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May 11, 2010 at 5:22 pm |
Hello,
I read your book which itself is as exciting as any story. I couldn’t put it down! You mention in passing my two favorite drama – myths… Wagner’s Ring Cycle and Tolkien’s LotR (book AND movie versions). I have been working through them for 40 years now and still going!!
Have you ever done a detailed analysis of either of these, other than the article on your website “Watching LotR”?
I thought your observation that there were doubles in the film (and the book!) is one reason why it works. Just as you point out in “The Writer’s Journey” with your list of polarizations, these contrasts and oppositions are the meat of drama: conflict. And LotR is all about the conflict between good and evil. The great flaw in Jung (and to some extent Campbell) is their agenda to emphasize the reduction of conflict and you have gone far in undoing that ethical compromise.
Thanks, Tim Fisher
May 12, 2010 at 4:01 pm |
Thanks Tim, your kind words are most encouraging. I’ve done a lot of work with the Ring Cycle — without realizing it! I worked for years on an epic about the gods enlisting a human to help them in their struggles, only to discover Wagner had already written it.
I’m very interested in your critique of Jung and Campbell for having an agenda of minimizing conflict. I’m sort of naturally tuned to avoid conflict myself, but have learned that you can’t live, and you certainly can’t write well, without it.