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

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An Introduction to the Comparison of Human Nature in the Works by Niccolo Machiavelli and Thomas More (1386 words, 4 pages)

It is difficult to determine Niccolo Machiavellis and Thomas Mores view on humans nature. Each took a different approach to the topic. Through Utopia, Thomas More attempted to change mans thinking by creating an ideological society. Niccolo Machiavelli, through The Prince, attempted to teach man how to deal with human ... Read More

An Analysis of the Topic of the Protagonist Novel Sets (1458 words, 2 pages)

A protagonist is defined as a leading character in a written piece. The protagonist in a novel sets the story and frequently leads the plot. The protagonists can be analyzed to reveal the moral or meaning of a story. In the following essay, four main characters will be analyzed from ... Read More

A Comparison of the Epic Poem The Song of Roland and the Literature of Ywain (2756 words, 4 pages)

When comparing the epic poem of The Song of Roland to the romantic literature of Ywain, the differences between the early medieval period and the high medieval period become evident. Both The Song of Roland and Ywain depicts the societies from which each story derives its fundamental characteristics. Through close ... Read More

A Comparison of Nathaniel Hawthorne’s Young Goodman Brown, Edgar Allan Poe’s The Cask of Amontillado and Herman Melville’s Bartleby, the Scrivener (392 words, 2 pages)

What makes a story different from a tale lies in the authors choice of characterization. When we have little physical detail about the character as is Hawthornes Young Goodman Brown and Poes The Cask of Amontillado the story becomes more of a tale. In a tale, it is possible to ... Read More

A Comparison of Joseph Conrad and James Joyce’s Use of Imagery (1214 words, 6 pages)

Look at the Dark Side of LifeA Comparison Between Conrad's and Joyce's ImageryTo children, night lights give a sense of security and leavethe imagination to rest. The comfort of light is helpful forchildren who often conjure up monsters that lurk under the bedand ominous shadows from tree branches. Dark scenes ... Read More

An Analysis of the Image of Africa in the Novel Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad and Things Fall Apart by Achebe (517 words, 1 pages)

When asked to create an image of Africa in one's mind many people describe a stuningly similar vision, one which includes primative landscapes as well as a primative way of life. In the past, and even somewhat today, Africa is considered to be a location that resembles a most natural ... Read More

Compare and Contrast of The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka and The Stranger by Albert Camus (492 words, 1 pages)

Compare and Contrast of The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka and The Stranger by Albert CamusExistentialism is defined as a philosophical movement that human beings are completely free and responsible for their own actions. Existentialists will try not to cause waves and remain completely uninvolved with anyone because they do not ... Read More

An Introduction to the Lives of Alice Walker and Amy Tan (929 words, 2 pages)

Alice Walker and Amy Tan are authors who base much of their writings on their cultural heritage. Their stories are different because Walker s characters struggle due to their heritage while Tan scharacter benefits from it.Alice Walker was born in 1944 in Eatonton, GA. The youngest of eight children, her ... Read More

A Literary Analysis of Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad and a Comparison of Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe (1131 words, 2 pages)

Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad and in Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe both involve the colonization on Africa. In Heart of Darkness, the author talks about how savage the natives were and how much there was a need to update the living conditions of the natives and to ... Read More

An Essay on Sir Gawain and the Green Knight and Beowulf (1354 words, 2 pages)

Back in early literature there were two great epic poems that became the fundamental format for future works. These two poems are called Sir Gawain and the Green Knight and Beowulf. Even though we do not know the original authors of the works, we do know that these two stories ... Read More

An Analysis of Loyalty in the Epic of Beowulf and Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (991 words, 2 pages)

Loyalty in book CharactersCan the perfect ideal of loyalty ever be achieved? What is loyalty, how can you become loyal person? How do the people of today compare to the heroes in the stories that we read Beowulf Sir Gawin and the Green Knight and Camelot. When do you know ... Read More

An Analysis of the Delusion of the Central Character in The Dead by James Joyce and Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka (1990 words, 3 pages)

In both Joyce's The Dead, and Kafka's Metamorphasis, the central charater is suffering from a severe delusion about their own self. Gabriel, in Joyce's The Dead, believes he is the one true love in Gretta's life. When this deception is revealed his world becomse shattered. Similarly, in The Metamorphasis, Gregor ... Read More

Prejudice in Pygmalion by George Bernard Shaw, A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry and The Hunchback of Notre Dame by Victor Hugo (510 words, 1 pages)

Themes of Prejudice in a Comparison of Literature Themes of Prejudice in a Comparison of LiteratureMany books and plays use as their themes the concept of prejudice and discrimination. Three of these such books are Pygmalion, by George Bernard Shaw, Raisin in the Sun, by Lorraine Hansberry, and The Hunchback ... Read More

A Comparison of the Two Novels, The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka and Brave New World by Aldous Huxley (1438 words, 2 pages)

The Metamorphosis and Brave New World At first glance, Franz Kafkas The Metamorphosis and Aldous Huxleys Brave New World seem pretty much irrelevant to each other, except for their classification as Modern novels. For example, The Metamorphosis deals with a man, Gregor Samsa, who awakes one day transformed into a ... Read More

Franz Kafka’s Metamorphosis in Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s Book “The Yellow Wallpaper” (1013 words, 2 pages)

The Yellow Wallpaper And The MetamorphosisCharlotte Perkins Gilmans The Yellow Wallpaper and Franz Kafkas Metamorphosis contain many similarities. They both have the common theme of the deterioration of the main characters life and mind, as well as the theme of the ostracism of outcasts in society. They also both deal ... Read More

An Analysis of Fate and Feminism in “Pygmalion” by George Bernard Shaw and “The Kitchen God’s Wife” by Amy Tan (451 words, 1 pages)

