To further elaborate on this point‚ take for instance our creation myths. We have at least three different creation myths—The Visayan Creation Myth‚ The Story of Bathala‚ and Malakas at Maganda. These stories established a whole Pantheon of gods like Bathala‚ Maguayan‚ Kaptan‚ Kabunian‚ Diyan Masalanta‚ Galang Kaluluwa‚ etc. These stories may come with different names for the gods because each tribe has a story to tell‚ although the premise of the stories don’t change. Due to the Christian and Islamic
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The Myth of Individualism America is famous for the reputation of being the land of opportunity‚ and for generations immigrants have fled to the United States to experience the freedom and equality our government lays claim to. The fundamental of this reputation is the American Dream‚ the belief that life should be better and richer and fuller for everyone‚ with opportunity for each by hard working regardless of social class or circumstances of birth(by James Truslow Adams). The American Dream
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CLA204 Lecture 1 Notes What is myth? - mûthos (ancient Greek) – “story”‚ “plot” of a narrative - myth – “a traditional story of collective (social) importance” – character‚ plot‚ temporal and special setting - mûthos (story) + logos (account) = “study of myth”‚ mythology - set in distant past or time so long ago when humans did not exist - mythical place – ie. garden paradise‚ world of the dead‚ etc. Circulation of Myth: oral (Orpheus‚ Homer‚ Hesiod) literary (Ovid‚ Euripides) artistic
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Characte archetype - hero Rapunzel overcome many hardships to finally find love and her parents. Character archetype -the villain Gothel is the women who posed as the mother of Rapunzel. She wanted that Rapunzel not the leave her home. Symbolic archetype - Rapunzel’s hair: Rapunzel have a magic hair that glows when she sings‚ it can also heal wounds and manages to achieve eternal youth to whoever touches. Situation archetype - Task Rapunzel’s task is to find the way out of the
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greatest myths ever. It is an awe inspiring event that captivates viewers once a year‚ leaving them anticipating for an even greater event the following year. The Superbowl is a conglomerate of highly intensified passions shared by the vast part of society. The game itself embodies the feelings and the current values shown by society. According to Joseph Campbell’s four functions that are a neccessity for a "properly operating" myth‚ the superbowl is an excellent candidate to become the myth that will
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Analysis of the archetype in O. Wilde’s novel "Portrait of Dorian Gray" The scale of the realization of ideas through the archetype of an animated portrait allows one to compare "Portrait of Dorian Gray" and Gogol’s "Portrait" as manifestoes of related epochs. In the first chapter‚ an analysis of the archetype in Gogol’s story was conducted‚ we will try to discover the archetype in Wilde’s novel by the same characteristics: • the inclusion of the archetype in ontological issues; • reflection of
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the paradigmatic shifts of its context. Contemporaries like Angela Carter‚ reinforcing or challenging societal values or constructs‚ subvert fairytale archetypes to educate on social progression; through literary discourses such as post-modernism and feminism. In Carter’s ‘The Company of Wolves’ (1979) the blurring of the wolf or hunter archetype exemplifies the modernisation of the classic fairytale‚ ‘Little Red Riding Hood’. Carter subverts traditional and polarising notions of good versus evil
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The coconut plant is found vastly across the tropic area and in time‚ it has proven its title as the “Tree of Life”. It is known for its great versatility as seen in the many domestic‚ commercial‚ and industrial uses of its different parts. The coconut palm is grown throughout the tropics for decoration‚ as well as for its many culinary and non-culinary uses. Its versatility is even noted in its naming. In Sanskrit it is kalpa vriksha which means "the tree which provides all the necessities of life"
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MYTHS AND HEROES I’m going to present the notion of myths and heroes. Myths and heroes have always been part of our lives‚ so we can ask: do we need heroes as role mode? To answer that‚ first I’m going to give the definition of a hero‚ and then I’m going to explain how a hero can influence us in our actions. To my mind‚ the two documents that illustrate the best this notion are “dream jobs” and “superheroes and morality”. This first documents is from a biography‚ “fighter pilots‚ the memoirs
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There are lists of infamous myths surrounding the topic of abortion‚ claiming numerous health hazards‚ however it is crucial to recognize that it is merely a myth as there are health benefits to abortion and disadvantages of one’s well being after giving birth. With the option of having an abortion as a choice‚ it has been revealed that “Most (95%) women who had obtained the abortion felt it was the right decision‚ as did 89% of those who expressed regret” (UCSF). Women are able to feel a new sensation
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