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A typical character, action, or situation that seems to represent universal patterns of human nature. Also known as a "universal symbol," it may be a character, a theme, a symbol, or even a setting.
Symbolism
Literary Archetype
Plot Development
Characterisation
What author is most associated with the concept of the Hero's Journey?
Luke Skywalker
George Lucas
Joseph Campbell
Katniss Everdeen
The hero leaves the known limits of his or her world to venture into an unknown and dangerous realm.
The Call To Adventure
The Beginning of the Adventure
The Ultimate Boon
The Road of Trials
The hero finally masters the problem and 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 Road Back
Return with the Ultimate Boon/Elixir
Most of a hero's journey takes place
in space
in the known world
underground
in the unknown world
The hero is called to adventure when . . .
He/she meets the mentor
He/she receives a weapon
He/she experiences an event, danger, or discovery that starts the path
He/she eats lunch
What is another name for the Hero's Journey?
Ordeal
Monomyth
Novella
Legacy
What is the last stage of the hero's journey called?
The Return
The Resolution
The End
The Finale
The Hero is rededicated to change and must recommit to completing the adventure, leaving the special world to be sure the treasure is brought home safely. (Often a chase scene on the Hero's journey home signals the urgency and danger of the mission.)
The Road Back
The Ordeal
Crossing the Threshold
Tests, Allies, and Enemies
It can be an actual location. The Hero prepares for the major challenge in the Special World. Next, the Hero must regroup and focus, preparing for the next challenge. Finally, the Hero prepares for a hard fight or to defeat their biggest fear or personal challenge. This stage escalates the tension in the story.
Tests, Allies, and Enemies
The Ordeal
Call to adventure
Meeting with the Mentor
The hero has overcome their greatest fear by facing and conquering the enemy/ordeal. The hero has now earned what they sought, but there is also the danger of losing it again.
Meeting with the Mentor
The Reward / The Boon / (Seising the Sword)
Return with the Elixir
Refusal of the Call
The person who advises the hero, prepares for the quest & develops special skills is called
a friend
a priest
a mentor
a trickster
Near the middle of the story, this is the biggest life-or-death crisis. The hero confronts death or faces his or her greatest fear.
The Ordeal
Crossing the Threshold
The Ordinary World
The Final Reward
The person who advises the hero, prepares for the quest & develops special skills is called
a friend
a priest
a mentor
a trickster
The hero faces tests/conflicts and sorts out allegiances in the Special World. The hero picks up friends and enemies along the way.
Tests, Allies, and Enemies
The Call to Adventure
The Road Back
Return with the Elixir / Ultimate Boon
The future hero is reluctant to accept the change. They hesitate, have second thoughts, or doubts.
The Magic Flight
The Ultimate Boon
Refusal of The Call
Refusal of the Return
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 hero summons the courage to take the next important step.
The Road Back
Approaching the Inmost Cave
The Ordeal
Crossing the Threshold
Most of a hero's journey takes place
in space
in the known world
underground
in the unknown world
They provide laughter, help the audience realise common bonds, and point out mistakes (folly) and hypocrisy (double standards). But, most importantly, they bring about change and transformation.
The Shadow
The Trickster
The Mentor
An Enemy
The hero is in this place when he/she feels set apart or out of place.
The Call to Adventure
The Abyss
The Ordinary World
The hero comes across a veteran traveller of the worlds or a wise man or woman who gives him or her training, equipment, weapons, or advice that will help on the journey.
The Shadow
The Shapeshifter
The Resurrection
Meeting with the Mentor
Characteristics of the monomythic hero include:
(can choose more than one answer)
personal loss or tragedy
special powers
unusual birth
travel to temples of the gods
The hero is reluctant or frightened to accept the call and begin the journey. However, the hero feels the fear of the unknown and tries to turn away from the adventure briefly. Alternatively, another character may express the uncertainty and danger ahead.
Refusal of the Call
The Road Back
The Ordinary World
Crossing the Threshold
The hero must retain the wisdom gained on the quest, integrate that wisdom into his or her previous life, and perhaps decide how to share the wisdom with the rest of the world.
