“I wanted happy endings in those days, and happy endings are best achieved by keeping the right doors locked and going to sleep during the rampages.”
—@MargaretAtwood, The Penelopiad
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What makes literature powerful is, in part, the quality of mimetic instruction it provides its readers. The Hero’s Journey & Apollo archetype are universal, though described as masculine, because they describe the experience of the conscious mind.
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To the degree the mimetic instruction is more sex-specific, the more alienating the literature will be to readers who don’t share that identity. The Penelopiad centers on mimetic instruction for women who find themselves caught in the crossfire of men competing for dominance
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