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Beth--I'm not sure I would call The Worm Ouroboros a parody, but that is quite useful to note.
Also...now that I think of it (and I'm sure this makes it into your speech), another thing they both have in common is that all they want to do is to be left alone. Not only do they both lack the outward appearance of a hero, but they don't even want to be a hero, or looked up to, or anything but left alone as small landowners. (Which, I suppose, differentiates them from say Frodo or Luke Skywalker or Harry Potter, all of whom initially seem externally to be insignificant but dream of distant lands and great adventures.)
Hmm...this really *has* gotten me thinking. I may have to go back and reread Giles again. Thanks for the post!
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