Rescue From Without
Refusal of the Return
The Crossing or Return Threshold
The Magic Flight
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 Call to Adventure
The Ordeal
Return with the Elixir / Ultimate Boon
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
Who developed the theory of the journey of an archetypal hero?
Mrs. Parker
Grover
Joseph Campbell
William Shakespeare
The future hero is first given notice that his or her life is going to change.
The Call to Adventure
The Crossing/Return Threshold
Rescue From Without
The Road of Trials
What is another name for the hero's journey?
Ordeal
Monomyth
Resolution
Legacy
This is the hero's normal world, where life is status quo, problems/conflicts don't trouble the hero, and he/she lives among mortals/non-supernatural beings.
Refusal of the Call
The Resurrection
The Ordinary World
Meeting with the Mentor
The act of finding an answer or solution to a problem
departure
resolution
trials
ordeal
Guides and rescuers bring the hero back to everyday life. The hero does not realise they can return, or that it's time to return.
The Crossing or Return Threshold
Refusal of the Return
Rescue from Without
The Road of Trials
What are the two worlds of the Hero's Journey?
Microcosm & Macrocosm
Mars and Venus
Ordinary World and Special World
Inner and Outer World
The final battle. The Hero is tested a final time - applying all the wisdom thus far obtained. The climax in which the Hero has his final encounter with death. If the Hero fails, others will suffer, placing more weight on the Hero’s shoulders - again makes us relate to and feel sympathy for the Hero.
The Ordeal
The Resurrection/ Atonement
Refusal of the Call
Meeting with the Mentor
What type of hero does not willingly accept fate, is initially forced into a situation where they have no choice but to act on heroic instinct, and eventually takes on the role of hero?
The Reluctant Hero
The Everyman Hero
The Anti-Hero
The Tragic Hero
An event that is regularly repeated in the same order.
Ordinary
Mentor
Cycle
Assistance
Creatures such as vampires can change form. They represent a change in the hero's life. They are...
tricksters
shapeshifters
shadows
heralds
The future hero is first given notice that his or her life is going to change.
Call to Adventure
Beginning of Adventure
Experience with Unconditional Love
Refusal of the Call
Who was the first to define the Hero's Journey Archetype?
John Carpenter
Joseph Campbell
Justin Bieber
John Steinbeck
Hero experiences adventure and perhaps danger as they return to life as it was before the Call.
The Experience with Unconditional Love
The Ultimate Boon
Refusal of the Return
The Magic Flight
What type of hero starts as villainous, greedy, selfish, immoral, and dishonest but is essentially good at heart? Ultimately, they do the right thing because they know deep down that they want to do good.
The Tragic Hero
The Anti-Hero
The Everyman Hero
The Reluctant Hero
The future hero often refuses to accept the call to adventure. The refusal may stem from a sense of duty, an obligation, fear, or insecurity.
Call to Adventure
Refusal of the Return
Refusal of the Call
Beginning of the Adventure
The imaginary line between past life and the new world is called...
Crossing the Threshold
The Abyss
Lightsaber
The hero begins the adventure, leaving the known limits of his or her world to venture into an unknown and dangerous realm where the rules and limits are unknown.
Call to Adventure
Road of Trials
Beginning of the Adventure
Ultimate Boon
The hero is transformed by a series of tests, tasks, or challenges. The hero usually fails one or more of these, which often occur in threes.
The Beginning of the Adventure
The Experience with Unconditional Love
The Road of Trials
The Magic Flight
The hero experiences and is transformed by a series of tests, tasks, or challenges. The hero usually fails one or more of these tests, which often occur in threes.
Magic Flight or Fight
Ultimate Boon
Return Threshold
Road of Trials
The destination of the quest is achieved, though the hero still may have a fight or struggle in front of them.
Ultimate Boon
Road of Trials
Crossing or Return Threshold
Refusal of the Return
The hero does not want to go back; they prefer to stay in the different place. They do not take action right away.
The Magic Flight
Refusal of the Return
Rescue from Without
The Crossing or Return Threshold
The hero may refuse or struggle to return to achieve the final goal, either because the hero doubts themselves or the odds look too long.
