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:
12904 essays
Analysis of When the Killing's Done by T.C.Boyle Literature Book Report/Review
6 pages (1500 words) , Download 3 , Book Report/Review
Free
Beverly, Alma’s grandmother and her inspiration for professional aspiration, survived in a shipwreck and took refuge on Anacapa island for almost two weeks and a few days more (Boyle,92), but the courageous and sole survivor of the shipwreck (Beverly) could not endure the idea of living amongst the thick population of black rats. 
Preview sample
Brother, Im Dying by Edwidge Danticat Literature Essay
4 pages (1192 words) , Download 6 , Essay
Free
The success and intriguing nature of the story are underscored by it being nominated for the National Book Award and also winning the National Book Critics Circle Award. In the story, Uncle Joseph, a pastor, a man of great depths, accomplishments and values and devotion to the community, the country and his family suffer a bout of throat cancer that seems to eat into his identity.
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
Symbolism in The Lesson by Toni Cade Bambara Literature Essay
4 pages (1000 words) , Download 2 , Essay
Free
The author has been very keen to use symbolism in expressing the disparity and the social as well as economic stratification depicted throughout the story. Symbolism is evident from the begging to the end of the narration. The title of the narration acts as the first symbol used by the author to bring out his point.
Preview sample
The Canterbury Tales. What kind of woman did Chaucer depict in The Wife of Bath Literature Essay
3 pages (750 words) , Download 6 , Essay
Free
She has travelled to many lands and had been wife to several men. She is a worldly woman, with terrible thirst for power, sexual pleasure and wealth. She is well versed in world of lust, passion and sexual pleasure.
Preview sample
Analysis of Girl by Jamaica Kincaid Literature Essay
4 pages (1000 words) , Download 5 , Essay
Free
Further, there is a specified time of when to do the things that should be done, as well as a list of how not do the things that should not be done. However, most conspicuously, there is a repetition of instructions against singing Benna, which the mother repeatedly warns her daughter not to do on Sunday school.
Preview sample
Utopia and Cold Equation Literature Essay
5 pages (1250 words) , Download 2 , Essay
Free
The cold equations tell of a story of the world on the space as people travel to other planet, which does not have an appealing lifestyle. In the utopian world there is no private property, everything is owned communally. People farm together, their goods are stored together in warehouses, and everyone has access without having to ask for it (More 20).
Preview sample
Ophelia, The silent Raconteur Literature Essay
4 pages (1000 words) , Download 3 , Essay
Free
But Hamlet rarely thinks about her in his life. She is silent character who does not have heroine qualities. But she is alive through her passiveness and soft language. Her death makes her more alive. Ophelia influences Hamlet and all other characters and the rest of their life through her passiveness.
Preview sample
McKay and Cullen - the Gems of the Harlem Renaissance Literature Term Paper
3 pages (750 words) , Download 2 , Term Paper
The Harlem Renaissance is a period greatly recognized for the flourish of protest literature as well as general literature. It was a time during which African-American writers began to raise their voice against racism and started taking pride in their color and race. It was a fight and a plea against racial discrimination. 
Preview sample
The Themes of Politics and Love in Contemporary Arabic Literature Literature Essay
6 pages (1500 words) , Download 2 , Essay
Free
Rahman’s essay looks at Darwish’s poetry after the Israeli siege of Beirut in 1982, a dramatic period of a second displacement for Palestinians, when Darwish’s poetic responses introduced the idea that ‘exile as perpetual,’ and declared that “home is no longer constituted by land or people but by the possibility of a poetic gathering of voices". 
Preview sample
The Prince by Niccolo Machiavelli Literature Research Paper
4 pages (1000 words) , Download 6 , Research Paper
In its entirety, the book champions the aspects of politics1. In this sense, Niccolo Machiavelli’s ideals were in direct conflict with the dominant Catholic doctrines, which gave directions on how to consider politics and ethics. A common view among political philosophers concerning Niccolo Machiavelli’s book was that there subsists an exceptional affiliation between moral goodness and legitimate authority.
