Comparative Literature Essays Examples For College & High School Students in PDF

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The Concepts of Discovery in Robert Frost’s The Road Not Taken, Stephen Daldry’s Billy Elliot, and Ben Stiller’s The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (925 words, 2 pages)

Discovery is a never ending quest that we will continue to experience in order for us to learn and grow. However, because the idea of discovery is so complex, the notions of discovery may vary greatly depending on the individuals, whether it is physical, emotional, intellectual or spiritual. These concepts ... Read More

The Adaptation of the Boy from The Road by Cormac McCarthy and Columbus in the Film Zombieland (1966 words, 6 pages)

It is rather astonishing how two completely different people from different worlds may have similar traits. In some ways, Columbus, a lonely young adult trying to survive by killing zombies in Zombieland, resembles The Boy from The Road by Cormac McCarthy who is struggling to survive by not breaking his ... Read More

The Ordinary Real-Life Heroes: Dustin Hoffman, Victor Samuel, and Doreen Winkler (511 words, 2 pages)

You dont need to be Clark Kent or Bruce Wayne to be a hero, you could just be an everyday average Joe. Historically and fictionally heroes are portrayed as people who have enhanced natural abilities such as super strength or speed. Heroes are typically said to be wearing capes or ... Read More

A Comparison between What It Meant to Be an American Three Hundred Years Ago and What It Means Now (1235 words, 4 pages)

The United States of America was colonized in the 16th and 17th centuries. These vital years laid the foundation for how America would grow into being the country it is today. What started as an early expansion to Great Britain flourished into a small and soon to be powerful republic ... Read More

A Comparison of Mamie by Carl Sandburg and the Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams (2155 words, 6 pages)

Inescapably Trapped It's hard to empathize with a situation such as that of Tom andMamie. In our first world country, most of us have all we could ever need.We have shelter, food, basic utilities, and above all, education. When weare so fortunate, it is hard to empathize with characters in ... Read More

An Examination of the Symbol of Nature in the Romantic, Victorian, and Modern Literature (2719 words, 9 pages)

Nature in Romantic, Victorian, and Modern LiteratureThe symbol of nature in literature has changed meaning throughout the different literary movements. Many writers in the Romantic period wrote about nature as a spiritual entity, those in the Victorian era brought in a more scientific look at nature and a new outlook ... Read More

A Comparison between the Character of Ahab from Melville’s Moby Dick and the Biblical King Ahab (324 words, 1 pages)

Ahab desires that to which he is not entitled. This is true of the character in Melvilles Moby Dick, as well as the king in the Bible. In the Bible, Ahab covets a mans vineyard in Moby Dick, Ahabs one aim is to kill the majestic white whale.Melvilles point in ... Read More

An Analysis of the Reflections on the Apocalypse and the Second Coming of Christ in the Art and Poetry of William Blake and William Butler Yeats (2497 words, 9 pages)

Blake and Yeats Vision of the ApocalypseWilliam Blake and William Butler Yeats both reflected on the apocalypse and the second coming of Christ in their art and poetry. Yeats takes a darker look at the second coming, comparing the Christian age he was in as a widening gyre where the ... Read More

A Comparison of the Monuments of Passaic by Robert Smithson and Why I Still Want a Wife by Judy Brady (370 words, 2 pages)

Robert Smithson on The Monuments of Passaic, in my perspective wrote about technological advancement and globalization. Exposing how the so called development is actually making us walk backwards when it is damaging our environment and not being properly developed yet, by filling our world with forests of concrete and no ... Read More

The Relation Between Male and Female Literary Characters and Men and Women in Society in Purple Hibiscus by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (1031 words, 4 pages)

Paper II Purple HibiscusTo what extent do male and female literary characters accurately reflect the role of men and women in society?Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie uses dominance, control and power to accurately reflect the role of male literary characters and silence and oppression to reflect the role of female literary characters ... Read More

A Comparison of Brothers’ Grimm of Little Red Riding Hood and The Chinese Little Red Riding Hood (451 words, 2 pages)

Little Red Riding Hood is a story we have all heard time and time again and one that has been retold in many ways. However, most children have not heard all the different versions and some of them are quite shocking and appalling and some are just quite clever. I ... Read More

A Comparison of Snow White and Rapunzel From the Stories by Brothers Grimm (446 words, 2 pages)

Snow White and Rapunzel are both stories by the Grimm Brothers and are arguably some of the tamer Grimm Brother stories. Since these stories are by the same authors we can see many similarities. While Rapunzel and Snow White are commonly known as princesses only Snow White starts out as ... Read More

What Makes the Characters From A Good Man is Hard to Find and A Perfect Day for Bananafish by J.D. Salinger Interesting? (1468 words, 4 pages)

Stories can be very compatible of how different the characters are become similar and different in one story compare to another story. Through the analyzing of characters from these stories A Good Man id Hard to Find by Flannery O Conner and A perfect Day for Bananafish by J.D. Salinger. ... Read More

The Effects of Illiteracy in the Book of Eli and Frederick Douglas’s Learning to Read and Write (960 words, 3 pages)

Literacy is vital to a better quality of life as well as a source of power. Without it, people would not have a practical way to record and share wisdom and ideas for prosperity. Literacy gives people power to unlocking knowledge they may have otherwise been unable to attain themselves. ... Read More

The Downside of Fairytales When Used as Society’s Standards (1747 words, 7 pages)

The Downside of Fairytales and the Surrounding CultureFairytales have been in existence for centuries, serving as a vehicle for cultural transmission as they are passed from one generation to the next. Although the general principles and morals inlaid within the core of each story remains unchanged, the context in which ... Read More

