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Literature Study Guides
Gothic Literature
Victor and the Monster: Creator Reflects Creation in Frankenstein
European Literature
Gregor Samsa's Bug Form as Symbol in Kafka's Metamorphosis
European Drama
Nora's Miracle: Freedom and Escape in A Doll's House
Nonfiction Book Review
Fast Food Nation Chapter 2: Ray Kroc and American Food Culture
Ancient and Classical Literature
Flood Narratives: Genesis and Gilgamesh Compared
Comparative Literature
Individualism in Fahrenheit 451 and Thomas More's Utopia
Literary Censorship
Censorship and Lord of the Flies: Overview and Analysis
Feminist Literary Criticism
Wollstonecraft and Chopin: Two Models of Feminist Thought
American Literature
Desert Solitaire by Edward Abbey: Summary and Analysis
American Literature
Character Study of Granny Weatherall by Katherine Anne Porter
American Nonfiction
Technology's Effects in Fast Food Nation by Eric Schlosser
British Literature
Coleridge's Rime of the Ancient Mariner: Symbolism
Modern Drama
Why Alan Blinds the Horses in Peter Shaffer's Equus
American Literature
Social Norms and Taboo in David Sedaris's "Big Boy"
Victorian Literature
Wuthering Heights and Jane Eyre: Primordial Emotion in the Brontë Novels
Children's Literature
Silverstein and Greenfield: Sound and Imagination in Children's Poetry
American Poetry
Elizabeth Bishop's "The Fish": Symbolism and Everyday Life
Short Story Analysis
Persona vs. Self-Image in Thomas Mann's "The Child Prodigy"
Comparative Literary Analysis
Conflict and Resilience in Literature, Poetry, and Art
Irish Literature
Irish Renaissance: Literature, Nationalism, and Cultural Revival
American Drama
Stage Naturalism and Absurdism in David Auburn's Proof
20th-Century World Literature
Opium in Man's Fate: Literary Accuracy and Chinese History
Comparative Literature
Frankenstein and Terminator: Humanity in Artificial Beings
Chinese Literature
Dream of the Red Chamber: Themes, Symbols, and Morality
Medieval and Victorian Literature
Malory's Morte d'Arthur vs. Tennyson's Idylls of the King
Russian Literature
Crime and Punishment: Economic Despair and Social Commentary
Chicano Literature
Famous All Over Town: Fate and Family in Chato's Story
American Autobiography
The Autobiography of Malcolm X: Life, Faith, and Activism
Dramatic Literature
Patriarchal Femininity and Identity in Ibsen's A Doll's House
African-American Literature
Racial Identity and Jealousy in Nella Larsen's Passing
American Literature
The American Dream in The Great Gatsby: Gatsby and Daisy
American Literature
Humor, Irony, and Foreshadowing in O'Connor's "A Good Man"
Native American Literature
Chief Seattle's 1854 Oration: Tone and Enduring Strength
Young Adult Literature & Social Themes
Cultural Assimilation in California Schools Through The Giver
American Literature
Frederick Douglass's Narrative and America's National Identity
Early Modern Drama
The Meaning of War in Shakespeare's Henry V
American Literature
Hawthorne's Symbolism in The Scarlet Letter and Black Veil
Postcolonial Literature
Cracking India: Religion, Caste, and the Partition of a Nation
Medieval Literature
Crime and Punishment in Dante's Inferno vs. Modern Views
Short Story Analysis
Privacy Invasion as Self-Reflection in Cheever and Schickler
Dystopian Fiction
Language, Power, and Newspeak in Orwell's 1984
American Literature
Junot Díaz's Drown and the Immigrant American Dream
European Modernist Literature
Food as Metaphor in Kafka's "The Metamorphosis"
Chicana Literature
Magical Realism in Ana Castillo's So Far From God
Short Story Analysis
Absurdity and Blues: Camus and Baldwin's Stories Analyzed
Book Review and Critical Analysis
Carl Sagan's Demon-Haunted World: TV and Science Critique
Political Fiction
Animal Farm by Orwell: Plot, Characters, and Symbolism
American Literature
What Makes Huckleberry Finn a Truly American Novel