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

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The Theme of Sinful Acts in Fire from Heaven, Much Ado About Nothing and the Flea (1428 words, 3 pages)

Sinful ActsIn Fire from Heaven, Much Ado About Nothing, and The Flea, the authors take a stance on men and women committing sinful acts and using it as a main position in their work. They write from a very religious perspective which is probably due to the time period in ... Read More

Similarities of Two Famous Tales of LoveIn one of the most famous love stories of this century, many elements from anotherfamous tale of love were borrowed. In many instances, Westside Story mirrored Shakespeare'sRomeo And Juliet. Many similarities were noted from the characterization to the plot structure.However, they differed as well.In ... Read More

A Comparison of Washington Irving’s Rip VanWinkle and The Devil and Tom Walker (498 words, 1 pages)

Washington Irving was one of the first American writers to write any kind of fantasy story or writing. At first he tried to pass his stories as real life accounts found in a dead mans dresser. The start of one states that it is real and has been deemed so ... Read More

The Contrasts between the Movie and the Play, Romeo and Juliet (515 words, 1 pages)

Films are made with the directors different personal opinions based on the original screenplay. For the movie version of Romeo Juliet (1996), the quote above illustrates this perfectly. For this essay, I will discuss contrasts between the original screenplay, and the film. I will be discussing plot changes to adapt ... Read More

The Racial Prejudice in the Poems Strange Fruit and Telephone Conversation (717 words, 2 pages)

Danny Connolly 11.3Compare and contrast two poems which are on the theme of racial prejudice The two poems that I am going to compare are "Strange Fruit" and "Telephone conversation" which both feature racial prejudice. The first of the two poems that I will study is "Strange Fruit". This is ... Read More

An Analysis of the Similarities and Differences in Dramas Romeo and Juliet and West Side Story (650 words, 4 pages)

Romeo and Juliet, West Side Story, two timeless dramasthat will live forever. Although both of these stories havemany similarities, there are also many differences. Thesedifferences include the differences in sililoquy, the fact thatMaria doesn't die, the fact that we never see Tony or Maria'sparents, as well as the issues of ... Read More

A Comparison of the Plays a Doll’s House, the Cherry Orchard and Galileo (1718 words, 3 pages)

Reality, Illusion, and Foolish PrideChandler FriedmanEnglish 231Dr. Clark LemonsIn the plays The Cherry Orchard by Anton Chekhov, A Doll's House by Henrik Ibsen, and Galileo by Bertolt Brecht, the protagonists' mental beliefs combine reality and illusion that both shape the plot of each respective story. The ability of the characters ... Read More

Comparing the Instances of Patriarchy in The Metamorphosis and in Japanese Culture (813 words, 3 pages)

(Although most cultures cannot be generalized with certain behaviours, however, certainJapanese traditions and values are common to all their people and is taught to them froma very early age. The practice of having the son of a family to look after his parents, asmentioned later, is common to both Japanese ... Read More

A Literary Analysis of the Crater by L. Tracy Power (741 words, 4 pages)

The battlefield was detailed differently by various writers. In Stephen Crane'sFictional work, he presents his hero which is Henry Flemming as a child whowants to receive "the red badge of courage" in order to show his "patriotism andmanhood".In "The Crater" written by L. Tracy Power, is a factual work, based ... Read More

An Analysis and Comparison of the Last of the Mohicans Novel by James Fenimore Cooper (447 words, 1 pages)

"Last of the Mohicans" Contrast and ComparisonWhile reading "Last of the Mohicans" I found that there are many differences between the book, and the movie. Before I read the book, I thought it would exactly like the movie, but I was wrong. If you were to read the book, and ... Read More

A Literary Analysis and a Comparison of the Catcher in the Rye and the Glass House by J. D. Salinger (1366 words, 4 pages)

J.D.SalingerYour NameCOURSETEACHERDATE"I Think that J.D.Salinger is the most talented fiction writer in America."(Hyman, Edgar p.444) ""Salinger is an oddity, an obsessive, who commands respect.."(Kazin, Alfred p.446) These are just a portion of endless quotes which describe Salinger's impact on typical modern day literature critic. Throughout his career he has turned ... Read More

An Analysis of Irony in the Pardoner’s Tale and the Nun’s Priest’s Tale (694 words, 3 pages)

Irony is the general name given to literary techniques that involve surprising, interesting,or amusing contradictions. 1 Two stories that serve as excellent demonstrations of irony are The Pardoners Tale and The Nuns Priests Tale, both from Chaucers The Canterbury Tales. Although these two stories are very different, they both use ... Read More

Intensional or Accidentall? Similarities between Romeo And Juliet and Much Ado About Nothing!There are many similarities between Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing and Romeo and Juliet. Was this Intentional or Accidental? Even though Much Ado About Nothing is a comedy, and Romeo and Juliet, is one of his saddest tragedies, ... Read More

A Literary Analysis of Indians in I Heard the Owl Call My Name and in the Black Robe (622 words, 2 pages)

Although the Indians in I Heard The Owl Call My Name, and in The Black Robe are primitive in the technological sense, they are neither simple or emotional people.The Indians in both texts could be classed as primitive people - if we take primitive to mean technologically underdeveloped. The level ... Read More

The Consequences of Man’s Desire in the Devil and Tom Walker by Stephen Vincent (1466 words, 5 pages)

Human Intent and the Aftermath of It Washington Irving, in writing "The Devil and Tom Walker", and Stephen VincentBenet, in writing "The Devil and Daniel Webster" illustrate to the reader theconsequences of man's desire for material wealth and how a person's motivation for arelationship with the devil affects the outcome ... Read More

