Essay Undergraduate 1,699 words

Common People as Force and Tool in the French Revolution

Examines how French sans-culottes and peasants shifted from spontaneous revolutionary actors to tools of political factions during the French Revolution.

History

~9 min read

View paper →

Essay Undergraduate 1,765 words

T.C. Boyle's "Greasy Lake": Satire, Adolescence, and Moral Failure

A critical analysis of T.C. Boyle's "Greasy Lake," examining its dark satire, adolescent behavior, postmodern moral emptiness, and scholarly reception.

Literature

~9 min read

View paper →

Essay Undergraduate 3,053 words

The Philosophy of Socrates: Ethics, Knowledge, and the Soul

An overview of Socratic philosophy covering virtue, knowledge, Platonic love, the soul-state analogy, and Socrates' lasting influence on Western thought.

Philosophy

~16 min read

View paper →

Essay Undergraduate 5,332 words

Virginia Woolf's A Room of One's Own and Women in Literature

Explores Virginia Woolf's A Room of One's Own through historical, sociological, and economic lenses to trace women's evolving roles as literary subjects and authors.

Literature

~27 min read

View paper →

Essay Undergraduate 3,208 words

Bauhaus to Black Mountain College: Art, Education, Legacy

Explores how Bauhaus ideals traveled from Germany to Black Mountain College, shaping progressive American art education through the mid-20th century.

Education

~17 min read

View paper →

Essay Undergraduate 2,212 words

Blaise Pascal: Mathematician, Physicist, and Philosopher

Explore Blaise Pascal's life and legacy: his invention of the calculator, contributions to probability theory, and philosophy of mathematics and religion.

People

~12 min read

View paper →

Essay Undergraduate 2,307 words

Gender Differences in Investment Behavior and Overconfidence

Explores how male overconfidence leads to riskier stock trading, drawing on Vanguard data, behavioral finance research, and evolutionary psychology.

Finance

~12 min read

View paper →

Essay Undergraduate 1,809 words

Natural Law vs. Legal Positivism: From Plato to Kant

Traces the history of natural law and legal positivism from Plato and Aristotle through Hobbes, Locke, Hume, and Kant, examining law's relationship to the state.

Philosophy

~10 min read

View paper →

Essay Undergraduate 1,654 words

Mary Rowlandson, Increase Mather, and Puritan Typology

Examines Increase Mather's theological and editorial influence on Mary Rowlandson's captivity narrative, focusing on Puritan typology, gender, and race.

Literature

~9 min read

View paper →

Essay Undergraduate 1,123 words

Reality TV Shows and Their Impact on Teen Pregnancy

Examines how MTV reality shows like Teen Mom and 16 and Pregnant influence teen pregnancy rates, gender roles, and adolescent perceptions of motherhood.

Social Issues

~6 min read

View paper →