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A Literary Analysis and a Comparison of the Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain and the Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald (1385 words, 2 pages)

The authors of these two novels, Mark Twain with The Adventures or Huckleberry Finn and F. Scott Fitzgerald with The Great Gatsby, both used their stories to try and get the reader to reflect upon themselves and the time period they were discussing. They were both trying to deal with ... Read More

A Comparison of the Modern Artist’s Relationship to Tradition between T.S. Elliot’s Essay Tradition and the Individual Talent and Alain Locke’s Anthology The New Negro (2483 words, 7 pages)

T.S. Elliot's "Tradition and the Individual Talent" and Alain Locke's "TheAlthough many of the authors that we have studied this semester sawfit to express what they considered the Modern artist's relationship totradition should be, two authors stand out because they explicitly say whatthey felt it was. These two authors Are ... Read More

A Comparison of the Views of Cynthia Enloe and Donald Horowitz on Democracy and Ethnic Differences (954 words, 2 pages)

With democracy comes the idea of multi-ethnic societies with freedoms such as civil liberties, expression, speech and equality. This does mean though, that these multi-ethnic societies are a utopia, existing without conflicts and war. Ethnic differences are a major factor for tensions among people of a common land. Kosovo is ... Read More

An Analysis of the Writing Styles of Comparison/Contrast and Visualization in Annie Dillard’s Essay So This Was Adolescence (290 words, 1 pages)

Different authors use different styles of writing to express theideas. The style of writing is what paints the picture of the story. Inthe story So This Was Adolescence, by Annie Dillard, there are two majortraditional writing styles exhibited. The first style Illustrated in SoThis Was Adolescence is comparisoncontrast. In this ... Read More

A Comparison of Two Short Stories by F. Scott Fitzgerald: Two Wrongs and An Alcoholic Case (856 words, 3 pages)

In his writings, F. Scott Fitzgerald sometimes blends many similarcharacter traits among the main characters. So it goes with "Two Wrongs,"and "An Alcoholic Case." Perhaps it may seem an unlikely choice for acomparisoncontrast, however I believe these stories are very muchcorrelated. From the way that Fitzgerald typecasts, "alcoholic artists" asthe ... Read More

A Comparison between Two Ancient Greek Poems: Oedipus Rex by Sophocles and The Odyssey by Homer (877 words, 3 pages)

In the world of literature, there are many similarities anddifferences between them. These similarities and differences aresignificant because the reader can learn and thoroughly comprehend them.Two examples of such literature are the epic poems Oedipus the King ,written by Sophocles and The Odyssey, written by Homer who were both Greekpoets.Oedipus ... Read More

A Comparison of the Community in To Kill a Mockingbird, a Novel by Harper Lee to the Dewey Decimal System (610 words, 1 pages)

In the book To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee describes a southern community in the south during the 1930s. The great detail that is given the characters is rendered through the reflective eyes of a child named Scout. She describes the people and their place in the community in great ... Read More

A Literary Analysis and a Comparison of Prometheus and Frankenstein (521 words, 1 pages)

Ashley BaggsEnglish 102Ms. Yeats29, March 2012Prometheus and Frankenstein Throughout the book of Frankenstein, Victor is compared to Prometheus, a Greek mythology titan who stole something from Zeus. Both of these characters have a very similar story but some parts differ in great range. In this essay I will be going ... Read More

A Comparison between Willy Russell’s Play Educating Rita and Its Movie Adaptation (960 words, 3 pages)

The play Educating Rita by Willy Russell gained great popularityespecially during the early eighties. There has also been a movie madefrom it starring Julie Walters and the more famous Michael Caine. As sooften the case, the movie was more elaborate with additional scenes, someof which were spoken of or retold ... Read More

A Comparison between Two Poems: Simple Song by Marge Piercy and A Lecture upon the Shadow by John Donne (781 words, 3 pages)

