Essays and Research Papers on (All) Literature

This 6 page paper provides an overview of the work, focusing on thematic elements. Style is also discussed. Support is provided form critical reviews on the work. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

A 5 page paper which analyzes relationships in "China Boy" by Gus Lee. The relationships discussed are those between Kai and Toussaint, and Kai and Edna. No additional sources cited.

A 5 page paper which discusses how Aristotle's Oedipus is a tragic hero. Aristotle's "Poetics" is cited. Bibliography lists 1 additional source.

A 5 page paper which examines how fate fits into the concerns of the epic genre, what the nature of fate in these two works suggests about the human condition and the concept of heroism, and how the protagonists in each work react to and confront fate. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

A 5 page essay that examines three books about juveniles facing exclusion (in some form) within different societal contexts. The books examined are Quintana's The Baboon King, Yumoto's The Friends, and Morgenstern's Secret Letters from 0 to 10. No additional sources cited.

A 7 page paper which examines how these characters challenge the conventional views of men and women. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

This 5 page paper presents an analysis of Billy Budd's trial. The fairness of the conclusion is discussed at length. A synopsis of the story is included. No additional sources cited.

A 5 page paper which examines how Miller’s most celebrated play relates to the writer’s life. Bibliography lists 7 sources.

(5 pp.) Have you ever finished a book and said to yourself - I want to meet that author? Such an idea seems to be prompted not only by the work itself, but also, by the concept -who could think that up - how cool! After reading his 1999, Pulitzer award ...

A five page paper which looks at Dante’s ethical premises in the Purgatorio, and the way in which he uses mythological and historical figures in order to demonstrate the complexities of human behaviour, and their progress towards rationality and the control of passion and instinct. Bibliography lists 1 source.

(5 pp.) According to Smith (1997), it was John Irving's high-school wrestling coach, Ted Seabrooke, who broke the news to him, that "talent is overrated. That you're not very talented, needn't be the end of it." Seabrooke also told him: "An underdog is in a position to take a healthy bite." And Irving, ...

A 5 page paper which discusses social function as it is presented in ancient literature, that being 'The Epic of Gilgamesh,' 'The Odyssey,' and the Old Testament. No additional sources cited.

A 7 page paper which examines the image of the tragic hero who fights and the motives that make him fight in both works. Bibliography lists 6 sources.

A 5 page paper which discusses "The Poorhouse Fair" by John Updike, as it relates to Updike's purpose and intent. No additional sources cited.

A 6 page paper which examines how justice is presented and how the concept differs in Aristophanes’ “The Clouds,” Plato’s “Apology” and “Crito,” Sophocles’ “Antigone,” and the Old Testament’s “Book of Job.” No additional sources are used.

Octavio Paz wrote The Labyrinth of Solitude in 1950. This 6 page paper explores the use of cultural, physical and political setting in the book as well as in the context of the post -war Mexico. Bibliography lists 9 sources.

Freud once wrote about fiction - in an essay called, The Uncanny, in which he described the psychological processes that are often found in what may be called 'ghost' stories. This 8 page paper proposes that the 'ghost' or 'horror' story teaches the reader about themselves - what it is that lies deep within the unconscious and is in ...

A 5 page paper which compares and contrasts the story of the Knight and the Wife of Bath, in Canterbury Tales as it applies to the main characters' choices of life. No additional sources cited.

A 5 page essay that examines Wilde's play in regards to how it reflected Wilde's aesthetic sense in regards to Victorian morality. Aesthetic intellectuals such as Wilde wrote in reaction to the what they perceived as the hypocrisy of the time. Wilde, like his fellow aesthetics, felt that beauty and art had been corrupted by ...

This 6 page paper views this story in terms of gender differences. Characterization, themes and plot are explored in light of how the female is treated in society. No additional sources cited.

A 5 page paper which analyzes Toni Morrison's novel "Jazz." The paper discusses how Morrison's uses jazz and sexual identity as a foundation for the story. Bibliography lists 3 additional sources.

(7 pp.) Did you read the title and think that this was an oxymoron? Did women have identities in the year Defoe's novel was published? Certainly they could not have overt identities, that is for sure; however Defoe is able to provide them for Moll in the relationship she has with her ...

The 'southern novel' is thought to be a separate literary genre and perhaps it is. This 6 page paper compares and contrasts The Color Purple by Alice walker and Tobacco Road by Erskine Caldwell. Bibliography lists 6 sources.

An 8 page essay that argues that Henry James works, The Turn of the Screw and What Maisie Knew, represent the way that childhood was socially constructed in the nineteenth century and the theme of both works is that children should be regarded as people, and not manipulated by adults for their own ends. Bibliography ...

5 pages in length. As the tragic hero and protagonist, Euripides' Electra is forced to come face to face with her own shortcomings, which ultimately cast upon her the tragic flaw that eventually leads to her downfall. In applying Aristotle's formula for tragedy to this play, facing opposition from within her own being is ...