Literature papers

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."

A discussion on whether William Golding's novel "Lord of the Flies" offers any hope for the future of the human race.

A critical appreciation of the poem "A Poison Tree" by William Blake.

A critical appreciation of the poem "A Hard Frost" by C. Day Lewis.

A critical appreciation of Rupert Brooke's sonnet "The Soldier".

A literary discussion on the concept of work.

A review of the book "Andrew Jackson and the Search for Vindication" by James Curtis.

This paper analyzes the use of color symbolism in "Moby Dick" and "Benito Cereno" by Herman Melville.

A discussion of how human behavior appears to be guided by irrational forces in Euripides' "Medea" and in Shakespeare's "Twelfth Night."

A review of the short story "Bartleby, the Scrivener: A Story of Wall Street" by Herman Melville.

Discusses the short story, "Patterns", by Amy Lowell.

A review of the book "Fahrenheit 451" by Ray Bradbury.

This paper discusses the Gospel of Matthew, which was one of four gospel accounts of the life of Jesus.

A review of the essay 'The Subjection of Women' by John Stuart Mill.

A review of Jonathan Swift's famous essay entitled "A Modest Proposal".

Examines the emotions expressed in the poem, "Fatality", by Ruben Dario.

A review and comparison of "The Awakening" by Kate Chopin and "Heart of Darkness" by Joseph Conrad.

A review of the use of imagery in William Shakespeare's 'Hamlet'.

This paper discusses the themes of fate, fortune and wandering in Apuleius' "The Golden Ass: Books X and XI".

This paper examines the themes of illusion and reality in "The Cask of Amontillado" by Edgar Allan Poe.

This paper analyzes the book "Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglas, an American Slave" written by himself.

A discussion regarding Homer's 'The Odyssey', which is considered to be perhaps the greatest tale ever told.

This paper compares the ideas of two authors, Albert Raboteau and Stanley Elkins, about the effects of slavery on the African-American mindset.

Examines the role of the blues in Amiri Baraka's "Dutchman."

This paper discusses the history of goddess worship from prehistoric times to current Wiccan and pagan beliefs.

Summary and critique of the short story 'The Yellow Wallpaper' by Charlotte Perkins Gilman.

An analysis of the theme of deconstructing gender in Virginia Woolf's "Orlando" and Jeanette Winterson's "Written on the Body".

An exploration of the importance of feminine writing or ecriture feminine.

A short paper about the crippling of the characters in Tennessee Williams' "Glass Menagerie".

A discussion on Herman Melville's strategies to attack the oppressive social codes, stereotypes and values of the America of his times, through four of his texts.

An interpretation of Theodore Roethke's poem "The Waking".

A review of Harriet Jacobs' novel, "Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl".

An analysis of the use of language in Rita Dove's "Adolescence" to portray the teenage years.

This paper explores the beliefs of Voltaire, a controversial philosopher of the eighteenth century.

A review of the book 'Martin Eden' by Jack London.