CLAS100 Lecture Notes - Minos
16 Oct 2011
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Exciting plots people are able to relate more to people to heroes that are more real. They have more entertaining plots than myths about gods. Why they are credible (more so than gods) Linked to historical events i. e. the trojan war, or the search for the golden fleece. He is human in form, and super human in his abilities and his exploits. He is a warrior, lover, and ruler: and each character had certain traits or character flaws. He is larger than life and lager than any type of classification than we can label. Male: though they are women not as great (macho, he-man) as men, he must reach his goal. Saved( from death), exiled as a child. Cleaver/wise (has to use this characteristic to overcome their challenges) Noble: noble in character, and is of noble birth, frequency the son of someone high in status (i. e. king or queen), might be an illegitimate son, but still noble ancestry.
