Comparative Essay - Woman at Point Zero vs. Death and the Maiden

Hello,
I am in the process of writing a comparative essay on Woman at Point Zero by Nawal El Saadawi and Death and the Maiden by Ariel Dorfman. The aspect I am analysing is self-respect within the protagonist in each book.

At the moment I am having trouble finding a common ground with which I can compare and contrast these two works. Does anyone have a suggestion?

Thanks in advance.

Good afternoon.

I would suggest beginning by finding the instances within each work that you think show the character's self-respect. Once you have a list of the situations displaying this trait it will probably be much easier to see their similarities and differences.

I also suggest doing an internet search using the title and the keyword "self respect" to see what resources are already out there for these two works and this trait.

I hope this helps.

Regards,
Gloria
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