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  • Essay / The Importance of Storytelling - 589

    Storytelling is an art that has progressed and changed throughout the history of civilization. By Dante Alighieri; The Divine Comedy and The Epic of Gilgamesh; to modern storytelling, like cinematography, comic books and more. Humanity has relied on storytelling to explain the unexplainable. These stories brought people and civilizations together. Religions took advantage of this and allowed civilizations to control their citizens to some extent. Storytelling has affected much of human history, but over the years, storytelling itself has undergone many iterations and changes. The story itself received a great influence from the narration, being radically affected and by the use of new technologies; Like the video camera, computers, and video games, storytelling itself has changed dramatically. People today can create almost anything because everyone today has access to a camera, and storytellers are finding a way to show their voice through other media such as the Internet through creation of films. Virtual entertainment and communication media have come a long way...