3. Mortality, the inescapable truth of death, looms large in many of our epics. The Mayan twins die as part of their plan to rid the underworld of dark forces, and Sundiata loses his mother Sogolon and must struggle to gain her proper burial. Despite this powerful presence of mortality in the epics, something positive emerges from these confrontations with death. Define that positive development and how it arises from (or triumphs over?) its encounter with death with regard to Sundiata and Popul Vuh. You may refer to other epics we have read as well if you wish--but focus on these two epics.

historically speaking, military dictators usually come into power

as the result of a military coup d'etat that was successful against  

whatever form of government existed before.  

sometimes the military dictator was put in place by winning a civil war.  

    occasionally military dictators conduct phony 'elections'  

in order to claim that they were elected by the people.

but there are never any serious candidates running against the dictator.

when a dictator becomes too old for governing his country,

he usually tries to arrange for one of his sons to take over power  

after he is dead and gone.  

when that is not possible, some secret decisions within the military

results in the next dictator taking power

—whether by means of an 'election' or another coup d'etat.  

    countries with little experience of other forms of government

often assume that a military strongman is their natural leader.  

military dictators want to stay in power for as long as possible.  

often the only way they leave office is feet first,

that is, they must die or be killed while still in power  

before the next form of government will take over.

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