Essays and Research Papers on (All) Literature

5 pages in length. As the protagonist of Chinua Achebe's "Things Fall Apart," Okonkwo ultimately ends up as the tragic hero as a direct result of his inability to alter the course of his life. Defining this particular concept calls for one's close interpretation of what the protagonist's role truly represents; with that, ...

This 5 page report discusses the fact that literary works often demonstrate the boundaries that can and cannot be crossed and the barriers people place between themselves and understanding their contemporaries. Morrison’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel “Beloved” demonstrated the ways in which characters must deal with a past that constantly haunts them. Likewise, it is clear in Frederick Douglass’ autobiography that he never ...

(5 pp) What we shall be looking for in paper are the differences between the 1984 film Amadeus, directed by Peter Shafer, and 1791 - Mozart's Last Year by HC Robbins Landon (1999). As one begins to study Landon's scholarly, but readable book, we will begin to find many differences indeed. One ...

A 5 page paper that explores the character of Marlow, the conflicts in the story and the themes reflected. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

A 5 page paper which examines the position of men in the primitive Ibo society, and considers whether it is similar or different to their position and/or role in modern society. No additional sources are used.

A 5 page review of the work of John Barth, one of the most notable fiction writers of the twentieth century. Discusses the societal need to classify and categorize such works. "Lost in the Funhouse" is a collection of short stories, essays, meditations, and jokes which stands in contrast to most contemporary approaches ...

A 5 page speculative paper updating Dante's Divine Comedy to the twentieth century, and choosing three 20th well-known century figures to represent each of three of Dante's levels of Hell -- Incontinence, Violence, and Fraud. The paper also assigns an appropriate punishment to each, based on the sin committed. No sources except book.

This 3-page paper discusses and analyzes Buchi Emecheta's book Second Class Citizen.

This 4 page paper discusses some of the literary techniques used by Virginia Woolf and E.B. White in their essays “The Death of the Moth” and “Once More to the Lake,” respectively. Bibliography lists 2 sources.

7 pages. This sample essay paper focuses on two essays, one essay that compares a passage of Alexander Pope's The Rape of the Lock with Milton's Paradise Lost. The second essay is a comparison of Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano with Oroonoko, by Aphra Behn. Both of these essays are ...

A 7 page paper which examines how themes are affected by either British or American backgrounds affects such essays as G.K. Chesterton’s “Piece of Chalk” and “On Running After One’s Hat,” Virginia Woolf’s “Street Haunting: A London Adventure” and “The Death of the Moth,” George Orwell’s “Such, Such Were the Joys,” Henry David Thoreau’s “Walking,” ...

A 3 page paper which compares and contrasts Martin Luther King Jr. Letter from a Birmingham Jail and George Orwell’s Shooting and Elephant. Bibliography lists 2 sources.

A 3 page paper which compares the notions of ambition in these two contemporary literary works. Bibliography lists 2 sources.

A 4 page paper which rewrites some of a student’s essay on F. Scott Fitzgerald’s “The Great Gatsby.” 1 source cited.

A 3 page essay that discusses 2 essays by Henry David Thoreau. Writing in the first half of the nineteenth century, Henry David Thoreau’s writing seems to modern readers to invoke a time when nature was freer and less constrained by the imprint of humanity and its influences. Nevertheless, Thoreau, in several of his nature ...

This 3 page paper examines the two novels and provides reaction. Various elements of the work are discussed including setting and characterization Bibliography lists 2 sources.

In seven pages this paper presents a detailed analysis of Michael Moore’s “Idiot Nation,” an essay featured in the text Rereading America. Specifically considered are the author’s central idea, who he is addressing, how the key parts relate to each other, the strategies the author uses to generate interest, the persuasiveness of the evidence, ...

This 3 page paper discusses Virginia Woolf's essays, The Mark on the Wall and Professions for Women in the context of the historical and biographical. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

A 5 page paper which discusses and compares Zora Neale Hurston's essay "How it Feels to Be Colored Me" and Langston Hughes' essay "The Negro Artist and the Racial Mountain." No additional sources cited.

This 3 page paper discusses Martinson's book of essays, "Views from a Tuft of Grass." Bibliography lists 5 sources

5 pages in length. The choosing of stories in The Best Essays of the Century illustrates how Oates understands how basic elements of American perspective are exhibited in many fashions, however, none are more vivid and palpable than those put forth through stories. That a writer can envelope his or her reading audience ...

In three pages this reflective essay considers what the writer learned from these texts and how they can be applied to life’s challenges. There are no other sources listed in the bibliography.

9 pages in length. This paper includes three separate essays on Ernest Hemingway's work, To Have and Have Not. Essay number one is a comparison/contrast within the work, Essay number two is an argument/persuasion on the work as well as personal opinions as to the argument or persuasion, and essay number three is a literary analysis of the book. ...

This is a 5 page paper discussing the use of metaphors in Ruiz’s essay “Oranges and Sweet Sister Boy”. Judy Ruiz’s 1988 essay “Oranges and Sweet Sister Boy” tells of the experience and feelings a woman has when her brother informs her that he is having a sex change operation and will now be her ...

Describes this book as a testament to the cultural void in which we conduct our contemporary lives. The book is centered around the life of a family who is, to say the least, an odd assortment of individuals who appear to attract the company of even odder individuals. These lives are shaped to ...