Literature papers

A discussion of the narrative function and importance of Penelope's suitors within Homer's "Odyssey".

An examination of "Cinderella", "Beauty and the Beast" and "Snow White" for their relevance in today's curriculum.

An analysis of the meaning of the green light that Nick, the narrator, describes in "The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald.

This paper analyzes the working conditions in Late 19th and early 20th century America as exemplified in Upton Sinclair's "The Jungle."

This paper compares and contrasts two sets of dramatic characters: Eliza and Higgins in George Bernard Shaw's "Pygmalion" and Biff and Happy in Arthur Miller's "Death of a Salesman."

This paper examines Jean-Jacques Rousseau's beliefs in the "The Social Contract."

An analysis of the short story, "The Darling", by Anton Chekhov.

This paper evaluates the character of Mike as a Christ-like figure in
Robert A. Heinlein's "Stranger in a Strange Land".

This paper discusses the use of animal imagery in William Shakespeare's "Othello, the Moor of Venice".

A discussion on Samuel Beckett's "Waiting for Godot".

An analysis of the book "Amazing Grace-The Lives of Children and the Conscience of a Nation" by Jonathan Kozol.

An examination of Jacques Derrida's philosophical work; "Differance."

A discussion of the life and literary works of Mark Twain (Samuel Langhorne Clemens).

An analysis of the symbolism of trees and nature in Robert Frost's "After Apple Picking" and "Birches."

This paper provides an analysis of the symbolism employed by Elizabeth Bishop in her poem "The Fish".

A discussion on Shakespeare's "Macbeth".

This paper provides a close reading of the poem "Second Wind" by Fred Chappell.

An analysis of the concept of inventing the 'other', based on Clifford D. Simak's "City", "Way Station", "Time and Again" and "Highway of Eternity."

An analysis of the theme of death as a leitmotif in Emily Dickinson's poetry.

An analysis of Margaret Lawrence's novel, "The Fire Dwellers."

A review of Assia Djebar's novel "Children of the New World".

An analysis of the early feminist literature of Mary Wollstonecraft, Elizabeth Stanton, and Virginia Woolf.

An analysis of Stephen Crane's book, "The Open Boat", based on Marxist theory.

An analysis of the roles of the female characters in William Shakespeare's "Macbeth".

An analysis of "Bread and Wine", by Ignazio Silone, and "Dr. Zhivago", by Boris Pasternak.

An examination of the literature and works of the Renaissance period.

This paper analyzes the domination of language in "The Handmaid's Tale," by Margaret Atwood.

A comparison of the literary techniques of John Lyly in "Euphues: The Anatomy of Wit" and Thomas Nashe in "The Unfortunate Traveller."

A comparative literature review of the works of Giovanni Boccaccio, Petrarch and Machiavelli.

This paper explores the nature of humanity as presented in the soliloquies of Shakespeare's "Hamlet."

A discussion on Aphra Ben's "Oroonoko" or "The Royal Slave".

This paper studies Steven Seidman's opinions on gay personal and pubic life as portrayed in his book 'Life Beyond the Closet'.

This paper examines literary representations of pain in Fyodor Dostoevsky's "Crime and punishment" and Herman Melville's "Bartleby the Scrivener: A story of Wall-street."

This paper explores themes and characters in Jon Krakauer's book "Into the Wild."

This paper analyzes the character of Selden in the novel "The House of Mirth" by Edith Wharton.

This paper explores gothic fiction and focuses on "The Fall of the House of Usher" by Edgar Allen Poe.

A comparison of the ideas of Frederick Nietzsche's "Beyond Good and Evil" and Sigmund Freud's "Civilization and its Discontents" to Virginia Woolf's "A Room of One's Own."

A discussion on Alexis de Tocqueville's "Democracy in America", on the issue of democracy versus elitism within the United States.

An examination of the self-analysis present in five works of American literature of different time periods.

This paper examines the writings of Wendell Berry and his viewpoint on American racism.

This paper examines the controversial works of Samuel Clemens, known as Mark Twain.

This paper provides a conceptual book review of 'The Ego and its Own' by Max Stirner.

This paper examines the economic and political symbolism in Bram Stoker's 'Dracula'.

An analysis of the book, "Beloved", by Toni Morrison.

An explanation of Frederick Schiller's essay "On Naive and Sentimental Poetry."

This paper discusses the life and style of author Lorrie Moore (Marie Lorena Moore) especially as demonstrated in her writings "How to Be the Other Woman", "How to Be a Writer" and "Charades".

This paper compares and contrasts Sai Mustafa Celebi's "Memoir of Sinan the Architect" and Andrea Palladio's "Four Books on Architecture."

An analysis of the theme of perception versus reality in Ralph Ellison's "The Invisible Man".

