StudentShare
Our website is a unique platform where students can share their papers in a matter of giving an example of the work to be done. If you find papers matching your topic, you may use them only as an example of work. This is 100% legal. You may not submit downloaded papers as your own, that is cheating. Also you should remember, that this work was alredy submitted once by a student who originally wrote it.
Contact Us
Sign In / Sign Up for FREE
Sign Up for FREE Sign In
Search
✕
Go to advanced search...
✕
Home
Free Samples
Premium Essays
Editing Services
Editing Proofreading Rewriting
Extra Tools
Essay Topic Generator Thesis Generator Citation Generator GPA Calculator Study Guides Donate Paper
Essay Writing Help
About Us
About Us Testimonials FAQ

Literature Essays

Result for Subject Literature:
12851 essays
William Blake - Visionary Mystic and Anarchist Literature Book Report/Review
4 pages (1000 words) , Download 2 , Book Report/Review
Free
Sometimes we think of Spinoza when we read this poem. We get the idea of dealing with a pantheist bard in the line of that philosopher, but Blake is not really a pantheist. Blake is a Bible believer and as such his poetic vision is rather the position of a universalist in the line of Johannes Scotus Erigena.
Preview sample
Representatives of American Literature Literature Essay
6 pages (1500 words) , Download 2 , Essay
Free
The essay gives detailed information about works of modern American literature. Among its masterpieces are “The Things They Carried” by Tim O'Brien, “That Evening Sun by William Faulkner, and “Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?” by Joyce Carol Oates. They have unique narrative styles and techniques.
Preview sample
sponsored ads
Hire a pro to write
a paper under your requirements!
Win a special DISCOUNT!
Put in your e-mail and click the button with your lucky finger
Your email
YOUR PRIZE:
—
Apply my DISCOUNT
Peaches and Cream' by Mudrooroo and The Last of His Tribe by Oodgeroo Noonuccal Literature Essay
4 pages (1026 words) , Download 3 , Essay
Free
The Last of His Tribe by Oodgeroo Noonuccal is a true example of the period of Australian poetry it consists of the paternalistic manner that is was commonly found in the Australian colonists of the 19th century,  Oodgeroo Noonuccal gives emphasizes to the loneliness of an Aboriginal tribe‘s last member.
Preview sample
Nutting by William Wordsworth Literature Book Report/Review
4 pages (1000 words) , Download 3 , Book Report/Review
Thus, a reflective analysis of the language and the form of the poem, including rhyme, rhythm, metaphor, imagery, tone, word order, alliteration, and point of view etc, illustrates the characteristic features of romantic poetry and introduces the readers to the spirit of the period.
Preview sample
The Craft of Storytelling through Memory Literature Essay
5 pages (1250 words) , Download 2 , Essay
Free
The narrator proves to be more than just a voice, however, he becomes a fully realized character distinct from his earlier incarnation. At the same time, his younger version offers insight into his older self, for, by his efforts to become an author, he reveals aspects that will haunt the narrator for the rest of his life.  
Preview sample
Surfacing and Frankenstein Literature Book Report/Review
3 pages (888 words) , Download 2 , Book Report/Review
Free
The author states that in Surfacing, the narrator’s inability to use language intensified the feeling of powerlessness. She cannot speak out against David’s advances nor understand his words when she goes mad. Likewise, she cannot comprehend the words of the search party when they come looking for her.
Preview sample
Lisao of the Lyrics of Chu Literature Essay
5 pages (1378 words) , Download 3 , Essay
Free
The poetry attributed to him and supposedly produced when he was wandering in exile after his banishment from the court of King Huai of Chu (r. 328-299 B.C.), contains the self-portrait of a loyal, upright, high-minded official who has remained steadfast to his ideals, refusing to compromise even when suffering persecution. 
Preview sample
Historical Approach of Mary Shelley Literature Essay
12 pages (3245 words) , Download 3 , Essay
Free
Rudyard Kipling’s works are another side of English literature. His literature differs much from that of Mary Shelley. While Mary Shelley was a significant representative of the Romantic Movement in English literature, Rudyard Kipling reflects other themes – the British colonial Empire and social contradictions connected with the process of colonialism.
