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

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A Comparison of the Approach Towards Racism Between Claude McKay and Langston Hughes in Their Poems (1057 words, 4 pages)

. Claude McKay and Langston Hughes are consider two of the most influential African American poets during the Harlem Renaissance. They each helped shape the trends that would later define literary movement with African Americans. In a reflective poem, Langston Hughes portrays racism and oppression in his poem Harlem inform ... Read More

A Comparison of the Three Different Myths of the Cyclops Polyphemus by Homer, Theocritus, and Ovid (1226 words, 4 pages)

Every author has their own perspective on the myths they are writing about. As we can see, there are three different versions of the myth of the Cyclops Polyphemus written by Homer, Theocritus, and Ovid respectively. All three authors portrayed the Cyclops Polyphemus in different ways according to their own ... Read More

The Importance of Funeral Etiquette in Emily Post’s Etiquette (1820 words, 5 pages)

In comparing the Emily Post Etiquette chapters (1922 2015) to the death and funeral of my cousin-in-law, I have discovered the importance of funeral etiquette. Although etiquette may seem artificial at first glance, its service plays an essential role in the grieving process because it encourages loved one to accept ... Read More

The Importance of Being Guided and Influence by Other People in Literary Works Crime and Punishment, King Lear and Inferno (2340 words, 9 pages)

Immanuel Kant, a well-known German philosopher and enlightenment thinker, once said, Immaturity is the incapacity to use ones intelligence without the guidance of another (Kant). In other words, one is immature with guidance and he should use his own intelligence to advance. Kant would agree that I was immature in ... Read More

The Satirization of the Obstacles in Life through Reversal and Parody in the Movie Up by Pete Docter and the Story The Paper Bag Princess by Robert Munsch (1506 words, 3 pages)

People go through many challenges in life the journey is not alwaysclear and straight. Individuals have an end goal or achievement in life butthe journey it takes to achieve it is not easy. Problems such as family,financial, relationship and friendship can be presented and can complicatethe mission to reach the ... Read More

An Analysis of the Similarities between Sylvia from Toni Cade Bambara’s The Lesson and Langston from Langston Hughes’s Salvation (912 words, 4 pages)

According to Merriam-webster.com, coming of age is the attainment of prominence, respectability, recognition, or maturity (merriam-webster.com). Most coming of age stories are very similar. They normally have a pre-teen character growing up with a different idea from the one they started out with. Sylvia, from Toni Cade Bambara The Lesson ... Read More

A Comparison of the Background of the Poems, The Death of the Ball Turret Gunner by Randall Jarrell and An Irish Airman Foresees His Death by W.B. Yeats (592 words, 2 pages)

Randall Jarrell, one of the most famous American poet, told us the story of a ball turret Gunners death. Similarly, William Butler Yeats, one of the foremost Irish poet back in 20th-century, depicted the undergoing situation where this poor Irish soldier was dying in a war. Although the themes appear ... Read More

London in The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson (691 words, 3 pages)

In this essay, I will be discussing how Stevenson presents London throughout the novel(The Strange Case Of Dr.Jekyll And Mr.Hyde).I will be reflecting back to what was happening in 1800 Victorian London when Stevenson was alive and what influenced him to base it in London, not in Edinburgh where he ... Read More

A Comparison of the Short Stories, The Sound of Thunder by Ray Bradbury and Nethergrave by Gloria Skurzynski (811 words, 3 pages)

Bradburys The Sound of Thunder and Skurzynskis Nethergrave are both good science fiction stories. Both of these stories are about scientific technology changing the life of an individual however, certain underlying themes are different. In the former story, the main character, Eckels, faces harsh consequences due to a dire fear-driven ... Read More

An Exhilarating Adventure of Hiking Up Volcano Arenal (731 words, 2 pages)

My roommates and I woke up at about seven because we had to be on the bus by eight. We spent the whole day that day hiking up volcano Arenal. By the time we got back to our house we were all completely drained of energy. I opened the window ... Read More

An Overview of the Octoroon by B. J. J (737 words, 3 pages)

Comparing two plays that we read An Octoroon by BJJ and its important ancestor entitled The Octoroon, both writers devoted passion and meticulousness. Although An Octoroon(2015) should not only be regarded as an adaptation or revision of The Octoroon, the two plays share so many similarities. However, An Octoroon is ... Read More

The Important Relationship Between Movies and Books (601 words, 3 pages)

Movies relate more to books compared to the televisions because thefilms can comprise of existing stories and facts stored in books. Thetelevisions on the other side tend to concentrate more on the actual eventstaking place on a daily basis. The movies and books are important becausethey keep the culture alive ... Read More

The Cases of the Three Heroes (1634 words, 8 pages)

Essay outlineTopic Comparing elements of Hamartia in Aeschyluss Agamemnon, William Shakespeares Hamlet and Thomas Stearns Eliots The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock.Thesis StatementThe protagonists in the major works Agamemnon, Hamlet, and The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock each meets their own tragic fate as a result of their ... Read More

An Examination of the Exclusions of Crucial Scenes in the Film Rendition of the Novel, The Kite Runner (585 words, 2 pages)

Every time a best selling novel is offered to become a film, the director and writers ignore scenes of the novel that some may think were crucial for the story line. In this case, the novel The Kite Runner and its film. The novel The Kite Runner takes place in ... Read More

The Psychological Effects of Changes in Cultural Norms (2142 words, 8 pages)

