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

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A Comparison of Plato’s Five Dialogues and Sophocles’ Oedipus Rex (1267 words, 2 pages)

In Platos Five Dialogues and Sophocles Oedipus Rex, mans actions for the greater good of the city-state can lead to horrible consequences for the individual. Both Socrates and Oedipus carry out what they believe to be their duty for their city. Socrates believes that his actions are just and proper, ... Read More

A Comparison of the Book and Movie Versions of Dangerous Liaisons (1299 words, 2 pages)

It is my intention to compare the book, Dangerous Liaisons by Choderlos de Laclos, to its modern movie version, Cruel Intentions starring Sarah Michelle Gellar. I intend to examine how the original French text was modified in reference to plot, character, moralsvalues, and themes. I also plan to discuss how ... Read More

A Comparative Analysis of Girl Interrupted Book and Movie (1080 words, 2 pages)

Shoshana UbertiniEnglish 101C21 November 2000Girl InterruptedHave you ever watched a movie and then found out it was created from a book? Thats what happened to me, I saw the movie Girl Interrupted, starring Winona Ryder and Angelina Jolie. I then heard that it was made from a book itself. So ... Read More

A Comparison Between Achilles versus Antigone (773 words, 2 pages)

" Achilles vs. Antigone" The word heroic means surpassing the ordinary especially in size or scale relating to or characteristic of heroes of antiquity having or displaying qualities appropriate for heroes impressive in size or scope showing extreme courage especially of actions courageously undertaken in desperation as a last resort. ... Read More

A Character Comparison of Venn and Wildeve in The Return of the Native by Thomas Hardy (914 words, 3 pages)

Character Comparison Venn vs. WildevePerhaps two of the most opposing characters of Thomas Hardy's The Return of theNative, both in personality and actions, Diggory Venn and Damon Wildeve could in some respects be cast as night and day. Most signifigant is the converse treatment of each man towards Thomasin Yeobright. ... Read More

A Literary Analysis of Where the Lilies Bloom by Vera and Bill Cleaver (313 words, 2 pages)

In many works of literature a female character has a significantinfluence, positive or negative. Two characters that have an influenceare Mary Call from the novel Where the Lilies Bloom, by Vera and BillCleaver, and Calpurnia from the novel To Kill a Mockingbird, by HarperLee.In the novel Where the Lilies Bloom, ... Read More

Identify the Hero in the Story “The Secret Room” (570 words, 1 pages)

What Is A HeroHeroes are talked about a lot in Literature today, but do you really know the definition of a hero? To me a hero is someone that puts others before themselves. Someone that is very unselfish and very giving. A hero would walk 100 miles in the snow ... Read More

War Poetry: A Comparison of John McCrae’s and Sigfried Sassoon’s Poems (1065 words, 2 pages)

During a war people do not understand the pain, sacrifice, and hardship that the soldiers endure. Many are just interested with the outcome. Many questions asked are, Are we winning? as if it is a game they are watching. Propaganda is used to lure boys into the army and comfort ... Read More

As a general rule, children love fairy tales. We grow up being read Grimm's or watching Disney remakes of classics. Parents love telling children fairy tales not only because they have an opportunity to spend time with their sons and daughters, but also because fairy tales, like fables, always contain ... Read More

A Review of The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas and Auguste Maquet (674 words, 1 pages)

DArtagnan is a young, impoverished man from the rural area of France called Gascony. He goes to Paris in hopes of becoming one of the kings musketeers. He has few assets and relies on his wit and charm to guide him. Despite his lack of juvenility, he still deeply believes ... Read More

An Analysis of the Play The Devil and Daniel Webster by Stephen Vincent Benet (780 words, 1 pages)

The play "The Devil and Daniel Webster" was written by Stephen Vincent Bent in 1938. Stephen Vincent Bent was born in 1898 in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. His education came from Yale University and the Sorbonne in Paris, France. "The Devil and Daniel Webster" has a wide array of characters, each with ... Read More

A Comparison of the Scarlet Letter and the Bean Trees (1018 words, 2 pages)

The Scarlet Letter and The Bean TreesRoles of the Protagonists In The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne and The Bean Trees by Barbara Kingsolver, both authors cast their protagonist as a single, unwed mother. Though the time and setting that they are put into are very different and greatly effects ... Read More

An Analysis of The Nothing and the Issue of Miscommunication (507 words, 3 pages)

The Nothing Introduction The Trial and Death of Socrates, Romeo and Juliet and Huckleberry Finn are allclassic literary works that involve a theme that reflects miscommunication. Defined,miscommunication is the failure to communicate clearly. What causes such a thing andwhat are its effects? Thesis statement Miscommunication is usually caused by a ... Read More

An Analysis of Chekhov’s and Ibsen’s Plays as Examples Why Europe of Their Time Was Wrong (1508 words, 2 pages)

A play serves as the author's tool for critiquing society. One rarely encounters the ability to transcend accepted social beliefs. These plays reflect controversial issues that the audience can relate to because they interact in the same situations every day. As late nineteenth century playwrights point out the flaws of ... Read More

An Analysis of the Futility of Dying for a State Through Poetic Devices in the Dulce et Decorum Est and The Death of the Ball Turret Gunner (863 words, 2 pages)

The Futility of Dying for a State through Poetic Devices"Dulce et Decorum Est" and "The Death of the Ball Turret Gunner"Wilfred Owen's "Dulce et Decorum Est" (1920) uses vivid imagery primarily to remove any romantic or patriotic idea that it is sweet to die for one's country. Randall Jarrell's "The ... Read More

A Comparison of Tones in the Writings by Booker T. Washington and W. E. B. DuBois in the Three Negro Classic (500 words, 2 pages)

