Comparisons Flashcards
Occurence at Owl Creek Bridge -Ambrose Bierce
The Red Badge of Courage
Stephen Crane
- startling psychological realism to the story of Henry Fleming’s wartime experience parallels to Bierce’s realiststyle of imagery, exposition and exploring the psyche of the subject of the story.
- barbaric ways in which an untrained soldier proves his mettle parallel to Peyton Farquhar’s desperate uncalculated attempts to contribute to the southern cause
Occurence at Owl Creek Bridge -Ambrose Bierce
To the Lighthouse
Virginia Woolf
The Window:
* speed of time is slow and spans over only a few days
Time Passes:
* speed of time fastens
The Lighthouse
* speed of time slows again
shows subjective nature of time as well as reality and the way it is perceived. Woolf creates a world not only dependant on the private perceptions of her characters but is also nothing more than the accumulation of those characters sending the message that reality prevails similar to Bierce’s Occurence at Owl Creek Bridge.
The Sea is referred throughout the novel and symbolises the everchanging nature of the flow of time, depicting the changes it brings by always marching on. time and reality work in conjunction to prevail above perception.
Melancholy Hussar of the German Legion- Thomas Hardy
Romeo and Juliet
Shakespeare
- star-crossed lovers who remain unrequited due to familial restrictions and meet ends full of despair
- secrecy of their relationship and plans of elopement which go horribly wrong
Melancholy Hussar of the German Legion- Thomas Hardy
Titanic
written and directed by James Cameron
- star-crossed lovers barred by familial expectations who meet tragic endings
- Rose the female protagonist grows old and retells the story of her and Jack decades after the incident
- themes of classism and societal expectations
Lady’s Maid’s Bell- Edith Wharton
The Turn of the Screw
Henry James
- Wharton admits this story influencing her for Lady’s Maid’s Bell
- many similarities between the governess and Alice Hartley such as the initial scepticism of the house/manor washed away by the well kept exterior and their fond attachments to the female members they needed to take care of- Flora and Mrs. Brympton respectively
- Flora and Mrs. Brympton are alike in their kindness and manners
- similar endings- the people the governess and Alice Hartley was appointed to take care of, die in their attempts to save them (miles and flora; Mrs. Brympton)
- themes of victorian class division
The Lady’s Maid’s Bell
Rebecca
Daphne de Maurier
- narrator worked for Rebecca an upper class woman who lived in a big estate (themes of class differences)
- Rebecca and Mrs. Brympton both had devoted servants so much so that the ghosts of them remained devoted after they died- Mrs. Danvers and Emma Saxon respectively
- themes of unhappy marriage (Rebecca and Maxim)
- jealousy to the point of debilitating their marriage (Maxim and Mr. Brympton)
Gabriel-Earnest -Saki (Hector Hugh Munro)
Eyes of the Cat
Ruskin Bond
- similarities between Gabriel-Earnest and Kiran the were Leopard such as Gabriel’s really light brown eyes and Kiran’s gold flecked ones
- sarcastic tones throughout the story expresses mockery for society and humans through fantasy elements
The Doll’s House -Katherine Mansfield
The Prince and the Pauper
Mark Twain
- highlights class based oppression and themes of class division
- gates are used a symbol of barrier which is eventually broken by the richer counterpart, Edward in favor of the poorer Tom similar to Kezia opening the white gates to her courtyard to Lil and Else Kelvey
- Edward and Kezia both are empathetic and kind upperclass individuals who try to befriend their working class counterparts
Warning to the Curious -M. R. James
Charles Dickens
M. R. James was an avid reader of Charles Dickens and often used his style to set the scene with extreme detail of gloomy, dark and bleak back drops (great expectations).
Warning to the Curious -M. R. James
Casting the Runes
M. R. James
- centered around supernatural artefact -piece of paper with runes on them
- unforgiving nature of the artefact, it causes untimely death
- supernatural entity and unseen forces of horror
Death in the Woods -Sherwood Anderson
Goodbye, Miss Mckenzie
Ruskin Bond
- Miss Mckenzie spends most of her days fulfilling her obsession with feeding her plants playing a nurturing role for the only living thing she has around
- dies lonely and miserably in the cold
The Black Ball -Ralph Ellison
To Kill a Mocking Bird
Harper Lee
- Atticus Finch a white lawyer, defends a black man, Tom Robinson from false rape allegations placed on him by a white woman, Mayella Ewell. similar to the white Union man’s story
The Axe -Penelope Fitzgerald
It
Stephen King
- the narrator and Bill Denborough both send the victim to their deaths through relatively innocent means- Bill Denborough wax seals George Denboroughs boat and the narrator relaying the consideration of resignation to Singlebury
- Singlebury and George Denborough likewise are sent to their deaths and die gruesomely
- the narrator and Bill Denborough blame themselves and feel a profound guilt surrounding their actions.
The Plantation -Ovo Adagha
Jurassic Park
Michael Crichton
- John Hammond and Namidi are similar in the sense that they are highly driven by greed and their demise is met by the very things that they wanted to profit off of -the dinosaurs and the petrol
- they also similarly do not heed the warnings that they get, Namidi ignores Mama Efe the same way Hammond ignores Malcolm’s ‘chaos theory’
- the warners; Mama Efe and Malcolm effectively die due to their authority figure’s ignorance
The Plantation -Ovo Adagha
The Pearl
John Steinbeck
- themes of poverty and patriarchy are prevalent in the nocel in similar ways to Adagha’s story. for example; kino’s stubbornness and authority over Juana as well as their drastic financial situation
- Kino and Namidi both share a greed for wealth which is expressed through greed for the pearl in Kino’s case and the petrol in Namidi’s.
- these objects of desire however, result in the chasers’ untimely demise or great misfortunes.
