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

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A Comparison of The Shoe Horn Sonata by John Misto and Anthem for Doomed Youth by Wilfred Owen (1068 words, 2 pages)

How do artists in our society create powerful messages and ideas towardsthe audiences by creating the distinctively visuals?Ideas and messages from existing composers are transferred to the audienceby creating visually distinctive images which enables the audience to havean immediate impact on the way they feel or think towards a particularissue. ... Read More

The Influence of Western Media in Dogeaters and Half of a Yellow Sun (1872 words, 6 pages)

Western Media in Dogeaters and Half of a Yellow Sun Jessica Hagedorns Dogeaters, set in the Philippines, and Chimamanda Ngozi Adichies Half of a Yellow Sun, set in Nigeria, are both novels by non-Western authors that take place in non-Western countries. However, one of the themes of each text is ... Read More

A Comparative Analysis of the Way Allie Brosh and Owen Jones Manipulate Structure to Subvert Different Non-Fiction Genres in Hyperbole and a Half and Chavs: the Demonization of the Working Classes (2171 words, 4 pages)

A comparative analysis of the way AllieBroshand Owen Jones manipulate structure to subvert different non-fiction genres in Hyperbole and a Half andChavsTheDemonization of the Working Classes.Both Hyperbole and a Half andChavs The Demonization of the working classesare non fictionaccounts ofevents and circumstances affecting real people. Both texts subvert genre in ... Read More

A Journey and Exploration of the Motives and Effects of Relationships in Eat Me by Patience Agbabi and The Differences by Thom Gunn (1700 words, 5 pages)

Both Eat Me by Patience Agbabi and The Differences by Thom Gunn offer the reader a journey through a relationship and explore the motives and effects these relationships have on those involved. Present in both poems are the harmful effects of the relationship, yet whilst Eat Me shows a relationship ... Read More

Comparing the Literary Methods Used to Explore the Relationships in the Poems Genetics by Sinead Morrissey and Out of the Hollow by Ash Dickinson (1379 words, 3 pages)

Compare the methods in Genetics and Out of the Hollow that the poets use to explore the physical traces that relationships leave In Genetics and Out of the Hollow, Sinead Morrissey and Ash Dickinson both explore the repercussions of an ended relationship and what physical traces linger on after the ... Read More

The Theme of Gender in Regeneration by Pat Barker and Private Peaceful by Michael Morpurgo (2413 words, 4 pages)

Explore the theme of gender in Pat Barker's "Regeneration" and Michael Morpurgo's "Private Peaceful"Both novels I will be discussing are set in the First World War, and arestrongly shaped by time and memory. Private Peaceful shadows young PrivateTommo Peaceful and his older brother Charlie, and is told in a simple ... Read More

The White and Black Angst in Everything That Rises Must Converge by Flannery O’Connor and Strange Fruit by Abel Meeropol (1625 words, 5 pages)

There is a lot of anger and passion in both of these pieces, but it is interesting to note that the two types of these emotions present here sit at completely opposite ends of the spectrum. Everything that rises must converge is full of packed full of white angst as ... Read More

A Comparison of Adrienne Rich and John Donne’s Version of the Poem A Valediction Forbidding Mourning (1539 words, 5 pages)

The primary aim of this paper is to provide a comparison between Adrienne Richs Poem titled, A Valediction Forbidding Mourning, and that of John Donne with the same title. The two poets employ a sophisticated poetic language in their quest to express the feeling about the circumstances that the speakers ... Read More

The Prejudice Between the Blacks and Whites in Telephone Conversation by Wole Soyinka and On the Subway by Sharon Olds (791 words, 3 pages)

So that is how to create a single story, show a people as one thing, as only one thing, over and over again, and that is what they become Chimamanda Adichie (Adichie, 2009). Most people believe would like to believe they know everything about anything but few people know that ... Read More

A Comparison of the Similarities and Differences Between the Novel A Raisin in the Sun and the Film Adaptation of the Same Title (451 words, 2 pages)