Preview sample
Analysis Of Romeo And Juliet Literature Essay
5 pages (1250 words) , Download 3 , Essay
Free
The prominence of his work made him among the best during his time. The context for the drama is the city of Verona, somewhere in Europe. As such, many people often dismiss it as a mere sad story, it encompasses other aspects apart from love and death such as power, violence, and societal classes.
Preview sample
Poof by Lynn Nottage Literature Book Report/Review
3 pages (750 words) , Download 6 , Book Report/Review
Nottage’s play advances the traditional role of women as being dutiful to their husbands and traditionally performing roles that were inferior to their husbands. The play also appears to identify the traditional role of women as being powerless before their husbands and having the inability to confront their husband.
Preview sample
Ernest Hemingway's influence on the development of American Literature Literature Research Paper
5 pages (1250 words) , Download 2 , Research Paper
Free
Ernest Hemingway’s works are just like his life: filled with characters who are initially strong, yet who get weakened by addiction, characters who sometimes question their own masculinity, characters who fight in wars and are left with life long scars, characters who contemplate death.
Preview sample
Characteristics Of The Main Male Image In The Jane Eyre Literature Essay
3 pages (750 words) , Download 2 , Essay
He reminds you the Beast of “Beauty and the beast”-if we ignore the fact that Jane’s no beauty. He is hairy which gives him the beasties appeal in the novel and he is described as "some wronged and fettered wild beast or bird, dangerous to approach in his sullen woe”. However, Jane is not a strikingly beautiful girl either.
Preview sample
Words and Pictures Across Cultures Literature Essay
8 pages (2000 words) , Download 2 , Essay
Free
Running Head: WORDS AND PICTURES ACROSS CULTURES Words and Pictures across Cultures [Name] [University] Words and Pictures Across Cultures While the representatives of the New York School are known to have worked within the domain of the avant-garde, in their poetic and artistic works certain characteristic features of the avant-garde are dominated by the use of popular imagery typical for the 1960s’ movement of Pop Art.
Preview sample
Comparison of Robinsons London's Summer Morning and Blakes London Literature Essay
5 pages (1496 words) , Download 4 , Essay
Free
This research will begin with the statement that comparing and contrasting literature will certainly facilitate a proper analysis by unveiling the literary as well as the technical aspects. However, one is quite sure that comparing and contrasting poems is not an easy task as it is involved with both literary and technical aspects. 
Preview sample
Enterprise information systems and Carolina Turkey Literature Essay
5 pages (1250 words) , Download 2 , Essay
Free
The business of today needs strong and planned strategies in order to maintain a good and organized setup.To remain competitive, companies need to generate ideas which give them the edge over rivals through competitive advantage
Preview sample
The Ideal Court: Kenko's Search for Meaning Literature Essay
6 pages (1500 words) , Download 2 , Essay
Free
It is estimated that Kenko wrote “Essays in Idleness” in about 1330. As an organized and published work, the earliest copy of these writings as a text appeared only in 1431. This is not the first of his writings – he is also claimed to have been a well-known poet – this collection of writings has become one of the most important works of Japanese literature.
Preview sample
Migrant Identity in the Select Novels by Salman Rushdie Literature Dissertation
8 pages (2000 words) , Download 2 , Dissertation
Free
In his novels, he appeals to the Western audience trying to draw them closer to the political and social complexities of the Eastern World, and asks the Westerners about their identity, if they really know who they are or not. A multiplicity of searches for Indian identity is an allusion to a reach and incomprehensible Indian culture.
Preview sample
The Hague Visby Rules Literature Essay
8 pages (1822 words) , Download 2 , Essay
Free
The major premise of all these rules was to circumvent lacunae. Moreover, the contract of carriage and bills of lading were also attended to as well as incorporation by reference. The Hague-Visby Rules have been adopted by all major shipping nations while the older Hamburg Rules have been enforced by twenty-six nations only.
