Essays and Research Papers on (All) Literature

A 5 page character analysis of the complicated relationship between Hemingway's unrequited lovers. Bibliography lists 6 sources.

A five page paper which looks at the relationship between Volpone and Mosca in Ben Jonson’s Volpone, in terms of the way in which they interact to demonstrate both Jonson’s satirical perspective and his use of humour in characterisation. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

A 5 page paper that discusses what led to Hamlet's death. The writer includes the issues of fate, the hierarchy, madness and the external forces that contributed to Hamlet's eventual death. Bibliography lists 7 sources.

"The Scarlet Letter" was first published in 1850, in a time of much more rigid societal standards which exist today. It is a classic, however, because it touches on a number of impropriety which are just as unacceptable today as it was over one hundred and fifty years ago. The most central of ...

8 pages in length. That Nathaniel Hawthorne chose such a controversial topic as adultery for The Scarlet Letter, his nineteenth century novel of adultery, demonstrates a delicate yet changing climate with regard to infidelity. The focus here is on the clergyman Arthur Dimmesdale, the illegitimate child's father. Bibliography lists two sources.

A 5 page research paper that summarizes the main points of Swift's satire of seventeenth century religion. The Tale of a Tub (1704) is an allegorical satire that ridicules religious extremists. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

A 5 page paper which discusses the many conflicts involving human emotions in the stories "The Winter's Tale" and "Wuthering Heights." No additional sources cited.

This 5 page paper considers the book 'Dawn, Xinogenesis', by E. Octavia, Butler. In this science fiction post nuclear war novel we see the human race 'saved' and reborn by the genetic engineering needs of an alien race, Lilith is the main human, and is seen as a saviour by some and a traitor ...

5 pages in length. Aristotle shares a number of literary characteristics with some of the greatest stories ever told. His epics imitate such classics as "Beowulf," "The Odyssey," "The Epic of Gilgamesh" and "Romeo and Juliet" in his quest to substantiate the quality of his own historic epics. No additional sources cited.

4 pages in length. The writer discusses theme as it applies to Flannery O'Connor's "Good Country People," "Judgement Day" and "Everything that Rises Must Converge." Bibliography lists 5 sources.

5 pages in length. Illusion and reality eventually meld into each other by way of Daisy's shallowness in F. Scott Fitzgerald's "The Great Gatsby." The most provocative of all the characters in Fitzgerald's classic tale is that of Daisy Buchanan -- the materialistic, selfish, party-loving woman who puts a price on everything in her ...

5 pages in length. Set in 1918 Ireland, William Trevor's "Fools of Fortune" is a dramatically moving story of young love, insofar as the ongoing Anglo-Irish fighting serves as a conduit between and among three generations of the same family. The author is quite successful at combining such elements as political intrigue, love ...

5 pages in length. To be unique within a world of sameness is a quest sought by many people; however, it is by way of such an objective that those like Edna and Isabel become labeled as selfish and intolerant of commonly accepted traditions. This negative connotation of individualism – which is to ...

A 5 page paper which discusses different elements of intertextuality in Federico Garcia Lorca's story "Bodas de Sangre." Bibliography lists 9 additional sources.

A 12 page research paper that examines stereotypes and how African American playwrights have addressed presenting the reality of black life. This examination of the work of some twentieth century African American playwrights demonstrates that African American authors have endeavored to express what they perceive to be the reality of black experience. In defining and ...

This 5 page paper not only reviews this author's first novel, but looks at the author's life and times to find out where the racism inherent in this work begins. John Grisham's life is discussed and the book is explored in depth. Racism in society is discussed. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

This 5 page paper considers morality in this nineteenth century tale of regret and woe. The characters Michael Henchard and Lucetta Templeman are examined in Thomas Hardy's classic work. No additional sources cited.

A 6 page paper which presents an examination of the author Harper Lee. Bibliography lists 10 sources.

A 5 page paper which compares the one of the tale tellers of "Canterbury Tales," the Knight, with the narrator, Gulliver, in "Gulliver's Travels." No additional sources cited.

A 5 page review of the fictional novel depicting the problems faced by sixteen year old Steve Harmon, a black teen being prosecuted for the fatal shooting of a drugstore owner. Recapitulated highlights of the novel and ties the fictional message into the very real societal warning that problems we are currently experiencing in ...

A 2.5 page paper which considers the novel's purpose, the techniques employed to convey the purpose, the aspect which makes this literary element so intriguing and central to understanding the work, with support of this position provided, along with a consideration of possible arguments against the thesis statement, and responses to such arguments. No additional ...

A 5 page paper which examines how, by not forsaking his morals, More proved to be the most admirable character. No additional sources are used.

A 5 page paper which compares the portrayal of madness and fear in "Hearts in Atlantis" by Stephen King and "The Pit and the Pendulum" by Edgar Allan Poe. Bibliography lists 4 additional sources.

A 5 page overview of a one-time Marine hero's fictional account of the Vietnam War, from the perspective of young members of a Marine platoon. No additional sources are used.

(4 pp). A narrator, seven centuries down the road tells us of a "manuscript" he has found. "(In it there are not ) errors of fact, but errors of interpretation." Looking back across the seven centuries that have lapsed since Avis Everhard completed her manuscript, events, and the influence of events, that ...