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solarmelange t1_iswpzs1 wrote

There are way too many. Some that I very commonly hear used as comparisons:

  • Lolita
  • Ahab
  • Romeo & Juliette
  • Shylock
  • Lear
  • Sherlock Holmes & Watson
  • James Bond
  • David & Goliath
  • Lazarus
  • Adam & Eve
  • The devil, Satan, Lucifer
  • Falstaff
  • Gatsby
  • Ebenezer Scrooge
  • Peter Pan
  • Merlin
  • Frankenstein & Frankenstein's Monster
  • Big Brother
  • Holden Caulfield
  • Hercules
  • Icarus
  • Gilgamesh
  • Achilles
  • Helen of Troy
  • The Cowardly Lion & Others
  • The Count of Monte Cristo
  • Jean Valjean & Javert
  • Dracula
  • Oedipus & Electra
  • Robinson Crusoe
  • Doctor Faustus
  • Willy Loman
  • A person from Porlock (does that count?)
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Hargelbargel OP t1_isx34fz wrote

Okay some there I didn't think about. Willy Loman, that's useful.

But when you refer to someone as a Gilgamesh?

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solarmelange t1_isy0w77 wrote

Yeah probably not calling someone a Gilgamesh, but it is used to describe heros in stories pretty often, typically one who isn't perfect and goes a-questing.

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