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Literature Study Guides
Literary Analysis
Conscience as Courage in Beowulf and Lord of the Flies
Film Studies
Violence and Race in Boyz n the Hood and Menace II Society
American Literature
Racism, Trauma, and Reconstruction in Toni Morrison's Beloved
Shakespeare
Patriarchal Control in A Midsummer Night's Dream
American Literature - 19th Century
Madness in Poe's Tales of Terror: Psychological Analysis
American Literature
The American Dream and Social Class in Fitzgerald's Winter Dreams
Romantic Literature
Religious Fanaticism and Unreliable Narration in Hogg's Justified Sinner
20th Century Fiction
Travelers vs. Tourists in Bowles' The Sheltering Sky
Film History and Theory
Silent Film's Impact on Cinema and the Visual Arts
European and American Romanticism
Romanticism and the Individual: Pushkin and Whitman
American Literature
Grit and Objectivity in Anne Ellis's Ordinary Woman
American Literature
The Great Gatsby: Marxist, Feminist, and Freudian Analysis
British Literature—Gender Analysis
Gender Stereotypes in Austen's Sense and Sensibility
American Literature
Postmodernism in Slaughterhouse-Five: Reality and Fiction
Young Adult Literature
Sexuality and Relationships in Young Adult Literature
British Literature and Criticism
Feminist Themes in Pride and Prejudice
Science Fiction and Dystopian Literature
The Giver: Dystopia Masked as Utopia
Literary Analysis
Motherhood Across Cultures: Kavita and Somer in Secret Daughter
Film Analysis
Carrie: Sympathy and Horror in De Palma's Revenge
Literary Analysis
Observing the Ordinary: Perec's Art of Noticing Everyday Spaces
Film and Literature Adaptation
Fever Pitch: Novel vs. Film Adaptation
American Literature
Censorship and Knowledge in Fahrenheit 451: A Study of Fire and Books
American Literature
The Evolving Symbolism of the Scarlet Letter in Hawthorne's Novel
American Literature
Old South vs. New South in "A Rose for Emily"
American Literature
James Baldwin's "Notes of a Native Son": Racism and the Psychology of Hate
Film Studies and Cinema
Sacrifice and Spiritual Redemption in Tarkovsky's The Sacrifice
American Literature
Huck and Jim's Friendship: Conscience Over Society
American Literature
Psychological Breakdown in Poe's "Tell-Tale Heart"
Drama and Theater
Nora's Journey: Self-Realization in Ibsen's A Doll's House
Canadian Literature
Gender Roles and Identity in Alice Munro's "Boys and Girls"
American Literature
Narrative Style in Sherman Alexie's "The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven"
Japanese Literature
Doubling and Deception in Edogawa Rampo's "The Human Chair"
Irish Literature
Joyce's "Eveline": Emotional Paralysis and the Fear of Freedom
Young Adult Fiction
Class Distinctions and Social Standing in Young Adult Literature
Young Adult Literature
Race, Technology, and Human Connection in Alexie and Anderson
American Literature
Mood and Brotherly Love in Baldwin's "Sonny's Blues"
American Literature
Dehumanization in Frederick Douglass's Slave Narrative
Shakespeare and Classical Drama
Tragic Heroes: Hamlet and Oedipus Compared
Poetry Analysis
Literary Devices in Mary Oliver's "Pink Moon—The Pond"
Thematic Analysis
Freedom's Role in Human Expression and Personal Destiny
British Literature
Love, Reputation, and Balance in Austen's Sense and Sensibility
American Poetry
Imagery and Simile in Elizabeth Bishop's "The Fish"
Short Story Analysis
Character Analysis of "The Kid's Guide to Divorce"
British Literature
The Pigs Who Stayed: Power's Logic in Animal Farm
American Literature—Contemporary
Sherman Alexie's True Diary: Why Schools Should Ban the Book
Poetic Analysis
Beauty's Impermanence: Analysis of "House of Beauty"
Ancient Greek Drama
Ancient Greek Acting: Casting Euripides' Medea
Chicana/Latina Studies
Gloria Anzaldúa's New Mestiza Consciousness and Cultural Identity