Essays / Follow tutor advice (essay on Hamlet and Silas Marner)? [2]

I am writing an English essay on Hamlet and Silas Marner.
I took a draft in to my university tutor yesterday, and he recommended that i do the first half of my essay on Hamlet, and the second half on Silas Marner, but i have always been taught, and indeed was told in the lecture just before this tutorial, that i should never do this, as it's like writing two essays and i cannot compare and contrast effectively. I was always taught that I should compare and contrast the two texts within a paragraph.

However, my tutor is marking my essay.
Do i follow my tutor's advice?
Thankyou