Saturday, November 14, 2009

Should names of myths be in quotes?

i have to do this formal essay and i was wondering if I should put quotes around the name of this myth: the Narcissus Myth

Should names of myths be in quotes?
If you are quoting something directly from the myth, yes. If you are just paraphrasing or stating the title, no.
Reply:No. If you were going to refer to to specific text, as in "the tale of Narcissus and the Pool", it would be appropriate. As it stands, you are only referring to a well-known mythical story. We do not quote story of Noah's Ark, but we Do quote "the Epic of Gilgamesh".
Reply:You would use quotes only if you are directly quoting the words, the quotes are not required if you have restructured the qoute
Reply:Well it would depend on what style you're writing it. In the case of MLA format you would definitely use the quotes around the full title.


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