Essays and Research Papers on (All) Literature

A 4 page essay that analyzes the role of Happy Loman in Arthur Miller's play. The writer describes Hap's character, as well as how he embodies his father's misconception of the American Dream and shallow values system. No additional sources cited.

This 12 page paper discusses the remark made by Cyril Connolley about the element of despair in Fitzgerald's works. The Great Gatsby and Diamond as Big as the Ritz are examined and exampled. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

A 4 page paper which examines how the story illustrates that both good and evil must exist in humanity. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

A 4 page paper which looks at Upton Sinclair’s novel “The Jungle” and examines whether the depiction of the meat packing plants in Chicago were real. bibliography lists 2 sources.

A 6 page paper which examines how these authors comment on aspects of American culture and search for deeper truths in the stories “Young Goodman Brown,” “The May-Pole of Merry Mount,” “My Kinsman, Major Molineux,” “Rip Van Winkle,” and “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow.” Bibliography lists 3 sources.

A 6 page paper which compares and contrasts the protagonists Mathilde Loisel and Louise Mallard in terms of each story’s theme, climax and conclusion. Bibliography lists 8 sources.

This is a 6 page paper reviewing and discussing elements of Lori Lansens’ Canadian novel “Rush Home Road”. Lori Lansens’ first novel, “Rush Home Road” is about the story of Adelaide (Addy) Shadd, a seventy-year old black women living in a trailer park, Lakeview, about twenty miles south of Chatham, Ontario near Lake Erie. Addy ...

A 3 page paper which analyzes aspects of the character of Miss Brill from Katherine Mansfield’s story “Miss Brill.” No additional sources cited.

A 5 page essay that offers an analysis of Kafka's Metamorphosis, which concerns a man whose appearance is suddenly transformed to match the way he feels about himself and the manner in which he is treated. Gregor Samsa does not feel like a human being, therefore, he finds one morning that he no longer looks ...

This 15 page paper discusses the philosophy of rural life and nature in the works of Richard Jefferies' works, and compared/contrasted to the works of Thomas Hardy and John Clare. Bibliography lists 12 sources.

A 5 page paper which examines Jane Austen’s novel “Sense and Sensibility” in respect to two social philosophers, Schelling and Hegel. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

A 4 page review of the book “The Leopard” by Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa. No additional sources cited.

A 4 page paper which examines the themes of good and bad, heaven and hell, in 9 of Mark Twain’s short stories. No sources cited.

This 4 page paper answers 13 short question to help the student understand different aspects of the book Guns Germs and Steel by Jared Diamond. The questions are 1. what is allegory of the cave. 2. What is meant by cyclic and linear progress historical progress. 3 In what ways is infant linked to ...

This 5 page paper discusses Othello's self image as it progresses from strong and confident to crushed and destroyed. Quotes cited from the text. Bibliography lists 1 source.

A 6 page paper which compares and contrasts the literary elements of each story, such as themes, settings, plots, characters, language and points of view. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

A 3 page research paper that examines lies and lying as a central theme in the American classic The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Samuel Clemens (writing under the name of Mark Twain). The writer argues that an examination of this novel shows how lies, ones told by Huck and ones perpetuated by society, propel ...

A 3 page paper which examines how the female protagonists react to their situations. The women discussed are the main characters in “The Awakening” by Kate Chopin, “Souls Belated” by Edith Wharton, and “The Yellow Wallpaper” by Charlotte Perkins Gilman. No additional sources cited.

A 5 page overview of Alexander Pope’s “The Rape of the Lock” and Jonathan Swift’s “The Lady’s Dressing Room”. Noting the importance of neoclassical satire in eliciting societal change, this paper emphasizes these authors use of satire, identifying points of similarity as well as areas of uniqueness. Bibliography lists 6 sources.

A 6 page paper which examines and analyzes the character of Lady Brett in Hemingway’s novel “The Sun Also Rises.” Annotated bibliography lists 5 sources.

This 4 page paper discusses the moral and ethical obligations each person has, as expressed by various literary greats such as: Melville, Thomas, Yeats, Lawrence, and Muir. Quotes cited from texts. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

This 3 page paper provides a summary of Chapter 28 and evaluates the book as a whole. A thesis is used to explore the novel. No additional sources cited.

This 4 page report discusses Willa Cather's 1918 novel and the relationships between young Jim Burden, Antonia Shimerda, and Antonia's father. Young Jim is himself is something of an immigrant, the proverbial stranger in a strange land, when he goes to live with his grandparents in Nebraska. It does not come as any surprise that he so relates ...

A 4 page paper which examines how the works of Irving, Poe, and Hawthorne offer a perfect world that somehow dismisses women through silence, death, or some other way. The works discussed are Irving’s “Rip Van Winkle” and “Sleepy Hollow,” Poe’s “Ligeia” and “To--Ulalume,” and Hawthorne’s “The Birthmark” and “Young Goodman Brown.” No additional sources cited.

A 4 page essay that examines the theme of isolation in Susan Glaspell's short story "A Jury of Her Peers" (1917). The writer argues that this narrative exemplifies numerous issues that relate to the genderized nature of the legal system that existed in the US until the mid-twentieth century, as well as other issues ...