Literature papers

This paper discusses the forces of feminism in early American literature, concentrating on "Narratives in the Life of a Slave Girl" by Harriet Jacobs and "The Awakening" by Kate Chopin.

This paper compares the imagery of light and darkness in James Joyce's short story "Araby" and Joseph Conrad's work, "Heart of Darkness".

A discussion of poetry as viewed by ancient Greek and Roman philosophers and poets such as Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, Horace and Longinus.

A review of Martha Beck's "Leaving the Saints: How I Lost the Mormons and Found My Faith".

A study of American transcendentalism in the works of Henry Thoreau and Ralph Waldo Emerson.

An examination of the main themes in Harper Lee's "To Kill a Mocking Bird".

An analysis of Maria Campbell's poem "Jacob".

This paper discusses Revelation and examines the war in heaven and its connection to modern day believers.

This paper is a book review of Khaled Hosseini's "The Kite Runner", which focuses on the culture of Afghanistan.

An analysis of Mary Shelley's ""Frankenstein" as religious allegory.

An analysis of Adam and Eve's separation in John Milton's epic poem "Paradise Lost".

An analysis of human relationships in Willa Cather's novel "O Pioneers!".

A review of Terry Woo's book, "The Banana Boys", as a reflection of the Chinese-Canadian experience.

A review of Oscar Wilde's play "The Importance of Being Earnest" and his social critique of English upper class.

A critique on David Buss' article "Men Want Something Else".

An analysis of the references to the medieval world in J.R.R. Tolkien's "The Fellowship of the Ring".

A review of the book "Small is Beautiful: Economics As If People Mattered", written by Ernst Friedrich Schumacher.

A look at Toni Morrison's life, career and literary works.

A comparison of the purpose and the portrayal of the lives of women in Chicago in the novel, "The House on Mango Street," written by S. Cisneros and the play, "A Raisin in the Sun," written by L. Hansberry.

An analysis of the relationships and love portrayed in William Shakespeare's play, "Twelfth Night."

This paper studies 'The Silmarillion' by J. R. R. Tolkien and the 'Spider Woman Stories' by G. M. Mullett focusing on the issue of music.

A critical review of Judith Thompson's play "Lion in the Streets".

An examination of L. Frank Baum's connections to the populist party and his references to it in his classic novel, "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz."

A comparative analysis of Madame Leprince de Beaumont's "Beauty and the Beast" and the Disney film version.

This paper looks at the play and the 2002 Miramax film of 'The Importance of Being Earnest'.

An analysis of the place of symbolism in American literature through an analysis of Nathaniel Hawthorne's "Scarlet Letter", Herman Melville's "Moby Dick" and Edgar Allan Poe's "The Fall of the House of Usher".

An analysis of Anne Carson's prose poem "The Glass Essay" and how it reflects upon the post-modern self.

This paper looks at the views of Plato and Aristotle regarding government and the ideal state.

An analysis of the theme of silence in Margaret Atwood's "Surfacing".

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".