Literature

Literature

Explore and download free Literature writing samples/examples like essays, term papers, book reports, and research papers.

Literature is a subject that encompasses fiction and non-fiction from all throughout history and all over the world. Writer Tools gives you access to free essays and research papers within the field of Literature. Because you are likely doing research for your own paper, we have included the full text and works cited for every document. All you have to do is download the document and it's yours to use for research purposes.

Most of the free Literature papers we offer are written in MLA format. MLA format is the standard citation style created by the Modern Language Association and commonly used for liberal arts writing. This format includes citations in the Works Cited format at the end of the paper and parenthetical, in-text citations where another author's work is paraphrased or quoted.

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James Joyce appeared to have an ambivalent attitude toward war; at least, his work was apparently not significantly influenced by World War I.  This ...

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Death is a sad occasion for most, but Kate Chopin’s protagonist in “The Story of an Hour” finds joy in her husband’s death. Mrs. ...

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The power of a story where a town must go through the horrible tradition as described in “The Lottery” comes from the themes that ...

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In Aldous Huxley’s Island, the reader is presented with a society that seeks to merge all that is best in Eastern culture with a ...

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Stephen Crane’s The Open Boat captures the conflict between man and nature and all the complexities therein entailed. In so doing, Crane’s story blends ...

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Both of Kate Chopin's classic short stories, "The Storm," and, "The Story of an Hour," thoughtfully convey a common theme about the implications of ...

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Faulkner’s “A Rose for Emily” is fundamentally a story about preservation. The act of preserving something is to stop it from decaying. So if ...

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An epiphany is a powerful literary tool that can show the similarities between seemingly opposite forces. In Raymond Carver’s Cathedral, a male protagonist stumbles ...

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The nature of William Bradford’s writing is much like Perry Miller describes. Bradford’s writings are clear, calm, and revelatory in that they offer an ...

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In his novel Disgrace, J.M. Coetzee presents readers with a protagonist who is deeply and, at first, seemingly irreparably flawed. David Lurie exhibits the ...