For my midterm tomorrow I have to bring in a one-page proposal for my final paper. So far I have half a page and no idea of what else to say or who else I can bring into this. Any suggestions?
I plan on doing a paper exploring modern examples of tricksters and war gods as portrayed in different television series. I will compare my examples with traditional tricksters and war gods and explain how each character fulfills the type in the context of his mythology, that is, the canon of each show.
For tricksters, I will use the examples of Nathan Ford from Leverage, Shawn Spencer from Psych, Neal Caffrey from White Collar, and the Trickster from Supernatural. I will compare them to Coyote (Native American), Loki (Norse), and Anansi (West African).
For war gods, I will use the examples of Eliot Spencer from Leverage, John Casey from Chuck, and Dean Winchester from Supernatural, with the additional example of the personification of War, the apocalyptic horseman, also from Supernatural. I will compare them to Ares (Greek), Thor (Norse), and Indra (Hindu).
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Why not discuss their manipulations and the scales they do it on, whether its just to teach someone a very important lesson or to just create chaos and anarchy or o step towards a greater plan like conquest?
What are their motivations?
I'll keep those in mind for once I get the paper underway, thanks!