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Literature Study Guides
American Literature
Emerson's Key Quotes from Nature and Self-Reliance Explained
Gothic Fiction
Science vs. Religion in Bram Stoker's Dracula (1897)
Fantasy Literature
Power and Corruption in The Fellowship of the Ring
European Modernist Literature
Kafka's The Trial as Prophecy: Irrationality and Jewish Fate
American Literature
The Mystery of Jay Gatsby and the Limits of Social Mobility
Shakespearean Drama
Oedipus Complex in Shakespeare's Hamlet Explained
Poetry Analysis
Kipling and Paquin: Poems on Courage and Adulthood
Short Story Analysis
Omniscient Narration in "The Rocking Horse Winner"
Poetry Analysis
Death and Meaning in Dylan Thomas and Emily Dickinson
American Literature
Theme and Plot in Raymond Carver's "Cathedral"
British Literature
Jews in Ivanhoe: Scott's Portrayal of Medieval Judaism
American Literature
Belonging and Identity in The Color Purple (Film)
American Literature
Narrative Structure in Hemingway's A Farewell to Arms
American Literature
Empathy Through Character History in Faulkner and Olsen
American Drama
Personal Discovery in The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams
Medieval Literature
Dante's Inferno: Themes, Structure, and Reader Response
Ancient Greek Drama
Ignorance and Fate in Sophocles' Oedipus Rex
Children's Literature
Multicultural Children's Books: Analysis of Cheyenne Again
Shakespearean Tragedy
Lacanian Analysis of Macbeth's Desire for Kingship
British Literature
Pride and Prejudice: Marriage, Class, and Character Growth
Contemporary Fiction
Love, Loss, and History in Krauss's The History of Love
African American Literature
Clotel by William Wells Brown: Slavery, Race, and Identity
Composition and Writing
Natalie Goldberg's "Be Specific": A Rhetorical Analysis
American Literature
Hawthorne's Good vs. Evil in Young Goodman Brown and The Scarlet Letter
American Drama
Race, Art, and Politics in Ishmael Reed's The C. Above High C
American Literature
Hemingway's Naturalistic Style: Gender and Class Themes
Poetry Analysis
Elegies by Ben Jonson and Dylan Thomas: Coping With Loss
Asian Literature
Marriage and Courtship in Modern Asian Literature
Poetry Analysis
Symbolism and Erotic Imagery in Mohan Singh's "Evening"
American Literature
Edgar Allan Poe's Writing Style and Moral Aesthetics
Book Review / Food Writing
Pollan's Omnivore's Dilemma and the Case for Vegetarianism
Shakespearean Drama
Tragic Flaws in Shakespeare's King Lear and Othello
Nonfiction Book Analysis
Rhetorical Analysis of Pollan's The Omnivore's Dilemma
American Literature
Fathers and Sons in Marilynne Robinson's Gilead
Short Fiction Analysis
Hemingway and Lessing: Marital Relationships in Short Fiction
Children's Literature and Film Adaptation
How the Grinch Stole Christmas: Anti-Hero Archetypes
World Literature and War Narratives
How War Tears Families Apart: Humanity and Empathy
Creative Nonfiction
Writing Lessons from Adam Gopnik's Through the Children's Gate
Victorian Literature
Crime, Punishment, and Justice in Great Expectations
Slave Narratives
Olaudah Equiano's Path to Freedom Through Skill and Faith
Poetry Analysis
Analyzing Speakers and Imagery in Classic Poems
Renaissance Literature
Chastity, Power, and Britomart in Spenser's Faerie Queene
Ancient Literature
The Epic of Gilgamesh: Kings, Gods, and Ancient Power
American Poetry
Walt Whitman's "I Hear America Singing": Unity and Work
Holocaust Literature
Recognizing and Fighting Evil in Elie Wiesel's Night
Poetry Analysis
Komunyakaa's "My Father's Love Letters": Tone and Imagery
American Literature
Literary Devices in Oates' We Were the Mulvaneys
American Literature
Eli the Good by Silas House: A Book Review