Question:

"Jason and the Argonauts" is an example of mythology, in which natural and fantastic (supernatural) elements are often interspersed with one another. In a detailed, well-worded paragraph, describe the various ways in which the natural and the fantastic both play a role in this story.

Jason the Agronaut infuses the naturalism of a modern story and infuses it with myth to create a fantastic narrative.

Explanation:

The narrative begins when Jason and his men land on a new strange land and are in turn made to accept an offer of the king of that place for a feast in their quest for the Golden Fleece. The King knows this and is planning to avert that.

The conflict that the story rests on is the Golden Fleece which is mythical but the things that happen in the story are very naturalistic.

Even Medea, the figure of mythology is presented here with a tinge of realism and it makes the story much more rich.

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themes and meanings

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there are two central themes in  the miracle worker: that the human spirit can triumph over even the most daunting of disabilities and that a dedicated teacher can transform the lives of those with whom he or she comes into contact. these inspirational themes have long been personified in the widely known true-life relationship between helen keller and annie sullivan, but  the miracle worker  also dramatizes collateral issues that extend beyond the particular case. underlying helen’s process of learning basic principles of what annie terms “obedience” (decorum, etiquette, and hygiene), there are more universal lessons of self-governance—the inculcation of self-restraint instead of willfulness, the development of self-discipline instead of self-indulgence. only when these lessons have been mastered can helen begin to acquire language—which, annie says, “is to the mind more than light is to the eye.”