Joseph Campbell was a writer and professor who studied mythology, Campbell was very knowledgeable about myths and believed that myths were always evolving and adapting in order to fulfill the needs of modern day audiences, as he so eloquently stated: “…myths offer life models. But the models have to be appropriate to the time in which you are living, and our time has changed so fast that what was proper fifty years ago is not proper today. The virtues of the past are the vices of today. And many of what were thought to be the vices of the past are the necessities of today. The moral order has to catch up with the moral necessities of actual life in time, here and now. And that is what we are not doing.” Despite the evolution of morals and
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Despite the many claims that technology is creating barriers in our society, people seem to forget that modern day electronics are simply the newspapers and radios of the past. While the object of contention has changed, the argument and concerns have not. For example, in the myth Pandora’s Box, Pandora was unable to resist the mystery and excitement of what was in the box and ended up releasing all the evils into the world. This tale warns against being too eager to explore the unknown, whether it be technology or investing all of one's time into other forms of media. When Campbell discusses myths being outdated and unrelatable, I believe he is incorrect. There is no denying that things do change over time, but the lessons from myths remain the same. As myths remain timeless, so do the issues people face, such as corruption and greed of those in …show more content…
Perhaps if people paid attention to myths such as Midas’s we wouldn't have the same problems as people did in the 8th century with power and corruption. Thus, when Campbell states that, “The virtues of the past are the vices of today,” I must disagree with him because corruption and greed were the vices of the past and continue to be the vices of today. While one would like to think that people are evolving, we still share many of the same emotional experiences and issues as our ancestors
Despite the many claims that technology is creating barriers in our society, people seem to forget that modern day electronics are simply the newspapers and radios of the past. While the object of contention has changed, the argument and concerns have not. For example, in the myth Pandora’s Box, Pandora was unable to resist the mystery and excitement of what was in the box and ended up releasing all the evils into the world. This tale warns against being too eager to explore the unknown, whether it be technology or investing all of one's time into other forms of media. When Campbell discusses myths being outdated and unrelatable, I believe he is incorrect. There is no denying that things do change over time, but the lessons from myths remain the same. As myths remain timeless, so do the issues people face, such as corruption and greed of those in …show more content…
Perhaps if people paid attention to myths such as Midas’s we wouldn't have the same problems as people did in the 8th century with power and corruption. Thus, when Campbell states that, “The virtues of the past are the vices of today,” I must disagree with him because corruption and greed were the vices of the past and continue to be the vices of today. While one would like to think that people are evolving, we still share many of the same emotional experiences and issues as our ancestors