Compare and contrast

Write an essay (in scrupulous M.L.A. document style) of 4-5 double-spaced pages, plus an MLA style Works Cited, that compares and/or contrasts two fictional characters in the same genre-based archetype. Your discussion should do much more than summarize and compare superficial features. It must make an argument (i.e., take a position) about the comparable or contrasting ways in which the characters represent a cultural critique, and support that position by using 1) a minimum of TWO outside critical and/or scholarly sources, as well as 2) specific examples of how the character implies a cultural critique, quoted or paraphrased from books, game narratives, manga, anime, films, t.v. shows, etc.