Essays and Research Papers on (All) Literature

In a paper of seven pages, the author writes about the Edgar Allan Poe story “The Cask of Amontillado”. The author of this paper uses other scholarly sources to enter a discussion about this short tale. There are ten sources cited in this paper.

In four pages this paper compares and contrasts these two stories. No additional sources are listed in the bibliography.

A 7 page essay that discusses Conrad's use of light versus dark imagery to convey his thematic points in Heart of Darkness. The essay describes the criticism of Chinua Achebe on this aspect of the novel. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

This 3 page essay reports on Junot Diaz's short story "How to date a brown girl (black girl, white girl, or halfie)." The writer describes the reaction of critic Susan Balee to Diaz's work and then argues that this short story exemplifies this style. Bibliography lists 2 sources.

This 3 page paper discusses the "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel. The writer discusses how Pi was influenced by his experience. Bibliography lists only the novel.

This 3 page essay offers a character analysis of Arnold Friend from Joyce Carol Oates' short story "Where are going, Where have you been?" Bibliography lists 2 sources.

This 4 page paper provides an overview of the book Cornelia's Struggle, with a focus on the issues that the author reviews as a part of the main characters conflict. This paper relates the views of the author and the issues of race and socioeconomic status. Bibliography lists 1 source.

This is a 7 page paper that provides an overview of racism in "Huckleberry Finn". It is questioned whether or not the novel actually provides a meaningful rebuke of racism. Bibliography lists 2 sources.

In five pages this paper examines how the point of view in this famous Kurt Vonnegut short story changes its overall meaning. Four sources are listed in the bibliography.

A 7 page research paper/essay that discusses the main themes, symbolism and imagery of Philip K. Dick's novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, which portrays a futuristic society in a decaying post-nuclear holocaust world. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

This is a 15 page paper that provides an overview of Twain's "Huck Finn". A number of discussion questions from the novel are answered. Bibliography lists 1 source.

This 8 page essay includes a 1 page outline and examines Flaubert's "Madame Bovary" from a feminist perspective. A summary of the plot is also included. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

This 8 page essay discusses this work by Woolf and focuses on the three main characters and how they perceived meaning in life. Bibliography lists only the source.

This 8 page essay discusses Jane Austen's novel Pride and Prejudice from the perspective of its feminist themes, with an emphasis on the implications of the novel's entailments. Bibliography lists only the novel.

This 4 page paper considers three key quotes from Camus' 1947 book. Two allusions to Kathleen Norris' The Cloistered Walk are included. Bibliography lists no additional sources.

A 5 page paper. Pagan Night, written by Kate Braverman, was Best American Short Story Winner in 1995. This essay: provides an alternate ending, identities the main themes of the original and with the alternate ending, and provides a topic sentence for each paragraph. Bibliography lists 1 source.

In a paper of six pages, the author analyzes the story The Guest by Camus. The author gives a brief summary of the short story and then an analysis of the elements in the story proving a theory. There is one source cited in this paper.

This 7 page essay profiles 3 works, which are: a poem by Gwendolyn Brook, "The Beam Eaters"; a short story by Kate Chopin, "The Story of an Hour"; and a graphic novel by Marjane Satrapi, Persepolis. The writer discusses the thesis that women's search happiness has been intrinsically associated with their search for acknowledgement of ...

This 3 page essay contrasts and compares "The Trial of Thomas Builds-The-Fire" by Sherman Alexie and Gloria Bird's "Turtle Lake," which are both by Native American authors. Bibliography cites only the stories.

This 5 page essay discusses recurrent topics found in Zora Neale Hurston's "Their Eyes Were Watching God," and Alice Walker's novels "The Color Purple" and "Possessing the Secret of Joy." Bibliography lists 5 sources.

This 3 page essay pertains to "She Stoops to Conquer" (1773) by Oliver Goldsmith is one of the few eighteenth century plays that are still regularly performed today. The writer argues that the play's perennial appeal is due to the fact that it departed from the style of the Sentimental Comedy, which ...

This 3 page essay summarizes and discusses the themes and characterization in Fitzgerald's short story "Winter Dreams." Bibliography lists only the primary source.

In a paper of three pages, the author writes about irony in the story The Story of an Hour. The author of this paper uses examples from the story to illustrate the character, verbal, and situational irony. There is one source cited in this paper.

This 6 page essay pertains the flood narratives in the "Epic of Gilgamesh" and the Book of Genesis. The writer compares the two narratives and argues that the principal differences is the way in which the 2 versions of the flood story conceptualize the Divine. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

This 6 page paper reviews the 1989 film and addresses how it impacts our ideas regarding Cerebral Palsy. Bibliography lists 5 sources.