Comparison-Gatsby-Macbeth
From Greek mythology’s Hercules, to the American’s Paul Bunyan, myths perpetrating the quest can be found in all cultures and societies. Stories of the mythic quest “express knowledge that is complete and coherent”,1 thus the mythic quest exists to teach an idea or principle to its audience. Quests can be identified by several distinct elements that occur in all myths of this type, these characteristics are: a hero, the journey and the reward. The hero is the central protagonist character, (generally a male) who will attempt to complete the quest. The journey, is the series of obstacles that the hero must endure to achieve his goal. It is the path upon which the hero must walk to complete in his quest. It is on this journey that he will face challenges, battle enemies or make allies who may assist him. Upon successful completion of his journey, the hero will expected receive a reward, retribution for his struggles in the form of intellectual, spiritual or material gain. Through comparison of the novel “Shoeless Joe” which consists of Ray Kinsella quest to reunite himself with his deceased father and Jay Gatsby’s quest for the American Dream in F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel The Great Gatsby. it is discovered that human existence is e
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Approximate Word count = 1672
Approximate Pages = 7 (250 words per page double spaced)
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