The Heroes and Heroine

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The Heroes and Heroines Journey

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  Campbell's Model The Hero's Journey     My Model The Heroine's Journey
  World of Common Day   World of Common Day
  Call To Adventure   Call To Adventure- A Desire to Reconnect with the Feminine
  Refusal of The Call   Refusal of The Call
  Supernatural Aid   The Ruthless Mentor Bladeless Talisman
  Crossing The First Threshold Belly of the Whale   Crossing the First Threshold Opening Ones Senses
  Road of Trials   Sidekicks, Trials, Adversaries
  Meeting With The GoddessWoman as Temptress   Marriage to the Animus, Confronting the Powerless Father
  Atonement with The FatherApotheosis   Atonement with the Mother. Apotheosis through the Feminine
   The Ultimate Boon    Reward Winning the Family
  The Magic Flight   Magic Flight  Reinstating the Family
  Master of the Two Worlds   Power over Life and Death
 
 
 
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Common Day
                                                  
                                                  
  The tale begins in the humdrum world of
kitchen chores and powerlessness. The heroine
lives with an absent mother and brutal
stepmother. The father figure, if there is one,
is equally obstructive. More than anything, the
girl longs for an escape, an adventure. Here the
story begins.                                    
                                
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Call to Adventure

• Without a catalyst, Cinderella might remain in
  her kitchen forever. Some event, either a chance
  at freedom and happiness or a devastating act of
  destruction propels the heroine from her place of
  safety and into the frightening world of the
  spirit.

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The Call

• And it came to pass that in time the Great God
  Om spake unto Brutha, the Chosen One "Psst!"

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The Call

• Nanny You mean you werent Chosen?
• Granny Me? No. I chose.

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The Call

• She could follow the rat.
• Soppy people in books did that sort of thing.
  They ended up in some idiot world with goblins
  and talking animals. And they were such sad, wet
  girls. They always let things happen to them
  without making any effort.

You're not going to say something like Oh, my
paws and whiskers," are you?
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The Call

• 'Quick, you must come with me,' she said.
  'You're in great danger!''Why?''Because I will
  kill you if you don't.'

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Refusing the Call

• Here, the hero is faced with the unknown. By
  contrast, home represents safety and security, a
  place the child is loathe to leave.

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Rincewind

• Does this involve a perilous journey into
  unknown and probably dangerous lands? Encounters
  with exotic creatures? Almost certain death?
• Well, I wish you every success in your
  search. Id help you myself, only Im not going
  to.

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Carrot

• My father says being kings too much like hard
  work. All the surveying and assaying and
  everything. Its not the thing for the likes of
  us. Us guards.
• If there was a king, then the best thing he could
  do would be to get on with a descent days work.
  But if there was some pressing needthen perhaps
  hed think again.

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Brutha

• 'The God speaks to a chosen one and he becomes
  a great prophet,' said Nhumrod. 'Now, I am sure
  you wouldn't presume to consider yourself one of
  them? Mmm?'

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Others

• Vimes doesnt want to be a knight, or duke.
• Vimes What good would a statue be? It'd just
  inspire new fools to believe they're going to be
  heroes. They wouldn't want that. Just let them
  be. For ever."
• Cohen wants to retire
• Mort doesnt marry the princess, and names his
  daughter Susan.
• Even Vetinari doesnt want to be kingprefers the
  modern one man one vote system.

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Hero

• Heroes quest to defeat the Dark Lord and rule as
  the High King

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and Heroine
The heroine quests to save loved ones, a quest as
dangerous as any journey of the hero.
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The Quest

• Tiffany seeks her stolen brother
• He willna grow up. Hell get sweeties. Forever.
• He willna be any older. Nothing grows old here.
  Nothing grows. Nothing at all.
• Im going to find the Queen and get my brother
  back, whatever you say. Understand? Ive got this
  far.
• "Tell me why you still want to be a witch bearing
  in mind what happened to Mrs. Snapperly.""So
  that sort of thing doesn't happen again." said
  Tiffany

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The Quest

• A nine-year-old girl armed with a frying pan
  couldnt possibly have rescued a
  thirteen-year-old boy with a sword.
• Someone must go into the Underworld to find the
  real Summer Lady. That is a Story. It has
  happened before. It works.
• Tiffany in Wintersmith 'This I choose to do,'
  she croaked her breath leaving little clouds in
  the air. She cleared her throat and started
  again. 'This I choose to do. If there is a price,
  this I choose to pay. If it is my death, I choose
  to die. Where this takes me, I choose to go. I
  choose. This I choose to do.' It wasn't a spell,
  except in her head. But, as Granny Weatherwax
  said, if you can't make a spell work in your own
  head, what good is it?

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The Quest

• While the children hope to rescue Tumnus (the
  traditional heroines quest), at the Beavers
  home they receive more compelling missions
• When two Sons of Adam and two Daughters of Eve
  sit in those four thrones, then it will be the
  end, not only of the White Witchs reign, but of
  her life. Thus, Peter has his hero quest to rule
  Narnia and so destroy the witch.
• Moments later, Edmund vanishes, and the
  childrens quests parallel They can best save
  Edmund and Mr. Tumnus (the heroines quest) by
  defeating the White Witch and ruling Cair Paravel
  (the heros quest).

