Essays and Research Papers on (All) Literature

This 3 page paper discusses the characterization of Maggie, Tom and their parents in Eliot's novel, and argues that society assigns the gender roles that it considers suitable. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

This 6 page paper examines Jeffrey Reiman's book, "The Rich Get Richer and the Poor Get Prison." Bibliography lists 2 sources.

A 5 page analysis of culture and humanity in Chinua Achebe’s novel Things Fall Apart and the film The Gods Must Be Crazy. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

This 4 page paper discusses Lizabeth Cohen's book "Making a New Deal," about the rise of labor unions in Chicago in the 1930s, after decades of being unable to organize. Bibliography lists 2 sources.

This 5 page paper discusses Thomas Paine’s Revolutionary War pamphlet “Common Sense” with regard to what he says about reasons for breaking from Britain, and for keeping government simple. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

A 3 page paper which examines how Charlotte Perkins Gilman offers her theme through character, plot and setting in her story The Yellow Wallpaper. No additional sources cited.

This 6 page paper compares the Charles Perrault version of the fairy tale “Cinderella” with that of the Brothers Grimm, and what the differences might tell us about the two cultures. Bibliography lists 7 sources.

A 4 page paper which examines the symbolism in Trifles by Susan Glaspell. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

A 7 page paper which discusses the novel and film The Color Purple. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

A 7 page research paper that offers an in-depth character analysis of Frederick Henry, Ernest Hemingway's protagonist in his novel A Farewell to Arms. Drawing on scholarly opinion, the writer argues that the novel largely consists of describing Henry's change from someone incapable of love to someone who can love, which means that he commits ...

This 5 page paper discusses the way in which Arthur Miller's play "Death of a Salesman" can be seen as analogous to the death of the American dream. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

A 3 page paper which overviews Mark Twain’s short story A Dog’s Tale. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

A 6 page research paper that examines critical sources that explore what critical opinion has revealed about how the theme of innocence functions in the novel. Bibliography lists 8 sources.

This 5 page paper discusses Jill Quadagno's book "One Nation, Uninsured," about the reasons why America has not been able to enact a national health insurance plan. Bibliography lists 1 source.

A 4 page paper which examines how an exceprt from the novel illustrates the success of the relationship between Anne and the Captain. Bibliography lists 1 additional source.

A 3 page paper which offers a tutorial concerning the abusive nature of the father in Ceremony by Leslie Marmon Silko. Bibliography lists 2 sources.

This 7 page paper discusses the work of Holocaust survivor Tadeusz Borowski and what it tells us about his opinions of human nature, and man's future. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

This 5 page paper discusses Marvin Harris's book "Cows, Pigs, Wars and Witches: the Riddles of Culture. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

A 3 page essay that discusses how George Eliot in Middlemarch and William M. Thackeray in Vanity Fair craft vivid female characters, who are largely responsible for conveying the themes of the authors in both novels. Becky Sharp and Rosamond Vincy seem cast from the same mold and in both works they convey the disdain ...

A 3 page paper which analyzes the character of Yossarian in the novel Catch 22 by Joseph Heller. No additional sources cited.

This 4 page paper discusses some of the psychological themes in the film "Lord of the Flies," based on William Golding's novel. Bibliography lists 4 sources

This 3 page paper discusses the concept of good and evil as portrayed in "The Grand Inquisitor" by Dostoyevsky. Bibliography lists 2 sources.

In six pages this paper discusses Sanchez’s novel and also incorporates relevant issues of the time period, including the Bay of Pigs, the Cuban Missile Crisis, the Vietnam War, and the moon landing. Nine sources are cited in the bibliography.

This 4 page paper is an annotated bibliography of five works about Stephen King; they concentrated on the author, not on his works.

This 5 page paper is an analysis of Flannery O'Connor's style as revealed in three of her short stories: "A Good Man is Hard to Find"; "Everything that Rises Must Converge"; and "The Lame Shall Enter First." Bibliography lists 6 sources.