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- rafalski0
The show, with all its lame annoyances is really outstanding and with every episode end it has me wanting more. If you ask me, the key to success is that it explores a very old myth. Probably ancient links can be drawn as well, but I'd say It takes from Verne's "The Mysterious Island", Ken Fowles' "The Magus" which all take from Shakespeare's "The Tempest".
It's all there - Prospero, his daughter Miranda, airy ghosts, shipwrecked crew..
Who's Trinculo, the jester? Sawyer or Hurley?
Duncan's a ship name from "The Mysterious Island", one that comes to save the Scottish seaman Ayrton.
Homer's Penelope is just too easy to point out.
John Locke and Rousseau come straight from the philosophy hall of fame.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The…
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