Monthly Archives: December 2019

From Eternal Misery to Eternal Recurrence: The Literary Genealogy of Saul Tigh

Colonel Saul Tigh of Battlestar Galactica is the product of hundreds of years of literature. His literary forerunners include the protagonist of the founding text of the Faustian bargain Doctor Faustus, the protagonist of the great English epic Paradise Lost, … Continue reading

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The Abolition of Batman: Part the First

An introductory psychology textbook defines the term archetype: “A universal idea, image, or pattern found in the collective unconscious.”[1] C. S. Lewis defines the Tao as a kind of universal standard created or manifested by God that exists outside the … Continue reading

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Robert C. Roberts and the Maggots of Passion

Why is the stereotype that drill sergeants call new recruits, maggots? Because it strips them down to build them up again. The early maggot gets the flesh. Roberts in effect claims that it is wrong for Christian to think that … Continue reading

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