Refusal of the Return
Refusal of the Call
Road of Trials
Crossing or Return Threshold
The hero's sidekick is also called
Allie
Helper
Mentor
All of the Above
At this final point in the adventure, the hero must retain the wisdom gained on the quest, integrate that wisdom into their previous life, and return home.
Crossing or Return Threshold
Ultimate Boon
Experience with Unconditional Love
Refusal of the Call
The hero experiences support from a friend, family member, or mentor.
The Beginning of the Adventure
The Magic Flight
The Experience with Unconditional Love
The Road of Trials
a situation that is extremely difficult or dangerous
reward
approach
hero
crisis
The goal of the quest is achieved. The Road of Trials makes the hero strong enough for this. They have attained the object or intangible item they originally sought.
Rescue from Without
The Magic Flight
The Beginning of the Adventure
The Ultimate Boon
The hero encounters this when traveling through the Abyss or Temptation
Always a crazy creature
Tests, Trials, and Tasks that make him/her stronger
A cave to hide
Weird 7th Graders
Which of these statements is best supported by the section Stage One: Departure?
The hero’s mentor is almost always helpful while the threshold guardian is usually a less trustworthy guide.
The hero often begins to see the mentor as a father figure.
The more spiritual mentors the hero receives the more likely the hero is to succeed.
The hero’s mentor is almost always helpful while the threshold guardian is an evil force that challenges the hero.
The tension of the journey is often relieved when encountering the biggest obstacle called
The Transformation or The Supreme Ordeal
The Cave
Call to Adventure
The Return Home
a test of the performance of someone or something
crisis
trial
resurrection
status quo
When the hero Returns Home, he/she must confront
his/her siblings
the scariest creature or villain on the journey
the person or thing that holds power over the hero's life
his/her mentor
Which of these statements is most strongly supported by the section Stage Two: Initiation?
The hero fully overcomes his/her weaknesses in the Road of Trials.
The hero’s weaknesses evident in The Road of Trials are directly confronted in the center point of the journey
Physical temptations in the hero’s world are often presented by a giant scorpion or a human like demon.
All heroes must confront and defeat their fathers in a violent, central battle.
A hero is not a hero unless he/she is
wearing a cape
holding a wand
shooting cobwebs from his/her wrists
transformed
returning from the dead
resurrection
trial
test
journey
True or False. Only fictional characters are heroes on a journey.
True
False
Which of these passages most strongly supports the correct answer to Question 5?
“Next, the hero encounters the Queen Goddess of the World, who represents the feminine and the entire Universe, good and bad alike.”
“This is the center point of our journey, when the hero must finally confront the person or thing that holds power over his or her life (remember the inner shortcomings that were left unchecked in Step 6?).”
“In Star Wars, this is when Luke confronts Darth Vader.”
“Every step before this one has led to this encounter, where the hero must accept all the terrible things in the universe, and in return is shown the bliss of the world.”
the usual situation; existing affairs
resolution
status quo
cycle
departure
Which of these statements is most strongly supported by Stage 3: Return?
The hero can only be at peace with the world once the knowledge he/she gained is shared with others.
The hero can only be at peace if his/her true love is found.
The hero fully prevails only when both internal struggles and outside enemies are conquered.
The hero fully prevails only if the antagonist faces communal justice.
a person who gives help or advice
mentor
antagonist
enemy
trial
What is the purpose of the Hero's Journey?
To identify one's true self.
To be a celebrity and be famous.
To return to the world before and not transform into anything special.
What's a Hero's Journey?
something painful or difficult to go through
reward
success
ordeal
mentor
The hero is shown in the world as it exists, considered by those in it to be ordinary and uneventful.
Refusal of the Call
The Resurrection
The Ordinary World
Meeting with the Mentor
The hero finally masters the problem. The hero returns home with a special gift or treasure that has the power to heal or transform the Ordinary World.
Crossing the Threshold
The Reward
The Road Back
Return with Gifts
A "point of no return" is crossed. The hero commits to the journey and enters into the Special World.
The Road Back
Approaching the Inmost Cave
The Ordeal
Crossing the Threshold
call to adventure
The hero wants to call an important person during the journey
The hero begins the journey
The hero worries about the journey
The hero asks for help in the journey
This is a gifted item that helps the hero on their journey. Often has (real or imagined) magical or supernatural powers.
