I once spoke with a professor who lamented the lack of shared archetypes in the modern age. But I don’t think that’s true. He’d asked me if I’d seen images from The Matrix and Wall-E — yes, perhaps those are considered large cultural icons, but is there anything bigger than that? I’d argue yes.
Stories that we keep coming back to
The Eternal Drama - The Inner Meaning of Greek Mythology
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As long as people keep writing great stories, there will never be a lack of cultural archetypes. Some stories are so good they transcend generations and forms of media.
- Cycles of myths that feed into each other, an infinite continuum
- Percy Jackson
- Hadestown
- Omniscient Reader’s Viewpoint
- Mythology and cultural archetypes
- Greek and Roman
- DC Comics
- Cult figures
- Archetypes and cultural/societal impacts
- Fragmentation of society
- Kryptonite
- Extends beyond just Superman fans
- Achille’s heel
- Batman
- Gothic literature, monsters and heroes
- Superman
- Parallel with Hercules
- A mirror of society
- Absolute Superman, Batman, and Wonder Woman
- Flipping the traditional narrative: rather than preordained powers or fortunate circumstances, they worked and fought tooth and nail to protect their values
- What society needs right now
- Rising underdog
- New American dream in a time of instability
- Absolute Superman, Batman, and Wonder Woman