Essays and Research Papers on (All) Literature

This 5 page paper examines the book and the water imagery found in it. Bibliography lists 6 sources.

A 7 page essay. Antonio Lobo Antunes, contemporary Portuguese author, writes in a style that is very reminiscent of the psychologically complex novels of Faulkner or Dos Passos. In both Act of the Damned and The Natural Order of Things, Antunes presents perceptually complicated narratives that offer a cacophony of voices through the medium of ...

A 7 page essay that discusses Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll and Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling are children's books that share many points in common, as they both present fantastical worlds and fairy tale narratives that are drastically different from reality. The Harry Potter series, in general, has been ...

This 3-page paper focuses on the importance of location in several of Ernest Hemingway's short stories. Stories discussed include "In a Clean, Well-Lighted Place," The Snows of Kilimonjaro" and "The Killers." Bibligraphy lists 4 sources.

4 pages in length. The writer briefly describes each period and identifies one author and character. No Bibliography.

A 3 page paper that gives brief answers to 7 questions on Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman. Topics covered include Willy's philosophy, Biff's motivation and Willy's death as compared to Dave Singleman's. No additional sources cited.

This 3-page paper discusses author and literary values in Lorraine Hansberry's play, "A Raisin in the Sun." Bibliography lists 2 sources.

A 3 page paper which examines the relationship between the title of the story and the theme of the story “The Artificial Nigger” by Flannery O’Connor. No additional sources cited.

This 3 page paper briefly discusses the structure of some of the episodes in the novel 'The Awakening." Bibliography lists 1 source.

This 3 page paper discusses "The Hostile Hospital," the eighth book in the "Series of Unfortunate Events" series by Lemony Snicket. Bibliography lists 2 sources.

This 3 page paper compares and contrasts George Orwell’s “Shooting the Elephant” and Edgar Allen Poe’s “The Black Cat” to assess the way in which they both depict the human heart with the aim of identifying which may be the most effective. The bibliography cites 2 sources.

This 4 page paper discusses the various ways that the play can be analyzed: feminist perspective, historical, and psychoanlytical. Bibliography lists 1 source.

A 7 page overview of the female characters in the ancient work of literature by Euripides and the more modern work by Jean Rhys. The author contends that in each of these works the presentation of female characters runs counter to the audience's expectations. Literary conventions and audience expectations, values, and assumptions are ...

A 4 page paper which examines the failure of paradise in William Golding’s “Lord of the Flies” and Margaret Atwood’s “The Handmaid’s Tale.” No additional sources cited.

A 5 page essay that discusses the use of light and dark imagery in 2 novels. The writer argues that it is a recurring image in literature that truth and knowledge are represented by light. In fact, it is difficult to refer to these factors without using light-based references, such as "enlightenment." Conversely, darkness is ...

A 7 page paper which examines Mark Twain’s Huckleberry Finn” and also offers an examination of critiques of Twain’s novel. Bibliography lists 6 additional sources.

A 5 page paper which examines how the Norwegian playwright handles the theme of social secession in his characterization of female heroine Nora Helmer. No additional sources are used.

This 5 page paper provides an overview of a reading assessment of one segment of the Phantom Tollbooth, by Norton Juster. No additional sources cited.

Angela Carter's collection of short stories, entitled The Blood Chamber, provides a variety of examples of the use of the narrator and how the narrator can be developed as a storyteller, a character or both. This paper provides an overview of the current literature on this topic and references a variety of sources. ...

This 3 page paper examines three instances of irony in the short story "The Balloon" by Donald Barthelme. Bibliography lists 2 sources.

A 4 page paper which examines how slavery was as injurious to the white slaveholders and overseers as it was to the slaves in the American South. No additional sources are used.

A 3 page research paper + annotated bibliography that address the theme of loneliness in this work. John Steinbeck is known for his novels portraying the suffering and injustice that was rampant during the time of the Great Depression in the 1930s (Vibig 32). His novel Of Mice and Men addresses the economic hardship of ...

This 8 page paper provides an overview of the importance of the use of birds as symbols in the works of Chaucer. Geoffrey Chaucer, 14th century author and poet, integrated metaphors created through different physical symbols into the imagery of his works. One of Chaucer's earliest works, Parlement of Foules, for example, integrates ...

This 4 page paper provides an overview of Francis Bosha's The Critical Response to John Cheever. This paper integrates a view of the central points of this book and its applicability to a study of Cheever. No additional sources cited.

This 15 page paper provides an overview of the following topic: The Presentation of Family and Friends: A Comparison of Children's Picture Books in Israel and the United States. Bibliography lists 10 sources.