Literature papers

This paper discuses the ways in which the poems in John B. Lee's book "The Hockey Player Sonnets: Overtime Edition" contribute to the mythology of hockey as a quasi-religion.

An analysis of the nature of Eros in Plato's "Symposium".

This paper examines American materialism and superficiality in "The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald and "The Life and Loves of a She-Devil" by Fay Weldon.

An analysis of the philosophical and religious observations of Edmund Spenser in his first four books of "The Faerie Queene."

This paper studies the book 'Why Men Don't Listen and Women Can't Read Maps' by Barbara Pease and Allan Pease and looks at the gender issues raised.

An analysis of Margaret Atwood's use of narrative structure to help her perfect her portrayal of the character's state of mind in her novel, "Surfacing."

An analysis of the failings of the minister in Nathaniel Hawthorne's short parable, "The Minister's Black Veil."

A review of "White Over Black: American Attitudes Toward the Negro, 1550-1812" by Winthrop D. Jordan.

A discussion of the epic poem "The Divine Comedy" by Dante Alighieri, focusing on canto III of Dante's "Inferno".

A review of the books "A Bend in the River" by V.S. Naipaul and "The Wide Sargasso Sea" by Jean Rhys.

This paper reviews Miguel Leon-Portilla's "The Broken Spears: The Aztec Account of the Conquest of Mexico", which presents a history of Mexico.

A review of the book "Working in a 24/7 Economy: Challenges for the American Family." by H. Presser.

This paper provides a review of the article: 'Living with Diabetes: Holistic Experiences of Nigerians and African Americans" by M. Popoola.

This paper discuses references to American religious culture in Vietnam War literature using examples from Tim O'Brien, Norman Mailer and Robert Bly.

This paper studies the aspects of identity and mixing in the play "Burning Vision" by Marie Clements.

A review of two articles that approach the concept of diversity from two unique perspectives.

This paper analyzes Sigmund Freud's structural theory in "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley.

A review of the book "Women in Nazi Germany" by Jill Stephenson.

An analysis of the life and most famous poems of John Keats.

This paper focuses on the wilderness in Joseph Conrad's "Heart of Darkness".

This paper discusses challenges to social hegemony in the works "A Modest Proposal" by Jonathan Swift and "London" by William Blake.

A review of "An Introduction to Buddhism" by Paul Harvey.

An analysis of the relativity of Enlightenment moral principles in "L'Ingenu" by Voltaire.

This paper discusses the overall theme found in Ray Bradbury's collection of short stories, "The Illustrated Man".

This paper discusses the character Jake Barnes and projection as self-reflection in 'The Sun Also Rises' by Ernest Hemingway.

This paper analyzes the cultural universality in the poems of Countee Cullen.

An analysis of the novel "The Lonely Londoners" by Samuel Selvon.

An analysis of the poetry of Philip Sidney from his collection "Certain Sonnets".

An analysis of the role of symbolism in Jeff Shaara's "The Rising Tide", Richard Galli's "Of Rice and Men" and James Bacque's "Our Fathers' War".

This paper analyzes the Old Irish tale, from c.800, "Mac Datho's Pig" ("Scela Muicce Meic Da Tho") .

This paper reviews the book 'Living in the Labyrinth' by D. McGowin and discusses the issue of Alzheimer's disease.

A review of the novel "Eugenie Grandet" by Honore de Balzac.

This paper analyzes courage in the works of Plato (Socrates).

This paper examines Michael Ondaatje's "In the Skin of a Lion" that offers impressions of Toronto in the early 20th century.

An exploration of the challenges facing Aboriginal Canadians, as illustrated in "Three Day Road," written by Joseph Boyden.

An discussion of the similarities and differences between the film "Pleasantville" written and directed by Gary Ross and Edward Albee's play "The Zoo Story".

A look at the transmission of pre-Reformation Scottish poetry after 1560
focusing on the works of Robert Henryson, William Dunbar and William of Touris.

An analysis of the role and historical context of violence in three fifteenth century Scottish romances - "Lancelot of the Laik," "Gologras" and Gawane" and "Rauf Coilyear."

A comparative analysis of the themes in "The Good Woman of Setzuan" by Bertolt Brecht and "Pygmalion" by George Bernard Shaw.

An analysis of the significance of the dichotomies in the medieval Irish Dierdre story, "Longess Mac nUislenn."

An analysis of Cynewulf's use of colophons in his four signed poems: "Juliana", "Christ II", "Elene", and "Fates".

A look at differences in gender based on the evaluation
of two popular magazines.

A Marxist interpretation of William Shakespeare's "Hamlet".

This paper discuses the incorporation of the arts into medicine both for the patient and for the physician.

Presents writer's reasons for agreeing with Dante's placement of illicit heterosexual relationships as one of the least serious sins in his "Inferno".

This paper analyzes the abstraction of death in "Driving Through Minnesota During the Hanoi Bombings" by Robert Bly and "War Photographer" by Carol Anne Duffy.

A content analysis of three works by Alan Moore: "Watchmen", "Tom Strong", and "Top 10".

This paper discusses the book 'The Assassin Legends: Myths of the Isma'ilis' by Farhad Daftary.

An analysis of Ruth Fainlight's poem "Flower Feet".

A review of the play "'Master Harold'... and the Boys" by South African playwright Athol Fugard.

This paper discusses Tstisi Dangarembga's novel "Nervous Conditions", which provides an insight into the residual effects of patriarchal colonization.

