Literature papers

This paper discuses the character of the grandmother in Flannery O'Connor's short story, "A Good Man is Hard to Find".

An analysis of the function of the witches in William Shakespeare's "Macbeth".

A description of the experiences of Holocaust survivors as described in "Jack and Rochelle," written by Jack and Rochelle Sutin and the memoir by Alexander Donat, titled "The Holocaust Kingdom."

This paper looks at Shakespeare's play 'The Merchant of Venice' and discusses whether Portia is a saint or a sinner.

An analysis of Eudora Welty's writing style in "Death of a Traveling Salesman", "Why I live at the P.O", "A Worn Path", "Lilly Daw and the Three Ladies", and "The Hitch-Hikers".

An analysis of the themes in "All My Sons," written by Arthur Miller.

A comparison of the reflections on marriage as portrayed in Richard Brinsley Sheridan's "The School for Scandal" and Anton Chekhov's "The Cherry Orchid."

An analysis of the structure and components of "The Little Black Boy," written by William Blake.

An analysis of Paul Laurence Dunbar's poem written in 1913 - "We Wear The Mask".

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

An analysis of the content and context of Tao Qian's "Returning to Dwell in Gardens and Fields I."

An examination of John Milton's strong prejudice against women in his epic poem "Paradise Lost".

An analysis of Homer's narrative strategies in "The Odyssey."

An analysis of the inner journey as a quest for redemption in "A Perfect Night to Go to China" by David Gilmour.

This paper compares and contrasts the novel and movie "Postcards from the Edge".

A discussion of various interpretations of history, with a focus on historian Walter Benjamin's 1940 book "Theses on the Philosophy of History".

This paper discuses how the narrative in Mary Shelley's "Frankenstein" deals with the problem of authorship.

An analysis of John Donne's 17th century letters and poetry.

This paper discuses the personality of the protagonist in Charlotte Bronte's novel "Jae Eyre".

This paper discusses authority and egoism in Richard Wright's autobiography "Black Boy".

An analysis of the pairs of opposite symbols in Kate Chopin's "The Awakening".

An analysis of Michael Ondaatje's poem "Last Ink".

This paper analyzes the theme of post-colonial elements of Indian identity in England within Hanif Kureishi's novel "The Buddha of Suburbia".

An analysis of Homer's use of literary devices and the characterization of Telemachus in "The Odyssey."

This paper discuses Carlo Ginzburg's book "The Cheese and the World" as a micro-history of the less considered aspects of 16th century Italy.

An examination of the issue of marriage and the rites of manhood for Telemachus in "The Odyssey" by Homer.

This paper reviews how Tomas Rivera addresses the issues of class, gender and ethnicity in "And the Earth Did Not Devour Him."

A review of the book "Notes of a Desolate Man" by contemporary Taiwan writer Zhu Tianwen.

This paper discuses intelligence during World War II, as presented in Barton Whaley's "Codeword Barbarossa" and Roberta Wohlstetter's "Pearl Harbor - Warning and Decision".

A comparative analysis of the dramatic art of the Greek tragedians, Aeschylus and Sophocles.

This paper discusses the use of the persona in James Frey's 'A Million Little Pieces' and Thomas De Quincey's 'Confessions of an English Opium Eater'.

This paper takes a look at Christopher Browning's 'Ordinary Men: Reserve Police Battalion 101 and the Final Solution in Poland', which discusses a mass killing during the Holocaust.

An analysis of the letters between Henry More and Anne Conway and what they reveal about the characteristics of seventeenth century English society.

A comparative analysis of the theme of death in William Shakespeare's "Hamlet" and Arthur Miller's "Death of a Salesman".

This paper analyzes the theme of deception in 'The Glass Menagerie' by Tennessee Williams.

This literary study analyzes the dualistic gender roles within the main character of Margaret Atwood's novel "Surfacing."

An analysis of the code hero in Ernest Hemingway's "The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber".

A review of the novel "Dreaming in Cuban" written by Cristina Garcia.

A review of the themes in Stephen King's story "In the Deathroom" from his collection "Everything's Eventual."

An analysis of how "Macbeth" can be considered one of William Shakespeare's greatest tragedies.

An analysis of the use and significance of dreams and memories in "Nineteen Eighty Four" by George Orwell and "The Handmaids Tale" by Margaret Atwood.

This paper discusses the concept of evil and looks at its effects on society.

An analysis of the poem "The Hand That Signed The Paper" by Dylan Thomas.

This paper examines the role of the illustrator in two children's books: "A Baby for Grace" by I. Whybrow and C. Birmington and "The True Story of the Three Little Pigs" by J. Scieskza and L. Smith.

This paper reviews the children's book "Blueback" by Tim Winton.

A comparison of the philosophies of life of the protagonists in 'The Man from a Peddlers Family,' by Lu Wenfu and 'The Interview,' by Ruth Prawar Jhabvala.

This paper compares the use of the chance encounter as a literary device in John Steinbeck's "The Chrysanthemums" and Tayama Katai's "The Girl Watcher".

This paper analyzes Jonathan Swift's "Gulliver's Travels" as the work of an Irish writer.

This paper is an extensive examination of Jean-Paul Sartre's concept of existentialism and his influence on twentieth century thought and arts.

An analysis of the likeness and diversity between "The Hours", by Michael Cunningham, and "Mrs Dalloway", by Virginia Woolf.