The Reward
The AirPods
The Sword
The Magic Wand
In which stage does the hero encounter antagonists, side kicks, or challenges?
The Supreme Ordeal
Tests, Allies, and Enemies
The Ordeal
The Reward and Journey Home
What is the purpose of the "Meeting the Mentor" stage in The Hero's Journey?
To provide the hero with training, advice, or magical equipment
To introduce the hero's main enemy
To mark the hero's successful return home
To present the hero with a difficult moral choice
What is the last stage of the hero's journey called?
Return with Gifts
Resolution
The End
The Finale
In which stage does the hero finally face their greatest fear or enemy?
The Ordeal
The Reward
Crossing the Threshold
The Call to Adventure
Which stage of The Hero's Journey involves the hero initially refusing the call to adventure due to fears, insecurities, or other reasons?
The Call to Adventure
Refusal of the Call
Meeting with the Mentor
Crossing the Threshold
Which stage of the Hero's Journey involves the hero receiving help from a mentor or guide?
The Call to Adventure
Meeting with the Mentor
The Ordeal
The Return with the Elixir
What is the term for the hero's return to the ordinary world with new wisdom or power?
The Road Back
The Ultimate Boon
Crossing the Threshold
Return with the Elixir
In the Hero's Journey, what is the stage where the hero faces their greatest challenge or fear?
The Call to Adventure
The Ordeal
The Road of Trials
The Return with the Elixir
What is the stage called when the hero receives help from a supernatural force or a mentor?
The Call to Adventure
Meeting with the Mentor
The Ordeal
The Return
During which stage does the hero face a series of challenges that test their abilities and commitment?
The Ordinary World
The Road of Trials
The Ultimate Boon
The Return with the Elixir
What is the term for the hero's final attempt to return to the ordinary world with the treasure or knowledge gained?
The Call to Adventure
The Road Back
The Ordeal
The Resurrection
What is the stage called when the hero receives help from a supernatural aid or mentor?
Meeting with the Mentor
The Ordeal
The Call to Adventure
The Return
Which stage involves the hero facing their greatest fear or most difficult challenge?
The Ordinary World
The Ordeal
The Reward
The Road Back
What is the term for the hero's journey back to the ordinary world with the treasure or knowledge gained?
The Call to Adventure
The Return with the Elixir
The Road of Trials
The Resurrection
What is the stage called when the hero receives help from a supernatural force or a mentor?
The Call to Adventure
Supernatural Aid
The Ordeal
The Return
During which stage does the hero face a major challenge or obstacle that tests their resolve?
The Ordinary World
The Road of Trials
The Abyss
The Return with the Elixir
What is the term for the hero's final battle or confrontation with the ultimate enemy?
The Resurrection
The Call to Adventure
The Crossing of the Return Threshold
The Ultimate Boon
What is the stage called when the hero faces their greatest challenge and emerges transformed?
The Ordeal
The Call to Adventure
The Ordinary World
The Return with the Elixir
Which stage involves the hero receiving help from a wise figure or gaining insight to face the journey ahead?
Meeting with the Mentor
The Abyss
The Road Back
The Ultimate Boon
What is the term for the hero's initial reluctance to leave their familiar world and embark on the adventure?
The Call to Adventure
Refusal of the Call
The Magic Flight
The Reward
What is the role of the 'Threshold Guardian' in the Hero's Journey?
To assist the hero in their quest
To test the hero's resolve and commitment
To provide the hero with magical items
To be the hero's final adversary
Which stage involves the hero gaining a reward after facing a major challenge?
The Call to Adventure
The Reward (Seizing the Sword)
The Road Back
The Resurrection
In the Hero's Journey, what is the 'Atonement with the Father'?
A stage where the hero confronts the ultimate power in their life
A stage where the hero receives a call to adventure
A stage where the hero returns to the ordinary world
A stage where the hero meets their mentor
What is the stage called when the hero receives help from a supernatural force or person?
Meeting with the Mentor
Supernatural Aid
The Ordeal
The Road Back
Which stage involves the hero returning to the ordinary world with new wisdom or power?
