Compare and Contrast Essays

Case Study - UPS v. FedEx
This paper is a case study of the two giant delivery companies. It follows the format of a standard written case analysis, beginning with an Executive Summary and following that with a Situation...

Machiavelli and Plato
This paper considers some of the opinions of these men, as given in The Prince and The Republic.

The Waltz: Viennese vs. Strauss
In this paper, the history of the waltz is discussed, including the emergence of the Viennese version. This version will demand the majority of the paper, as the various aspects associated with...

The Panchatantra: India’s “The Prince”
This paper will discuss the text of the stories that comprise the Panchatantra, a collection of moral-stories from India. It will compare the stories to their modern incarnations, their original...

Philosophy of Law: Stare Decisis
This paper will examine the principle of Stare desisis, the following of legal precedent by a Court, in the case of Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Pennsylvania v. Casey, focusing on the...

PLATO, ARISTOTLE, AND THUCYDIDES
Examines the philosophies of Plato, Aristotle, and Thucydides, and their views on how human beings should live.

Mandatory School Uniforms in the Public Schools
This paper will discuss the recent trend amount public schools of requiring their students to wear uniforms, and whether or not it serves as a deterrent to crime. It will critique each article and...

Gender Roles, Organization and Leadership
The Sepik region of Papua, New Guinea, the community of Stinking Creek, Kentucky, and the general society in which we live are all culturally diverse societies, but they all share some variation of...

John Mill: Utilitarianism and Natural Law
This paper compares and contrasts utilitarianism and natural law. Mill holds that the principle of utility is the supreme or foundational principle of morality, which in turn justifies all...

Achilles and Odysseus
Achilles and Odysseus have come down to us through history as the most famous participants in the historical war of the Greeks against the Trojans. They are immortalized through two famous...

Memory and Learning II
This paper examines some of the theories of memory and learning and discusses the differences between the two processes.

MIRROR IMAGES IN MELVILLE’S “BARTELBY THE SCRIVENER” AND POE’S “WILLIAM WILSON"
This paper compares the two characters and discusses how they are depicted with mirror imagery that illustrates extremes in the protagonists’ personalities. The characters whose chief function is...

Differences Between Eastern and Western Religions (I)
This paper will discuss the differences between the schools of philosophy on Eastern religions, including the Eastern “samsaric cycle”, reincarnation, and the Confucian view of reality.

Profiles of Five Women From Literature
This paper will profile five women from five different short stories, three from Anton Chekhov and two from Somerset Maugham. It will discuss the women’s most salient attributes, their respective...

Foreign Direct Investment: Differences Between Policies of China and Japan
Emerging economies are making the transition to open market systems and attempting to attract the capital necessary for infrastructure and production through foreign direct investment. Japan and...

Jean Anouilh: “Becket”
This paper compares and contrasts the characters of Henry II and Thomas Becket, and their leadership styles. It briefly recounts the plot of the play, as well.

Theories of Veridicality
Describes the correspondence and coherence theories of veridicality and offers an opinion as to which is more compelling

A description of the components of organizational culture in a grocery store chain, and discussion of possible changes that might improve product and
Explains the role of customers in a grocery store atmosphere. Discusses how to identify the degree of customer satisfaction and recommends ways to improve customer relations.

Beloved: Comparison and Contrast of the Book and Movie
The purpose of this paper to compare and contrast several aspects of the book version and the film version of the story Beloved by Toni Morrison.

Comparison: “Convent Threshold” and “Runaway Slave”
This paper compares the two poems by examining their imagery, particularly that of color.

Global Labor Union Climate
This paper compares unions in the U.S. to those workers represented by an international union organization, and concludes that the issues are similar.

Hadza and Kung
This paper examines differences in the foraging techniques between Kung and Hadza peoples.

Legitimate Theater and Its Influence on Film (Revised)
This paper explores the influence of theater on film, and the differences between the two.

Literature and Film
This paper discusses the differences between literary works and the films made from them.

Historical Reconstruction in Filmmaking
This paper will discuss how some films, specifically Hiroshima, mon Amour, Titanic, and Schindler’s List have reconstructed history and the filmmaking techniques employed.

Movies about Movies: Fellini, Godard and Truffaut
This paper examines three classic films about filmmaking and compares directorial styles.

My Master and My Author
This paper compares the Inferno to The Aeneid, and illustrates the way in which Virgil influenced Dante, and in which Dante sometimes surpassed his favorite poet.

