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Prepare for Notes
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The Epic Hero
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The 12 Stages of a Hero's Journey
       

• 1.Ordinary World - The hero's normal world before
  the story begins
• 2.Call to Adventure - The hero is presented with
  a problem, challenge or adventure
• 3.Refusal of the Call - The hero refuses the
  challenge or journey, usually because he's scared
• 4. Meeting with the Mentor - The hero meets a
  mentor to gain advice or training for the
  adventure

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12 Stages of a Heros Journey

• 5. Crossing the First Threshold - The hero
  crosses the ordinary world and goes into the
  special world
• 6. Tests, Allies, Enemies - The hero faces tests,
  meets allies, confronts enemies learn the rules
  of the Special World.
• 7. Approach - The hero has hit setbacks during
  tests and may need to try a new idea
• 8. Ordeal - The biggest life or death crisis

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12 Stages of a Heros Journey

• 9. Reward - The hero has survived death,
  overcomes his fear and now earns the reward
• 10. The Road Back - The hero must return to the
  Ordinary World.
• 11. Resurrection Hero - another test where the
  hero faces death he has to use everything he's
  learned
• 12. Return with Elixir - The hero returns from
  the journey with the elixir, and uses it to
  help everyone in the Ordinary World

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A Call to AdventureYou must go to Dagobah.
-Obi-Wan Kenobi

• The hero starts out living an ordinary life.
• He or she is called to go on a quest, often by a
  mentor. Examples
• Glinda the Good Witch tells Dorothy she must
  visit the Wizard of Oz
• Obi-Wan Kenobi asks Luke Skywalker to restore
  balance in the force.
• Gandalf enlists Frodos help to destroy the One
  Ring.
• The hero might doubt that he or she is capable of
  completing a quest, and refuse the call.
• However, the mentor encourages the hero or even
  gives magical items to help.

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The Heros JourneyWere off to see the Wizard.
-Dorothy

• The hero goes through many trials on his or her
  way to achieving the quest.
• Adversaries (enemies) will often block their way
  to new places. The hero must either outsmart or
  defeat them.
• Allies join the hero to help.
• The Tin Man, Scarecrow, and Cowardly Lion help
  Dorothy
• Luke and Obi-Wan hire Han Solo and Chewbacca
• The Fellowship of the Ring journey with Frodo

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Showdown with a ShadowThe force is with you,
young Skywalker, but you are not a Jedi yet.
-Darth Vader

• A shadow represents the dark side of the hero.
• The Wicked Witch an evil user of magic
• Darth Vader a fallen Jedi who uses the dark
  side of the Force
• Gollum a hobbit corrupted by the One Ring
• The shadow stands in the heros way of achieving
  his or her goal.
• Only the hero may fight the shadow. The heros
  mentor or his or her allies are not allowed to
  interfere.

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Claiming the Prize What have you learned,
Dorothy? -The Tin Man

• The hero defeats the shadow and is able to finish
  his or her quest.
• The hero returns back home as a different person
  then when the quest started.
• Sometimes the mentor or the allies leave the
  hero, knowing that the quest is completed.

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There and Back AgainTheres no place like
home. -Dorothy

• Others may not recognize the hero when he or she
  returns home because the hero has changed.
• Sometimes the hero has to clean up or fix
  something that happened to his or her hometown
  when the hero was on the quest.
• The hero has help along the way from magical
  items, mentors, and allies, but it is ultimately
  whats inside the hero that helps the hero win.

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Characteristics of Epic Poetry

• A long narrative poem recounting actions,
  travels, adventures, and heroic episodes
• Elevated in style and follows certain patterns
• The Odyssey, by Homer, is an epic poem.
• Beowulf is another epic poem.