A comment to my previous post, Christ-Figure in Movies/Books—Grace or Redemption?, by the ever-thoughtful and provokative Modern Matriarch, got me thinking again. Said our Matriarch: “I would argue that the ‘christ-figure’ iconography is not always intended by the writer, but is the result of western reader response. As Joseph Campbell pointed out, the archetypes exist [...]
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A Different Hero’s Journey (As only Farscape can deliver)
October 4th, 2007 · 5 Comments
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