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The Christian Interpretation:
Superman is an image of Christ’s return, bringing strength justice, and the American way
The Marxist Interpretation:
Superman is a symbol of the dictatorship of the proletariat, fighting figures of crime, decadence and petty bourgeois greed.
The Freudian Interpretation:
Superman is a phallic symbol, representing the projected wishes of supreme virility. His ability to fly mirrors flying dreams which merely are a sublimation of sexual desire.
Didn't you folks ever play this game in English class?
BTW - Nietzche's uberman was nothing like the comicbook super hero, but the concept was also corrupted by the Nazi's in justifying their eugenic policies.
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I would believe only in a God that knows how to Dance.
Friedrich Nietzsche
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