Essays and Research Papers on British Literature

A 4 page paper that offers up a book review on J.K. Rowling’s novel Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. No additional sources cited.

This 4 page paper analyzes an article written by Edwin Jonestown, about Aldous Huxley’s dystopian novel Brave New World. Bibliography lists 2 sources.

This 4 page paper compares these two classic works of fiction. The author contends that their futuristic vision has many parallels not just between one another but with the contemporary world as we know it. Bibliography lists 2 sources.

This 3 page paper evaluates the statement that true maturity is the willingness to accept responsibility for one’s actions with reference to the novel “Frankenstein.” Bibliography lists 3 sources.

A 7 pages essay that contrasts and compares Chaucer's The Reeve's Tale with Boccaccio's sixth story on the ninth day of his Decameron. The writer describes and analyzes Chaucer's changes. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

This 3 page paper discusses interesting things about Dorothea in Middlemarch, by George Eliot. Bibliography lists 1 source.

This 5 page essay delineates the more important points of this work of literature. The author of this paper outlines Lewis’ belief that subjectivism was the basis of evil. Bibliography lists 10 sources.

This 6 page paper discusses Great Expectations, Dubliners and Pride and Prejudice and how they can carry readers away from reality. Bibliography lists 6 sources.

This 4 page paper discusses the narrative form that Joseph Conrad uses in his classic “Heart of Darkness.” Bibliography lists 2 sources.

This 3 page paper explores the concept of melodrama, and why both “Dr. Faustus,” a drama by Christopher Marlowe, and “Candida,” a comedy by George Bernard Shaw, can be considered melodramas. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

This 5 page paper discusses the way Virginia Woolf and Oscar Wilde use time in their novels “Mrs. Dalloway” and “The Picture of Dorian Gray,” respectively. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

A 3 page essay that discusses Conrad's classic novel in relation to European imperialism. In Joseph Conrad's deeply psychological novel Heart of Darkness, his narrator, who is known simply as Marlow, comes to Africa as a young man, presumably in search of fortune and opportunity, but the reader actually never meets this possibly idealistic, ...

This 3 page paper discusses Orwell’s nightmarish novel 1984, with regard to the quote “Who controls the past controls the future; who controls the present controls the past.” Bibliography lists 1 source.

This paper uses four literary works to argue that violence is endemic in society. Frankenstein, Heart of Darkness, War Child and How to Tame a Wild Tongue are used to give various examples of violent behavior. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

This 12 page paper discusses “Jane Eyre” by Charlotte Bronte and “Wide Sargasso Sea” by Jean Rhys and the way in which the authors discuss patriarchy and rebellion against it. The novel “Wide Sargasso Sea” tells the story of Edward Rochester and his first wife; she is never seen, but is a major driving force ...

In five pages this paper presents a comparative poetic analysis of how each poet examines the theme of death in their respective poems. Four sources are listed in the bibliography.

This 3 page paper discusses some of the moral and ethical issues raised by Mary Shelley’s classic novel “Frankenstein.” Bibliography lists 1 source.

This 3 page paper is a book report on Jenny Nimmo’s novel, “Charlie Bone and the Time Twister.” Bibliography lists 2 sources.

This 3 page paper compares the illustrations in two versions of Lewis Carroll’s classic children’s story, “Alice in Wonderland.” Bibliography lists 2 sources.

In four pages this paper examines how the protagonists in these respective novels by Jane Austen, Mark Twain, and Chaim Potok embark upon the journeys that ultimately lead to their self-awareness. Also considered is how the literary elements of the journey motif, characterization of the protagonists as outsiders, and coming of age theme affect ...

This 3 page paper applies the Orwell’s statement “if one is to rule, and to continue ruling, one must be able to dislocate the sense of reality” to Nazism. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

This 5 page paper analyzes the theme of dangerous or forbidden knowledge in Mary Shelley’s classic “Frankenstein.” Bibliography lists 3 sources.

This 3 page paper discusses a literary critique of George Bernard Shaw and argues that the critic missed the depth of the bond between Morell and his wife Candida because of his preference for romantic love. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

This 6 page report discusses “A Room of One’s Own” written by Virginia Woolf in 1929. The report presents the view that even though Woolf points out the marginality of women in most of her works, her position as a well-educated and upper-class member of society, is seen in her perspectives regarding the proper place ...

This 3 page paper discusses British feminist Vera Brittain’s comments about women and the challenges they face in wartime. Bibliography lists 2 sources.