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Examples
from Barthes’ Mythologies
•The World of Wrestling
–“There are people who think that wrestling is an
ignoble sport. Wrestling is
not sport, it is a spectacle, and it is no more ignoble to attend a wrestled performance of suffering than a
performance of the
sorrows of Arnolphe or Andromaque."
•Wine and Milk
–“Wine is a part of society because it provides a
basis not only for a morality
but also for an environment; it is an ornament in the slightest ceremonials of French daily life, from the
snack. . . to the feast. .
."
•The Brain of Einstein, Etc.
–“Through the mythology of Einstein, the world
blissfully regained the image of
knowledge reduced to a formula."