The quest for holism leads most anthropologists to study a particular place, problem or phenomenon in detail, using a variety of methods, over a more extensive period than normal in many parts of academia.

Petrarch's quest for love leads to hopelessness and irreconcilable anguish, as he expresses in the series of oxymorons in Rima 134 " Pace non trovo, et non ò da fa guerra ": " I find no peace, and yet I make no war :/ and fear, and hope: and burn, and I am ice "

One example is " The Adventures of Bulukiya ", where the protagonist Bulukiya's quest for the herb of immortality leads him to explore the seas, journey to Paradise and to Hell, and travel across the cosmos to different worlds much larger than his own world, anticipating elements of galactic science fiction ; along the way, he encounters societies of djinns, mermaids, talking serpents, talking trees, and other forms of life.

Their quest leads them on a humorous, if mundane, journey which illuminates the many problems experienced by Chinese-Americans living at the margins of contemporary American society.

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One example is " The Adventures of Bulukiya ", where the protagonist Bulukiya's quest for the herb of immortality leads him to explore the seas, journey to the Garden of Eden and to Jahannam, and travel across the cosmos to different worlds much larger than his own world, anticipating elements of galactic science fiction ; along the way, he encounters societies of jinns, mermaids, talking serpents, talking trees, and other forms of life.

George then helps Simone in her quest to find an abused friend from her murky past, and this leads to a violent resolution in the seedy underworld.

Sir Galahad is then brought to King Arthur's court at Camelot during Pentecost, where he is accompanied by a very old knight who immediately leads him over to the Round Table and unveils his seat at the Siege Perilous, an unused chair that has been kept vacant for the sole person who will accomplish the quest of the Holy Grail.

The series follows Johnny as he searches for meaning in his life, a quest that frequently leads to the violent deaths of those around him as well as, briefly, his own.

To make herself useful Peri is using her botanical knowledge to make a sleeping draught for the afflicted miners, but her quest for herbs leads her to Redfern Dell.

Another gothic novel in which one individual ’ s quest for a gratification of the senses leads to the ruin of others is Vathek.

One example is " The Adventures of Bulukiya ", where the protagonist Bulukiya's quest for the herb of immortality leads him to explore the seas, journey to the Garden of Eden and to Jahannam, and travel across the cosmos to different worlds much larger than his own world, anticipating elements of galactic science fiction ; along the way, he encounters societies of jinns, mermaids, talking serpents, talking trees, and other forms of life.

One example is " The Adventures of Bulukiya ", where the protagonist Bulukiya's quest for the herb of immortality leads him to explore the seas, journey to the Garden of Eden and to Jahannam, and travel across the cosmos to different worlds much larger than his own world, anticipating elements of galactic science fiction ; along the way, he encounters societies of jinns, mermaids, talking serpents, talking trees, and other forms of life.

Brienne of Tarth's quest for Sansa leads her all over the Riverlands, where she observes the devastation and villainy that the war has wrought among the smallfolk.

Set in " The Day the Earth Stood Still " continuity, the player leads Daisaku Kusama and Giant Robo on a quest to defeat the BF Group.

This quest leads to Lionel falling into a catatonic state after being downloaded with Kryptonian knowledge.

She teaches all of her skills to Vathek, and convinces him to embark on his quest for power which eventually leads to his damnation.

She believes that the quest for justice often leads many prosecutors, judges, jurors to overlook things that could be considered mitigating circumstances.

He is concerned entirely with himself and his own quest for power and control, and his selfishness leads him nearly to paranoia — in his view, anything that goes wrong is a conspiracy against him.

This leads to Tong's quest for a woman who truly understands him and appreciates his strengths.

Ex-GI Gagin's quest to revenge his friend's death leads him to a small village in rural New Mexico, extending the noir motif that murder and mayhem needs the polluted city landscape to create film noir.

Her quest eventually leads to a plot relating to an ancient civilisation in South America, which were touched on by Pietro's previous adventure.

By the fourth season, some episodes are set in Egypt, and her father's quest eventually leads her back to the " Ocean World ", her home planet.

