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

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A Perspective on Persistence in Hawthorne’s Wakefield and Birthmark and Melville’s Bartleby, the Scivener (1867 words, 5 pages)

A perspective on persistence Perspective changes everything. Imagine being told a story about a man who was thought to be stubborn and refused to help an injured stranger, and then hearing the same story told from a different point of view. One might say the man was being perverse, but ... Read More

An Analysis of the Theme of Greed in The Pardoner’s Tale and The Pearl (591 words, 2 pages)

The Pardoner's Tale and The Pearl both teach a moral lesson. This lesson is that greed is the root of all evil. But, while both stories have the main theme of greed, they are very different in terms of symbolism and setting.First, Both The Pardoners Tale and The Pearl have ... Read More

True Love Never Runs Smooth: Examples of Love from Shows, Literature and Movies (402 words, 2 pages)

The play, A Midsummer Nights Dream by Shakespeare is a story about how one girl runs away from a forced marriage to be with the love of her life, but while thats happening faeries in the forest do mischief. One character named Lysander is deeply in love with a girl ... Read More

The Beliefs of the Characters in Antigone, on Free Choice of the Will and Into the Wild (1435 words, 5 pages)

Being stuck in between a rock and a hard place is what comes to mind when being faced with obligations that compete with one another. Often, humans are faced with difficult decisions in their daily life that alters their destiny. The way they come up with their decision is by ... Read More

The Memento Mori by Jonathan Nolan and Christopher Nolan (320 words, 2 pages)

Memento Mori by Jonathan Nolan and Christopher Nolans film adaption Memento contain a similar protagonist and bear several similarities, but they have significant differences in how existential premises and portrayed.In Memento and Memento Mori, both Leonard and Earl are alienated from society due to their condition. The estrangement which Leonard ... Read More

Wordsworth’s Use of Nature and Spiritual Reality in Order to Create Transcendental Reality in His Works Tintern Abbey and The Prelude (366 words, 2 pages)

Wordsworth Comparative EssayWordsworth believes he knows of a sort of transcendental reality, suspended all around us, but often unnoticed. The best way to notice it, he demonstrates, is by studying and surrounding oneself with nature. In his work, "Tintern Abbey," Wordsworthreflects on his experiences, in the past and the present, ... Read More

The Theme of Overcoming the Pain in Toni Morrison’s Novel Beloved and in James Baldwin’s Short Story Sonny’s Blues (3972 words, 14 pages)

Beloved Although humans differ in so many ways, there are always a few things that will remain unanimous. Pain is one of those things. Almost every human that has lived has felt it, which is why it reigns as the foremost theme in many works. This goes especially for African-American ... Read More

An Overview of The Talented Tenth and Locke in the Essay Enter the new Negro (1078 words, 4 pages)

While Alain Locke and W.E.B. Dubois certainly differ in their views, they do agree in their essays that there is a social stigma attached to the black man and there is a way to fix it. W.E.B. talks about this in his article The Talented Tenth and Locke in his ... Read More

An Examination of the Unidentifiable Queer Theory Through the Works Epistemology of the Closet by Eve Sedgwick, The Trouble with Normal by Michael Warner and Try by Dennis Cooper (1148 words, 5 pages)

The unidentifiableQueer theory isnt much of a theory at all. It is almost exactly the opposite. Despite the ideas that many authors have formed into what they constitute as a theory, the linear message that connects all is in oxymoronic opposition to what theories stand for. Queer theory is the ... Read More

Pound Vs. H.D.Ezra Pound and Hilda Doolittle, as imagists, are very talented writers. On the surface they may seem similar, but when one looks closer they will see that differences do exist. One of these differences exists in the form of their poems. For example, Pound does a better job ... Read More

The Sufferings as a Path to Self-Discovery in the Books, The Color of Water by James McBride and Sonny’s Blues by James Baldwin (866 words, 4 pages)

