Incredibles 2: Mr. Incredible as Faustian man in decline
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In Oswald Spenglers’ Decline of the West he describes the progress of Western Civilization in three phases, 1.) Classical Greek or Appolinian , followed by 2.) Magian (the Abrahamic religions during medieval times, and 3.) a modern or Faustian modern culture exemplified by Goethe’s novels Faust and Wilhelm Meister’s Apprenticeship. For the majority of the book he compares Appolinian to Faustian cultures, and in drama these two cultures are differentiated by the presence of the chorus in Appolinian plays and the absence of the chorus in Shakespeare’s dramas. From Decline of the West:
Incredibles 2: Mr. Incredible as Faustian man in decline
Incredibles 2: Mr. Incredible as Faustian man…
Incredibles 2: Mr. Incredible as Faustian man in decline
In Oswald Spenglers’ Decline of the West he describes the progress of Western Civilization in three phases, 1.) Classical Greek or Appolinian , followed by 2.) Magian (the Abrahamic religions during medieval times, and 3.) a modern or Faustian modern culture exemplified by Goethe’s novels Faust and Wilhelm Meister’s Apprenticeship. For the majority of the book he compares Appolinian to Faustian cultures, and in drama these two cultures are differentiated by the presence of the chorus in Appolinian plays and the absence of the chorus in Shakespeare’s dramas. From Decline of the West: