Essays and Research Papers on British Literature

This 50 page paper presents the evidence for Walter Scott being the father of the short story as opposed to Poe or Hawthorne. Examples given from representative works, texts, experts cited. Bibliography lists 20 sources.

A 3 page paper which examines how Charlotte Bronte creates sympathy towards Jane in the first two chapters of her novel “Jane Eyre.” Bibliography lists 1 additional source.

A 3 page paper which analyzes whether “Jane Eyre” by Charlotte Bronte is a romantic novel or a rational novel. No additional sources cited.

This 4 page paper discusses the process of creation that Victor Frankenstein followed in Shelley's Frankenstein's Monster. Bibliography lists 1 source.

This 6 page paper discusses the issues in De Profundis by Oscar Wilde. Emphasis is placed on the issue of humility and how Wilde views the concept. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

A 3 page paper which examines the lie told by Marlow in the end of Joseph Conrad’s “Heart of Darkness” as it applies to the representation of Victorian women. No additional sources cited.

A 3 page paper which discusses the significance of Joseph Conrad’s use of black and white in the novella “Heart of Darkness.” No additional sources cited.

This 5 page paper discusses the playwright's notes and the likely audience reaction to the play. Quotes cited from text. Bibliography lists 1 source.

A 5 page paper which compares the character of Alex from Anthony Burgess’ novel “Clockwork Orange” to the Alex in the Stanley Kubrick film of the same name. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

This 7 page paper looks at Emily Bronte's well known novel and provides an analysis of the concluding chapter. Quotes from the chapter are included. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

This 3 page paper relates the belief that Ayn Rand’s story Anthem challenges the perceived benefits of a collectivist society. Rand suggests that this type of regression is necessary because of the level at which man becomes ingrained and “swallowed up” by the collective identity and the underlying reasons why personal identity is dependent ...

This 5 page paper provides a comparative view of the authorship of Charlotte and Anne Bronte. Charlotte Bronte's story Jane Eyre provides a distinct look at the element in 19th century England that led to a woman's separation, her enclosure, and her subsequent empowerment following the downfall of one man. Anne Bronte, Charlotte's ...

An 8 page essay/research paper that offers an explication of Victorian poet A.C. Swinburne's poem "The Sundew." Drawing heavily on an article by J. Smith (2003), the writer argues that Swinburne used this small carnivorous plant to establish a view of nature that was at odds with the climate of the Victorian age, which ...

A 4 page paper which examines Charlotte Bronte’s “Jane Eyre” in relationship to her position as a woman of her times. No additional sources cited.

A 4 page paper which examines how women’s roles and tensions are explored in the Victorian text. Bibliography lists 2 sources.

A 5 page paper which examines such aspects as the squalid conditions of so-called charity institutions like the Lowood School and the limitations placed on females by the gender roles society demanded them to fulfill made a great impression upon the readers of the time, but are largely overlooked today. No additional sources are ...

This 4 page paper discusses the idea that for confession to be meaningful there has to be self knowledge. This is undertaken in the context of James Hogg’s book; The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner. The bibliography cites 3 sources.

A 3 page overview of this based-on-fact expose of the field of psychiatry during World War I. This book tells the story of English officer and poet Siegfried Sassoon and his interactions with psychiatrist Dr. William Rivers at Craiglockhart War Hospital outside Edinburgh. Sassoon has refused to fight and been declared shell shocked. ...

A 3 page essay that contrasts the social position of Mary Shelley and Karl Marx. The writer argues that both writers looked at the rapidly evolving industrialization of Europe with a critical eye, Shelley through fiction and Marx through his political writing, such as the Communist Manifesto. This examination of Marx's political perspective on ...

This 3 page paper discusses the theme of transformation as it appears in the novel, Enigma of Arrival, by V.S. Naipaul. Quotes cited. Bibliography lists 1 source.

This 5 page paper examines the similarities and differences between the characters of the Pardoner and the Parson. While both men were preachers, their motivations, values, impact and goals were vastly different from one another. In this way, this author provides poignant religious and political commentary. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

This 5 page paper provides an analysis of the four characters that were depicted by Chaucer as 'ideal'. This paper determines why these characters were chosen above the others and analyzes their character in relation to the others as well. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

This 3 page paper uses three different passages from Chaucer's, "Troilus and Criseyde" to highlight the use of war imagery. Furthermore, this paper analyzes the use of the imagery and how it impacts the story as a whole. Bibliography lists 1 source.

A 3 page paper which examines what it is about Jane that Rochester finds attractive, and how Rochester, in Charlotte Bronte’s “Jane Eyre,” changes as the novel progresses. No additional sources cited.

A 4 page overview of this 1960s novel. Set in the 1930s in Edinburgh Scotland, this tale is one of an eccentric female teacher at a private girls school. The author of this paper contends that the teacher’s downfall can be attributed not to maliciousness but to the insight of one of her ...