Nanook of the North and Buena Vista Social Club
This paper compares and discusses the two documentary films, Nanook of the North and Buena Vista Social Club.

The Natural
In 4 pages, the author discusses the film version as compared to and contrasted with the text version of The Natural, which was written by Bernard Malamud.

Perspectives on History
This paper examines three books about 16th Century Spain and discusses the merits of the style of each.

Public Policy: New York City Subway
This paper discusses the NYC subway; gives a brief history and touches on the connection between the MTA and the city’s politics.

Pure Cinema” of Dulac and Kirsanov
This paper discusses the French avant-garde films of Germaine Dulac and Dmitri Kirsanov and whether or not making a “pure” film is worth doing.

Rene Descartes: Dreaming and Evil Genius
This paper compares the ideas of Descartes and John Locke.

SDLC
This paper compares and contrasts three different system development life cycles (or SDLC) in the area of computer software.

Skinner and Bandura and Aspects of Conditioning
This paper examines several types of conditioning and the response of the two psychologists to each.

The First-Person Narrator
This paper examines the first-person narration of the stories “The Triumph of the Egg” and “The Use of Force”. It discusses various types of narration, the use of tone, and what a first-person...

Transformation in Kafka and Stevenson
This paper contrasts and compares the way the authors have handled the theme of transformation in The Metamorphosis and Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.

Triple Feature
This paper examines the films The Jazz Singer, the Mummy, and King Kong and discusses their place in film history and the way changing technology changed the way they were filmed.

Two Views of the American West: Mountain Men and Frontier Women
This paper examines two books about the American West, and answers the questions: could the mountain men have survived without their liaisons with the Indians; and how did the changes in their...

Whiteness
This paper compares and contrasts the ways in which three authors, Ralph Ellison, Toni Morrison, and Frantz Fanon, deal with the concept of whiteness in their works.

Voltaire and Moliere
This paper compares “Candide” and “Tartuffe.”

Whitman and Emerson: “Song of Myself” and “Self-Reliance”
This paper compares and contrasts the two literary works.

"The Scarlet Letter" and Film Noir
This paper examines the 1995 film of Hawthorne’s novel and compares it to the film noir genre.

The Virgin Suicides
This paper compares and contrasts the book "The Virgin Suicides" and the movie that was made from it.

Three Tales Character Analysis
This paper analyzes two characters drawn from three stories: Melville’s “Billy Budd,” Hawthorne’s “Young Goodman Brown” and Poe’s “The Tell-Tale Heart.” Literary criticism will be used as the...

Totalitarian Regimes and Camp Organization
This paper discusses whether the organization of a totalitarian regime as described by Hannah Arendt is similar to the camp organization described by Primo Levi.

Two Versions of "Scarface"
This paper compares the 1932 Howard Hawks movie with the 1983 Brian DePalma film.

Valazquez and Bronzino
This paper is a comparative analysis of two European paintings – “Juan de Pareja” and “Portrait of a Young Man.” The first was painted by Diego Valázquez and the second by Agnolo Bronzino. The...

Interpretation/Analysis "Intolerance" and "Braveheart"
This paper analyzes the two films, “Intolerance” and “Braveheart”.

Polygyny in Tongan and Tswana Societies
This paper compares the practice of polygyny in Tonga and Botswana.

Richard II and As You Like It
This paper examines both plays with the object of finding similar themes in the two works.

Right Action
This paper examines the idea of “right action” in connection with some of the Eastern philosophies. It also touches on the impact of right action on economics, and the difference between Eastern...

Sidney Lumet: Making Movies
This paper identifies Sidney Lumet’s two basic questions about filmmaking, and applies them to “Dog Day Afternoon” and “Annie Hall.”

The Nature of the Western Hero
This paper discusses whether or not film critic Robert Warhow’s description of the Western film hero is accurate; it uses three classic films for illustration and concludes he is only partially...

Two Versions of “Scarface”
This paper compares the 1932 Howard Hawks movie with the 1983 Brian DePalma film.

Voices in Berlioz and Mahler
This paper examines the use of vocal passages in symphonies by Gustav Mahler and Hector Berlioz.

Legitimate Theater and Its Influence on Film
This paper explores the influence of theater on film, and the differences between the two.