Lorraine Hansberry wrote the play A Raisin in the Sun in 1950 in New York the plays first performance was in 1959. The play touched on a very emotive topic at the time, that of racism. The play attracting a broad audience from both the white and black communities and ... Read More

The Use of Different Styles to Show Love in the Poems Magic of Love by Helen Farries and Love Poem by John Farries (1731 words, 5 pages)

When one wants to compare or contrast poems, ethos, pathos, and logos bring out the expected contrast or comparison. Use of poems is a good way of expressing and delivering any message. Both Magic of love by Helen Farries and love poem by John Farries try to expound their titles. ... Read More

The Role of Fate Versus Free Will in Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince by J.K. Rowling and Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro (1625 words, 5 pages)

Fate vs. Free Will in Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince and Never Let Me GoIn both Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro and Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince by J.K. Rowling, we find many characters making choices about how they will handle the circumstance in ... Read More

The Concept of Darkness and Isolation in Allegory of the Cave by Plato and Pleasantville (746 words, 3 pages)

The DarknessIn this world, there are many things going on. A lot may know what is happening and some may not. There are many dark places in the world where they are isolated from the outside and they only know about the inside. Countries like the Peoples Republic of China ... Read More

The Importance of Relationships and Memory in the Act of Breaking Free in Holding the Man, Barn Owl, and Together Alone (951 words, 4 pages)

For individuals who are breaking free, both memory and relationships act as a source of comfort and continuity, and allow the individual to break free. The cyclical nature of life and the inevitability of mortality reaffirm the necessity of relationships and memory in the action of breaking free, as a ... Read More

The Role of the American Dream in The Great Gatsby and The Godfather (969 words, 3 pages)

The American Dream as Power The Great Gatsby The GodfatherOne of the most apparent similarities between the two works is found inclass status and the rise to power. Gatsby was at one point a lower-classworker who went to war, and who bootlegged his way to the top upon hisreturn. It ... Read More

A Comparison of the Social Changes in the Workforce of the Two Decades in the Madam and the Rent Man and The Young Housewife (770 words, 3 pages)

Poetry Comparison QuestThesis The Madam and the Rent Man builds on The Young Housewife and challenges the idea of the innocent, unknowing female in order to show the drastic social changes of women in the early 1900s. The Madam and the Rent Man builds on The Young Housewife and reflects ... Read More

A Comparison of the Similarities and Differences Between Dogs and Cats (696 words, 2 pages)

Comparison and Contrast History of Dogs and CatsAlthough it may be suffice to say that dogs and cats are relatively similar because they are both house pets, they are actually extremely different animals. Dogs are social creatures who require a pack leader and socialization. Once a hierarchy is established with ... Read More

A Comparison of the Similarities in the Uses of Nature and the Self as an Individual in the Works of Whitman, Emerson, and Thoreau (425 words, 1 pages)

Walt Whitman, Emerson, and Thoreau all center their works around similar ideologies. Similarities in their styles can be observed through their uses of Nature and the self as an individual. Song of Myself is about Whitman celebrating himself as an individual. This is noticed in his first line, I celebrate ... Read More

An Analysis and Comparison of the Characters of Chris McCandless and Tim O’Brien in Into the Wild and The Things They Carried (1169 words, 3 pages)

Into the Wild The Things They Carried Into the wild is about a young man name Chris McCandless otherwise known as Alex, who is a transcendental. In the beginning of the book, Alex grew up in a very puritanical family but Alex becomes rebellious and transcendentalism as he runs away ... Read More

The Themes of Loneliness and Isolation in A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams and Brooklyn by Colm Toibin (2346 words, 7 pages)

Loneliness and isolation are themes explored in various differing ways throughout Tennessee Williams play A Streetcar Named Desire1 (1947) and Colm Toibins novel Brooklyn2 (2009), mainly through the way their protagonists are presented and developed.In Brooklyn and A Streetcar Named Desire, loneliness is caused by the changes in culture and ... Read More

How Distinctively Visual Features of The Shoe-Horn Sonata by John Misto and Mankind Is No Island by Jason Van Genderen Convey Distinctive Experiences (964 words, 3 pages)

