Essay Undergraduate 1,578 words

Religious vs. Secular Authority in Europe, 1500–1900

Explores how religious authority adapted and persisted across Europe from 1500–1900 despite Enlightenment secularism, using Erasmus, Milton, Rousseau, and Dostoyevsky.

History

~8 min read

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Essay Undergraduate 3,793 words

The Waste Land and French Lieutenant's Woman as Modernist Texts

Analyzes T.S. Eliot's The Waste Land and Fowles's The French Lieutenant's Woman as exemplary Modernist and Post-Modernist texts within their cultural contexts.

Literature

~19 min read

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Essay Undergraduate 1,466 words

John Locke: Biography, Influences, and Legacy

Explore John Locke's life, the political and religious influences on his works, and how his ideas shaped modern democracy, liberty, and governance.

Philosophy

~8 min read

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Essay Graduate 2,916 words

Deontology vs. Consequentialism: What Makes Actions Right?

An analysis of deontological and teleological ethics exploring what makes actions "right," drawing on Ross, Wolf, Scheffler, Sverdlik, and Plato.

Philosophy

~15 min read

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Essay Undergraduate 1,269 words

Scholarly Approaches to Romanticism: 1925, 1951, and 1990

A comparative critique of three scholarly articles on Romanticism by Kaufman (1925), Peckham (1951), and Perkins (1990), tracing how definitions evolved over time.

Literature

~7 min read

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Essay Undergraduate 2,367 words

IQ Testing, Cultural Bias, and the Limits of Intelligence

Explores how IQ tests reflect cultural assumptions, why minorities score lower, and how Gardner's multiple intelligences theory offers a broader view of human ability.

Psychology

~12 min read

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Essay Undergraduate 691 words

John Stuart Mill's Philosophy of Nature and Human Morality

Explores John Stuart Mill's philosophy of nature using The Simpsons as an illustration, arguing that nature is not a moral model and humans must act against it.

Philosophy

~4 min read

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Essay Undergraduate 1,133 words

Franklin, Carnegie, and Marx on Work, Wealth, and Society

Explores Franklin's work ethic, Carnegie's Gospel of Wealth, Russell's leisure defense, and Marxist critiques of capitalism, comparing their views on labor and society.

Philosophy

~6 min read

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Essay Undergraduate 1,246 words

Humanizing the Other in Kimmel's Masculinity as Homophobia

Analyzes how Michael Kimmel uses "humanizing the other" in Masculinity as Homophobia to critique toxic masculinity and argue for gender justice.

Social Issues

~7 min read

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Essay Undergraduate 1,655 words

Civil Liberties and Military Justice in Billy Budd and Guardians

Explores how Melville's Billy Budd and Morris's Guardians examine civil liberty, military confinement, and security through the lens of American literature.

Literature

~9 min read

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