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A Comparison and Contrast of the West Side Story and Romeo and Juliet (1739 words, 7 pages)

Contrast of Romeo and Juliet and West Side Story Essay submitted by Bob Garrard Three Hundred Fifty Years of Blind Love A Contraposition of Shakespeare and Robbins Romeo and Juliet Andy Warhol once said, "They say that time changes things, but actually you have to change them yourself." Two hundred ... Read More

A Comparison of Murders in William Shakespeare’s Hamlet and Macbeth (629 words, 1 pages)

One Author Two Tragedies Two Very Different MurderersWilliam Shakespeare's Hamlet and Macbeth are both classic tragedies. Each tragedy's list of characters contains an ambition-driven murderer Hamlet, Claudius and Macbeth, Macbeth. On the surface, both characters seem alike in their murderous appetite for the coveted throne. However, a closer analysis reveals ... Read More

A Comparison Between the Concepts of Pure Creationists and Theistic Evolutionists (2098 words, 3 pages)

In every civilization throughout history, man has searched for the explanation to his existence. In ancient societys people created origin myths. Every civilization had a unique myth. Some myths involved gods and others involved nature. Sometime around one thousand B.C. the longest standing creation myth was popularized. This creation myth ... Read More

A Comparison of the Crucible by Arthur Miller and Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky (1346 words, 2 pages)

Many great literary works emerge from a writer's experiences. Through The Crucible, Arthur Miller unleashes his fears and disdain towards the wrongful accusations of McCarthyism. Not only does Ernest Hemmingway present the horrors he witnessed in World War I in his novel, A Fair Well to Arms, he also addresses ... Read More

A Comparison of the Life of Elie Wiesel and His Novel Dawn (737 words, 2 pages)

Dawn by Elie WieselIn this report you will see the comparisons between the novel Dawn and the life of Elie Wiesel, its author. The comparisons are very visible once you learn about Elie Wiesels life.Elie Wiesel was born on September28,1928 in the town of Hungary. Wiesel went through a lot ... Read More

A Comparison of Willy Loman in Death of a Salesman and Nora Helmer in a Doll’s House (1555 words, 2 pages)

Willy and Nora Tragic Heroes or Home-wreckers?No one has a perfect life. Despite what Aaron Spelling and his friends in the media might project to society today, no ones life is perfect. Everyone has conflicts that they must face sooner or later. The ways in which people deal with these ... Read More

A Comparison of the Story of an Hour by Kate Chopin and a Sorrowful Woman by Gail Goodwin (1138 words, 2 pages)

Kate Chopins The Story of an Hour and Gail Godwins A Sorrowful Woman are both similar pieces of literary work in that both stories offers a revealing glimpse of extremely unhappy marriages. Both Mrs. Mallard and the unnamed mistress in A Sorrowful Woman called (the wife) seem to reveal a ... Read More

A Comparison of Tell All the Truth but Tell It Slant by Emily Dickinson and Harlem by Langston Hughes (1204 words, 2 pages)

After reading both Tell All the Truth but Tell It Slant by Emily Dickinson and Harlem by Langston Hughes, I determined that the main difference between the two poems is both poets use of diction. Dickinson makes use of abstract diction in her poem, using words like bright, delight, superb, ... Read More

A Comparison of the Challenges of Describing God and Heaven and Satan and Hell (606 words, 1 pages)

What is it about the human imagination that allows one to conceptualize the deepest, darkest hell yet makes it difficult to envision heaven? Even Milton had his problems with the descriptions of God and heaven in Paradise Lost as opposed to the relative ease he had with Satan and hell. ... Read More

A Comparison of the Explanations of the Importance of Language and Education in Determining Success by Douglass and Barlow (1073 words, 2 pages)

Douglass and BarlowLanguage and education are key factors in determining how hard it will be for a person to become successful in this country. Barlow explains this better because he isnt as focused on telling his own story. Barlow definitely explains his point better than Douglas. Douglas tells more of ... Read More

