The Hero's Journey Gdg Analysis

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Maria Jose Gonzalez Cepeda 7ºA
28. 11. 2017
Myths & GSDG

The Hero’s Journey is a way to analyse the myths. If you see all the myths, books, stories always talk about the same. I help us understand easier the myths by 12 steps that almost all the myths have.

MYTHS

a). Romulus and Remus Myth, it talks about two brothers that were sons of the king’s son, it was supposed that their mom could not have children but she doesn’t matter and she have two children. It was said that the twins were children of the god Mars. The king ordered to kill the babies. Its is said that the boys escaped a wolf found them and they grew far away with the wolf. At the end they founded a city but they could not rule together that's why they had a fight and Remus died.
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Dido Of Carthage Myth, it is about a woman that lives in a city, her dad was very important there and she marry. Time later her dad and her husband died. She was a brave woman so she went to another place and founded a new city, she likes very much that city but she could not rule it by herself, she has to decide to marry with a bad man or he would began a war against her city. So she decides to take her life, to save her city.

MYTH WITH HERO’S JOURNEY
a). Romulus and Remus Myth, I choose those elements because I think they are a simple way and more easier way to understand the myth also they represent it very well and I think they are crucial to learn and give an idea of it. Some examples are: 1.Deparure 1.Supernatural aid 2.Miraculous conception and birth 3.Crossing the threshold 4.The ordinary world

2.Initiation 1.The road of trials 2.Atonement with the

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