Literary Analysis • 11 May 2024

Austen’s Twisted Tropes: Gender-Bending and Role-Reversal in Pride and Prejudice and Emma

Analyzes gendered tropes throughout Austen's novels and how she reverses characters' gendered roles to subversively protest gender inequality by equating the power and autonomy (and lack thereof) of her men and women characters.

Literary Analysis • 7 April 2024

Reading Behind the Pattern: A Literary Analysis of The Yellow Wallpaper

Examines Gilman's use of symbol, motif, and diction to suggest that The Yellow Wallpaper has an unhappy ending, and that it is not the story of triumph it was intended to be.

Historical Analysis • 12 December 2023

The Plague of Presentism in Literary History

Examines inaccuracies in Emily Dickinson’s accepted biographical account, especially regarding her sexuality, religion, and social life, to suggest that they inhibited early tolerance of queerness.

Literary Analysis • 20 February 2023

Tragedy and the Privileged Man

Argues against Miller's assertion that Death of a Salesman is a "tragedy of the common man" because it is neither a true "tragedy," nor focused on the true "common man."

Literary Analysis • 4 March 2024

The Function of the Masculine Voice in Northanger Abbey

Examines Austen's use of masculine voice as protest against the Anglo-patriarchy in which she lived.

Historical Analysis • 6 June 2022

The Evolution of American Literature: An Analysis

Examines the evolution of American literature and history to suggest that art imitates life.

Literary Analysis • 6 May 2024

A Hayakawan Analysis of Father John Misty’s “Bored In The USA”

Applies S.I. Hayakawa's concepts of language to examine the implicit messaging in Father John Misty's "Bored in the USA," especially when compared to Bruce Springsteen's "Born in the U.S.A."

Commentary • 25 April 2024

Examining the Language of the Incel

Appplies S.I. Hayakawa's concepts of language to explore the use of language in the incel subculture.

Commentary • 5 December 2023

Redirecting the Conversation

Synthesizes three articles to suggest that social reform is most effective when taught in conversation with the younger generation.

Historical Analysis • 29 November 2023

Examining the History of Ancient Egyptian Funerary Artifacts

A history of various Ancient Egyptian funerary objects.

Commentary • 24 October 2023

In Response to "All Words Matter"

Expands on Coryell's essay "All Words Matter" to further prove that the loaded language in the phrase "All Lives Matter" impedes movements like Black Lives Matter in serving highly-discriminated communities.

Literary Analysis • 11 September 2022

The Need for Knowledge in Frankenstein

Analyzes the symbols and foreshadowing Shelley uses in a passage from Frankenstein to communicate the importance of knowledge and understanding.

Literary Analysis • 11 September 2022

The Consequences of Patriarchy in The Handmaid’s Tale

Analyzes how Atwood uses tone and metaphor in a passage from The Handmaid's Tale to underline her point that patriarchy has and will continue to have negative consequences.

Historical Analysis • 8 October 2021

The Puritan Influence on America’s Work Habits

Explores historical and current sources to suggest that the modern work ethic of American society is a result of the Puritan culture by which the US was colonized.

Historical Analysis • 28 February 2022

America Incorporated

Historical analysis of the development of the corporate age of America and a call to redistribute the wealth gap as a solution for economic hardship.

Literary Analysis • 11 September 2022

To Choose or to Be Chosen?

Examines how Potok uses contradictory statements in a passage from The Chosen to communicate the power and struggle of choice.

Poetry Analysis • 22 May 2020

Examining Walt Whitman's Work and Criticism

Explores Walt Whitman's life and work, converses with criticism, and creates poetry inspired by one of Whitman's pieces.

Poetry Analysis • 9 February 2020

Deadly Consequences of Pride in Browning's “My Last Duchess”

Analyzes Browning's use of pride as a motif in "My Last Duchess" and its consequences.

Literary Analysis • 16 January 2020

Themes of Maturation and Escape in Sandra Cisneros’s The House on Mango Street

Examines themes of maturation through and escape from pain in The House on Mango Street.

Literary Analysis • 15 November 2019

Evolution of The Wife in The Hand

Explores how the unnamed wife in Colette's The Hand evolves as a character throughout the short story.

6 May 2019

Effects of Law and Storytelling on Building Morality

Examines the effect of legal regulation and storytelling on the development of one's sense of morality specifically in relation to the aftermath of the Holocaust.

Historical Analysis • 20 September 2018

The General History: Historical Account or Falsehood?

Argues that John Smith's The General History, documenting his time in the Jamestown colony, is a falsified and exaggerated version of A True Relation.

Literary Analysis • 20 March 2018

Adaptation and Evolution in The Bar Code Tattoo

Examines themes of adaptation and evolution in Suzanne Weyn's The Bar Code Tattoo