Comparative Literature Academic Essay

The timeless struggle between love and morality is a consistent theme across cultures and ages. As in "Jane Eyre," the Victorian feminist novel by Charlotte Brontë, which is also considered a bildungsroman, the story narrates Jane's development as a child, highlighting her struggles, feelings, and experiences, sacrificing her love for dignity. Similarly, the Egyptian movie adaptation "This Man I Love," or "هذا الرجل أحبه," both explore themes of love, passion, self-control, and religion through a female protagonist in two different cultural contexts.