Essays and Research Papers on (All) Literature

A 3 page paper which examines Chaucer’s view of the clergy as reflected in the work. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

A 6 page paper which compares the transformation of individuals in times of change as seen in the books "All Quiet on the Western Front" by Erich Maria Remarque and "Journey Into the Whirlwind" by Eugenia Ginzburg. No additional sources cited.

This 5-page paper contrasts the characters of Bone in "Bastard Out of Carolina" and Offred in "The Handmaid's Tale". Bibliography lists 4 sources.

An 18 page paper which examines the significance of acting and performing in Charlotte Bronte's "Villette" and George Eliot's "Middlemarch." Bibliography lists 10 sources.

A 4 page paper which examines how and why Hank Morgan is considered to be a buffoon in Mark Twain's novel "A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court." Bibliography lists 2 sources.

This 3 page paper examines this comedian's book that is part self-help, part parody, and examines it. The content of the book is discussed and it is critiqued. Some biographical information about David Ritz (Sinbad) is relayed. No additional sources cited.

A 3 page essay that examines the manner in which Langston Hughes addressed stereotypes in his 1957 play Simply Heavenly. The writer argues that within the boundaries of what whites might consider stereotypical, Hughes crafts characters who are real and genuine. While Hughes acknowledges stereotypical paradigms, he does not use them to denigrate his characters, ...

A 3 page essay that analyzes the sexual and religious ideas in the Japanese seventeenth century plays of Chikamatsu. Then, the writer compares these ideals to Hindu, Jewish, Roman Catholic and American perspectives. Bibliography lists 2 sources.

5 pages in length. It is quite appropriate to speak of the connection between Madame de Stael and the notion of feminism in nineteenth-century French literature. Indeed, one of the most powerful books on feminist conjecture is that of Corinne, a story Madame de Stael wrote about an aristocratic heroine who is in ...

A 4 page general analysis of Charlotte Perkins Gilman's "The Yellow Wallpaper." No additional sources cited.

A 4 page paper which examines how Antoinette becomes alienated from her society, and the effect of language serving as an impenetrable barrier. No additional sources are used.

An 8 page paper that explores the question in relation to The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown. The writer reports some of the many propositions made by the book's characters and discusses possible evidence for some of them. Many of the authors who have challenged the book's statements as false and inaccurate and why ...

A 6 page essay that examines the life of Edgar Allen Poe and how his work may have been influenced by the death of his mother and the early death of his wife Virginia. The writer attributes the morbid and macabre nature of Poe's tales to this influence. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

A 6 page paper which examines how a novel first published in 1811 was successfully adapted for contemporary film audiences. Bibliography lists 6 sources.

A 5 page paper which examines the development of Jo in Louisa May Alcott's "Little Women." No additional sources cited.

A 3 page paper which examines how the outcome of Hemingway's story "The Old Man and the Sea" may have changed had Manolin been in the boat with the old man. No sources cited.

A 5 page paper which compares and contrasts the style of Virginia Woolf and George Orwell. The works examines are "The Death of the Moth" and "Street Haunting" by Virginia Woolf and "Such, Such Were the Joys" by George Orwell. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

A 3 page paper which examines how and why Don Quixote is considered the first novel. The paper examines what makes a novel. No sources cited.

This 5 page paper compares and contrasts the characters of Bone in "Bastard out of Carolina" and Offred in "The Handmaid's Tale." Bibliography lists 4 sources.

This 9-page paper discusses the Harlem Renaissance briefly, and then gives an annotated bibliography of works about the period.

4 pages in length. The writer briefly discusses various aspects of love as they relate to some of the stories. No additional sources cited.

This 4 page paper examines this novel that looks at the problem of communism. Quotes are included. No additional sources cited.

A 3 page essay that compares two passages from Victor Villasenor's Rain of Gold, a real-life account of his Mexican-American family background. The writer discusses two passages that highlight the texture and nuance of the mother/son relationship and the importance of the matriarch in Mexican culture. No additional sources cited.

A 5 page essay that contrasts and compares the structure and themes of Amy Tan's The Joy Luck Club (1989) and Louise Erdrich's Love Medicine (1984), which have very similar structures as a novels. Each text offers a series of short stories that collectively relate a coherent saga of generations and relationships. Tan relates the ...

3 pages in length. Eudora Welty's ability to extract the very last shred of emotion from her readers' literary interpretation is part and parcel of the writer's inherent talent. That she explores the vast and complex family relationship in Why I Live at the P.O. and is able to reconstruct the underlying value ...