Literature papers

This paper compares and contrasts Shakespear's original version of "A Midsummer's Night Dream" with the film version.

An analysis of the importance of honor in "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge" by Ambrose Bierce, "The Cask of Amontillado" by Edgar Allan Poe and "A Rose for Emily" by William Faulkner.

This paper discusses how gender roles are demonstrated in the story "Cathedral" by Raymond Carver.

This paper compares the Greek heroines Clytemnestra from Aeschylus' play "Agamemnon" and Medea from Euripides' play "Medea".

This paper examines several poems by Christina Rossetti, focusing primarily on the bird imagery themes.

This paper discusses Leo Tolstoy's book "The Death of Ivan Ilych" and looks at its relevance today.

A discussion on the way in which Emily Bronte utilizes her three main characters in "Wuthering Heights" to highlight the elegiac undertones of the novel.

This paper discusses the shared characteristics of the poet and Satan in John Milton's Christian epic, "Paradise Lost".

A discussion regarding the role of the male characters in William Chaucer's work "The Canterbury Tales".

This paper discusses religious skepticism in William Shakespeare's "Measure for Measure".

A review of the play "Pericles" by William Shakespeare.

An analysis of Don DeLillo's novel 'White Noise'.

This paper outlines the qualities that Socrates believes leaders should have as described in Plato's "Republic."

A discussion on the concept of the national romance in literature as presented in "The Charwoman's Daughter" by James Stephens and "Translations" by Brian Friel.

A comparison and contrast of the female characters in Henrik Ibsen's "A Doll House" and Bertolt Brecht's "Mother Courage and her Children".

This paper discusses how radical Jane Austen's social satire is in "Northanger Abbey".

This paper discusses the theme of jealousy in William Shakespeare's "Othello".

A review of various literary pieces discussing World War II.

A review of Victor Frankl's book "Man's Search for Meaning".

This paper describes the character Hermann in Pushkin's "The Queen of Spades."

A review of the life, history and work of William Faulkner.

A review of Matthew Arnold's theory regarding the binaries of Hebraism and Hellenism.

The paper analyzes the novel "Uncle Tom's Cabin" by Harriet Beecher Stowe.

A comparison between Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley's character of Frankenstein, and women and criminals from the Romantic period.

A review of the book 'Uncle Tom's Cabin' by Harriet Beecher Stowe.

A review of the semi-autobiographical book 'Walking Since Daybreak' by Modris Ekstein.

A discussion regarding the supernatural elements in Alexander Pushkin's "The Queen of Spades" and Juan Rulfo's "Pedro Paramo".

An analysis of nature as portrayed in Robert Frost's poetry.

This paper discusses the concept of beauty as an unattainable ideal in Alexander Pope's "The Rape of the Lock".

An analysis of James Baldwin's short story, "This Morning, This Evening, So Soon".

This paper analyzes various symbols in Herman Melville's novel "Moby Dick."

A description of the life of the poet Langston Hughes and a critical analysis of his poem "A Dream Deferred".

An analysis of "The Great Gatsby", by F.Scott Fitzgerald, and the American Dream.

A review of William Manchester's "A World Lit Only by Fire".

This paper analyzes Pat Conroy's valuable contribution to literature.

An analysis of the tragedy in the story "The Road from Colonus" by E.M. Forster.

This paper discusses the them of desire and fear of death portrayed in 'White Noise' by Don DeLillo.

This paper discusses the foreshadowing and interconnectedness of both physical and spiritual death demonstrated in Lev Tolstoy's short story, "The Death of Ivan Ilych".

This paper describes the character of Laura in "The Glass Menagerie" by Tennessee Williams.

A review of John Okada's 'No No Boy', Jhumpa Lahiri's 'The Namesake' and Nina Revoyr's 'Southland', focusing on the issue of gender portrayal.

This paper discusses the dangers of the tourism mentality in dangerous expeditions, while examining the book 'Into Thin Air' by Jon Krakauer.

An analysis of issues of gender-bending and androgyny in several of Earnest Hemingway's works.

This paper discusses the theme of masculinity in Charlotte Bronte's "Jane Eyre".

A review of the book 'A Murder in Virginia' by Suzanne Lebsock.

An analysis of Emily Bronte's poems and Mary Shelley's novella, "Matilda", function as elegiac works that promote a reunification with nature as a maternal figure.

A review of "The Organic Machine: The Remaking of the Columbia River", by Richard White and a discussion regarding the impact the Columbia River has had on the Pacific Northwest.

A review of the life of Dr. Paul Farmer in Haiti.

This paper explores the expression of eroticism in Victorian literature.

