Analysis Of Two Achievements Of The Hero's Journey: The Monomyth

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Two Myths, Two Adventures, Two Achievements.

Maria Catalina Rodriguez.
7°b
Santa Francisca Romana School.
Social Studies.
2017-2018

The Hero’s Journey (The Monomyth)

The Hero’s Journey, or Monomyth, is the pattern of happenings that Joseph Campbell (The original person who discovered it), David Adams Leeming, Phil Cousineau and Christopher Vogler found in the majority of myths and stories.

Act

Campbell (1949)

David Adams Leeming (1981)
Phil Cousineau (1990)

Christopher Vogle (2007)
I. Departure
1. The call to adventure
2. Refusal of the call.
3. Supernatural aid.
4. Crossing the threshold.
5. Belly of the whale.
1. Miraculous conception and birth.
2. Initiation of the hero-child.
3. Withdrawal from family or community
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In Initiation: Tests, Allies and Enemies: They had to get allies to form groups to kill the king and get back the throne, they also were obviously enemies of the king and the king was their enemy, Approach to the Innermost Cave: was when they went to kill the king, The ordeal: When they had to fight and kill the king, and The Boon: when they managed to kill the king and get back the throne for their grandfather. In Return, Return to the threshold: When they returned to where they has grown up to built the new city, and Ascension, Apotheosis and Atonement: when Romulus was king of Rome (Kings were considered …show more content…
In Initiation, Trial and Quest: Her quest was to found and build a new land, Tests, allies and enemies: To built the new land, she had to convince the natives and make them her allies not her enemies, The Boon: Her boon was when she succeeded to built the new land (Carthage), and Death: After Carthage was an established place, she killed herself because, she didn’t want war between Carthage and The Barbarians since she didn’t wanted to marry Jarbas (In other versions she killed herself out of love for Eneas). In Return, well her return isn’t similar to the one in The Hero’s Journey, because she didn’t come back from the death but, i think with her dying she returned to her

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