Mythological Characters In Sandman

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Argument People might not have heard much, or even at all about Neil Gaiman. He is well known among the writer society in The United States and has long been one of the top writers in modern comics, probably the only one who had a higher audience was Alan Moore's Watchmen. Norman Mailer said of the series that along with all else, Sandman is a comic strip for intellectuals. Usually, when people think of comics they imagine superheroes trying to save the world. I probably liked Sandman because superheroes are not its theme. One comic's readers tell much about the comic itself and The Sandman attracted an audience unlike that of the usual mainstream comics: half the readers were female, many were in their twenties and many read no other comics at all. Gaiman's creation of a comic that asked more of its readership than the ability to tell men in tights apart, somehow made people look for more depth in their lives. By following his obsessions, Gaiman created a comic that was familiar in format, but unfamiliar in the most exciting way to readers who wanted something more. The story The Sandman's main character is Dream, the Lord of Dreams. He is also known to various characters as Morpheus, Oneiros, the Shaper of Form, Lord of the Dreaming, the Dream King, etc. and essentially, he is the anthropomorphic personification of dreams. At the start of the series, Morpheus is captured by an occult ritual and held prisoner for 70 years. He escapes in the modern days and, after avenging himself upon his captors, he begins to rebuild his kingdom, which has been falling into ruin in his absence. Gaiman himself summarized the series as “The Lord of Dreams learns that one must change or die, and makes his decision.” The characters Neil Gaiman's characters are always unique with characteristics that make them feel alive, as if you are reading some sort of biography,

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