From Despair to DiscoveryIn both James McBrides The Color of Water and James Baldwins Sonnys Blues, the characters experience hardships, and each have their own ways of coping with them. Ruth must deal with an unloving father who forces his religion and way of life upon his family. James loses ... Read More

Application Discrimination in America in the Books, Nickel and Dimed and Snow Falling on Cedars (747 words, 5 pages)

Application DiscriminationIn America today, a person cannot apply for a job, take a test, even fill out a simple online survey without first being asked about their superficial characteristics. A persons sex or appearance does not determine the skill set they possess, or their customer satisfaction. Demanding this information and ... Read More

Education as the Key to Equality in the Book American Indian Stories, Legends and Other Writings by Zitkala-Sa and the Novel, Iola Leroy by Frances Harper (2328 words, 9 pages)

American Indian Stories and Iola LeroyIn Zitkala-Sas book American Indian Stories, Legends, and Other Writings, the mother of one of the narrator believes education will pave the way for equality. She thinks that if her daughter is educated then she will be able to fit into the Anglo culture. The ... Read More

The Greatest Generation Portrayed in the Stories of Tom Brokaw and Studs Terkel (1531 words, 5 pages)

Americans born in the 1920s have drawn great attention because of the socioeconomic environment they have faced and their prodigious role in shaping the United States. Tom Brokaw, author of The Greatest Generation, contends that this generation of Americans is the greatest generation any society has produced and gives this ... Read More

A Comparison of Abigail Williams and Michelle Bachmann’s Aim to Scare People to Divert Attention Away from Themselves (492 words, 1 pages)

Bachmann and WilliamsRhetoric is used in persuasion, and this could be used in a false manner, which does a disservice to those who believe it. The Crucible written by Arthur Miller, introduces Abigail Williams who aims to scare the people of Salem into killing Elizabeth Proctor as a witch. Michelle ... Read More

An Analysis of the Adult and Children’s Perspective of The Cat and the Hat by Dr. Seuss (881 words, 4 pages)

The Cat And The Hat AnalysisThe Cat And The Hat has remained one of the most popular childrens books since its publication in 1957(About Dr. Seuss) While The Cat And The Hat has been extremely popular, differences in interpreting the concepts that Theodor Geisel incorporated into the book have been ... Read More

Love as the Motivator of Abigail, Amy Fisher and Nowak in Committing Murder (324 words, 2 pages)

Mutual Drives of Love The Crucible ReflectionIn the book, The Crucible, Abigail clearly has a love and admiration for John Proctor, of which she would consider anything to get with him, even killing his beloved wife. Likewise, in the article, An Astronauts Alleged Crimes of Passion written by Tom Zeller ... Read More

The Horrors of the German Holocaust and Portrayal of Equality in John Boyne’s Novel, The Boy In The Striped Pyjamas” (1039 words, 3 pages)

John Boynes The Boy In The Striped Pyjamas is a thoughtful novel about a nine-year-old boys experiences in Nazi Germany during the Holocaust. Through the use of literary techniques, the most important being narrative voice, Boyne conveys the idea that all men are equal, using Bruno and Shmuel seeing each ... Read More

The Theme of Pride in the Novels “The Boys in the Boat” by Daniel Brown and “The Bridge Over River Kwai” by Pierre Boule (659 words, 3 pages)

The theme of pride is central to many popular literature pieces. Pride can be considered as the elevated opinion of ones self andor actions. While a sense of pride can be a positive motivating force to achieve great accomplishments, it also can be an all consuming force which leads to ... Read More

The Theme of Nature in Ozymandias by Percy Shelley and Stopping by the Woods on a Snowy Evening by Robert Frost (698 words, 3 pages)

16 March 2016Nature is TruthSince the existence of Humans, nature has always been a mystery. The mysterious balance of each and every aspect of our lives lies in nature, and this is why so many poets and authors use it to reflect on things that we dont know- and things ... Read More

