the Duchess" and "Troilus and Criseyde" and Boethian philosophy and fortune.

This paper compares the relationship of the protagonists to their physical surroundings in Willa Cather's "Paul's Case" and in John Updike's "Separating".

A review of the short story "The Dinner" by Roddy Doyle.

A review of a short story entitled "The Story" in the book "A Blind Man Can See How Much I Love You" by Amy Bloom.

An analysis of the literary style of William Faulkner.

A comparative analysis of William Faulkner's "A Rose for Emily" and Ambrose Bierce's "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge" .

A very brief review of "A Clean, Well-Lighted Place" by Ernest Hemingway.

This paper analyzes the view of death portrayed in John Donne's poem, "Death Be Not Proud".

A brief analysis of Sophocles' "Oedipus the King".

An analysis of Ernest Hemingway's short story "The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber" .

This paper discusses the conflict which arises between Antigone and Creon in Sophocles' "Antigone".

A comparative analysis of the contribution of the setting to the novels "The Three Strangers" by Thomas Hardy, "The Inn of The Two Witches" by Joseph Conrad and "Will O' The Mill" by Robert Louis Stevenson.

A review of the book "The Lottery" by Shirley Jackson.

A characters analysis of the Loman family in Arthur Miller's play "Death of a Salesman".

A discussion of Percy Bysshe Shelley's poem "Ode to the West Wind" and how it reflects his views on social change.

This paper analyzes sex and love In T.S. Elliot's poem "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" and Brand New's song "Sic Transit Gloria...Glory Fades"

This paper examines the poem "Morning Swim" by Maxine Kumin.

This paper explores the concepts of good and evil in Joseph Conrad's "Heart of Darkness".

The paper describes the way William Carlos Williams' poem "The Red Wheelbarrow" uses a simple battery of devices and basic vocabulary to convey a multitude of thoughts and images.

This paper examines the work "Hills Like White Elephants" by Ernest Hemingway.

A review of the book "The Mayflower Murderer & Other Forgotten Firsts in American History" by Peter F. Stevens.

This paper compares two short stories, Nikolai Karamzin's "Poor Liza" and Yordan Yovkov's "Shibil", which share the theme of love as a commodity to be bought by wealthy men.

A comparative analysis of William Faulkner's "Barn Burning" and Sarah Orne Jewett's "A White Heron".

An analysis of the role of animals in Milan Kundera's "The Unbearable Lightness of Being".

A critical analysis of the "Letter to the Grand Duchess Christina" by Galileo.

An analysis of the themes of magic, desire and control within Umberto Eco's "The Name of the Rose."

This paper discusses that materialism and greed result in death and destruction in 'The Hobbit' by J.R.R. Tolkien.

An analysis of the character of Mamillius in "The Winter Tale" by William Shakespeare.

An analysis of the zen koan within J.D. Salinger's "A Perfect Day for Bananafish."

An analysis of the combination of William Blake's poems, "Songs of Innocence" and "Songs of Experience."

An analysis of the character of Anne in Jane Austen's novel "Persuasion".

This paper examines the issues of good and evil in the modern translation of Beowulf by Alan Sullivan and Timothy Murphy.

A critical analysis of Dora L. Costa's "Race and Pregnancy Outcomes in the Twentieth Century: A Long-Term Comparison".

This paper is a personal essay based on a review of D. Macedo and P. Gounari's book "The Globalization of Racism".

A comparative analysis of Hayashi Fumiko's story "Downtown" and Kim Yisosk's story "The Cuckoo."

This paper compares the role of the narrator in Li Xiao's "Grass on the Rooftop" and Kim Yisosk's "The Cuckoo".

An analysis of Ronne Hartfield's "Another Way Home: The Tangled Roots of Race in One Chicago Family".

A critical analysis of the issue of slavery as depicted in Aphra Behn's "Oroonoko".

A discussion of darkness and light in Lord Byron's "She Walks in Beauty".

A discussion on the construction of romanticism in romantic literature through the deconstructions of romance and romanticism in the eighteenth century.

A comparison and contrast of tone, imagery and language in William Blake's two poems, "The Tyger" and "The Lamb."

An analysis of the character of Pistol in William Shakespeare's play, "Henry V".

An analysis of the themes of love of God, love of self and love of another in Graham Greene's novel, "The End of the Affair."

An analysis of the themes of isolation and compassion in Herman Melville's short story "Bartleby, the Scrivener".

Discusses the themes of selfishness, corruption and greed in Geoffrey Chaucer's poem, "The Canterbury Tales".

An analysis of the relationship between Huck Finn and Jim in Mark Twain's novel "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn".

This paper discusses the theme of poverty and shame in Thomas Hardy's "Tess of the D'Urbervilles".

An analysis of the themes of poverty and shame in Charles Dickens' "Great Expectations".

An analysis of Sky Lee's novel "Disappearing Moon Cafe".

A review of the book "The Bean Trees" by Barbara Kingsolver.