Preview sample
The Main Ideas of Kate Chopin, Leslie Norris, and Robert Louis Stevenson's Novels Literature Essay
3 pages (750 words) , Download 2 , Essay
The story of an hour reflects on nineteenth-century marriages. It was written in 1894, a historic period when the feminist movement had risen significantly. Kate Chopin intended to communicate the theme of marriage through her story. She focused majorly on gender inequalities in the nineteenth marriages.
Preview sample
Early 20th Century Writers Literature Book Report/Review
3 pages (750 words) , Download 4 , Book Report/Review
Free
There are differences between the two pieces, however, in the degree to which the woman speaking feels she is able to fully express herself. Woolf clearly states her independence and encourages other young women to stand up on their own: "You have won rooms of your own in the house hitherto exclusively owned by men.    
Preview sample
Temple of the Golden Pavilion into Japan Literature Essay
5 pages (1469 words) , Download 2 , Essay
Free
The Temple is regarded as a very treasured place in the history of Japan. The story narrates how he feels isolated, lonely, and friendless. He is also physically weak and does not think he is good-looking, but soon Kinkakuji the beautiful Temple changes his life and he becomes ambitious and so drawn to it.
Preview sample
The Exhibit of a Lifetime Literature Research Paper
3 pages (750 words) , Download 2 , Research Paper
Firstly, I came across Erna Motna’s Bushfire and Corroboree Dreaming made in 1988. This had an abstract presentation which described the “Aboriginal dreaming” of an Australian Ancestor through a corroboree. A corroboree is said to be a celebration ceremony from an Australian myth.
Preview sample
Gothic theme in the novel Jane Eyre Literature Essay
3 pages (750 words) , Download 2 , Essay
The plot in a gothic novel will commonly feature a desperate female protagonist with romantic feelings, escaping or even fleeing from the location of her lover or male hero, only to return later to his location, often a castle-like structure. This happens in Jane Eyre as well, with Jane fleeing Thornfield, his lover Rochester’s castle, only to return to his new castle, Ferndean and unite with him.
Preview sample
Themes of Sexuality, Family/Home and Characterization in Sula Literature Book Report/Review
5 pages (1261 words) , Download 6 , Book Report/Review
Free
As a foil to other relationships such as male-female relationships, heterosexual relationships, etc. If the theme of ‘friendship’ in the novel is explored from a feminist perspective, it ultimately reveals that the male view about the propriety of a woman character is grossly biased by the male counterparts' interests.
Preview sample
Children's Literature Literature Essay
6 pages (1500 words) , Download 2 , Essay
Free
Alvin Schwartz is a very famous writer who has written more than twenty children’s books of folklore. His famous book “Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark” includes such stories as "The Big Toe", "The Hook", "High Beams", "The White Satin Evening Gown" etc. Alvin Schwartz believed that people had always scared each other for the sake of amusement.
Preview sample
I Never Saw Another Butterfly Literature Book Report/Review
4 pages (1000 words) , Download 2 , Book Report/Review
Free
Raja Englanderova is the main character of the drama, gathering most of the attention and time in the play. In the course of this period of hopelessness, the slum makes Englanderova bring confidence to a small group of kids snared in Terezin. Irena Synkova is committed to her life as a teacher and parent.
Preview sample
Flight by Doris Lessing and Kiss Miss Carol by Farrukh Dhondy Literature Coursework
4 pages (1000 words) , Download 2 , Coursework
Free
In the story “Flight”, the main character is an anonymous old man who rears pigeons for a living. At the begging the old man grasps his much loved pigeon, instead of letting it fly. “Kiss Miss Carol” is the narrative of a Bangladeshi boy whose family emigrated from Bangladesh to England where the dominant families in the neighbourhood are western.
Preview sample
Analysis of the Poem What its Like to Be a Black Girl by Patricia Smith Literature Essay
34 pages (1189 words) , Download 9 , Essay
Free
The poem narrates the story of a desperate girl who is greatly affected by the injustices of the society due to her racial orientation and ethnicity. The story of the struggle portrays serious racism and segregation, which makes the girl fight hard to regain recognition in a society that alienates her for being black and different.
