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Shane’s next words give the game away: the difference between the two of them, he says, is that he knows it. Shane comes from without as the noble champion who will put an end to the horrible violence that threatens the valley from within.
Shane himself is the most symbolic figure in the plot, since he is nothing more nor less than a symbol of the West. His past is a mystery, just like the past of the West was a mystery to the first settlers.
The narrative revolves around Shane, a mysterious and skilled gunslinger who becomes entwined with the lives of the Starrett family, particularly young Joey. As tensions rise between homesteaders and cattle barons, Shane's presence brings both hope and conflict.
However, Shane diverges from this conventional myth by modifying its usual structure. Typically, in classical mythology, the hero is summoned from a stable, settled...
Folk tales and myths are both forms of traditional storytelling that have been passed down through generations. However, there are some key differences between the two. Folk tales are often set in a specific time and place and feature ordinary people or animals as the main characters.
Even in 1953, Shane seemed a slightly unreal, mythical figure--the Joey perception. More precisely, he can be seen as expressing, again and most centrally, two opposite/complementary ideas. . . . First, Shane as the embodiment of all the social qualities of the traditional Western hero.
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Although they may seem very different at first glance, what commonalities exist between Shane and Crane's Scratchy Wilson? How do Joe Starrett and Marshal Potter compare? What about Marian and...