A comparison between Andy and Larry Wachowski's film "The Matrix" and Book VII from Plato's "The Republic".

A review of the book "The Road", by Cormac McCarthy.

An analysis of the poem "The Soul Selects Her Own Society" by Emily Dickinson.

A review of the social systems and process that are evident in Upton Sinclair's novel, "The Jungle."

An examination of the use of irony within Alberto Rios' short story, "The Secret Lion."

A brief analysis of Plato's "Crito".

An analysis of the use of time in Jorge Luis Borges' short story "The Garden of Forking Paths".

A critical discussion of "All Quiet on the Western Front" by Erich Maria Remarque.

A discussion of the history of science fiction in the United States.

An analysis of the character of Dexter Green in F. Scott Fitzgerald's "Winter Dreams".

An analysis of the theme of alienation in William Faulkner's novel "As I Lay Dying".

A discussion of a reader's experience of poetry through an analysis of Theodore Roethke's poem, "The Geranium", and John Keats' ode, "To Autumn".

An analysis of the theme of the absent father in E. Nesbit's "The Story of the Treasure Seekers" and Brian Doyle's "Uncle Ronald".

An analysis of the coming of age theme in in Mark Twain's "Huckleberry Finn," Jane Austin's "Emma" and Chaim Potok's "My Name is Asher Lev."

This paper uses the writings of Louis de Rouvroy, duc de Saint-Simon, Jean-Baptiste Colbert and Charles de Secondat, Baron de Montesquieu to describe the court of King Louis XIV, absolute monarch of France.

A review of Susanna Rowson's novel "Charlotte Temple".

An analysis of the theme of the loss of female virtue in "Wieland" by Charles Brockden Brown and "Charlotte Temple" by Susanna Rowson.

This paper discusses the triumph and transformation of the artist in the book "A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man"by James Joyce.

An analysis of the theme of death in Virigina Woolf's "Mrs. Dalloway".

An analysis of the character of Satan in John Milton's "Paradise Lost".

This paper discusses the psychology of fear as presented in "Anne Frank: Diary of a Young Girl" by Anne Frank.

An analysis of William Godwin's "Caleb Williams" and how, though it may be read as an innocent murder mystery novel, when examined in the context of the author's life, the book is actually an attack on the law.

An analysis of the influence of Greek mythological heroes, Perseus and Heracles, on Alan Dean Foster's "Star Wars" heroes, Luke and Anakin Skywalker.

A study of two of William Shakespeare's villains, Iago in "Othello" and Claudius in "Hamlet".

An analysis of the insight into John Milton's political views, as seen through his poem, "Paradise Lost."

An analysis of Jonathan Swift's novel "Gulliver's Travels".

An analysis of the theme of the supernatural in Daniel Defoe's novels "Moll Flanders" and "Journal of the Plague Year".

An analysis of the similarities and differences between Gustav Herling's "A World Apart" and Stanislaw Witkiewicz's "The Shoemakers."

A review of Mark Twain's novel "A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court".

A critical look at North American culture as seen through First Nations literature.

A examination of the concept of the reading experience through "She's Not There," by Jennifer Finney Boylan, "Autobiography of a Face," by Lucy Grealy and "Close to the Bone," by Laurie Stone.

A discussion of the oscillation between truth and fiction within Jonathan Swift's "Gulliver's Travels."

This paper discusses the relationship of two characters and the central theme of Steven Lopez's "Third and Indiana", a novel depicting the harsh life of poverty stricken children in "The Badlands" of Philadelphia.

An analysis of the anarchist and femininist views in the literature of Ursula LeGuin.

An analysis of women's subjective experience in modern East Asian literature, particularly in Japan.

An analysis of the anxiety of the future depicted in the science fiction works, "Childhood's End" by Arthur C. Clark, "The Lathe of Heaven" by Ursula K. Le Guin and "When It Changed" by Joanna Russ.

A book review of Henry Petroski's, "Success Through Failure".

An analysis of Emilia's trustworthy character in William Shakespeare's "Othello".

An analysis of the conflict between nature and science in Mary Shelley's "Frankenstein".

This paper examines the importance of the setting in Henry James' "Daisy Miller" and F. Scott Fitzgerald's "The Great Gatsby".

An analysis of William Shakespeare's "Sonnet 35" .

A review of the impact of race, class and gender in Luis Rodriguez' memoir, "Always Running: La Vida Loca: Gang Days in L.A."

This paper discusses the issue of the censorship of books for children, focusing on Susan Patron's book, "The Higher Power of Lucy".

A comparative analysis of the characters of Maggie and Sarah in Maggie de Vries' "Missing Sarah: A Vancouver Woman Remembers Her Vanished Sister".

A brief examination of the different styles of poetry of Billy Collins, Donald Hall, Mary Oliver, Sharon Olds and Gary Soto.

A comparative analysis of "An Outpost of Progress" by Joseph Conrad, "Walden" by Henry David Thoreau and "The Dead" by James Joyce.

This paper looks at Beatrice Culleton Mosionier's book 'In Search of April Raintree'.