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

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The Themes of Love Affairs in Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte and Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys (951 words, 3 pages)

Themes in Jane Eyre and Wide Sargasso SeaThe novels Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bront and Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys have similar themes and concepts relating to love affairs. A theme that they share is the theme of struggling love, in the way that Mr. Rochester finds turmoil in ... Read More

The Theme of Deviance in the Characters of Oliver Twist and Mrs Dalloway (1829 words, 4 pages)

To Be or Not to Be The Deviance or Lack Thereof in the Characters of Oliver Twist and Mrs. Dallowayand an Analysis of the Ensuing ConsequencesOliver Twist by Charles Dickens and Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf both take place in London. However, at the same time, they take place in ... Read More

An Analysis of Louise Bogan’s Assessment Regarding Nancy Mairs in On Being a Cripple (312 words, 1 pages)

Abrasively Candid?In the preface to the essay On Being A Cripple, Louise Bogan describes the author, Nancy Mairs, as bitchy, whiny, self-indulgent-but with a redeeming sense of wry humor. She calls her personality gritty and abrasive. I kept these descriptions in mind as I began to read the piece. As ... Read More

The Dehumanization of Steve Harmon From Monster by Walter Dean Myers (954 words, 4 pages)

The Dehumanization of Steve HarmonIn Walter Dean Myers Monster, Steve Harmon faces struggles that does not relate to a typical teenage lifestyle. Throughout the novel, Steve Harmon unravels every character's identity through film. In duration at prison, Steve is stripped from his dignity and his life is controlled by everyone ... Read More

Literary Canon in Mule by Tony D’souza and The Semplica Girl Diaries by George Saunders (2200 words, 7 pages)

As a woman and a reader, it is not uncommon for me to finish a dozen books before realizing that none of them featured a female protagonist, or a female author. This phenomena is rarely addressed in regards to the literary canon, even though the consequences are straightforward lack of ... Read More

The Unusual Heroes in the Characters of Hester Prynne and Nick Carraway in the Novels The Scarlet Letter and The Great Gatsby (1396 words, 4 pages)

The technical definition of a hero is a person of distinguished courage or ability, admired for their brave deeds and noble qualities(dictionary.com). When thinking of a hero in a book, one might think of a strong and brave man who fights in battle to save someone. A Hero does not ... Read More

The Impact of Character’s Relationships, the Portrayal of Slave Owners, and Painting Each Characters as an Individual on the Readers of the Novel Uncle Tom’s Cabin (1307 words, 5 pages)

Uncle Tom's Cabin, written by Harriet Beecher Stowe was considered acontroversial book during the time it had been written in. In the North, ithad been quite popular as many states at the time had been attempting toabolish slavery and were helping Southern slaves escape to freedomoccasionally. In fact, it was ... Read More

The Affections of a Father in Those Winter Sundays by Robert Hayden and My Papas Waltz by Theodore Roethke (998 words, 3 pages)

Parents are the biggest super heroes everyone knows or have. Regardless of whether its two Mothers or two Fathers they are the pillar of marble that can withstand anything and everything. Those Winter Sundays by Robert Hayden and My Papas Waltz by Theodore Roethke display a fathers affection in little ... Read More

The Brilliance of Italo Calvino in Making a Successful Text-Reader Relationship in His Novel If on a Winter’s Night a Traveler (1695 words, 6 pages)

Written narratives often exist within a clear text-reader relationship established by an author. The act of reading and experiencing a textits receptioninevitably causes some kind of reaction for the reader. Reception theory is the theoretical study of the variety of ways in which a text may be read and received. ... Read More

The Theme of the Unnatural Concept of Inequality in Jean Jacques Rousseau’s Short Story Origin of Civil Society and Langston Hughes’s Poem Kids Who Die (1310 words, 5 pages)

In the short story Origin of Civil Society by Jean Jacques Rousseau and the poem Kids Who Die by Langston Hughes, the issue of how unnatural the concept of inequality is ever-present. Rousseau explains this issue by explaining the natural, basic forms of society, by stating peoples natural rights, and ... Read More

