Essays and Research Papers on (All) Literature

A 5 page essay that analyzes Marie de Lafayette's The Princess of Cleves, a seventeenth century novel that depicts a heroine's struggle to remain loyal, good and true to her husband, even though she is madly in love with another man. The writer discusses whether or not the ending the novel, when the Princess rejects ...

This 5 page essay illustrates the line:Every Sin is the result of a collaboration. Examples are given to support this theme as well as examples of collaboration of theme, symbolism and imagery. Quotes cited. Bibliography lists 1 source.

A 5 page essay that examines Henry Fielding's eighteenth century novel Joseph Andrews (1742), which is a coming of age story that chronicles the hero's from a bumbling, impressionable youth to maturity as a confident young adult. The writer argues that the primary impetus for this evolution is actual experience as Fielding's protagonist encounters numerous ...

This 5 page paper does a character analysis on Mabel in The Horse Dealer's Daughter. Elements explored include: personal growth of character, defining elements, symbols, dimension, and forwarding of the plot. Point of View discussed as well as the overall structure of the story. Bibliography lists 1 sources.

A 5 page paper which discusses the masculinity of the male character in Lady Murasaki Shikibu's "The Tale of Genji." The paper also discusses the role and the influence of the women in the story. No additional sources cited.

A 5 page paper which examines Shirley Jackson's tale "The Possibility of Evil" and illustrates how it is a moral fable wherein one should not try to fix the problems of others when the individual has their own problems. No additional sources cited.

A 5 page paper which examines two specific perspectives concerning "Harrison Bergeron" by Kurt Vonnegut. One perspective argues that men and women are fundamentally the same despite technology. The other perspective argues that mankind inherently praises the natural disasters that bring chaos to a civilization. No additional sources cited.

This 5 page report discusses and compares three of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s short stories about the legendary Sherlock Holmes. The intrepid Sherlock Holmes and the less clever but no less fascinated Dr. Watson (who also serves as the narrator of the stories) have entertained and challenged readers for more than a century. Bibliography lists ...

This 7 page paper looks at a variety of issues, but in particular fate and divine justice, and focuses on how they are conveyed through the two infamous works. Various issues of religion and philosophy are explored. Concepts of fate and divine justice are defined and discussed. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

This 5 page paper addresses the controversy concerning the story in respect to the evil nature of the grandmother. The grandmother and the Misfit are discussed in depth, how they each think and what they believe. Bibliography lists 2 sources.

This 5 page paper provides an overview of the book, but focuses on characterization. A short sample review, and sample advertisement, are each included. No additional sources cited.

An 8 page paper which examines the similarities between the creation stories in Genesis, Enuma Elish, and Gilgamesh. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

A 5 page paper which discusses and compares "The Tell Tale Heart" and "The Cask of Amontillado" by Edgar Allen Poe. Bibliography lists 2 sources.

This paper examines Edith Wharton's book Ethan Frome, and the symbolism that Wharton uses in describing her character Zeena. Described in this paper is the meaning of the name "Zeena" and how various symbols in the book (such as ice and the cat) are ascribed to Zeena. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

This 5 page paper writes the outline for an epic in the style of Homer. After this outlines there is then an analysis of why this is in the style of Homers Odyssey, forming comparisons and outlining the way that the similar style was developed.

A 6 page analysis of these two nineteenth century works. The author of this paper contends that books stands in testament to the historical sacrifice of female qualities for male qualities due to perceived societal need which has been a component of our lives presumably since the beginning of human reign on the ...

This 5 page paper gives an overview of the Romanic Era. Reasons for the emergence of the Romantic Era offered with contributing examples from art, music and the sciences. Influences on the arts from the other academic areas discussed as well as the politics of the day. Bibliography lists 2 sources.

A 5 page paper which is a book review of the landmark anthropological text written by ‘the father of modern Kenya’ that was first published back in 1938. Bibliography lists 2 sources.

This 5 page report discusses Flannery O’Connor’s 1957 short story and the ways in which it serves as an example of her personal sensibilities and understandings of the world, especially the inner world. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

Taking Franz Kafka's book The Metamorphosis, this paper explains how one man's conversion into a disgusting creature causes conflict among his family and his life. The paper also discusses how "real life" metamorphoses can also cause similar discomfort in people.

A 6 page summary of the massive volume of critical reviews which have been published on Nathaniel Hawthorne’s “The Scarlet Letter”. The author of this paper emphasizes that the number of reviews which have been completed is testament the tale’s superiority as a classic work of literature. It is a work which, although ...

A paper which looks at John Milton's poem 'Another on the same', with reference to the person which it commemorates and its relevance to present-day society. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

A five page paper which analyses Leslie Marmon Silko's story 'Lullaby' from the perspective of W.E.B. du Bois' theories of black art and culture. Bibliography lists 2 sources.

A 10 page paper which presents a feminist examination of "Wise Children" by Angela Carter and "Wide Sargasso Sea" by Jean Rhys. The paper uses these examinations to present a better understanding of the 20th century novel. Bibliography lists 2 additional sources.

A 5 page research paper that examines the disadvantages of an arranged marriage versus marry for love as pictured in Henry Fielding's eighteenth century novel Tom Jones. The writer argues that in Tom Jones, Fielding takes a firm stand against arranged marriages and, in so doing, dramatizes the disadvantages of this type of ...