Preview sample
Lord Of The Flies Analysis Literature Essay
6 pages (1500 words) , Download 3 , Essay
Free
William Golding’s Lord of the Flies presents human society and human nature in highly negative and pessimistic terms. Human nature, within the context of this particular story, is incontrovertibly savage.  When social and legal controls are removed and humans are left to their own devices, they revert to their animalistic, bestial nature. 
Preview sample
The things they Carried Literature Research Paper
6 pages (1500 words) , Download 5 , Research Paper
Free
By narrating and representing war trauma through personal memory and fiction, O'Brien is able to revisit and retell the war to achieve a potential redemption in reality. He also shows how soldiers are dehumanized during the Vietnam War and how they have become machines rather than actual human beings with a will of their own.
Preview sample
Jane Eyre as a Bildungsroman Literature Book Report/Review
2 pages (743 words) , Download 2 , Book Report/Review
The author states that through textual analysis of three episodes of the novel this essay argues that motives of the quest for one’s identity, psychological growth, and individual responsibility correspond well with patterns of Bildungsroman, while certain narrative devices employed by Bronte allow her to offer her readers an insight into nature.
Preview sample
The Fomorians who turned their backs on the sea of Eire Literature Book Report/Review
4 pages (1000 words) , Download 2 , Book Report/Review
Free
The Fomorians were not a people of people of peace, the land they lived in was harsh and cold, infested with the mischievous and often cruel fairy kind. From this, the Fomorians became a people of cruelty and violence, who sough only to further their enslavement of the Partholon and Nemod.
Preview sample
Dracula and the Frankeinstein Literature Book Report/Review
7 pages (1750 words) , Download 2 , Book Report/Review
Free
The researcher of the essay explores both the movie and the book by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley. He provides a detailed analysis of what was similar or different in both creations in this essay. It is alo mentiones, that reading the novel excites the imagination and watching the film helps in reaching it.
Preview sample
Voice of Minorities in The Getting of Wisdom and Remembering Babylon Literature Essay
10 pages (2500 words) , Download 2 , Essay
Free
Minorities can speak for a whole nation. This is evident in David Malouf’s novel, Remembering Babylon. The views expressed by the characters forever changed Australia’s social, political, and economic identity. They also reflect the positive and negative aspects of colonialism, nationalism, and the struggles of becoming a country.
Preview sample
The Indecision of Hamlet Literature Essay
5 pages (1250 words) , Download 3 , Essay
Free
One of Hamlet's first-act soliloquies (Act I, Scene V, 92-112) is a response to the shocking revelation made by the ghost of his father. This response offers insights into Hamlet's indecisiveness at the very onset of the play.  From his speech, we see Hamlet as one who is incapable of deciding the actions that he should take.  
Preview sample
The Cask of Amontillado Literature Book Report/Review
4 pages (1070 words) , Download 2 , Book Report/Review
Free
In this short story, the role of the narrator is crucial, still there are some facts that make his narration unreliable. Montresor, the protagonist of the short story, an aristocrat who values honor and his good name above all. He insists that he has been insulted by Fortunato, and wants to take revenge upon him.
Preview sample
Social Convention and Adolescence Literature Book Report/Review
8 pages (2201 words) , Download 2 , Book Report/Review
Free
The social convention has always demanded the periods of childhood and adolescence be a time of innocence and as such most parents attempt to shield their children from the harsher realities of life. A child who thinks or behaves like an adult worries teachers and parents alike. We know, instinctively, that exposing a young human to traumatic or disturbing events can cause damage later on.
Preview sample
Cultural environment in America: Fahrenheit 451 Literature Essay
4 pages (1000 words) , Download 2 , Essay
Free
The author states that Bradbury seems to view the theatrical demonstrations of power in his book as a commentary not on official power, suggesting that people like spectacles and that the government is merely giving them what they want. Bradbury emphasizes the voluntary participation of the populace in the oppressive policies of the government.
Preview sample
Folklore Tale Little Red Riding Hood Literature Book Report/Review
14 pages (3788 words) , Download 2 , Book Report/Review
Free
To analyze the folklore ‘Little Red Riding Hood’ about a little girl’s encounter with a wolf, or any other fairytale is a tricky business because we generally do not have a completely comprehensible collection or totally reliable and authentic texts from the times and places in which these stories have circulated.
