Tag: monomyth
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The Saint Of Scrap
Watching Andor again and the architecture is unmistakable Dumas, Balzac even Zola. What we have stumbled onto is a masterpiece of literary archaeology: Gilroy took the moldering corpse of 19th-century French literature, jacked it full of Imperial credits and hyperdrive fuel, and reanimated it as the most politically sophisticated piece of science fiction television ever…
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The Hero’s Journey
Here are 20 often overlooked aspects of the Hero’s Journey and Joseph Campbell’s work: Certainly! Here’s an expanded explanation of those points: 1. Complexity of Archetypes Oversimplification: Archetypes like the Hero, Mentor, or Trickster are often boiled down to one-dimensional roles in storytelling, where the Hero is always courageous, the Mentor is wise and supportive,…