1. Comparing literature in Essays

2. Ways of reading Choose a way in which both novels can be read.
For example: Literary Theory
Psychological idea
Sociological idea
Brainstorm the ideas that exist within both novels.
Ways of reading

3. For Example Comparing Hamlet & Three Day Road What? How?
Look at similarities:
Father
Relationship with “mother”
“insanity”
misled
distrust of women
search for a father figure
Jung
For Example

4. Although, the horrors of Hamlet and Three Day Road could be attributed to the protagonists’ traumatic lives, Hamlet and Xavier believe that their heinous actions are predetermined and they therefore bring about the tragic conclusion.
Thesis

5. Any relationship between two or more things will involve some degree of SIMILARITY, as well as a degree of DIFFERENCE.
A comparison essay still must answer So What?
Don’t just show the similarities or differences.
Explain the significance of your comparison and how it connects to your thesis.
So What?