Shrek: A Hero's Journey

Then, the journey as pertaining to the hero goes as follows the ordinary world, call to adventure, refusal of the call, meeting with the mentor, crossin the first threshold, test, allies, enemies, approach to innermost cave, the ordeal, reward, the road back, the resurrection, and return with the elixir. Oddly, all stories,films and events in life have followed this pattern. However, it is a pattern that many do not see clearly at first. Generously, it’s been only 20 years and I am barely scratching the surface, of course the past two years have speed up the progress significantly due to taking Mythology and Mythology in Film. Others are not so lucky to see it as soon. Learning about the Hero's Journey is beneficial since it can be aligned along a person's life and used as a guide

Secondly, the writer used a call to adventure. A call to adventure is when the hero is called to start an adventure by an occurrence or a messenger. In this film, Shrek is called to adventure when Lord Farquad sent fairy creatures to be exiled to his swamp. This soon began to destroy Shrek’s way of life which upset him and sent him on his journey.

The 3rd Stage is Return. The return phase of a hero's journey is where the hero must accept any rewards and would of restored worlds. Heros get rewards for restoring worlds that they have saved. In Hercules case it's becoming a god after saving Meg, from the river of souls sacrificing his life to save meg restores his godhood. Hercules journey back home is where instead of staying a god, he decides to stay on Earth with Meg presumably. Heros will become a master of both worlds in this case it's being hailed an international public figure of interest and great respect amongst the

The hero meets a mentor to gain confidence, advice or training to face the adventure

The life of a hero fits a certain pattern. Different heroes from different mythologies all seem to follow the same events in their lives. In the film Shrek, Shrek continues to follow this pattern. Three essential characteristics of a hero’s life include having a call which will lead the hero to an adventure, a betrayal or sacrifice and winning rewards for completing an ultimate test. In the film Shrek, Shrek fulfills these three elements of a Hero’s Quest Cycle. Shrek is called to his adventure through a group of fairytale creatures; he is betrayed by someone he loves and finally overcomes his final test by stopping the wedding between Fiona and Lord Farquaad, thus becoming one of the quintessential models of classical heroism

After being discovering that he’s a demigod of one of the three major Gods Poseidon, twelve year old Percy Jackson sets out a dangerous journey. A journey to save his mother from harm and to save the world from disaster from the Gods up above. This is a hero’s journey, a hero’s journey is someone who falls into adventure to slay the dragon and is idealized for his courage. The hero travels to one place to another going through a series of stages that help him complete his quest. It starts off first, the hero lives an ordinary life but is unique in some way that sets him apart from everyone else. The second stage he is then called for adventure where he leaves his ordinary life to the third stage crossing the threshold to a totally different

In the hero’s journey, the hero or main character goes through a series of events. The first stage of the hero’s journey is the ordinary world. In the movie Shrek, Shrek lives in a vacant swamp, living without a relationship with the outside world. He enjoys the peacefulness of living by himself, until he is no longer by himself. Lord Farquaad sends fairy tale creatures to exile on Shrek’s swamp, ruining the way Shrek lives his life at home. Shrek leaves to go to the Lord’s castle. He is then told that to get his precious swamp back, he needs to rescue Princess Fiona. This is Shrek’s call to adventure. Shrek is a willing hero. This is shown when Shrek states he would do anything to get his swamp back. He willingly left as fast as he could, so he could return back to his old way of life.

What images come to mind as you reflect on your childhood? Playgrounds, blackboards, and soccer balls may be among the warmest of memories. Yet for many mermaids swim their thoughts, princesses get swept of their feet, and lions roar to their loyal place in the animal kingdom. There is no doubt that today’s entertainment has most of its touch using classical influences. Walt Disney has produced animated films that have captured the heart and imagination of audiences of all ages around the world through the magic of storytelling and imagery. Many of us appreciate the imagination and magic that Disney puts into its animations with out knowing they are based off of classical and traditional storylines

The night air was heavy with silence. Clouds drifted across a calm sky, and a full moon shone in the distance. In a small hut on the outskirts of the valley, an old man lay in bed, awake in the peaceful slumber of the village. His breaths came in rattling gasps, his forehead burned, and his joints felt stiff with pain. He shifted on the blankets, his withered hands clenched in fists as he tried to suppress the wave of bitter memories coming to him. His life had been nothing more than work, loss, tragedy. He remembered all of his hope, his ambition, in his youth, and he smiled bitterly. No one would remember him as the man that he had once hoped he would become. Now, as his breathing became heavier and he felt himself fading on the brink of

Every hero faces an ordeal. Siddhartha begins to realize that he is consumed with greed and has lost his will to live. He leaves the village and goes to the river. Siddhartha decides that he should end his life and begins to attempt to drown himself in the river. Suddenly Siddhartha hears the holy word “Om” and again gets “reborn”. This is called the reward. Siddhartha has faced death and survived. Because of this, Siddhartha has gained a sense of happiness and radiance. Siddhartha begins to follow the river until he meets the ferryman, who teaches Siddhartha how to learn the way of life from the river.

The call to adventure is when the hero begins in the world as we know ,and the hero receives important information that leads to desire to head off into the unknown. In the Odyssey, Odysseus

Moreover, in the Ordeal the hero faces his greatest fear and dies. The hero may also face the death of someone close to him, from which the hero will have more reason to complete the journey. From this death the hero will come back stronger and even more prepared to defeat the villain. On to the Reward stage, the hero receives a reward or treasure because he finished the journey, but because of death he can lose it. On The Road Back the hero decides to leave the special world with the treasure that he has earned, now he must go home as a hero. When he is resurrected he is purified and is made stronger than he ever was before, this sacrifice that he made brought peace to the world and the villain was stopped. No longer will the villain return, and for now on the hero will be praised because he has earned it. Finally, in the Return With The Elixir Stage the hero proceeds with the journey or decides to return back home to the Ordinary World with the treasure that has the power to make the hero’s world how he pleases, at the end of the story the hero is now everything he set out to

Most journeys taken on by heroes consist of 12 stages that lead them to what they’re searching for. The first stage is exploring the ordinary world. The first stage consists of meeting the character and clarify the journey before they take the challenge on. Every journey involves a journey that disrupts the ordinary world. Learning about the ordinary world helps the reader understand the journey and the new world the hero will have to explore. The next stage is learning about the call to adventure. The call to adventure disrupts the ordinary world by presenting a challenge or quest that was be undertaken. The call shows what will happen to the ordinary world if the challenge is not accepted. Most of the heroes have to choose between two calls

The hero’s main trial comes after Shrek rescues Fionna. He falls in love with her on the trip back to Farquaad’s castle. His affection for the beautiful princess forces the ogre to face his innermost demon: a feeling of ugliness. Shrek, Fiona, and Donkey are almost at Duloc and that night Fiona slept in a windmill. When Donkey hears strange noises coming from it, he finds Fiona turned into an ogre. She explains her childhood curse and transforms each

My heart wasn’t with him and it had been this way since the moment he brought me home to his apartment above the garage the day we were wed. I had at this point given up fighting to free myself and sunk deep into my thoughts. Upon remembering the day we met I could recall almost every detail about him; from the twinkle in his eyes to the gleam of his golden watch. There was a gleam of hope which I saw when I looked at him much unlike the strain and exhaustion I see as he lurks in the grey shadows of the garage. Though I detested this awful place, it was not New York I longed to adventure away from, it was him. Him and his oh-so ordinary ways. I wished to live a life of the extravagant and the bold, a life with Tom, a life that was not