Essays and Research Papers on (All) Literature

This 10 page paper provides an overview of the first 3 sections of George Orwell's 1984. No additional sources cited.

This 10 page paper provides an overview of Arthur Miller's The Crucible. This paper outlines the main characters and then provides an overview of the acts of the play. Bibliography lists 1 source.

This 8 page paper provides an overview of the central characters and major themes of Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird. This paper uses the text to support the views presented. No additional sources cited.

This 7 page paper looks at Emily Bronte's well known novel and provides an analysis of the concluding chapter. Quotes from the chapter are included. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

A 5 page outline of eight examples of hospitality which interlace the Odyssey. The author identifies these examples and details whether they are negative examples or positive examples. Bibliography lists one source.

A 3 page paper which examines the element of horror in Horace Walpole’s “The Castle of Otranto” and Matthew Lewis’ “The Monk.” The paper examines which can more typically and more effectively be deemed horror fiction. No additional sources cited.

A 3 page paper which examines how the authors bring their characters to life. The paper examines Kate Chopin’s “The Story of an Hour,” Edgar Allen Poe’s “The Sack of Amontillado” and William Faulkner’s “A Rose for Emily.” Bibliography lists 5 sources.

This 8 page paper provides a comparative view of the female protagonists in a number of stories. In particular, this paper relate the fact that Willa Cather, Kate Chopin and Zora Neal Hurston all created complex female characters who were challenged both by their personal culture and by the cultural subjugation of their ...

This 3 page paper relates the belief that Ayn Rand’s story Anthem challenges the perceived benefits of a collectivist society. Rand suggests that this type of regression is necessary because of the level at which man becomes ingrained and “swallowed up” by the collective identity and the underlying reasons why personal identity is dependent ...

This 5 page paper provides an overview of the theme of intimacy and considers the correlation between this theme and the presentation of symbolism in Jose Saramago's Blindness and Sinclair Ross' The Lamp at Noon. Specifically, this paper relates the link between visual imagery and the thematic development of intimacy in these works. ...

This 4 page paper provides an overview of Neil Simon's Brighton Beach Memoirs. This paper outlines the reasons why this novel was important and the contextual elements that impacted the readersehip. No additional sources cited.

This 5 page paper provides a comparative view of the authorship of Charlotte and Anne Bronte. Charlotte Bronte's story Jane Eyre provides a distinct look at the element in 19th century England that led to a woman's separation, her enclosure, and her subsequent empowerment following the downfall of one man. Anne Bronte, Charlotte's ...

A 3 page essay that contrasts and compares the characters of Daphnis and Chloe to Chaereas and Callirhoe. The writer argues that Chaereas and Callirhoe are pictured as being more sophisticated than the totally innocent Daphnis and Chloe, yet because Daphnis and Chloe actually know each other that their relationship will be the stronger. Bibliography ...

A 3 page analysis and review of Ted Hughes’ tale/poem “Phaethon.” No additional sources cited.

This 3 page paper discusses the motif of knowledge in All the King's Men and Ibsen's Ghosts. Quotes cited from texts. Bibliography lists 2 sources.

A 5 page paper discussing Heinrich von Kleist's “Die Verlobung auf St. Domingo” (“The Betrothal in Santo Domingo”), set during the Haitian Revolution, and Hawthorne’s “Young Goodman Brown.” Each of the two works share themes of choice, doubt, hypocrisy and the coexistence of good and evil; the protagonists also share many characteristics. The ...

An 8 page essay/research paper that offers an explication of Victorian poet A.C. Swinburne's poem "The Sundew." Drawing heavily on an article by J. Smith (2003), the writer argues that Swinburne used this small carnivorous plant to establish a view of nature that was at odds with the climate of the Victorian age, which ...

This 5 page report discusses two short stories and the ways in which they establish a narrator's voice, acknowledge a specific society's attitude about women, and reveals the ways in which women come to think of themselves in relationship to how they are viewed by others. Bibliography lists 2 sources.

A 4 page paper which examines Charlotte Bronte’s “Jane Eyre” in relationship to her position as a woman of her times. No additional sources cited.

A 4 page paper which examines the theme and importance of dreams in John Steinbeck’s novel “Of Mice and Men.” No additional sources cited.

A 3 page essay that discusses Richards' narrative writing style in his novel Nights Below Station Street. The writer argues that Richards' story reads more like a screenplay for a movie rather than a traditional novel. The reader takes the role of the camera, seeing the action from a detached point of view. This detached ...

An 8 page paper which explores the text’s journey to/for wisdom, homosexual overtones, friendship/relationship, death/loss/grief, how the relationship between half-human/half-god Gilgamesh and half-human/half-animal Enkidu makes the two one complete person, and includes critical reaction to the author’s view of the world and mankind. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

A 4 page paper which examines how women’s roles and tensions are explored in the Victorian text. Bibliography lists 2 sources.

5 pages in length. To herald Saikaku's protagonist as being a hero is to blatantly overlook the misogynistic tendencies of an otherwise conflict-ridden man. That the barrelmaker seeks the love of one particular woman only to then completely destroy their relationship over a suspicion of infidelity speaks to the irrationality of a bitter ...

This 4 page report discusses O'Connor's short story and Browning's "dramatic monologue." In comparing the primary characters of each, the writer makes the assertion that the character of the grandmother is more selfish than Browning's duke. Bibliography lists only the primary sources.