The Little Mermaids Hero Journey

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The Little Mermaids Hero Journey

• By Sarah Morse
• Period 6
• English 2 Honors

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The Ordinary WorldThis is the heros home land
where they grew up and feel comfortable.

• Ariels homeland is in the water where her
  friends and family are. It is under the sea where
  she is a princess because her dad is King Triton,
  lord of the Sea.

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The Call to AdventureThis is where the hero has
a realization of the unknown world and a world
outside of his/her own.

• Ariel gets her call to adventure when a ship
  comes and she goes up to see it. Ariel saw prince
  Eric and fell in love. She wants to go to land to
  see him.

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Refusal of the CallThe Hero realizes that
his/her life is really good and would not want to
change it.

• Flotsam and Jetsam come to Ariel and tell her to
  meet the sea witch and become human, and she says
  no because she will never see her father or
  sisters ever again.

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Supernatural AidSomething physical or mental
that helps the hero on his journey.

• Ursulas magic is Ariels supernatural aid
  because it helps her have legs so she is able to
  venture off onto land and meet Prince Eric.

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Crossing the ThresholdThis is when the hero
ventures off into the unknown world.

• Ariel has legs and so she has to swim, with the
  help of her friends, onto land where she will
  begin her journey.

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In the Belly of the WhaleThis is where the hero
enters into the unknown land and finds
him/herself in a totally different world.

• Ariel goes to land and finds herself in a totally
  different world. She is on land and is completely
  helpless.

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The Road of TrialsThe hero has to overcome many
trials and obstacles on his/her journey.

• Ariel has to get the prince to kiss her in 3 days
  and so she goes through many trials in her
  attempt to get him to kiss her.

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Road of Trials continued. . .
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The Woman as a TemptressThis is where there is
an evil being or presence that tries to stop the
hero from reaching his/her goal.

• In this movie, Ursula tries to lure prince Eric
  away from marrying Ariel with her magical powers.

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ApotheosisThis is where the hero realizes the
big picture of why he/she came to the
unfamiliar land.

• Ariel gives up when she realizes that Ursula is
  using her magic to put a spell on Eric, but then
  realizes that she can win him back, so she goes
  to the ship.

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The Ultimate BoonThis is where the hero gets
what they wanted.

• Ariel goes to the ship to get Eric back, but then
  the sun sets and she is turned into a mermaid, so
  she gets his love, but then has to leave.

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The Refusal of ReturnThe hero can bring back
wisdom to the kingdom or refuse to return.

• Ariel is a mermaid again and so she has no choice
  but to be in the water. She brings back the love
  for prince Eric.

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Magic in FlightThis is the chase, when there are
still evil forces working against the hero.

• Ariel turned back into a mermaid and so now
  Ursula has all the power and she has the Triton
  so now she is after Ariel and King Triton.

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Rescue From WithoutThis is where the hero needs
help returning back home.

• Ariel is taken back into the water back into her
  homeland by Ursula when she turns into a mermaid
  again. She has no choice. Then Ursula is defeated.

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Crossing the Return ThresholdThis is where the
hero returns back to the ordinary world and the
hero has changed.

• Now everything is back to normal and Ariel is in
  the water wanting to be with her prince. She
  loves him very much and she has gained his love
  back.

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Freedom to LiveThe hero is truly a changed
person and realizes that he/she should not be
afraid of the next moment.

• Ariel is a mermaid but her father realizes, like
  she does, that she is a changed person and she
  truly loves Eric and so he changes her back into
  a human.

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They got married and lived happily ever after.