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The Quest

• Magrat I remember a folksong about a situation
  just like this. This girl had her fiancé stolen
  by the Queen of the elves and she didnt hang
  around whining, she jolly well got on her horse
  and went and got him. Well, Im going to do that
  too.
• The Queen looked like Magrat. Or at least like
  Magrat wished she looked and maybe as Verence
  always thought of her. Granny nodded. As one
  expert to another, she recognized accomplished
  nastiness when she saw it.
• The eyes if the Queen were all she could see. All
  she wanted to do was lose herself in them.
• And the ablation of Magrat Garlick roared on,
  tearing at the strata of her soul
• exposing the core.
• She bunched up a fist and hit the queen between
  the eyes.

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Granny as Child-Savior

• Granny Do you not even begin to know what being
  a witch IS? Is a witch someone who would look
  round when she heard a child scream?
• Lords and Ladies Granny chases Diamanda into the
  circle to save her. She sacrifices herself as
  distraction and bodily carries Diamanda out.
• Carpe Jugulum She chases vampires to save Magrat
  and her baby
• Maskerade She plays poker with death for an
  infant

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Mentor
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Tiffanys Mentors

• People didn't respect Miss Level. They liked her,
  in an unthinking sort of way, and that was it.
  Mistress Weatherwax was right, and Tiffany wished
  she wasn't."Why did you and Miss Tick send me to
  her, then?" she said."Because she likes people,"
  said the witch, striding ahead. "She cares about
  'em. Even the stupid, mean drooling ones, the
  mothers with the runny babies and no sense, the
  feckless and silly fools who treat her like some
  kind of a servant. Now that's what I call magic
  seein' all that, dealin' with all that, and still
  goin' on."

• "The thing about witchcraft," said Mistress
  Weatherwax, "is that it's not like school at all.
  First you get the test, and then afterward you
  spend years findin' out how you passed it. It's a
  bit like life in the respect."

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Ruthless Mentor, Bladeless Talisman

• While heroes almost always receive a sword
  (wand, lightsaber) from their kindly old mentor,
  girls walk away with household objects. All of
  the heroines accomplish their quests without
  violence, needing cleverness and fortitude more
  than Excalibur. Actions in the so-called womens
  domain frequently save the men and allow the
  heroines to accomplish their goals.

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Tiffanys Treasures
There was a gust of Jolly Sailor tobacco, and
sheep, and turpentine.Sparkling in the dark,
light glittering off the white shepherdess dress
and every blue ribbon and silver buckle of it,
was Granny Aching, smiling hugely, radiant with
pride. In one hand she held the huge ornamental
crook, hung with blue bows.She pirouetted
slowly, and Tiffany saw that while she was a
brilliant, sparkling shepherdess from hat to hem,
she still had her huge old boots on.
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The Heroines Treasures
Feminine symbols amulet, apple, bag, ball, bird,
cauldron, cave, circle, cloak, clothing, comb,
crown, cup, egg, eye, flowers, forest, girdle,
grail, helmet, home, hoop, jewelry, keys, mirror,
moon, night, oven ring, rose, serpent, slippers,
spindle, spiral, thread, tree, vase, veil, voice,
water, web, well.
Magrat says a broomstick is one of them sexual
metaphor things. Although this is a phallusy.
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A Sword that Goes Ting

• We need a talisman, a moustache, a birthmark,
  a magic spell, camel-flage and a magic sword.

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Threshold

• The heroine must surrender her reliance on logic
  and willingly enter the world of emotion and
  fantasy.

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Threshold

• Magrat I remember a folksong about a situation
  just like this. This girl had her fiancé stolen
  by the Queen of the elves and she didnt hang
  around whining, she jolly well got on her horse
  and went and got him. Well, Im going to do that
  too.

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Sidekicks, Trials, Adversaries

• Animal helpers and advisers generally
  represent part of the heroines psyche, pointing
  out things she doesnt notice and teaching her
  how to outwit her adversary. They guide her along
  her path, bolstering her courage when the quest
  seems daunting.

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Aspects of the Psyche
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The Feegles

• "Nac Mac Feegle! The Wee Free Men! Nae king! Nae
  quin! Nae laird! Nae master! We willna be fooled
  again!"
• "We are a famously stealin' folk. Aren't we,
  lads? Whut's it we're famous for?""Stealin'!"
  shouted the blue men."And what else,
  lads?""Fightin'!""And what else?""Drinkin'!""A
  nd what else?"There was a certain amount of
  thought about this, but they all reached the same
  conclusion."Drinkin' and fightin'!""And there
  was summat else," muttered the twiddler. "Ach,
  yes. Tell the hag, lads!""Stealin' an' drinkin'
  an' fightin'!" shouted the blue men cheerfully.

