Comparative Literature

"Everywhere there is a connection, everywhere there is an illustration: No single event, no single literature, is adequately comprehended except in relation to other events, to other literature," says Mathew Arnold. 

Instead of all diversities, men's life is bounded by unity. There is unity in everything and everywhere. I am here writing down what I felt similar in the literatures, Tamil and Engish.  

It is not easy to forget the moon-light scene in Shakespeare's Drama, "The merchant of Venice".We find Jessica and Lorenzo speaking about the greatness of the world's greatest lovers. They assume that lovers like Troilus and Cressid; Aenius and Dido would have met in such a night illumined by the beams of Moon. This very same thought is found in Kannadasan's song,

 "Anru vandhadhum adhe nila, 

Inru ulladhum Idhe nila. 

Yenrum ulladhu ore nila,

 Iruvar kannukkum ore nila!

 Kaadhal Romeo Kanda Nila, 

Kanni Julite ai venra nila....".

 In his "katradhum Petradhum", Sujatha describes the similarity between Kalki's renowned character 'Nandhini'  resembling much to Alexander Dumas'  'Milady'.

 We can find a character named Ophelia from Shakespeare's "Hamlet" similar to "Manimegalai" from Kalki's "Ponniyin Selvan".With Ophelia and Manimegalai we feel pity and it could be right to say they are one and the same. Their tragic end picturized as falling amidst the river is a heart rendering experience to the readers. To me, Kundavai in "Ponniyin Selvan" is none but Brave Portia who comes across in "The Merchant of Venice". In various ways, Kalki and Scott seem to be similar in depicting Historical Novels. In both their novels a common man with brave nature enter into the adventures and takes part in historical events. This could be found in Scott's "Kenilworth" and Kalki's "Ponniyin Selvan". I have compared what came to my mind. If anybody finds a comparison in the vast seas of literature please write it for me.