Essays and Research Papers on (All) Literature

A 5 page essay that analyzes Canadian writer Howard O'Hagan's novel Tay John, which is a deeply psychological novel that brilliantly blends elements of Native American legend with narrative that encompasses virtually all of the myriad factors that make up the cultural background of the Canadian West. This examination of the rich symbolism that ...

A 7 page analysis of Virginia Woolf's writings. The author of this paper outlines the components of a Burkean cluster analysis and addresses the research question of whether the differences which exist today between men and women in their perceptions of their proper roles in society relate to the inherent differences which exist between ...

A 7 page paper which reviews and analyzes aspects of Bette Bao Lord’s novel “Spring Moon.” No additional sources cited.

A 3 page report on Nelson DeMille’s “Up Country.” No additional sources cited.

A 5 page paper which examines the legends and tales involving Morrigan who is often referred to as the dark aspect of the Celtic Triple Goddess in Celtic mythology. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

A 4 page paper which compares Homer’s Odyssey with Mark Twain’s “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.” Bibliography lists 4 sources.

A 7 page paper which examines his life and his poetry. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

An 8 page paper which compares and contrasts Louisa May Alcott’s novel “Little Women” and the 1994 film version of the story. Bibliography lists 8 sources.

This 9 page paper examines the protagonist in Robertson Davies' Fifth Business and his obsessions. Dunstan's obsessions are saints in addition to two people in his life. The story, by a Canadian writer, takes place early in the twentieth century and involves one event that ties several lives together forever. Bibliography lists ...

A 2.5 page paper which examines the Western perception that African women were docile, submissive, oppressed and voiceless while the men were chauvinistic and oppressive, and how this notion has been confirmed throughout African literature. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

This 6 page paper examines Nathaniel Hawthorne's views on Puritanism as illustrated in his works, Young Goodman Brown, and The Minister's Black Veil. Quotes cited from text. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

A 7 page paper which examines the types of social roles depicted of the respective genders in each novel, considers if the women were allowed to be independent from men (and if so, at what cost), whether the position of women changed much over time, and in which period would it have been more advantageous ...

A 3 page analysis of “The Castle of Otranto” by Horace Walpole. No additional sources cited.

This 9 page paper analyzes EM Forester's book, A Passage to India. Themes, extensive summary, symbols all discussed. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

A 4 page essay that focuses on two principal influences on the poetry of W.B. Yeats -- romanticism and his long relationship with Irish political activist Maude Gonne. The writer also discusses how the "Wild Swans at Coole" reflects Yeats' romanticism. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

A 9 page paper which examines various critical analyses of Louisa May Alcott’s “Little Women.” Bibliography lists 4 sources.

An 8 page paper which compares and contrasts “Pride and Prejudice” and “Bridget Jones’ Diary” as they involve the themes presented by Jane Austen in her novel. Bibliography lists 8 sources.

A 3 page essay that discusses the characterization of Iphigenia in Euripides' plays Iphigenia at Aulis and Iphigenia at Tauris. In these plays, Euripides shows Iphigenia to be a woman of extraordinary wisdom, discernment and courage. While highlighting these qualities, Euripides also humanizes his characterization of Iphigenia by showing that she also experiences rage against ...

Talks about Arthur Miller, and a summary and break down on Death of a Salesman 7 sources

:A 3 page essay that discusses how to stage Euripides' Iphigenia at Aulis with just three actors. The writer addresses the problems inherent in this staging problem, which are numerous, because while there are only eight speaking parts, there are four characters on stage in some scenes. Suggestions are made for approaching this problem, as ...

A 5 page paper which examines the character of Madame Defarge in Dickens’ “Tale of Two Cities” and in the 1989 PBS production of the novel. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

A 3 page paper which compares the protagonists, Medea and Lysistrata, from the classic tales. The paper examines personality, plan, and plea. Bibliography lists 2 sources.

A 6 page essay in which the writer suppose what the play Medea would have been like if it had been written by Sophocles instead of Euripides. The writer bases these assumptions on Sophocles' thematic content in Antigone. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

A 13 page paper which examines two of the three classic stories in the Oedipus trilogy by Sophocles, and discusses how the two present us with the timeless condition of the tragic hero as seen in “Oedipus the King” and “Antigone.” Bibliography lists 4 sources.

This 5 page paper compares and contrasts Kafka's Metamorphosis with Ibsen's A Doll's House. The thesis of this paper is that although the plots differ, both have underlying themes of human limitation. No additional sources cited.