Essays and Research Papers on (All) Literature

This 5 page paper discusses the major themes in the novels "A Hazard of New Fortunes" by Howells and "The House of Mirth" by Edith Wharton, and argues that they are inseparable from the characters. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

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 5 sources.

A 3 pag epaper which examines materialism in Ramprasad Sen’s poem I Spent My Days in Fun and George Sand’s The Devil’s Pool. No additional sources cited.

A 9 page research paper/essay that discusses how the city of New York, the setting for Tom Wolfe's Bonfire of the Vanities, provides a thorough examination of the sociological, political and economics aspects of life in New York City in the 1980s. The city itself plays such an integral part in this narrative that it ...

In four pages this paper discusses how Sidney employs the theories of Aristotle and Plato in his poetic defense and also within the context of imitation. Four sources are cited in the bibliography.

In five pages this paper provides a comparative character analysis of similarities in terms of how both Olunde and Obi are caught between cultures and how their stories end tragically, differences in circumstances, feeling, and meaning, and how these differences imply different political and cultural situational differences in Nigeria presented by the authors. Four ...

This 6 page paper discusses "Jude the Obscure" by Thomas Hardy and "Middlemarch" by George Eliot; it also discusses Matthew Arnold's idea of a balance between anarchy and culture. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

A 5 page paper which offers a book report of the novel Shiloh by Shelby Foote. No additional sources cited.

This 4 page paper discusses the conflicts between Hata and Sunny, and Mona and her mother, in the novels "A Gesture Life" and "Mona in the Promised Land." Bibliography lists 2 sources.

This 7 page paper examines Roberto Arlt's 1929 novel "The Seven Madmen." Arlt was an Argentinean writer who was a strong influence on Latin writers who followed him. Bibliography lists sources.

This 3 page paper provides an overview of the characterization of Bruno Stachel. The book and film are compared and contrasted. Bibliography lists 1 source.

A 3 page paper which examines identity and cultural borders in Louise Erdrich’s short story The Red Convertible. No additional sources cited.

A 6 page essay that discusses “The Common Life,” by author Scott Russell Sanders, in which he argues that much of what is wrong in American society today derives from the fact that American culture, throughout its history, has favored individual rights and freedoms at the expense of the welfare of the community. The ...

This 3 page paper argues that Aldous Huxley uses his dystopian society to illustrate the horror of living in a world where an individual is not free to pursue his own idea of happiness. Bibliography lists 1 source.

This 4 page paper discusses chapter 3 of Weiss's book "Marital Separation." Bibliography lists 1 source.

A 5 page paper which compares and contrasts two stories from F. Scott Fitzgerald (Babylon Revisited and Winter Dream) and two stories from Ernest Hemingway (A Clean-Well Lighted Place and Hills Like White Elephants). Bibliography lists 4 sources.

In four pages this paper discusses how Flannery O’Connor reveals herself as a Southerner and devout Catholic in this trio of short stories. Six sources are cited in the bibliography.

A 5 page essay that discusses Rita Dove’s 1994 play “The Darker Face of the Earth,” which mirrors many of the themes and plot devices that occur in ancient Greek play by Sophocles’ “Oedipus Rex.” In both plays, the work of fate and destiny are evident in a manner that suggests that while the ...

This 7 page paper discusses eight tales from “The Arabian Nights” and what they tell us about the people who were listening to the stories. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

A 6 page analysis of the character of Biff in Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

A 4 page essay that is a reaction paper to Hermann Hesse’s novel Siddhartha, which is set during the lifetime of the Buddha and involves the search of a young man for Nirvana (Enlightenment). The major themes of the novel, such as the nature of wisdom, the nature of enlightenment, the importance of love, ...

A 4 page paper which examines the expression “To Suffer a Sea Change” as seen in Shakespeare’s The Tempest and Dinesen’s Tempests. No additional sources cited.

A 5 page essay that discusses abuse, racism and feminism, which are all evident features of three literary works: Toni Morrison's The Bluest Eye, James Baldwin's "Sonny's Blues," and Raymond Carver's "Cathedral." The characters in each of these works are, of course, very different, but the authors share a desire to explore the parameters of ...

This 4 page paper examines this fictitious work. Age stratification is discussed. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

A 3 page review of Room One: A Mystery or Two by Andrew Clements. No additional sources cited.