A Comparison between the Greatness of the Character of Hector and Achilles, Two Ancient Heroes (321 words, 1 pages)

Who is the greater man?The question that is often asked is Who is the greater man? Hector or Achilles? Looking at the views from both points, Achilles was the grandson of Zeus, he had a lot of help also from his mother Thetis, who's also goddess. Hector, was a prince, ... Read More

A Critical Analysis of Two Short Stories Referencing a Dog: George Saunders’s Puppy and Anton Chekhov’s The Lady with the Dog (732 words, 2 pages)

Critical AnalysisThere are many great works in Literature, ranging from Edgar Allen Poe to John Donne. The works that were most worth looking at are the works Puppy by George Saunders(Page 172), and The Lady With the Dog by Anton Chekhov (Page 251). The reason these are the two texts ... Read More

An Evaluation of the Approaches of Martin Luther King Jr. and Friedrich Nietzsche on the Nature of Evil in the Community (386 words, 3 pages)

Martin Luther King Jr. and Nietzsches approach to evilThe letter from the Birmingham jail and Nietzsches Beyond Good and Evil address the nature of evil in the community. Whereas Nietzsche uses a general approach, King is direct and more accurate and discussed particular aspect that affected the blacks in the ... Read More

Gender Specific Tendencies in My fish! No, my fish! and Girls Will Be Girls (1396 words, 5 pages)

Gender TalesChildren's books, old and new, seem to follow similar patterns in the ways that they are written by the authors whether it is a story about a male character or a female character, boys seem to either do stereotypical male or female things. Likewise, young girls follow the same ... Read More

An Analysis of Feminism in The Other Two and Roman Fever, Two Works by Edith Wharton (1667 words, 6 pages)

Subtle Feminism in Edith Whartons stories The Other Two and Roman FeverEdith Wharton showed her concern with the social pressures placed upon women and the constraining expectations of others with respect to them through her fiction. Wharton portrays her female characters straying from expectations, both societal and personal, with a ... Read More

The Idea of Sameness in The Giver by Lois Lowry and Divergent by Veronica Roth (1818 words, 6 pages)

Manipulation of Restriction of Divergence by Government Control The Giver by Lois Lowry and Divergent by Veronica Roth are bothdystopian novels that depict a society that seems perfect at first, butreally is an illusion of perfection. A dystopia is a futuristic, imagineduniverse in which oppressive societal control and the illusion ... Read More

The Power of God in John Donne’s Holy Sonnet I Am a Little World Made Cunningly (1546 words, 5 pages)

The Power of God in John Donnes Holy Sonnet I am a little world made cunninglyJohn Donne begins the poem by indebting his existence to God. The diction in the first line illustrates Donnes initial dependence on God in this poem and his life. He describes himself as a little ... Read More

Unconditional Love and Money Can’t Buy Happiness in The Gift of the Magi, All My Love, You and I, and Holding Hands (1973 words, 6 pages)

The Gift of the MagiLove can make you do crazy things. You may be aware of your actions, or you may not, but love is a feeling that makes you completely insane and impulsive, however it will bring out the best of you. How far would you go for the ... Read More

The Pursuit of the American Dream in The Great Gatsby, The Beautiful and the Damned, This Side of Paradise, and Tender is the Night (2125 words, 7 pages)

Wealth, youth, parties. These encompass the main essentials that were a part of the roaring twenties. The American Dream, known as the most ideal material life, became critical during these times, and F. Scott Fitzgerald felt as if he needed it. Fitzgerald thrived as an author in the 20th century, ... Read More

A Comparison of Winged Migration by Jaques Perrin and White Wilderness by James Algar (1900 words, 8 pages)

Nature documentaries are made to represent the world to their audiences. They are made to showcase life as it truly is to their audiences. Some documentaries are created to educate families about the lives of animals, and some are made specifically to show the animals to their audiences. Not all ... Read More

