Students looking for a subject for a literature project might enjoy a study of the chess metaphor in fiction. There are good starting points on the internet. Find “The Development of the Chess Motif in Victorian Fiction” at http:65.107.211.206victorianbronteabrontechess.html and follow through the references to The Tenant of Wildfell Hall (chapters 33 and 34), Thomas Hardy’s A Pair of Blue Eyes, and Through the Looking Glass. Texts available at www.literature.orgauthorsbronte-annethe-tenant-of-wildfell-hallchapter-3 3.htmhttp:65.107.211.206victorianauthorshardyhardyov.html www.literature.orgauthorscarroll-lewisthrough-the-looking-glass Through the Looking Glass might also lead to a language investigation - useful prompts at www.newi.ac.ukrdoverotherthrough_.htm and at “Playing other games with language” http:website.lineone.netmartin.edwardeslinguistics_monopoly.htm