Friday, March 23, 2018

Papyrus The Anger of the Great Sphinx

It’s a story about the prince who took an adventure to look for the princess who sleepwalked out of their palace. The comics greatly reflects the Egyptian arts and culture, and the social context at that time in that culture.
I especially appreciate the art of it. It brings the traditional Egyptian architectures and characters into the story. 


The theme of the story itself —human against nature, also reflects the perspectives of ancient culture, because of their dependency on the environment itself. 







Furthermore, the story incorporates a lot of mythological symbols such as the dragon, the "human storm," the gods who speak, the spirit. All of them show the belief of Egyptian at that time. Unlike the modern comics, the story also teaches people a moral about the consequence of betrayal by showing the bad results of the dragon and the "human storm." 


In general, it is an interesting comic, and I learned a lot about the Egyptian culture, which is very similar to the ancient cultures from other countries. 

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