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:
12874 essays
OConnors Fiction and Debates on Good and Evil Literature Literature review
6 pages (1575 words) , Download 1 , Literature review
Free
O’Connor also speaks of the binaries that are constructed through conventional notions and beliefs. While doing so, she speaks of how such binaries do not hold in the modern world as most people tend to occupy grey areas between virtue and sin. Her discussion of such grey areas is complicated by the fact that her fiction also discusses salvation.
Preview sample
Faulkner as One of the Important Writers in American Literature Literature Literature review
7 pages (1750 words) , Download 1 , Literature review
Free
The author of the paper states that William Cuthbert Faulkner was born on September 25, 1897, in New Albany, Mississippi to Murry and Maud Butler Falkner. He was the firstborn in a family of four sons.  Although he was bright, he felt no enthusiasm for formal education and dropped out of high school.
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
The Role and Significance of Mephistopheles in Faustus Downfall Literature Assignment
9 pages (2316 words) , Download 2 , Assignment
Free
The author states that mankind’s salvation lies in total acceptance and subjugation to the will of God. To some extent, Marlowe was ensuring political correctness—the scenes when the Pope is shown as a ridiculous victim of Faustus’ magic tricks went down well with the powers that be in an Elizabethan England, which had just broken away from Rome. 
Preview sample
Analysis of Richard Wright's The Man Who Lived Underground Literature Book Report/Review
6 pages (1500 words) , Download 2 , Book Report/Review
Free
Daniels grows as a human being and comes to an important realization about humanity as a whole. White society, however, will not listen to what he proclaims and he is shot simply because he is black. This story is symbolic of how African Americans have been forced to the underground of society and they are in a constant struggle to escape.
Preview sample
Beowulf: The Poem, Its Background and Its Style Literature Term Paper
10 pages (2500 words) , Download 1 , Term Paper
Free
Hrothgar and Beowulf illustrate the importance of generosity, loyalty, bravery, honor and morality.  Grendel, his mother and the dragon represent forces of evil and destruction in their refusal to submit to the old codes, in the case of Grendel and the dragon, and in their violation of the new perspectives in the case of Grendel’s mother.
Preview sample
Closure of Charles Dickens David Copperfield Literature Term Paper
6 pages (1563 words) , Download 1 , Term Paper
Free
Charles Dickens seemed to equate success in the Australian colony with some kind of humungous bluff. For example, we have the case of the impecunious Micawbers who effortlessly prosper, and where Mr. Micawber's empty rhetoric can achieve a success that it would never have found in his English existence.
Preview sample
The Dominant Themes of Sonny's Blues Literature Literature review
9 pages (2270 words) , Download 1 , Literature review
Free
The author shows us that the story deals with the bonding between the two brothers, their temporary alienation and their final reconciliation. This paper aims to offer a comprehensive analysis of the literary aspects such as themes, images, motifs, symbols, characters, contexts, and style of the story.
Preview sample
The Ways in Which Shakespeare Is Able To Tell Us a Dramatic Story of Macbeth Literature Assignment
8 pages (2217 words) , Download 1 , Assignment
Free
By analysing a short section of the play i.e. up to the death of Duncan, we can find many different examples of such dramatic storytelling which add to the value of the play and the pleasure derived from it. It would be best if an examination is made of the play in a scene by scene manner so as to clarify the points of interest in each scene.   
Preview sample
The Leading Role in the European Literature of Leo Tolstoy Literature Term Paper
8 pages (2000 words) , Download 1 , Term Paper
Free
In comparison with “War and Peace” there were many changes in “Anna Karenina”. Even Tolstoy’s phrases and syntactic periods became shorter and more vigorous. The artistic thought of the writer moved tensely and resilient and the restraint had content. The feeling of dramatic reserve and mutual estrangement of heroes appeared. 
Preview sample
The Influence of Picasso and Cubism on Gertrude Stein's Tender Buttons Literature Term Paper
11 pages (3019 words) , Download 1 , Term Paper
Free
Art is used to conveying some meaning, stimulate some desired action and it is the idea of the artist that is being conveyed to the people. He conveys his feeling and ideas and tries to inspire people with the magnificent work created. Art has been a source of earning for people but for some, it is merely a form through which they can help mankind. 
