In the dream, he saw an angel of the Lord who told him, ‘Joseph! Joseph! Be not afraid to take Mary as your wife because the child she is carrying is the Son of God.’ Joseph immediately got up out of bed and he thought of the dream. He decided to marry Mary.…
All works of literature and art entwine in a common thread that connects the stories by a universal and malleable outline- the Hero’s Journey. Joseph Campbell’s the Hero’s Journey, or the monomyth, applies to all stories to some degree through its 17-stages. The stages divide into 3 major components- separation (the Call to Adventure), initiation (the Trials), and return (the Aftermath and the Return)- that can pertain to individual journeys of self-actualization or endeavors of resolving external conflicts. Every story follows the monomyth’s structure to any extent. All stories can further separate and classify into any category of Ronald B. Tobias’s 20 Master Plots which include quest and adventure, rivalry and underdog, metamorphosis and…
The term “hero” has been around since the late fourteenth century; however, the term is of an uncertain origin (Etymology, paragraph 2). Based upon controversial etymology beliefs, Webster’s Dictionary defines a ‘hero’ as an individual that is admired for his or her great acts or fine qualities. According to Joseph Campbell, the author of The Hero with a Thousand Faces, an individual must go through the cycle of the hero 's journey. The life of a real life hero is reflected by the epic literary example “The Hero’s Journey” that is exhibited in the book The Hero with a Thousand Faces; therefore, a hero in today’s world must undergo the same twelve stages that are listed in “The Hero’s Journey.” The hero’s journey is known for telling…
I was 15 when my father, and uncle Maffeo came back, and found out that Clement IV, the pope, had died. They stayed for two years. Waiting to see who the new pope would be, but we haven’t heard yet, so they decided to leave for the Mongol court, and they took me with them, and before we left, Teobaldo, a friend gave us letters to give to the Mongol emperor. A few days after being on our expedition, we heard that Teobaldo was elected pope as Gregory X. We went down to Acre to receive credentials, and two friars to help on our journey. As we proceeded up to Laiazzo, the friars left.…
After resting for a few hours the boy wakes up he sees nothing familiar, as he think he has been caught by the werewolf so he quickly gets up and tries to run away. He runs around the hospital finding a way out and hiding from other elf because he thinks there his enemy as well, he enters one room as he cannot find any doors that lead to an exit. He finds a window thinking that's his way out, he goes near the window and looks down as he finds himself tens of feet above the ground. He leaves the room and finds another way out. As he is running around the hospital looking for a way out, as he is ruining around the doctor sees him and tries to stop the boy but he will not listen to the doctor, thinking that they are his enemy as well.…
King Arthur and Spiderman are two fictitious characters that are both similar, and dissimilar to each other. In an excerpt from Joseph Campbell’s The Hero with a Thousand Faces, he writes about monomyth, which is a twelve step process that is divided into four sections. This represents a continuous cycle that the character in the story must go through in order to complete their journey. King Arthur and Spiderman follow the cycle of the Heroes Journey by events in their lives made parallel to the cycle of the Heroes Journey. King Arthur and Spiderman, although from two different ends of the spectrum, are actually alike, both coming from epic tales of struggles and triumph.…
A myth is a story that holds some kind of significance in a culture, a story that addresses fundamental and difficult questions that we as human beings ask: who or what am I, where did I come from, why am I here, how should I live, what is the right thing to do, what is the universe, how did it all begin? Myths are stories that are told about great men and great women; about the forces of good and evil; about large and small animals; about natural thing as well creatures like giants, gods and other supernatural beings. The complete study of all these stories theire respective elements is called mythology. Now when people hear the term mythology they automatically think of the Greek version, more specifically their gods such as Zeus the top-god,…
“I will send my messenger, who will prepare the way before me. Then suddenly the Lord you are seeking will come to his temple; the messenger of the covenant, whom you desire, will come,” says the Lord Almighty. But who can endure the day of his coming?…
After more then a year in The Cay we finally heard a boat from far away I was so excited, but the ordeal was not over yet they had to see us first to save us. I rushed to the big pile of wood and got the fire to light the wood I was…
First Day at the Lake “Brooklyn, wake up. It's time to get up and get dressed and get ready to leave.” My dad said as he shook me awake. It was mid summer and my plane awaits my family and I. As I rolled over and opened my eyes, looking at my alarm clock, I noticed it was 4:08am. I was really excited to get up and get ready to leave.…
This is hard for me to say, but I've had a hard time talking, or thinking about it. The death of my family, everyone is dead but me. It happened once we passed Soda Springs, that's when the kids got sick. My wife, Jane stayed in the wagon with them the whole time, while I was busy with the animals and the wagon. The day after the kids got it, was the day my wife got it, I was going to spend everyday with them, but Jane told me to leave them behind, since I never received the disease.…
I walked into my first day at Summit View Senior Living as a new certified nursing assistant. I passed my certification test two weeks ago. I clocked in and went to my assignment board. “Mrs. Jackson in room 102 needs a bed change,” read the first line at the top of the board.…
“Eli wake up this instant” my mother screeched from across the hall in her room. I said “what” and yawned in fatigue. She screeched across the hall again “get up and get ready to go”, For a while, I wondered what in the world she was talking about, then it struck me: we have to go to six flags. I ran to my mother's room and begged not to go. But she looked at me and said a firm “NO!”…
“Thank you!” I yelled as I hopped off of Gracie’s car. Her father drove me home after our five-hour long play date. Gracie was my bestest friend among all others in my second-grade class. That day, we successfully completed our first playdate at her house, and I returned joyfully to my own.…
“Hey, are you ready?” said my mother. She had been hounding me like a drill sergeant all morning. We usually headed to Kennebunkport, Maine for a weekend every summer, but this year was different. I was invited to go on vacation to the lake with friends, and my mother said yes. I was grateful for the opportunity.…