Crossing the Threshold
Return with the Elixir
The Ordeal
Refusal of the Call
What is the term for the hero's initial reluctance to leave their familiar world?
Refusal of the Call
The Ordinary World
The Road of Trials
The Ultimate Boon
The Ordinary World
The supernatural aid.
The refusal of the call.
The crossing of the threshold.
Which of the following is an example of the "Ordeal" stage of Odysseus's Journey?
When Odysseus goes to the Underworld to visit the blind prophet Tiresias.
When Odysseus visits the island of Circe.
When Odysseus finds his home filled with suitors pursuing his wife.
When Athena visits Odysseus to guide him through the Trojan War.
Who is the goddess of wisdom and war that acts as a mentor to Odysseus throughout his journey?
Calypso.
Circe.
Athena.
Aphrodite.
The call to adventure.
The refusal of the call.
Mentor
The supernatural aid.
The supernatural aid.
The call to adventure.
Call to Adventure
The crossing of the threshold.
What is the name of the island where Odysseus is shipwrecked and meets King Alcinous?
The Island of the Sirens.
The Island of the Lotus-eaters.
The Island of the Phaeacians.
The Island of Calypso.
What is the name of the monster that Odysseus and his men must avoid, the deadly whirlpool?
Charybdis.
The Cyclops.
The Sirens.
Scylla.
An example of the growth/resurrection stage in The Odyssey is....
When Odysseus chooses 12 men to go with him to meet Polyphemus.
When Odysseus covers the ears of his men with beeswax when encountering the sirens.
When Odysseus returns home to Ithaca and plans how to get rid of the suitors.
When Odysseus only sends three of his men to inspect the Island of the Lotus Eaters.
What is Odysseus' ordinary world?
The town of Ismarus on the coast of Thrace
The city of Troy
The Island of Ithaca with his wife Penelope and son Telemachus
What is Odysseus' call to action?
Penelope wants Odysseus to leave.
King Melenaus wants Odysseus in his army.
Zeus wants Odysseus to fight.
How does Odysseus' exhibit refusal of the call?
Odysseus hides in a cave.
Odysseus pretends to be crazy.
Odysseus starts crying and does want to go.
When does Odysseus meet the mentor?
He tries to see and speak with Zeus
He is confronted by Poseidon, the god of the sea, and Cyclopes' father.
He visits the Land of the Dead to hear from the prophecy of Tiresias.
When does Odysseus cross the first threshold?
Odysseus is sent to find a village that never saw water
Odysseus is sent to fight in the Trojan war.
Odysseus never leaves, he stays at home in Ithaca
Who are Odysseus' allies?
Athena and Hermes
Cyclops and Scylla
Zeus and Posideon
How is Odysseus tested? (ordeal)
Odysseus has to complete a written test and earn 100%.
Odysseus must win the Trojan war.
Odysseus must survive the monsters like Cyclops and Scylla.
What reward does Odysseus receive?
His raft is wreaked by Poseidon
He loses all of his men after they eat the sun god's cattle
He is able to leave Calypso's island and builds a raft to go home
How is Odysseus resurrected?
Odysseus decides to stay alone and does not want to visit his family.
Athene tells Odysseus to be a beggar and creates a plan to get his ordinary life back.
Odysseus does not make it home and decides to stay with Princess Nausicaa.
When does Odysseus return with the elixir?
Odysseus' dog is happy to have him home.
Odysseus' wife, Penelope, does not believe he is her husband.
Odysseus defeats the suitors, reunited with his wife, and regains his throne.
King Odysseus is at home in Ithaca with his wife, Penelope, and newborn son, Telemachus.
Call to Adventure
Ordinary World
Test/Allies/Enemies
Approach
Road Back
Odysseus goes to Troy to fight in the Trojan War.
Call to Adventure
Ordinary World
Refusal
Approach
Road Back
He does not want to leave his family and sail to Troy because he knows it will be a long trip.
Call to Adventure
Ordinary World
Refusal
Approach
Road Back
Athena, the goddess of wisdom, crafts, and war, is his guide. She wants to help Odysseus, even though she has been instructed not to. She takes pity on him while other gods forsake the hero, continually saves him from death, and gives him guidance.
