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

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The Theme of Sexuality in Kazuo Ishiguro’s Never Let Me Go and Brokeback Mountain by Annie Proulx (1094 words, 4 pages)

Sexuality throughout history has been subject to countless rules and regulation by thousands of different societies who desired to wrest control of such a fundamental part of human development. In the modern era, there still are visages of these attempts to control sexuality and sexual expression whether it be religious ... Read More

A Reflection on an Internship with the Committee to Elect Judge Fred Bates to the Cook County Circuit Court (3347 words, 10 pages)

This semester for our Political Science 301 class, my internship was with the Committee to Elect Judge Fred Bates to the Cook County Circuit Court. While this was my first time serving in an internship capacity, it was very interesting and very useful in learning how elections work throughout the ... Read More

An Analysis of Individuality in Juno of Tarie by Fleur Beale and the Hunger Games (889 words, 2 pages)

Katniss Everdeen and Juno are both characters from novels where their physionomies are represented in terms of their individuality and identity, through these key characteristics teenagers can resonate most with one particular character. You cant change who you are. No matter how hard you struggle, some things will never change. ... Read More

A Review of Marquez’s “Chronicle of a Death Foretold” and Tayeb Saih’s “Season of Migration to the North” (638 words, 2 pages)

The novel depends on the curiosity of the reader about how the story might end. Discuss ways in which the author has encouraged you to want to know the end in two works you have studied. An intriguing novel or story generally contains certain elements aimed at capturing the readers ... Read More

A Comparison of Structure and Freedom in This Boy’s Life and The Glass Castle (743 words, 2 pages)

Structure and FreedomThe paradox of freedom and structure is an idea that discusses how freedom is most likely to be achieved with specific guidelines, even restrictions. A study found that kids on a playground used the most of their play space when there were fences around them -- without the ... Read More

An Analysis of Foreign Girls in the Catcher in the Rye, A&P, and Araby (1144 words, 4 pages)

She Drives Me CrazyWhether its butterflies, or that little twinge of excitement in the pit of your stomach, every guy knows how it feels to meet that one girl, the one thats different from all others before her. Foreign is exciting often times men cant help but admire, and romanticize. ... Read More

A Literary Analysis of Novel Parallels in The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky and Silver Linings Playbook by Matthew Quick (1169 words, 4 pages)

Throughout the novels The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky and Silver Linings Playbook by Matthew Quick, there are novel parallels that are constantly at the center of attention of the reader, as they involve the main characters of both novels.The main characters of both novels, Pat and ... Read More

A Comparison of Adulthood in To Sir John Lade on His Coming of Age and When I Was One and Twenty by Samuel Johnson and A. E. Houseman (545 words, 1 pages)

The poems To Sir John Lade, on His Coming of Age and When I Was one and Twenty by Samuel Johnson and A. E. Houseman respectively, address the qualities of adulthood, specifically the age of twenty-one. Written in different eras, each poem offers a different viewpoint on the nature of ... Read More

An Analysis of Sam Spade, The Op and Philip Marlowe as Detectives (1055 words, 2 pages)

Sam Spade, The Op, and Philip Marlowe as DetectivesIn the Hard Boiled tradition all detectives have to have the same characteristics for them to be able to survive and thrive in their environments. Philip Marlowe the detective in The Big Sleep was dodging to sisters who were trying to get ... Read More

An Analysis of Greed in Marathon Man by William Goldman and Inside Man by Spike Lee (1384 words, 4 pages)

Greed Mans Selfish DesiresGreed is one of mans worst flaws in a situation. It can cause people to do things that they normally would not do, things that they later might regret. Greed makes people very anxious to get more and more money and make people do things as far ... Read More

An Analysis of Neil Klugman in Goodbye, Columbus by Philip Roth and Ben Braddock in The Graduate (1420 words, 4 pages)

Neil and Ben Becoming MenComing of age is a very difficult for many young men. Often a young man, is troubled about his future and does not want to. Even though they go to and graduate college, they do not know what they want to be or do with their ... Read More

The Importance of Detective Fiction; Sherlock Holmes, Sam Spade and Philip Marlowe (1006 words, 2 pages)

Why Detective Fiction Is Important DefenseEdmund Wilson referred to detective fiction as rubbish and wasteful of time, which is wrong and the exact opposite of what detective fiction. Detective fiction is one of the most liked genres and most entertaining. Being able to try and solve the mystery by yourself ... Read More

An Analysis of the Articles on Toni Morrison’s Beloved by Satya Mohanty, Mae Henderson and Lori Askeland (3363 words, 10 pages)

In the analysis of Toni Morrisons Beloved, we read articles by Satya Mohanty, Mae Henderson, and Lori Askeland. Three critical approaches were identified among these authors based onBeloved the first being Mohanty who proposed that both essentialist and post-modernist might have too blunt of a theoretical approach, and Toni Morrisons ... Read More

A Literary Analysis of Anaphora in Empty Chairs at Empty Tables and Lament for Boromir (409 words, 2 pages)

Laments of deathBoth the Modern lament, Empty Chairs at Empty Tables, and the Anglo Saxon lament, Lament for Boromir use anaphora and epistrophe to emphasize the theme of ubi sunt, intense loss. Both Laments first use anaphora to emphasize intense loss. Empty Chairs at empty Tables first shows anaphora in ... Read More

The Leadership Styles of Dido in Passages from The Aeneid and Caesar in Bellum Gallicium (573 words, 2 pages)

