Essay Undergraduate 2,371 words

Artificial Intelligence: History, Concepts, and the Future

Explores AI's evolution from Babbage and Turing to expert systems and the CYC project, examining what intelligence means and whether machines can truly think.

Technology

~12 min read

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Essay Undergraduate 1,394 words

Death Rituals in Egyptian and Hindu Cultures Compared

A comparative look at Egyptian and Hindu death rituals, exploring mummification, cremation, beliefs in the afterlife, and cultural similarities and differences.

Anthropology

~7 min read

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Essay Undergraduate 1,445 words

Leonardo da Vinci's Last Supper: Style, Composition & Symbolism

An annotated analysis of Leonardo da Vinci's Last Supper exploring its compositional structure, Renaissance symbolism, and psychological portrayal of the apostles.

Arts

~8 min read

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Essay Undergraduate 1,789 words

Murder Law: Common Law Origins and Idaho Statutes

Examines the historical common law elements of murder and compares them with Idaho's current murder statutes, highlighting key differences and needed reforms.

Law

~9 min read

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Essay Undergraduate 1,114 words

Chris McCandless: Journey, Quest, and Heroic Sanctity

Analyzes Chris McCandless's journey in Into the Wild through Vogel's journey archetypes and Campbell's hero-saint concept, exploring tragedy and spiritual revelation.

Literature

~6 min read

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Essay Undergraduate 2,760 words

Northern Irish Poetry and The Troubles: Generations Compared

Explores how generations of Northern Irish poets—Heaney, Mahon, Muldoon, McGuckian—use metaphor, identity, and place to engage with The Troubles.

Literature

~14 min read

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Essay Undergraduate 1,889 words

Frankenstein and Terminator: Humanity in Artificial Beings

Comparing Mary Shelley's Frankenstein and Terminator 3, this essay explores how man-made beings reflect human emotion, dangerous knowledge, and moral ambiguity.

Literature

~10 min read

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Essay Undergraduate 2,028 words

Marxist Analysis of Gender, Race, and Corporate Ideology

A Marxist critique of how dominant ideologies reinforce class, gender, and racial oppression through corporate culture, commercialism, and consumer identity.

Sociology

~11 min read

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Essay Undergraduate 1,321 words

Racial Identity as Blessing or Curse: Hurston and Rodriguez

A comparative essay on racial identity exploring Zora Neale Hurston's "How It Feels to Be Colored Me" and Richard Rodriguez's bilingual childhood memoir.

Literature

~7 min read

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Essay Undergraduate 1,835 words

Egyptian and Mayan Writing Systems: Origins and Decline

Explore the origins, development, and decline of ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics and Mayan glyphs, two of history's most complex writing systems.

History

~10 min read

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