Essays and Research Papers on (All) Literature

This 5 page paper provides an overview of the classic work as well as an investigation into the relevance of several minor characters. Sandy, Candy, Mr. Turkel, Old Rawler and the lifeguard are each discussed. No additional sources cited.

A 5 page essay that compares and contrasts Ellison's "Battle Royal" and Toni Cade Bambara's story "The Lesson." In these narratives, young African Americans receive a complicated lesson in American culture, lessons that will make the protagonists evaluate who they are and the position that they occupy in the society at large, and – most ...

5 pages. One way to see White Noise is to see it as a book that is about the difficulty of finding stability and authority in our lives. To explore this idea, DeLillo spends a lot of time discussing systems such as belief systems, institutional systems, technological systems and more. This paper examines how ...

This 5 page paper argues that Stowe has chosen to use symbols and, or characterizations, associated with good, evil and, or, the conflict between the two as a way of making the point of the novel: slavery is evil and should be abolished. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

An 8 page examination of Raymond Carver and his works. The paper focuses on "A Small Good Thing," but also discusses other works in illustrating the style used by Carver. Bibliography list 4 sources.

An 8 page examination of Flannery O'Connor's recurring themes as seen in three stories. The stories summarized and analyzed are "Revelations," "Greenleaf," and "A Good Man is Hard to Find." Bibliography lists 10 additional sources.

A five page paper which looks at the concepts of freedom and restraint in Book II of More’s Utopia, with reference to work, leisure, resources, politics, and marriage. Bibliography lists 1 source

A 5 page paper which discusses and compares Toni Morrison's "Sula" and "Beloved" as they involve the murders within. No additional sources cited.

A 6 page research paper that first of all sets German authors Heinrich von Kleist in perspective against the cultural background of his day and then summarizes and analyzes his work "Michael Kohlhass." Bibliography lists 6 sources.

A 5 page paper which discusses the similarities between Chaucer's "The Knight's Tale," in "Canterbury Tales," and the recent film "A Knight's Tale." Bibliography lists 2 additional sources.

A 9 page paper which examines the use of sacrifice in several Greek tragedies. The tragedies discussed are "The Odyssey," "Antigone," "Medea," and "Agamemnon." These sacrifices are discussed in terms of how they address issues such as sex roles, initiation, eating practices, and societal cohesiveness. Marina Warner's book, "Six Myths of Our Time" is also ...

5 pages. In this analysis of Henrik Ibsen's well-known story A Doll's House, several different elements of the story are discussed including such things as the characterization, the plot, the tone of the story and more. This excellent paper explains these concepts and ties them all together in a cohesive explanation. Bibliography lists one source. ...

A 5 page essay that examines how fear operates as an underlying theme in Alan Paton's novel of South Africa Cry, the Beloved Country. The writer examines the different types of fear expressed by Paton, as well as his antidote to this factor, which is love and Christianity. Bibliography lists 2 sources.

This 5 page report discusses three well-known authors’ works -- Charlotte Perkins Gilman (“The Yellow Wallpaper”), Henry James (“The Beast in the Jungle”) and the best-known of the three, Mark Twain (“The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn”) -- and uses them as examples of how the author tells the story is every bit, sometimes more, important than the story itself. Bibliography lists ...

Elizabeth Gaskell, in North And South, portrays the process of industrialization and modernization as the development of the capitalist system of economy. This 5 page paper incorporates the views of Karl Marx in its exploration of labor relations within the novel. Bibliography lists 2 sources.

An 8 page paper which compares and contrasts the character of Bigger in "Native Son" by Richard Wright and the character of Maggie in "Maggie: A Girl From the Street" by Stephen Crane. Bibliography lists 5 additional sources.

A 5 page paper which examines the use of irony and dark humor in "Holes" by Louis Sachar. The paper also discusses how Sachar uses the irony and dark humor to develop his characters and the plot. No additional sources cited.

This 8 page paper considers the way in which the story 'Native Son' is full of symbolism throughout the story. The writers considers the use of symbolism and explain it using quotes form the book and comparisons with traditional uses of symbolism. The bibliography cites 7 sources.

An 8 page examination of some of the most significant post WWII literature. Many argue that Ralph Ellison's "The Invisible Man" may be the most significant literary work. The paper discusses Ellison's work, but also presents arguments which focus on the significance of Don Delillo's "White Noise" and Maxine Hong Kingston's "The Woman Warrior." Bibliography ...

A 5 page paper which compares and contrasts how these themes are explored in two stories from “The Canterbury Tales.” Bibliography lists 2 sources.

A 5 page examination of the character, and main protagonist, Will Tweedy in "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns. No additional sources cited.

A 5 page paper which demonstrates that the journey of Sir Gawain, from Arthur's Court to the Green Chapel, is a metaphor for the journey one makes from childhood to adulthood. Bibliography lists 3 additional sources.

This 6 page report discusses Octavia Butler’s 1987 novel “Dawn” in which she presents the theme of slavery in the service of another beings’ hierarchy and sense of survival and order. “dawn” became the first book in a trilogy, followed by “Adulthood Rites” (1988) and “Imago” (1989). Nuclear war has decimated Earth in “Dawn” and human beings are almost extinct. ...

An 8 page paper which discusses how London used Mother Nature, the weather, as a protagonist in "To Build a Fire" and "Love of Life." Bibliography lists 8 additional sources.

A 5 page paper which examines what the romance narratives contribute to the novel’s social and political arguments. Bibliography lists 3 sources.