Essays and Research Papers on (All) Literature

This 10 page paper details elements of the American Jazz Age which can be found in Fitzgerald's Great Gatsby. Quotes cited from text. Bibliography lists 1 source.

A 3 page paper which examines if Faulkner is indicating that relationships are real, or if they are merely built on human need as it relates to his novel “As I Lay Dying.” Bibliography lists 2 sources.

A 4 page paper which defines the term “racist” and then provides quotes from the novel to support the contention. No additional sources are used.

A 4 page paper which discusses the similarities between Virginia Woolf’s Clarissa Dalloway in “Mrs. Dalloway” and Katherine Mansfield’s Bertha from “Bliss.” Bibliography lists 3 sources.

This 3 page paper examines the relationship between Victor Frankenstein and his monster. Examples, quotes from text offered. Bibliography lists 1 source.

This 4-page page paper examines Lorca's "House of Bernarda" and Brecht's "Mother Courage," and describes how these two had signified the cynicism and oppression of the times.

A 6 page paper which compares and contrasts “Satanic Verses” by Salman Rushdie and “A Room With a View” by E.M. Forster. Bibliography lists 10 sources.

A 3 page essay that discusses Huck's search for identity in Samuel Clemens' (Mark Twain's) novel Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. Throughout the narrative, Huck tries on different persona. He attempts to be "sivilized" under the care of the Widow Douglas and her sister Miss Watson. Journeying down the Mississippi in the company of a Jim, ...

A 3 page paper which examines the character of Starbuck in Herman Melville’s “Moby Dick.” Bibliography lists 2 sources.

This 3 page paper discusses the possibility of an alternate action by Sammy, the protagonist of John Updike's A&P. Bibliography lists 1 source.

A 4 page paper which examines the characters from Gilgamesh and Enkidu, from Gilgamesh, as they relate to a quote from Oedipus Rex. Bibliography lists 2 sources.

A 5 page paper which examines the homosexual tendencies in the characters Mrs. Dalloway in “Mrs. Dalloway” and Rachel Vinrace in “The Voyage Out” both by Virginia Woolf. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

A 5 page research paper/essay that examines O'Connor's famous short story in regards to how the author blends the topic of narcissism and cultural ethnocentrism with a view of spirituality that blurs the line between what is "good" and "bad," forcing the reader to consider the psychic pain of the "Misfit," as well as the ...

This 3 page paper compares and contrasts the shifts in perspective between two essays on childhood. Bibliography lists 2 sources.

A 4 page essay that discusses Virginia Woolf's characterization of Mrs. Ramsay in To the Lighthouse. The character of Mrs. Ramsay provides the social "glue" that holds her large family together. Life within her family resolves around and is dependent upon this character in her roles as wife and mother. However, in this psychologically complex ...

A 10 page paper which examines Russian culture and society as seen in Turgenev’s “Fathers and Sons,” Dostoevsky’s “Crime and Punishment,” and Tolstoy’s “Anna Karenina.” Bibliography lists 5 sources.

4 pages in length. The intrinsic desire for relationships - both pleasant and distressing – is as fundamental a human need as are the requirements for breath, shelter and sustenance. The extent to which people need each other in varying facets is both grand and far-reaching; that humans are hard-wired to flourish with ...

This 5 page paper compares and contrasts the monster Grendel with the dragon in The Epic of Beowulf. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

This 3 page paper starts by defining what is meant by realism before examining Henrik Ibsen's Hedda Gabler and Mori Ogai's The Dancing Girl to show how realism is seen in both works. The bibliography cites 2 sources.

This 5-page paper answers certain questions about imperialism and the life of a worker/peasant, using Ousmane Sembene's book "God's Bits of Wood," which details the story of railway workers striking against French authorities in the late 1940s.

A 5 page research paper that examines the status of women in ancient Athens. The writer access this topic by examining Agamemnon by Aeschylus and argues that the character of Clytemnestra is the antithesis of ideal Athenian womanhood. The status of women is examined as suggested by the play. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

A 3 page paper which examines the existence of fertility and sterility in Henrik Ibsen’s “Hedda Gabler.” Bibliography lists 2 sources.

A 3 page paper which examines how Dreiser treats his character Carrie and how Henry James treats his character Isabel Archer. Bibliography lists 2 sources.

An 8 page paper which compares the characters of Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Black Cat” and “The Telltale Heart.” Bibliography lists 3 sources.

This 3 page paper discusses the Native American short story called High Horse's Courting. Imagery, characterization, symbolism and brief synopsis included. Bibliography lists 1 source.