Essays and Research Papers on (All) Literature

This 3-page paper gives two sides to Jane Eyre, the heroine of the same-named novel by Charlotte Bronte. On the one hand, Jane is portrayed as a noble, brave and gentle orphan. On the other, she's portrayed as cowardly, weak and meek.

A 10 page paper which examines how rebellious femme fatales were treated in these so-called nineteenth-century society plays. Specifically discussed are what it is about these women that made them what society deemed as ‘rebellious,’ how each playwright depicted their respective femme fatales, and what the differences in these portrayals reveal about Victorian society ...

A 6 page paper which compares the theme of initiation in Thomas King’s “The Borders” and Margaret Laurence’s “The Loons.” No additional sources cited.

A 6 page paper which examines self-image v self-respect and love v servitude in Charlotte Bronte’s “Jane Eyre.” The paper also compares and contrasts the story of Jane Eyre with Cinderella. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

A 3 page paper which summarizes C.S. Lewis’ “The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe” and then examines the Christian symbolism within the story. No additional sources cited.

3 pages in length. The Elizabethan age was a time of expanding confidence - and indeed bravado - among many Englishmen, a reality about which Christopher Marlowe was warning his contemporaries in Dr. Faustus. Indeed, the notion of individualism was gaining great momentum during this Renaissance period, where heretofore concerns of a social ...

A 5 page paper which examines how the overhearing or indirect information about others and actions illustrate how heroine Anne Elliot blossoms into her own woman with a firm and individualistic set of attitudes and opinions about herself and others by the conclusion of the novel. No additional sources are used.

This 8-page paper compares the two works, Seneca's 'On Noise' and Plutarch's 'A Consolation to his Wife.' Bibliography lists 5 sources.

A 4 page analysis of Ernest J. Gaines’ novel “A Lesson Before Dying.” No additional sources cited.

3 pages in length. The writer briefly discusses how the above statement relates to the family's intolerance toward accepting Gregor for anything than how they knew him to be. Bibliography lists 2 sources.

A 4 page essay that discusses the characterization of Emma Bovary in Gustave Flaubert's novel Madame Bovary. This novel recounts the life and death a beautiful young woman who is frustrated in her unrealistic search for romantic love. Flaubert portrays Emma Bovary as lacking in all the qualities that would have qualified her a true ...

A 3 page paper which examines what Moll Flanders' attitude is towards money as seen in the novel "Moll Flanders" by Daniel Defoe. No additional sources cited.

An 8 page paper which examines if physical threats are different from social, emotional, or psychological threats, whether or not threats are always external, if internal threats are without physical form, and what threats create socially or psychologically in the respective texts. No additional sources are used.

A 7 page paper which examines the relationship between Jim and Huck in Mark Twain's "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn." Bibliography lists 5 sources.

10 pages in length. The character known as Arnold Friend in Joyce Carol Oates' Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been? can be considered quite the conundrum, having been the subject of many interpretations; even Oates herself has proclaimed him a "fantastic figure" of many interpretations. But of all these various descriptions, ...

This 3 page paper examines the character called the Misfit in Flannery O'Connor's story A Good Man is Hard to Find. A Marxist analysis of the story is made, with particular emphasis on this unseemly character. No additional sources cited.

A 7 page essay that analyzes and discusses the role of Ivan in Fyodor Dostoevsky's The Brothers Karamazov. The writer argues that Ivan's role pertains to the tension that exists between the concepts of religious faith and doubt. Faith in God is pictured through the life of one of the brothers, Alyosha, and the trauma ...

3 pages in length. The use of Black English in Toni Cade Bambara's The Salt Eaters and Zora Neale Hurston's Their Eyes Were Watching God serves the purpose of authenticity between and among characters of the two stories. To have them speak in any other way than what reflects their respective heritage is ...

A 3 page paper explicating Robert Herrick's "Julia's Petticoat." Herrick appears to be describing the fantasy of a good man, one who would be mortified were his thoughts somehow to become public knowledge. He is a secret voyeur and quite harmless, but he enjoys giving his imagination free reign from time to time, ...

A 3 page analysis of Richard Brautigan's short story "The War I Los Angeles Airplane." No additional sources cited.

A 6 page review of George Steiner's fictional novel featuring Adolf Hitler. In it Hitler finds temporary reprieve from the post World War II world in an Amazon jungle. Ultimately, however, he is hunted down for the purpose of being subjected to the world's wrath. Steiner's works clarifies that there is a ...

A 3 page essay that discusses this passage from the classic Greek drama Oedipus the King by Sophocles, which hinges on the prediction of the Oracle that he will murder his father and marry his mother. The audience knows the ending, knows that Oedipus' fate is inevitable, therefore, the task before Sophocles, as a playwright, ...

This 7 page paper examines this fictitious piece. It breaks it down into parts which are: I. Introduction, II. Characters, III. Plot, IV. Setting, V. Style, VI. Theme and Impact and VII. Conclusion. Some quotes are provided. No additional sources cited.

A 6 page paper which examines how the feminist movement as an idea of radical change is represented in these works, including the concepts of female education, primogeniture, and equal rights. No additional sources are used.

A 3 page paper which compares the novel with Gary Sinise’s 1992 film adaptation. Bibliography lists 4 sources.