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There are a certain class of works in which the theme is discovery or enlightenment and the antagonistic force is simply ignorance. The effort to overcome ignorance may be a struggle, and enlighten...
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2020-01-03T20:41:48Z (over 4 years ago)
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2019-12-08T01:38:07Z (over 4 years ago)
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#2: Initial revision
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2019-12-08T01:38:07Z (over 4 years ago)
There are a certain class of works in which the theme is discovery or enlightenment and the antagonistic force is simply ignorance. The effort to overcome ignorance may be a struggle, and enlightenment a victory, without any external attempt by anyone to hinder or obscure discovery. In others, the antagonist is doubt and the denouement is certainty. In others, the antagonist is discontent and the denouement is peace. The appeal of such stories depends very much on the reader's sympathy with or attachment to the ideas which are discovered, in which certainly is gained, or in which peace is found. Stories of conversion to our own views (which, naturally, affirm our attachment to those views) are obviously more appealing than stories of conversion away from our views to their rivals.
#1: Imported from external source
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2017-03-22T18:28:08Z (about 7 years ago)
Original score: 3