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All stories consists of some common structural elements. These elements are known as the twelve stages of a hero’s journey. The first stage is called the Ordinary World. The Ordinary World allows the reader to identify the hero’s background before the journey starts. The reader is able to relate to the hero through this stage. Every story has a central dramatic question that disrupts the Ordinary World. This lets the author contrast the Ordinary World with the Special World. Once the reader has identify

Since long ago, people carried an image of what it means to be a hero. Evident in some, great books, one might even say. As in The Epic of Gilgamesh, Antigone, and The Iliad, heroism is displayed and exalted, but what does being a hero mean? Overarchingly, in regards to these works, the heroes earn their titles as heroes by notably doing what is right when the time is right, with humane purpose, which together provide an everlasting message. However, Gilgamesh, Antigone, and Akhilleus, being different

Malinowski’s view of myth is that we need to understand the culture and social context behind the myth. He argues that a myth serves as an ultimate truth that attempts to explain why society or culture is the way it is. He also states that if this points made by the myth are challenged than the myth serves as a weapon or justification against those claims. Malinowski’s major approach was the study of the mythos of the people of the Trobriand Islands. Theses myths involved the telling of how their

The movie Cloud Atlas, is based on the book version by David Mitchell. What is interesting is that there are six stories within the movie from different eras, places in time, and with different protagonists and antagonists. Time dates back as far as 1849 in the South Pacific to as far as 2346 in Hawaii. Even though all six stories are very different; there is a piece of each story that connects it to the other stories. In all of the stories the protagonist goes against the nature of things, or go

What is a hero’s quest? A hero’s quest is a series of ways to explain how the hero becomes a hero throughout the movie. There are 3 different categories in a hero’s quest. There are also smaller categories within the bigger categories. The main categories are the separation, initiation, and return. The separation is when the hero is starting his adventure. Then the initiation is when the hero is getting to the middle of his journey and is getting to the BIG part of the journey. The return is when

Greek mythology was an ancient, polytheistic religion in Greece, meaning it was a belief based on many gods and goddesses. It is often referred to as unrealistic and nonfiction because these stories of their gods and goddesses are considered “myths”, which are traditional stories that are usually false. However, there are many gods and goddesses that share their own individual importance to their culture and Greece itself. These supernatural figures often play a significant role in the afterlife

“The Rocky Horror Picture Show is not so much a movie as more of a long-running social phenomenon” (Ebert). The interpretation of the film, The Rocky Horror Picture Show, which was produced in 1975, opens the curtains to the cross on top of a church after being introduced to the characters by the huge, bright red lips. Promptly after the introduction the camera moves in a sensational gesture towards a just married couple that is walking to the front of the church with their wedding guests, carrying

Fate is an abstract concept displayed in many myths and stories. The idea that a set fate will happen has been popularized into the media for years. From greek myths to modern day books, authors create prophecies that the characters cannot avoid. However, the idea that fate is unavoidable in Oedipus the King by Sophocles is false. Although Oedipus ends up succumbing to the prophecy, his downfall is not a product of the prophecy. Oedipus falls and rises independent to the augury. Oedipus’ downfall

Would you like to be famous? The novel When We Wuz Famous, by Greg Takoudes, is a realistic fiction book about friendships and adversity. Greg Takoudes was born on January 16, 1973 and has directed movies including Up With Me. It was that movie that inspired him to write his novel When We Wuz Famous. The main characters in the book are Francisco, Reignbow, and Vincent, and the story takes place in Spanish Harlem, New York in the modern era. Francisco is his schools basketball star, Reingbow is his

In Anglo Saxon Literature, to be a hero was to be a warrior. A hero encompasses all of these assets and more; generosity, bravery, intelligences. Warriors had to be willing to face any obstacle and sacrifice themselves to death, for the well being of their people. The hero usually had all those characteristics and was also kindhearted and genuine. "These Anglo-Saxon heroes usually were kings or thanes because they distinguished themselves above others by doing a good for the greater of everyone