Essay Undergraduate 1,084 words

Aunt Jennifer's Tigers vs. Marriage: A Thematic Comparison

A comparative essay examining themes of marriage, freedom, and gender in Adrienne Rich's "Aunt Jennifer's Tigers" and Gregory Corso's "Marriage."

Literature

~6 min read

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Essay Undergraduate 2,605 words

American Government, Democracy, and Electoral System Explained

An essay collection examining the U.S. three-branch system, Electoral College, Tocqueville vs. Smith on democracy, and capitalism's effect on equality.

Government

~14 min read

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Essay Undergraduate 1,510 words

Solaris: God, Love, and the Ineffability of Death

An essay analyzing the 2002 film Solaris through themes of ineffability, the god force, love as redemption, and life after death beyond orthodox religion.

Arts

~8 min read

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Essay Undergraduate 417 words

Plato, Descartes, and Hume: Knowledge, Self, and Doubt

A comparative essay examining Socratic ignorance, Cartesian doubt, and Humean empiricism — covering knowledge, God, and personal identity in Western philosophy.

Philosophy

~3 min read

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Reflection Paper Undergraduate 1,510 words

Personality Theories Explaining How I Changed My Anxiety

A reflective essay applying Big Five, Personal Construct, and Rogerian phenomenological theories to explain one student's journey overcoming social anxiety.

Psychology

~8 min read

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Essay Undergraduate 2,256 words

Structural Collapse: Causes and Consequences of the Great Depression

Analytical essay on the Great Depression examining how compounding institutional failures in monetary policy, trade, and banking caused and prolonged the

History

~12 min read

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Essay Undergraduate 2,681 words

The Death Penalty in the United States: Law, History, and Debate

An essay examining the legal status, troubled history, racial disparities, deterrence debate, and future of capital punishment in the United States.

Law

~14 min read

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Essay Undergraduate 1,016 words

Is the World Becoming American? Examining Americanization

An essay examining claims by Rice-Oxley, Verdu, and O'Connor that Americanization is unstoppable, arguing the process is global, not inherently American.

Culture

~6 min read

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Essay Undergraduate 1,013 words

Peter Singer's "Famine, Affluence, and Morality" Explained

An explication and critique of Peter Singer's "Famine, Affluence, and Morality," examining his moral duty argument, marginal utility, and counterarguments.

Philosophy

~6 min read

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Essay Undergraduate 1,500 words

Same-Sex Marriage: Moral, Legal, and Social Perspectives

An essay examining the same-sex marriage debate through legal history, religious perspectives, political arguments, and Rawls's theory of distributive justice.

Social Issues

~8 min read

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