A Comparison of Dreams and Realities in Jude the Obscure by Thomas Hardy and A Kind of Loving by Stan Barstow (701 words, 2 pages)

Dreams and Realities in Jude the Obscure and A Kind of LovingDreams and realities are both part of life in both different and similar ways. Dreams are what you want whereas reality is what you have. Many dreams can become reality. In the case of these two books, Jude the ... Read More

A Comparison of Oedipus the King and Things Fall Apart (2190 words, 3 pages)

"Oedipus the King" and "Things Fall Apart"The poem "Oedipus the King" and the novel "Things Fall Apart, there is some differences between these two stories. These two stories were very famous in the ancient time. "Things Fall Apart has won the following awards Nigerian National Trophy, Commonwealth Poetry Prize, Nigerian ... Read More

A Comparison of Shakespeare’s Hamlet and Sophocles’ Oedipus the King (586 words, 1 pages)

In the play Hamlet Prince of Denmark, a young prince is in search of the truth behind his fathers murder. At first, Hamlet sees the ghost of his deceased father and it tells him he was murdered by the now current king, Hamlets Uncle Claudius. Hamlet has to think about ... Read More

A Comparison of Change in Main Characters Presented in Ethan Frome by Edith Wharton and The Awakening by Kate Chopin (750 words, 2 pages)

American Lit. IIPaper 2 2-17-2KThe main characters depicted in both Edith Wharton's Ethan Frome and Kate Chopin's The Awakening undergo a personal struggle in their attempt to deal with the universal emotion of love. Ethan Frome and Edna Pontellier each are married, but in love with another person. During the ... Read More

A Comparison of Worn Path and Young Goodmann Brown (250 words, 1 pages)

In comparing and contrasting the stories Worn Path and Young GoodMann Brown. Several things come to mind . We see that both authors use a lot of symbolismas well as foreshadowing. Also, Both stories take place in the forest or along a path.In the story Worn Path the author makes ... Read More

A Comparison of Prejudice in The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison, The Color Purple by Alice Walker and Black Boy by Richard Wright (1734 words, 7 pages)

Final Book Report IIIToni Morrisons, The Bluest Eye, Alice Walkers , The Color Purple , and Richard Wrights autobiography , Black Boy , all represent prejudicy . The precedingnovels show the characters were typical victims, not understading the division of poweramongst races. The Bluest Eye , a heart breaking story ... Read More

A Comparison of the Epic of Gilgamesh, the Iliad and Faerie Qveene (311 words, 1 pages)

What an epic says about its culture is that that was the way they lived like in the Epic of Gilgamesh, Faerie Qveene, and Iliad (Comical Version). The three are epics from their own time and culture they are the same in some ways and different in other ways.The Epic ... Read More

A Comparison of the Plays Your Handsome Captain and the Vise (364 words, 1 pages)

Sometimes a situation in a play can be repeated in another play can be repeated in another play but receive a different reaction andor outcome. In the short plays "Your Handsome Captain" and "The Vise" the two lead characters experience pretty much the same situation, but get different outcomes at ... Read More

A Literary Analysis and a Comparison to the Film Version of the Crucible by Arthur Miller (1157 words, 5 pages)

The Crucible A Film ReviewWho'd have thought that simple dancing could cause so much chaos in asmall town. This is precisely what happens in the film The Crucible (NicholasHytner, 1996), which was originally written as a play by Arthur Miller. This storyis based on actual events, which helps in showing ... Read More

An Introduction to the Comparison of a Poetry by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and James Russell (358 words, 3 pages)

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and James RussellLowell were great poets of their time. Although, theyhave many similarities, they also are very different. Both Longfellow and Lowell were great writers oftheir time. They were both poets in a group of fourcalled the Fireside Poets. The Fireside Poets were greatwriters in the 1800s. ... Read More

A Literary Analysis and a Comparison of A&P by John Updike and Miss Brill by Katherine Mansfield (473 words, 1 pages)