Cross the Threshold
Meeting the Mentor
Refusal
Approach
Road back
After the war, the gods became angry with the Greeks due to their prideful ways. A great storm emerged and threw them off course.
Cross the Threshold
Ordeal
Refusal
Approach
Road back
Facing Polyphemus and escaping
Reward
Ordeal
Test and Trials
Approach
Road back
Saving his men from Circe
Reward
Ordeal
Tests and Trials
Approach
Road Back
Escaping the Sirens
Reward
Ordeal
Tests and Trials
Approach
Road Back
He travels to the underworld, seeking information to guide him home. This quest brings him to the verge of death.
Reward
Ordeal
Tests and Trials
Approach
Road Back
Odysseus nearly makes it home the first time, but his crew opens a bag given to him by Aeolus, the god of the winds. When the bag is opened, it releases a wind that blows them far away from Ithaca.
Reward
Ordeal
Test and Trials
Approach
Road back
The King of Phaeacia gives Odysseus passage home.
Reward
Ordeal
Test and Trials
Approach
Road back
Unlike other heroes, Odysseus was not in search of treasure. Instead, he was desperately trying to reach his home. Once he returned, he found out that his house had been overrun with suitors attempting to steal his wife and palace.
Atonement
Return
Meeting the Mentor
Approach
Road back
Odysseus learns humility and devises a plan to get his wife back. Disguised as a beggar, he returns home. A final test is proposed to the suitors: Penelope will marry the man who can string Odysseus' bow and shoot an arrow through a line of small circles—a seemingly impossible task.
Atonement
Return
Meeting the Mentor
Approach
Road back
Odysseus regains his son, wife, and kingdom. He is grateful for what he has.
Atonement
Return
Meeting the Mentor
Approach
Road back
Xenia is the Greek concept for _____________.
Pride
Hospitality
Anger
Getting ready for battle
Hubris means:
Extreme Anger
Excessive Pride
Honor and Glory
The center of a delicious cut of meat
Odysseus's had a son whose name was _______________.
Eumeus
Telemachus
Telarchorious
Steve
Odysseus was best known for being ________________.
Powerful
Brave
Cunning
Argumentative
Which archetype would Odysseus be considered?
Shadow
Hero
Mentor
Brotha' from anotha' motha'
The theme of a story is _____________.
the big idea
a life lesson that can be applied to my life
the specific details about a character
the introduction
Textual evidence should be:
Reiterating a point from the text
A specific quotation taken from the text
Giving a short recap of the text
Put into your own words
Who is given credit for writing the odyssey?
Bart
Homer
Achaeus
Howard of Troy
What story came before Odyssey?
The Trojans go to war
The Iliad
The Lilac
Homor's Dispositions
Who is the person that trains and prepares a hero for his journey?
Ally
Mentor
Helper
Teacher
What is the first stage of the hero's journey?
The Normal World
The Resurrection
The Call to Adventure
The Ordinary World
The Greeks were also known as:
The Trojans
The Mongols
Achaeans
Ithicans
The third stage of the Hero's Journey is called the ________ of the Call.
Rejection
Denial
Refusal
Turndown
Kleos is:
intelligence
cunning
honor
a good meal
took goods by force; looted
plundered
dispatched
assuage
bereft
finished quickly
plundered
dispatched
assuage
bereft
calm; pacify
plundered
dispatched
assuage
bereft
deprived
plundered
dispatched
assuage
bereft
passion; enthusiasm
ardor
insidious
harried
guile
characterized by craftiness and betrayl
ardor
insidious
harried
guile
tormented; harassed
ardor
insidious
harried
guile
cunning and craftiness
ardor
insidious
harried
guile
Who was Homer?
The believed author of the Odyssey and the Illiad
A Greek god
One of the muses
A warrior who fought in the Trojan war and killed Hector
How long did the Trojan war last?
(a)
How did the Trojan war end?
When the Greeks gave the Trojans a horse as a "gift"
When the Greeks penetrated the wall of Troy by using cannons
When the godess Athena and the god Ares helped the Greeks win the war
When Helen went back home
Who planned the building of the Trojan Horse?
Odysseus
Achilles
Patroles
Agamemnon
How long has this story been around?
