J. K. Rowling creates a world in which there is no religion and no god, but in which there is still a great sense of morality and love. In her seven-book Harry Potter series, Rowling shows that life is not about avoiding ...

This study examines the tension between humanism and hegemony in "The Tempest" and how that tension situates Prospero’s island as a microcosm for Elizabethan England. The central paradox of the play is the humanist sorcerer’s ...

Katniss Everdeen - the girl who was on fire, the Mockingjay, the iconic heroine of Suzanne Collins’ young adult series The Hunger Games - has captivated audiences worldwide since 2008, when she burst from the page as a ...

Sycorax, although dead in The Tempest, continues to be disinterred like a centuries-old cold case. The intrigue that one dead witch generates has transcended time and scrutiny. This thesis examines the mental power struggle ...

This study investigates the stylistic affinities between Jonathan Swift and James Joyce, in particular those resemblances which are present in their earlier works—A Tale of a Tub, The Battel of the Books, and A Portrait ...

This study investigates whether enjambment can be used as a test of style in Old English poetry. Enjambment has been mentioned in previous scholarship but has never been the focus of a lengthy study. Data derived from a ...

This study investigates the disappearance of the Fool in Shakespeare’s King Lear and how that disappearance affects our conception of the character and experience of the play. The investigation begins with the question ...

The aim of the proposed thesis will be to examine the complex and compelling relationship between fathers and sons in Shakespeare’s Hamlet. This study will investigate the difficult and challenging process of forming one’s ...

I find that of all the things that drive Virginia Woolf’s work, war is most important. To understand war in her writing, I study the three soldier characters appearing in her novels: Jacob Flanders, Jacob’s Room (1922); ...

Since the debut of Othello and King Lear more than 400 years ago, the characters of Desdemona and Cordelia have largely served to highlight the despair and fall of their male counterparts. The rise of women’s power in the ...