Essays and Research Papers on (All) Literature

This 6 page paper considers the way in which Chinua Achebe presents Michael Obi and his wife Nancy in the short story "Dead Men's Path." Bibliography lists 3 sources.

A seven page paper looking at the issue of gender and its impact on behavior and personality as developed in Virginia Woolf’s 1928 novel. The paper explores Woolf’s argument that gender quite literally does not matter, and the fact that society makes so much of it is what is wrong with society. No additional sources.

Various images are identified in this 3 page paper. The paper explains why the various images are used and what it says about the protagonist. Bibliography lists 2 sources.

A six page paper which considers how far it is accurate to say that these two works illustrate male domination and female passivity, with reference to the social and cultural themes which are also a vital element in the texts.

This 5 page paper discusses "Assaulted and Pursued Chastity" by Margaret Cavendish and "The Taming of the Shrew" by Shakespeare and how they use dress to represent human sexuality and gender relationships. Bibliography lists 2 sources.

This 5 page paper considers the issue of gender roles presented in Milton's Paradise Lost. This paper outlines some of the central views of Milton regarding the role of women in society and their subjugation through societal perspectives.

This 9 page paper considers the role of gender and race in Caryl Churchill's play 'Cloud Nine'. This play uses disruptive gender performances to illustrate the way in society has repressed and enforced its ideals on those who should have bee free to develop without the interference of pressurised expectations and enforced social perceptions. The ...

A five page analysis of E.M. Forster's extremely complex work. The paper shows how Forster's illustration of the colonizing process in 1920s India lays bare the deeply-lived ideology of both the imperialist and patriarchal British and the indigenous Indians themselves. Bibliography lists three sources.

This 7 page report discusses a short story written by of Sarah Orne Jewett (1849 - 1909) demonstrates her deep connection to the natural world and her understanding of the relationship between humans and their environment and how that relationship has an impact on the self. Upon a first reading of “A White Heron,” ...

A 3 page paper which examines the elements of class and gender in August Strindberg’s “Miss Julie.” Bibliography lists 2 sources.

To say that gender roles are merely the subjugation of women as 'irrational' would not be true. However, oftentimes women are depicted in literature as irrational and powerless. This 5 page paper explores the characterization of Desiree in Kate Chopin's story of Desiree's Baby; for the grandmother in Flannery O'Connor's A Good Man Is Hard To Find and ...

A 7 page paper analyzing the reason for the lack of communication between the sexes in three of Hemingway's stories: 'The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber,' 'Hills Like White Elephants,' and 'The End of Something.' The paper concludes that the Hemingway code does not give much room for softness, sensitivity, and self-articulation. Bibliography lists ...

This 4 page paper examines this book by Remarque. Quotes are included. Bibliography lists 1 source.

This 6 page paper argues that gender structures Salman Rushdie's novel's narrative in terms of the way in which men and women are shown as opposites, not only because of their gender, but because of the symbolic way Rushdie uses them. Bibliography lists 2 sources.

A 5 page paper which examines how patriarchal gender relations are depicted in the novel, specifically the way in which gender roles are presented in a way that implicitly benefits men and harm women, and explores what, if any, alternatives to traditional gender relations are proposed. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

In 5 pages the author reviews 'Written on the Body,' which is a novel by Jeanette Winterson. The thing about this book, and the item that makes it different from all the other books in the bookstore, is that the narrator of the story is gender-less. In most books, the reader is given insight ...

This 5 page paper argues that the political issue of gender role identification in Euripides' play, Alcestis, provides a basis for discussion within the current social meaning of politics, gender and society as it pertains to the ancient Greek social system. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

This 5 page paper provides a quick definition of inductive and deductive reasoning and then reviews Faulkner's Dry September from the perspective of gender roles, inductively arguing that Dry September presents William Faulkner's criticism of social power systems based on gender through his presentation of Miss Minnie's complacency in a false representation of miscegenation. Bibliography lists 6 sources.

This 8 page paper focuses on gender in a look at Ursula K. Le Guin's short story entitled Sur. Many specific points are made. Thematic elements, gender, symbolism and male/female roles are discussed. No bibliography.

A 5 page paper which examines Maya Angelou’s “Graduation” and Langston Hughes’ “Salvation” as they relate to the importance of education and finding one’s identity. Bibliography lists 6 sources.

This 7 page paper takes a look at this Chinese novel and its treatment of gender. Gender is explored in a variety of ways. Attention is paid to the roles taken by both men and women in Chinese culture. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

This paper discusses the ways in which leadership and gender are dealt with in the film “Whale Rider” and Chinua Achebe’s short story “Girls at War.” Bibliography lists 4 sources.

A 7 page paper comparing Eugene O'Neill's Before Breakfast and Susan Glaspell's Trifles. The paper notes that in each play two violently different mindsets come crashing together, and the conflicts are based on gender-specific ways of seeing the world. No additional sources cited.

This paper uses Deirdre N. McCloskey’s book “Crossing: A Memoir” to explore the idea that gender can be learned. Bibliography lists 1 source.

This 4 page paper discusses the way men are presented in the novels Middlemarch and Things Fall Apart. Bibliography lists 2 sources.