This paper analyzes how William Faulkner uses his life experiences to write the story "A Rose for Emily".

This paper discusses the story "Tell Tale Heart" by Edgar Allen Poe.

An analysis of classic detective fiction conventions in "The Sign of Four" by Arthur Conan Doyle.

This paper examines children's books, published from 1985 to the present day, that represent aboriginal culture in different ways.

This paper compares the portrayal of death in Leo Tolstoy's "The Death of Ivan Ilych", and Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoyevsky's "The Heavenly Christmas Tree".

This paper explores Joseph Conrad's denunciation of colonisation in "Heart of Darkness".

An analysis of the theme of the American dream in F. Scott Fitzgerald's novel, "The Great Gatsby."

This paper analyzes Meursault, the main character in the novel "The Outsider" by Albert Camus.

A literary critique of Flannery O'Connor's "Good Country People" .

A review of the poetry book "New and Selected Poems" by Donald Justice.

An analysis of the story of "Oedipus Rex" by discussing Pier Paolo Pasolini's movie "Oedipus the King" and the original Greek play by Sophocles.

An analysis of the impact of European culture on the Ibo as described in "Things Fall Apart" by Chinua Achebe.

A book review of Shakespeare's "Hamlet."

Compares the situation and characteristics of the character, Hamlet, from Shakespeare's play "Hamlet" with those of the character, Orestes, from Aeschylus' play "The Oresteia".

A discussion on whether the "Chansons de Geste" can be considered a celebration or a critique of masculinity.

A look at some literary representations of the Industrial Revolution.

An analysis of the relationship between Darwin's theory of evolution and the romantic poets in the nineteenth century.

An analysis of Fyodor Dostoevsky's concept and views of freedom.

This paper explores the extent to which inclusion of literature related to slavery and blacks is an aspect of the Romantic Age.

This paper is an extensive analysis of the narratives of paralysis and escape in James Joyce's collection of short stories "Dubliners".

A comparative analysis of the messages conveyed in F. Scott Fitzgerald's "The Great Gatsby" and Sam Mendez's movie "American Dream".

This paper analyzes how the role of the narrator in Daphne Du Maurier's "Rebecca" questions the relationship between subjectivity and femininity.

This paper explores D. H. Lawrence's philosophy of childhood and child development.

This paper examines Shakespeare's "Richard III" and Christopher Marlowe's "Dr Faustus" in light of a definition of the term "Renaissance".

This paper examines the role of Pilenz as narrator in Gunter Grass' "Katz und Maus".

This paper translates segments and interprets the original German text of Franz Kafka's "Jaeger Gracchus" ("Texte Zum Jager Gracchus Thema").

This paper provides an analysis of lines 2709b-2820 of "Beowulf".

This paper explores the role of the aesthetic in theories and representations of modernity through an examination of Virginia Woolf's "To the Lighthouse" and Martin Heidegger's "The Origin of the Work of Art".

This paper explores the significance of James Joyce's "Ulysses" as a work of modernism.

An in-depth analysis of the speech and language in T. S. Eliot's "Four Quartets".

Discusses the ways that aesthetic and decadent writers expressed life as an art form.

An analysis of "Portrait of the Poet As Landscape" by Abraham Moses Klein.

An analysis of the main theme of Martin Espada's Poem "Sleeping on the Bus", about the long road to desegregation and equality.

A comparison of Sylvia Plath and her protagonist Esther Greenwood from her novel "The Bell Jar".

A literary analysis of a short passage (20-50 lines) from T. S. Eliot's poem "The Waste Land".

An analysis of the history of the American dream and its presentation in F. Scott Fitzgerald's novel, "The Great Gatsby".

A review of the book "The Professor and the Madman" by Simon Winchester.

This paper analyzes one of John Donne's most famous and simplest poems "A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning", written in 1611.

This paper compares two poem about death: Dylan Thomas' "Do not Go Gentle into that Good Night" and John Donne's "Death, be not Proud".

An analysis of the warping of the American dream in Arthur Miller's "Death of a Salesman".

This paper describes Abraham Lincoln as a writer, especially his speeches, "Gettysburg Address" and "A House Divided".

This paper analyzes the poem "Annabel Lee" by Edgar Allan Poe and notes that the poem shows great symbolism with images and feelings of love and death.

An analysis of the tragic leader archetype in "The Epic of Gilgamesh", "The Tempest" by William Shakespeare, and "Things Fall Apart" by Chinua Achebe.

A review of the book "The Samurai Banner of Furin Kazan" by Yasushi Inoue.

A comparison of the lovers expressions of redemption in 'The Tempest' by William Shakespeare and 'Translations' by Brian Friel.

An analysis of Hermann Hesse's novel "Demian" and a discussion on how it can be considered the novel of the wartime generation.

This paper analyzes the poem "Patterns" by Amy Lowell, which illuminates a woman's search to find personal freedom and dignity under the patriarchal conditions of the 1940s and 50s.

This paper compares William Shakespeare's "Sonnet 55" and Christina Rossetti's sonnet "In an Artist's Studio", which both deal with similar ideas of memory and art but from a much different perspective.

This paper analyzes the play "Ghosts" by Henrik Ibsen, which examines the moral faults of "modern" Victorian society.

A discussion of the theme of childhood in Stephen King novels, "Apt Pupil" and "The Body".