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

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A Comparison of “Dune” by Frank Herbert and “Star Wars” by George Lucas in Some Aspects of Their Stories (403 words, 2 pages)

22197Compare Contrast EssayThe novel Dune by Frank Herbert, and the novel Star Wars by George Lucas have many comparisons andcontrasts. Even though they were written more than 10 years apart, they are both very entertaining.In Dune the story takes place on a dry desert planet called Arrakis, where water is ... Read More

An Overview of the Different Author Styles in Literary Works (292 words, 1 pages)

Author StyleDifferent authors use different styles of writing to express the ideas. The style of writing is what paints the picture of the story. In the story So This Was Adolescence, by Annie Dillard, there are two major traditional writing styles exhibited. The first style Illustrated in So This Was ... Read More

An Analysis of the Struggle For Power in Four Novels (1148 words, 2 pages)

Analyzing The Struggle For Power In Four NovelsIf you delve into the content of almost any novel, there is almost always some kind of struggle for power. It could be for rightful integration into society power over an island power over a country or in some cases, even power over ... Read More

A Comparison of the Magic in The Rocking-Horse Winner and A Very Old man With Enormous Wings (1744 words, 3 pages)

Dr. Mangum March 3, 1997 A Comparison of the Magic in "The Rocking-Horse Winner" and "A Very Old Man With Enormous Wings"Magic arises out of the two main characters of D.H. Lawrence's "The Rocking-Horse Winner" and Gabriel Garcia Marquez. Paul, in the first story, pulls out higher forces to help ... Read More

A Comparison of Hamlet’s Reaction to the Arrival of Rosencrantz and Guildenstern with the Arrival of the Players (582 words, 1 pages)

Act 2 scene 2 Compare Hamlet's reaction to the arrival of Rosencrantz and Guildenstern with his reaction to the arrival of the Playyers. Account for his reactions.By comparing Hamlet's reaction to the arrival of Rosencrantz and Guildenstern with his reaction to the arrival of the Players, we can observe the ... Read More

A Comparison of Contemporary and Romance Literature (1244 words, 5 pages)

A Comparison of Contemporary and Romance LiteratureContemporary literature in the form of a short story consists of a plot, characters, point of view, setting, and theme (2). These elements can vary a great deal from one story to thenext. An author of a short story also reveals a tone and ... Read More

A Literary Analysis of a Comparison and Contrast of the Supernatural’s Active Role in the Lives of Mary Rowlandson and Benjamin Franklin (964 words, 6 pages)

04 February 1997 A Comparison and Contrast of the Supernatural's Active Role in the Lives of Mary Rowlandson and Benjamin FranklinThe literature written during this time period reflectsthe important part the supernatural (God) played duringthose changing times. The new world was struggling for a newidentity. Were these individuals also defining ... Read More

A Comparison and Contrast in Both A’s Worn by Hester and Dimmesdale (574 words, 3 pages)

A Comparison and Contrast In Both A'sWorn By Hester and DimmesdaleThe two A's worn in the novel by both Hester and Dimmesdale are dramaticallydifferent, yet they are born and made by the same identical sins. These letters are alsodifferentiated by the infinitely changing emotional state and physical well being of ... Read More

A Comparison of the Works of Edith Wharton and Grazia Deledda (1088 words, 2 pages)

A Comparison of the Women of Wharton and DeleddaTwo writers, both women, both from different backgrounds. Edith Wharton was high society. Grazia Deledda was a commoner from another country. Though both wrote almost exclusively to their won regions, their portrayal of women was quite similar. In Whartons Ethan Frome she ... Read More

A Comparison of the Leaders, Arthur Becomes King and David and Goliath (490 words, 2 pages)

A Comparison of Arthur Becomes King and David and GoliathTwo of the most renowned leaders of all time, King Arthur and King David, have emerged from very humble beginnings. David and Goliath, written by Samuel, is a bible story about a young boy defeating a huge Philistine soldier by fighting ... Read More

Comparison and Contrast of Love in the Passionate Shepherd to His Love by Christopher Marlowe and Song by C. Day Lewis (1514 words, 3 pages)

