Essays and Research Papers on (All) Literature

A 4 page paper which examines the story’s depiction of the protagonist Harry’s failures and also considers his death and its symbolism. Bibliography lists 2 sources.

This 3 page paper examines the role that language plays in this classic Crane novel. Furthermore, this paper examines the implications of the language, the nuances, and the interrelationship between it and the story as a whole. Bibliography lists 2 sources.

A 3 page essay that compares and contrasts Sula by Toni Morrison and Chronicle of a Death Foretold by Gabriel Garcia Marquez. The writer argues that these texts are vastly different in the stories that they relate; however, they are similar in that each author addresses the nature of good and evil and how this ...

A 5 page essay that analyzes the theme of revelation in this text. Sherwood Anderson's Winesburg, Ohio is a collection of short stories that share many of the features of a novel, as its twenty-four stories offer interconnected accounts of the various inhabitants of a small, mid-western town. One of the themes connecting the stories ...

A 6 page paper which examines rememory and disremember in Toni Morrison’s novel “Beloved” as it involves Sethe. No additional sources cited.

This 4 page paper discusses the Screwtape Letters, including the devil's overall strategy for gaining souls and some of the specific advice Uncle Screwtape gives to nephew Wormwood. An emphasis is on relationships. Bibliography lists 1 source.

A 6 page paper which compares the male/female relationships in George Eliot’s “Middlemarch” and Honore de Balzac’s “Eugenie Grandet.” Bibliography lists 1 additional source.

A 5 page paper which examines the social conditions seen in Zola’s “Germinal” and Elizabeth Gaskell’s “Mary Barton.” No additional sources cited.

A 5 page overview of narrative structure and the manner in which the construct of masculinity is presented. The author suggests that each varies according to time period, culture, and individual narrator. Examples from contemporary narrative, "The Odyssey", and ""A Narrative of the Captivity and Removal of Mrs. Mary Rowlandson" are used to support this ...

A 6 page paper which examines how both playwrights treat the husband and wife by exploring similarities and fundamental differences. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

This 6 page paper discusses the theme of decline in post war British fiction. Examples given from Brideshead Revisited, Remains of the Day, Clockwork Orange, and Lucky Jim. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

An 11 page research paper/essay that analyzes Chaucer's "The Knight's Tale" from his medieval masterpiece The Canterbury Tales. The writer specifically addresses the pagan setting used in this tale and argues that it facilitates social commentary by distancing the narrative in time. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

A 4 page paper which analyzes the narrator in William Faulkner’s “A Rose for Emily.” Bibliography lists 3 sources.

A 3 page paper which argues that Harriet Beecher Stowe was an activist through her work “Uncle Tom’s Cabin.” Bibliography lists 5 sources.

A 7 page essay that addresses these works. Nineteenth century futuristic writer H.G. Wells was a man so preoccupied with the fate of humanity and so accurate in his predictions of that future that he has been called the "man who invented tomorrow" (MacKenzie 4). Wells accurately predicted aerial warfare, nuclear weapons, and space ...

A 4 page paper which examines the similarities and differences in Dorothy Parker’s “The Standard of Living” and Toni Bambara’s “The Lesson.” No additional sources cited.

A 3 page paper which examines how Odysseus in Homer’s Odyssey is a man who has little control over fate. No additional sources cited.

This 3 page paper examines the classic work. Quotes are used to support the idea that the author exposes the hatred of women in society. Motives for the work are also noted. No additional sources cited.

A 3 page paper which examines the feminist perspective of Zora Neale Hurston’s work “Their Eyes Were Watching God.” Bibliography lists one additional source.

A 5 page paper examining the use of language as the navigational tool leading from emotion to emotion on the occasion of the author’s graduation from eighth grade. In “Graduation,” author Maya Angelou changes moods and emotions, sometimes as frequently as paragraph to paragraph. Over the course of the work, Angelou displays excitement, ...

This 3 page paper compares and contrasts two Scotish works: Smith's Consider the Lilies, and Gibbon's Smeedum. Examples given. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

A 5 page paper which examines the representation of evil in Nathanial Hawthorne’s “Young Goodman Brown” and “The Scarlet Letter.” No additional sources cited.

A 4 page paper which examines the way the relationship between the main characters changes throughout the novel. No additional sources are used.

This 3 page paper discusses the character of Torvald in Ibsen's A Doll's House. Quotes cited from text. Bibliography lists 1 source.

This 4 page paper examines this short story and looks at major themes. The protagonist is the focus of this paper that looks at her depression and failed marriage. Bibliography lists 4 sources.