Essays and Research Papers on British Literature

A 5 page paper that, first of all, offers a 4 page essay that contrasts and compares use of narrative perspective in Eliot's The Mill on the Floss and Bronte's Wuthering Heights. Then, there is a 1 page paper that details Eliot's use of language as compared to a sample of Dickens' use of language ...

This 4 page paper discusses the Screwtape Letters, including the devil's overall strategy for gaining souls and some of the specific advice Uncle Screwtape gives to nephew Wormwood. An emphasis is on relationships. Bibliography lists 1 source.

An 11 page research paper/essay that analyzes Chaucer's "The Knight's Tale" from his medieval masterpiece The Canterbury Tales. The writer specifically addresses the pagan setting used in this tale and argues that it facilitates social commentary by distancing the narrative in time. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

A 7 page essay that addresses these works. Nineteenth century futuristic writer H.G. Wells was a man so preoccupied with the fate of humanity and so accurate in his predictions of that future that he has been called the "man who invented tomorrow" (MacKenzie 4). Wells accurately predicted aerial warfare, nuclear weapons, and space ...

This 3 page paper discusses the character of Torvald in Ibsen's A Doll's House. Quotes cited from text. Bibliography lists 1 source.

This 4 page paper analyzes Katherine Mansfield's short story, Miss Brill. Symbolism, theme, and characterization are examined and exampled. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

A 3 page essay that discusses Doris Lessing's short story "To Room Nineteen." The writer argues that the physical and social settings described in the narrative play a pivotal role in understanding the story's overall meaning. This is because the social and physical settings establish the context for the severe depression of Lessing's protagonist, ...

A 6 page paper which examines how the characters of Marianne and Elinor feel about money and its relationship to love and marriage in Jane Austen’s novel “Sense and Sensibility.” No additional sources cited.

A character analysis of Philip, in Forster's novel "Where Angels Fear to Tread", with particular reference to the Freudian elements of his interaction with Gino, and the homoerotic subtext of the narrative.

A 3 page paper which examines the relationships between Jane and Charles, and Elizabeth and Darcy in Jane Austen’s “Pride and Prejudice.” Bibliography lists 2 sources.

A paper which looks at several critical perspectives on Chaucer's Wife of Bath, taking into account her views on gender, marriage, and female economic independence. Bibliography lists 5 sources

A paper which looks at the concepts of ritual, sacrifice and violence in Spenser's poem Epithalamion, with specific reference to the magical and metaphysical associations of blood sacrifice and defloration, and how this is relevant to the importance of marriage within the social order. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

A paper which investigates issues of female control and domination in The Wife of Bath's Prologue and Tale, with specific reference to the wife's views on economic independence, sexuality, and the role of men and women in marriage. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

A paper which looks at the concepts of frontiers and boundaries in three texts by Salman Rushdie, with specific reference to postcolonial and postmodernist elements in his work. Bibliography lists nine sources.

7 pages in length. The place in which Edgar Allen Poe is emotionally enshrined within the minds of the reading public is that which is both unique and sparsely populated; only those writers who hold the ability to utilize symbolism in such a manner as is found in The Tell-Tale Heart, The Masque of ...

A 3 page essay that analyzes the language used in a passage from Charlotte Bronte's Jane Eyre. The writer argues that this passage, which is from volume 1, chapter 2, demonstrates how Bronte's use of language works at multiple levels in order to construct characterization of Jane both as a child and as an ...

A 5 page paper examining the differences in the societies of “Utopia” and “The Time Machine.” More’s “Utopia” can be seen as portraying advances that could occur in a society dedicated to socialist principles, Wells as exemplifying the undeterred headlong rush into capitalist advances at all costs. Neither view is plausible in reality, ...

A 4 page essay that focuses on the First Book of More's Utopia and the criticisms that More makes of English society during this era. The writer shows that More particularly objected to the use of capital punishment for theft and the enclosure of public lands. No additional sources cited.

A 6.5 page paper (6 pp. + .5 pg. outline) which provides information on when it was built, background information on the poets and writers who are buried there and how some were memorialized there years after they died. Bibliography lists 10 sources.

This 5 page paper examines this book by Alan Dawley that delves into the industrial revolution and how a city called Lynn fared. Examples are provided. No additional sources cited.

A 4 page research paper/essay that analyzes observations made by Lady Montagu's letters from Turkey in the early eighteenth century. The writer argues that unlike many Western travelers in Turkey at this time, Lady Montagu exhibits the intelligence and discernment to recognize where accounts by other Westerners have erred; to recognize where Turkish culture deserves ...

A 3 page essay that discusses the relationship between Mrs. Warren and her daughter Vivie in Shawl's play. The writer argues that the relationship between Vivie and her mother mirrors Victorian morality, but also indicates a progressive attitude on the part of Shaw in that he locates the cause of prostitution not in depravity but ...

A 5 page paper which examines the importance and function of letters in Jane Austen’s novel “Pride and Prejudice.” Bibliography lists 3 sources.

A 3 page paper which examines what can be learned about women’s position in fourteenth-century society from this story that is a part of Chaucer’s “The Canterbury Tales.” Bibliography lists 4 sources.

This 3-page paper gives two sides to Jane Eyre, the heroine of the same-named novel by Charlotte Bronte. On the one hand, Jane is portrayed as a noble, brave and gentle orphan. On the other, she's portrayed as cowardly, weak and meek.