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Prince Charming The World of Eros

• In the game of love, the hero and heroine
  each view their partner as a shapeshifter. This
  other half they must cleave to like themselves
  has frightening mood swings and unpredictable
  desires. Physically, the two people are
  opposites, with contrasting desires and emotions.
  Hence, many tales appear about enticing swan
  maidens from the sea or taming beastly monsters
  into Prince Charmings.

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Prince Charming The World of Eros
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Bluebeard

• Fathers very impressed with you witches. He
  says we should make you all vampires. Youre
  halfway there already. But Id much rather you
  came to see how marvelous it could be.

'Will it be enough to know that the world is your
oyster?'Her forehead wrinkled in perplexity.
'Why should I want it to be some nasty little sea
creature?' she said.'Because they get eaten
alive,' said the Count.
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Wintersmith

• How may I serve you, my lady?
• No more icebergs looking like me. I dont want
  to be a face that sinks a thousand ships.
• He wants never-ending winter, said her Third
  Thoughts. Everyone you know will die!

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Villains The Destroyer

• The witch is anti-life, killer of children. She
  freezes the world into sterility, forbidding
  growth or change.

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Villains The Elves

• They always take more than they give. And what
  they give has less than no value. And they end up
  taking everything. What they like to get from us
  is our fear. What they want from us most of all
  is our belief.
• An elf's strength lay in persuading others they
  were weak.
• Elves are wonderful. They provoke wonder.Elves
  are marvellous. They cause marvels.Elves are
  fantastic. They create fantasies.Elves are
  glamorous. They project glamour.Elves are
  enchanting. They weave enchantment.Elves are
  terrific. They beget terror.The thing about
  words is that meaning can twist just like a
  snake, and if you want to find snakes look for
  them behind words that have changed their
  meaning.No one ever said elves are nice.Elves
  are bad.

Nanny They used to carry off babbies. I aint
having that again.
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Villains The Auditors

• Intelligent life, was, therefore, an anomaly. It
  made the filing untidy. The Auditors hated little
  things like that. Periodically, they tried to
  tidy things up a little.

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Descent into Death
Theres no a lot of laughs in a underworld. This
one used tae be called Limbo, ye ken, cuz the
door was verra low.

• The heroine descends into the realm of
  darkness, seeking initiation and wisdom, seeking
  her own elusive darkside. There she will find her
  greatest challengeherself.

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Battling the Father
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Dark Lord
Im evil Harry, right? First chance I get, Ill
betray you all, stab you in the back or
somethingId have to, see Cohen Me and evil
Harry go way back. I knew him when he was
starting up with just two lads and his Shed of
Doom.
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Facing Death
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Facing the Self

• A Hat Full of Sky Something that called itself
  Tiffany flew across the treetopsIt peered from
  her own eyes, tried to hear with her own ears,
  think with her own brain.
• Wintersmith Tiffany and summer lady start
  mirroring each other. She also meets her second
  and third thoughts.

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Facing the Self

• Her horrified gaze rose to meet a reflection.
• It glared back at her
• Granny Weatherwax stepped through the empty
  frame.
• Lily You know, youre really just like me. Dont
  you know that? There isnt a thought thats gone
  through my head that you havent thought too.

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Facing the Self

• Such strength you could have
• Embrace the dark
• Give in to me
• No. I know you. Ive always known you. The
  count just let you out to torment me, but Ive
  always known you were there. Ive fought you
  every day of my life and youll get no victory
  now. I knows who you are, Esmeralda Weatherwax.
  You dont scare me no more.

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Atonement with the Mother

• Like the witch-queen of Snow White, the crone
  is enraged that she is no longer fairest in the
  kingdom. Therefore, she plots the destruction of
  the heroine. Our heroine descends to the darkest
  place of all, and there, confronts her.

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Fighting Back

• "The secret is not to dream," she whispered. "The
  secret is to wake up. Waking up is harder. I have
  woken up and I am real. I know where I come from
  and I know where I'm going. You cannot fool me
  any more. Or touch me. Or anything that is mine."
• I have woken up and I am realYou cannot fool me
  anymore. Or touch me. Or anything that is mine.
• The Queen was light as a babysmall and grey,
  like a monkey.

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Reward

• Triumphant, the heroine wins what she has
  sought for so long. She snatches her lover from
  the Fairie Queens horse, or saves her child from
  certain death. She may find the brief romance
  shes sought for so long. Still, the quest has
  not ended, until she returns safely home.

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Home
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Home
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Mastering Life and Death

• To achieve the greatest success, the heroine
  becomes a goddess herself. In this way she
  achieves enormous power and becomes a guardian
  for the next generation.

If you had the perfect center, if you got your
mind right, you could balance.
Even with nougat, you can have a perfect moment.
Mistress Weatherwax gave you her hat. Her actual
hat.
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Ascension
In the underworld, she has grown into a new
level of power and understanding. When a creation
goddess becomes goddess of death, she controls
both worlds in a unique balance of power and
understanding.
Once youve kissed the Wintersmith, youre in the
mood to dare.

• "Go ahead, bake my quiche"

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