An analysis of the meaning of being American, as described in the poem "Immigrants" by Pat Mora.

Compares and contrasts two essays by Virginia Woolf ("What if Shakespeare Had Had a Sister") and Maxine Hong Kingston ("No Name Woman").

A discussion of the themes of individualism, as described in the book "The Things They Carried" by Tim O'Brien.

A comparison of Christopher Marlowe's "Come Live with Me and be My Love" and Sir Walter Raleigh's "The Nymph's Reply to the Shepherd."

A comparison between different types of love present in four different pieces of literature.

An analysis of the use of rape and defilement for political power in Rome, as described by Livy in "Ab Urbe Condita."

An analysis of the imagery in Kate Chopin's "Desiree's Baby".

An analysis of "Murder in the Cathedral" by T.S. Eliot and "Saint Joan" by George Bernard Shaw.

This paper highlights the theme of revenge in Edgar Allan Poe's "The Cask of Amontillado."

This paper examines various aspects of the book "Into the Wild" by J. Krakow.

A discussion on Charlotte Perkins Gilman's "The Yellow Wallpaper".

This paper examines the themes in George Orwell's "Animal Farm."

A discussion regarding the work of Walt Whitman.

This paper analyzes the novel 'The Spider's House' by Paul Bowles.

This paper analyzes two Algerian texts "Scheherazade Goes West" by Fatema Mernissi, and "Children of the New World" by Assia Djebar.

This paper analyzes "The Voices of Time" by J.G. Ballard.

A review of the main characters in "The Death of Ivan Ilych" by Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy and "One Friday Morning" By Langston Hughes.

An analysis of the isolation depicted in "Vincent" by Don McLean, "Cry" by Casey Scott and "Six Feet Under" by Alan Ball.

This paper gives a critique of Thomas More's vision of Utopia.

A review of J. Sorie Conteh's novel "The Diamonds".

This paper discusses Louisa May Alcott's beloved novel "Little Women", which has been standard reading for young girls for over a century.

A close reading discussing the use of physical details and objects, from Mary Elizabeth Braddon's novel "Lady Audley's Secret".

A comparative analysis of the main themes of Gustave Flaubert's "Madame Bovary" and Nathaniel Hawthorne's "The Scarlet Letter".

An analysis of the ideas of mental disorder in Emily Dickinson's poetry.

This paper explores gender roles and the "big" and "small" things in Arundhati Roy's novel "The God of Small Things."

A review of the heroic old English poem, Beowulf.

A review of the book 'Incidents In The Life of a Slave Girl' by Harriet Jacobs.

An analysis of the book "Like Water for Chocolate" by Laura Esquivel.

A brief overview of Edgar Allan Poe's short story, "The Cask of Amontillado".

A discussion of "Where is the Voice Coming From?" by Eudora Welty.

An analysis of "Gulliver's Travels" by Jonathan Swift.

Examines Gabriel Garcia Marquez uses magical realism in his works.

This paper describes the life and work of Samuel Beckett.

A review of the book 'The Culture of Fear' by Barry Glassner.

A discussion regarding the implied rewards of backwardness and indolence within Washington Irving's short story "Rip van Winkle".

A comparison of George Gordon Byron and William Wordsworth, exploring the theme of nature versus civilization.

A review of "Richard Cory" by Edwin Arlington Robinson, "My Last Duchess" by Robert Browning and "We Real Cool" by Gwendolyn Brooks, focusing on the theme of death in each.

A review of the play, 'Fences', by August Wilson.

A review of James Baldwin's 'Sonny's Blues'.

A review of 'The Tragedy of Pudd'nhead Wilson' by Mark Twain

This paper discusses Stephen King, one of the most prolific and popular writers of the twentieth century.

An analysis of women in "Othello", "Cymbeline" and "Macbeth" by William Shakespeare and their relationships with their leading men.

An analysis of Roland Joffe's movie "The Scarlet Letter".

This paper discusses the issue of the isolation of the character Mary, in the play 'Long Day's Journey into Night' by Eugene O'Neill.

A review of the novel 'The Brothers Karamazov' by Fyodor Dostoyevsky.

A character analysis of Erwin Martin from James Thurber's short story, "The Catbird Seat".

An analysis of the significance of place and location in the novel "The Mayor of Casterbridge" by Thomas Hardy.

This paper compares the witch hunts in Arthur Miller's "The Crucible" to the McCarthy hearings of the 1950s.

A review of the play "The Glass Menagerie" by Tennessee Williams.

Examines the literary method used by William Shakespeare in "King Lear" to skillfully maintain the play's tragic mood throughout.

An analysis of the methods used by Charles Dickens to describe the transformation of Paul Dombey in the novel "Dombey and Son."