Piercys Simple Song and Donnes A Lecture upon the Shadow HumanGeorge Elliot said, What greater thing is there for two humansouls than to feel that they are joined together to strengthen each otherin all labor, to minister to each other in all sorrow, to share with eachother in all gladness, ... Read More

A Comparison between Don John and Iago, the Villains in Two Plays by William Shakespeare: Much Ado About Nothing and Othello (682 words, 1 pages)

The two villains in Much Ado About Nothing and Othello share much in common, despite their numerous differences. It is evident that Shakespeare framed the second piece of literature to be similar to the first. Although shorter, the plot of Othello is definitely more complex. The villains play a major ... Read More

A Comparison of the Plays Medea and Hedda Gabbler (1039 words, 2 pages)

Medea and Hedda Gabbler are two different plays, yet both have very similar motives in the end. Both women seek to control the destiny of the men in their lives. The reasons are not by the decision of either women, but by the hands of Fate, something out of their ... Read More

A Comparison of Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad to Apocalypse Now by Francis Coppola (1040 words, 2 pages)

Inherent inside every human soul is a savage evil side that remains restricted by society. Often this evil side breaks out during times of isolation from our culture, and what ever one culture confronts another. Whenever different cultures meet, there is often more about our true selves, often causing perceived ... Read More

A Comparison of the Puddhead Wilson by Mark Twain and Maggie a Girl of the Streets by Stephen Crane (999 words, 3 pages)

In the books Puddnhead Wilson by Mark Twain and Maggie a Girl ofthe Streets by Stephen Crane mothers played an important factor. MaryJohnson, the mother of Maggie, and Roxy, the mother of Tom Driscoll in Puddnhead Wilson, were important characters and there characteristics of beingmothers are similar. Both acted like ... Read More

A Comparison of Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert and a Doll’s House by Henrik Ibsen (1188 words, 4 pages)

Gustave Flaubert and Henrik Ibsen are both known as great writersand harsh social critics. In fact when Flauberts masterpiece Madame Bovarywas released, he was arrested on the grounds that his novel was morally andreligiously offensive to the public, despite the fact that it was abestseller. Also Henrik Ibsens A Doll's ... Read More

A Comparison of the Books “Huckleberry Finn”, “The Great Gatsby” and “Ethan Frome” (1069 words, 2 pages)

Huckleberry Finn, The Great Gatsby, and Ethan Frome were books written by three different authors and may have seemed completely different. The main characters of these books, Huck Finn, Ethan Frome, and Jay Gatsby, appeared to be three distinct persons, but in one aspect or another came together as one. ... Read More

A Comparison of Tanner of Destroying Angel and Deckard of Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep (1157 words, 3 pages)

Louis Tanner of Destroying Angel and Rick Deckard of Do Androids Dream ofElectric Sheep Importance to the Thematic Development of "moral men in immortalworlds" and Body Mind InvasionHow would you feel if you found out you where making love to any android?Shocked I hope. In this essay l will discuss ... Read More

A Comparison of the Characters Ralph and Jack in the Story of Lord of the Flies (845 words, 2 pages)

Lord of the Flies Ralph vs. JackLord of the Flies has many meanings to it, which are defined through the characters involved in the story and through the items found in the island or carried by the characters. Many of these characters differ from each other a lot but they ... Read More

A Comparison of the Book and Movie Versions of Lord of the Flies (1037 words, 3 pages)

Lord of The Flies is a great book, although, the movie was muchmuch better I thought. The movie and the book start off on the same foot,so to speak. The story starts out with a exploring. "The boy with fair hairlowered himself down the last few feet of rock and ... Read More

A Comparison of the Stories “Lord of the Flies” and “Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde” (921 words, 3 pages)

Lord of the Flies and Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde Similarities of theThis is an essay about my summer reading books and how the manycharacters are really much alike one another. The first book was Lord ofthe Flies written by William Golding. The character names in this book wasvery significant. ... Read More

