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tant historical figure. The author had his own attitude to the “other” world and his main idea concerning this was presented in the second paragraph of the story already: “It is the story of all life that is holy and is good to tell, and of us two-leggeds sharing in it with the four-leggeds and the wings of the air and all green things; for these are children of one mother and their father is one Spirit” (1).
The doubts about life and his choice in life of Black Elk are a little alike with those of the main character of Goethe’s novel “The Sorrows of Young Werther”– Werther. But the great difference is the fact that Black Elk was trying to take care and felt responsible for the whole tribe, and Werther couldn’t even cope with some problems about his mother’s household. He created his own “paradise” getting to know some “nice” people. It is hard to be really critical about his shooting himself, as he was suffering from his love to Lotte, the question whether suicide is a weakness of a human’s nature or the result of his power as he could decide to kill himself, is still without concrete answer.There is an opinion that the story of Werther has some aerobiological characteristics, it comes from the statement of Goethe in his letter to C.F.Zelter: “Werther hardly leaves anyone doubting that all of the symptoms of this wonder- ous, as natural as unnatural disease have once roamed within me, too. I still remember quite well what efforts it has cost me to escape the waves of death back then...” (2).
Overall, the two above mentioned heroes are both rather bright personalities and their stories, emotional experience and views certainly grasp the attention of the readers, but they still present different types of romantic heroes – one being the real hero of his nation, of his people, and the other reflecting the moral sufferings of the author of the book and sinking into the inner world of the person experiencing unrequited love.
Sources:
1. “Black Elk Speaks” , Neihardt
2. “The Sorrows of Young Werther”, Goethe

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