The most obvious contrast between Flowers for Algernon and other short stories, such as A P and Miss Brill is the length. But length is not the topic for this short essay. The predominant difference, besides length, is the number of fully realized characters in the story. In A P ... Read More

An Introduction to the Comparison of Literature by Jonathan Edwards and Benjamin Franklin (782 words, 2 pages)

American Literature 2200MWF 8-850Jonathan Edwards and Benjamin Franklin are two very respected authors in our time, but never had the pleasure of knowing one another in their own time. Edwards and Franklin possessed common views regarding their pride and desire to improve themselves however they differed in their views of ... Read More

A Literary Analysis and a Comparison of Separate Ways by Higuchi Ichiyo and Uncanny Stories from the Scholar’s Studio by Song Ling (920 words, 2 pages)

Kelly TazziLit 212Professor BenderFebruary 19, 2000Friendships, to Trust or not to Trust?In the short stories, Separate Ways, by Higuchi Ichiyo, and Uncanny Stories from the Scholars Studio, by SongLing, the two pieces both demonstrate the limits, high and low, of friendship. Mrs. Chu and Mrs. Heng have a loving friendship, ... Read More

A Literary Analysis and a Comparison of the Life and Loves of a She-Devil by Fay Weldon and the Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald (1285 words, 2 pages)

Gatsby vs. Ruth The Battle of Self-CreationIn Fay Weldons The Life and Loves of a She-Devil, and F. Scott Fitzgeralds The Great Gatsby, the main characters, Ruth and Gatsby, go through a process of re-inventing themselves. Each character tries to change themselves so they can, in some way, improve their ... Read More

A Literary Analysis and a Comparison of the Great Gatsby by F. Scoot Fitzgerald and Goodbye Columbus by Philip Roth (1924 words, 3 pages)

Sometimes there are two novels that have the same theme, and sometimes they have the same plot, but in the case of the two novels, The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald, and the novel Goodbye Columbus, by Philip Roth they explore the same dynamics of the chase of the ... Read More

A Literary Analysis and a Comparison of Gulliver’s Travels by Jonathan Swift and Prince of Abissinia by Samuel Johnson (1157 words, 5 pages)

Gullivers Travels by Jonathan Swift and The History of Rasselas, Prince ofAbissinia by Samuel Johnson, seek to capture the nature of the ideal world as well as theessence of human nature. Both works are satirical in temper, and take a rather grim lookat the human condition exists, as well as ... Read More

A Literary Analysis and a Comparison of the Epic of Gilgamesh and the Story of the Flood (943 words, 2 pages)

The Flood StoriesThe amazing stories of the great flood that are described in, The Epic of Gilgamesh which is translated by N.K. Sandars and The Story of the Flood which is the King James version, both stories similarly. Many of the events of each story are very similar in ways ... Read More

An Introduction to the Literary Comparison of Piggy and Giordano Bruno (2715 words, 10 pages)

Benjamin BarcelonaPiggy Giordano BrunoFrom the dawn of humanity, to the eras of medieval and renaissance, all the way ourcurrent modern society, and even to the yet to be experiences distant future humanity has alwayshad problems with one natural event...change. In late 16th century, there was an Italianphilosopher by the name ... Read More

An Introduction to the Comparison of Modern American and British Houses (812 words, 4 pages)

Modern American and British houses may appear similar from the outside,just as an American may appear similar to an Englishman. One cannot judgea house by its faade, however, and beneath the surface, two altogetherdifferent design paradigms exist. The American house is a sprawlingretreat that is designed for comfortable living. Compact ... Read More

A Literary Analysis and a Comparison of Odyssey by Homer and the Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain (966 words, 2 pages)

Anyone who conforms to the ideals of his particular society is a hero. If I was a beautiful busty blond who loved puppies and saved people from imminent death, in todays society, I would generally be considered a hero. Huck, is a modern hero, and although he wasnt an ideal ... Read More

Published: Friday 25th of January 2013