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I. In Robert Ray’s chapter on Casablanca, he explains how the film exemplifies the “reconciliatory pattern” at the heart of the American hero myth. How does Ray’s concept of the reconciliatory pattern fit in with Levi-Strauss’ ideas about the mediation of oppositions in myth?

2. Also, can you think of any other films (old or new) in which conflicting values are brought to the surface in a similar way (ie through the relationship between ‘outlaw’ and ‘official’ heroes)? How are these tensions resolved?