Essay Undergraduate 1,932 words

Butler and Thomson on Freedom, Gender, and Bodily Autonomy

Explores how Judith Butler's gender performativity and Judith Jarvis Thomson's bodily autonomy arguments form a shared moral vision of justice and civil freedom.

Philosophy

~10 min read

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Essay Graduate 3,185 words

Epic Fakes and Forgeries in Classical Literature and Philology

Explores how forgeries from Dares of Phrygia to the Donation of Constantine shaped classical scholarship, from Homer's disputed origins to Renaissance philology.

Literature

~16 min read

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Essay Undergraduate 1,624 words

Dinosaur Extinction: Current Theories and Explanations

Explores major theories of dinosaur extinction, including asteroid impact and volcanic gradual decline, weighing scientific evidence for each at the K-T boundary.

Science

~9 min read

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Essay Undergraduate 1,645 words

Imagined Britain: Cultural Identity and the Nation-State

Explores Anderson's Imagined Communities, Beyond Imagined Communities, and Wilson's Island Race to analyze British nationalism, identity, and colonization.

History

~9 min read

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Essay Undergraduate 4,172 words

Aristotle's Rhetorical Theory: Persuasion, Ethics, and Legacy

An analysis of Aristotle's Rhetoric covering ethos, pathos, logos, its historical rediscovery, and its influence on modern democracy and political discourse.

Philosophy

~21 min read

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Essay Undergraduate 2,513 words

The Tragedy of Othello: Passion, Deception, and Self-Destruction

An analysis of Shakespeare's Othello exploring how Othello's barbarian passion creates the conditions for Iago's deception, making his tragedy self-fulfilling.

Literature

~13 min read

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Essay Undergraduate 5,335 words

Doctor Faustus: Marlowe's Tragic Hero and Eternal Damnation

Explore Christopher Marlowe's Doctor Faustus—examining Faustus's pact with the devil, his divided nature, and his willing acceptance of eternal damnation.

Literature

~27 min read

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Essay Undergraduate 2,038 words

Is Hamlet Mad? Feigned vs. Real Insanity in the Play

Explores whether Hamlet feigns madness or truly loses his mind, tracing his psychological decline from calculated pretense to genuine insanity and recovery.

Literature

~11 min read

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Essay Undergraduate 4,318 words

Emmanuel Levinas: Phenomenology, Ethics, and Infinity

Explores Emmanuel Levinas's phenomenological philosophy, covering ethics, transcendence, totality and infinity, constructivism, and the face-to-face relationship.

Philosophy

~22 min read

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Essay Undergraduate 1,272 words

Sacré-Cœur Basilica: Politics Behind Paris's Sacred Monument

Explores whether the Sacré-Cœur Basilica was built for moral revival or as a political tool used by French monarchists and Catholics to reclaim authority.

History

~7 min read

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