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

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The Lessons of Fear and Hope in the Mystery Play The Second Shepherds’ Play and the Morality Play Everyman (1006 words, 4 pages)

Fear in Morality Plays and Hope in Mystery PlaysBoth morality plays and mystery plays had important messages that the church hoped to teach the people. One of the most well-known mystery plays was The Second Shepherds Play while the most infamous moral play was Everyman. Both plays relate to everyday ... Read More

Living Life to the Fullest in Walden by Henry Thoreau and Hamlet’s Blackberry by William Powers (504 words, 2 pages)

Walden, written in 1854, and Hamlets Blackberry, written in 2010, seem to be entirely about technology at first glance. However, excerpts from these texts both identify a common train of thought other than this technology theme, one of being able to make the best of ones own life. The excerpts ... Read More

The Concept of Parallelism in Letters from Birmingham Jail by Martin Luther King Jr. (818 words, 4 pages)

MLK Letters From Birmingham Jail Rhetorical AnalysisThesis Statement By utilizing anecdotes to present first-person based evidence, Martin Luther King Jr. strategically employs parallelism and directs this self-written letter to eight clergymen of the Southern Church in efforts to prove to his opponents that he has sufficient authority to promote the ... Read More

A Comparison of Mahmoud Darwish’s Why Did You Leave the Horse Along and Adania Shibli’s Touch (1668 words, 7 pages)

Comparing Poetry(Why Did You Leave the Horse Alone by Mahmoud Darwish and Touch by Adania Shibli)Throughout the past ten weeks of our class time together, we have read several pieces of literature and poetry and have seen a few films all with quite different styles and formats. Of all the ... Read More

Third Person Narration in Superman and Me, an Essay by Sherman Alexie (777 words, 3 pages)

Superman and Me MRAThesis More often than not, writers of the modern era are lured into toying and testing the mechanical framework of their writing to create the most impactful story possible. In writing Superman and Me, Sherman Alexie does just that and breaks new ground on utilizing third-person based ... Read More

Comparing the Similarities and Differences in the Settings, Symbols, and Characters in Sonny’s Blues by James Baldwin and A Doll’s House by Henrik Ibsen (864 words, 2 pages)

English EssayThe short story titledSonnys Blueswritten by James Baldwin, and the playA Dolls Housewritten by Henrik Ibsen, have many similarities and differences when it comes to settings, symbols, and characters. Although they may seem like two completely different works, they have a lot more similarities than expected. James Baldwin and ... Read More

Anglo-Saxon Poetry in the Poems The Wanderer and The Seafarer (839 words, 3 pages)

Anglo-Saxon poetry is most known for its regard to the timely darkness of the world they were written in. Both from the Anglo-Saxon period, The Wanderer and The Seafarer exhibit strong characteristics of literature of the time. Accompanied by a strong relationship in theme and purpose of the two poems, ... Read More

The Narrators’ Discovery of Uncovering Personal Truth in the Classic Poems The Wayfarer by Stephen Crane and Scarlet Begonias by Robert Hunter (1327 words, 4 pages)

Like many things in the world, truth is in the eye of the beholder. Human opinions are practically defenseless to outside influences that build a case around the core, distracting us from what lies underneat. In the classic poems, The Wayfarer by Stephen Crane and Scarlet Begonias by Robert Hunter, ... Read More

Boethius’ View of Imagination in Sir Orfeo, a Translation by J.R.R. Tolkien (1578 words, 5 pages)

All of the literature that has ever existed generally is influenced by the works of another writer, or the views of someone very influential during their time period and before. A man in the sixth century, Boethius, had a philosophy that inspired many people to write works of literature during ... Read More

An Analysis of Zami: A New Spelling of My Name by Audre Lorde and The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison as Examples of Intersectionality (5660 words, 19 pages)

Intersectionality is term coined by the academic scholar Kimberle Crenshaw to recognize the dimensions of identity when classifying an individual by gender, race, class, or sexuality. Each group holds a space of distinctive experiences that allows them to identify with unique struggles. Two written works that are examples of intersectionality ... Read More

