Hero Archetype

A hero's place in society has remained relatively consistent since the very beginning of time. Throughout the years, people have seen many different versions of larger-than-life heroes, who have completed seemingly impossible tasks and persevered through immense adversity. The common denominator between all of these heroes has always been that each and every one of these beings has put his/her own life in danger and fought great battles in the pursuit of a better life for mankind as a whole.

Ex Machina is a film about a scientist named Nathan who has selected an employee of his, Caleb Smith, to be flown out to his estate for a week. When Caleb arrives Nathan tells him that he has been selected to be part of a Turing test. A Turing Test is when you have a human and a computer interact with each other and if the human doesn’t know that they are interacting with a computer, then the test is passed. But Nathan has already completed that part of the test so now he wants Caleb to actually see her and have a one on one conversation with her see if Caleb still feels that the robot has consciousness. So, it turns out that Nathan has created a humanoid robot with artificial intelligence and her name is Ava. Ava appears with a robotic body but

The concept of a hero has been around for many generations, and the meaning of a hero is defined in ways people grasp its idea. A hero can be a person who has a superpower and is willing to make a personal sacrifice for the benefit of others or can be an ordinary everyday person who just wants to help people out of his or her own heart. Linda Seger’s article, “Creating the Myth,” tackles the idea of a “Hero 's Myth,” and shows the ten steps of how heroes are transformed from an ordinary person to the Savior. On the other hand, Robert B. Ray piece titled, “The Thematic Paradigm,” emphasizes that in modern films, it is either having an “Outlaw Hero or an Official Hero,” which he uses three stages to demonstrates how they are different each other in the way they perform in the society. Further, the article, “Out of Character: Wonder Woman’s Strength Is Her Compassion - What Happened?” by Stevie St. John, explains how Wonder Woman was viewed as a compassionate woman in the 1940s and 1950s, and in the 2000s she changes into a more violent person. In this essay, I argue that a hero is subjective, and is defined by the villain or event that they had to adapt to suddenly.

In the movie Thor, made in 2011, the main character and beholder of the “Mjolnir” Thor Odinson is the Asgardian God of thunder. He is the controller of the storms, causing rain, wind, thunder, and lightning whenever he wants, using his magical hammer, the “Mjolnir”. Thor displays the hero archetype by showing heart, bravery, and caring for others when he is able to overcome all of the obstacles thrown his way by his father and his brother Loki. However, not only does he have to overcome the obstacles thrown his way by his family, he has personal issues he needs to overcome. A lot of the issues he has to face head on in the film are due to being hard-headed and

One example of the aliens lesson is when the neighbors all start accusing each other. The text states “Charlie has to be the one.” “Where is the kid- Let's get him.” This proves the alien's message because when they turned off their power everyone started blaming each other because

Being a hero does not always mean wearing capes and fighting villains during the dark hours of the night, it means so much more as Susanna Barlow, in the article “Understanding the Hero Archetype”, explains. In the novel Sleeping Freshman Never Lie by David Lubar and in the movie The Wizard of Oz, Scott and Dorothy fall upon two incredible journeys to becoming true heroes. Throughout their remarkable journeys, Scott Hudson and Dorothy Gale experience similar difficulties, obstacles, lessons, and characteristics. These experiences demonstrate how the obstacles and lessons they suffer through teach both characters very important lessons in becoming a hero. Being a true hero requires kindness, generosity, strength,

Shadow - Zeus is the God of the sky and leader of the Olympians. He has an awful temper, so don’t get on his bad side. He controls the weather and everything in the sky. His symbol of power is a master

It describes the typical adventure of the archetype known as The Hero, the person who goes out and achieves great deeds on behalf of the group, tribe, or civilization.” The 12 stages of this are ‘the ordinary world’, ‘the call to adventure’, ‘refusal of the call’, ‘meeting with the mentor’, ‘crossing the threshold’, ‘tests, allies and enemies’, ‘approach’, ‘the ordeal’, ‘the reward’, ‘the road back’, ‘the resurrection’ and finally ‘return with the

One of the main themes the author conveys is fear. In the teleplay, neighbors are afraid of each other because they don’t know who the aliens are and what they will do next. An example of fear is when Charlie shoots Pete Van Horn. Pete was walking back to Maple Street, and Charlie shot him, thinking Pete was the alien. “But.. I didn’t know he was… He comes walkin’ out of the darkness. How am I supposed to know he wasn’t a monster

E.T. is a heartwarming film. An extra-terrestrial is left behind on the planet earth by accident. E.T is noticed by a little boy who seems to be very lonely. The little boy, Elliot, takes E.T. into his home and tries to help E.T. get home. During the journey of finding E.T.’s way home, E.T. and Elliot create a strong friendship. This film shows the importance and value of family, friendship, and home.

Explain which Archetypes are represented by which characters in the novel. Write a paragraph on each of the 7 archetypes, explaining which character(s) represent the archetype (Remember that there might be more than one character representing each archetype, some characters might embody more than one archetype, and some archetypes might possibly be missing.)

What does it take to be a hero? When someone mentions a hero I think of a strong, good leader that knows how to keep a team together. He/She must be skillful and brave in order to follow through with their ‘quest’, they must be willing to put their lives at risk in order to do the good thing they are trying to accomplish. In the movie The Odyssey, our hero Odysseus is faced with many challenges, he is described as a man skillful in all ways, on his journey he does not lose courage and keeps his men under control. In the movie O Brother, Where Art Thou? Everett Ulysses McGill he is our hero, he is the leader of 3 fugitives and goes through many challenges also to carry out his quest.

How does one become a hero? What steps does one have to take? Well, the illustrious Joseph Campbell, an American professor and author, scrutinized hero myth narratives and identified the basic pattern they all share, describing this pattern as the universal structure of a hero’s journey, in his 1949 work titled A Hero with a Thousand Faces. Campbell theorizes that all heroes, ranging from those in Greek mythology to those on television, all follow the same pattern. Campbell refers to this pattern as the “Monomyth”, but it is more commonly known as “The Hero’s Journey”. In his theory, Campbell states that the monomyth consists of many stages that are interpreted in many ways, but at its focus can be simplified to three acts: Separation, Supreme

Throughout the history of epic literature, heroes have been an integral part of many different cultures. Some of these heroes are fierce and powerful, renowned for their skill in battle, while some others and clever and cunning, able to talk their way out of any difficult situation. These traits usually emphasize the values of the cultural from which the hero came, and depending on the culture,traits viewed as heroic may drastically differ. Although there exists a plethora of traits any one hero may have, there are three core characteristic that, in my opinion, a hero must have to be considered a hero: the courage to face hardships, the willingness to make major self-sacrifices for the benefit of others, and most importantly, the dedication to do what it takes to reach their goal.

“Pan was passionate about life and disgusted by it in the same breath; he is seething hatred and undying love. He is the optimist and the pessimist, the introvert and the extrovert, reclusive and gregarious, good and evil, and light and dark. Pan never saw himself as a shepherd though he did see most people as sheep in need of a shepherd. He lived in the city but longed for the mountains. He loved lyrics and music but playing an instrument wasn’t one of Pan’s abilities, his voices that flowed so easily depending on the situation, were his pipes.”