Preview sample
The theory of individualism Literature Essay
5 pages (1250 words) , Download 2 , Essay
Free
Holden has been made a symbol of American individualism of his time. Salinger used him as a mouthpiece to voice his contemporary society’s social issues like the gradual diminishing of the parental control in the family.
Preview sample
English Society and Literature - Amy Lowell's Patterns Literature Book Report/Review
5 pages (1378 words) , Download 2 , Book Report/Review
Free
The dramatic monologue at poem “Patterns” begins on a soothing, fanciful note, with the lady narrator walking around amid flowers in a garden (I walk down the garden paths, /And all the daffodils/Are blowing, and the bright blue squills.), but goes on to take a restless, almost seditious tone within the confines of the constricting brocade and the patterned garden paths.
Preview sample
Herland by Charlotte Perkins Gilman Literature Book Report/Review
2 pages (595 words) , Download 4 , Book Report/Review
Free
The author states that a superior and dominant gender, can reproduce by means of asexual reproduction, and which gender and the ways human practically does are perfectly reversed in the story such as men having long hair while women have their hair short, strong nature of women.
Preview sample
El burlador de Sevilla Literature Book Report/Review
4 pages (1000 words) , Download 2 , Book Report/Review
In "el burlador de Sevilla", Don Juan is presented as an excessive and libertine character that always follows the dictates of his own will and is completely fearless of human or divine justice. Regarding his social status, Don Juan is a notorious member of the aristocracy of the Seville.
Preview sample
It Takes a Village by Hillary Rodham Clinton Literature Book Report/Review
5 pages (1250 words) , Download 2 , Book Report/Review
Free
One of the book’s main ideas is the collective responsibility of the village, signifying the nation’s role to the development of a dependent child. The idea here is that it takes more than a family to raise a child. Through her anecdotal illustrations, when she was breastfeeding Chelsea then, the child started foaming at the nose.
Preview sample
The novel Frankenstein by Mary Shelley Literature Book Report/Review
2 pages (500 words) , Download 3 , Book Report/Review
Free
Evaluated from this point, the theme of education, which is a major theme of the novel, can be comprehended as the best example for the same idea. That is to say, the theme of education is strongly connected to the structure of the novel and the novelist aims at the education of the readers by proposing this theme and strategy.
Preview sample
The Impact of Society Expectation in Pauls Case and The Lottery Literature Essay
3 pages (750 words) , Download 2 , Essay
Two short story classics, “Paul’s Case”, written by Willa Cather at the beginning of the twentieth century, and “The Lottery”, by Shirley Jackson in 1948, explore the effects of conforming to Society’s expectations. Both stories give examinations of the outcomes for individuals when expectations force unquestioned loyalty and obedience.
Preview sample
Jack London and Steven Crane Literature Book Report/Review
4 pages (1000 words) , Download 2 , Book Report/Review
I also certify that this paper was prepared by me specifically for this course. In the literary genree 'Naturalism' , 'Naturalismm' there is a representation of real life forces which are negative. The writers apply scientific principles of objectivity and detachment in their study of humans.
Preview sample
The summary of the novel Saints at the River Literature Essay
3 pages (750 words) , Download 2 , Essay
The novel portrays the tragedy that happens to a young girl, Ruth Kowalsky, who drowns near the falls of an environmentally protected Tamassee River. It is especially notable here that this compelling novel, an "eco-thriller of ideas," has been critically acclaimed by many for its environmental concerns, regional voice and other themes.
Preview sample
Vision of Apocalypse in Nightfall by Isaac Asimov Literature Book Report/Review
10 pages (2642 words) , Download 3 , Book Report/Review
Free
From very ancient times people were eager to know what would happen tomorrow, day after tomorrow, or even in the far future. So that obscurity pushed people to dream about the next days imagine and create different pictures about the future in their minds. But it often happens that things which are strange to people cause fear and uncertainness.
