The Heroic Journey

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The Heroic Journey
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The heros journey is a universal human archetype.

• An archetype is an original pattern or model on
  which all other of the same type are based.

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Examples of common archetypes

• Rags to riches story
• Country vs. city person
• Cinderella story
• Forbidden love story

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The Heros Journey is found throughout the world
in many forms

• Odysseus (Epic Poetry)
• Huck Finn (Novel)
• Shrek (Fairy Tale)
• Luke Skywalker (Film )

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Examples
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• In The Hero with a Thousand Faces, Joseph
  Campbell lays a framework for the heroic journey
  archetype.

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Elements of The Heroic Journey Archetype
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Stage 1 The innocent world

• The heros journey always begins in the everyday
  world
• Often times the hero is an everyman--just a
  regular person

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Stage 2 the departure

• The heros journey begins with a move away from
  the innocent world

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departure includes

• The call to adventure
• Sometimes the hero initially refuses
• The hero meets a supernatural aide or mentor
• They begin their adventure by entering the void

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Stage 3 Road of trials
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The road of Trials

• The hero is met with a series of obstacles and
  enemies.

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Stage 4 Knowledge gained

• In this stage the hero gains a set of skills or
  learns something about themselves that helps
  them.
• They will often fight a battle or overcome an
  enemy with this knowledge.

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Stage 5 The Return

• Sometimes the hero may initially refuse to return
  home.
• Evil (the enemy) returns in this stage.
• This leads to a final battle where evil is
  overcome.

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Stage 6 The Road Home

• In the final stage the hero recognizes an
  important truth or receives a reward.
• After this they begin the return home.
• they return to their world with a new sense of
  themselves.

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