Monomyth

Select the TWO answers that best match the archetype: Guardian

• This character blocks the path for the hero, often justifying their actions by telling the hero the quest is too dangerous for them.

• Identified because they often ask a riddle..

• Explains the rules of the new world to the hero

• Brings news of a threat in a distant land. Is not ALWAYS a person.

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Select the TWO answers that best match the archetype: Shapeshifter

• This character blocks the path for the hero, often justifying their actions by telling the hero the quest is too dangerous for them.

• Blurs the line between ally and enemy. Often they begin as an ally

• Doesn't actually have to shift shapes. Their name is about how the character shifts from friend to foe of our hero

• Helps your hero by being a distraction or solving a problem the hero isn't able to complete in desperate times

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Select the TWO answers that best match the archetype: Trickster

• Helps your hero by being a distraction or solving a problem the hero isn't able to complete in desperate times

• Blurs the line between ally and enemy. Often they begin as an ally

• Is mostly with the hero every step of the way, but not CRUCIAL to the story. Their sole purpose... adding fun and humor to the story.

• Gives the audience a welcome break when times are gloomy or emotionally tense

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What is the 'Special World' in the hero's journey?

• A familiar place

• A place of danger and delight

• A place of rest

• A place of boredom

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In which stage does the hero prepare for the major challenge?

• Approach

• Supreme Ordeal

• Tests, Allies, Enemies

• Reward, Seizing of the Sword.

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Fill in the blank: In the 'Resurrection' stage, the hero faces the most dangerous meeting with ______.

• a friend

• a mentor

• death

• a creature

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Which stage of the Hero's Journey involves the protagonist facing their hardest challenge?

• The Call to Adventure

• The Ordeal

• Crossing the Threshold

• The Return with the Elixir

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

• the Ancient Greeks

• Shakespeare

• Cave paintings

• Folklore

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What is another term for The Hero's Journey?

• monomyth

• archetype

• extended metaphor

• allusion

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Monomyth is

• the concept that all heroes are boys

• the concept that all hero stories have a happy ending

• the concept that all hero stories follow the same pattern

• the concept that all heroes must follow orders from the gods

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