Essays and Research Papers on (All) Literature

A 4 page paper which examines how the character of Harold responds to a common reality as seen in Master Harold…and the Boys by Athol Fugard. No additional sources cited.

A 3 page paper which examines the symbolic significance of the snake in Zora Neale Hurston’s short story “Sweat.” Bibliography lists 4 sources.

This 4 page paper discusses the reply that Margaret might have made to her brother Robert’s letters. The letters “frame” the novel “Frankenstein.” Bibliography lists 2 sources.

This 4 page paper discusses the way “Mercerism” works in Philip K. Dick’s novel, “Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?” Bibliography lists 1 source.

This 4 page paper discusses the African oral tradition that tells of Sundiata, and how he founded what became the nation of Mali. The paper considers the text as a text and as a story. There are 3 sources listed in the bibliography.

A 3 page essay that examines Ernest Hemingway’s protagonist in his short story “Soldier’s Home,” Harold Krebs, a young man who has been traumatized by his wartime experience. He returns home physically to a small town in Oklahoma only to discover that he can no longer return home mentally. He no longer fits in. ...

A 3 page paper which discusses The Things They Carried by Tim O’Brien and The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde. No additional sources cited.

A 3 page paper which examines the characters in the novel The Pearl Harbor Diary of Amber Billows by Barry Denenberg. No additional sources cited.

This 8 page paper examines the concept of motherhood as Toni Morrison describes it in “Beloved” and “Song of Solomon.” Bibliography lists 2 sources.

A 5 page paper which examines what Chaucer’s General Prologue to Canterbury Tales tells the reader about the work that will follow. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

This 4 page paper discusses Annette Lareau’s book “Unequal Childhoods” and argues that although it is compelling, it also has some flaws, especially the fact that her sample is very small. Bibliography lists 2 sources.

This 7 page analysis of Snow White suggests that beauty and age enter into the picture and explain the Queen's behavior. Beauty in society is evaluted. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

This 3 page paper discusses Barbara Ehrenreich's attitude toward the situation she describes in her book "Nickel and Dimed," and argues that she is deeply and lastingly angry. Bibliography lists 1 source.

5 pages in length. Patriarchy has long held Chinese women hostage where their social, political and cultural facets are concerned, with centuries' worth of oppression and torture as examples of just how overpowering such influence has been in defining the overall image of women in Chinese society. Foot binding, which reflects one of ...

This 4 page paper traces the similarities between Franz Kafka and his literary creation, Gregor Samsa, the poor man who woke one morning to find that he had been transformed into a gigantic insect. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

A 4 page essay that discusses four short stories by O'Connor in terms of style. These are "Good Country People," "Everything That Rises Must Converge," "Revelation," and "Greenleaf." Bibliography lists 7 sources.

A 3 page paper which argues how Douglas Couplant’s novel Generation X is a narcissistic and apolitical novel. Bibliography lists 1 additional source.

In six pages this paper examines how seventeenth-century playwright conveyed the theme of marriage in his 1675 Restoration comedy, The Country Wife. There are no additional sources listed in the bibliography.

This 4 page paper is a review of and reaction to David Blight’s book on the Civil War, “Race and Reunion.” Bibliography lists 3 sources.

A 3 page paper which examines the significance of the experience at the cross in the Third Stage of John Bunyan’s The Pilgrim’s Progress. No additional sources cited.

A 5 page examination of the sword Excalibur in T.H. White’s The Once and Future King. Bibliography lists 8 sources.

A 7 page paper that discusses Sky Lee’s 1991 novel Disappearing Moon Café concerns five generations of a Chinese Canadian family whose saga is shaped by cultural, economic and social factors that pertain to both China. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

An 8 page research paper/essay that examines Edgar Allan Poe’s short story “The Masque of the Red Death.” This short story has been extensively interpreted as an allegory by scholarship. Situated within a canon that is renowned for its chilling effect on the reader, as well as Poe’s often enigmatic plots, “The Masque of the ...

This 4 page paper discusses Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s classic short story “The Yellow Wallpaper” and argues that the narrator represents all women who are trying to get out from behind the pattern on the wallpaper—that is, who are trying to escape from a society that tells them what they can and cannot do. Bibliography lists ...

In three pages this paper compares and contrasts conformity and individuality as they are depicted in Ray Bradbury’s futuristic science fiction novel Fahrenheit 451. There are no other sources listed in the bibliography.