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

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A Comparison of the Movie Old Yeller and the Book Where the Red Fern Grows (945 words, 3 pages)

Final Exam Essay The movie, Old Yeller and the book, Where the Red Fern Grows have many similarities and differences. In the book, the main character, Billy, is an only son who has three younger sisters. Billy says I was well repaid by the love and adoration I saw in ... Read More

A Comparison of Flannery O’Connors a Good Man Is Hard to Find and Shirley Jackson’s the Lottery (1526 words, 6 pages)

Comparing and Contrasting OConnors, A Good Man Is Hard To Find, and Jacksons, The LotteryAuthor of, A Good Man Is Hard To Find, Flannery OConnor was born in Savannah, Georgia in 1925 and spent her life as a practicing Roman Catholic. During her short lifetime, she wrote over thirty-two short ... Read More

Identity Through Oppression in Yeats’s “Easter 1916” and Hughes’s “Theme for English B” (1961 words, 7 pages)

Identity Through Oppression in William Butler Yeatss Easter 1916 and Langston Hughess Theme for English BHistory is important in understanding who we as people are and where we come from. It helps us grow as a whole and learn. History is something tied to us emotionally. Reflecting on events from ... Read More

The Examination of Civilized Versus Savage In “A Mercy and Gulliver’s Travel” (1656 words, 6 pages)

The Separation of Civilized Versus Savage Examined in A Mercy and Gullivers TravelsA man is attacked on the side of the road, and he is beaten with a bat countless times in the head. One might think the man who committed tis savage act is not civilized. A person may ... Read More

An Analysis of The No Name and the Cooking Woman (1488 words, 4 pages)

The No Name and the Cooking WomanStories are the way that we explain many things as a human race. They are the way we establish authority, explain what we cannot quite understand, teach life lessons and keep cultural heritage intact. However in some cultures stories are much more important than ... Read More

A Review of the Stories “Sonny’s Blues” and “Cathedral” (955 words, 4 pages)

Sonnys a Muse and Cathedral CluesCharacterization is defined as the way an author portrays a particular character in a work. Although usually characterized based on initial actions, characters are apt to change over the course of a story. Consider for example the narrators of both short stories featured within Sonnys ... Read More

A Movie Reconstruction of Henrik Ibsen’s Doll’s House Into the Director Lee Breuer’s Work Mabou Mines Dollhouse (1080 words, 4 pages)

As an auteur director, Lee Breuer reconstructs Henrik Ibsens A Doll House into his work Mabou Mines Dollhousewith a strong personal point of view. Having a clear directorial concept, he adapts the play not only throughthe innovated casting of short actors and tall actresses, but also through the form of ... Read More

A Comparison of a Defence of Poetry by Percy Shelley and Defence of Poesie by Sir Philip Sidney (771 words, 3 pages)

Readers familiar with other great defenses of poetry may find Percy Bysshe ShelleysA Defence of Poetryunusual, even confusing. There is little practical analysis of the elements of good literary work. There is no methodical history of poetry, as one reads in Sir Philip SidneysDefence of Poesie(1595). There are no pronouncements ... Read More

An Analysis of the Importance of the Setting of a Short Story in The Things They Carried, A Worn Path and A Jury of Her Peers (674 words, 2 pages)

The setting of a short story dramatically affects the characters as evident in The Things They Carried, A Worn Path, and A Jury of Her Peers. The setting of a literary work can have a significant effect on the characters, and can affect they way they act, feel, and they ... Read More

A Comparative Analysis of the Modernist Poem The Red Wheelbarrow by William Carlos Williams and the Postmodernist Song I Feel Like I’m Fixin’ to Die Rag by Joe McDonald (1112 words, 4 pages)

Modernism and postmodernism are two different movements in the arts, architecture, and criticism. They appeared in different time periods, and have specific characteristics, styles and themes. Modernism appeared at the end of the 19th century, and ended in the middle of the 20th century. It was conservative, but also revolutionary. ... Read More

A Literary Analysis of Music in the Song the Game of Life and the Short Story the Lottery (891 words, 4 pages)

Music and Fiction PaperThe song The Game of Life and the short story The Lottery both obtain the theme Lifes a game of chance, and they share a strong message on life and its unpredictability. The message basically tells us that we never truly know what will occur in our ... Read More

An Analysis of the Representation of Beauty Through the Use of Imagery in the Poems Pied Beauty, Powwow at the End of the World, and The Root Cellar by Robert Frost (673 words, 4 pages)

Today, most people that are too caught up in the world and their busy lives fail to take notice and appreciate the natural beauty of the earth that surrounds them. Fortunately for these oblivious people, poetry can help clear their minds and help them recognize the beauty of the earth ... Read More

An Analysis of the Examples of the Impact of Being a Woman on All the Aspects of Life in Under a Cruel Star, Don’t Let’s Go to the Dogs Tonight, and a Border Passage (2658 words, 10 pages)

A persons gender can affect the way that others view them and how they view the world around them. In Under a Cruel Star, Dont Lets Go to the Dogs Tonight, and A Border Passage, Heda Margolius Kovly, Alexandra Fuller, and Leila Ahmed, all express their personal experiences throughout their ... Read More

An Analysis of the Surveillance in 1984 by George Orwell and The Trial by Franz Kafka (2125 words, 8 pages)

Foundations of SurveillanceIn todays highly technological, rapidly developing culture, the issue of surveillance is a very relevant and popular topic of discussion. History shows that surveillance is a natural human instinct, and just like everything else, it has progressed as civilization becomes more sophisticated. People, being social creatures, have always ... Read More

A Comparison of The Use of Force by William Carlos Williams and One of These Days by Gabriel Garcia Marquez (2663 words, 9 pages)