Preview sample
The Poetry of Billy Collins Literature Essay
1 pages (250 words) , Download 7 , Essay
Free
The author has rightly presented that Billy Collins may be writing on a very simple thing like missing a vacation, or a disquieting thing like the beginning of dementia, or on a profound philosophy of life. However, the researcher states that each his poem is treated in a unique way to make it interesting and funny.
Preview sample
Miguel Chicos character in The Rain God Literature Essay
3 pages (750 words) , Download 4 , Essay
The object of analysis for the purpose of this assignment is The Rain God, a debut novel written by Arturo Islas in 1984 which is now considered a classic of contemporary world literature. Islas is, more than any time before is read, discussed and critically evaluated in more and more literature classes and reading groups.
Preview sample
Life Experience Through the Preference for Practical Objects Literature Essay
2 pages (500 words) , Download 2 , Essay
Free
The narrator is critical of political subjugation, and of the people who contribute to oppressive regimes. Irony and understatement are used to reveal the condition of society, and the narrator ultimately chooses an optimistic view of the significance of life, despite her reflections on themes of war and oppression.
Preview sample
Love in Shakespeares 'As You Like It' Literature Book Report/Review
11 pages (2750 words) , Download 2 , Book Report/Review
Free
his play, especially the theme of pragmatic love, goes against the usual notion of love that is depicted in the literature of Elizabethan milieu. The conventional picture of love as long-suffering, martyr-type, deadly and forceful – all inclined to the negative consequences of love – were reflected in other literary works of that time except Shakespeare’s.
Preview sample
Olaudah Equiano's memoir Literature Essay
4 pages (1000 words) , Download 4 , Essay
Free
The autobiography is undoubtedly an abolitionist discourse of a freed black man who had undergone atrocious enslavement. Equiano sets his motive straight in the first pages of his narrative:In that passage, he subtly introduced that slavery is inhumane.
Preview sample
Spirituality of Epics and Novels since the Ancient Times Literature Essay
7 pages (1870 words) , Download 2 , Essay
Free
The Epic of Gilgamesh dates from the beginnings of civilization in Mesopotamia. Gilgamesh was the fifth king of the Sumerian city of Uruk after the Great Flood. The Epic of Gilgamesh is one of the most popular stories ever told. The story seems to have taken form almost two thousand years before that. There is also another story titled Dante’s inferno.
Preview sample
Amy Tans Two Kinds Literature Book Report/Review
2 pages (748 words) , Download 4 , Book Report/Review
Free
The author states that it has been said that life often imitates art. It is possible to see the influence of our favorite actors and characters in all facets of our lives. Haircuts, clothing, and patterns of speech are just a few of the examples of life imitating art. Some people would argue that the exact opposite is true – art imitates life.
Preview sample
John Rawls' The Laws of Peoples Literature Book Report/Review
4 pages (1125 words) , Download 2 , Book Report/Review
Free
The author states that all people are created equal, is our bold point. It seems patent that some people are gifted and some are not; it seems patent that some peoples have a certain gift – such as the Teutonic race in the case of music. Such are the arguments commonly made in circles that might say that people are created unequal.
Preview sample
Mary Shelleys Frankenstein Literature Essay
2 pages (671 words) , Download 2 , Essay
Free
His consuming desire for distinction in the field of natural science has changed him and estranged him from his loved-ones. His obsession with the life principle through generation of life out of assembled body parts of the dead has led him to his ultimate demise. This is evident with Frankenstein’s reaction towards his creation, which turned out to be an abominable creature.
Preview sample
History and Violence in Modernist Literature Literature Book Report/Review
9 pages (2594 words) , Download 2 , Book Report/Review
Free
World history in the twentieth century is especially noted for the various wars, bloodsheds, violence, etc and modernist literature, including fiction and poems, has attempted to represent this human situation. Significantly, there is an obvious relationship between history and violence in twentieth-century and modernist literature.
Preview sample
The Unredeemed Captive by John Demos Literature Essay
3 pages (750 words) , Download 2 , Essay
He wanted to make it clear for people of all ages. John Demos tells us about the struggles between Puritans, Catholics and Native Americans. But the most significant thing in his story is the choice of the representatives of these leading groups of that time.
