Essays and Research Papers on (All) Literature

This 5 page paper argues that both "A Vindication of the Rights of Women" and "Frankenstein" presents the idea that education is the key to liberation, both in terms of women, and for the monster in Frankenstein. It agrees with the first premise but not the second. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

5 pages in length. Education is the key to freedom. As succinct as this statement may be, it holds within its brevity the singular ability to emancipate oppression and improve dire economic situations. According to Paulo Freire's Pedagogy of the Oppressed, education – or rather the lack there of – has long stood ...

A 7 page paper comparing the educational viewpoints of the late eighteenth-century feminist Mary Wollstonecraft with those of Jane Austen as evidenced in Sense and Sensibility. The writer concludes that educational compatibility between spouses is not always paramount in achieving happiness. Bibliography lists two sources.

A 4 page paper which examines how education is one of the themes within “To Kill a Mockingbird” by Harper Lee. Bibliography lists 3 additional sources.

A paper which looks at the themes of education, learning and the acquisition of wisdom in ‘Columbus in Chains’ and ‘Seeing England for the First Time’ by Jamaica Kincaid. The paper compares and contrasts the ways in which the narrators of the two stories learn to separate ideals from reality, and considers whether this contributes ...

A 3 page paper which examines the role of education and women in Washington Irving’s story The Legend of Sleepy Hollow. No additional sources cited.

This 4 page essay discusses how Donald Barthelme's "The School," Zitkala-Sa's "The School Days of an Indian Girl," and Toni Morrison's "Recitatif" present representations of American education that are quite different but bear the similarity in that in each case, the vision presented is negative and demonstrates deficits in that system. Only the primary sources ...

A 5 page paper which examines the episodes described in Chapters 1 through 22, which contribute to Huck’s education, both formal and in life. No additional sources are used.

A 4 page paper on the differences between the way men and women were educated in eighteenth century England. The paper also discusses the social ramifications of those differences as demonstrated by Austen's work. No sources except book.

This 5 page paper reviews the first five chapters of Dewey's book "Democracy and Education," and answers the question "What is education?" Bibliography lists 2 sources.

This five-page-paper discusses the styles of education that are depicted in two different novels; Frankestein and Emile. The self taught vs the gender based structured style are compared and contrasted.Bibliography lists two sources.

A 4 page paper which examines the education, or lack of education, as it relates to a life of crime as seen in the character of Moll in “Moll Flanders” by Daniel Defoe. No additional sources cited.

A 5 page research paper/essay that reports on Jean-Jacques Rousseau's 1762 text Emile or On Education. This examination of Emile specifically looks at four themes that Rousseau develops in the first three sections of this work. No additional sources cited.

This paper answers the concept of reality in Gustave Flaubert's novels Madame Bovary and The Sentimental Education. The paper states the belief that the two novels weren't actually specific examples of realism, but rather, symbolic of realism, yet set against realistic backdrops.

A 5 page paper which examines education, as well as philanthropy and political activism in Ralph Ellison’s “The Invisible Man.” No additional sources cited.

A 5 page paper examining the exceptionally high level of education displayed by the Creature in Mary Shelley's novel Frankenstein. The paper explains why such intellectuality would have been so important to Shelley, and what it proves about the Monster himself. Bibliography lists 6 sources.

A 6 page paper examining the way the self-centered protagonist of this novel is re-educated to be more responsive to life as it is lived, and less dependent on the traditional European macho themes of conquest and success. The paper points out that this deeply symbolic novel uses motifs such as the labyrinth to emphasize ...

This 3 page paper is an example of an outline and thesis for a future paper on Shelley's themes of education in Frankenstein's Monster. Quotes cited from text. Bibliography lists 1 source.

This is a 3 page paper that provides an overview of the connection between Brown vs. the Board of Education and To Kill a Mockingbird. Secondary texts are examined to support this claim. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

This 3 page paper discusses the education that the monster obtained apart from Dr. Frankenstein. Examples, quotes cited from text. Bibliography lists 1 source.

This 5 page paper provides a detailed analysis of the protagonist and his friendships. The theme is addressed and various elements are discussed as it relates to the character's relationships. Bibliography lists 2 sources.

A 7 page essay that discusses 2 books dealing with patriarchal cultures. Gabriel Garcia Marquez in Chronicle of a Death Foretold and Tayeb Salih in Season of Migration to the North each address societal gender paradigms that differ from those found in Western industrialized societies. Marquez's novel features life in Latin America, specifically in Colombia, ...

A 4 page paper which examines how gender is constructed in the classic “Don Quixote.” Bibliography lists 2 sources.

Women, Patriarchy, and Feminine Suffering: A Gendered Analysis of Euripides’ “The Trojan Women”: A 6 page (5 pp. + 1 pg. Endnotes) paper which examines what appears to be women’s senseless suffering in times of war and peace and how this suffering is represented in Euripides’ tragedy. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

The socialization process of role definition takes into consideration the influences of family, friends, society, and the media. This 5 page paper argues hat Martín Espada in his essay, The Puerto Rican Dummy and the Merciful Son and Alan Johnson in his book, The Gender Knot: Unraveling Our Patriarchal Legacy, test the boundaries of male gender role definitions within ...