Loneliness and Isolation—How four characters find their way to love and acceptance
In this paper, Tom Sawyer, Batman, Edward in The Prince and The Pauper, and Edward Scissorhands are examined to determine how they react to loneliness. The characters live lives of adventure and...

McFerrin and Bernstein
This paper examines the conducting careers of Bobby McFerrin and Leonard Bernstein.

Mead, Cooley, Mills, DuBois
This paper examines the significant contributions of four 20th century sociologists and anthropologists: Margaret Mead, Charles Horton Cooley, C. Wright Mills, and W.E.B.DuBois.

“Medea” and the Women in the “Green Knight”
This paper compares Medea (the Euripedes character) with the women in the epic poem.

Metropolitan Museum
This paper critically evaluates four works of fine art in the Met. Museum. The Kouros and The Wounded Warrior, Christ on the Cross with the Virgin, St. Jerome, Mary Magdalene and John the...

Networks and Clans
This paper examines two articles, and compares clans to networks as paradigms for organizational behavior.

Collaborators and Collaboration
This paper explores the way in which two authors have described the German Occupation of France in WWII.

Comparing Dysfunctional and Single-Parent Families
This paper examines some of the characteristics of functional and dysfunctional families, and concludes that single-parent families may be at increased risk of becoming dysfunctional.

Comparing Short Stories
This paper compares Harriet Beecher Stowe’s short story “The Minister’s Housekeeper” with a much more modern story, Ann Beattie’s tale “The Infamous Fall of Howell the Clown.”

Comparing Steeltown, USSR and Dreux, France
This paper compares the similarities and differences between Stephen Kotkin's Steeltown, and Françoise Gaspard 's A Small City in France. Steeltown USSR is concerned with the day to day living in...

Cranberry Island Morning
This paper discusses Allen Tucker’s painting with regard to the art theories of Jerome Stolnitz, Clive Bell and Morris Weitz.

Development of the “New Monarchies”
This paper discusses the “new monarchies” that arose at the end of the 15th Century.

Musicals
This paper evaluates the impact of the shows Phantom of the Opera and Miss Saigon.

Nightingale Songs
In this brief paper, there will be a comparison between two poems – “Ode: To the Nightingale” and “Sonnet: To a Nightingale.” Women poets haven penned each. The first by Mary Robinson, the second...

"Oleanna” and “Silkwood”: Women on Stage and Screen
This paper discusses specific questions about the characters of Carol and Karen Silkwood

Cultural and Environmental Pressures Resulting in Religion, Magic, and Witchcraft
This paper examines some of the religious, magical and witchcraft practices around the world, which may be said to have resulted from cultural and environmental pressures. It uses two sources,...

Qualitative vs. Quantitative
This paper examines the differences between qualitative and quantitative research in the humanities and social sciences with an emphasis on the different types of research goals and research...

Ralph Waldo Emerson
This paper discusses the way in which Emerson’s essays reflect his changing views about his life. (Compares two essays)

Slave Resistance
This paper examines the tactics of two slaves, Harriet Jacobs and Frederick Douglass, with regard to they way they fought against their oppressors.

The Heroic Ideal
This paper examines three different heroes (Beowulf, Superman and Hercules) and explains the way in which their heroism is defined.

Melville’s Confidence Man: A Response to Emerson
This paper examines Herman Melville’s book, as well as Ralph Waldo Emerson’s ideas about language, and seeks to explain the way in which Melville’s work relates to Emerson’s ideas.

Middle East Peace Prospects: Two Viewpoints
This paper examines two articles about the problems in the Middle East and summarizes their main points, and which is more persuasive.

Mill on the Floss, Jude the Obscure, Heart of Darkness
This paper examines the three novels with regard to their characters’ ambitions and the challenges they face; and the role of religion in the books.

Millay and Rosetti: Spring Poems
This paper examines two poems and compares their vision of spring.

Milton, Filmer and the Levellers
This paper looks at the political opinions of several 17th Century writers and activists, and concludes that their commonality lies in the writers’ use of Scripture to prove their arguments.

Berger, Weber, Goffman, Parsons
This paper examines the important theoretical contributions of the sociologists Max Weber, Talcott Parsons, Erving Goffman, and Peter Berger

Changes in Gangster Films
This paper examines several classic gangster films, and examines the way in which the genre has changed over the years

Gung Ho!
This paper examines the book Gung Ho! which is a handbook for developing employee enthusiasm and increasing productivity. It compares this book to Zapp, another such manual.

