In The Hobbit, Bilbo Baggins (aka the hobbit) gets separated from the rest of the group and ends up in caves where he is lost, scared, alone, and forced to answer riddles by Gollum.

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In Disney's Hercules, Hercules is cheered by the citizens AND given the chance to join the Olympians on Mount Olympus.

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In Star Wars, Luke is told by Yoda to leave his weapons behind before he goes off alone. Luke takes his lightsaber, sees a vision of Darth Vader, and attacks (instead of only using his abilities to defend himself). In the vision, he sees his own face under Darth Vader's mask.

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In The Matrix, Neo is given a choice to take a red pill or a blue pill. One will lead him back to his old life and he will never get another chance to learn about the matrix. The other will lead him on a dangerous path to discover what the matrix really is.

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In Star Wars, Darth Vader asks Luke to join him, tells him he doesn't know the power of the dark side, and offers to team up against the Emperor.

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In The Matrix, Neo and Trinity (a companion on the quest!) save Morpheus from Agent Smith and the other programs inside the matrix.

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In the Anglo-Saxon poem Beowulf, Beowulf is fighting a monster in the depths of a fiery lake. They wash ashore inside ancient ruins, where Beowulf finds a very heavy, old sword. The narrator says that Beowulf is the only human strong enough to wield the sword.

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In The Odyssey, Odysseus is given the gift of a bag of winds to quickly guide his ship back home - they travel at speeds much faster than a ship could normally sail.

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In Star Wars, Luke, Han Solo and Chewbacca wear storm trooper uniforms and helmets while on board the Death Star so they can rescue Princess Leia. *This is not a step but an additional aspect that frequently occurs.

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The professor who wrote books about the hero's journey and common elements found in quest narratives.

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In Highlander, Connor McLeod has to run on the beach while the guy training him, Ramirez, gets to ride a horse. Ramirez is training to become 'the one.'

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In The Matrix, Neo has to visit an old woman who will predict his future and tell him if he is 'the one' (notice a trend here?) This woman is called the _.

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Some famous examples of this character type are: Gandalf (to Bilbo in The Hobbit); Dumbledore (to Harry Potter); Obi-Wan and Yoda (to Luke in Star Wars); and Morpheus (to Neo in The Matrix).

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In Harry Potter, Harry receives a letter (actually A LOT of letters, but that's a different story) on his birthday. The letter is an invitation to attend Hogwarts.

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In Percy Jackson, Percy initially thinks Poseidon wants nothing to do with him, and is angry that he has never been around to help him understand who/what he is. Before he completes his first quest, he meets with Poseidon and gets advice from him.

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In Star Wars: Return of the Jedi, Luke Skywalker faces the Emperor and tells him "I am a Jedi, like my father before me." Earlier in the film, Yoda tells Luke he does not need any more training, he just has to face Darth Vader again, which Luke does.

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In The Lord of the Rings, the hobbits who went on the quest to destroy the ring return to their homeland of the Shire, which completes their quest. They no longer feel like they belong there, and they struggle to go back to their old lives since they have grown so much due to the quest.

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In The Odyssey, Athena helps Odysseus get rid of the suitors (and here 'get rid of' means slaughter them gruesomely) at his house who think he is dead and are trying to force Odyseus's wife, Penelope, to marry one of them. Hint: This is near the end, but not the very end, of the quest.

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In The Hobbit, Gandalf, Bilbo and the dwarves are helped early on by elves, who know magic.

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In the Harry Potter books, Harry Potter is known as the Boy Who Lived, and at the very end... (Spoiler Alert! Don't read the rest of this if you still plan to read the books or watch the movies!)...

Last chance to look away...

he lives.

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The guy who wrote books about the hero's journey listed universal character types that are symbols along the journey, such as the hero, the shadow, and the guardian (among others.) These universal concepts are _.

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List the 3 parts of the hero pattern in correct order with a space between each one. Like this:

Beginning Middle End

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In Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (SGGK in future questions), which animal might represent Gawain's deception toward the lord of the castle?

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In SGGK, which animal might represent Gawain's fear of losing his head at the green chapel?

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In SGGK, which symbol has several different possible meanings over the course of the poem?

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In SGGK, the old woman at the castle turns out to be _ (full name), who is often an antagonist in Arthurian legends.

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In SGGK and the Pardoner's Tale, the elements of the story can be read simply for plot, dialogue, etc., but they can also be interpreted as having a deeper or more symbolic meaning. What is the term for this type of story? Hint: neither 'Stupid' nor 'boring' are correct answers.

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