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Academic papers on British Literature

Percy Bysshe Shelley/A Defense of Poetry
A 5 page research paper in which the writer examines Shelley's detailed and articulate argument that assesses the value of poetry, in general, as well as the role of the poet as an "unacknowledged legislator" for the world. Bibliography lists 6...
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Christopher Marlowe's Edward II
(10 pp.) Edward II was a real English king, (Edward of Caernarvon 1284--1327). He spent a good amount of time in conflict with his nobility; did poorly in the Scottish campaigns and suffered defeated by Robert Bruce. And then, as old...
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D.H. Lawrence: Sons and Lovers
( 5 pp.) Thesis: Sons and Lovers, is an excellent title for D.H. Lawrence's 1913 story of an unaware mother's emotional enmeshment with her youngest son. This is the story of a family with four children: three sons and one daughter. We see how...
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Thomas Hardy
Thomas Hardy
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The Victorian Era
The Victorian Era
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Reconciliation in Jane Eyre.
(5 pp) Reconciliation is not an easy process, whether you are the character in a Romantic novel or walking now the streets of LA. Considering that Bronte was writing about the process, well over a century ago, we might think that certain...
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Frankenstein by Mary Shelley.
(5 pp)The complex system of framing devices used in Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, where in some parts, the Creature is telling the story to Victor Frankenstein, who, then tells the story to-Captain Robert Walton, who chooses to -recount...
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The Teacher And The Taught
In Shakespeare's The Tempest, Caliban is Prospero's subject whom he teaches to read. In Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, the monster is the 'child' whom Dr. Frankenstein must teach the lessons of the world. This 3 page paper argues that, in...
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Supernatural Events in the Rime of the Ancient Mariner
A 4-page paper which is a straightforward listing of the supernatural events in Samuel Taylor Coleridge
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A 10 page comparison of the societal factors which shaped each of these characters
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Frankenstein and Achebe
A 7-page treatise answering the question of how Viktor Frankenstein and his creature came to resemble each other over the course of the book; and how Achebe treated his white characters as opposed to his black ones in Things Fall Apart. Lists 2...
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This 5 page report discusses the original inspiration for Shakespeare's "The Winter's Tale" that was Robert Greene's "Pandosto." In Shakespeare's play, an additional character, Paulina, has been added to the story. Her role in the play is examined...
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British Realism
This 5 page paper compares the book and film forms of works from the British realist period of the sixties, finding that the relationship found between British realist literary tradition and the film representation of the sixties is based on the...
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Comparing and Contrasting the Criminal World of Moll Flanders and The Beggar's Opera:
This 8 page paper discusses the topic of 18th century crime as portrayed in both of these novels. Similarities and differences are discussed and basic plot analysis is also given. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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Two Literary Concepts of Hell
An 8 page paper discussing and comparing Christopher Marlowe
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