Hektor and Paris
This paper contrasts three qualities of the Trojans, Hektor and Paris. It also briefly touches on the background of the Trojan War.

Oleanna and Oedipus
This paper examines the two plays and discusses the destruction of the main characters.

Racism and White Supremacism
This paper considers the works of three black male writers and their approaches to the difficulties of blacks in America.

Rembrandt
This paper examines two of Rembrandt’s works.

Richard III and Sir Thomas More
This paper compares and contrasts Shakespeare’s Richard III with Robert Bolt’s Thomas More.

Martial Art Films
This paper compares two martial arts films and relates their themes to the culture of China.

Marx and the Problem of Poverty
This paper examines workers’ conditions during the Industrial Revolution, and the reaction of Marx, Hobhouse and Spencer to those conditions. It also touches briefly on their various social...

Marx, Camus and Koestler
This paper examines the view of Marx, Camus and Koestler on the relationship between religion and revolution.

Maslow, Rogers and May
This paper examines the theories of the three psychologists Abraham Maslow, Carl Rogers and Rollo May

Medieval Women as Seen in Chaucer's "Wife of Bath" and Margery Kempe
The author discusses Chaucer's Wife of Bath, and real life medieval author, Margery Kempe in order to determine how their stories reflect the lives of medieval women. "When one considers medieval...

Metaphors and Similes
This paper defines metaphors and similes, compares them, and gives examples of each.

Moral Conduct: Franklin, Jefferson and JFK
This paper compares the three men and attempts to answer what their feelings were about the “average citizen.”

Nathaniel Hawthorne and the Use of Juxtaposition
This paper discusses Hawthorne’s use of the literary technique of juxtaposition in his novels The Scarlet Letter and The House of the Seven Gables.

Nietzsche on Love and Forgiveness
In this paper, there will be a discussion on Friedrich Nietzsche and his perspectives on love and forgiveness. How do they differ from that of Christ, and is Nietzsche’s perhaps more practical for...

Ingres’ Odalisque in Grisaille A Critical Review
This paper will discuss Jean Auguste Dominque Ingres’ painting, Odalisque in Grisaille. The personal formal description and analysis of the Odalisque is followed by an art historical-analytical...

Themes in “Oedipus the King” and “The Bacchae
In this paper, there will be a brief discussion on the themes “sight vs. blindness” and “madness vs. sanity” as portrayed in Sophocles “Oedipus the King” and Euripides’ “The Bacchae.” How does...

Imagery in Joyce and Munro
This paper examines “Araby” by James Joyce and “Boys and Girls” by Alice Munro and explores the authors’ use of imagery in the stories.

Politics of Greatness
In this paper, there will be a discussion on renowned persons from the past, namely Gilgamesh, Antigone, Brutus, Agamemnon, Pompey, Caesar, Oedipus, and Mark Antony. For each, we will examined...

Machiavelli and K’ang-Hsi
This paper compares the books The Prince and Emperor of China.

Machiavelli’s The Prince
This paper examines Machiavelli’s classic work, and compares it to Thomas More’s “Utopia.” It answers the questions how would More respond to Machiavelli, and which philosophy seems more relevant...

Two Views of Black Culture
This paper examines Chinua Achebe’s book Things Fall Apart and compares it to Robin Kelley’s work Yo’ Mama’s DisFUNKtional!

Film Theory: Bazin and Kracauer
This paper considers the theories of both critics, and determines what their reaction was to “The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari.”

Hegel and Marx
This paper examines the influence of G.W.F. Hegel on Karl Marx.

Heist Films
This paper looks at four “heist” films and the types of relationships illustrated by each of them.

Huck Finn, Silas Lapham and Red Badge of Courage
This paper examines these three books with regard to Nature as a refuge; and moral growth of the characters.

The Belgian / U.S. Economies
This paper compares the Belgian and U.S. economies with regard to economic trends, inflation, and major industries.

Star Wars and The Odyssey
This paper examines the concept of a higher guiding principle in human affairs, as reflected in Lucas’s movie and Homer’s poem.

Style and Form in “Schindler’s List” and “Titanic”
This paper compares the two films in regard to their form and style.

Clothing
This paper compares women's clothing of the 18th and 20th centuries, and describe similarities and differences between the clothing of the two eras.

