In the story of the last unicorn, she is naive in the beginning about who she is and really what the world is like. This provides the foundation of the story in the hero's journey of the unicorn. A unicorn learns from a butterfly who speaks in riddles that she is the last of her kind and that the other unicorns had been chased by the red bull. The butterfly states “You can find the others if you are brave”. They passed down all the roads long ago and the Red Bull ran close behind them and covered their footprints.” (pg 10) She can’t imagine she is the last unicorn left so she sets out to discover the truth on a journey that takes her far from the safety and comfort of the forest. She has spent years in a quiet solitude alone in her lilac forest.
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This increases her urge to continue on her pursuit to learn about herself and where the other unicorns like her are. Not being understood is a huge catalyst towards the unicorn’s journey. One night while sleeping, a spell is cast upon her by the witch Mommy Fortuna who runs a carnival in which common animals are made to appear as mythical creatures. The unicorn takes a risk and demonstrates bravery in her escape once freed by Fortuna’s magician, Schmendrick by making the decision to free all the captives including the enraged and dangerous harpy. This situation related to when the unicorn meets the red bull later in the story where she must remain brave through the encounter. Both of these situations would never have occurred had the unicorn stayed in her safe forest to live forever. The unicorn is growing both in knowledge and in courage. The unicorn finds out later on that she must be changed into a human by Schmendrick to enter the king’s castle safely in her search for the unicorns. This worries the unicorn because as a human she is no longer immortal and would begin the aging process, but with her developed spirit and gallantry she agrees. This proves to be a challenge for her later in the story because she begins to forget what is was like to be a unicorn and even falls in love with Lir as a human. It took a lot of courage and bravery not to want to go back to being a unicorn right away. The unicorn also demonstrates her bravery by entering King Haggard’s castle. Haggard is known to trap unicorns and venturing in without knowing what the result would be is daring. After entering the castle the unicorn is brave enough to stay there until they discover where Haggard is keeping the unicorns. At this point in the
This increases her urge to continue on her pursuit to learn about herself and where the other unicorns like her are. Not being understood is a huge catalyst towards the unicorn’s journey. One night while sleeping, a spell is cast upon her by the witch Mommy Fortuna who runs a carnival in which common animals are made to appear as mythical creatures. The unicorn takes a risk and demonstrates bravery in her escape once freed by Fortuna’s magician, Schmendrick by making the decision to free all the captives including the enraged and dangerous harpy. This situation related to when the unicorn meets the red bull later in the story where she must remain brave through the encounter. Both of these situations would never have occurred had the unicorn stayed in her safe forest to live forever. The unicorn is growing both in knowledge and in courage. The unicorn finds out later on that she must be changed into a human by Schmendrick to enter the king’s castle safely in her search for the unicorns. This worries the unicorn because as a human she is no longer immortal and would begin the aging process, but with her developed spirit and gallantry she agrees. This proves to be a challenge for her later in the story because she begins to forget what is was like to be a unicorn and even falls in love with Lir as a human. It took a lot of courage and bravery not to want to go back to being a unicorn right away. The unicorn also demonstrates her bravery by entering King Haggard’s castle. Haggard is known to trap unicorns and venturing in without knowing what the result would be is daring. After entering the castle the unicorn is brave enough to stay there until they discover where Haggard is keeping the unicorns. At this point in the