Essays and Research Papers on Mixed & Comp. Literature

A 3 page paper which compares and contrasts different elements in two different stories. The stories were faxed by the student requesting the paper and are not listed in a bibliography as no citation information was provided.

This 5 page paper compares and contrasts the use of mistaken identity and deception in two works by Oscar Wilde and Aeschylus. Quotes cited from the texts. Bibliography lists 2 sources.

A 7 page examination of these works comparing characters from one piece with characters from another. This paper addresses four specific questions regarding the reason Swift spoofs reason in "Gulliver's Travels", the lack of similarity between Raymond Shaw (Manchurian Candidate) and Candide, how the misfit of "A Good Man is Hard to Find" would ...

8 pages in length. The writer discuss how each story provides a unique insight into the relationships that exist between and among gender, class, culture, and society in general, as well as the demands placed upon them all to abide by conformity. Bibliography lists 10 sources.

This 4-page paper discusses how the topics of death and loss are handled between authors and poets of the romantic and enlightenment periods. Authors discussed are Jonathan Swift, Frederick Douglass, Voltaire, Emily Dickinson and Alfred Tennyson.

This 4 page paper compares the themes and characters of Man for All Seasons by Zinnemann and V. Frankl's Man's Search for Meaning. Quotes cited from works. Bibliography lists 2 sources.

This 5 page paper compares Jack Kerouac to William Burroughs styles, specifically utilizing examples from Naked Lunch and On the Road. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

A 6 page paper which examines the theme of identity in Sandra Cisnero’s “Caramelo” and Leslie Silko’s “Ceremony.” No additional sources cited.

This 13 page paper discusses various shared themes in the works of Silko, Castillo, and Morrison. Quotes cited from text. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

This 3 page paper explores similarities and differences in these two classic works. The themes of fatherhood and royalty are duly noted. Bibliography lists 2 sources.

A 3 page essay that compares and contrasts Sula by Toni Morrison and Chronicle of a Death Foretold by Gabriel Garcia Marquez. The writer argues that these texts are vastly different in the stories that they relate; however, they are similar in that each author addresses the nature of good and evil and how this ...

A 6 page paper which compares the male/female relationships in George Eliot’s “Middlemarch” and Honore de Balzac’s “Eugenie Grandet.” Bibliography lists 1 additional source.

A 5 page paper which examines the social conditions seen in Zola’s “Germinal” and Elizabeth Gaskell’s “Mary Barton.” No additional sources cited.

A 5 page overview of narrative structure and the manner in which the construct of masculinity is presented. The author suggests that each varies according to time period, culture, and individual narrator. Examples from contemporary narrative, "The Odyssey", and ""A Narrative of the Captivity and Removal of Mrs. Mary Rowlandson" are used to support this ...

This 6 page paper discusses the theme of decline in post war British fiction. Examples given from Brideshead Revisited, Remains of the Day, Clockwork Orange, and Lucky Jim. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

A 4 page paper which examines the similarities and differences in Dorothy Parker’s “The Standard of Living” and Toni Bambara’s “The Lesson.” No additional sources cited.

This 6 page paper compares Steinbeck's Chrysanthemum to Hemingway's A Clean Well Lighted Place. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

A 6 page paper which examines colonialism in Gabriel Garcia Marquez’ “One Hundred Years of Solitude” and Leslie Marmon Silko’s “Almanac of the Dead.” No sources cited.

A 3 page paper which examines and analyzes the introductory passages from Daniel Defoe’s “Moll Flanders” and Jane Austen’s “Pride and Prejudice.” No additional sources cited.

A paper which compares Sartre's play and Mahfouz's novel, with particular reference to the philosophical ideologies presented in the two works. The writer focuses on Sartre's existentialism as embodied in the phrase "hell is other people" and Mahfouz's perspective on the concept of eternal Truth. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

A 4 page paper which examines the relationship between people and the earth as it involves personal healing in Leslie Marmon Silko’s “Ceremony” and Margaret Atwood’s “Surfacing.” No additional sources cited.

A paper which looks at Alvarez's novel in terms of symbolic interaction, with specific reference to the culture clash that the sisters experience, and the problems they have reconciling their patriarchal Catholic upbringing with New York culture of the 1960s. Bibliography lists 2 sources

A 3 page paper which compares and contrasts Naguib Mahfouz’s “Arabian Nights and Days” and the Grimm Brothers’ “Rapunzel.” No additional sources cited.

A 4 page research paper/essay that analyzes observations made by Lady Montagu's letters from Turkey in the early eighteenth century. The writer argues that unlike many Western travelers in Turkey at this time, Lady Montagu exhibits the intelligence and discernment to recognize where accounts by other Westerners have erred; to recognize where Turkish culture deserves ...

3 pages in length. The use of Black English in Toni Cade Bambara's The Salt Eaters and Zora Neale Hurston's Their Eyes Were Watching God serves the purpose of authenticity between and among characters of the two stories. To have them speak in any other way than what reflects their respective heritage is ...