Anthropomorphism And A Trickster's Tale
Compare and Contrast Imagine a spider who captures a python, leopard, hornets, and faires for stories from a sky-god, and a cat who wears boots and provides a castle, princess, and wealth to his owner. These are examples of characters who display anthropomorphism who are from common trickster tales. Anthropomorphism is a concept used in tricker tales in which animals are the main characters and display human ideas and personality traits. Trickster tales are short stories commonly referred to as folk or fairy tales. In a trickster tale the main character is considered a “trickster” which means they are mischievous and magical animal-humans whose goal is to outwit their opponents. They function as a creator, hero, fool, destroyer, or a prankster. Although trickster tales
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An example of when Master Cat used his intelligence would be when he told his master to go for a swim in the river. When the King drove past the river, Master Cat acted as if his master was drowning. By doing this he created a scenario in which he could come up with a reasonable explanation as to why his master was not dressed properly. Another similarity between the two stories is that in each story a significant, power figure is present. In “How Stories Came to Earth”, the power figure is the sky-god, meanwhile in “Master Cat”, the power figures would be the ogre and the king. Typically, the main character is trying to get something from the power figure. In these stories, Anansi is trying to receive the stories from the sky-god and Master Cat is trying to take the ogre’s castle, and the king's wealth and daughter. A third similarity between the two stories is that in both whatever the main character gains in culturally important. Anansi gained the stories which he in return shared with the world. These stories were then able to be knowledge to everyone and society benefited from
An example of when Master Cat used his intelligence would be when he told his master to go for a swim in the river. When the King drove past the river, Master Cat acted as if his master was drowning. By doing this he created a scenario in which he could come up with a reasonable explanation as to why his master was not dressed properly. Another similarity between the two stories is that in each story a significant, power figure is present. In “How Stories Came to Earth”, the power figure is the sky-god, meanwhile in “Master Cat”, the power figures would be the ogre and the king. Typically, the main character is trying to get something from the power figure. In these stories, Anansi is trying to receive the stories from the sky-god and Master Cat is trying to take the ogre’s castle, and the king's wealth and daughter. A third similarity between the two stories is that in both whatever the main character gains in culturally important. Anansi gained the stories which he in return shared with the world. These stories were then able to be knowledge to everyone and society benefited from