Essays and Research Papers on (All) Literature

This 5 page paper examines old and new versions of the Cinderella story. They are evaluated in terms of which are most suitable for children. The versions are compared and contrasted. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

A 3 page paper which examines the theme of the grass harp in Truman Capote’s novel “The Grass Harp.” No additional sources cited.

A 3 page paper which examines the themes of guilt, insanity and evil in Edgar Allen Poe’s short stories “The Tell-Tale Heart,” “The Black Cat,” and “The Cask of Amontillado.” No additional source cited.

A 5 page paper which compares and contrasts these two works by employing standard poetic analysis. No additional sources are used.

This 4 page paper compares and contrasts the characters of Alice in Alice in Wonderland and Wendy Darling in Peter Pan. Bibliography lists 2 sources.

This 5 page paper examines Stephen Kinzer's book "All the Shah's Men" with regard to America's foreign entanglements, and asks whether the nation is well served by a policy of effecting regime change in other sovereign nations. It further discusses Kinzer's book with regard to the promises President Truman made in his speech in Mexico ...

This 7 page paper discusses the realization of the characters Clarissa Dalloway and Lucrezia Smith, wife of Septimus Warren Smith, in the novel "Mrs. Dalloway" by Virginia Woolf. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

A 3 page report on “The Voice of Bugle Ann” by MacKinlay Kantor. No additional sources cited.

This 14 page paper discusses the roles and struggles of women in the novels "The Sound and the Fury" by William Faulkner and "The Awakening" by Kate Chopin. Bibliography lists 18 sources.

This 4 page paper explores the main ideas in Diane Levin's book "Teaching Young Children in Violent Times: Building a Peaceable Classroom." Bibliography lists 2 sources.

This 9 page paper compares two classic literary works, "Faust" and "Madame Bovary" with regard to their philosophical undercurrents and the times in which they were written. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

A 3 page discussion of self reliance as it is exemplified by the ideologies of Henry David Thoreau and Ralph Waldo Emerson. This paper explores Emerson's "Self Reliance" and Thoreau's "Civil Disobedience". No additional sources are listed.

A 3 page paper which examines how the novel “The Handmaid’s Tale” by Margaret Atwood could be a religious dictatorship seen in the future of the United States. The paper examines what such a future would be like. Bibliography lists 2 additional sources.

This 5 page paper discusses two journal articles: The art of being unselfish by Alexander Nehamas and An argument about beauty by Susan Sontag. The writer presents an opinion first, then provides an analysis that compares and contrasts the two articles. Bibliography lists 2 sources.

A 5 page paper which examines the importance and power of friendship in the works of Rohinton Mistry. Bibliography lists 2 sources.

This 7 page paper examines Jerome K. Jerome's classic and extremely funny novel, Three Men in a Boat. Bibliography lists 2 sources.

A 5 page paper which examines the good and evil seen in Zora Neale Hurston’s story “Sweat.” No additional sources cited.

A 7 page paper which provides general characteristics, compares with other novels, makes observations about and summarizes the story and its themes, considers the use of language, how it relates to Don Quixote Part I (Chapter 52) and Part II (Chapters 73-74), examines how the story represents closure, what Cervantes is trying to say, the ...

A 4 page paper which analyzes structure, mood, symbolism, and style in D.H. Lawrence’s “The Rocking Horse Winner” and Ernest Hemingway’s “Hills Like White Elephants.” No additional sources cited.

An 8 page essay that focuses on the character of Nick Carraway as the narrative voice in F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby. The writer argues that Nick Carraway, as Gatsby's friend and Daisy's cousin, is the ideal choice for providing the narrative voice of the novel, for a number of reasons. First ...

A 3 page paper which examines the relationship between Gilgamesh, Enkidu and the gods in “The Epic of Gilgamesh.” No additional sources cited.

A 7 page analysis of the walk Joyce's character takes through Dublin, a walked detailed in Chapter 5 of Joyce's book. The walk is a coming of age story. This paper examines the individual elements of that story and comments on how they all tie together. No additional sources are listed.

Novelists frequently take their readers inside the minds of their protagonists, relating their inner-most thoughts and character. To a realist writer, such as Henry James, this sort of storytelling is unrealistic. The realistic novelist in the late nineteenth century felt that their work should hold up a mirror to reality and reflect the world not ...

A 5 page paper which examines elements of surrealism in Aimee Bender’s short story “The Rememberer.” Bibliography lists 4 sources.

This 3 page paper provides insights into Tolstoy's well known work by analyzing one passage. The passage examines the relationships between Stiva and Dolly. No additional sources cited.