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In a struggle for freedom, a parallel between the tale of King Gilgamesh of Uruk from the story, The Epic of Gilgamesh and the legend of William Wallace of Scotland from the movie, Braveheart, begins to emerge. However, reflection and refraction in attitude and ability to attain freedom between the two heroes are notable when taking in the effects of their rivals, the inspiration of women in their lives and close friendships that help bring courage and success in their quests. Although, the two characters diverge from similarity as, Gilgamesh has a deep desire to be liberated from death’s grip while, Wallace aspires to release himself and the people of Scotland from the oppression brought forth by England, nonetheless, it is freedom they seek. The struggle for freedom that our two characters endure results from conflict with opposing personalities.
Linda Sue Park's novel A Long Walk to Water tells the story of Salva, a young South Sudanese boy living through and experiencing the effects of the Second Sudanese Civil War. Throughout the story, Salva is shown to barely make it out of many life-threatening scenarios on his way to a refugee camp in Ethiopia. Despite these challenges, Salva manages to make it to the camp and is eventually resettled in the United States. In A Long Walk to Water, Salva proves that resources such as food and water, support from others, and luck are incredibly important to survival. Salva used many different resources to his advantage to survive the war.
While in all three of the ancient civilizations death is the final barrier that characters must overcome, the heroes in all three of these myths use different strategies in order to conquer this obstacle. While the heroes in the Popol Vuh use the trickery of resurrection in order to save themselves, resurrection in both Gilgamesh and Isis and Osiris is a capable ability that these heroes are either capable of achieving, or almost capable. Describing resurrection as not only a trait that are heroes are capable of using, and magical ability that only the most powerful can attain places the heroes of these myths on a high pedestal. In Popol Vuh, the heroes trick seven death and one death by using the magic of resurrection in order to kill
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Lastly, there is the ego, the balance between the id and superego. The ego represents reality. Focusing on Victor Frankenstein and the monster he created, one can better understand their personalities by examining the three parts of their subconscious; and determining parallels between the two characters. Victor Frankenstein’s id is shown primarily at the beginning of the novel; he creates the monster because he wants to and he doesn’t consider the repercussions that would follow. The id is known as the “inner child,” there is no sense of consciousness when you’re satisfying the id. One whose id is superior simply does what they want to do.
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In “Freudian Theory and Consciousness: A Conceptual Analysis”, Avinash De Sousa emphasizes the relationship between the three: “Psychoanalysis regarded everything mental being in the first place unconscious, and thus for them, consciousness might be present or absent” (Avinash). According to De Sousa, the id is the reason that the ego and superego forms. In Fight Club, as the narrator suffers from the lack of love from his parents, his desires then develops the id then the ego and at the end, superego. The narrator behavior keep bouncing from the three stages as the story approaches its climax when he decides to kill his innermost desire himself, Tyler. The id, ego and superego have an important role which help explain the narrator’s actions and
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The Epic of Gilgamesh and the Bible have a few similar events and historians think that they may refer to the same event. The Epic of Gilgamesh and the Bible share a similar event, the flood, and a similar character, the serpent. Though there are still several distinctions between the two stories. The Bible and the Epic of Gilgamesh both contain a serpent as one of the less significant characters.
In the story “Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde” by R.L.S three characters represent Freud’s psychoanalysis of the id, ego, and superego. Freud describes id as the devil sitting on your shoulder or the evil side. In addition, the superego is a human moral conscience. Finally, the ego is a good balance between good and evil. The characters in Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde represent Freud’s psychoanalysis by each other's character have a different personality as Utterson happens to be good is he is the superego, Jekyll is the ego because he is most like a human and is both good and bad, and Hyde is like a devil and bad so he represents the Id.
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