Through reading the Epic of Gilgamesh and Yvain, there are many instances where we can find unquestionable similarities. But since Gilgamesh is an epic hero, does the journey make Yvain an epic hero as well? I will discuss that in further detail, but we can see many similarities among them, ... Read More

A Comparison of Protagonist in Night, Mother by William Demastes and Wit by Margaret Edson (961 words, 3 pages)

Empathy and Understanding in Night, Mother and WitNight, Mother and Wit both feature socially inept protagonists who give up their will to live in one way or another. While both authors are successful at providing the reader with an understanding of their protagonists choices, Marsha Norman is the only one ... Read More

Comparison of Poetry in Taoism and Confucianism in Li Po’s Poem, “Sitting Alone by Ching-T’ng Mountain”, and Tu Fu’s “Spending the Night in a Tower by the River” (400 words, 1 pages)

Tang Poetry CompareContrastTaoism and Confucianism have a few similarities but are very different. Although they both were ruling philosophies during the Tang Dynasty, their differences were noticeable in the poetry of the time. Through Li Pos poem, Sitting Alone by Ching-ting Mountain, and through Tu Fus Spending the Night in ... Read More

Physical and Emotional Journeys in Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been? by Joyce Carol Oates and What You Pawn I Will Redeem by Sherman Alexie (1088 words, 4 pages)

Unforeseen ConsequencesWhere Are You Going, Where Have You Been? by Joyce Carol Oates and What You Pawn I Will Redeem by Sherman Alexie are short tales of two different kinds of journeys, one emotional and the other physical. The protagonist of Oatess story, Connie, is a rebellious fifteen-year-old girl who ... Read More

The Life of the Writer, Kristen Iverson in the Book Full Body Burden: Growing Up in the Nuclear Shadow of Rocky Flats (1777 words, 7 pages)

ScarredKristen Iversen is an up-and-coming writer whose most recent book, Full Body Burden Growing Up in the Nuclear Shadow of Rocky Flats, was just published in 2012 (Bio). Full Body Burden is Iversens memoir, telling of her childhood growing up in Arvada, Colorado. However, it is also an enormous research ... Read More

Comparing the Similarities and Differences in Components, Time Investment, and Money Between Movies and Books (845 words, 3 pages)

Happy Mediums "Is it better to watch the movie or read the book?" This is onequestion that people have wrestled with for years. Film buffs say thatmovies are better because they are easy for a variety of people tounderstand. Reading aficionados argue that books broaden minds whilemovies turn them to ... Read More

The Theme of the Family in the Novel Rule of the Bone by Russell Banks (974 words, 3 pages)

The School Bus Authors use setting to capture or emphasis certain themes in stories. These themes help the reader create a meaning from the story that he or she can then analyze and apply to his or her own life. The setting helps to give life to the theme and ... Read More

Condemning and Praising Aurore Dupin In “George Sand: A Desire and George Sand: A Recognition”, a Poem by Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1328 words, 5 pages)

Throughout the Victorian era, women were dominated within the stuffy patriarchal society as a result, it is often common for a society to be characterized, at a given time, through their division of social classes and then to be evaluated by the differences between each group. However, the Victorian era ... Read More

Examining Humanity’s Domination over Nature In “Traveling through the Dark and Woodchucks” by William Stafford and Maxine Kumin (1258 words, 4 pages)

Humanitys history as a civilization for the past 6,000 years details mans desire to gain knowledge and power to accomplish our goals of conquest, control and manipulation over other life found in nature. This desire for knowledge and power highlight humanitys deposition of being self-interest and superior humans do not ... Read More

Analyzing Transitions in Life through Syntax, Imagery, Allusion, and Tone in Eavan Boland’s “The Pomegranate” and Rita Dove’s “The Bistro Styx” (1632 words, 5 pages)