Compare and Contrast The Use of Force by William Carlos Williams VS One of these Days by Gabriel Garcia MarquezThe greater the power, the more dangerous the abuse, is a famous quote by Edmund Burke that perfectly explains the role of power in certain occupations. Even recently, we can relate ... Read More

The Ideals of a Functional Family Through the Analysis of the Stories Looking for Work and What We Really Miss About the 1950’s (1297 words, 5 pages)

The dictionary definition for family is a group consisting of parents and children living together in a household but it means so much more than that. In this argumentative essay I will show my ideals for a functional family and the rebuttals that some people might have against what I ... Read More

A Comparison of Arthurian Legends and Harry Potter Books (2722 words, 9 pages)

Harry Potter ParallelsArthurian legends are stories that have been told for years. Today, stories of wizards and knightly quests have basics in these Arthurian texts. Some Arthurian stories have even been the basis for modern stories, such as that of the Harry Potter series. Among the parallels is the stone ... Read More

The Principles in God’s Grandeur and Reading Celan in a Subway Station (1003 words, 4 pages)

Despite their differences, Gods Grandeur by Gerard Manely Hopkins and Reading Celan in a Subway Station by Carolina Ebeid are about the same basic principle, and have a similar underlying pattern. They both go from seeing something wonderful, to seeing it destroyed or disregarded. At the end of their poems, ... Read More

A Comaparative Analysis of Two Novels by Art Spiegelman Entitled Maus and Sandman (984 words, 4 pages)

In a broad spectrum, Art Spiegelman is a prolific author who wrote a masterpiece called Maus. Maus is a story within a story. In that case, it observes the son of the two survivors of the Holocaust. Meanwhile, young Art Spiegelman elaborates how cross-examined his dear father Vladek with interest ... Read More

A Comparison of the Purposes of Within Genesis and Little Red Cap (1454 words, 4 pages)

Within Genesis and Little Red Cap, although two different stories, they share a similar purpose which is the acculturation of the audience to pass down a moral and ethical code to preserve a certain culture. Genesis appeals to a mass culture which is the basis of a religion it teaches ... Read More

The Notion of Choice in Literary Works The Kite Runner, The Road Not Taken, and Regret (1448 words, 4 pages)

Choices of Humanity Choices are such a unique part of the human experience. Everyone knows what it has felt like to make a choice that, upon reflection, fills them with regret or perhaps makes them ask themselves, "What if?" Choices can be small. They might not always matter a lot, ... Read More

The Modification of Perspectives in Gotic Literature from The Castle of Ontranto to A Rose for Emily (3675 words, 11 pages)

Over the years, gothic literature and its characteristics have evolved. One of the first Gothic texts, The Castle of Ontranto and one of the most recent texts, such as the short story A Rose for Emily demonstrate the differences and improvements that have emerged through gothic conventions. One of the ... Read More

A Comparison of the Plays Macbeth and Antigone (1312 words, 4 pages)

Macbeth and Antigone EssayShow me a hero and Ill write you a tragedy. F. Scott Fitzgerald isnt the only novelist who uses tragedy, in specific, tragic heroes, in his storylines to promote the disastrous happenings caused by fate. Both Shakespeare and Sophocles incorporate tragic heroes in their plays Macbeth and ... Read More

An Examination of the Colonialism in Literature (2957 words, 8 pages)

Anthony Burgess wrote Colonialism. The enforced spread of the rule of reason. But who is going to spread it among the colonizers? Colonialism is a theory of expansion involving the acquisition of additional colonies often for proposed economic growth. Historically speaking, much of the success of early empires can be ... Read More

An Analysis of the Effects of Inaction on a Person’s Conscience in the Poem A Bronzeville Mother Loiters in Mississippi, Meanwhile a Mississippi Mother Burns Bacon by Gwendon Brooks (828 words, 3 pages)

An old Romanian proverb says silence equals complacency, but how does that work? Is what a person chooses to say just as important as what they choose to conceal? Is what a person chooses to do just as important as what they knowingly allow others to do around them? In ... Read More

An Examination of the Theme of Isolation in Clytie and If You Touched My Heart (1227 words, 5 pages)

IsolationIsolation is a common feature within Gothic texts. Often the character feels alone and is tormented by things such as secrets, as seen in the novel The Monk. However, isolation can affect characters in different ways. In the two short stories Clytie and If You Touched My Heart two of ... Read More

The Interpretation of the American Dream in the Novels The Godfather and The Catcher in the Rye (2173 words, 7 pages)

The United States of America is alluring to those who are less fortunate and provides opportunities to those who seek asylum or a new home. Many immigrants from all over the world immigrate to America for the opportunity to achieve their goals and live a more prosperous life. American influences ... Read More

The Role of Knowledge and Power in Human Life in Superman and Me, an Essay by Sherman Alexie (676 words, 3 pages)

Individual Knowledge and PowerIt has been said that knowledge is power. But what is knowledge and what is power and how the two of them related to one another. There are different types of knowledge. In essence having knowledge, is power. The power lies in the desire to use the ... Read More

A Comparison of Meeta Kaur’s Journey by Inner Light and Jose Antonio Burciaga’s My Ecumenical Father (1030 words, 3 pages)

America today is an amazing melting pot with many different cultures and religions all woven together. In Jose Antonio Burciagas story My Ecumenical Father, we learned how Burciagas father interwove two different cultures into his familys life and paid equal respect to both. And in Meeta Kaurs article Journey by ... Read More

The Theme of Growing Up in Three Poems (891 words, 3 pages)

Growing UpGetting older is a reality of life that everybody is concerned with. Everyone is constantly growing older, and their lives change along with their aging bodies. Yet, no matter how old or young one might be, almost no one knows what old age, or even just simple adulthood might ... Read More

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