Literature papers

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.

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".