Re: In Praise of Writing that Breaks Stereotypes

From: Jeff <richaje_at_7gMtCstGx9ZfDJ57MhknU3-1dHhE7Dp-2vAmN2-ZfrkRQwsNgQaBD_RHwHE8xoINaD5O>
Date: Tue, 02 Aug 2011 17:34:58 -0000


Greg writes:

> *Every Hero is the same *
> He is going to fulfill the archetype, from Gilgamesh to Alice in Wonderland.
> *Every Hero is different
> *None will succeed by being *just *the archetype
> Every Hero succeeds because of who or what he is in particular, as an
> individual,

Are you sure you weren't in Helsinki on Sunday early afternoon on a panel with Pete and I?

A few other points we added on the panel: *The Hero occupies the threshold between the world of ordinary mortals and the divine (or more rarely the infernal)* *The liminal position of the Hero is both why the Hero is respected and why the Hero (usually) ultimately disappoints us*

> It required a Hero to be both inside and outside of society

Exactly.

Jeff            

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