Talk:Godfather Death

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The current synopsis is disjointed and inconsistent[edit]

The physician is the child that was given as a godchild to death, yet at the end of the synopsis the article's wording has death speak to the physician (who was once the child) and tell the physician about the contrast between his motivations when seeking a godfather for his child, and now. Its a fundamental confusion as to the very basic flow of the narrative, the identity of the core characters, etc, and is in dire need of repair ASAP.   — Preceding unsigned comment added by 47.205.231.214 (talk) 19:12, 12 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Many revisions need to be done[edit]

This is a very short and uninformative article that needs much revision. For example, I feel like one could tie in many different topics into the story of Godfather Death, such as the concept of fate vs. free will. At first, the reader sees the main character tricking Death and getting the way he wants, but then Death brings his godson into the cave filled with the candles. There is this dichotomy that I feel should be expressed within the article. The summary could be cleaned up as well as the introduction having more information within it.

Sources:

Solomon, Robert C. “On Fate and Fatalism.” Philosophy East and West, vol. 53, no. 4, 2003, pp. 435–454. www.jstor.org/stable/1399977.

Merrill, A. A. “Free Will.” The Journal of Philosophy, Psychology and Scientific Methods, vol. 15, no. 11, 1918, pp. 293–293. www.jstor.org/stable/2940665.

Strong, C. A. “Fate and Free Will.” The Journal of Philosophy, Psychology and Scientific Methods, vol. 15, no. 1, 1918, pp. 5–9. www.jstor.org/stable/2940572.

Rmerrill14 (talk) 22:08, 27 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

I went ahead and started on the section about free will vs. fate and how it relates to the text. I will continue it once I have found more information within my sources. I also cleaned up the introduction a bit, but I am not too sure of what else to put in this introduction. Though, I feel it might be a bit short. Rmerrill14 (talk) 22:47, 27 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

I came in and I finished the Fate vs. Free Will section and put this under the umbrella of Motifs within the text. Rmerrill14 (talk) 21:22, 6 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Under motifs, I also added sections on Greed and Revenge, as these are pretty important themes in context of the story. Rmerrill14 (talk) 21:25, 6 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

That entire section seems to be original research. Wikipedia is not the place to include your own interpretation; all content needs to be attributed to reliable sources. If you want to keep the section, you need to cite existing literary criticism/analysis that discusses the presence of those motifs in the story. V2Blast (talk) 22:52, 12 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Storyteller episode[edit]

What is the evidence that the episode of The Storyteller was "heavily influenced" by the Grimm tale? I ask because the story described is a common tale in American tradition that may be related to the Grimm story, but may be equally old or older. It's often known as "Soldier Jack" or "Whickety-Whack, Get Into My Sack." I don't think it's accurate to say an episode based on a related American story was "inspired by" the German story, unless there's evidence of such inspiration. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 73.133.133.240 (talk) 01:39, 15 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]