Costumes
This paper compares and contrasts the types of clothing worn by women in the 18th and 20th centuries.

Comparing 18th and 20th Century Clothes
This paper compares and contrasts women's fashions from the 18th and 20th centuries.

Crime and the Weather
This paper examines the connection between weather, depression and crime.

Edgar Allan Poe: Detective Stories
This paper considers the themes in two of Poe’s stories, “The Purloined Letter” and “The Murders in the Rue Morgue.” It also draws parallels between these stories and Sherlock Holmes.

E.M. Forster
This paper discusses three of Forster’s novels and the main characters of each.

Frankenstein and The Metamorphosis
This paper compares the two protagonists of these works and discusses the way in which physical appearances governs their lives.

Grapes of Wrath and Down and Out…: Women in the Depression
This paper considers women in the Depression as reflected in both fiction and fact.

Greek Ideas about the Nature of Man
This paper uses two works of literature to try to discover some of the ideas Greeks had about mankin

Frankenstein and “The Sandman”
this paper discusses both stories with respect to the ways in which they deal with forbidden knowledge, and women.

King and Socrates
This paper examines Dr. Martin Luther King’s and Socrates’ expectations of the legal justice system, based on their writings.

The Relation Between Reality and Literature
In this paper, there will be a discussion on the relation between reality and literature. What is the purpose of the novel? The reader is the receiver of the creation, but what does the writer...

“Lolita” and Its Transformation
In this paper, there will be a discussion on “Lolita,” Vladimir Nabokov’s controversial story that both compels and repels readers. For some, the book is written beautifully; for others, it should...

Machiavelli and Aeschylus
This paper examines the way in which leadership is described in The Prince and “The Suppliants”.

Declaration of Independence/Declaration of Sentiments
This paper compares the two documents and concludes that the second was based directly on the first.

Constructivist Teaching
Discusses the strategies most successfully used by constructivist teachers, including a comparison and contrast of constructivist teaching with other teaching practices.

Aeneas and Jesus
This paper contrasts and compares Aeneas (“The Aeneid”) and Jesus (St. Matthew).

Charles Dickens’ London
This paper compares London as it was in the 1800’s to the London Dickens described

Corrections Facilities: State Run vs. Privately perated
This paper discusses the concept of privately owned prisons as contrasted to the traditional state-run facilities.

Economic Trends in Chile, Russia and Japan
Explores the ways in which these three countries have compared in economic performance since 1973, and why, with specific examinations of economic trends, such as privatization, and external...

Capitalism and the Laws of Motion
A comparison and contrast paper about the political and economic theories of David Ricardo and Karl Marx. The theories share two important features: a labor theory of value and a prediction of the...

Cost Benefits of Performance Evaluations
Discusses the pros and cons from a financial standpoint of conducting personnel performance evaluations. Suggests a number of lower-cost systems to replace the traditional evaluation process.

Nietzsche, Celine, and DeLillo
A comparative review of Journey to the End of Night by Louis-Ferdinand Celine and White Noise by Don DeLillo, in light of each author’s application of Nietzsche’s position on the modern lack of...

Contrasting and Comparing Childhood Development Theorists
This paper describes, compares and contrasts the child development theories of Piaget, Kohlberg and Erickson.

Toennies, Durkheim and Simmel v. Wirth
This brief essay contrasts the urban development theories of Toennies, Durkheim and Simmel with those of Wirth and asks the question: do the theories still have value today?

Comparison of Catholicism and Islam
This paper compares and contrasts the two religions, and approaches their tenets from both a theological and philosophical viewpoint.

Data Collection Methods
Defines and discusses three different types of data collection, with examples of each.

Alfred Adler and Carl Jung
Adler and Jung were diametrically opposed in their theories, but were equal contributors to the field of psychology.

Compare/Contrast Monet and Crane
This paper compares and contrasts Monet's painting "Water Lilies" with Crane's story, "The Blue Hotel."

Dream Analysis: Techinques Compared and Contrasted
This paper compares the dream analysis techniques of six psychologists.

Edgar Allen Poe's Detective Stories
This paper compares Edgar Allen Poe's three detective stories, The Murders in the Rue Morgue, The Mystery of Marie Roget, and The Purloined Letter, and examines the characters and themes present in...

Compare and Contrast - "Dr. Faustus" and "Everyman"
This paper compares and contrasts the two plays Dr. Faustus by Christopher Marlowe and Everyman (anonymous). It examines the structure, imagery, symbolism, tone and style of both works. Finally,...

