Essays and Research Papers on British Literature

A 5 page overview of J.R.R. Tolkien's "Fellowship of the Ring." Bibliography lists 1 additional source.

This 5 page paper focuses on Daniel Defoe's Moll Flanders and looks at the issue of identity. The ideas of Hume and Locke are discussed. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

This paper compares two British authors, Thomas Hardy and William Golding, and discusses how they deal with the theme of evil in their works. Also discussed is how outsiders are presented in their stories. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

This essay compares two literary heroines, Jane Eyre and Antoinette Cosway, and their relationship to male protaganist Edward Rochester in the novels Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte and Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys. The paper compares and constrasts the two women, as well as the authors who created them. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

A 5 page book report of J.R.R. Tolkien's "Fellowship of the Ring." The paper examines plot, character development, and symbolism in its report. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

A 5 page paper which examines the character of Jane Eyre, from "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Bronte, in terms of her perceptions and opinions of others. No additional sources cited.

This 5 page paper examines the female protagonist in Virginia Woolf's novel, Mrs. Dalloway, and discusses reasons why she married Richard Dalloway. The discussion includes financial security and upper class recognition. Bibliography lists 2 sources.

A 6 page overview of this tragic comedy. “Daisy Miller” is considered to reflect James’ most important theme, that of international cultural conflict as played out in the never-ending contrast between innocence in direct confrontation with societal dictates and mores. The author of this paper asserts that it was James’ personal experiences and ...

A five page paper which considers whether Tolkien's Fellowship of the Ring follows the model of the heroic romantic quest, with reference to the transformation of the hero and other elements of quest literature. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

A five page paper which analyses the central section of Wordsworth's 'Tintern Abbey' with respect to the poet's treatment of nature, spirituality and human development. Bibliography lists 1 source.

A 5 page essay that examines Henry Fielding's eighteenth century novel Joseph Andrews (1742), which is a coming of age story that chronicles the hero's from a bumbling, impressionable youth to maturity as a confident young adult. The writer argues that the primary impetus for this evolution is actual experience as Fielding's protagonist encounters numerous ...

This 5 page report discusses and compares three of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s short stories about the legendary Sherlock Holmes. The intrepid Sherlock Holmes and the less clever but no less fascinated Dr. Watson (who also serves as the narrator of the stories) have entertained and challenged readers for more than a century. Bibliography lists ...

A paper which looks at John Milton's poem 'Another on the same', with reference to the person which it commemorates and its relevance to present-day society. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

A 5 page research paper that examines the disadvantages of an arranged marriage versus marry for love as pictured in Henry Fielding's eighteenth century novel Tom Jones. The writer argues that in Tom Jones, Fielding takes a firm stand against arranged marriages and, in so doing, dramatizes the disadvantages of this type of ...

A 5 page book report on one of detective Sherlock Holmes’ most famous cases. No additional sources are used.

A 5 page overview of the work of William Blake. The author of this paper contends that his separation from much of society as a result of his work and socio-economic status inspired much of Blake’s poems and songs, many of which were a form of social protest. This paper reviews some of ...

A 19 page research paper that analyzes Charlotte Bronte's masterpiece Jane Eyre. The writer argues that this novel features a controversial heroine who was the antithesis of Victorian notions of what a woman should be like. Furthermore, the passionate relationship and eventual marriage of Rochester and Jane is explored, and also offered as being radically ...

A paper which looks at Book IV of Swift's 'Gulliver's Travels' and considers the similarities between the Yahoos and human beings, and Gulliver's reaction to his exposure to Yahoo society.

A paper which looks at the folk and fairy tale elements in Angela Carter's Chamber of Blood stories and considers the way in which she changes and reverses traditional themes in order to demonstrate her perspective on human sexuality.

This 6 page report discusses two extremely well-known women of English fiction and compares them in terms of their personalities, station in life, and the outcomes of their stories. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

An 8 page paper which compares the culture and practices of the Lilliputians, from Jonathan Swift's "Gulliver's Travels," and Shaka Zulu. Bibliography lists 2 sources.

A 5 page research paper that discusses the character of Sydney Carton from A Tale of Two Cities as a Christ-like figure. The writer argues that, over the course of the narrative, Carton undergoes a metamorphosis that transforms his inner self into a facsimile of the giving nature of Darnay, the man he so closely ...

The author of this paper asserts that despite Conrad’s continued emphasis of the similarities between the captain and Leggatt, these characters are really more complimentary than similar. The conclusion is reached that both their fates and their backgrounds are completely disparate. Even the manners in which the captain and Leggatt acknowledge their own ...

6 pages. Using the last two paragraphs of Utopia by Thomas More, one can come to their own conclusion as to how the outcome of Utopia affects them. This paper is the writer's own opinion on these paragraphs as well as how and why Thomas More's well-known publication gives the reader the lasting ...

A 5 page paper which traces the development of Gulliver, in Jonathan Swift's "Gulliver's Travels," through Lilliput, Brobdingnag, and Houyhnhnms. No additional sources cited.