Essays and Research Papers on Mixed & Comp. Literature

This 8-page paper compares and contrasts Khadra's "Swallows of Kabul" and Wiesel's "Dawn," discussing the religious and moral considerations in both books. Bibliography lists 6 sources.

7 pages in length. Reaching back for the past is an appropriate way to describe the elements of time and memory in Stafford's poem. In his mind is a recollection of how the farm felt when he lived there, both tangibly and metaphorically; as the years pass and he attempts to connect once ...

A 10 page research paper/essay that closely examines Wharton’s protagonist in The House of Mirth, Lily Bart, and Plath’s heroine in The Bell Jar, Esther Greenwood. The writer argues that there are sharp contrasts between these protagonists that suggest that Plath’s portrayal of Esther’s adaptation to the forces of society over which she has no ...

In five pages this paper examines how women refused the feminine roles assigned to them by their respective societies and cultures in a comparative analysis of the female protagonists in these plays. There are no additional sources listed in the bibliography.

This 3 page paper examined Jon Krakauer book that recounts a disastrous expedition to climb Mount Everest. The work, which recounts the many mistakes made by the climbers, is examined to assess if regret is shown and how it manifest in the way that the events are examined. The bibliography cites 3 sources.

A 4 page paper which compares and contrasts The Odyssey by Homer and The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho. The first portion of the paper examines free will and determinism and the second portion of the paper examines the journeys. Bibliography lists 2 sources.

A 3 page paper which compares and contrasts James Joyce’s Araby and James Baldwin’s Sonny’s Blues. No additional sources cited.

A 6 page paper which examines characters who are trapped. The books examined are Henry James’ Washington Square, Theodore Deiser’s Sister Carrie, Truman Capote’s Breakfast at Tiffany’s and Toni Morrison’s Sula. No additional sources cited.

A 4 page paper which examines the symbolism in The Lottery by Shirley Jackson, The Necklace by Guy de Maupassant, and A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings by Gabriel Garcia Marquez. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

A 3 page paper which examines how Mark Twain’s and Henry James’ characters were realists, or not, as they appear in Twain’s The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County and James’ The Real Thing. No additional sources cited.

3 pages in length. Will Hunting is no more able to tap into his inherent genius than he is ready to relinquish his blue collar roots - not so much because he is not interested in achieving such recognized accomplishment but because - like with most other things in his life including Skylar - ...

A 6 page paper which examines and compares the narrative technique in Louise Erdrich’s Love Medicine and Eden Robinson’s Monkey Beach. No additional sources cited.

A 3 page paper which compares and contrasts the views of marriage and society in Kate Chopin’s The Story of an Hour and Susan Glaspell’s Trifles. Bibliography lists 6 sources.

A 5 page paper which examines the influence of nature in Herman Hesse’s Siddhartha and Albert Camus’ The Stranger. No additional sources cited.

A 5 page essay that contrasts and compares these three works. Three of the greatest tragic plays every written are "Oedipus" by Sophocles; "Hamlet" by William Shakespeare; and "Death of a Salesman" by Arthur Miller. While these plays are vastly different, as their subject matter and their playwrights are separated by centuries, they also bear ...

A 7 pages essay that contrasts and compares Chaucer's The Reeve's Tale with Boccaccio's sixth story on the ninth day of his Decameron. The writer describes and analyzes Chaucer's changes. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

A 5 page paper which examines the role of the protagonist in Mark Twain’s The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Jane Austen’s Emma, and Chaim Potok’s My Name is Asher Lev. No additional sources cited.

This 5 page paper compares and contrasts these two works. Themes of freedom and modernity are duly noted. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

A 3 page paper which examines the quest in Homer’s The Odyssey, Richard Adams’ Watership Down, and J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit. No additional sources cited.

This 5 page paper examines tone as used by fiction writers. Some examples of how tone is created come from the works of Letitia Burwell, Louisa May Alcott and Azar Nafisi. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

In twelve pages this paper examines ten versions of the Rapunzel story and what how these stories are told reveal about the societies and cultures of the Middle East, the Mediterranean, Great Britain, and the United States. Ten sources are cited in the bibliography.

A 3 page paper which analyzes mother and daughter relationships as they evolve through the dream logic of Jamaica Kincaid’s story My Mother. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

A 5 page paper which examines the influence of social environment on behavior in Shirley Jackson’s The Lottery and Russell Smith’s Responsibility. No additional sources cited.

In 7 pages, the author discusses compares and contrasts 'Heart of Darkness' by Joseph Conrad, and 'Apocalypse Now,' a movie loosely based on the novel. Bibliography lists 7 sources.

In four pages this paper compares and contrasts the suffering, separation, and alienation in these stories, how the protagonists change, and how their families change as a result. Two sources are listed in the bibliography.