A Comparison and Contrast of Love in Christopher Marlowes "The Passionate Shepherd to his Love" and C. Day Lewiss "Song"In the poems "The Passionate Shepherd to his Love" by Christopher Marlowe and "Song" by C. Day Lewis, the speakers display their individual views of what can be expected with their ... Read More

A Literary Analysis of the Origins of the Characters Emma by Gustave Flaubert and Nora by Henrik Ibsen (1200 words, 5 pages)

The Origin of Emma And NoraGustave Flaubert and Henrik Ibsen are both known as great writers andharsh social critics. In fact when Flauberts masterpiece Madame Bovary wasreleased, he was arrested on the grounds that his novel was morally andreligiously offensive to the public, despite the fact that it was a ... Read More

A Comparison of Sylvy in “A White Heron” by Jewett and Mary Bartram in “The Beast in the Jungle” by James (788 words, 2 pages)

"A White Heron and The Beast in the Jungle"A Comparison and Contrast EssayComparing and contrasting Jewetts Sylvy in "A White Heron" with May Bartram of Jamess "The Beast in the Jungle" proves to be an interesting task. How can two such unlike characters be so alike. Only on close examination ... Read More

A Comparison of Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter and Dickens’ A Tale of Two Cities (1278 words, 6 pages)

The Scarlet Letter and A Tale of Two Cities A ComparisonThe ninth commandment tells man not to give false witness.(Exodus 2016)Nathaniel Hawthorn and Charles Dickens in their novels The Scarlet Letter and ATale of Two Cities, respectively, both use punishment for deception as arecurring theme. Although they do so to ... Read More

Stoker’s and Rice’s Books About Vampires (1919 words, 8 pages)

Stoker and Rice's Books About Vampires Bram Stoker's Dracula and Anne Rice's series The Vampire Chronicles arebooks about vampires. The way the two authors write about the vampires' powers,the way they live and how they are created and destroyed prove that two booksabout the same subject can be different in ... Read More

A Discussion on Crime Based on the Works of Dostoevsky, Morrison and More (1025 words, 5 pages)

Crime and Punishment Is There or is There Not Such a Thing as Crime?For this question, I have chosen to discuss the following three works ofliterature Crime and Punishment, by Feodor Dostoevsky, Beloved, by ToniMorrison, and Utopia, by Sir Thomas More.To begin with an omniscient and philosophical frame of reference, ... Read More

Courage in Individuals in On Being Seventeen, The Most Dangerous Game and Giving Blood (591 words, 3 pages)

Courage in Individuals in "On Being Seventeen", "The Most Dangerous Game" and"Giving Blood" In my eyes it is a good thing. It can make hard times easier and easytimes easier. Courage is overcoming a fear for a worthwhile purpose, such asjumping in front of a train to save someone. I ... Read More

The Theme of Diversity in Four Different Novels (1091 words, 5 pages)

The Theme of Diversity in Novels Diversity is an attribute that is seen among people, situations andcultures. Everyone has encountered different situations at one time or moreduring their lives that has either been pleasant or upsetting. Certain novelswritten in the 1950's to the present show signs of multiformity very clearly.In ... Read More

A Comparison of Dead Poets Society and Day of the Last Rock Fight (505 words, 2 pages)

Compare and Contrast "Dead Poets Society" and "Day of the Last Rock Fight"Richard GustMs. FinkThe two stories Dead Poets Society and Day of the Last Rock Fighthave many similarities and differences as do cows and horses. They both walk onfour legs, they are both mammals, and they both live on ... Read More

Comparisons and Contrasts between Frank Herbert’s Dune and George Lucas’ Star Wars (413 words, 2 pages)

Compare and Contrast "Dune" by Herbert and "Star Wars" by LucasThe novel Dune by Frank Herbert, and the novel Star Wars by George Lucashave many comparisons and contrasts. Even though they were written more than 10years apart, they are both very entertaining.In Dune the story takes place on a dry ... Read More