The Benefits of Technology for Mentally Ill People in To Siri, With Love by Judith Newman (818 words, 3 pages)

Envision a life where you do not have necessary skills to help out a mentally ill family member. It will indeed be quite miserable for both the patient and the caretaker however, if you seek for help, you or the patient will not be strained. In Judith Newmans To Siri, ... Read More

How to Overcome and Dominate a Country Using the Strategies of Sun Tzu’s The Art of War and Niccolo Machiavelli’s The Prince (825 words, 5 pages)

To take over a nation or organization, the cleverest method to take would be by following the wise advices of Sun Tzu in his remarkable work the Art of War and Machiavelli in his notable work The Prince. By following these wise strategies, perhaps not only a country, but the ... Read More

A Comparison of Moral Sickness in Enemy of the People and A Doll’s House by Ibsen (651 words, 2 pages)

In both, Enemy of the People and A Dolls House, it seems that the society are plagued by a type of moral sickness. Though, overall these society are seemingly unplagued by disease, it seems that a different type of illness has befallen them. In, Enemy of the People corruption is ... Read More

A Comparison between the Justification of Treatment of Dying Characters in Two Plays: Chekov’s Ivanoff and Shaw’s The Doctor’s Dilemma (688 words, 3 pages)

This week we were introduced to the works of Chekov and Shaw. Both works focused on the ethics of the doctors and characters within the works. In Chekovs, Ivanoff, Nikolai Ivanoff, who is a seemingly wealthy landowner, neglects his dying wife. In Shaws, The Doctors Dilemma, Sir Colenso Ridgeon, who ... Read More

A Personal Reflection on Two Medical Dramas: Sidney Howard’s Yellow Jack and Sidney Kingsley’s Men in White (803 words, 3 pages)

In both, Yellow Jack and Men in White, medical drama (as in issues relating to ill injured patients) is the foremost theme throughout the plays. However, in Men in White, we are also thrown into the pre marital drama of Dr. Ferguson and his fiance Laura as they face not ... Read More

A Comparison of the Similarities and Differences in the Causes, Effects, Meanings, and Symbolism in the Tragic Deaths of Phaidra in Hippolytos and Iphigenia in Iphegenia at Aulis (1359 words, 4 pages)

Tragic Deaths Phaidra vs. IphigeniaTragic deaths are the most important part of tragedies. There are different causes, effects, meanings, and symbolisms within tragic deaths and there are also significant similarities. I am going to compare and contrast the tragic deaths of Phaidra in Hippolytos and Iphigenia in Iphigenia at Aulis ... Read More

The Transformation of Language by E.E. Cummings and Gertrude Stein (653 words, 4 pages)

Modernist Approach to LanguageThe early twentieth century was characterized by the modernist movement, which included a new way of expressing art as well as literary innovations. During the modernist movement many writers incorporated cubism into their poetry and other publications. Cubism is a way to construct a work of art ... Read More

The Ideals and Advice of Dante Alighieri and Niccolo Machiavelli on How to Be a Successful Leader (1506 words, 4 pages)

During the Renaissance period there was lots of problems in the government such as lack of a strong and impartial leader, conflict between church and state, and corruption in the government. Italy was split into small city states and that made it hard to rule Italy as one unified country. ... Read More

Comparing the Similarities in the Themes and Symbols Between the Film Inception by Christopher Nolan and Allegory of the Cave by Plato (985 words, 3 pages)

Allegory of the Cave vs. InceptionInception, a film produced by Christopher Nolan, is a 2010 science fiction thriller. Inception was credited for its originality, winning the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay. This award is presented to the most unique script that is not grounded on other material published. It ... Read More

The Opinions of Momaday and Brown on White Man’s Greed and Disrespect for Land (453 words, 2 pages)

MomadayBrown Has white mans greed and disrespect for land changed since the colonies? With pollution and excess waste that question is debatable. With these passages by Momaday and Brown one can look at our way world with new eyes in a native's point of view. Momaday wouldnt live anywhere else ... Read More

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