Essays and Research Papers on (All) Literature

This 3 page paper defines the concept of the “Byronic hero” and argues that Mr. Rochester in Jane Eyre is such a man, while Gabriel in The Dead by James Joyce is not. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

This 5 page paper is a critical analysis and review of author Ba Jin and his book Family. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

This 3 page paper compares two articles about medieval women writers. Bibliography lists 2 sources.

This 3 page paper analyzes the short story Integration by Native American author Sherman Alexie. Bibliography lists 1 source.

This 5 page paper discusses the main themes of Tim O’Brien’s story about Vietnam, “The Things They Carried.” Bibliography lists 1 source.

This is a 3 page paper that provides an overview of Keyes' "Flowers for Algernon". The impact of the experiment on Charlie's humanity is explored. Bibliography lists 1 source.

This is a 4 page paper that provides an overview of existentialist themes in Douglas Adams' "Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy". Narrative elements expressing the existentialist philosophy are explored. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

This 3 page paper recapitulates two articles reviewing several of Pushkin's works. Bibliography lists 2 sources.

A 5 page paper which analyzes racism in Ernest J. Gaines’ book A Gathering of Old Men. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

A 3 page essay that discusses the theme of conflict that shapes the plots of both of these examples of ancient Greek literature. Bibliography lists 2 sources.

This 3 page paper begins by explaining that the characters in the story do talk about love, but the discussion is rather dismal. Love as a concept is discussed. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

A 5 page paper which examines the events as they relate to the narrator in Edgar Allen Poe’s The Tell-Tale Heart. Bibliography lists 2 sources.

A 4 page essay that draws on sources to discuss the theme of lynching in Richard Wright's Black Boy and how this symbolically represented the culture of violence that kept African American subservient in the pre-Civil Rights era South. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

This 5 page paper examines the novels The Rachel Papers and Never Let Me Go. The theme of adolescent privacy is addressed. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

In four pages this paper analyzes two stanzas of this epic poem in terms of their overall importance to the work, how they reflect the relationship between Roland and his stepfather Ganelon, what they reveal about their respective situations through epic literary construction. Only the primary source is listed.

In four pages this paper examines a passage from the novel within the context of the Industrial Revolution, considering specifically the views of the English people regarding the changes initiated by industrialization during the nineteenth century. Four sources are listed in the bibliography.

This is a 6 page paper that explores the role of family in Moody and Chopin. The manner in which family relations tie to the disunity in society is highlighted. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

This is a 2 page paper that provides an overview of "Paradise Lost". The focus is the juxtaposition of joy and fatalism in Book XII. Bibliography lists 1 source.

3 pages in length. Re-entering society and home life after returning from war is a challenging proposition for many soldiers who bring with them the horrors they experienced in combat. That people are said to receive only the amount of hardship they can effectively handle speaks to the overflow of emotional suffering thrust ...

This 3 page essay offers a brief analysis of American Son, a novel by Brian Roley, which describes how two Filipino American brothers cope with their heritage within the context of 1990s American society. No other sources cited.

This 6 page essay analyzes and discusses an excerpt from Toni Morrison's novel The Bluest Eye. The writer argues that this excerpt concisely sums up the novel's main thematic context. Bibliography lists 2 sources.

This 12 page paper provides an overview of some of the main points in the writings of Herodotus, Thucydides, Diodorus and Virgil and their impact on the representation of the Greek Heroic Age. Bibliography lists 8 sources.

This 10 page paper provides an analysis of 'The story of a Marriage' by Andrew Sean Greer. This paper specifically looks at the topics of sexual orientation and race relations presented in the work. Bibliography lists 5 sources

This 4 page paper provides an overview of a viewing of Mark O'Rowe's play Howie the Rookie. This paper integrates responses to questions about the emotional connection in the play and the impacts of the use of monologues. No additional sources cited.

This 2 page essay discusses the private and public nature of suffering in Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter, focusing on the 3 major characters, Hester Prynne, Roger Chillingworth and Arthur Dimmesdale. Only the book is cited.