An Analysis of Similarities and Differences between the Characters of Rayona and Pearl (455 words, 2 pages)

Compare and Contrast on Characters Rayona and Pearl Rayona 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 mother's sickness and the deathof her brother. She ... Read More

The Theme of Isolation in Various Works of Literature (2543 words, 11 pages)

The Theme of Isolation in Various LiteratureIn this essay all of the literature I have chosen will have to do withisolation. 1 When people have been isolated they don't see other people fora long time and this can lead to make a person stronger or make them weaker. Ina live ... Read More

The Puritanical Ways of Accepting the Fate in the Short Stories by Mary Rowlandson (314 words, 2 pages)

Authors M. Rowlandson, J. Edwards, T. Jefferson, W. Irving, and J. CooperMary Rowlandson's short works displayed the puritanical ways of accepting theirfates, and any obstacles in their ways were tests from God. This way ofthinking and living is personified in her (basically) short narrative tale ofherself being captured by Indians, ... Read More

A Comparison of Tones in Robert Frost’s Poems “Desert Places” and “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening” (1103 words, 4 pages)

Analysis of Frost's "Desert Places" and "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening" Robert Frost takes our imaginations to a journey through wintertime withhis two poems "Desert Places" and "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening". Frostcomes from a New England background and these two poems reflect the beautifulscenery that ... Read More

A Comparative Analysis of Characters in A White Heron by Sarah Orne Jewett and The Beast in the Jungle by Henry James (785 words, 4 pages)

"A White Heron" and "The Beast in the Jungle" A Comparison and Contrast EssayComparing and contrasting Jewett's Sylvy in "A White Heron" with MayBartram of James's "The Beast in the Jungle" proves to be an interesting task.How can two such unlike characters be so alike. Only on close examination dothese ... Read More

A Comparison of Female Characters in the Works of Edith Wharton and Grazia Deledda (1095 words, 5 pages)

A Comparison of the Women of Wharton and DeleddaTwo writers, both women, both from different backgrounds. Edith Whartonwas high society. Grazia Deledda was a commoner from another country. Thoughboth wrote almost exclusively to their won regions, their portrayal of women wasquite similar. In Wharton's Ethan Frome she has two women, ... Read More

The Influence of Reading on the Characters of Anna Karenina and Madame Bovary (1526 words, 7 pages)

The Influence of Reading on Anna Karenina and Madame Bovary Reading provides an escape for people from the ordinariness of everydaylife. Madame Bovary and Anna Karenina, dissatisfied with their lives pursuedtheir dreams of ecstasy and love through reading. At the beginning of bothnovels Anna Karenina and Emma Bovary made active ... Read More

An Analysis of the Muddle in a Puddle and a Comparison of Essay To My Life (808 words, 4 pages)

"Muddle In A Puddle" Comparison of Essay To My LifeWhile reading the essay "Muddle in a Puddle," some very colorful imagescame to my mind about what I have done in my life that compare to thisparticular piece. Of all the times I have embarrassed myself by sticking myfoot in my ... Read More

A Literary Analysis of the Man He Killed by Thomas Hardy and Reconciliation by Walt Whitman and Dreamers by Sigfried Sassoon (575 words, 3 pages)

In Poems "The Man He Killed", "Reconciliation", and "Dreamers", the Authors ShowThat Man Kills Because He Must In the chosen poems, Thomas Hardy, Walt Whitman, and Sigfried Sassooneach have a common viewpoint war brings out the worst in man, a feeling burieddeep inside the heart. Even with this clotting of ... Read More

A Comparison of Goethe in Faust and Shelley in Frankenstein, Still the Wretched Fools They Were Before (788 words, 4 pages)

Goethe in Faust and Shelley in Frankenstein Still the Wretched Fools They WereBeforeJeremy BurlingameGoethe in Faust and Shelley in Frankenstein, wrap their stories aroundtwo men whose mental and physical actions parallel one another. Both storiesdeal with characters, who strive to be the bermensch in their world. In Faust,the striving fellow, ... Read More

Comparative Literature Essay Examples