Mythologies | Teaching Key Figures

Character Descriptions

This section provides a short description of all the major characters in the book. This can be printed out as a study guide for students, used as a "key" for leading a class discussion, or you can jump to the quiz/homework section to find worksheets that incorporate these descriptions into a variety of question formats.

Characters

The Author - Said to be "the leading exponent of semiology, the science of signs and symbols." This character is, in other words, a leading interpreter of myth.

The Bourgeoisie (Working Class) - Members of this socio-economic class are claimed to be the reason for and why there is myth.

Wrestlers - These characters are embodiments of basic desires and conditions. Their struggles are human struggles--for respect, control, mercy, and approval.

Writers, Royalty - These people exist outside of the human experience. Other, more ordinary, people mythologize their experience.

Critics - These people...
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