Literature papers

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.

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".

A discussion of theme of the individual vs. society in "The Fountainhead" by Ayn Rand.

This paper examines "A Jury of Her Peers" by Susan Glaspell and "A Municipal Report" by William Sidney Porter as literary fiction and commercial fiction, respectively.

An analysis of the interactions between literature and community within the context of Sophocles' "Oedipus the King," as well as within the context of modern Canadian literature and culture.

A review of "Of Mice and Men," written by John Steinbeck and the question of whether mentally retarded individuals should receive capital punishment.

An overview of the information provided by Hawaii Health Guide.com regarding staph infection.

An examination of existentialism in Oscar Wilde's play "The Importance of Being Earnest".

A comparative analysis of the authority figures in George Orwell's "1984" and Margaret Atwood's "The Handmaids Tale".

This paper compares the 17th century English Protestantism poets, John Donne (1572-1631) and George Herbert (1593-1633), to whom religion was a central part of their entire lives.

This paper discusses the issues of Gemeinschaft and Gesellschaft in the extreme contrasts of the relationships between the people in Arthur Miller's "Death of A Salesman".

This paper discusses the portrayal of males and females in children's books.

An analysis of Flannery O'Connor's "A Good Man Is Hard to Find".

This paper provides a critical analysis of 'Pocahontas' by Paula Gunn Allen and 'The Kongolese Saint Anthony: Dona Beatriz Kimpa Vita' by John Thornton.

A look at the deconstruction of Elie Wiesel in his autobiographical book "Night".

This paper discusses symbols of cultural separation in "The Jade Pendant" by C. Lim and "The Cage" by N. Bissoondath.

A look at how the plot and theme of Toni Cade Bambara's short story, "The Lesson", reflect communist ideology.

An analysis of the use of comedy as a form of instruction in William Shakespeare's "Twelfth Night".

A comparative analysis of articles on the use of fluvoxamine versus the use of a placebo.

A review of the affect of capitalism on society through literature and philosophy.

A look at whether Niccolo Machiavelli's classic, "The Prince", applies to American society today.

An exploration of the capitalist work ethic of the main character in Herman Melville's classic short story "Bartleby, the Scrivener".

A discussion on the dynamics of time in Dostoevsky's "Crime and Punishment", focusing on the ways in which free will and ideas of good and evil influence the actions of Raskolnikov and Svidrigailov.

An analysis of the roles of victim and villain in the novel "Disgrace" by J.M. Coetzee.

An analysis of the insanity of the character of Ellen in Sinclair Ross' novel "The Lamp at Noon".

An analysis of the psychological pathology of madness in "Enduring Love" by Ian McEwan.

An overview of Chinese literary modernism with a focus on Ja Bin's novel "Cold Night".

An analysis of dissociative identity disorder within "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" by Robert Louis Stevenson.

An analysis of Patricia Hersch's text "A Tribe Apart: A Journey into the Heart of American Adolescence".

An analysis of the life and works of Langston Hughes and their contribution to the Harlem Renaissance.

An analysis of the theme of friendship and memory in "My Antonia" by Willa Cather.

An analysis of the spiritual doubt of the main character in Nathaniel Hawthorne's book "Young Goodman Brown".

An analysis of the development of sense of self through the texts "Cathedral" by Raymond Carver, "The Fat Girl" by Andre Dubus and "Rules of the Game" by Amy Tan.

An analysis of the distortion of people, dreams and values in "The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald.

A look at the preservation of national identity within Chicana literature.

This paper looks at Eric Carle's book 'The Grouchy Lady Bug' and discusses grade one mathematics lessons involving literature.

An analysis of the source of Jay Gatsby's greatness in "The Great Gatsby," written by Scott Fitzgerald.

This paper analyzes the implied readers in C.S. Lewis' "The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe".

This paper analyzes Sigmund Freud's "The Interpretation of Dreams" and "Three Essays on the Theory of Sexuality" and then applies these theories to a psychoanalytical reading of Tennessee Williams' "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof".

This paper offers a comparison and contrast of racism and inter-racial marriage as seen in "Grass Dancer" by Susan Power and "Mean Spirit" by Linda Hogan.

This paper discuses the protagonist Roquentin and his discovery of the contingent nature of existence in Jean-Paul Sartre's novel "Nausea".

An analytical review of Sophocles' "Oedipus the King".

An analysis of tradition as identified in Edith Wharton's novel, "The Age of Innocence".

A comparison of the style used, in Jane Austen's "Northanger Abbey" and Willa Cather's "My Antonia", for revealing the particular social climate of the time and place of the novels.

An analysis of the capitalistic identity and racial construct of American Culture in "1955" by Alice Walker.

This paper paints a portrait of the aristocratic society in "The Princess of Cleaves" by Madame De Lafayette.

An analysis of Martin Luther King's "Letter from Birmingham Jail" and Ralph Ellison's novel "The Invisible Man".

This paper explores the issue of gender from the perspective of the character of Viola in Shakespeare's "Twelfth Night".

An analysis of the story "Bartleby, the Scrivener" by Herman Melville.

An analysis of "Others in their Own Land: Second Generation South Asian Canadian Women, Racism and the Persistence of Colonial Discourse" by Angela Aujla, "Why I'm a Feminist" by Lauren Anderson, and the film "Iron Jawed Angels" by Katja Von Garnier.

An overview of cybertext, ergodic literature and the role of the "reader".

An analysis of the story "Hairball" by Margaret Atwood.

A comparison of the male-female relationships in Flannery O'Connor's "A Good Man is Hard to Find" and Margaret Laurence's "The Loons".

An examination of how Charlotte Bronte's real life fear and isolation are reflected in the main character of her novel, "Villette", through the use of light and dark imagery.

A analysis of the characters, Miss Honey and Mr Wormwood, in Roald Dahl's book "Matilda".

A reflection of the role of the cycle of life in Ojibway culture through the narrative of "Night Flying Woman" by Ignatia Broker.

This paper argues, based on literary examples, that history is subjective because humans are imperfect and cannot relate history objectively.

A comparative analysis of Tayeb Salih's "Season of Migration to the North" and Albert Camus' "The Stranger".

An analysis of the impact that growing up in small town had on Alice Munro's stories.

This paper evaluates the race, sexism, letters and sewing within "The Color Purple" by Alice Walker.

An analysis of the theme of sin in Nathaniel Hawthorne's "The Scarlett Letter".

A comparative analysis of Alice Walker's "The Color Purple" and F. Scott Fitzgerald's "The Great Gatsby".

This paper provides a comparison of the shield of Achilles and the shield of Aeneas.

An analysis of the theme of feminist imagery in Kate Chopin's "The Awakening".

A reflection on the role of the Ojibway cycle of life, as presented in Ignatia Broker's narrative 'Night Flying Woman'.

This paper provides a critical analysis of Camus's retelling of the "Myth of Sisyphus".

An examination of common themes throughout the classical "Cinderella" story and how they change to fit contemporary issues.

This paper discusses Mark Twain's use of satire in "A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court".

An examination of the legitimacy of authority and how it is viewed by the people, according to three works.

A review of Eric Hobsbawm's book "The Age of Empire" which cover the period from 1875 to 1914.

An analysis of the influence of the Sophoclean Grecian tragedy, "Oedipus Rex" on William Shakespeare's "Hamlet, The Prince of Denmark".