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Role Models. We want to strive to be like someone who is better than we are.
We want someone to pave the way for all of us –someone to “break the mold”
We want someone to make the world safe at an unsafe or uncertain time.
A theorist who closely studied comparative mythology and comparative religion.
Focused largely on the role of the hero in his studies, and discovered a pattern (an archetype) that spanned time and culture…
Wrote The Hero With a Thousand Faces, a book that explores the presence of the hero myth across time and cultures
The Self-doubting Hero (e.g. Harry Potter, Frodo)
The Lost Soul (e.g. Wolverine, Beast in Beauty and …)
The Chief (e.g. Captain Kirk)
The Bad Boy (e.g. Ironman, Han Solo)
The Charmer (e.g. Ferris Bueller, Jack in Titanic)
The Professor (e.g. Obi Wan Kenobe, Spock)
The Swashbuckler (e.g. Jack Sparrow)
The Warrior (Braveheart, Gladiator)
The Known
The Unknown or Shadow Realm
STAGE ONE: SEPARATION
STAGE TWO: INITIATION
STAGE THREE: RETURN
Call to Adventure
Threshold Guardians
Crossing the Threshold
Supernatural Aid
Atonement with the Father
Transformation/ Revelation
Ultimate Boon
The Return
Reward(Freedom to Live)
The Hero’s Journey
archetype can be
applied to many
Disney films
Let’s take a closer
look using the 2016
film, Moana
STAGE 1: SEPARATIONA. Call to AdventureB. Supernatural Aid
(Helpers): A guide or magical helper appears to assist with the journey. (throughout the journey)
C. Crossing the Threshold: The move from the known and comfortable world into the unknown world (The Shadow Realm).
STAGE 2: INITIATIONA. The Road of Trials
(Tests): Series of tasks that the hero must undergo to begin the transformation.
STAGE 2: INITIATION (Continued)
Atonement with the father (Supreme test): Center point
of the journey; this is when the hero must confront whatever
holds ultimate authority in his life. To understand himself, the
hero must reckon with this ultimate authority figure. This will
typically result in some transformation and revelation that
the hero must understand in order to achieve his goal.
STAGE 2: INITIATION (Continued)
C. Ultimate Boon: The achievement of the physical goal of the journey.
STAGE 3: THE RETURNA. The Crossing of the
Return Threshold
B. The Master of the Two Worlds/The Freedom to Live (Reward): The hero is now comfortable and confident in both the known world and the shadow realm and is free to live in the moment.