A review of the institution of slavery as described in Frederick Douglass' autobiography "Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave".

An analysis of William Shakespeare's "Hamlet", focusing on Hamlet's delay in killing Claudius.

A discussion on death and dying and why the topic of death and dying has become sequestrated in modern times from normal social times.

This paper analyzes the themes of bondage and freedom in "Beloved" by Toni Morrison.

This paper discusses Langston Hughes; a poet and author involved in the "New Negro Movement" of the early 1900s.

A review of various articles and short stories discussing the subject of AIDS.

A close reading of Robert Rogers' play, "Ponteach: Or, the Savages of America."

A discussion on the short story, "The Birthmark", by Nathaniel Hawthorne.

An analysis of the themes of bondage and freedom in "Beloved" by Toni Morrison.

A review of the poem "Preludes" by T.S. Eliot.

This paper discusses the question of survival in "Survival in Auschwitz" by Primo Levi, "Wind, Sand and Stars " by Antoine de Saint Exupery, and "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison .

An examination of Ralph Ellison and his motives for writing "The Invisible Man".

This paper discusses the role of the Gods and the force of delusion in 'The Iliad of Homer'.

This paper explores the muses of John Milton in his epic poem "Paradise Lost".

This paper discusses surgical themes and ideas in Mary Shelley's "Frankenstein".

A review of Geoffrey Chaucer's 'The Canterbury Tales'.

A review of the novel "The Pawnbroker' by Edward Lewis Wallant.

A character analysis of Scout in "To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee.

A review of the literary classic, 'Great Expectations' by Charles Dickens.

This paper analyzes "Professor Marten's Departure" by Jaan Kross.

A discussion on society of the 1920s in America, as presented in "The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald.

Examines the role of the gods, fate and human morality in Homer's poem.

This paper interprets William Carlos Williams' short story "The Use of Force".

A discussion of the novel, "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez about the courage of the Mirabal sisters.

This paper describes the discrimination in the Dominican Republic, as portrayed in the novel 'The Farming of Bones' by Edwidge Danticat.

A review and comparison of 'The Odyssey' and 'The Aeneid'.

An analysis of the role of Victorian women as seen in "Aurora Leigh", by Elizabeth Barrett Browning and "Freaks of Fashion" by Christina Rossetti.

This paper analyzes "Roger Malvin's Burial" by Nathaniel Hawthorne .

This paper compares and contrasts the Hindu spiritual epic of beginnings, the "Bhagavad-Gita", with the Christian military allegory of "Beowulf".

This paper examines the play "The Rose Tattoo" by Tennessee Williams.

This paper discusses a tale of scandal in Puritan New England, in "Mayflower Bastard" by David Lindsay.

A character analysis of Fowler in the novel "The Quiet American" by Graham Greene.

This paper discusses Robert Browning as an impersonal, yet individualistic poet of the Victorian age.

An analysis of themes and language in Pam Houston's works that illustrate the struggle of man versus nature.

An analysis of the dramatic events which take place in the play "Macbeth" by William Shakespeare.

This paper compares and contrasts the poems "The Chimney Sweeper" by Robert Blake and "Hard Work" by Stephen Dunn.

An analysis of the language in "The Aeneid" by Virgil used to support religious ideas and conduct.

An analysis of the fairy tale elements of William Shakespeare's "The Merchant Of Venice".

An analysis of the theme of finding one's true identity in Ralph Ellison's "The Invisible Man".

A comparative analysis of the life and work of the two authors Charles Dickens and Mark Twain.

Explains how Mark Twain uses satire in his book to negatively comment on American society.

A literary analysis and discussion of concepts of modernity in Peter Hessler's "River Town: Two Years on the Yangtze".

An analysis of the legacy of poet, Wilfred Owen, focusing on the classification of his work.

This paper analyzes the novel 'Jack Maggs' by Peter Carey.

A close reading of the differences between the theories of Moses Maimonides and Friedrich Schleiermacher.

An argument against representational poetry in a Republic, based on Plato's "Republic".

An analysis of the visions of society and civilization in the novels "Robinson Crusoe" and "Moll Flanders" by Daniel Defoe.

A review of "A Year of Wonders" by Geraldine Brook, discussing the concept of persuasion.

Discusses the ambiguous apparitions in this novel by Henry James.

An analysis of the role of economics in Virginia Woolf's "A Room of One's Own".

Describes how the harshness of the cold and isolation of winter is symbolic of Ethan's defeated vitality in this novel by Edith Wharton.

Illustrates gender expectations of boys and girls through this short story by Alice Munro.