Preview sample
The Theme of Love in Literature Literature Essay
3 pages (750 words) , Download 2 , Essay
In the same way, a friendship though not founded by blood or family relations is just as strong for they represent pieces of one’s self. As Ralph Waldo Emerson puts it “The fountains of my hidden life/ Are through thy friendship fair”. An affinity is created between two people that only they know for only them has shared the same experiences.   
Preview sample
The Novel Waiting for the Barbarians Literature Essay
9 pages (2443 words) , Download 3 , Essay
Free
Charlie has the obligation of running group therapy sessions for these men, amid other wanting commitments as a psychiatrist. This does not really make him happy or even modestly happy. He is the son of a depressive novelist mother and a slothful, greatly absent father who has reached a point where he detests his own life as a result of a traumatic family.
Preview sample
Out of the Cradle Endlessly Rocking: Fusion of Love, Birth and Death Literature Essay
3 pages (750 words) , Download 3 , Essay
It can be read in many ways: as an autobiographical account in verse, as a poem set to musical tones, or as an ode to nature. The poem takes the form of a “colloquy” among “the trio” (Whitman, 140) featured in the verse: the poet, the sea and the mockingbird.
Preview sample
A Specific Culture's Beliefs About the Afterlife Literature Research Paper
6 pages (1718 words) , Download 2 , Research Paper
Free
As much as different cultures of the world have a different view of life after death, the tragedy and fear of death and the belief in eternal life is a universal occurrence. The human mind cannot contact a person’s own death as an internal experience. Human mortality is an inevitable phenomenon, which transcends human understanding.
Preview sample
The Slavery System Should Have Taken a Different Approach Literature Essay
4 pages (1000 words) , Download 2 , Essay
Free
As the paper, The Slavery System Should Have Taken a Different Approach, stresses Olaudah Equiano‘s narrative states that slavery is an experience no person should go through, no matter the circumstances. The rise of European colonies in the American locality increased the dire need of slaves. Africa presented a market to purchase slaves.  
Preview sample
Thomas Hardy's Tess of the D'Urbervilles and George Eliot's Adam Bede Literature Essay
6 pages (1500 words) , Download 2 , Essay
Free
Thomas Hardy's Tess of the D'Urbervilles and George Eliot's Adam Bede Thomas Hardy's Tess of the D'Urbervilles: A Pure Woman and George Eliot's Adam Bede are two of the most important works published in the late 19th century. Though both these works are very different in many literary aspects, there are also certain similarities because of the contexts that these novels have been set in (Danahay, 2005).
Preview sample
Thousand Cranes by Yasunari Kawabata Literature Essay
4 pages (1000 words) , Download 2 , Essay
Free
“Thousand Cranes”. A ‘Thousand Cranes’ just like in the Japanese origami is prepared from paper and is a symbol of good luck in many of the Asian countries. This may be utilized at the time when a child is born, wedding, as gesture of good look or good providence for the new born.
Preview sample
The Oxen and The Darkling Thrush Literature Book Report/Review
4 pages (1085 words) , Download 2 , Book Report/Review
Free
The author states that Jane Gardam’s Short story Easter lilies are one of the best short stories in her collection, The Pangs of Love. In this short story, a strange old lady known as Mrs. White decides to have flowers sent over to their church by buying them from Malta. Mrs. White had stayed in Malta for a certain period of time.
Preview sample
How Human Is the Creature in Frankenstein Literature Essay
6 pages (1557 words) , Download 3 , Essay
Free
Some critics say that the creature is a human while others consider him a monster. The fact is that the creature in Frankenstein is neither complete as a human nor as a monster, though his positive behavior and actions make him resemble humans much more than the monsters. A monster is frequently defined as something that is inhuman.
Preview sample
Whether to Breast Feed or Bottle Feed Literature Essay
6 pages (1580 words) , Download 2 , Essay
Free
One of the elements that stress her out is whether to breastfeed or bottle-feed. Most pediatrics advocate for breastfeeding assuming the parent does not suffer from any viral diseases (Shelov and American Academy of Pediatrics, 2009). The question of whether to breastfeed or bottle-feed is entirely the decision of the parents and more so that of the new mother.