A Comparison of the Poem London by Blake and London 1802 by Wordsworth (478 words, 1 pages)

Eight years after Blake had written down his London with emotional significance, another Romantic poet Wordsworth happened to pass by the same river and composed his London as well. At that time, the Great Britain had just experienced a profound shift from feudalism to capitalist industrialization. At that historical moment ... Read More

A Comparison of the Boys and the Boys and Like Water for Chocolate by Master Harold in Symbolic Similarities (1345 words, 4 pages)

In the two novels, Master Harold...and the boys and the boys, and LikeWater for Chocolate, there are many symbolic similarities. In both books thereare acts where individuals strongly oppressed, or discriminated against.Although the individuals are being oppressed for different reasons theiremotions are shattered deeply. In Athol Fugard's book Master Harold ... Read More

A Comparison of the Book and Movie “Last of the Mohicans” (1159 words, 4 pages)

The book Last of the Mohicans by James Fenimore Cooper was verydifferent from the movie Last of the Mohicans in terms of the storyline.However, I feel that the producer and director of this movie did a good jobof preserving Cooper's original vision of the classic American mansurviving in the wilderness, ... Read More

A Comparison between Thomas Malory’s Morte D’Arthur and the 1967 Movie Camelot by Joshua Logan (595 words, 2 pages)

In about 1470, Thomas Malory finished Morte d' Arthur, the first of themany legends written about King Arthur. Even in modern times, King Arthur andthe Knights of the Round Table are a favorite subject in movies, books, andplays. Often times this is so because the Medieval Period in general, and ... Read More

A Comparison between the Methods of Women for Dealing with the Norms, Values and Manners of Society in Two Novels: Emma by Jane Austen and Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte (1451 words, 5 pages)

Throughout history women have played important roles in society.Women have gone through much adversity to get where they are today. JaneAusten and Charlotte Bront are some the pioneers of women's literature.Each shows their different aspects of a women's role in society in theirbooks Emma by Austen and Jane Eyre by ... Read More

A Comparison of the Pardoners Tale and the Nun’s Priest’s Tale by Geoffrey Chaucer (681 words, 2 pages)

Irony is the general name given to literary techniques that involvesurprising, interesting,or amusing contradictions. 1 Two stories thatserve as excellent demonstrations of irony are The Pardoners Tale and The Nun's Priest's Tale, both from Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales.Although these two stories are very different, they both use irony to teacha ... Read More

A Comparison between the Novel To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee and the Short Story A Blow, A Kiss by Tim Winton (1636 words, 2 pages)

The difference between short stories and novels extends far beyond the obvious, Short stories are often read in a single sitting and can be defined as a brief version of logical events usually revolving about a singular plot. Whilst a novel may retain many of the characteristics of a short ... Read More

A Comparison of Hamlet with Fortinbras, Laertes and Horatio in William Shakespeare’s Play Hamlet (706 words, 1 pages)

The character of Hamlet is very prestigious, but he has many shortcomings. In many cases, he shows that he is all words and no action. He waits until the very last minute to take a course of action. Hamlet realizes this, and he wishes that he had the characteristics of ... Read More

A Comparison of the Depiction of the Suffering Characters in Crime and Punishment and One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich (1587 words, 5 pages)

How the Main Characters in "Crime and Punishment" and "One Day in the Lifeof Ivan Denisovich" Cope to With Their SufferingsSurvival trough suffering is a general theme running through the novels.Different forms of survival occur because in different scenarios. In OneDay in the Life of Ivan Denisovich, the story takes ... Read More

A Comparison between the Modern World and the Middle Earth of J.R.R. Tolkien’s Novel The Hobbit (805 words, 3 pages)

The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien is set in a fantasy world that has differences,as well as similarities, to our own world. The author has created thenovel's world, Middle Earth, not only by using imagination, but by alsoadding details from the modern world. Realistic elements in the bookenable readers to relate ... Read More

Published: Friday 25th of January 2013