The Important Role of Society in the Development of an Individual’s Character and Identity in The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison and Black Boy by Richard Wright (644 words, 2 pages)

In todays world society plays an important role in developing ones identity and character. Societal constructs dictate a persons behavior and choices. In the novel The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison and excerpt of Black Boy by Richard Wright, the main characters are heavily influenced by the world they live ... Read More

A Comparison of the Characters from Barn Burning by William Faulkner, Bartleby: the Scrivener by Herman Melville and Carnal Knowledge by T. C. Boyle (1389 words, 3 pages)

CompareContrast 3 Characters EssayAuthors create characters that a reader can relate to. Its important as an author that readers can identify and relate to your characters by making them go through many things in their stories. A person may relate to a character that goes through many hardships or one ... Read More

Love, Marriage and Faithfulness in The Sun Also Rises and Their Eyes Were Watching God (1860 words, 5 pages)

Love, Marriage and Faithfulness Viewed Through Bret and JanieLove, marriage and faithfulness is a main theme in many of the novels students study today and many novels that people enjoy in general. Authors may have many reasons for writing about this theme. One thing always stands true though, an authors ... Read More

An Analysis of the Use of Narration in the Short Stories The Swimmer by John Cheever and The Sweat by Zora Neale Hurston (1872 words, 8 pages)

NameInstructorInstituteDate of Submission Use of Narration in The Swimmer and SweatThe SwimmerIntroductionThe Swimmer is one of Cheevers short stories in his tome, The Stories of John Cheever. He describes the swimmer as a rich and idle young man named Neddy who embarked on a swimming excursion to home on a ... Read More

In An Upheaval by Anton Chekhov (1119 words, 4 pages)

Anton Chekhovs masterful play on our ingrained ideologies, works through his tragic writing, In An Upheaval (1890) by slowly coercing us into relinquishing to his tragically deteriorating storyline. On the other hand, Kate Chopins The Story of an Hour (1894), represent the sexual revolutionary artist at her most vulnerable through ... Read More

A Comparison of the Differences Between the Film and the Book In Country and the Film Jackknife (384 words, 1 pages)

The main comparison to be drawn between the film and the book of In Country, and The film Jackknife is the fact that the book is able to be more free form than the film, which is much more concrete in content. This is because the novel is basically a ... Read More

The Acceptance of Truth and Reality in a World of Inequality and Barbarism in Barbara Kingsolver’s Small Wonder and Salmon Rushdie’s Step Across This Line (513 words, 2 pages)

Both of these essays explore the history and fate of our times. Can weaccept truth and embrace reality? Can we find small wonders of hope in aworld fueled by inequality and barbarism? When we cross frontiers, real andsymbolic, how are we changed? "Small Wonder" starts with every parent's worst nightmare ... Read More

A Comparison of This Cody and The People Who Ignore You are the People Who Live Here by Laurie Anderson Alford (971 words, 4 pages)

The two Laurie Anderson Alford stories being discussed have many aspects in common. Both stories deal with a personal loss of some kind. The main character in each story deal with their personal loss in similar ways, some in more eccentric ways than others. Both characters are emotionally troubled. They ... Read More

The Colliding of Genders in the Graphic Novel The Veil, the Poems Anorexic and Cinderella (1218 words, 4 pages)

Genders CollidingIn todays society, genders often collide in many different scenarios. Men and women are very different in a lot of ways. Due to their differences, they tend to clash heads a lot of the time. In todays society we have different views on how men and woman should behave ... Read More

A Comparison of The Lottery by Shirley Jackson and A Good Man is Hard to Find by Flannery O’Connor (1602 words, 5 pages)

The Lottery and A Good Man is Hard to FindIn "The Lottery," by Shirley Jackson and A Good Man is Hard to Find by Flannery OConnors. Both short stories depicting two similar types of portend where one is random the other is premeditated, which leads these stories to their very ... Read More

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