Ever since we were in grade school, misconceptions have been embedded in our minds. The great forefathers of our country were seen as great and god-like figures. Lincoln was the greatest advocate for emancipation, and our countrys government was the epitome of democracy. But after one has dived deep inside the past of American heritage, one realizes that Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, and other great politicians were just like the negatively viewed political today; they slandered opponents in elections and wrote pamphlets to get every advantage they could in order to win. Also, people often remember Abraham Lincoln as the one that freed the slaves and stood for equality. It is time he declared the Emancipation proclamation, but history tells us that the civil war was declared not for the freedom of the slaves, but for the unification of America. Lincoln wanted the slaves gone, just not in the North. Finally, America is seen as a great democracy, but in fact it is instead a republic, in which representatives
Secondly, the heros journey show in great classical plays such as Gilgamesh, the Odyssey, and others exemplify the idea that new ideas most be accepted while old ones are forgotten. In the process the hero or protagonist goes through a journey in which he finally finds enlightenment from the darkness he has been living, and reaches grasp of new ideas and things. For example the arrogance of Gilgamesh ensued his downfall, and ultimately Gilgamesh realizes his whole life of the perception of his power was not as strong as he expected. Also Odysseus realizes the hubris he had possessed and changed his way of treating the gods, finally making way back to his kingdom.
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