Evelina and Pamela
This paper compares the two heroines of the 18th Century novels that bear their names.

“A Doll’s House” and “Glass Menagerie”
This paper compares and contrasts the characters of Nora and Laura in the two plays.

A Lesson Before Dying and Dead Man Walking
This paper compares and contrasts the two works, and discusses the pros and cons of the death penalty

Two Renaissance Masters
This report compares and contrasts the lives of Michelangelo Buonarroti and Leonardo da Vinci.

The Idea of the State: Three Philosophical Foundations
This paper compares the political systems of Athens, Sparta, and Rome, with a discussion of the goals of each

First Amendment Issues in Two Supreme Court Cases
This report compares and contrasts the issues involved in the 1937 Supreme Court case De Jonge v. Oregon and the 1977 and 1978 cases surrounding the Skokie, Illinois Nazi Party parade.

A Comparison of the Playwrights Antonin Artaud and August Strindberg
This paper compares the work of naturalist playwright August Strindberg and surrealist playwright Antonin Artuad.

Declaration of Independence and the Articles of Confederation
This paper compares two significant U.S. documents, the Declaration of Independence and the Articles of Confederation.

Beowulf & Sir Gawain
This report compares and contrasts the characters of Beowulf and Sir Gawain, as found in the epic poems "Beowulf" and "Sir Gawain and the Green Knight."

Cezanne and Gauguin
The report compares and contrasts two paintings by the French artists Cezanne and Gauguin.

The Microsoft and Apple Organizations
Compares and contrasts the organization of Microsoft versus Apple. Argues that Microsoft is a hard-run smooth, successful organization. Its people are smart, hard working and dedicated. Apple...

Classical and Contemporary Music Compared
Compares and contrasts classical music with contemporary styles (especially rock music). Focuses on instrumentation , use of rhythm , and cultural-aesthetic differences .

Comparison of Notorious (1946) and Notorious (1992)
Compares Alfred Hitchcock's 1946 film , Notorious , and the remake in 1992 .

A Comparison of Two Books on the Environment
Compares two books on the environment, The Environment: A Revolution in Attitudes, and The World Watch Reader on Global Environmental Issues.

Kant and Aristotle on Morality
Analyzes and compares Aristotle and Kant's thoughts on moral character.

Ethical Behavior and Values from a Confucian Perspective
Argues that Confucius was a humanist with a strong ethical idea. Discusses his philosophies and compares and contrasts them with Taoism and Buddhism, two rival philosophies.

Comparing Criminal Justice
Compares the American criminal justice system to Turkey's in terms of constitutionality, penal code, and trial procedures.

The Macroeconomies of Canada and United States
Compares and Contrasts the performance of the American and Canadian economies in terms of several macro economic factors such as unemployment, balance of payments, rate of inflation, national...

Comparison of American and Canadian Political Parties
Compares and contrasts the issues and concerns of the Progressive Conservative, Liberal, and New Democratic Parties of Canada and the Republican and Democratic Parties of the United States. The...

Comparing Chekhov's Gooseberries and The Darling
Compares and contrasts two short stories by Anton Chekhov, The Darling and Gooseberries. The two stories, written only two years apart, don't show any major changes in style or artistic...

The Rivers in Huckleberry Finn and Heart of Darkness
Compares the rivers in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and Heart of Darkness. They both effectively use rivers to symbolically contrast life on the shore and life on the water. The rivers serve...

Poe's Detective Stories
Compares Edgar Allen Poe's 3 detective stories, The Murders in the Rue Morgue, The Mystery of Marie Roget, and The Purloined Letter. Examines the characters and themes present in all 3 stories.

John Locke and Thomas Hobbes
Compares and contrasts the different theories of Locke and Hobbes regarding the state of nature and the formation of commonwealths in Leviathan by Hobbes and in the Second Treatise of Government by...

Cheever's Country Husband and Steinbeck's The Chrysanthemums
Compares and contrasts the stories Country Husband and The Chrysanthemums including the main characters of Francis Weed and Eliza.

The Labor System in France
Discusses the labor system in France from an historical perspective from the Industrial Revolution to modern times. Also compares the French system to that of the U.S. and Britain.

The Human Hand and a Panther's Paw Compared
Compares the function of the human hand with a panther's paw.