In the ancient Greek myth, Persephone, daughter of Zeus and Demeter, enchants Hades, God of the Underworld, resulting in him whisking her away to become his bride. Despite her parents attempts to regain her, however, Persephone must return to the Underworld for one third of every year because of her ... Read More

A Comparison of Heaven’s Coast by Mark Doty and Borrowed Time by Paul Monette (513 words, 2 pages)

Memoir Analysis Borrowed Time and Heavens CoastIn their memoirs, Monette and Doty grieve the loss of their partners who died of AIDS. Though both authors write their memoir to memorialize a partner, they accomplish this in differing ways politically and spiritually. Monettes Borrowed Time is written with a clear political ... Read More

The Joy of the Story and the Film in A River Runs Through It by Norman Maclean (1073 words, 3 pages)

Reading is an intimate experience that one shares with a book. You enter the world of the story and live in it while reading. Often times, this experience is so vivid that one would feel as though the experience is realistic. Books are so powerful that they draw the reader ... Read More

Stockenstrom’s Views on Strindberg’s Miss Julie as a Naturalistic and Aristotelian Drama (553 words, 2 pages)

Miss Julie as Naturalistic and Aristotelian DramaIn this article, Stockenstrom discusses the dilemma of naturalist drama when compared to traditional Greek drama. He quotes Ferdinand Bruntiere, who explains that the naturalist ideas of the late 19th century are inherently unsuited to drama. According to Bruntiere, free will is an essential ... Read More

Comparison and Contrast of "Shooting an Elephant" by George Orwell and "Just Walk on By Black Men and Public Space" by Brent Staples"There were individual variants here and there, of course, but within pretty narrow limits we all wore the same clothes, talked the same way, ate the same food, ... Read More

An Analysis of the Poems This is Just to Say, The Red Wheelbarrow, and My Papa’s Waltz (934 words, 3 pages)

The poems This Is Just to Say, The Red Wheelbarrow, and My Papas Waltz convey many different themes. These poems use many different literary devices. William Carlos Williams and Theodore Roethke use the rhythm of the poem, meaningful diction, imagery, point of view, and symbolism to display the many themes ... Read More

Douglass vs. Stockton The Differences in the SimilaritiesMemoirs are a great method of literature expression that many people have utilized for over hundreds of years. They can be used as a way for the individual writing it to evaluate themselves andor display their story for others to read and thus, ... Read More

The Power of Reason as a Gift from God in Ibn Tufayl’s Novel Hayy Ibn Yaqdhan and Dante Alighieri’s Epic Poem the Inferno (1784 words, 5 pages)

Our Reason, From GodAristotle said that Reason is what separates the humans from the animals. But where does this Reason come from? Ibn Tufayls Hayy ibn Yaqdhan, depicts the story of a man who lived over half of his life without any human contact. The tale tells that as an ... Read More

Crossing Boundaries in The Absolutely True Diary of a Part Time Indian by Sherman Alexie, Dance for Me by Gautier and Yellow Woman by Silko (1138 words, 3 pages)

Crossing BoundariesThroughout this last unit there were three main stories that related together through crossing boundaries. All of these stories rap around the fact that all the main characters were trying to find out who they were or their identity. Within all of these stories every character must leave what ... Read More

Growing Up in The Sin Bin or Lucy’s Heart, a Novel by Lucy Cross (631 words, 2 pages)

The sin bin or Lucys heartThe text The sin bin or Lucys heart is a novel or rather a short story. Some of the short story characteristics can be seen different places in the text. First of all there is a very limited use of characters. Throughout the story we ... Read More

A Review of the Book $2.00 a Day: Living on Almost Nothing in America by Kathryn J. Edin and H. Luke Shaefer and the American Welfare System (2645 words, 8 pages)

2.00 A DayThis book was very informational and I am happy I got the chance to read it. Before reading, I did not have a lot of prior knowledge of the Welfare reform and the poor. Over the years Ive learned about it but not in much detail. Little did ... Read More

Comparative Literature Essay Examples