Throughout the two passages both Dido and Aeneas utilize a plethora of leadership styles in order to accomplish specific goals.Dido immediately reveals the compassionate side of her leadership through the first line (Solvite.curas) which serves at an earnest welcome to the Trojans. By stating loosen your hearts and hide away ... Read More

A Review of the Stories “The Open Boat” by Stephen Crane and “The Secret Sharer” by Joseph Conrad (943 words, 3 pages)

The compelling sea stories The Open Boat by Stephen Crane, and The Secret Sharer by Joseph Conrad, are about men on the open water experiencing a journey they are not properly equipped for. The captain in The Secret Sharer is a very different character than the captain in The Open ... Read More

Literature’s Task and Duty; According to Chinua Achebe and Vargas Llosa (980 words, 4 pages)

Literatures Task and Duty According to Chinua Achebe and Mario Vargas LlosaLiterature has always been used as a means of expression it doesnt matter what the themes are, how it is written or if it is a poem or an essay. But what is really important is that literature transmits ... Read More

Soldiers, Trenches and Wartime in Rupert Brooke’s “The Soldier” (1023 words, 3 pages)

World War I Soldiers, Trenches, and WartimeMilitary forces, regardless of division, are a necessary means of both offense and defense for a country, whether that country is at war or not. World War I marks history as one of the most devastating wars that has ever been fought, due to ... Read More

How the Quest for Personal Identity Is Explored in the Poems of Kamala Das and Eunice de Souza (5625 words, 18 pages)

Abstract Personal identity is a nuanced phrase by definition it is the distinct personality of an individual and is related to the persisting entity particular to a given individual. It defines who we are and is shaped by our environment. Every literary work is subjective to some extent poetry as ... Read More

A Comparison of The Taming of the Shrew and 10 Things I Hate About You (738 words, 3 pages)

Ten Things I Hate About Shrew William Shakespeare, as a major literary figure, wrote many forms of literature one of the more popular forms being plays. Many of his works have been transformed to appear in film adaptations, and many of these adaptations are modernized to fit the current generation ... Read More

Characterization in “The Kite Runner” by Amir (4408 words, 18 pages)

AbstractA choice is defined as the act of selecting or making a decision when facedwith two or more possibilities1. Characterisation in literature revolvesaround the concept of choice and the circumstances that provide a contextfor these choices. This extended essay attempts to answer the followingresearch question How do the choices made ... Read More

A Comparison of Julius Caesar and Oedipus Reaction to Their Fortune Teller (1016 words, 3 pages)

How do Julius Caesar and Oedipus reaction to their fortune teller (Tiresias, Soothsayer), explain their attitude to the gods and eventually lead to their downfall?Both Oedipus Rex by Sophocles and Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare display certain characteristics towards their fortune tellers that eventually lead to their downfall. Both Oedipus ... Read More

An Illusion of a Utopia in the Story “The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas” by Ursula Guin (1468 words, 5 pages)

An Illusion of a UtopiaIn the story The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas by Ursula K. Le Guin and The Lottery by Shirley Jackson, both stories begin with an atmosphere of excitement and happiness. They describe the vehement togetherness of both communities, citizens participating in rituals and festivals. These ... Read More

A Comparison of Inferno, The Epic of Gilgamesh and Twelfth Night (842 words, 3 pages)

Literature is a particular kind of writing that brings people together from all around the world. Literature also shows the values of many diverse cultures or time periods. From Italy, to England, and even to Asia, culture is a very important part of the stories, which help readers understand the ... Read More

An Analysis of Childhood in The Grasshopper and the Bell Cricket and The Flowers (773 words, 3 pages)

Childhood in The Grasshopper and the Bell Cricket The FlowersThe Grasshopper and the Bell Cricket by Yasunari Kawabata and in The Flowers by Alice Walker takes the idea of childhood to an emotional level. However, they also present a different ending that leaves the story with different attitudes towards childhood. ... Read More

A Literary Comparison of Poems To Helen and Helen (609 words, 2 pages)

Poem Comparison To Helen and HelenBeauty is sensitive it can be admired or it can cause a disaster. The two poets' attitude completely differs in their poems regarding Helen of Troy. Helen, the wife of Menelaus, a Greek King, sparked the Trojan war as she was abducted by Trojan prince ... Read More

An Analysis of Parenting in Woman Work by Maya Angelou and Offspring by Naomi Long Madgett (651 words, 2 pages)

Until a child reach independence and adulthood, many parents work hard in order to raise their child in the best way they can. Parenting is a twenty-four hour, seven-days-a-week job that will keep parents restless working to earn money for the family, taking care of the house, or parenting their ... Read More

A Comparison of Song of Myself by Walt Whitman and The Open Boat by Stephen Crane (807 words, 3 pages)

Song of Myself and The Open Boat One of the most common ideas explored in literature is mans connection to the universe. Both Walt Whitmans Song of Myself and Stephen Cranes The Open Boat examine how man is connected to nature and the universe, but they take different stances on ... Read More

A Comparison of Hercules and King Arthur (989 words, 4 pages)

Hercules and King Arthur came from two different cultures Hercules is Greek while King Arthur is Celtic. The Greek culture was created before the Celtic culture but they co-existed at one point in time and were later taken over by the Roman Empire. The Greek and Celtic cultures were once ... Read More

A Comparison of The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien and Here, There Be Dragons James A. Owen (787 words, 3 pages)

There are many connections that can be made between J.R.R. Tolkien's TheHobbit and the numerous works studied during the Grade 8 English course.All of these works have a fantasy side and a reality side and these areinterwoven into the story plot.In The Hobbit, the dragons portrayed are all evil and ... Read More

Comparative Literature Essay Examples