Essays and Research Papers on (All) Literature

A 3 page paper which examines Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert as a naturalistic novel. No additional sources cited.

A 9 page paper which examines elements of cruelty and kindness in John Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

This 5 page paper discusses the character of Uncle Tom in “Uncle Tom’s Cabin,” and what it is about this character that made the North determine to end slavery. Bibliography lists 2 sources.

A 4 page paper which examines the role of the protagonist in Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain, Emma by Jane Austen, and My Name is Asher Lev by Chaim Potok. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

This 5 page paper discusses Oscar Wilde’s novel “The Picture of Dorian Gray,” and examines how Gray’s pursuit of beauty changes over the course of the story. Bibliography lists 1 source.

This 7-page paper attempts to answer if Billy Pilgrim in Vonnegut's Slaughterhouse Five is suffering from psychosis/schizophrenia or post-traumatic stress disorder. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

A 9 page paper which examines the message in Leo Tolstoy’s short story Alyosha the Pot. The paper also examines, compares, Tolstoy’s The Death of Ivan Ilyich. No additional sources cited.

This 6 page paper discusses George Orwell’s short story, “Shooting an Elephant.” Bibliography lists 2 sources

This 4 page paper compares two scenes in "The Iliad" in which one character begs for something from another. In this case we compare the first scene of the poem and Chryses' plea for his daughter's return to the last scene in the work, where Priam begs for his son's body. Bibliography lists 1 source.

This 3 page paper discusses ways in which Amy Tan and Nancy McCabe found their strength and identity through adversity. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

This 3 page paper examines the collection of poetry 'Women Poets of the Italian Renaissance.' Bibliography lists 1 source.

This 4 page paper is a review of the book "Learning from our Mistakes" by psychotherapist Patrick Casement. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

A 5 page analysis of Luigi Pirandello’s short story War. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

A 9 page paper which examines how Charlotte Bronte is a poetic novelist as compared to Jane Austen. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

This 5 page paper looks at the sonnets or the ‘treze rime’ of the sixteenth century courtesan Veronica Franco, examining the use of symbolism. The work is considered as a whole and examples from Capitali 3, 13, 16, 17 and 20 are used. The bibliography cites 5 sources.

A 3 page paper which analyzes the harm caused by fathers as it relates to Biff Loman from Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman and Tom Wingfield from Tennessee Williams’ The Glass Menagerie. No additional sources cited.

A 10 page research paper that offers an overview of the life of Joan of Arc, a simple sixteen-year-old peasant French peasant girl who could neither read nor write, but who managed to inspire and lead the French army to victory in a long protracted fifteenth century war with the English, continues to fascinate writers ...

A 3 page paper which examines aspects of Alfredo Vea’s novel La Maravilla. No additional sources cited.

This 3 page paper examines one of the stories of Edgar Allan Poe, The Purloined Letter, and discusses what themes it has in common with his poetry. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

This 5 page paper discusses the troubled relationship between fathers and sons in “Barn Burning” by William Faulkner; “My Papa’s Waltz” by Theodore Roethke; and “The Killings” by Andre Dubus. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

A 3 page expository of Daisy Miller by Henry James. No additional sources cited.

This 8 page paper traces the development of the comic book from comic strips to comic books to the graphic novel. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

A 5 page paper which examines Herman Melville’s novel Typee: A Romance of the South Sea as it relates to the superiority of the more savage human. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

A 6 page research paper/essay that discusses Emily Dickinson’s stance toward nature. Dickinson has moments of epiphany when she indicates a oneness with nature, but it is aggression, not passive receptivity that dominates these moments as she “wrests form nature the power to create her poems,” enduring “struggle and acute pain” when necessary (Diehl 36). ...

This 10 page paper discusses Fitzgerald's use of color symbolism in his classic novel "The Great Gatsby." Bibliography lists 6 sources.