In Addition, the transcendent Hero, after completing his descent into the special world must overcome challenges. But, the greatest challenge comes as the transcendent hero’s engage in the ordeal, especially through the fear of shadow, life-death crisis, and judgment. Also, only through overcoming the ordeal can the transcendent hero grow and mature. First, in Dracula by Bram Stocker, Harker’s confrontation with fear lead to the ordeal, especially through Shadow. For instance, Dracula is the representation of the shadow as he represents the characteristics of dark, shadowy, unknown and embodies chaos. Dracula embodiment of chaos is evident when he mercilessly kills and eats a child and orders a pack of wolves to kill the mother of the child.
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Then Harker takes a shovel and strikes Dracula with the edge on the head. But soon after Harker writes in his journal “the sight seemed to paralyse me... the shovel fell from my hand across the box… but my brain seemed on fire… I ran from the place and gained my room” (Stocker, 44). The confrontation of the transcendent hero Harker and Harker’s fear the shadow is evidence of the ordeal. But, Harker is unable to overcome his fear and kill Dracula as his paralysis and running away is a symbol of him still fearing the shadow. Therefore, Harker’s confrontation with the shadow portrays his ordeal. Second, in Dracula by Bram Stocker, Harker’s confrontation with fear lead to the ordeal, especially through Life – death crisis. The hero faces his greatest fear of losing his loving wife to death. For instance, Dracula reaches London and fall in love with Mina. Thereafter, Dracula puts Harker into a stupor and threatens to kill Harker, if Mina does not drink his vampire blood, making Mina a half-vampire. When Harker awakens, he cries “What has happened? What is wrong? Mina, dear, what is it? What does that blood mean? My God, my …show more content…
Harker must overcome the trauma and fear of losing his wife and devise a plan to save her from becoming a vampire by killing Dracula. Therefore, Harker fears for Mina Life-death crisis of becoming a vampire and this is Harker’s ordeal. Third, in the poem “Of the fear of God” by Edmund Waller, the poem is in the ordeal of the hero’s journey, in the poem the writer expresses his fears of the judgment of God and therefore signifies the ordeal. For instance, Edmund Waller writes “Ambition, avarice, will nothing owe. To Heaven itself, unless it makes them grow… And sadly live in terror of the next.” (Waller, 14). The lines signify that the greatest fear is the judgment of God because of their own bad behavior and flaws. The writer fear God because he feels that his flaw and sins will lead Gods judgment to send him to Hell rather than Heaven. For the writer, he fears the confrontation of Gods Judgement after death. Therefore, the fear of judgment represents the poem to be in the ordeal stage. For the transcendent hero to confront and face the fear in the ordeal his step to improve from his flaws so to grow and
Then Harker takes a shovel and strikes Dracula with the edge on the head. But soon after Harker writes in his journal “the sight seemed to paralyse me... the shovel fell from my hand across the box… but my brain seemed on fire… I ran from the place and gained my room” (Stocker, 44). The confrontation of the transcendent hero Harker and Harker’s fear the shadow is evidence of the ordeal. But, Harker is unable to overcome his fear and kill Dracula as his paralysis and running away is a symbol of him still fearing the shadow. Therefore, Harker’s confrontation with the shadow portrays his ordeal. Second, in Dracula by Bram Stocker, Harker’s confrontation with fear lead to the ordeal, especially through Life – death crisis. The hero faces his greatest fear of losing his loving wife to death. For instance, Dracula reaches London and fall in love with Mina. Thereafter, Dracula puts Harker into a stupor and threatens to kill Harker, if Mina does not drink his vampire blood, making Mina a half-vampire. When Harker awakens, he cries “What has happened? What is wrong? Mina, dear, what is it? What does that blood mean? My God, my …show more content…
Harker must overcome the trauma and fear of losing his wife and devise a plan to save her from becoming a vampire by killing Dracula. Therefore, Harker fears for Mina Life-death crisis of becoming a vampire and this is Harker’s ordeal. Third, in the poem “Of the fear of God” by Edmund Waller, the poem is in the ordeal of the hero’s journey, in the poem the writer expresses his fears of the judgment of God and therefore signifies the ordeal. For instance, Edmund Waller writes “Ambition, avarice, will nothing owe. To Heaven itself, unless it makes them grow… And sadly live in terror of the next.” (Waller, 14). The lines signify that the greatest fear is the judgment of God because of their own bad behavior and flaws. The writer fear God because he feels that his flaw and sins will lead Gods judgment to send him to Hell rather than Heaven. For the writer, he fears the confrontation of Gods Judgement after death. Therefore, the fear of judgment represents the poem to be in the ordeal stage. For the transcendent hero to confront and face the fear in the ordeal his step to improve from his flaws so to grow and