Psychological Effects of Changes in Cultural NormsUpon deciding to do an analysis of a cultural study comparison between Joseph Conrads The Heart of Darkness and Ayi Kwei Armahs The Beautyful Ones are Not Yet Born I discovered that both authors discuss in their novellas how people undergo psychological effects when ... Read More

A Comparison Between Wilfred Owen’s “Disabled” and Robert Frosts’s “Out Out” (1621 words, 4 pages)

Comparison between Disabled by Wilfred Owen and Out Out By Robert FrostIn this essay I am going to write about the poem Out Out by Robert Frost comparing it to the poem Disabled by Wilfred Owen. The poem Out Out describes a boy working with a buzz saw in the ... Read More

A Comparison of No Witchcraft for Sale by Doris Lessing and the Mark of the Beast by Rudyard Kipling (520 words, 2 pages)

No Witchcraft for Sale by Doris Lessing and The Mark of the Beast by Rudyard Kipling are two short stories that can be comparable through its context but are contrasting in their contents. Both stories deal with a clash of cultures and lack of sensitivity to another persons heritage. In ... Read More

A Comparison of Social Circumstances in a Doll’s House and a Streetcar Named Desire (2017 words, 5 pages)

How far do you agree that the characters in A Streetcar Named Desire and A Dolls House are affected by their social circumstances?In 'A Streetcar Named Desire' and 'A Dolls House' we are presented with characters that are trapped by their social circumstances. For instance Blanche DuBois is deeply affected ... Read More

Bowers were a prevalent literary theme that circulated throughout the Middle Ages, seventeenth century, and the eighteenth century. In all three of these works, bowers are places characterized by lush fruits, grass, trees, or nature and landscape in general. In exploring each of these three bowers, I will be paying ... Read More

The Importance of Truthfulness in the Play Antigone by Sophocles and Novel Nothing But the Truth by Avi (877 words, 3 pages)

In both stories, Antigone, by Sophocles and Nothing but the Truth, by Avi, the major theme is the importance of truthfulness. In Antigone, the main character, Antigone, stays true to her belief by being loyal to her religion and burying her brother against the pressures from her sister and the ... Read More

A Comparison of the Novel and Film Adaptation of The Great Gatsby by Baz Luhrmann (827 words, 4 pages)

The Great Gatsby is a classic American novel written by F. Scott Fitzgerald and published in 1925. Since its release so long ago, the novel has been reviewed, recounted and even transformed to the movie screen for film adaptations. The most recent, The Great Gatsby (2013) directed by Baz Luhrmann ... Read More

A Comparison of the Differences in the Poems, Bermudas and Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (970 words, 3 pages)

In exploring Bermudas and Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, I found that the two poems differ from one another and that the bowers epitomize completely different notions however, these notions are hidden in the context of the poems. With Bermudas, the reader is introduced to a group of English ... Read More

A Comparison of the Influence of Family Environments on the Main Characters in Hard Love and Fledgling (1442 words, 4 pages)

The main characters in Hard Love and Fledgling have both been shaped and influenced by their family environments, but in very different ways. When one compares these books, at first there does not seem to be any relation between the two. Hard Loves vocabulary and ideas seem to be better ... Read More

What makes an evil plan truly evil? Is it the number of people harmed? Or is it the quality of your harming? The House of the Scorpion is a novel about Matt, a young man who is a clone, living in a dystopian society under the control of a terrible ... Read More

Historical Oppression of US Minority Groups through Protagonists in Silko’s Novel “Ceremony” and Morrison’s “Beloved” (1858 words, 6 pages)

As used in this paper, the word place is defined as an enhancement of space, one that is allocated meaning and significance by those it contains a concretion of value. In Space and Place, the cultural geographer Yi-fu Tuan ascribes the manifestation of place to humans, as they try to ... Read More

A Comparison Between the Text and Film Versions of Cinderella (717 words, 4 pages)

Fairytales are a form of imagination used to depict the things that we want in life or should want in life. From unrealistic happy endings all the way to life learning lessons. It portrays an image of our hopes and dreams, instead of showing and teaching individuals how to truly ... Read More

The Concept of Metafiction in the Novels The Things They Carried by Tim O’Brien and Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress by Dai Sijie (589 words, 2 pages)

Tim OBrien is the author of the fictional novel The Things They Carried. In this Novel OBrien writes about different stories that relate back to the Vietnam War. The novel Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress is book written by Dai Sijie about the communist rule over China. In these ... Read More

A Comparison of Character Pastor Manders from Ghost and Amanda Wingfield from The Glass Menageria (995 words, 2 pages)

Ibsen has been described as having a preoccupation with the obstacles put in the way of individual liberty and freedom by bourgeois society Compare the presentation of the characters Pastor Manders ( Ghosts) and Amanda Wingfield (The Glass Menagerie) in light of this view.In the plays, The Glass Menagerie (1944- ... Read More

A Comparison of The Mayor of Casterbridge by Thomas Hardy and Oedipus the King by Sophocles (1020 words, 3 pages)

Style of Hardy in The Mayor of Casterbridge In The Mayor of Casterbridge, Hardy traces the style of the Aristotelian tragedy through employing its classical elements in his novel. In an Aristotelian tragedy, the most important element is the experience of catharsis, the arousing of pity and fear in the ... Read More

An Analysis of the Main Virtue in Life in the Stories Inferno and One Thousand and One Nights (413 words, 2 pages)

Some of the most memorable pieces of literature hold a type of idea, whether it be a religious or a philosophical one. We find these in both Inferno and One Thousand and One Nights, and even though these stories differ in a couple of waysreligiously and culturallythere is no doubt ... Read More

Comparative Literature Essay Examples