Preview sample
Postcolonial Literature: An examination Literature Book Report/Review
12 pages (3164 words) , Download 1 , Book Report/Review
Free
Postcolonial literature is called called "New English Literature(s) sometimes. Cned with the political and cultural independence of peoples formerly subjugated in colonial empires, and the literary expression of postcolonialism. The idea of 'postcolonial literature' was initially conceived to describe writing from the former British Empire.
Preview sample
Central Themes of The Lottery by Shirley Jackson Literature Book Report/Review
8 pages (2132 words) , Download 1 , Book Report/Review
Free
Shirley Jackson’s “The Lottery” begins with the benevolent and innocuous description of a nondescript village, somewhere in the middle of nowhere. The birds are singing and the townspeople are gathering for some unknown purpose. Meanwhile, the sun is shining and the sky is clear. For many of us, nothing could be better: a sense of small-town community on a beautiful summer morning.
Preview sample
Realism in For Whom the Bell Tolls by Hemingway Literature Essay
6 pages (1824 words) , Download 1 , Essay
Free
The language is, as everyone always says, deceptively simple.  In the speech, Hemingway recreates the Spanish in English …  is somehow more powerful than if he used idiomatic English.  And in places, when describing emotions, thought processes or pain, his language runs off into streams of consciousness.
Preview sample
The Life of an Aging Salesperson Literature Literature review
8 pages (2179 words) , Download 1 , Literature review
Free
The play is set in the 1950s, where America was embracing capitalism at an astonishing pace. The American dream characterizes this epoch in American history where individuals try to achieve their goals and ambitions. Arthur Miller captures the 1950’s essence in the play by capturing the life of an aging salesperson.
Preview sample
A Significant Role to Develop the Deception Literature Literature review
7 pages (1945 words) , Download 1 , Literature review
Free
Be it history, comedy or tragedy deception makes the drama of Shakespeare hilarious and amuses the audience all through the play. The deception makes the foundation of any uproarious play and it can take in a benign or destructive form. There are other themes such as the theme of reality and the theme of appearance that play a significant role.
Preview sample
The Life and Death of Alaska Literature Literature review
7 pages (1840 words) , Download 1 , Literature review
Free
The author states that everyone in the text is busy trying to find a way out of the different tunnels of their life. This perhaps reflects on our daily life struggles and the inequality among people on the same planet. However, there is hope for those who are dynamic and thus adapt to situations in their life.
Preview sample
The Impact of the Beat and the Theater of the Absurd on the Plays Mood Literature Literature review
12 pages (3000 words) , Download 1 , Literature review
Free
The author of the paper states that the description of the scene and setting underscores racial antagonisms in Amiri Baraka’s Dutchman. The paper analyzes the impact of the Beat and the Theater of the Absurd on the play’s mood, plot, characters, and themes of black identity and meaninglessness of racial assimilation.
Preview sample
Bernard Shaw and the Fabian Society Literature Essay
11 pages (2834 words) , Download 2 , Essay
Free
One of the first pieces of advice provided by new writers includes the dictum ‘write what you know.’  For most, this means writing about things they are familiar with, places they know and people they’ve met.  This was true for Bernard Shaw as well, though whether it was art imitating life or life imitating art remains an arguable point. 
Preview sample
Achilles and Jason: Great Heroes in Greek Mythology Literature Term Paper
7 pages (2146 words) , Download 1 , Term Paper
Free
What is the stuff heroes are made of?  Research reveals that he must be a man of distinguished valor or performance.  Some outstanding feat or series of feats must be attributed to him.  He has to be, therefore – a warrior chieftain of special strength or ability.  In early mythological antiquity, he was a being of godlike powers and beneficence.
Preview sample
Romance in Spensers Faerie Queene Literature Term Paper
7 pages (1750 words) , Download 1 , Term Paper
Free
The character of Amoret provides an example of what Britomart may eventually become, when and if she finds her love. Amoret and Scudamour are already a couple by the time Britomart encounters them, but Amoret has been kidnapped by Busirane into a castle guarded by a wall of fire that Scudamore is unable to penetrate.
