Campbell's Hero's Journey

Which of the following best describes the hero's journey?

• A hero begins in an unknown world and struggles alone against a great evil to reach his ordinary world again.

• It begins with an ordinary life, but is compelled to take a hero journey into the unknown. With help, the hero overcomes challenges and returns a changed person.

• A hero eagerly heads out to find a magical world and fight everything he sees so he can rule the world as a more powerful, wiser person.

• After becoming a powerful and important a hero misses his old life, so he returns to the unknown to be destroyed so he can come back as his old, ordinary self and return to his old ordinary life.

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Where does a hero's journey start according to the "monomyth"?

• in a magical place

• in an unknown world the hero must explore first

• in an ordinary world, the hero's natural environment

• Mt. Olypmus

Where did the idea of the "monomyth" or the hero's journey come from?

• the Ancient Greeks

• Shakespeare

• Cave paintings

• Folklore

What causes a hero to begin his/her journey? *

• a call to adventure, usually from a herald of some kind

• an accident

• a mentor dies

• the crossing the threshold

Does a hero eagerly set out on their adventure according to the "monomyth"? *

• Yes, they're a hero! Bring on the monsters!

• No, they first refuse the call. Heroes are humble after all.

• No, they hide form the problem until a mentor makes them go.

• Yes, because they hates their ordinary life.

The hero is presented with a problem, challenge, or adventure; the hero must face the beginnings of change.

• Crosssing the Threshold

• The Call to Adventure

• The Ordeal

• The Resurrection

The protagonist of the story. Usually, this character is brave and honorable, but needs to learn something in the story.

• The Mentor

• The Shadow

• The Trickster

• The Hero

The hero finally masters the problem. The hero returns home bearing some element of the treasure (elixir) that has the power to heal or transform the Ordinary World, just as the hero has been transformed.

• Crossing the Threshold

• The Reward

• The Return

• The Road Back

The hero takes possession of the treasure won by facing death.

• The Ordeal

• The Return

• Crossing the Threshold

• The Reward

The hero comes across a seasoned traveler of the world who give him or her training, equipment, or advice that will help on the journey.

• The Approach

• The Ordeal

• Meeting the Mentor Helper

• The Approach