"Discuss how distinctively visual features in John Misto's 'The Shoe-horn Sonata' and ONE other related text to your own choosing, convey distinctive experiences"ESSAYThe distinctive experiences of women captured by the Japanese in WW2 and the plight of the homeless in cities such as New York and Sydney are portrayed in ... Read More

A Comparison of the Book and Movie Adaptation of The Reader, a Novel by Bernhard Schlink (1388 words, 5 pages)

Changes for Good in The Reader Movie AdaptationIn The Reader, by Bernhard Schlink, fifteen-year-old Michael Berg meets, and starts an affair with, thirty-year-old Hanna Schmitz when she helps him as he becomes sick on his way home one day. After a summer together, she mysteriously moves away and he does ... Read More

A Literary Analysis of A Small Prayer, a Poem by Chris Abani (963 words, 3 pages)

Chris Abanis poem A Small Prayer is a quick and refreshing poem written by a poet for poets. However, it doesnt appear like this until the end. Throughout the poem, Abani utilizes quick couplets that focus on religious imagery to fool the reader throughout the play until the climax, which ... Read More

A Study of the Qualities of a Virtuous Women in Aeneid by Virgil and Confessions by St. Augustine (2788 words, 8 pages)

Woman of VirtueThe beliefs regarding how to be a virtuous woman vary drastically in Virgils Aeneid and Augustines Confessions. In the Aeneid, Virgil portrays women as mentally, physically, and emotionally inferior to men by associating one hundred percent of the female characters in the novel with swift, subsequent chaos. Alternatively, ... Read More

A Comparison of Failed Refugee Stories in the Aeneid and Men in the Sun (2603 words, 8 pages)

The Aeneid and Men in the Sun as Failed Refugee Stories Per Merriam-Webster, a refugee is one that flees especially a person who flees to a foreign country or power to escape danger or persecution. A refugee is one or a group of many that leaves a place due to ... Read More

Anti-Semitism in the Novel and Movie of Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl (2638 words, 8 pages)

Guiding Question In what ways are Anti-Semitism present throughout the novel and movie of Anne Frank The Diary Of A Young GirlIn the story of The Diary Of A Young Girl, by Anne Frank, Anne a German-born Jewish, born on June 12, 1929 conveys her life throughout primarily the ages ... Read More

Celestial Female Characters in Miguel de Cervantes’ The Illustrious Kitchen Maid, Frida Kahlo’s Self-Portrait with Thorn Necklace and Hummingbird, and Jusepe de Ribera’s Girl with Tambourine (1725 words, 6 pages)

Celestial Females Through Literature and ArtIn Miguel de Cervantes story, The Illustrious Kitchen Maid, the use of femininity and mystery are combined to create this illustrious female character named Costanza. Throughout the entirely of Cervantes story about Costanza he keeps her identity very vague and reveals few details about her ... Read More

Transformation in the Story of Minerva and Arachne in the Book Metamorphoses and in the Painting of Velasquez (1541 words, 5 pages)

Minerva and Arachne MetamorphosesArt and literature are two very powerful ways of portraying stories. Interpretation has a huge impact on stories as well, depending on how the audience and the artist interpret the work. Through stories in the book Metamorphoses we see the use of enargeia, or vividness. This visual ... Read More

A Comparison of We by Yevgeny Zamyatin and Giovanni’s Room by James Baldwin (1341 words, 3 pages)

Summer Reading Essay Prompt 1Conventional characters can be defined as those that conform to widely held expectations. In both Yevgeny Zamyatins We and James Baldwins Giovanni's Room, both David and D-503 are faced with societal expectations that they are expected to uphold. In We, D-503s obeys all the commands that ... Read More

A Comparison of Somewhat Unraveled by Cieran O’Driscoll and On Her Blindness by Adam Thorpe (1041 words, 3 pages)

Compare the methods both poets use to explore the effects of growing old. Both Somewhat Unraveled and On Her Blindness focus on age and the ageing process whereby both present this process as negative yet inevitable. Shapcott and Thorpe explore the effects of growing old through the speakers observation of ... Read More

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