Essays and Research Papers on (All) Literature

This 6 page paper discusses the stories "Indissoluble Marriage" by Rebecca West and "The Yellow Wallpaper" by Charlotte Perkins Gilman from a feminist perspective. Bibliography lists 8 sources.

A 3 page paper which examines why the character in Alice Munro’s short story Meneseteung goes insane at the end of the story. No additional sources cited.

This 6 page paper uses several short stories to explore the way in which authors use setting, Gothic terms, coming of age situations and spousal relationships in their stories. Bibliography lists 8 sources.

A 3 page comparison of two passages from the classic poem Beowulf. No additional sources cited.

A 5 page paper which examines how imagination figures in the development of character and plot in The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man by James Weldon Johnson and Bread Givers by Anzia Yzierska. No additional sources cited.

A 3 page paper which examines the significance of the Chestnut Tree in Barbara Kingsolver’s novel Prodigal Summer. No additional sources cited.

A 7 page paper which examines the theme of conformity and non-conformity in John Updike’s A&P. Bibliography lists 8 sources.

A 4 page analysis of The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini. No additional sources cited.

In six pages this paper critically analyzes Khaled Hosseini’s debut novel in a block outline that includes an introduction, summary, cultural and historic information as they pertain to the story, assesses the effectiveness and ineffectiveness of the author’s thematic development, and compares and contrasts three characters, considering their actions, motivations, and goals. Three sources ...

A 4 page paper which compares and contrasts the film Pleasantville and the novel The Giver b y Lois Lowry. No additional sources cited.

A 3 page paper which examines how Harry is diagnosed as not having enough personalities in the novel Steppenwolf by Herman Hesse. No additional sources cited.

This 3 page paper discusses the way in which Sammy, the protagonist of John Updike’s short story “A&P” matures over the course of the story. Bibliography lists 1 source.

A 6 page research paper that considers the influence of Columbus and More on Renaissance culture. As a history term, the Renaissance refers, approximately speaking, to a period beginning in the mid-fourteenth to the early sixteenth centuries, during which western Europeans "rediscovered aspects of the Classical past that simulated new ideas about man's place in ...

A 4 page essay that examines Mary Shelley's Frankenstein. The story of Frankenstein is very familiar. A scientist, Victor Frankenstein, robs graveyards for body parts, assembles them and reanimates them as a monster. While the emphasis in film adaptations of Mary Shelley's gripping nineteenth century gothic thriller has been on the horror that the monster ...

A 3 page analysis of the traveling salesman in John Steinbeck’s story “Chrysanthemums.” Bibliography lists 5 sources.

A 3 page paper which examines the characters of Gatsby from The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald and Heathcliff from Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte. No additional sources cited.

This 3 page paper analyzes the book “The Logistics of War” by Beth Scott, Lt.Col. James C. Rainey and Capt. Andrew W. Hunt. Bibliography lists 1 source.

A 6 page research paper/essay on Chuck Palahniuk’s Fight Club, which is a deeply psychological that delineates the dichotomies and conflicting cultural imperatives that characterize masculinity in the contemporary era. Palahniuk’s narrator is a man who has been emasculated, robbed of his sense of self, by these conflicts. This results in self-loathing in which ...

This 3 page paper discusses the short story "Apples in Honey" by Israeli writer Yehudit Hendel. Bibliography lists 2 sources.

A 3 page analysis of the play “Phormio” by Terence. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

An 8 page research paper that addresses Luis de Gongora's Polyphemus and Galatea and Sor Juana Inez de la Cruz's The Divine Narcissus, which are both products of Spain's Golden Age of literature in the seventeenth century. They both draw on Greek myth in order to express in order to express themselves artistically within the ...

6 pages in length. To examine the extent to which Ayla possesses a spiritual sense about her and provides a unique insight into the human process is to delve more deeply into the fundamental components of Auel's storyline. The scope of Ayla as the symbolic representation of man's evolution upon this planet is ...

This 4 page paper discusses the religious symbolism in Zora Neale Hurston’s short story “Sweat.” Bibliography lists 3 sources.

A 5 page essay that discusses the this trilogy of plays by Aeschylus, the ancient Greek playwright, who drew upon the saga of the House of Atreus, which was well-known to his audience, in order to create a trilogy of plays that present the tragic story of legendary figures. Collectively known as the Oresteia, the ...

This 4 page paper discusses the approaches Thoreau and Huxley take to the search for wisdom. It discusses their books "Walden" and "Brave New World," how their techniques are the same and how they differ, and which approach is better. Bibliography lists 3 sources.