An analysis of the depiction of characters in "A Tale of Two Cities" by Charles Dickens.

This paper compares themes of love, marriage and sexual politics in Henrik Ibsen's "A Doll's House" and in William Wycherley's "The Country Wife".

An analysis of Desdemona, Emilia and Bianca's relationships with the men that they love in William Shakespeare's "Othello."

This paper discusses the theme of solitude in "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez.

This paper analyzes the use and development of American gothic in John Bunyan's "Pilgrim's Progress," Richard Wright's "Native Son" and the Charles Laughton directed film, "The Night of the Hunter."

This paper explores "Charlotte's Web" by E. B. White and the important role of friendships.

This paper is a critical analysis of "The Art of Happiness" by the Dalai Lama and Howard Cutler.

This paper provides a critique of the article "The Effectiveness of Social
Marketing Interventions for Health Improvement: What's the Evidence?" by R. Gordon, L. McDermott, M. Stead, and K. Angus.

This paper provides an analysis of "The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe" by C.S. Lewis.

A review of the book "Fascism: Comparison and Definition" by Stanley Payne.

A review of "There Are No Children Here" by Alex Kotlowitz.

This paper compares three novels; "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez, "Wide Sargasso Sea" by Jean Rhys and "Breath, Eyes, Memory" by Edwidge Danticat.

Explores the characters of Moll Flanders and Roxana from Daniel Defoe's "Roxana: The Fortunate Mistress" and "The Fortunes and Misfortunes of Moll Flanders", as well as the characters in J.M. Coetzee's "Foe".

This paper examines the literary themes of invisibility and keeping the dead living as observed from William Shakespeare's "Hamlet" to the modern literature of Robert Browning, William Faulkner, Gwendolyn Brooks and Ralph Ellison.

An analysis of the underlying themes and character development in Sophocles' "Oedipus the King," "Antigone" and "Oedipus Colonus."

An examination of Isaiah Berlin's "The Hedgehog and the Fox: An Essay on Tolstoy's View of History."

This paper discusses the aspect of truth in the play "Hamlet" by William Shakespeare.

A review of the book "Sin: Radical Evil in Soul and Society" by Ted Peters.

An analysis of the character of Billy in C.J. Koch's "The Year of Living Dangerously".

This paper looks at literary works that dispel the image of Los Angeles as a veritable paradise.

This paper is a review of Jesse Stuart's short story, "Love", about how pragmatic love is expressed.

This paper compares and contrasts the theme of race in three poems by Langston Hughes; "Mother to Son", "Harlem, A Dream Deferred" and "The Negro Speaks of Rivers".

An analysis of suggested emotion and common nature in Jesse Stuart's "Love".

An analysis of the influence of language upon thought and perception, and the influence of thought and perception upon language.

An analysis of power and violence in Joseph Conrad's "Heart of Darkness" and Carolyn Nordstrom's "A Different Kind of War Story".

Reviews three articles on globalization: Simone Borghese and Alessandro Vercelli's "Sustainable Globalization", Nicholas A. Ashford's "Globalization and the Environment" and David Suzuki's "Economics and Politics.

An analysis of the themes of truth and self-deception in "Notes from the Underground" by Fyodor Dostoevsky.

An analysis of female strength and patriarchal resistance in "Celia: A Slave" by Melton A. McLaurin.

This paper analyzes how Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's "The Sign of Four" utilizes the setting of London to achieve its literary goals.

An overview of the plot, characters and allegories of George Orwell's "Animal Farm".

An analysis of theme and purpose in children's literature, using "Gulliver's Travels" by Jonathan Swift, "The Giver" by Lois Lowry, and the cartoon "The Smurfs" as examples.

This paper discusses Eliyahu M. Goldratt's novel,"The Goal", which teaches the fundamental concepts of operations management.

An analysis of Bram Stoker's "Dracula", centering on the theme of restrictions.

A review of style and plot of "The End of California," written by Steve Yarbrough.

A comparison of the novel "Devil in a Blue Dress" by Walter Mosley with the film based on the novel directed by Carl Franklin.

An analysis of Toni Morrison's controversial first novel "The Bluest Eye".

An analysis of the marriage relationship that Oberon has with Titania in Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream".

A review of the short story "A & P" written by John Updike.

This paper is a critical review of Max Weber's theory about the relationship of Protestantism and capitalism as presented in his book "The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism".

An analysis of Sophocles' character Creon, in "Antigone", as the tragic hero.

An analysis of Mexican culture as portrayed in Laura Esquivel's novel "Like Water for Chocolate".

A comparative analysis of the short story "Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?" by Joyce Carol Oates and its film version "Smooth Talk".

This paper explores the meaning of "love" as presented in William Blake's poet "The Sick Rose", Kate Chopin's fiction "The Story of an Hour" and William Shakespeare's immortal drama "Romeo and Juliet".

This paper examines "Shakespeare's Contemporaries" edited by Max Bluestone and Norman Rabkin.

This paper reveals the history of Samuel Johnson's "Dictionary of the English Language."

An analysis of the rights of women in the United States in the 1850s and the portrayal of women in "Uncle Tom's Cabin" by Harriet Beecher Stowe.

This paper discusses the spiritual awakening of the protagonist, Ivan Ilyich, in Leo Tolstoy's work "The Death of Ivan Ilyich".

This paper analyzes the character of Sammy, narrator of John Updike's short story "A&P".

This paper examines the identity of the women in "A Rose for Emily" by William Faulkner and "The Yellow Wallpaper" by Charlotte Perkins Gilman.