Preview sample
Jealousy in Euripides Medea and Ibsens Hedda Gabler Literature Assignment
7 pages (2039 words) , Download 1 , Assignment
Free
Despite the gap of centuries between the play Medea written by the Greek tragedian Euripides and the play Hedda Gabler penned by the famous playwright Henrik Ibsen, both share a common ground: they tackle the same subject of jealousy.  The jealousy of a woman forms the focal point in both stories and how this feeling unravelled the conflict.  
Preview sample
The Iliad: The Characters of Achilles, Agamemnon and Hector Literature Essay
6 pages (1500 words) , Download 1 , Essay
Free
Agamemnon comes across as a character that does not display the desire for honor as much as Achilles and does not display likable human emotions as Hector. Even though the character is mighty and strong he is not really heroic in the sense that he is a king who is more involved with strategy and planning rather than active fighting.
Preview sample
John Peter Berger Literature Book Report/Review
6 pages (1533 words) , Download 1 , Book Report/Review
Free
The author states that one of the most famous books written by Berger is Ways of Seeing. The book Ways of Seeing was published in 1972, which is regarded as one of the most influential books on art. The author is a liberator of pictures and has the capability to cut right through the bewilderment of the views of critics on professional art.
Preview sample
The Time Machine by George Wells Literature Coursework
7 pages (1962 words) , Download 1 , Coursework
Free
Most of the creatures have obviously died along with most of the plant-life, yet hideous beings still inhabit the earth in the form of giant crabs that come seeking him. This desolation is emphasized even more strongly as the Time Traveler continues his journey forward and observes a planetary eclipse of the sun, passing a cold shadow upon the dying earth. 
Preview sample
A Thousand Years of Good Prayers and Family Relationships in the US and China Literature Essay
7 pages (2868 words) , Download 2 , Essay
Free
The stories take the reader from China to America, tracing the many facets of Chinese interaction in the face of influencing familial and societal forces. Many of the short stories are set in the 1990s, a time of great political and social change globally. Yi depicts both the political and personal adjustments required of her characters. 
Preview sample
Xiao Ao Jiang Hu Literature Book Report/Review
8 pages (2093 words) , Download 1 , Book Report/Review
Free
The author states that the main character is really like other small townsfolk in Sang or any such village. He is a little selfish but the good nature at the bottom of his heart always leads him to follow “Don Quixote .” Sancho always believed that doing good would lead to good. He had read in multiple novels relating to swordsmen.
Preview sample
The Controversies in the Novel The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown Literature Essay
7 pages (1910 words) , Download 1 , Essay
Free
Sales for The Da Vinci Code have broken all previous sales records for a novel. In the first year alone, Witherington reports that Christian presses published more than ten related tests, most of which identified themselves as “debunkings” of The Da Vinci Code (p. 3). Essentially, The Da Vinci Code has become an industry in and of itself. 
Preview sample
Quality, Quantity, Morality - Eugenics in Brave New World Revisited by Aldous Huxley Literature Research Proposal
8 pages (2827 words) , Download 2 , Research Proposal
Free
The subject of eugenics came into much criticism, particularly when it acquired racist connotation in Nazi Germany, there has been a renewed interest in social biology that aims to deny the process of the natural order. The terms eugenics refers to the social philosophy that supports intervention into the genetic composition of mankind. 
Preview sample
The Works of Kate Chopin Literature Coursework
7 pages (2147 words) , Download 1 , Coursework
Free
The story is also characteristic of Chopin’s crusade for feminism, because she highlights the oppressed female condition in this story as well, through the plight of the character of Desiree, who is entirely subject to her husband and is forced by society to exist only as an extension of him, having no identity that exists apart from him.
Preview sample
The Aspects of Love in As You Like It by Thomas Lodge Literature Essay
8 pages (2122 words) , Download 1 , Essay
Free
Celia proves her devotion by leaving her home together with Rosalind and sharing all her wealth: in the forest, she meets a shepherd and buys his pasture, house and flock. What forces Celia to love Rosalind so much? They has grown up together: […]we still have slept together, Rose at an instant, learn’d, play’d, eat together;
Preview sample
Selfhood of American Literature in Passages of The Grapes of Wrath Literature Coursework
10 pages (2676 words) , Download 1 , Coursework
Free
The picture gets more ominous in Chapter 21. The migrants arrive in California expecting to find work and some semblance of a life that is far much better than the life they had to lead on the road to their destination. But instead of work and the good life, what they find are other starving migrants competing fiercely for what work that is available to them.