Fate And FeminismIn both Pygmalion by George Bernard Shaw and The Kitchen God's Wife byAmy Tan, the reader is pushed to understand the nature of feminists ina new way. This purpose is carried out with the use of multiplefeminist characters, a drastic change in a characters outlook on theirsituation, and ... Read More

The Involvement of Africa’s Colonization in Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad and Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe (1131 words, 2 pages)

Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad and in Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe both involve the colonization on Africa. In Heart of Darkness, the author talks about how savage the natives were and how much there was a need to update the living conditions of the natives and to ... Read More

A Comparison of Two Epic Poems in Sir Gawain and the Green Knight and Beowulf (1347 words, 2 pages)

Back in early literature there were two great epic poems that became the fundamental format for future works. These two poems are called Sir Gawain and the Green Knight and Beowulf. Even though we do not know the original authors of the works, we do know that these two stories ... Read More

A Comparison of the Trial by Franz Kafka and the Stranger by Albert Camus in Satirical Novels (1564 words, 5 pages)

The Trial by Kafka and The Stranger by Camus Flaws and Failures of theThe Trial by Franz Kafka and The Stranger by Albert Camus are twosatirical novels about the flaws and failures of judicial systems. Theauthors convey this through their use narrative techniques, structure, andlanguage. At times the two authors ... Read More

A Comparison of the Metamorphosis by Frank Kafka and the Stranger by Albert Camus (484 words, 1 pages)

tamorphosis by Franz Kafka and The Stranger by Albert CamusExistentialism is defined as a philosophical movement that human beings are completely free and responsible for their own actions. Existentialists will try not to cause waves and remain completely uninvolved with anyone because they do not want to hurt anybody. There ... Read More

A Comparison between Two Short Stories: Franz Kafka’s The Metamorphosis and Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s The Yellow Wallpaper (516 words, 1 pages)

The biggest thing would be the fact that both of the main characters undergo a major mental change. Obviously Gregor goes from man to beetle (in the mind, not just in the body), and the woman in "Wallpaper" descends into complete insanity. Then there's the family members. In Kafka's piece, ... Read More

An Analysis of the Theme of Colonization in Joseph Conrad’s Novel Heart of Darkness and Jonathan Swift’s Satirical Essay A Modest Proposal (1856 words, 3 pages)

Colonization In The Theme Of Conrads Heart Of Darkness And Swift's A Modest ProposalJoseph Riley McCormackProfessor Alan SomersetEnglish 020 Section 007Submission Date March 22, 2000Colonization in the Theme of A Modest Proposal and Heart of DarknessStarting at the beginning of the seventeenth century, European countries began exploring and colonizing many ... Read More

A Comparison Between the Epic of Beowulf and Sir Gawain and the Green Night (1082 words, 2 pages)

Beowulf Versus Sir Gawain Beowulf Versus Sir GawainThe stories of Beowulf and Sir Gawain and the Green Knight were written in two distinct periods of history, and they show how Christian heroism has matured from the exterior-self to the interior-self. Beowulf was written in the eighth century, which was a ... Read More

A Comparison of the Characters of the Stories, The Tale by Joseph Conrad and A Painful Case by James Joyce (1046 words, 2 pages)

In Joseph Conrads short story The Tale and James Joyces short story A Painful Case there are several similarities between the characters of the stories. Each story is composed of parallel moral lessons, which becomes the theme of the stories. The main characters look back at a point in their ... Read More

A Comparative Analysis of the Ethical Issues Presented in The Stranger by Albert Camus and The Trial by Franz Kafka (1166 words, 2 pages)

Kafka Vs. CamusEthical issues in the Stranger vs. those in the TrialPreface I am a big fan of Kafka and his writings, and as I read through the Stranger I was struck at how the two were very similar. The following attempts to explain these similarities.The Stranger, written by Albert ... Read More

American Post World War II Era and the Three Works: Kurt Vonnegut’s Player Piano, the Movie Rebel Without a Cause and Jack Kerouac’s On the Road (1735 words, 3 pages)

During the Fifties the United States was filled with confidence but at the same time insecurity. The United States emerged from WWII as a global superpower and a symbol for freedom. The United States saw its role in world affairs as the protector of free countries from communism. The fear ... Read More

The Use of the Theme of Colonization in A Modest Proposal by Jonathan Swift and Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad (1941 words, 3 pages)

Colonization in the Theme of "A Modest Proposal" and "Heart of Darkness"Starting at the beginning of the seventeenth century, European countries began exploring and colonizing many different areas of the world. The last half of the nineteenth century saw the height of European colonial power around the globe. France, Belgium, ... Read More

Love in Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare, The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber by Ernest Hemingway and A Worn Path by Eudora Welty (755 words, 3 pages)

The word love may be one of the most difficult words in the English language to define. Perhaps this is because there are so many different variations and feelings associated with love. In Ernest Hemingways short story The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber, Eudora Weltys story A Worn Path, ... Read More

A Literary Analysis of Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe, The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka and A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings by Gabriel Garcia Marquez (1369 words, 2 pages)

What defines rational and irrational thought and behavior varies across cultures and generations. It all depends on one's perspective however, a commonly accepted definition of irrational behavior seems to be behavior that lacks sound judgment. Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe, "The Metamorphosis" by Franz Kafka, and "A Very Old ... Read More

An Analysis of Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s “The Yellow Wallpaper” and Franz Kafka’s “Metamorphosis” (1502 words, 2 pages)

Charlotte Perkins Gilman's "The Yellow Wallpaper" and Franz Kafka's "Metamorphosis" contain many similarities. They both have the common theme of the deterioration of the main character's life and mind, as well as the theme of the ostracism of outcasts in society. They also both deal with the main characters gaining ... Read More

Comparative Literature Essay Examples