The Hero with a Thousand Faces

trials. This stage is when a test or task is asked of the hero. Harry is asked to complete many new things such as, play on the Quidditch team, defeat the troll, and deal with the bullying from Malfoy. Harry proves himself to be a true hero because he successfully accomplishes these tasks. Next is atonement with the father. The hero confronts whatever holds ultimate power. This could be when Harry sees his father in the Mirror, when he has to face Voldemort, or whenever he speaks to Dumbledore.…

Heroes are people who are determined to do what’s right for their comrades or community. They are determined to follow their dreams; they are determined to reach a goal that they set for themselves, and they do. The hero of “The Four Feathers” is Harry Feversham, the descendant of a long line of military heroes, who is expected to carry on the tradition of his overbearing authoritarian father. He was a true figure for the Victorian fantasy of war as a manly endeavor. In the book Salvage the…

The villain in many works of literature can be as complex as the hero himself; however, this villain that the hero has to fight is not necessarily the only villain that our hero has to worry about. Living inside the hero, the villain is as undeniable and as powerful as it is in the monstrous creatures that are to be fought in a more physical or present way. The true villain in many hero novels is the struggle within the hero himself. This villain is like any other; entering when least expected…

by turning into an open figure. A short time later, I will interchange why he was so imperative to the comic book industry, I will likewise expound on his prosperity. At last, in the last passage, I will end by disclosing to you how Stan Lee changed hero funnies. In the wake of perusing this article, you will have an unmistakable comprehension of…

The steps of a hero’s journey, or the monomyth, outline the hero in an epic poem. In the Epic Poem Beowulf, Beowulf fits the mold of the hero. In the monomyth the hero usually starts out as an ordinary person, which Beowulf is. He does not have any supernatural qualities that differ from any of the other characters. The next step of the hero’s journey begins with him going on a journey or quest. In this Epic Poem, Beowulf begins his journey on the way to the Danes where he meets King Hrothgar…

entangled. The article uncovers the process from departure of the hero to the initiation of the hero through a series of tests and finally the return of the hero back to his original state. The commencement of the journey, or the departure, is the point where the hero steps out of their comfort zone and experiences death from their home life. This beginning on the journey is said to contain supernatural aid, of which helps to guide the hero, the crossing of a preliminary threshold, which signals…

ensuing stories throughout history, creating the common theme of a hero’s journey. This journey can also be studied in George R.R. Martin’s book series A Song of Ice and Fire, through the character of Daenerys Targaryen and her narrative, in which a hero takes a long voyage home from war. By applying Campbell’s monomyth theory to George R.R. Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire…

the role of the main idea. For instance, while in Departure the hero is living an ordinary life which can include not having a fatherly figure and or not having a loving mother. When the time is right the hero receives “A call to adventure” and can either choose to get on the path for accepting the call or reluctantly follows the call and turns it into a negative however the hero is assisted by a mentor figure. In Initiation the hero…

Hou Yi is called upon by the Jade Emperor to punish the Emperor’s nine sons, who bring unbearable heat and destruction to the Earth. Each of the emperor's sons are represented within the story as literal suns and are the first obstacle’s Hou Yi must face. From the heavens Hou Yi shoots down eight of the sons with his bow and leaves only one in the sky. Hou Yi pardoned a single sun to provide light and warmth to the earth without suffering. This act committed by Hou Yi marks his first heroic act…

who society least expects to be a hero, is sometimes the most sociopathic and logical of all. With an unprofessional job as a “consulting detective” and a run down flat on Baker Street, Sherlock Holmes works alongside his partner, Doctor John Watson, to take down the web of crimes created by the mastermind of a villain, Jim Moriarty. Following the ideas of Campbell’s monomyth, the stories of crime solving starts in 221B Baker Street, London where the unlikely hero answers the Call. Sherlock…