Mythic elements are often found at the very heart of both eastern and western philosophical and religious tradition. This paper seeks to examine the uses of myth in conveying important concepts of soul, rebirth, and salvation in two seminal texts--Plato's "Phaedrus" and the Hindu "Bhagavad Gita." In drawing from narrative…

Each culture advances its own inflected narrative rejoinder to the issues that have confronted it from both time immemorial and in recent developmental history. The important aspect of such a process, however, is that "mythic narratives" allow for answers to be advanced to pressing needs that any particular society may consider…

This paper analyzes the interesting narrative structure of the hero-quest myth contained within the 1999 film, "The Matrix," and explicates the implications of this message upon the audience. Initially, the relevance of myth to movies and the format of Joseph Campbell's hero-quest is illustrated. This format is then applied to "The…