Essays and Research Papers on British Literature

This 4 page paper compares and contrasts Woolf's Death of a Moth with Dillard's Death of a Moth. Examples and quotes offered. Bibliography lists 2 sources.

We form intimacy with characters because we recognize the characters feelings and responses in ourselves. Middlemarch begins with the idealism of youth – that common search for good, the desire to be heralded for creating good in the lives of others around us, creating our sympathetic entry into the story. Dorothea, how she interacts with ...

A 7 page paper which examines his life and his poetry. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

A 3 page analysis of “The Castle of Otranto” by Horace Walpole. No additional sources cited.

This 9 page paper analyzes EM Forester's book, A Passage to India. Themes, extensive summary, symbols all discussed. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

An 8 page paper which compares and contrasts “Pride and Prejudice” and “Bridget Jones’ Diary” as they involve the themes presented by Jane Austen in her novel. Bibliography lists 8 sources.

A 5 page paper which examines the character of Madame Defarge in Dickens’ “Tale of Two Cities” and in the 1989 PBS production of the novel. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

A 6 page paper which juxtaposes Orwell’s fiction with MacArthur’s fact, considering through historical data how much about hysteria and mind control American people can be controlled and misled by a government conspiracy. Bibliography lists 8 sources.

A 3 page paper that offers a brief analysis of The Wife of Bath's Prologue and The Tale of the Wife of Bath. The writer comments on the major themes, the use of irony and satire and the relationship of The Wife to other Tales. Bibliography lists 2 sources.

This 6 page paper discusses the definition of 'monster' as offered by the examples in Mary Shelly's Frankenstein, and John Gardner's Grendel. Bibliography lists 2 sources.

A 3 pages essay that argues that Mary Shelley pursued both Romantic and Neoclassical themes in her masterpiece Frankenstein. The writer argues that while valuing the Romantic values of imagination and creativity, Shelley also offers a cautionary tale that warns the reader that such elements should also be tempered by reason. No additional sources ...

A 5 page paper which examines how Hardy defines the nature of this injustice and the techniques he employs to elicit sympathy for its victim. No additional sources are used.

This 3 page paper discusses the Medieval attitudes held toward women as evidenced by the characters found in Chaucer's Canterbury Tales. Bibliography lists 2 sources.

A 6 page essay that compares and contrasts Thomas Hardy's short story "The Son's Veto" (1891) and John Wyndham's "Survival" (1956). The writer argues that while these stories are very different, the manner in which they each portray a mother's devotion to her child is quite similar. Hardy's protagonist, Sophy Twycott, relinquishes her only hope ...

An 8 page research paper that explores the relationship between Byron and his fictional creation, the Byronic hero. The writer examines Childe Harold's Pilgrimage and Manfred. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

A 6 page research paper/essay that examines Mill's views on liberty and women's rights. The writer argues that the cause of liberty, for both men and women, never had a finer or more eloquent spokesman than the nineteenth century, British political philosopher John Stuart Mill. His writing presents well-considered, comprehensive arguments in favor of ...

This is a 5 page paper discussing the individual and society as found in “Candide” and “Frankenstein”. Sociologists have outlined the various relationships which exist between the individual and society. Emile Durkheim for one believed that man was an animal with unlimited desires which could only be controlled by the moral guidelines and interactions given ...

A thirteen page paper which considers the reaction of the Victorian audience to the publication of Wilde's Picture of Dorian Gray, with specific reference to societal conventions of the time and Wilde's perspective on aestheticism as expounded in the narrative. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

8 pages in length. There are a number of thematic impressions William Blake imparts upon his readers in The Tyger and The Lamb, but perhaps none are quite as prominent in a symbolic nature as the aspect of good versus evil. Bibliography lists 8 sources.

A 4 page paper which examines various themes and elements in Jonathan Swift’s “Gulliver’s Travels.” Bibliography lists 4 additional sources.

A 4 page paper which discusses how this novel represents a satirical commentary on the human condition. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

This 3 page paper discusses the ability of Frankenstien's Monster to possess a soul. Examples given from the text. Bibliography lists 1 source.

A 4 page contention that “Gulliver’s Travels”, a work which on the surface is a fictional tale of giants and dwarfs, contains a deep societal message. In Part I of “Gulliver’s Travels” (“A Voyage to Lilliput”) Gulliver sets a stage of humility and then follows up on that stage in Part II (“A Voyage ...

This is a 3 page paper discussing man’s inner qualities which are revealed in the characters in Golding’s “Lord of the Flies”. English novelist William Golding (1911-1993) wrote his novel the “Lord of the Flies” in 1954 about a story of a group of English schoolboys who are marooned on an island without adult supervision. ...

A 4 page paper which analyzes a passage from “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone” by J.K. Rowling as it relates to the truths of contemporary childhood. No additional sources cited.