Modern Political Thought : Locke Versus Rousseau
Compares and contrasts the opposing viewpoints of John Locke and Jean-Jacques Rousseau in terms of their political beliefs.

Korean vs American Women
Analyzes the changing roles of Korean women through the years and compares these roles with those of American women.

Ideals of Community in Stalinism and Nazism
Assess the models of community espoused by Nazism and Stalinism and compares the theories and their leaders.

Hispanic and Asian-American Values
Compares the Hispanic culture to that of Asian-Americans in terms of the family and gender roles and a workplace comparison. Also includes a discussion of both culture's roles in America today as...

Moral Development
Compares and contrasts the opposing theories of Lawrence Kohlberg and Carol Gilligan with respect to their views on moral development. Also discusses the critiques of Walker, who studied and...

Judaism vs. Islam
One of the significant differences between these two religions is the length of their histories, as Judaism is at least 4000 years old while Islam began much later, in 610 CE with Mohammed. Yet...

The Microsoft & Apple Organizations
Compares the Microsoft and the Apple Organizations, their culture and why they seem to be two technology-based companies almost opposite. Microsoft is portrayed as the pillar of success, efficient...

The Microeconomics of Canadian Healthcare
Analyzes the Microeconomics of Canadian health care. Examines the questions of how and what is the place of government as a producer and how does this effect the other elements of microeconomics,...

The Renaissance and The Religious Reformation: An Historical Context
Compares and defines the essential elements of the Renaissance and Religious Reformation in medieval times. Concludes by introducing the concept of humanism and explaining how it can help compare...

Gender Roles in Society & Leadership
Examines the role of gender as it affects leadership, and to a lesser extent, social organization and compares it among three societies: the Sepik region of Papua, New Guinea; the community of...

Compares and Contrasts News From Nowhere and Walden Two
Compares and contrasts views of labor, leisure, and creativity in News From Nowhere and Walden Two.

The Iliad and The Odyssey by Homer
Compares and contrasts two classical Greek poems, The Iliad and The Odyssey by Homer.

Max Weber vs. Karl Marx
Compares and contrasts the philosophies of Karl Marx and Max Weber in their views of time discipline in modern societies.

The Treaty of Versailles and President Wilson's Fourteen Points
Compares the Treaty of Versailles with President Woodrow Wilson's Fourteen Points. Discusses how the Fourteen Points were better able to deal with the problems of nationalism, imperialism, and...

The Need for Intimacy
Examines the premise that all human beings have an inherent need to form intimate attachments, and compares two measures of assessing adult attachments.

Joyce's Araby & Sebacher's Veronica's Poetry
This report compares James Joyce's and Neil Sebacher's respective short stories. Both stories center on adolescent infatuation and the effects it has. The experience causes both protagonists to...

Modern Political Structures of the United Kingdom & Japan
Compares and contrasts Japanese and British politics today and examines issues such as elections, class and parties of both countries.

Welfare Systems in Japan & Russia
Compares and contrasts the welfare systems of Japan and Russia and presents statistical data that examines the advantages and disadvantages of both countries' approaches.

The Political, Social, and Economic Ramifications of the French Revolution
Assesses the root causes and ideology of the French Revolution in terms of its political, social, and economic gains and losses. Also compares the French Revolution to the American Revolution.

Views of Love in The Good Morrow by John Donne and Sonnet 116 by Shakespeare
Compares the views of love in these poems, one by Donne and one by Shakespeare.

A Comparison of the Operating Systems DOS , UNIX , and VAX-VMS
Compares these three operating systems with respect to their processes, memory allocation, file input and output, and device input and output.

Crime in the United States and Israel
Compares crime in the United States to that of Israel. Discusses such topics as terrorism, prisons, types of crimes, and causes of crimes.

A Comparison of Edgar Allen Poe and Stephen King
Compares and contrasts the lives and works of Edgar Allen Poe and Stephen King, both masters of the horror genre.

Film vs. Literature: All the President's Men
This report details the alliance between Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward in their investigation of the Watergate Scandal, which was ultimately published in their memoirs entitled, All the...

Biography and Autobiography
Examines the difference between biographies and autobiographies, and seeks to explain which format is better and why. Uses Hitler's Mein Kampf as the primary case study.

Comparison of Two War Poems
Compares two war poems, Henry Reed's Naming of Parts, and Basil Paquet's Mourning the Death, by Hemorrhage, of a Child from Honai.

