Essays and Research Papers on (All) Literature

This is an 8 page paper that provides an overview of "Jane Eyre". The argument is made that the text condemns societal roles for women as repressive. Bibliography lists 1 source.

A 3 pages essay that summarizes and analyzes "On the Beach at Night" by Walt Whitman. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

This is a 3 page paper on Jackson’s “The Lottery” and Joyce’s “The Dead”. Similar themes are explicated. Bibliography lists 0 sources.

This is an 8 page paper that looks at the stories of Tim O'Brien and Ernest Hemingway. The use of fiction to convey higher truths is explored. Bibliography lists 6 sources.

This 3 page paper compares two classic short stories: A&P by John Updike and “A Good Man Is Hard to Find” by Flannery O’Connor. Bibliography lists 2 sources.

This 7 page research paper discusses the topic of nihilism in Fathers and Children (1862) by Ivan Turgenev and The Idiot (1869) by Fyodor Dostoevsky. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

This is a 5 page paper that provides an overview of Hesse's "Siddhartha". The novel is analyzed for its philosophical and spiritual lessons. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

A 4 page essay that examines Richard Wright's autobiography Black Boy and the theme of hunger. No additional sources cited.

This is a 4 page paper that provides an overview of Connell and Wolfe. Short stories are compared to demonstrate a unity of theme. Bibliography lists 2 sources.

This 6 page essay argues that Catherine Earnshaw is the antagonist in the novel, with Heathcliff and Linton serving as protagonists. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

This 3 page paper discusses the novel “The Gods Will Have Blood” by Anatole France and argues that while France found the Revolution to be necessary, its corrupting influence on those who participated in it is evil. Bibliography lists 1 source.

This 7 page paper discusses the themes in A Farewell to Arms and The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway. Bibliography lists 10 sources.

This 3 page paper discusses the way Poe and Poushkin handle the themes of revenge and forgiveness in their stories The Cask of Amontillado and The Shot, respectively. Bibliography lists 2 sources.

This 3 page paper considers the meaning of justice and mercy within the context of the classic novella Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck. Bibliography lists 2 sources.

A 4 page research paper/essay that discusses the custom of xenia (hospitality) in Homer's Odyssey, focusing on the first four books, which are known as the Telemachy. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

This 3 page research paper reports on the approach used by 3 different scholars in analyzing Shirley Jackson's short story "The Lottery." The writer also suggests topics for further investigation in regards to each article. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

In this 4 page essay, the writer argues that in Mary Shelley's famous novel, Frankenstein's monster is a sympathetic character, rather than the totally evil villain. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

This 3 page paper discusses the Trojan War: it argues that the war was real, and discusses the battle between Achilles and Hector. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

A 5 page paper which examines Mark Twain’s movement from being a Realist writer to a Naturalist Writer. Bibliography lists 7 sources.

This 4 page paper answers the question, what is one’s favorite literary genre, and why? The answer: the novel, for the fact that it has time and depth to explore characters and situations deeply. Bibliography lists 1 source.

In a paper of three pages, the author writes about the book Fahrenheit 451. The author of this paper gives their personal response to the novel. There is one source cited in this paper.

This is a 6 page paper that provides an overview of Mrs. Dalloway. The theme of insanity as a weapon against oppression is emphasized. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

This 6 page paper discusses the philosophical debate on the question of whether or not humans should eat animals. This paper considers the pro-animal rights views embodied by author J.M. Coetzee's “The Lives of Animals”. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

This 3 page paper argues that new works in which authors plagiarize others on purpose are hack work, not creative endeavors. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

This 5 page paper compares the characters of Zofloya from the novel of the same name and Shakespeare’s Othello. Bibliography lists 4 sources.