A Comparison of Hesiod’s Works and Days and Virgil’s the Georgics (1111 words, 2 pages)

To work the land as a form of living and to gain sustenance as a result of this work, this is the issue addressed by both Hesiod in Works and Days and Virgil in The Georgics. However, while each poet advocates the same lifestyle, each poet's true meaning lies in ... Read More

A Literary Analysis and a Comparison of Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad and Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe (489 words, 1 pages)

Heart of Controversy Chinua Achebe believes that Joseph Conrads Heart Of Darkness is racist based on Conrads descriptions of Africa and its people. Achebe, author of Things Fall Apart, stresses Conrads depiction of Africa as the antithesis of Europe and civilization, and the animal imagery present throughout the novella.Heart of ... Read More

A Comparison of the Hamlet Versions of Kevin Klein, Lawrence Olivier and Franco Zeffirelli (538 words, 1 pages)

HAMLETVideo ComparisonHamlet is one of the best known pieces of literature around the world, and has fascinated many people from all walks of life, from critics to psychologists. There has been much speculation to the different interpretations of the play. Every reader has his or her own views of the ... Read More

A Comparison of Mental and Physical Actions Between Faust and Frankenstein (782 words, 5 pages)

10-23-1996Essay 2Still the wretched fools they were beforeGoethe in Faust and Shelley in Frankenstein, wrap their stories around two men whose mental and physical actions parallel one another. Both stories deal with characters, who strive to be the bermensch in their world. In Faust, the striving fellow, Faust, seeks physical ... Read More

A Comparison of Prometheus and Victor Frankenstein (541 words, 1 pages)

Frankenstein26 And Go said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth. 27 So God created man in ... Read More

The Diversity of Characters Which Brings Out the Society Versus Freedom Aspect of the Novel (846 words, 4 pages)

In the novel, Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain, Twain uses a contrast ofcharacters to bring out the Society vs. Freedom aspect of the novel through thetwo characters of Huckleberry Finn and Tom Sawyer. Tom Sawyer, throughout thenovel, uses rules and what is "always done in the books" to control how ... Read More

Traditions in “A Moment Before The Gun Went Off” and “The Lottery” (812 words, 3 pages)

Essay IIIn the stories "A Moment before The Gun WentOff" and "The Lottery," there is the situation inwhich a group of people cling to traditions veryblindly. In both stories the traditions are so duginto the people's way of life that questioning themis considered sacrilege within these communities.Furthermore, the members of ... Read More

Comparing “Macbeth” and “Flowers & Shadows” (297 words, 1 pages)

4th Essay on Flowers ShadowsAs darkness cloaks the mists of the story line Sowho, one of the many unprevailling vengeful victim of Jonan's Crumbling destructive success, finally makes an appearance at the okwe's residence leading the fall of Jonan's wealth and power. Sowho's vengeful plot brought him out of the ... Read More

Types of Courage in On Being Seventeen by David Raymond, Unable to Read, The Most Dangerous Game by Richard Connel and Giving Blood by Roberta Silmen (579 words, 1 pages)

Courage. In my eyes it is a good thing. It can make hard times easier and easy times easier. Courage is overcoming a fear for a worthwhile purpose, such as jumping in front of a train to save someone. I will be defining the courage of three very unique individuals ... Read More

A contrast essay on Romeo and Juliet (894 words, 1 pages)

Contrast Essay Romeo and JulietOften times people say that William Shakespeare was and still is a legend. They are correct. It is amazing how Shakespeares play Romeo and Juliet written centuries ago can be better than Franco Zefferellis movie production of Romeo and Juliet, which had much better technology to ... Read More

A Comparison and Contrast in the Characters of Pearl and Rayona (460 words, 1 pages)

Compare and Contrast PaperRayona and Pearl were two characters that were very alike in the stories. They are also somewhat different. They lived lives that were very troublesome. Rayona had to go through the tough times of her mothers sickness and the death of her brother. She lived away from ... Read More

A Comparison of “The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson and “The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas” by Ursula K. Le Guin in thee Story’s Setting, Symbols and Theme (5259 words, 7 pages)

The differences between "The Lottery" by Shirley Jackson and "The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas" by Ursula K. Le Guin seem relatively minor when compared to the striking similarities they contain in setting, symbols, and theme.Each of the stories begin with a description of a beautiful summer day. "The ... Read More

A Comparison and Contrast of Dead Poets Society and Day of the Last Rock Fight (498 words, 2 pages)

Richard GustMs. FinkEnglish 10Tuesday, March 18, 1997 COMPARE AND CONTRAST ESSAY The two stories Dead Poets Society and Day of the Last Rock Fight havemany similarities and differences as do cows and horses. They both walk on four legs, they are both mammals, and they both live on a farm. ... Read More

A Comparison of Romeo and Juliet and the West Side Story (450 words, 1 pages)

A Comparison ofRomeo and JulietandWest Side Story.There is a lot in common between the two plays Romeo And Juliet and West Side Story. The main male characters have many things in common. In fact, Toni and Romeo both miss the beginning fight at the beginning of the plays, they both ... Read More

A Comparison of the Beloved by Toni Morrison and Don Quixote by Kathy Acker (1743 words, 2 pages)

On reading Beloved by Toni Morrison and Don Quixote by Kathy Acker, there seem to be quite a few similarities in themes and characters contained in these texts, the most prevalent of which seems to be of love and language as a path to freedom. We see in Ackers Don ... Read More

Comparative Literature Essay Examples