Quest

In mythology and literature, a quest, a journey towards a goal, serves as a plot device and (frequently) as a symbol. Quests appear in the folklore of every nation and also figure prominently in non-national cultures. In literature, the objects of quests require great exertion on the part of the hero, and the overcoming of many obstacles, typically including much travel. The aspect of travel also allows the storyteller to showcase exotic locations and cultures (an objective of the narrator, not of the character).

Quest objects


The hero normally aims to obtain something or someone by the quest, and with this object to return home. The object can be something new, that fulfills a lack in his life, or something that was stolen away from him or someone with authority to dispatch him.

Sometimes the hero has no desire to return; Sir Galahad's quest for the Holy Grail is to find it, not return with it. A return may, indeed, be impossible: Aeneas quests for a homeland, having lost Troy at the beginning of Virgil's Aeneid, and he does not return to Troy to re-found it but settles in Italy (to become an ancestor of the Romans).

Quest (lifestyle magazine)

Quest is an American magazine.

History

Quest was founded in 1986 by Heather Cohane as a real estate magazine for "Manhattan Properties & Country Estates". In 1995, Meigher Communications, which already owned Family Health, Garden Design, and Saveur purchased Quest. Today, Quest Media publishes Quest, Quest Greenwich Polo, and the quarterly fashion magazine Q.

Content

Quest's target audience includes both first and second generation readers, those who helped launch the magazine, and those who grew up on it. The magazine showcases New York's most elegant charities, parties, and families, both past and present. Each edition is themed, including the "The 400", "Arts and Culture", "Fall Fashion", and "Holiday" issues. The magazine also publishes David Patrick Columbia's "New York Social Diary", a monthly chronicle of society circuit parties. Contributors have included Dominick Dunne, David Halberstam, Liz Smith, Taki Theodoracopulos, Michael Thomas, and photographers Slim Aarons and Harry Benson.

Quest (disambiguation)

A quest is a journey toward a goal, frequently used as a plot device in fictional works.

Quest or The Quest may also refer to:

Computing

  • Quest Development, a software company, primarily associated with Symantec
  • Quest International Users Group, an Oracle User Group
  • Quest Learning and Assessment, a web-based study tool
  • Quest Software, a management software company
  • Entertainment and media

    Fictional characters

  • Jonny Quest, a fictional character
  • Film

  • Quest (1996 film), an animated short
  • Quest (2006 film), an Indian drama film
  • The Quest (1915 film), a 1915 American silent film
  • The Quest (1986 film), an Australian fantasy film
  • The Quest (film), a 1996 martial arts film
  • Gaming

  • Quest (gamebook)
  • Quest (video gaming), a task that a player-controlled character or group of characters may complete to gain a reward
  • The Quest (computer game), a 1983 computer game by Penguin Software
  • Quest 64, a 1998 Nintendo 64 game
  • Quest Corporation, a video game company
  • Quest, an interactive story game creator made by videogame creation tool by textadventures.co.uk
  • Podcasts:

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    PLAYLIST TIME:

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    by: Dinosaur Jr

    Turning towards a time so free
    Justice has finally escaped
    The dripping words of yesterday
    Set my feeble mind astray
    I yearn to see
    The glow of her eyes as I appear
    A sign of satisfaction
    Could be the sweetest sound
    The staircase has one too many steps
    I've already started back down
    Come on
    I love the caterpillars
    Munching on the leaves
    Pitter patter
    Makes me forget my disease
    Bugs have feelers just like me
    And I'm feelin' oh so lonely
    Disturbed in every sense of grace
    The lady wouldn't give me a taste
    Of the joy that means that much
    It lives within her touch
    Why won't you be my friend
    I would love to hold you tonight
    Even if we just pretend
    Why won't you be my friend
    Why won't you be my friend
    I would love to hold you tonight
    Even if we just pretend
    Why won't you be my friend
    Be my friend
    I'd love to meet the one
    Who broke my heart
    I know she'd melt me with her dance
    Her subtle colors, her sweet smile
    But it's a shame




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