Preview sample
The Contrasts of 1984 and a Brave New World Literature Coursework
9 pages (2531 words) , Download 1 , Coursework
Free
“Brave New World” is as much a satire on the reality of Huxley's day as it is a novel about the future. Huxley seems to feel that society is progressing toward a materialistic and superficial end, in which all things of real value, including the relationships which make people human, will be squashed.
Preview sample
What Would a Clone Say by Gary Rosen Literature Case Study
8 pages (2203 words) , Download 2 , Case Study
Free
The language of the scientists and their supporters is clinical, meliorative and humane, but it gives off an unmistakable whiff of cannibalism. There is, by contrast, nothing accidental or contingent about creating nascent human life with the declared aim of destroying it. It is the deliberate use of one (developing) person as the instrument of another.
Preview sample
Mythology and Symbolism in Irish Literature Literature Essay
13 pages (4036 words) , Download 2 , Essay
Free
Celtic mythology appears to be one of the most enigmatic in the world history. Even in Greek and Roman literature, where one can find abundant information on many ancient issues, Celts are almost absent as the phenomenon of society. Dancing is the key symbol together with women, who have always served the display of Irish essence in literature and culture of Ireland.
Preview sample
My Papas Waltz by Theodore Roethke Literature Assignment
7 pages (1919 words) , Download 1 , Assignment
Free
During the course of his life, Roethke was in and out of mental institutions. Despite severe lapses and constant hospitalization, Roethke continued to write because of his great passion for writing. Unfortunately, in 1963, Theodore Roethke suffered a fatal heart attack and died on Brainbridge Island, Washington. 
Preview sample
On the Genealogy of Morals by Nietzsche Literature Coursework
9 pages (2413 words) , Download 1 , Coursework
Free
The extinction of the ego is not the extinction of the will. Nietzsche fails to appreciate this differentiation. Ego is a negative trait, and as such, it needs to be eliminated by the one who truly pursues asceticism. The paradigmatic example of a water drop coming to see itself as a part of the ocean, should not be understood in the negative concept of its weak surrender.
Preview sample
Similarities and Differences of Themes, Language of Three Texts Literature Term Paper
6 pages (1570 words) , Download 2 , Term Paper
Free
The three texts cover three genres of literature that make them special to the readers and this is the reason that they have a fair share of differences. As the concepts illustrated in them do have a target audience yet if read separately readers can draw their personal connections with each text.
Preview sample
The Science and Culture of the Sea: An Analysis of Herman Melvilles Moby Dick Literature Book Report/Review
6 pages (1610 words) , Download 1 , Book Report/Review
Free
Now in modern times, we realize that we cannot necessarily conquer the sea. However, it is the unbridled brazenness that keeps us returning to the figure of Ahab as we see him in the timeless quest to become immortal by doing something great in one’s lifetime. For Ahab, that quest is to find and kill Moby Dick.
Preview sample
Nidalis Personal Map of Home Literature Book Report/Review
6 pages (1918 words) , Download 2 , Book Report/Review
Free
Randa’s book, A map of The World is written in an honest and most often funny, that draws the reader in Nidali’s world full of so many challenges as she was growing up. She narrates her story by starting to create a character of herself Nidali born out of uncertainty about her sex to her father who expects a boy.
Preview sample
Social Class Differences in On the Road by Jack Kerouac Literature Book Report/Review
12 pages (3089 words) , Download 1 , Book Report/Review
Free
The book was written in the fifties and has a descriptive feature of the counterculture generations as well as the postwar beats. On the line, is a book by Harvey Shadows. The book is about a young man aspiring to be a musician but has no finances. He ends up in a workplace where he is injured and loses his voice.
