One similarity is the situation these two narrators are put through.
Trickster Tales “Here I am, Uncle,” He cried. “Kill me if you can.” This quote came from the trickster tale, “Coyote Steals Fire.” The Coyote was pretending that he was in his skin so that the Sky God would throw the fireball at him.
“Stop the Thieves, but it was no use. The scoundrel had hidden the clothes under a rock”. Master cat, from "Master Cat" said this as he tricked the king into giving the Marquis the clothes. There are both similarities and differences between "Master Cat" and "Coyote Steals Fire" such as what happens and how it happens. There are many similarities between the trickster tale "Master Cat" and "Coyote Steals Fire".
One being how they display Old Scratch. In both tales, Old Scratch is displayed as his sinister man who wants nothing but your soul. He does everything in his power to get what he wants. A quote states, “These he offered to place within Tom Walker’s reach, having conceived an especial kindness for him; but they were to be had on certain conditions. ”(Irving 317)
There are many similarities and differences between the trickster tales of “How Stories Came to Earth” and Coyote Steals Fire”. There are many similarities between the stories “How Stories Came to Earth” and “Coyote Steals Fire”. The first similarity is both stories had goals like in “How Stories Came to Earth,” Anansi the spider was attempting to get stories from the Sky God and in “Coyote Steals Fire,” Coyote attempts to gain
Once I’ve eaten the cat and made a muff from it’s skin, I will surely starve to death. That is the quote from the tricker tale called “Master Cat”. The trickster tales “Master Cat” and “Coyote Steals Fire” have a lot of similarities and differences. There are many similar things in “Master Cat” and “Coyote Steals Fire”.
Society usually doesn’t assume that humans have animal instincts and tendencies. The blatant use of the phrases of “catlike reflexes” and “as strong as a bull” are used as compared to animals. In Of Mice and Men humans are interpreted as other animals based on actions and thoughts. This also could be another way to symbolize the attribute someone might have. Having these actions, emotions, and characteristics mimicked by these animals creates how the actions of primitive being can be related to human life as sometimes these different species aren’t much different at all.
Some similarities are small, like the magic talking fish; but others, like the underlying motivation to be happy, are very important to the morals of the stories. Both Sergei and the fisherman want to be happy, Sergei wants to be happy alone on quite fishing trips, while the fisherman wants to be happy with his wife. The morals, even though they are tied together, are fairly different. For example, the theme of ‘What of This Goldfish, Would you wish’, doing the right thing, no matter the cost, is not the same as be grateful, which is the theme of ‘The Fisherman and His Wife’. Other differences include: the consequences, setting, and major character motivations.
Both stories have similar settings
Trickery involves intelligence. They both were some of the famous heroes of their time, their times of birth is the main difference. Both showed bravery, intelligence, and protectionism. Both overcame supernatural forces and demonstrated heroic traits while doing so. They are looked upon as heroes, and as being brave, because they overcame supernatural obstacles sent by supernatural
Even though the two stories can be found similar, they are also filled with many differences as well. The two stories have certain things in common, the passages came from two majorly different points of views. With one point of view from a slave and another from an explorer. One key similarity of the two stories is that both men feared they would be eaten and sacrificed.
Whereas in other stories, the trickster character is displayed as a mythical creature, always changing form or almost always being in the form of an animal. This makes the trickster character seem much more spiritual or religious. The religious aspect is displayed very well in the
Even though both of these stories include the theme of reaching for something you don’t quite have may be in place in totally different texts that use their imagery in different ways, you can still find similar themes in both pieces of
One big similarity is foreshadowing. This took place in both articles, for, “Charles,” an example of foreshadowing is when he had to think who misbehaved and said than finally said, “Charles.” An example of foreshadowing in, “The Lottery,” is when Old Man Warner says, “ Lottery in June, corn be heavy soon.” This can indicate that the people of the village are sacrificing a human, which they are.
In almost all trickster tales there is use of anthropomorphism, humorous and clownish elements, and supernatural elements. In the stories there are many more trickster tale elements. In many trickster tales there is use of Anthropomorphism. In the story Ashanti Legend Kwaku Anansi was a spider that was given human qualities.
