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One of the reasons myths have aged well is because of their relatability; people today can read a myth and incorporate it into their own lives. That is a large reason why writers choose to incorporate them into their novels: to make them more relatable and intricate to the readers. Zora Neale Hurston is no…

In Greek mythology a hero was originally a demy-god, the offspring of a deity and a mortal. Hero (male) and heroine (female) came in to characters that, in the face of adversity and danger or from a position of Achilles’ heel, display bravery and the spirit for self-sacrifice, what you call heroism, for some greater…