Preview sample
Nature of Love in Madame Bovary Literature Literature review
7 pages (1932 words) , Download 1 , Literature review
Free
The author of this paper states that in Gustave Flaubert's great love novel titled Madame Bovary, the author uses different characters in portraying the main theme of love. These characters include Charles Bovary who is the husband to Emma Bovary, Leon Dupuis, Rodolphe Boulanger, Monsieurs Homais, and Lheureux.
Preview sample
To an Athlete Dying Young by Alfred Edward Housman Literature Literature review
6 pages (1699 words) , Download 1 , Literature review
Free
The narrator speaks directly to the dead athlete seeking to comfort him that it was better to die young especially since he had already accomplished much in his life. The narrator also reminds the athlete about the race that he won and the subsequent celebration of the victory by people from his town.
Preview sample
The Tragedy of Pudd'nhead Wilson by Mark Twain Literature Literature review
6 pages (1817 words) , Download 1 , Literature review
Free
The author of the following paper states that Mark Twain makes emphasis that what makes the character is a great and difficult dilemma. As such, in the Pudd'nhead Wilson and Those Extraordinary Twins he explains how individuals become who they are through his critical analysis of nature and nurture.
Preview sample
The History and Scholarship of the Novel The Great Gatsby Literature Literature review
8 pages (2288 words) , Download 2 , Literature review
Free
The author points out that the novel The Great Gatsby is a portrayal of the crumbling American dream of the 1920s. The society in the 1920s became disillusioned as it was consumed in the pursuit of unrealistic goals. People at that time engaged in illegal business activities to satisfy their desire for wealth.
Preview sample
Chopin's Edna in The Awakening: Integrity in Depicting Sexuality and the Inner Life of Women Literature Essay
7 pages (1750 words) , Download 2 , Essay
Free
Edna’s integrity as an artist is a reflection of the integrity of Chopin as an artist. It just so happens that that integrity meant breaking taboos about women having sex outside of marriage, and of writers openly exploring things like that in their novels (Chopin; The Kate Chopin International Society; Stone 23-32).
Preview sample
The Awakening: A Battle of Individuality vs. Conformity Literature Research Paper
7 pages (1817 words) , Download 1 , Research Paper
Free
Edna, the protagonist in the novel, favors individuality over conformity and her life becomes increasingly difficult consequently. The following discussion aims to reinforce this reality that in the battle of individuality vs. conformity, a woman undergoes a lot of suffering because it is not easy to opt for individuality when the whole society wants her to conform to patriarchal ideals.
Preview sample
The Handsomest Drowned Man in the World by Gabriel Garcia Marquez Literature Book Report/Review
6 pages (1599 words) , Download 3 , Book Report/Review
Free
The short story is thought to be part of the slices of 100 years of solitude works done by Marquez. The short story is about a small fishing coastal village interrupted by the availability of a dead body washed by the waves. The man who was drowned had a huge impact in the village, and the village changed forever upon the arrival of the drowned body.
Preview sample
The Monkey's Paw by W.W. Jacobs Literature Essay
6 pages (1565 words) , Download 1 , Essay
Free
Also, most of our wishes and desires as human beings do not always turn out as we planned and aspired for them. In his book, there are situations that directly display this particular theme more outwardly as discussed in the essay below. The first situation, where the theme is well expounded, is in the evening was the father and he is playing chess in one cool evening in their house.
Preview sample
Analysis of The Old Man and the Sea Literature Book Report/Review
8 pages (2199 words) , Download 1 , Book Report/Review
Free
The novella reveals that struggling is a typical occurrence in human life. Throughout the struggles, one’s endurance comes under test. Only the people who have the willpower to survive as well as the required resilience can emerge as winners in life’s struggles. Characters such as Santiago survive through the challenges because they have outstanding experience and skills.
Preview sample
Beowulf as an Elite Athlete Literature Essay
10 pages (2723 words) , Download 1 , Essay
Free
Many a time people fail to identify the sportsperson inhabiting the world of literature. This is primarily so because a lot many students of literature identify sports with games. They fail to recognize the fact that sportsmanship may have to do with a bent of mind, a way of conducting oneself and a sense of courage and sobriety with which one faces the problems and issues that come one’s way.
Preview sample
    1901 - 1950 results of 12874 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