5,000 years
2,000 years
100 years
3,556 years
According to Joseph Campbell's 'Hero's Journey' template, a hero's journey begins with what?
STATUS QUO: What is the current state of the hero’s world before the Hero’s Journey?
CALL TO ADVENTURE: The hero receives a mysterious message, an invitation, a challenge, a call to adventure.
ASSISTANCE: Hero needs help, maybe from someone older, wiser.
NEW LIFE: The quest has changed the hero; they have outgrown their old life.
Lola was a perfect student. She was hard working, diligent and passionate about every subject.
The description above is an example of...
Direct Characterization
Indirect Characterization
Hal was failing nearly every class. Hal rarely completed his work, and even the completed assignments were often riddled with careless mistakes. All of Hal's teachers were fed up.
The description above is an example of...
Direct Characterization
Indirect Characterization
"Do you need anything else before I go?" Dee asked one more time. Dee had been at the animal shelter since 7 AM, where they volunteered almost every Saturday.
The description above is an example of...
Direct Characterization
Indirect Characterization
Love conquers hate.
Hard work pays off.
Family is important.
These are all examples of...
Theme
Archetype
Hubris
Epithet
Hero, trickster, and anti-hero are all examples of...
Theme
Archetype
Hubris
Epithet
Noble birth, long journeys, and battles as a warrior are all features of...
Direct Characterization
Epic Hero
In media res
Archetype
The Iliad and The Odyssey are both examples of...
Epic Hero
Epic Poem
Hubris
In media res
Arrogance, Pride and Vanity are all synonyms for...
Archetype
Hubris
Epithet
Theme
Wise Odysseus
Watchful Athena
Farseeing Zues
These are all examples of...
Archetype
Epic Hero
Hubris
Epithet
Means In the middle of things...
In media res
Hubris
Epithet
Archetype
moving out; leaving
departure
resolution
cycle
crisis
the act of finding an answer or solution to a problem
departure
resolution
trials
ordeal
an event that is regularly repeated in the same order
ordinary
mentor
cycle
assistance
a situation that is extremely difficult or dangerous
reward
approach
hero
crisis
a test of the performance of someone or something
crisis
trial
resurrection
status quo
returning from the dead
resurrection
trial
test
journey
the usual situation; existing affairs
resolution
status quo
cycle
departure
to come near
resolution
departure
approach
status quo
a person who gives help or advice
mentor
antagonist
enemy
trial
something painful or difficult to go through
reward
success
ordeal
mentor
The hero is shown in the world as it exists, considered by those in it to be ordinary and uneventful.
Refusal of the Call
The Resurrection
The Ordinary World
Meeting with the Mentor
The hero finally masters the problem. The hero returns home with a special gift or treasure that has the power to heal or transform the Ordinary World.
Crossing the Threshold
The Reward
The Road Back
Return with Gifts
A "point of no return" is crossed. The hero commits to the journey and enters into the Special World.
The Road Back
Approaching the Inmost Cave
The Ordeal
Crossing the Threshold
call to adventure
The hero wants to call an important person during the journey
The hero begins the journey
The hero worries about the journey
The hero asks for help in the journey
This is a gifted item that helps the hero on their journey. Often has (real or imagined) magical or supernatural powers.
The Reward
The AirPods
The Sword
The Magic Wand
In which stage does the hero encounter antagonists, side kicks, or challenges?
The Supreme Ordeal
Tests, Allies, and Enemies
The Ordeal
The Reward and Journey Home
What is the purpose of the "Meeting the Mentor" stage in The Hero's Journey?
To provide the hero with training, advice, or magical equipment
To introduce the hero's main enemy
To mark the hero's successful return home
To present the hero with a difficult moral choice
What is the last stage of the hero's journey called?
Return with Gifts
Resolution
The End
The Finale
In which stage does the hero finally face their greatest fear or enemy?
The Ordeal
The Reward
Crossing the Threshold
The Call to Adventure
Which stage of The Hero's Journey involves the hero initially refusing the call to adventure due to fears, insecurities, or other reasons?
The Call to Adventure
Refusal of the Call
Meeting with the Mentor
Crossing the Threshold