Hardships of the Victorian Age in Literary Works Angel of the House, Living Wage for Factory Girls a Crewe, 5 May 1894, and The Cry of the Children (723 words, 3 pages)

Victorian HardshipThe Victorian age, named for Queen Victoria, lasted for 70 years and was a time of quite a bit of social and economic unrest. The world was viewed in a much more realistic way than during the Romantic period and quite a few literary works were about the hardships ... Read More

Innocence and Experience in Vincent Benet’s Too Early Spring, John Updike’s A Sense of Shelter, and Bob Seger’s Against the Wind (1808 words, 5 pages)

Literature is described in the English dictionary as a written work or piece used to advertise an idea or a message in an artful taste. Typically, an author uses his or her work to illustrate themes which are danced around by society, and not discussed in full. The author uses ... Read More

Romanticism in Oh Captain My Captain and When I Heard the Learned Astronomer by Whitman and To a Waterfall and Yellow Violets by William Cullen Bryant (1358 words, 4 pages)

When I think of the word romance, I always envision the stereotypical fancy candlelit dinner with the mood music quietly playing in the background as a couple, dressed to the nines, sit, engulfed in their own little bubble of bliss. Sometimes I think of the balcony scene of Shakespeares Romeo ... Read More

Authenticity of Action in Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes and The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock by T.S. Eliot (1882 words, 7 pages)

Authenticity of Action in Don Quixote and The Love Song of J. Alfred PrufrockDon Quixote is the actualization of Prufrocks dreams he does dare Disturb the universe (Eliot 45-46). Prufrocks quandary exemplifies the modern fear of making mistakes because there are larger consequences. Consequence of realism all decisions are wrong. ... Read More

The Concept of Integrity in the Lives of Parker Palmer, Wangari Maathai, and John O’Donohue (733 words, 2 pages)

In a modern world where everything has changed so much and the concept of integrity is getting lost, is wonderful to find people who still carry this code of behavior with them. People who not only pursue honesty but try to inculcate it in others, people who, with literature show ... Read More

An Analysis of the Lives of Nora Helmer in the Book A Doll’s House by Henrik Ibsen and Loretta Lynn (843 words, 3 pages)

Ive been studying the lives of two singular women Loretta Lynn and Nora Helmer. Loretta Lynn is a famous country singer from Kentucky and Nora Helmer, a fictional character from the book A Dolls House. Both women have extraordinary characteristics theyre perseverant and hard workers. However, despite the good things ... Read More

A Comparison of the Dharma Bums by Jack Kerouac and My Antonia by Willa Cather (3460 words, 11 pages)

My Antonia describes the life and memories of Jim Burden as it pertains to a remarkable woman named Antonia. The Dharma Bums gives account of the life of a Buddhist wanderer and his continued growth along with the teachings of the Buddha. Geography is central to Cathers My Antonia and ... Read More

The Use of Morals in Ella Minnow Pea by Mark Dunn and the Hart in the Ox Stall by Aesop (444 words, 2 pages)

There Is Always Someone Watching, Even When One Doesnt Suspect ItAbove all, we must realize that no arsenal, or no weapon in the arsenals of the world, is as formidable as the will and moral courage of free men and women. It is a weapon our adversaries in today's world ... Read More

The Metaphor of the Caged Bird in the Novel I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou and the Poem Sympathy by Paul Laurence Dunbar (1181 words, 5 pages)

I Know Why the Caged Bird SingsA title often conveys a deeper meaning of the books content. The title of Angelous autobiography, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, was chosen to relate to a poem written by Paul Laurence Dunbar. The cage is a metaphor for what is holding ... Read More

The Problems of Cultural Diversity in the Short Stories My Son the Fanatic by Hanif Kureishi and Family Supper by Kazuo Ishiguro (1278 words, 4 pages)

It is becoming increasingly difficult to ignore the controversial issue of multiculturalism. Many people believe that we need to enhance and develop multiculturalism in our lives. For example, cultural diversity is encouraged and supported by the United States of America and Great Britain. However, multiculturalism is an equivocal phenomenon and ... Read More

A Comparison of the Similarities Between the Changes in the Short Stories Wedding at the Cross and Zaabalawi (1080 words, 4 pages)

Change is something that happens when something in one's life becomes or is made different or difficult. Change can also be the taking or using something else instead. This can be personal changes within oneself,changes to the things around oneself, or doing something differently than it was done before.In Wedding ... Read More

The Mysteries of War in Sophocles’ Philoctetes, William Shakespeare’s Henry V, and Galt MacDermont, James Rado and Gerome Ragni’s Modern Musical Hair (639 words, 2 pages)

In all forms of art, a topic that is of considerable intrigue is that of war and how it affects people. Theatre is no exception. From the earliest drama recorded to modern day, playwrights have been churning out war stories in hopes of uncovering the mysteries of war and why ... Read More

The Missions in My Life Through the Footsteps of Chris McCandless and Melinda Sordino (1284 words, 4 pages)

Final Exam PromptThis semester has been based on finding and better understanding yourself. We focused a lot on how society suppresses you, your voice, the way you look, your ability to find the real you, your ability to make connections with other people and your creativity. By having these struggles ... Read More

Dutchman and The Island are two plays centered upon race. Because of this, they have a lot in common. However, they deal with race in two very different settings and they have very different messages regarding racial tensions and how to deal with oppression.In the case of each play, the ... Read More

The Wages of Sin by Francine Prose and Add Cake, Subtract Self-Esteem by Caroline Knapp are two passages that share similar ideas but also have opposing views. Prose focuses on the fact that sometimes one just does not know where to draw that line of enough being enough. Knapp shares ... Read More

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