Literature papers

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".

An analysis of perceptions of treason in the "Battle Royale" episode in Ralph Ellison's novel "Invisible Man".

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".

This paper examines Nietzsche's impact on literary modernism.

An analysis of the glimpse of history as provided by John Dickinson's "The Liberty Song" and "My Kinsman, Major Molineux" by Nathaniel Hawthorne.

This paper compares and contrasts five dramatic and historical interpretations of Richard III.

This paper discusses the responsibilities of a writer and looks at why the views of artists about their work need to be heard.

An analysis of pop art, Rock 'n Roll music and modernist literature in the 20th century.

This paper examines the core question, in Margaret Atwood's novel "Cat's Eye", about how how women can find a place in history, given that being female is essentially to be excluded from history.

An analysis of the theme of humor in Geoffrey Chaucer's "The Canterbury Tales".

An analysis of Edgar Allen Poe's "The Tell-Tale Heart."

This paper analyzes the patriarchal and religious cultural values of the Igbo tribe, as described in Chinua Achebe's "Things Fall Apart".

This paper provides an examination of the literary and social contexts of Guy Vanderhaeghe's short story, "Dancing Bear."

An analysis of the experiences, as an Asian-American, of the character of Jing-Mei Woo in Amy Tan's novel "The Joy Luck Club".

This paper examines a passage from William Shakespeare's tragedy "Othello."

This paper analyzes Ernest Hemingway's short stoy, "Big Two-Hearted River" from his collection, "In Our Time".

A look at the influences on the work of author J.R.R. Tolkien.

An analysis of the overall goal of George Orwell's essay, "Shooting an Elephant".

This paper discusses the Liang Qichao style of writing as well as the works of Lu Xun and Yu Dafu.

An analysis of one of the key strategies in the representation of the "Other" as seen in Joseph Conrad's "Heart of Darkness".

A look at the life and works of the poet Robert Frost.

An analysis of the central theme, relating to human insecurities and prejudices, of Raymond Carver's short story, "Cathedral".

This paper analyzes Fukuzawa Yukichi's lifetime experiences in "The Autobiography of Fukuzawa Yukichi".

A comparison of war in "The Capture of Atlanta" by General William T. Sherman, "Picasso's Guernica" by Sam Hunter and "The Sniper" by Liam O'Flaherty.

This paper looks at "Seventeen Syllables and Other Stories" by Hisaye Yamamoto and focuses on the prevalence of male violence today.

This paper is an analysis of Books 2 and 3 of Saint Augustine's "Confessions", based on their biographical and historical context".

A review of Benjamin Franklin's essay, "Remarks Concerning the Savages of North America."

An analysis of the poetic style of William Blake in his poem, "London".

A looks at impediments for professional women in the early twentieth century according to "Professions for Women" by Virginia Woolf.

An explication of an extract taken from Chapter 2 of "Walden" by Henry David Thoreau.

An analysis of the evolution and maturation of Laura's character in "The Glass Menagerie" by Tennessee Williams.

An analysis of the poem entitled "Old Photograph of the Future" by Robert Penn Warren.

A comparative analysis of "The Yellow Wallpaper," by Charlotte Perkins Gilman, and "The Story of an Hour," by Kate Chopin.