Essays and Research Papers on (All) Literature

A 4 page research paper that, first of all, considers aspects of Poe's life that may have contributed to his macabre choice of subject for his short stories, including a brief discussion of the Victorian obsession with premature burial. Then, the writer looks at Poe's use of setting in "The Cask of Amontillado." Bibliography lists ...

A 7 page paper which examines how Jane Eyre experiences confinement as well as liberation through love. Bibliography lists 2 additional sources.

This 5-page paper examines two stories from Rulfo's The Burning Plain: "We Are Very Poor" and "Talpa." The paper describes how these stories illustrate the hardships experienced by the Mexican people and human condition.

A 5 page exploration into the theme of phenomenal women as supported by these authors. This paper acknowledges each of these women as having a positive role not only in the personal development of the author but also in the development of the world as a whole. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

A 3 page paper which examines how technology affected the lives of the people in this futuristic novel. No additional sources are used.

A 4 page paper which examines the significance of a quote from “Marigolds” by Eugenia Collier as it relates to adolescence. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

A 3 page paper which examines Twain’s feelings on the Fugitive Slave Act (1850-1877) as seen in his novel “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.” Bibliography lists 3 additional sources.

A 3 page discussion of the role of revenge as the central emotional element in this work. Just as Poe was preoccupied with death, disfigurement, and the darker aspects of the universe, so too was he preoccupied with the theme of revenge. This paper recounts the steps of this revenge as it is ...

A 10 page comparison of the philosophies of two of America’s most respected scholars. While Elshtain advocates working within the system to effect change, West advocates more aggressive measures which share many similarities with Marxism. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

This 5 page paper discusses Rushdie's use of narration combined with other literary devices in his novel, Midnight's Children. Quotes are cited from the text with examples supporting the thesis. Bibliography lists 1 source.

A 5 page paper which examines the relationship between Connie Chatterley and Oliver Mellors in D.H. Lawrence’s “Lady Chatterley’s Lover.” The paper focuses on how the relationship is a reflection of a healing world following war. Bibliography lists 2 additional sources.

This is a 4 page paper comparing the dark themes and central characters in Hawthorne’s tales “Young Goodman Brown” and “The Minister’s Black Veil”. Nathaniel Hawthorne’s stories “Young Goodman Brown” (1845, 1846) and “The Minister’s Black Veil” (1836) tell of similar characters, Young Goodman Brown and Reverend Hooper, who cannot focus on their own sins ...

A 3 page essay that discusses three elements of Romantic poetry and how these elements are represented in Keats' "Ode to a Grecian Urn." No additional sources cited.

A 10 page paper which examines Stein’s fundamental role in the advancement of women by considering how her writing style, her controversial life, and her ideas of self-reliance and independence influenced the women’s rights movement. Bibliography lists 6 sources.

This 3 page paper considers two quotes from Huckleberry Finn, considers why and how they are racists, and how it demonstrates a racist attitude in the book. The bibliography cites 2 sources.

A 2 1/2 page paper which provides a character analysis of some of the characters in the short story “A Jury of Her Peers” by Susan Glaspell. Bibliography lists 3 additional sources.

A 4 page paper which examines the symbolic nature of white elephants in Ernest Hemingway’s short story “Hills Like White Elephants.” Bibliography lists 2 additional sources.

A 7 page research paper that contrasts and compares the topic of heroism in Beowulf and Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. The writer concludes that by the time that Sir Gawain and the Green Knight was recorded, the cultural paradigm had changed from one stresses the warrior ethos to a Christian perspective. No longer ...

This 3 page report discusses two very different American short stories, produced almost 150 years apart, demonstrate the important nuances of setting in the overall telling of a story. Bibliography lists only the two primary sources.

A 5 page research paper that examines William Faulkner's The Sound and the Fury and As I Lay Dying. The writer argues that these novels demonstrate the importance of self-sacrifice and compassion through the lack of these qualities in the dysfunctional family that is featured in each novel, respectively the Compsons and the Bundrens. Bibliography ...

A 6 page paper which examines the role these issues play in the novel and how they relate to the theme. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

5 pages in length. When one traces the theme of crime and punishment in The Odyssey, the most apparent resolution relates directly to mortal limitations, truth, honesty and the desire to achieve and uphold one's righteousness. Homer's classic tale is instrumental in providing its characters with the knowledge of values and "to express ...

A 4 page research paper that examines the generational conflict inherent in the mother/daughter relationship, which is exemplified in Amy Tan's short story "Two Kinds," which features a relationship between a Chinese-born mother and her American-born daughter. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

5 pages in length. Time is the administrator of all existence, and it is with this immense thought that one can readily associate postcolonial fiction with the notion of perception and awareness. The role and expression of these literary creations may give the appearance of being abstract and unrelated to the realism that ...

A 3 page essay that offers an overview of Balzac's novel Eugenie Grandet (1833). This is a story of obsessive love and the effect of love, or its lack, on the human heart. The writer also addresses Balzac's characterization of Eugenie. Bibliography lists 3 sources.