Preview sample
Patrick J. Deneen Literature Essay
3 pages (1005 words) , Download 3 , Essay
Free
From 1995-1997 he was a Speechwriter and Special Advisor to the Director of the United States Information Agency. From 1997-2005 he was Assistant Professor of Government at Princeton University. From 2005-2012 he was Tsakopoulos-Kounalakis Associate Professor of Government at Georgetown University, before joining the faculty of Notre Dame in Fall of 2012.
Preview sample
Three waves of Feminism Literature Research Paper
5 pages (1250 words) , Download 5 , Research Paper
Free
The author believes that the third-wave feminist movement is still alive and well in our modern world as women continues to fight for the freedoms they deserve as human beings. Despite the many laws that were passed since the start of the feminist movement, there continue to be places throughout America that are unbalanced in how women are treated.
Preview sample
Gander Bias: Cat in the Rain by Ernest Hemingway, Sweat by Zora Neale Hurston Literature Essay
3 pages (750 words) , Download 4 , Essay
In Cat in the Rain, the victim is an American girl who is married to a man indifferent to her wishes and needs. In the case of Sweat, Sykes is the abusive husband of Delia who pushes her to dire desperation. Though these two short stories carry the themes of gender bias and misogyny, they are conveyed through different literary devices.
Preview sample
The Culture of Old Russia in Old Chronicles Literature Research Paper
5 pages (1539 words) , Download 2 , Research Paper
Free
As suggested by Mirsky, the foundations of these literary works failed to benefit from the progress and advancement of Latin Christendom which can be traced back to Greek traditions. While these observations can indeed play a critical role in shedding light on the developments of Old Russian literature the purpose of this paper is directed towards exploring the cultural aspects of Old Russia.
Preview sample
The Great Gatsby by Scott Fitzgerald Literature Essay
5 pages (1414 words) , Download 2 , Essay
Free
The uncontrollable circumstances in Gatsby’s world had to happen. The novel thus highlights the ever-unending human conditions (Tynan and John 104). The human race would march forward against the march of time usually longing to return to the safe bastion of the past, which proofs completely unacceptable.
Preview sample
Role of Feminism in Mary Shelley's Life and Frankenstein Literature Research Paper
8 pages (2297 words) , Download 3 , Research Paper
Free
If they are more accepting of each other, there is a greater probability of having a peaceful life with the maximum amount of satisfaction. There are certain roles that are followed by the genders but they should not be enforced on anyone, the final decision should be the person alone and whatever it is, the person should be respected for his ideals and not be judged upon.
Preview sample
Skin Color Is the Mistake for Which Tituba Literature Essay
8 pages (2224 words) , Download 2 , Essay
Free
The African culture was considered inadequate and it was associated with evil. Such a cultural consideration formed a very strong ground from the whites to disrespect her (Tituba). Additionally, being that she was a black woman, she was considered an evil perform worth no respect and reverence from any community member.
Preview sample
Leadership - Advantages and Disadvantages of Working in Teams Literature Essay
5 pages (1454 words) , Download 3 , Essay
Free
There are many instances of ordinary people with no reputation of leadership qualities go on to become successful and effective leaders. Also, the various situations and challenges that people go through in life help them acquire leadership qualities. This claim is best supported by behavioral leadership theories.
Preview sample
Love in Human Relationships Literature Essay
2 pages (500 words) , Download 7 , Essay
Free
The three literary pieces being referred for this essay all deal with human emotions, especially that of love. But their portrayal is far from homogeneous.  In the poem To My Dear And Loving Husband by Anne Bradstreet, there is little doubt as to the total and unconditional love displayed by the lady toward her husband. 
Preview sample
I Used to Live Here Once by Jean Rhys Literature Book Report/Review
2 pages (711 words) , Download 5 , Book Report/Review
Free
The author states that the first-person narrator has been interpreted as being the voice of a dead girl who realizes in the course of the story that she is dead. Before the final pronouncement, “That was the first time she knew”, there are symbols in the story that pre-empt this conclusion.
Preview sample
    10801 - 10850 results of 12904 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