Inhabiting the Myth of Dune
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Summary
The structures of everyday life are embodied in patterns that align with an internal concept of the mythic. The extent to which all societies are guided by some sense of the mythic is proportional to a culture’s dependence on language, religion, or historical foundation; for these structures that create culture bind it in a shared narrative. In the words of Thomas Mann, “The myth is the foundation of life; it is the timeless schema, the pious formula into which life flows when it reproduces its traits out of the unconscious.” (Mann, 30). By picking up a work of fantasy or science fiction, a reader is immersing himself in a world in which the myth is made explicit, where the characters are living out hero’s journeys made epic or internal. Frank Herbert’s Dune, depicts characters that consciously embody the myths of their world, thereby molding their own hero’s journeys along with the society that empowered them with the mythic roles.
Table of Contents
- Introduction.
- Arrakis as a planet of harsh conditions.
- Jessica confrontation with the Shadout Mapes.
- The myth that the Fremen are associating with Jessica and Paul.
- Jessica's performance of the Sayyadina.
- The power of the myth.
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