While Credo leads Kyrie and the townspeople to The Order of the Sword Headquarters, Nero embarks on his quest through the destroyed city to Fortuna Castle.

His quest leads him to Otaru where he believed that the real Yuna would be since he found out that she had worked at a hair salon there.

Diodorus Siculus enlists nine Amazons who challenged Heracles to single combat during his quest for Hippolyta's girdle and died against him one by one: Aella, Philippis, Prothoe, Eriboea, Celaeno, Eurybia, Phoebe, Deianeira, Asteria, Marpe, Tecmessa, Alcippe.

The series follows the exploits of Richard IV's unfavoured second son Edmund, the Duke of Edinburgh ( who calls himself " The Black Adder ") in his various attempts to increase his standing with his father and his eventual quest to overthrow him.

Once he left Moina, Almagro followed the Inca trail followed by 750 Spaniards deciding to join him in quest for the gold lost in the ransom of Atahualpa, which had mainly benefited the Pizarro brothers and their supporters.

Christopher Syn set out on a quest for revenge, always managing to reach the eloped pair's destinations ahead of them just in time to terrify them against landing and facing him in a deliberate campaign of terror.

Mipps then joined Syn in his quest for revenge, pursuing Tappitt and Imogene throughout the thirteen American colonies ( supposedly preaching the gospel to the Indians ) and around the world ( as part of a whaling voyage ) afterwards, and was with him in the Caribbean when Dr. Syn turned again to piracy, assuming the name of Captain Clegg ( taking the name " Clegg " from a certain vicious biting fly he had encountered in America ), hijacking his enemy Tappitt's own ship and crew and sailing off with them ( renaming the ship the Imogene ) to become the most infamous pirate of the day.

The hero generally participates in a cyclical journey or quest, faces adversaries that try to defeat him in his journey and returns home significantly transformed by his journey.

Vathek ’ s pride wins out and, in the end, his quest for power and knowledge ends with him confined to Hell.

In it, Hamlet, Zarathustra, and Giannina are on a quest to free the Puerto Rican prisoner Segismundo from the dungeon of Liberty, where Segismundo's father, Basilio, the King of the United States of Banana, imprisoned him for the crime of having been born.

For him " the chief importance is given not to Anarchism as the aim but to Anarchy as the continuous quest for the aim ".

King Arthur does attempt to fulfil this quest in the second act until the Lady of the Lake tells him that he is already in a musical.

His primary purpose for creating her was to have a companion which voiced honest opinions about his plans, and to give him an extra voice of reason to counsel him on his obsessive quest for the Black Lantern energy.

After entering Ramelle, Ryan is told of his brothers ' deaths, and their mission to bring him home, and that two lives had been lost in the quest to find him.

After escaping from some goblins who intended to eat him, he discovers that he has been brought on a quest to rescue the wizard Calypso from the evil sorcerer Sordid.

Stolen tracks his quest for a place to be, a place where he doesn ’ t have keep hiding from the government ( even though they are no longer after him ), and a place he can call home.

He hoped drugs might also break down the barriers of the ego, and both draw him closer to spiritual enlightenment and satisfy his quest as a seeker of knowledge.

After the Watcher's death, Faith accompanied Angel to both aid him in his quest to resurrect Giles and to make sure that he does not become evil again.

He and his brother Telamon were friends of Heracles, serving in his expedition against the Amazons, his war against King Laomedon, and with him in the quest for the Golden Fleece.

His quest for increased executive power put him on a collision course with the parliament led by then Prime Minister Francisque Ravony.

They inform him that the Nazis, in their quest for occult power, are searching for his old mentor, Abner Ravenwood, who is the leading expert on the ancient Egyptian city of Tanis and possesses the headpiece of an artifact called the Staff of Ra.

Obi-Wan Kenobi offers to instruct Luke in the ways of the Force and asks him to join him on the quest ; but Luke is only persuaded when his aunt and uncle are slain by the Empire, whereupon Obi-Wan Kenobi takes him to deliver the message to Alderaan.