griots were of a social caste, the art and important position of storytelling passed down from generations of griot families and as such, not just anyone could become a griot. In addition, griots were responsible […]
the most important virtue apparent in the epic is that of loyalty. Loyalty exists both between allies in the war that Sundiata wages against Soumaoro, and also between individuals and tribes. What makes Sundiata […]
Dante incorporates Ulysses and diomedes in canto 26, the two heroes from the trojan war. asking Virgil who is under the flame that was split into two. they both fought together in the Trojan war and stole the […]
Macbeth and Lady Macbeth to try to fulfill their ambitions Macbeth and his wife act on their own to fulfill their deepest desires. Macbeth, a good general, a good man, allows his ambition to overwhelm him and […]
It is arguable if fate is constructed by the gods or not. But their attempt to control it is present throughout the odyssey. The characters attempt to get around their fate with their free will. sometimes they […]
The Cain and Abel alternation signifies something more bigger than the actual murder. It put light to a start of increasing alienation between humanity and god. It brought corruption to the earth that […]
The hymn of man explains that the universe was created out of the parts of the body of a single cosmic man,when his body was offered in sacrifice. contrary to the creation hymn, where the idea that […]