295 - The Symbolism in Jack and the Beanstalk
The Symbolic World
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The Hierarchy of Things That Jack Gets
"It's like, it's like a hierarchy of things that he gets. The first is gold and gold is of course in our world, it's value," she says. "You can imagine all these structures of the golden age, the silver age, the bronze age." 'He brings the light down from heaven down to earth,' writes David Walliams. "'And so he, he, it's of course the, the traditional hero's journey': He goes to get the boon, brings it back'
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