The Hero S Journey

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

The last stage of the heroes’ journey that will be analyzed using the stories Shrek and Beowulf is the “master of two

The crossing of the firs threshold and then the belly of the whale. Fist step in the departure is The Call to Adventure. the call to adventure is when the hero is given notice that a change is about to occur. This notice can come in in different forms. For eample The voice of god for Moses, the four passing sight for the Buddha.

Heroes, as depicted in literature, often undertake the most difficult tasks. They place themselves in mortal danger in order to bring back knowledge and treasure for themselves and their societies. Their stories follow what premier mythologist, Joseph Campbell calls the “Hero's Journey”. The Hero’s Journey archetype is the typical sequence of events any hero will go through in order to become who he or she is. As verbally stated by Campbell, a hero’s journey will always start with the departure, develop into the initiation and end with the return. Homer's The Odyssey with Odysseus as its hero, is a classic example and closely follows the complete cycle of the hero’s journey. In The Odyssey, Odysseus goes through a tough departure from his known

The Hero’s Journey is a list of steps comprised by Joseph Campbell that describes the steps a hero must take on his adventure. The works of “Oh Brother Where Art Thou” by the Coen brothers and “The Odyssey” of Homer, embody and resemble the threshold of adventure in “The Hero’s Journey” where a hero crosses into an unknown world and carries out a challenging adventure in order to live freely by carrying out steps such as The Supreme Ordeal, The Road Back, and Returning with the Elixir.

To begin with, “The stages of the hero’s journeys” is where the reader is introduced to the 12 stages that compose the hero’s journey. This also includes the basic characteristics and functions. Next, “The ordinary world” is presented at the beginning of the story which is the home or place the hero belongs to originally. The ordinary world may also show how the everyday life of the hero is/was before any journeys or special challenges; the ordinary world can also show the hero’s family friends.“The refusal of the call” is when the author refuses to the challenge because of maybe some type of fear or insecurity. “Meeting the mentor” signifies when the hero either he/she meets with someone who in this case is the “mentor”. The mentor gives

The Hero’s Journey is the route that a character must go through to become a hero. “The hero's journey is a narrative structure identified by Joseph Campbell as an archetypal map of the human spiritual quest. Drawn from the realm of myth and religion, the hero's journey was first presented in Campbell's book The Hero with a Thousand Faces (1956). The concept reached mass audiences through Bill Moyers's interviews with Joseph Campbell in the 1988 PBS series The Power of Myth” (Holmes). According to Campbell, there are twelve steps for the hero to accomplish his or her journey :1. The ordinary world, 2. The call to adventure, 3. Refusal of the call, 4. Meeting with the mentor, 5. Crossing the threshold, 6. Tests, aliens and enemies, 7. Approach, 8. The ordeal, 9. The Reward, 10. The road back,11. The resurrection ,12. Return with the elixir. Contrasting the heroes in Beowulf and Judith journeys, the first and foremost difference is that they have different genders protagonists, however the traits that leads them to their journeys proves that they have the same values and qualities in which heroes from that period should have, such as glory, confidence, courage, and practicality. Additionally, they trust on the Christian God’s help to guide and to protect their people despite the unknown fate, they believe that the good will win the evil.

The hero's journey is about basically what does a hero does in a mission, so it's first the call of the adventure, second is the refusal of the call, third is the supernatural aid, and some more steps of the departure. After the departure is the initiation, first in the initiation is the road of the trials, then meeting with the goddess, third is the trial

Joseph Campbell, an American mythological researcher, wrote a famous book entitled The Hero with a Thousand Faces In his lifelong research Campbell discovered many common patterns running through hero myths and stories from around the world. Years of research lead Campbell to discover several basic stages that almost every hero-quest goes through Many followers of Campbell have defined the stages of his mono-myth in various ways, sometimes supplying different names for certain stages. For this reason there are many different versions of the Hero’s Journey that retain the same basic elements. these steps are ;ordinary world : This step refers to the hero's normal life at the start of the story, before the adventure begins. Call to Adventure:

Shrek’s call to adventure is depicted when he undergoes a sudden change that leads him to begin his adventure. Initially, Shrek lived in an isolated swamp, but when it had been taken over by fairytale characters, he is forced to seek Lord Farquaad. The call to adventure, as defined by Campbell, occurs the moment Shrek encounters a disruption in his daily life. Because Shrek wants to live in solitude, he

Finally, the story brings in exaggeration to make the viewer think of something stronger than it actually is. When Shrek is sitting at home and the townspeople are coming to his house to kill him is one of the big exaggeration scenes. The men are sneaking up on his house and don’t realize he is behind them. When they start talking about what the ogre will do to them if it catches them, Shrek interrupts them. He then tells them that what they are talking about is a giant. “Now, ogres, oh they're much worse”(Shrek). This is the part where he says what an ogre

1. Ordinary World – Ordinary world is the start of a heroic story, which the hero lived before being a hero. This is were some of the most essential and personal information is given to the reader and where the sub pots are formed. Ordinary world helps relate the reader to the hero and his or her lifestyle.

The first phase of the hero’s journey archetype is called the “ordinary world.” according to Christopher Vogler, this is the stage in which “The hero, uneasy, uncomfortable or unaware, is introduced sympathetically so the audience can identify with the situation or dilemma.” In the beginning of the story, the author discusses how the story makes him uncomfortable:

The 1st stage is Departure. In the departure of a hero’s journey, as outlined by Joseph Campbell, a hero will question the world he or she lives in because he or she is different. Also in most journey of a hero there will be some sort of call to adventure, or a reason for leaving, which a hero will sometimes deny, and sometimes accept. The ordinary world, (there is something different about our hero in his/her world), he has massive strength. Accepting the call, (challenge accepted) Zeus sends Hercules on a mission to fulfil his god powers so he can join his

The hero often finds help from a supernatural aid or a mentor. The hero must go through many tests and trails some of which include temptresses and tricksters. Ultimately, there is always a final test or supreme ordeal. In the movie Hercules, the former god must now find a way to become a hero. He enlists the help of Philoctetes, a trainer of the heroes, to help. During his training Hercules must save a girl named Megara. After Hercules saves Meg she goes to Hades domain where she is working for the god. She tells him about the boy who saved her and Hades quickly realizes that Hercules is not dead. He sends Meg, Pain, and Panic to destroy him before it is too late. Meanwhile, Hercules is feeling more than slightly discouraged when people refuse to believe that he is trying to become a real hero. When Meg shows up at his house he is elated and they go out on a date of sorts. During said date, Meg realizes that she is in love with Hercules. After Hades finds this out he strikes up a plan to get Hercules to give up his power. Soon after he goes to Hercules’ training center and makes a deal with him, he won’t hurt Meg as long as Hercules gives up his power. The boy agrees and Meg is let go, but not before Hades lets the secret of her ties to him out. Without his power Hercules is helpless as Hades lets the titans go and they wreak havoc among the gods. Because Meg