The Sandman: The Dream Hunters Essays

  • An Interpretation of Dante's Inferno through Neil Gaiman's Sandman

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    Dante Alighieri's Inferno is one of the classic works of Western Literature. Like all great works, it is a corner stone for that which follows. One such work is Neil Gaiman's Sandman, which takes Dante's concept of Hell and contorts and plays with it to an almost absurd degree. At first glance the product appears to be extremely different. In actuality it is a hidden portal to a new meaning of Dante's Inferno. Dante the pilgrim wakes up in the Dark Wood of Error without knowing how he got there

  • Sandman Preludes And Nocturnes

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    May 6, 2014 Dreams Why are dreams so essential to humanity? One way to investigate this question is through the graphic novel Sandman Preludes and Nocturnes. How does Dream’s journey teach us about the nature of dreams? One would tend not to over think our dream process, when yet according to Sandman; dreams are complicated and very involved with the reality world. Dream’s journey through the human existence brings out the desires and fears mortals display. Some people see dreams and the comic