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Ancient Literature
The Epic of Gilgamesh: Mortality, Friendship, and Humanity
American Literature
Emerson and Whitman: Transcendentalism in Whitman's Poetry
Drama and Theatre
A Doll's House: Ibsen's Play vs. the 1973 Film with Jane Fonda
African American Literature
Music as Structure and Metaphor in Ellison's Invisible Man
Short Story Analysis
Story Structure in "The Handsomest Drowned Man in the World"
Religious and Cultural History
Jesus Through the Centuries by Jaroslav Pelikan: Book Review
Classical Drama
Aristotle's Unities in Greek Drama: Aeschylus Analyzed
Victorian and 19th-Century Literature
Moral Consciousness in A Doll's House and The Yellow Wallpaper
Christian Literature and Theology
C.S. Lewis's A Grief Observed: Faith, Loss, and God's Goodness
Poetry Analysis
Generational Views on Death in Thomas, Pastan, and Bishop
Children's Literature
Gender, Race, and Class in Two Classic Children's Books
American Literature
Decadent Style in Poe's "The Fall of the House of Usher"
Victorian Literature
The Picture of Dorian Gray: Art, Morality, and Corruption
American Literature
John Steinbeck: California Novels and Social Justice Writing
Ancient and Classical Literature
Gilgamesh and Noah: Comparing Two Great Flood Stories
Memoir and Autobiography
Antwone Fisher's Childhood in Finding Fish: A Memoir Review
American Literature
Form and Function in Alice Walker's "Everyday Use"
Comparative Literature
Humor in Kafka and Márquez: Nonsense and Social Commentary
American Literature
Race, Death, and Urban Life in American Poetry Analysis
American Drama
Deferred Dreams in A Raisin in the Sun and A Streetcar Named Desire
African American Literature
Du Bois's Argument on Race and Hope in Souls of Black Folk
Personal Essay and Literary Analysis
Social vs. Biological Views of Death in Bentley and Churchon
Ancient Greek Literature
Homosexuality in Ancient Greek Literature and Society
African American Literature
Slaves Were Made, Not Born: Literature and Chattel Slavery
American Literature
Hemingway's "Soldier's Home" and the Returning Combat Veteran
Victorian Literature
Lady Bracknell as a Symbol of Victorian Society in Wilde's Play
Young Adult Literature
Kate as the True Hero in After the First Death
Ancient Greek Literature
Coming of Age: Telemakhos's Journey in The Odyssey
Shakespearean Drama
Hamlet's Psychology: Depression, Madness, and Delay
Early Modern Drama
Magic in A Midsummer Night's Dream and The Tempest
Ancient Greek Drama
Oedipus Rex: Free Will, Arrogance, and Self-Made Tragedy
American Poetry
Emily Dickinson's "I Heard a Fly Buzz": Death and Perception
Comparative Literary Analysis
Self-Destruction in Anna Karenina and Madame Bovary
African Literature
Feminine Identity and Womanhood in Things Fall Apart
European Drama
Obligation and Identity in Ibsen's A Doll's House
Fairy Tale Analysis
Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales: Class, Gender, and Morality
American Poetry
Imagery in Theodore Roethke's "My Papa's Waltz"
American Literature
Jig's Final Choice in Hemingway's Hills Like White Elephants
American Literature
Arnold Friend as a Stalker in Oates's "Where Are You Going"
British Poetry
Hawk Roosting and The Eagle: Birds of Prey in Poetry
American Literature
Tragic Heroes in Steinbeck and Hemingway: Joad and Henry
Literary Analysis & Response
Liberal Arts Education and Poverty: Earl Shorris's Argument
Comparative Literary Analysis
Growing Up in Literature: Themes in Two Coming-of-Age Works
American Short Fiction
Killer and Victim Relationships in Three Classic Horror Stories
Memoir and Creative Non-Fiction
Memoir, Memory, and the Ineffable in Kingston and McCourt
American Literature
Emily Webb and Princess Diana: Dreamer vs. Reality
Children's Literature
Danger and Adventure in Alice in Wonderland vs. Narnia
American Literature
Raymond Carver's "Cathedral": Theme, Character, and Style