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[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

Only superficially. Dune deconstructs the entire heroic archetype. Paul Atreides’ emergence as the hero and leader of the Fremen is completely artificial and engineered for colonialist purposes (so that House Atreides can control the supply of spice with minimal resistance from the population of Arrakis).

The plan backfires, of course, as the Fremen jihad ends up being more successful than they’d anticipated and spreads off-world and out of Paul’s ability to control it.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago

They meant the literal meaning of literal, as in "you took her too literally" not the common meaning of "real" or "actual"