Essays and Research Papers on (All) Literature

A selection of definitions from Samuel Johnson's Dictionary of the English Language which illustrate the way in which he included his personal opinions and views in the definitions. Bibliography lists 3 sources

This 11 page paper looks at this novel about time travel with particular attention to the ending. The ending is explored in depth and the character Marek is the focus of this paper that looks at his decisions. Bibliography lists 7 sources.

A 4 page essay that examines Japanese author Natsume Soseki's novel And Then. Examination of this narrative demonstrates the psychological complexity of this work as Soseki relates his protagonist's actions toward his beloved in terms of his coming to grips with his relationship to his father and traditional Japanese values. As this suggests, And Then ...

This 4 page paper discusses the type of reasoning fallacy that the character of Emily in William Faulkner's short story, A Rose for Emily, employs. Examples given. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

This 5 page paper takes the achetypes offered by Carol Pearson and applies them to Alice Walker's work, In Search of Our Mother's Gardens, and Viktor Frankl's book, Man's Search for Meaning. Bibliography lists 2 sources.

This 5 page paper discusses the use of satire in the works of Voltaire and Cervantes. Specific examples offered. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

This 5 page paper discusses the use of 'light' symbols throughout the drama. Quotes cited from text, examples given. Bibliography lists 1 source.

This 5 page paper analyzes Eudora Welty's story, A Worn Path, for symbolism and themes. Quotes and specific examples given from the text. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

This 3 page paper analyzes Shakespeare's play, Hamlet, and compares it to a game of chess. Specific examples and quotes offered. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

A 12 page research paper in which the first six pages briefly examine three Latin works: One Hundred Years of Solitude, Deep Rivers, and Labyrinths. This section of the paper offers a brief 2 page synopsis of each book. Then the writer offers a 6 page essay that discusses the depiction of social injustice in ...

This 4 page report discusses Walker's 1982 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, The Color Purple. The emotional, spiritual, and psychological growth of Celie is presented along with the fact that much of her development occurs because of her exposure to strong and courageous women. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

A paper which looks at the theory that Jane Eyre begins as a realist novel and ends as a fairy tale, and concludes that this is not the case: Bronte conforms to the realist genre throughout the narrative. Bibliography lists 5 sources

A 3 page paper which compares and contrasts the characters of Aeneas and Turnus in the Aeneid. No additional sources cited.

:A 4 page essay that examines the meaning and symbolism behind Blake's depiction of a "tyger" as the personification of evil. The writer discusses how this poem fits with Blake's conception of "contraries" or opposites and the theological implications of the existence of evil. Bibliography lists 2 sources.

This 10 page paper discusses the concept of freedom as exmplified by Gide, Camus and Sartre, using the works, Les Caves du Vatican, The Stranger, and Nausea. Quotes, examples, philosophy offered. Bibliography lists 6 sources.

This 3 page paper compares Tim O'Brien's The Things That They Carried to Saroyan's Resurrection of a Life. Bibliography lists 2 sources.

This 4 page report discusses the themes presented in the 1891 story "Up the Coulee" by Hamlin Garland (1860-1940). It’s the story of a successful man returning to his poverty-stricken and hardworking family who he has neglected for the past ten years. He experiences joy and despair, a recognition of his own great luck and ...

A 6 page paper which discusses how these fictional figures represent opposing ends of the writer’s definition of good and bad. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

3 pages in length. The intrinsic connection between James Joyce's A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man and the Daedalus myth is both grand and far-reaching; that Joyce's main character shares the same last name as the mythical hero's signals the common denominator of such seemingly opposing elements as personal discovery and ...

A paper which looks at Uhry's "Driving Miss Daisy", in terms of the relationship between the characters and the implications which the narrative has for the breaking-down of cultural barriers and stereotypes.

A paper which considers the different types of statecraft employed by Kutuzov and Napoleon in Tolstoy's War and Peace, and outlines the reasons why the Russian's methods were successful where the French general's were not. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

A 3 page essay that examines Chaucer's use of irony in describing the Prioress in the Prologue. The writer discusses this description in detail, offering translations of the description from the Middle English and pointing out where Chaucer used irony to comic effect while also showing the Prioress to be a shallow hypocrite rather ...

A 3 page paper which examines the purpose of Mrs. Freeman’s presence in the beginning and end of Flannery O’Connor’s story “Good Country People.” No additional sources cited.

A 3 page paper which examines the message in Kurt Vonnegut’s novel “Timequake.” No additional sources cited.

A 3 page paper which examines the manipulation of the different narrative perspectives in Mary Shelley’s novel “Frankenstein.” Bibliography lists 4 sources.