Literature papers

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.

An analysis of "Sovereignty and Goodness of Good" by Mary Rowlandson.

An analysis of the flaws of the character Oedipus Rex, in "Oedipus the King" by Sophocles.

A review of the book "Cities of Salt", by Abdelrahman Munif.

This paper analyzes the book 'Bhagavad Gita' by Easwaren, Eknath.

A review of the novella 'Wings' by Russian author Mikhail Kuzmin.

A discussion of Amy Tan's "The Joy Luck Club".

An analysis of Sara Ahmed's book "Declarations of Whiteness: The Non-Performativity Anti-Racism".

An analysis of sinfulness as the essence of human kind in Nathaniel Hawthorne's "Young Goodman Brown".

A study of male control over female desire, as depicted in the poem "My Last Duchess" by Robert Browning.

A discussion on Tennessee Williams' "The Glass Menagerie".

This paper discusses the theme of oppression of females in the short story "The Yellow Wallpaper" by Charlotte Gilman.

An analysis of Emily Dickinson's "Dying".

A comparative analysis of "'Educating Esme" by E.R. Codell and "Mrs. B's Classroom" by Leslie Baldacci.

Examines Socrates' death in this work by Plato.

A review, discussion and analysis of the lives of two African-American writers, Alice Walker and Ralph Ellison.

An analysis of the short story "The Cask of Amontillado" by Edgar Allan Poe.

This paper looks at the motherly thoughts, realizations and truths in "Everyday Use" by Alice Walker and "I Stand Here Ironing" by Tillie Olson.

A discussion regarding the emotions and pain that the character Medea endures, in the Greek myth 'Medea'.

A discussion regarding the paternal relationships in 'Les Miserables', 'Hamlet' and 'The Kite Runner' focusing on fathers, sons and sexuality.

This paper analyzes the novel "The Jungle" by Upton Sinclair.

This paper analyzes works by Oscar Wilde and Walter Pater, examining parallels with regards to ethics and aesthetics.

This paper discusses the theme of the superiority of secular love and culture over Christianity in Matthew Arnold's poem "The Forsaken Merman".

A comparison of the acquisition of power in "The Odyssey" by Homer and "The Aeneid" by Virgil.

A review of the article "Viewing a Map versus Reading as Description of a Map: Modality-Specific Encoding of Spatial Information" by Michael Tlauka, Hannah Keage and C. Richard Clark.

An examination of various African-American poems throughout American history, focusing on the era of slavery.

This paper reviews the self-help book "Who Moved My Cheese?" by Spencer Johnson that encourages acceptance of change.

A comparison of 'The Notebook', the novel by Nicholas Sparks and the movie screenplay by Nick Cassavetes.

An analysis of imagery, destiny and sexuality as portrayed in Book 22 of Homer's "The Iliad".

A discussion regarding the life and work of author David Sedaris.

A review of the divine fall of John Milton's "Paradise Lost" and the secular fall of Edgar Allan Poe's "The Fall of the House of Usher".

A review of the ethnographical novel "Laughter Out of Place" by Donna M. Goldstein.

This paper reviews Eugene O'Neil's "Long Day's Journey Into Night" and the use of denial by the main characters.

A critical analysis of Seamus Heaney's poem "Digging".

This paper discusses the depression and creativity of Ernest Hemingway, considered by many as one of the greatest American writers of the 20th century.

An analysis of the concept of freewill, as described in the novel "A Clockwork Orange" by Anthony Burgess.

A review of the cryptic nature of the book "A Rose for Emily" written by William Faulkner.

A review of George Eliot's book, 'Silas Marner'.

This paper examines the autobiographical "Manchild in the Promised Land" by African-American writer, Claude Brown.

A discussion of the difficulties in assimilating into new cultures, as seen in the book "Pocho" by Jose Antonio Villarreal.

A look at Hamlet's apparent madness in the play 'Hamlet' by William Shakespeare.

A review of Lorraine Hansberry's 'A Raisin in the Sun'.

A comparison of the methods used by Samuel Taylor Coleridge and Edgar Allan Poe to instill fear and terror in the readers of their poetry.

This paper analyzes the saga of African-Americans in "Song of Solomon" by Toni Morrison.

This paper examines Anton Chekhov's short stories about failure and disappointment.

A character study of the main character in the story, "Lucy", by Jamaica Kincaid.

Examines how the supernatural is presented in plays by William Shakespeare.

This paper discusses the Puritan way of thinking about salvation and race as exemplified in Mary Rowlandson's "The Narrative of the Captivity and the Restoration of Mrs. Mary Rowlandson".

This paper review's Monica Ali's novel "Brick Lane," and the role fate plays in the narrative.

This paper considers Vladimir Nabokov's novel "Lolita" as a framed narrative.

A review of literature depicting the role of women in times of war.

An analysis of Charles Johnson's novel 'Middle Passage' in terms of Simone de Beauvoir's conception of 'otherness' in her novel 'The Second Sex'.

This paper discusses William Shakespeare's sonnets, especially sonnets 29 and 116.

This paper examines the treatment of the Catholic faith in Dante's work.

This paper explores human choice and instinct in "Shooting an Elephant" by George Orwell.

This paper examines the poem "What Lips My Lips have Kissed" by Edna St. Vincent Millay.

A discussion regarding the theme of faith in the play 'Oedipus Rex' by Sophocles.

This paper discusses relationships in Ernest J. Gaines' novel "A Lesson before Dying".

A review of Samuel Huntington's book, 'The Clash of Civilizations'.

A review of the book "In this Sign" by Joanne Greenberg.

An analysis of the religious symbolism in Ken Kesey's "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest".

A review of the history of the time and events leading up to the writing of George Orwell's book, '1984'.

A review of 'Don Quijote de la Mancha' by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra.

An analysis of the life and personality of Edgar Allan Poe.

This paper analyzes the novel 'Don Quixote' by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra.

This paper studies the theme of regret in 'A Christmas Carol' by Charles Dickens and 'The Tenant of Wildfell Hall' by Anne Bronte.

This paper examines the wicked character of Lady Macbeth in Shakespeare's "Macbeth."