Comparison of TonesThrough reading the pieces of writings by Booker T. Washington and W. E. B.DuBois in the Three Negro Classic I have learned they have different attitudestonestowards society. Booker Ts tone was one of being positive towards life, and he was veryforgiving. On the other hand W. E. B. ... Read More

An Introduction to the Revenge Conventions in Hamlet as Compared to Elizabethan Conventions (2524 words, 6 pages)

Revenge Conventions in Hamlet as compared to ElizabethanConventionsHamlet is a play written by William Shakespeare that very closely follows the dramatic conventions of revenge in Elizabethan theater. All revenge tragedies originally stemmed from the Greeks, who wrote and performed the first plays. After the Greeks came Seneca who was very ... Read More

Comparing the Character of Sir Gawain and That of Beowulf (337 words, 1 pages)

Sir Gawain in "Sir Gawain and the Green Knight" is a knight in King Arthur's court who upholds himself by the chivalric codes that have become parallel with the knights of the round table. These time-honored virtues are that of courage, courtesy, and loyalty which Sir Gawain demonstrates through his ... Read More

A Theme of Beheading in Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Hercules, and St. John the Baptist (678 words, 1 pages)

In Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, a beheading game is more on the serious side then to the comic side. The beheading game was basically a suicidal act. The beheading game was between two enemy parties, and the leaders of the parties agreed to the game. The leaders of ... Read More

Loss of Comfort in Dostoevsky’s Notes from the Underground and Sartre’s Play No Exit (1461 words, 2 pages)

In both Notes From the Underground, by Fyodor Dostoyevsky, and the play No Exit, by Jean-Paul Sartre, we see that the characters have lost that state of comfort with or acceptance of one's self that is apparent only before interaction with other people. The self-doubt that comes from interactions with ... Read More

A Comparison of Ancient Texts: Writings of Confucius, Hammurabi’s Code of Laws and Egypt’s Book of the Dead (751 words, 1 pages)

Compare and Contrast the writings of Confucius, Hammurabi, and the book of the deadThree of the most famous writings from ancient civilizations are the writings of Confucius, Hammurabi's code of laws, and Egypt's Book of the Dead. At first, they seem very different, they're from different times, regions, and religions, ... Read More

An Analysis of the Lighter Side of Bay Area Figuration and a Comparison of Joe Bot by Clayton Bailey and Untitled by Joan Brown (778 words, 2 pages)

Some works might make viewers laugh out loud others may provoke a smile while still others will probably induce no more than an unexhibited amusement, (SJMA The Lighter Side of Bay Area Figuration, 1). Susan Landauer says this in regards to the latest exhibit at the San Jose Museum of ... Read More

A Comparison of the Movie and the Book All My Sons by Arthur Miller (481 words, 1 pages)

In the movie there were difference then in the book. In this book and movie All My Sons there are certain statements one was If you want to know ask Joe another is there is a universe outside your responsible. Both these statements are important in the book and movie. ... Read More

An Argument About Women Should Be Man’s Equal Partner (3528 words, 5 pages)

Awakening EyesWith few exceptions, our male dominated society has traditionally feared, repressed, and stymied the growth of women. As exemplified in history, man has always enjoyed a superior position. According to Genesis in the Old Testament, the fact that man was created first has led to the perception that man ... Read More

A Comparison of the Novels The Hobbit and The Sword of Shannara (1410 words, 2 pages)

Comparing and contrasting the novelsThe Hobbit and The Sword of Shannaraas the reveal the conventions of amiddle-earth fantasy novelThe two novels The Sword of Shannara and The Hobbit are traditional earth fantasy novels. In both books characters encounter the forces of good and evil. The central heroes travel on great ... Read More

A Comparison of Tragedies in Romeo and Juliet, Oedipus Rex and Hamlet (953 words, 2 pages)

The Tragedy of HamletArguably, the best piece of writing ever done by William Shakespeare, Hamlet is the classic example of a tragedy. In all tragedies the hero suffers, and usually dies at the end. Othello stabs himself, Romeo and Juliet commit suicide, Brutis falls on his sword, and like them ... Read More

Hamlet and The Bacchae have many similarities and differences, in this paper, Iwill discuss some of them, as well as the questions posed in class. Both of theseplays are tragedies, ending with a great number of the featured characters dying, ormeeting another terrible fate. First of all, I dont think ... Read More

A Comparison of Jurassic Park, the Movie and the Book (768 words, 3 pages)

Jurrasic Park Richard GraczykJURASSIC PARK Crichton, Michael Publisher Ballantine Books CityWhere Published New York Date of latest copy 1990 Edition FirstBallantine Books Edition December 1991. 399 Pages, Hardcover I. A BriefSummary of the Plot. A billionaire has created a technique to clone dinosaurs.From the left behind DNA that his crack ... Read More

The Relationship of Romeo and Juliet in the Characters of Anne and Helen in the Miracle Worker (731 words, 1 pages)

Relationship between Romeo and Juliet and Annie and HelenRomeo and Juliet is a tragic play written by William Shakespeare. It is a love story between two rival families, the Montagues and the Capulets. Romeo who is a Montague falls in love with Juliet who happens to be a Capulet. It ... Read More

An Analysis of the Character Torvald in the Novel A Doll’s House by Ibsen Henry and a Comparison to Tess of the D’Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy (493 words, 1 pages)

During the late nineteenth century, women were beginning to break out from the usual molds. Two authors from that time period wrote two separate but very similar pieces of literature. Henrik Ibsen wrote the play A Doll's House, and Thomas Hardy wrote Tess of the D'Urbervilles.Ibsen and Hardy both use ... Read More

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