... tell you what happened, but what happens, not what did take place, but the kind of thing that always does take place." This makes perfect sense, why do we study literature? For the themes, not the facts. We read Macbeth for the themes of jealousy, and betrayal, who cares that Macbeth was Scottish? Frye concludes this chapter with referring back the the beginning ... focusing on how to teach it. What are the building blocks of literature? It is hard to say, compared with science and math. There is so much open to interpretation when studying literature and English itself. This makes it a...

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