Archetypes & Hero's Journey

Archetypes & Hero's Journey Review

What is the hero's journey?

​A common template of stories where a hero gets pulled from their normal life to go on an adventure, faces challenges, and returns transformed.

What are Archetypes?

A character archetype is a recurring stock character that represents something universal in our human experience. They’re immediately recognizable within novels, films, and other narrative media as fitting a predetermined pattern, even if certain details like names and physical attributes change. Writers can use these familiar patterns to engage with readers in a comfortable and relatable way.

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what type of character is the one making the journey and facing the challenges

• shadow

• mentor

• hero

• shapeshifter

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Which character brings information to teach the hero?

• Mentor

• Shadow

• Hero

• Outcast

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Archetype that tries to test the hero at different times during their journey

• Guardian

• Shapeshifter

• Villain

• Mentor

• Shadow

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Who is the main Villain or Problem in the way of the hero?

• Mentor

• Shadow

• Mentor

• Hero

• Shapeshifter

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The comedic relief, jester of the show:

• Hero

• Protagonist

• guardian

• trickster

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Most of the hero's journey takes place

• in outer space

• underground

• in the ordinary world

• in the unknown world

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This is the hero's normal world, where life is status quo, problems/conflicts don't trouble the hero, and they live among mortals/non-supernatural beings.

• Refusal of the call

• Ordinary world

• Meeting with the Mentor

• Crossing the threshold

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Someone or something presents the hero with a problem, challenge, or an adventure. This can be an event or a person.

• Meeting with the mentor

• The Supreme Ordeal

• The Call to Adventure

• Trials and Challenges

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A "point of no return" is crossed. The hero is committing to the journey. The hero leaves their ordinary world and enters into an unfamiliar/new world.

• The Road Back

• Crossing the Threshold

• The Supreme Ordeal

• The Ordeal

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The hero faces their initial test/conflict and sorts out friends in the Unknown World. The hero picks up friends and enemies along the way.

• Trials and Challenges

• The road back

• The Supreme Ordeal

• The ordinary world

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Teacher, counselor, trainer, and encourager to the hero

• The hero

• The sidekick

• The mentor

• The shadow

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This is the main opponent to the hero.

• The herald

• The Shadow

• The Mentor

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What does the herald do?

• Changes sides over the course of the story

• the hero's sidekick

• the main antagonist

• Starts the hero on their journey