Essays and Research Papers on (All) Literature

A 4 page paper which examines the characteristics of a successful short story as seen in Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s “Yellow Wallpaper” and James Baldwin’s “Sonny’s Blues.” No additional sources cited.

A 2 page paper which examines the style of writing of James Baldwin in “Notes of a Native Son.” No additional sources cited.

A 3 page paper which Harley’s relationship, and understanding, of his mother and father in Tawni O’Dell’s book “Back Roads.” No additional sources cited.

A 4 page paper which examines how the whale represents the mystery of life and everything it encompasses. No additional sources are used.

This 6 page paper compares Steinbeck's Chrysanthemum to Hemingway's A Clean Well Lighted Place. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

This 3 page paper discusses the portrayal of women in The Hamlet, by William Faulkner. This paper argues that Faulkner uses women as literary devices and is not displaying a sexist attitude. Bibliography lists 1 source.

A paper which compares the works of these two authors, with specific reference to short stories by each, and looks in particular at their perspective on social morality and the pressures of social convention on characters. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

A 6 page paper which compares Daisy Miller from Henry James’ novel and Daisy Buchanan from F. Scott Fitzgerald’s “The Great Gatsby.” No additional sources cited.

A 4 page paper which examines two characteristics, fear and ignorance, in Nathaniel Hawthorne’s “The Minister’s Black Veil.” No additional sources cited.

A 4 page paper which discusses how well Chaucer dealt with the carpenter, the student, and the absolom in the Miller’s Tale and prologue. No additional sources cited.

A 4 page paper which examines and explains the apparent contradictions between why Sir Gawain wears the green girdle and his views concerning it, along with why his fellow knights wear theirs and their attitudes regarding doing so. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

This 4 page paper analyzes the idea of justice throughout the Trilogy by Aeschylus. Quotes cited from all three volumes. Bibliography lists 1 source.

A 6 page paper which compares and contrasts these narratives from former slaves demanding gender equality. No additional sources are used.

A 6 page paper which examines colonialism in Gabriel Garcia Marquez’ “One Hundred Years of Solitude” and Leslie Marmon Silko’s “Almanac of the Dead.” No sources cited.

A 3 page essay that analyzes the theme of time in this novel and discusses specifically how the past intrudes into the present as a shaping influence. No additional sources cited.

A 4 page paper which summarizes and analyzes aspects of Nathaniel Hawthorne’s “The Scarlet Letter.” Bibliography lists 2 additional sources.

A 4 page paper which compares and contrasts Satan and Hell in Dante’s “Inferno” and Milton’s “Paradise Lost.” No additional sources cited.

This 4 page paper analyzes Katherine Mansfield's short story, Miss Brill. Symbolism, theme, and characterization are examined and exampled. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

A 20 page research paper that focuses on the extensive use of imagery in Toni Morrison's Beloved. Morrison uses the raw material of Sethe's life as clay from which she sculpts images that allow the reader to enter Sethe's psychological landscape and feel the trauma of her experience from the inside out. The imagery that ...

A 3 page essay that discusses Doris Lessing's short story "To Room Nineteen." The writer argues that the physical and social settings described in the narrative play a pivotal role in understanding the story's overall meaning. This is because the social and physical settings establish the context for the severe depression of Lessing's protagonist, ...

A 7 page research paper that discusses the stance of Henry David Thoreau on slavery and how this stance coincides with this transcendental idealism. The writer argues that examination of this issue in Thoreau's life shows a slow evolution from passive resistance to open admiration for the action taken by violent abolitionists, such as Brown, ...

This 15 page paper examines the anti-transcendental messages inherent in Hawthorne's novel, The Blithedale Romance. Bibliography lists 13 sources.

A 3 page examination of Sula and Nel’s relationship in Toni Morrison’s novel “Sula.” No additional sources cited.

A 4 page paper which illustrates how the character of Fowler, in Graham Greene’s novel “The Quiet American,” was a man who had lost direction. No additional sources cited.

A 7 page paper which examines the relevance this classical Greek epic has for the twenty-first century student. Bibliography lists 2 sources.