Preview sample
One Hundred Years of Solitude Literature Book Report/Review
2 pages (538 words) , Download 3 , Book Report/Review
Free
The author states that the frame of the novel, the world of fantasy, plays a critical role, opposing its imaginative visions to existing or potential ills and injustices in society. On the other hand, imaginative episodes are one of the most important means by which Marquez can investigate new ways of defining itself.
Preview sample
Bernard Shaw's Ceasar and Cleopatra Literature Book Report/Review
7 pages (1847 words) , Download 2 , Book Report/Review
Free
Since “Ceasar and Cleopatra” is a historical play Shaw could successfully bring the social reflection of the time under the royal invasion of territories focusing on the fact of the Roman invasion of the world with a special reference to Egypt and the consequences. The character bears the might of maternal love, a genuine human of flesh & blood, and political ambition via romantic tragedy.
Preview sample
Chronicle of a Death Foretold Literature Book Report/Review
3 pages (782 words) , Download 2 , Book Report/Review
Free
The author states that throughout the story, it is unknown whether it truly was Santiago who took Angela's virginity. The whole basis of the story revolves around this mystery. When under pressure, one may lie, deceive or betray someone. All of the townspeople are well aware of the murder that is almost definitely going to occur.
Preview sample
Too Much Love: Similarities in The Story of an Hour and The Yellow Wallpaper Literature Essay
4 pages (1000 words) , Download 4 , Essay
Free
The researcher focuses on the statement, that in these two stories, modern readers can have a taste of a world in which the word “feminism” did not exist and women’s rights were considered a radical idea. The issue that many women broke under the pressure of being treated like a child or a possession by men is explained.
Preview sample
Analysis of The World that Trade Created by Kenneth Pomeranz and Steven Topic Literature Book Report/Review
3 pages (750 words) , Download 2 , Book Report/Review
The themes of the book are intriguing and evoke a favorable response from the reader, for instance, the description of the origin of coffee, the association between drug market and tea and the slave trade etc is worth reading. Furthermore, there are thousands of useful and inspirational quotes throughout the book 
Preview sample
Western literature. Shakespeare and Robert Bolt Literature Book Report/Review
2 pages (500 words) , Download 3 , Book Report/Review
Free
It is evident that the playwright presents a male dominated society in the play where women are inferior and all the female characters including Desdemona, Emilia, and Bianca are abandoned by their partners, though they love them magnanimously.
Preview sample
English Literature Book Report/Review Literature Book Report/Review
4 pages (1000 words) , Download 2 , Book Report/Review
Now let us consider the main examples of such changing identities in Jane Austen's 'Pride and Prejudice' and 'Fathers and Sons' written by Turgenev, paying attention to the way they are presented through the narrative techniques. In her novels Jane Austen makes the special accent on the moral aspect of life, considering that a moral feeling are not originally inherent, it may be developed gradually, as a result of lessons obtained from life.
Preview sample
Loves Deeds and Endeavors in a Midsummer Nights Dream Literature Book Report/Review
3 pages (813 words) , Download 2 , Book Report/Review
Free
The author states that even if love emerges from mere “sympathy” or mutual understanding and desire, rather than family obligations and pressure, all possible disasters will happen to this person. He will be stricken by death, or war, or incurable illness. Love can exist without the family responsibility to marry for the partner they have found for you.
Preview sample
The Gothic Tradition in Fiction Literature Personal Statement
5 pages (1250 words) , Download 2 , Personal Statement
Free
The author explains that the Gothic is, by its very nature, supernatural and fantastic because it renders the impossible possible, largely through the annihilation of the boundaries between the world of the living and the world of the dead, or by making the unreal, real. Concurring, Punter asserts that the Gothic invariably draws upon the fantastic.
Preview sample
My Mistress Eyes by William Shakespeare Literature Literature review
5 pages (1250 words) , Download 6 , Literature review
Free
 ). In these stanzas, Shakespeare compares the lover with worldly resources; however, still finds her immeasurable. The comparison and contrast of the dark lady give her image and confirms the adoration of the poet towards her. In the subsequent and third stanzas, he broadens the metaphors to engage two lines each.
Preview sample
    7801 - 7850 results of 12851 items
    We use cookies to create the best experience for you. Keep on browsing if you are OK with that, or find out how to manage cookies.
    ✕
    Contact Us