Essays and Research Papers on British Literature

A 7-page treatise answering the question of how Viktor Frankenstein and his creature came to resemble each other over the course of the book; and how Achebe treated his white characters as opposed to his black ones in Things Fall Apart. Lists 2 sources.

This 5 page paper provides an overview of Allan's book about a girl who loses her parents in 1941. The plot, themes and characterization are discussed. Bibliography lists 2 sources.

A 7 page paper which looks at the life and works of the Victorian poet and critic, Matthew Arnold, with particular reference to his humanist beliefs regarding culture and personal development. Bibliography lists 10 sources.

A 5 page essay in which the writer argues that in Pope's The Rape of the Lock and in Swift's Gulliver's Travels, each author demonstrates how pride, particularly excessive pride, alters perception so that individuals start down a path that can lead, ultimately, to evil. The main points of each work are summarized to substantiate ...

This 5 page paper looks at the hero of every detectives childhood and every criminals nemesis, namely Sherlock Holmes and considers if there is a possibility he suffered from an obsessive disorder problem. The bibliography cites 3 sources.

This paper digs beneath the main theme of James Joyce's story, "The Dead," to determine if, indeed, the short story is also a reflection of the author's disdain of and contempt for Ireland. Bibliography lists five sources.

This 6 page report discusses the style Chaucer uses through his careful use of detail. Referring to "The Knight's Tale" and "The Wife of Bath" in The Canterbury Tales, this report illustrates how he uses detail to enhance and balance or to counterbalance the effect of the story being told, as well as the attitudes ...

This 5 page report discusses and compares two short stories -- “The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber” (1936) bye Ernest Hemingway and “The White Stocking” by D.H. Lawrence. Bibliography lists 2 sources.

A 16 page research paper that compares and contrasts Elizabeth Bennet and Emma Woodhouse, the female protagonists from Pride & Prejudice and Emma. The writer argues that both of these heroines transcend the narrow restrictive gender roles of Austen's era. Bibliography lists 8 sources.

A paper which looks at 'A Room of One's Own' and 'To the Lighthouse' by Virginia Woolf, with particular reference to the social construct of gender and Woolf's interpretation of metaphysical thought.

A seven page paper which looks at Smollett's 'Humphrey Clinker' with reference to the author's use of the grotesque and in particular his literary treatment of both Europeans and Native Americans. Bibliography lists 6 sources

This 5 page paper looks at Heathcliff. It is eighteen years after Catherine has died and the haunted Heathcliff has a dream, he is lying with Cathy. This chapter gives a insight to the pain and torment felt by this cruel character. The writer looks at the events of this chapter and considers how they ...

7 pages in length. That George Bernard Shaw draws attention to the snobbery of elitist linguists speaks to the importance of communication between and among human beings. The author's forthright contention was that people -- even those from the same country – could barely understand one another for the multitude of languages ...

A 9 page paper which examines J.R.R. Tolkien's "the Fellowship of the Ring" and "The Two Towers," from the trilogy "The Lord of the Rings," as it involves the search for identity. The paper also discusses "Animal Farm" in this examination. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

The social, political, religious and ethnic configurations of feudalism and the growth of towns in the middle ages was seen as being in conflict to the beginning of the industrial era. The literature of this particular era tends to incorporate many of the issues involved within the transition, including a predominant Christian theme and, or, the inclusion of spirituality ...

George Orwell wrote the essay, Shooting An Elephant, after having spent time in Burma in the late twenties as a police officer. This 5 page paper speaks of the theme of imperialism and then explores the meaning of the metaphors within the story. No additional sources are listed.

A five page paper which looks at the way nature is treated in a selection of English poems and plays, including Donne's 'Anatomy', Marvell's 'The Garden', Herbert's 'The Man', Milton's 'Paradise Lost', Jonson's 'Volpone' and Webster's 'The Duchess of Malfi'.

5 pages. Within the pages of Wuthering Heights there are several references to the supernatural. While this might not be a book that one would first think of as 'spooky' the fact is, these references make up a rather major theme of Wuthering Heights. This paper will expose this theme and use examples ...

A 6 page paper which examines the social position of women in Jane Austen's "Pride and Prejudice" and Helen Fielding's "Bridget Jones's Diary" as it relates to the pursuit of a partner and marriage. The two books are examined in their presentation and their focus on this as an important reality concerning women, even today. Bibliography lists 2 additional ...

A 5 page paper which examines Joseph Conrad's stories, "The Secret Sharer" and "The Heart of Darkness" in terms of their presence as Conradian. The stories are also discussed in terms of their differences. Bibliography lists 3 additional sources.

A 5 page essay that analyzes Charlotte Perkins Gilman's The Yellow Wallpaper and Kate Chopin's The Story of an Hour. The writer argues that these two nineteenth century writers consistently demonstrated through their fiction how the restrictive nature of Victorian social conventions served to create virtual prisons for the women of this era. No additional ...

This 5 page paper compares the book and film forms of works from the British realist period of the sixties, finding that the relationship found between British realist literary tradition and the film representation of the sixties is based on the reflection of social norms as well as the circumstances of the working class, mostly because of the nature ...

A 5 page research paper that answers the question in the title. The writer argues that this novel by William Golding is a classic, first defining this term, and then examining scholarship that points out the complexity and excellence of this book. Bibliography lists 10 sources.

A 7 page paper which discusses the plot and the social conditions of the time period presented in "Tom Jones" by Henry Fielding. Bibliography lists 6 additional sources.

A review of Lawrence Durrell's account of his experience in Cyprus as portrayed in 'Bitter Lemons'.