{"id":17896,"date":"2023-04-29T17:30:06","date_gmt":"2023-04-29T17:30:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/questions\/compare-and-or-contrast-essay-on-the-tempest-by-shakespeare-and-the-bible-with-examples-why-forgiveness-is-better-than-revenge\/"},"modified":"2023-04-29T17:30:06","modified_gmt":"2023-04-29T17:30:06","slug":"compare-and-or-contrast-essay-on-the-tempest-by-shakespeare-and-the-bible-with-examples-why-forgiveness-is-better-than-revenge","status":"publish","type":"questions","link":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/questions\/compare-and-or-contrast-essay-on-the-tempest-by-shakespeare-and-the-bible-with-examples-why-forgiveness-is-better-than-revenge\/","title":{"rendered":"Compare and\/or Contrast Essay on The Tempest by: Shakespeare and the Bible with examples why forgiveness is better than revenge"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Overview<\/h3>\n

In this essay you will move beyond the close reading of one text and instead develop an argument that compares or contrasts at least two texts. You have many options when selecting these texts, but <\/span>one of the texts must be one that has been assigned as reading this semester. The other text can be anything you select.<\/strong> <\/span>Remember that \u201ctext\u201d is often broadly defined. For example, commercials, paintings, songs, or movies can be considered texts; whether through words or images or a combination of the two, these genres make arguments and convey meaning.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Examples<\/h3>\n

Regardless of which texts you select, your essay must have an argument at its center. The typical thesis for an argument includes two parts: a claim and a reason.<\/strong> <\/span>For literary analysis, you\u2019ll most likely make a claim about why the two texts are similar or different. The reason will explain why that argument is true. Say I\u2019d like to compare Arthur Miller\u2019s <\/span>Death of a Salesman<\/em> <\/span>to August Wilson\u2019s <\/span>Fences<\/em>. A rough, early thesis for my draft may read: \u201cI will argue that Wilson utilizes but revises Miller\u2019s version of an American Dream because in <\/span>Fences<\/em> <\/span>race is shown to be inextricably tied to the family\u2019s ability to ascend while <\/span>Death of a Salesman<\/em> <\/span>shows materialism as the main impediment.\u201d Though this thesis needs revision, it features both texts, makes an argument for their similarities and differences and provides a basis for that argument.<\/p>\n

Other examples might be to compare one of the Emily Dickinson poems we\u2019ve read to one of Lana Del Rey\u2019s songs. Or, how might the poem \u201cMarks\u201d by Linda Pastan compare or contrast to Disney\/Pixar\u2019s <\/span>Brave<\/em> <\/span>when considering motherhood? Or, does Nathaniel Hawthorne\u2019s \u201cThe Birth-Mark\u201d help us understand human differences in a way similar to an ad campaign against bullying? Think not only about the fit of the two texts but also about why the pairing of the two texts is interesting and important. <\/span>This shouldn\u2019t just be a theoretical exercise, so make sure to consider the consequences and results of putting these texts next to each other<\/strong>. You might consider how different audiences are addressed through texts (what differs between adult and children audiences, for example?) or how and why certain stories are revised for different time periods (Shakespeare\u2019s plays have been revised over and over\u2014what changes and what stays the same and why?).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Sources<\/h3>\n

You will use at least two outside sources (beyond the two texts you are focusing on) as evidence. You might consider using JSTOR through the library’s database. This might mean that you apply a theoretical lens\u2014what would a specific way of thinking about the texts reveal about them? Or, it might mean that you research what other thinkers have said about these pieces and use their arguments to develop your own. <\/span>You will have a Works Cited sheet that lists the primary sources as well as any secondary sources<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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