Antique European doorknobs (student paper)

Mentioned only as an example of an unusual but acceptable student paper topic.

A few years ago one student did antique doorknobs. If you go to Europe and look at a 500- or 800-year-old building, there'll be these ornate cast and wrought doorknobs. For whatever reason, they were interested in that, so they did a paper on doorknobs. I don't care — I like to read about these things. Any material topic you wish. Ten pages double-spaced. Don't be too general, don't be too broad, don't try to cover too much. Add your own analysis and opinions. I'm interested in what you think. You don't have to be right, but I want to know what you think about things.