Snow White: A Comparison of Three Versions
Compares the story of Snow White through three different versions: the Disney Classic, the original Grimm fairy tale, and a new up-dated version by Donald Barthelme. The story is perhaps best...

Adolph Hitler and Franklin D. Roosevelt in World War II
Compares the leadership styles of Hitler and Roosevelt in World War II. Also argues that both men were extremely effective leaders.

Creation Myths in Three Religions
Discusses and compares the views of creation of the differing religions of the Hindu, the Islamic, and the Hopi people.

Prison Riots : A Comparison
Compares prison riots at Attica in 1971, Santa Fe in 1980 and Sacramento in 1996 and discusses how overcrowding and poor conditions in prisons lead to such events.

Multicultural Identities in American Society
Compares the distinct philosophies and styles of 4 leaders who championed against racial injustice and inequity. The report discusses Martin Luther King, Malcolm X, Richard Wright, and Jose...

I Have A Dream and The Impossible Dream: Verbal vs Musical Communication
Compares and contrasts two well known pieces: Martin Luther King's Address at the March to Freedom (the I Have a Dream speech) with The Impossible Dream, Don Quixote's song from The Man of La Mancha.

The Ethical Perspectives of Confucius
Confucius was a humanist with a strong ethical idea. He believed in working toward the public good and following tradition. The report further discusses his philosophies and compares and contrasts...

Perkins' The Yellow Wallpaper and Ibsen's Doll's House
Compares and contrasts the theme of women's roles in the two works, one written as a narrative and the other a play.

Narrative Perspectives in The Lottery and The Tell-Tale Heart
Compares the narrative points of view in the two works.

A Review of A Raisin in the Sun and Huckleberry Finn
Compares and contrasts Lorraine Hansberry and Mark Twain's well known works.

The Hellenistic and the Baroque
Compares and contrasts two works: The Dying Gaul and The Ecstacy of St. Teresa. Discusses style characteristics of each work.

William Blake & Isaac Newton
Discusses the move from the Romantic to the Modern world (transition from romanticism to realism). Compares and contrasts Blake and Newton and explains their differences and similarities.

A Comparison of Ancient & Modern Arabic Poetry
Compares the transition in Arabic poetry from classical to modern and analyzes various forms of poetry within each period.

IBM vs. Apple
Compares Apple Computer with IBM in terms of their effect on the world, the economy, and their respective successes and failures.

Bible Myths
Discusses several bible myths such as Job and Anubis and Bata and compares them with myths from other lands such as Iceland and Whales.

Behavioral and Existential Psychotherapy
Explains and compares behavior and existential psychotherapy, and discusses how the two theories can be applied to counseling.

Marx's Views on Equality
Compares and contrasts Karl Marx's On the Jewish Question, Michael Warner's The Mass Public and the Mass Subject, and Patricia Williams' The Alchemy of Race and Rights in regards to citizenship and...

Comparison of Security Guards and Police
Compares security officers with law enforcement officers. The security guard is not given legal authority and is not as well trained as a police officer, and therefore, may give their employer...

Italian Humanism vs Northern Humanism
Compares and contrasts Northern humanism, which presented a much more Christian perspective on the progression of humanist developments, with Italian humanism, which focused on the return to the...

Aristotle and Cicero's Theory of Order and Friendship
Compares and contrasts the theories of political order, justice, and friendship among Aristotle, Cicero, and Plato.

Multi-Age and Ungraded Classrooms
Compares and contrasts the notions of ungraded classrooms, in which children are put together to learn the same things in the same way, and multi-age classrooms, in which a diverse group of...

Theories of Justice in Plato's Republic
Compares and contrasts the theories of justice that are presented by Thrasymacus and Socrates in Cornord's The Republic of Plato.

Comparison of Three Cultures' Art
Compares the art of Native American Indians, early Greeks, and primitive African tribes. Discusses that although each culture's customs and beliefs were vastly different from one another, all bear...

A Comparison of Aristotle & Hume
Hume's theories and writings are classified as belonging to the philosophical movement called empiricism, which believes that sensory experience is the only source of knowledge. On the other hand,...

A River Runs Through It: Film vs. Book
This paper compares and contrasts two versions of A River Runs Through It, the film version and the book version. Central to the discussion will be how the film version, adapted by Robert Redford...