Custom Essay Writing Samples

This essay explores irony in Sophocles' play, Oedipus Rex, focusing on the themes of free will and predestination. Though the play presents a sad and sickening situation, the audience still appreciates the irony of the play and the tension between freedom and fate.

Sophocles' Oedipus Rex.

This research paper explores the history, progression, and symptoms of Alzheimer's, including diagnostic criteria and the potential for a cure.

Alzheimer's Disease: Not Just Loss of Memory.

Ibesn's plays The Wild Duck and Ghosts are viewed in light of the themes of illusion and reality. Both plays have similar familial settings defined by illusion but destroyed by truth. Ibsen's artistic realism contrasts the two themes to explore deeper conflicts inherent in ordinary lives, concluding that there are multiple realities and many illusions.

Illusions and Realities in Ibsen's Plays The Wild Duck and Ghosts.

After the Revolution, American leaders encountered opposition to a strong central government. Many states feared this type of government would interfere with states' rights. This tension continued from the 1778 Articles of Confederation to the Constitution of 1787.

States' Arguments against a Central Government.

This paper reviews the cultural impact of exploration and discovery in the Elizabethan era, with particular reference to the way the themes of exploration and discovery are reflected in the works of Shakespeare, including such plays as The Tempest.

Exploration and Discovery in the Shakespearian/Elizabethan Era.

This paper will review the Declaration of Independence and its impact on the Revolution. The Declaration is considered a radical document, and this paper will explore why that is through a close analysis and situating it in historic context.

A Brief Analysis of the Declaration of Independence.

In the years before the Salem Witch Trials, Puritan literature exhibited a fascination with demonic power and its influence on Puritan society. This paper will explore Puritan literature and how it may have contributed to the outbreak of witch hysteria in 1692.

Puritan Literature and the Salem Witch Trials.

This paper will explore the fate of the Quakers and their impact on the American Revolution, including the group's history and origins.

The Quakers and the American Revolution.

The literature of the Greek and Roman eras has continued to influence writers to the present day. This paper will examine Greco-Roman literature and its continued influence in the modern world.

The Role of Greek and Roman Literature.

Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird is a masterpiece of American literature and a book with much to say about racism and discrimination. This essay will look at how the novel depicts discrimination and what Lee intends for us to take away from her novel.

To Kill a Mockingbird: An Analysis of Discrimination.

Readers have debated whether Jane Eyre has a "good" ending. This paper uses three criticisms of the novel and Romantic literature to argue that the book's ending is in fact good because it matches the realism of Jane's worldview and matches the literary trends of its era.

A Romantic Ending in an Anti-Romantic Novel: Does Jane Eyre End Well?

Arthur Miller's play The Crucible uses the Salem Witch Trials to examine the anti-communist feelings of the middle twentieth century. This paper explores the play and focuses on the character of the Rev. Hale.

The Crucible by Arthur Miller.

Mark Twain's novel, Huckleberry Finn, presents themes of religion, slavery, and democracy. This paper peels back the surface to interrogate these themes in order to discover Twain's objective in writing the novel and how it fits into the era in which it was written.

An Analytical Essay on Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain.