Comparative Essay Idea no. 3...

I have been thinking about my initial essay idea and I have thought up this question, "How do the authors use one character to paint a portrait of his/her lover, in two texts you have studied?" This is obviously a rough idea and can use some narrowing down and possibly some flourishing in terms of the language used in posing the question, but it is a good starting point for me. The only issue is that I have written a similar essay specifically on The Sorrow of War and therefore I don't know whether or not I could write this as an assessment. I do not think that The Sorrow of War essay was assessed however I don't want to be writing the same essay again, running the risk of repeating myself.