for Legends on the net by Fernback Legends on the net by Jan Fernback‚ he argues that the oral cultural has been changed from past to contemporary. He says that‚ orality and literacy becomes less important because of human develop the cyberspace. Today‚ in our society people need to use internet because we are using it everywhere and it becomes part of our culture. In addition‚ the author says that‚ oral tradition has been warning for community living. Fernaback agues that‚ urban legend as
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psychology‚ customs‚ or ideals of society. Definition of legend A legend is an unverified story which has been passed on from person-to-person. A legend usually includes an element of truth‚ or is based on historic facts‚ but with ’mythical qualities’. Legends usually involve heroic characters or fantastic places and often encompass the spiritual beliefs of the culture in which they originate. Difference between myth and legend Legends are generally stories‚ which have an actual historical event
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KING ARTHUR A legend is a nonhistorical or unverifiable story handed down by tradition. Over time‚ a legend becomes commonly accepted as true. While legends usually elevate the main characters to heroic proportion‚ the best of them have a basis in fact. Often times‚ a legend changes over time in order to keep it fresh to new generations. Legends are told to teach and to inspire. They are told to entertain and pass down tradition. Perhaps no legend has reached a wider audience than that of King Arthur
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Gravity Hills: Urban Legend Urban Legends are stories‚ usually false or exaggerated‚ that are repeatedly told and embellished over time until they are believed to be true. Gravity Hills is known to be an urban legend and it is also surrounded by scary stories. It’s said that in various hills of California‚ if a car is parked on neutral it will somehow roll up the slope of the nearby hill. There have been stories due to this belief that children died in the hills as they helped push their school
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Jordan Groll American Society: Urban Legends in the Classroom What is it about America that causes students and people to crave an education? Could it be the intense pressures of society‚ or could it even be the simple fact that we want to educate ourselves? For centuries people were fine with being un-educated and life was simple and laid back‚ but when John Cotton (a noted Puritan Minister) established the first public school in America‚ people began to eat it up. And thus was
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Summary of: How Urban Myths Reveal Society’s Fears By Neal Gabler Urban Legends; secondhand stories about something horrific‚ iconic‚ or even magical‚ that are told to us in a way that makes them very believable‚ even though the contents of the stories may not truly be backed with any tangible proof. Urban legends tend to capture our imaginations. In his essay‚ which was first published in the Los Angeles Times in 1995‚ Neal Gabler presents the question as to “why are we so willing to believe
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Throughout history many legends and myths have been introduced to society. A legend can be defined as a traditional story popularly regarded as historical but unauthentic. Robin Hood has become a legend commonly well known to the twenty first century. The legend of Atlantis is one that has been debated upon over the years to whether or not it is fictional. An unreliable amount of geographical evidence supports a non-existent Atlantis. Plato’s writings of Atlantis are the only known existence of the
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Response The Alchemist is a very convincing and exhilarating book that tells us about following our dreams and taking them to the very end. This novel tells us to leave our boring‚ everyday lives‚ risk everything we have‚ and pursue our “personal legends.” It emphasizes and elucidates the fact that most people in this world want to be told that all their dreams and desires are to come true sooner or later‚ but Coelho states that in order for them to actually come true we have to struggle and strive
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My name is Ravyn‚ and I am the black dragon. That may not mean anything significant now‚ but by the end of this tale you will realize that those words hold power‚ and meaning. I might just become a legend in your eyes. Allow me to elaborate on exactly what a black dragon is. There can only be one black dragon at a time. After the existing black dragon dies‚ then an egg appears in the shadowy Black Castle of Mirian‚ where the single‚ lonely egg lays in a huge nest in the throne room‚ where the
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"Legends of the Fall" -- directed by Edward Zwick and starring Brad Pitt‚ Sir Anthony Hopkins‚ Julia Ormond‚ and Aidan Quinn -- tells the story of Colonel Ludlow (Hopkins) and his three sons; Alfred‚ Tristan‚ and Samuel. "Legends of the Fall" is a sort of epic melodrama about three brothers‚ their father‚ and the woman who weaves among all of them. The film is primarily focused with the middle brother‚ played by Brad Pitt. Pitt is the only redeeming feature of the film. The film was first released
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