Powerpoint Hero With Thousand Faces Done
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A hero can return to their original home after going on a journey, often bringing back a princess. However, a hero may also choose to stay in a new place. When returning, a hero sometimes receives magical assistance or needs to be rescued from the supernatural world. Crossing back over the threshold from the supernatural world to the normal world marks the hero's return.
Powerpoint Hero With Thousand Faces Done
- 1. Refusal of Return A hero can come back to his/her original home after they go on a journey The hero also usually bring back his princess if he comes back to his original home A hero can also decide to stay in a new and different place Ex. Myth of Persephone
- 2. Modern Examples Shrek: Shrek goes back to his original home after he marries Fiona and he bring his “princess” back to his “kingdom” Harry Potter: he doesn’t want to come back to life, but decides to in the end to fulfill his destiny
- 3. The Magic Flight When a hero returns and there is a magical aspect to their return, and its often that heir helped out by God Ex. Aladdin Ex. Wizard of Oz
- 4. Sometimes a Hero may not be able to return from the supernatural world by his own power – he may need assistance from someone or something in the regular world. Rescue From Without
- 5. In the story of Inanna the hero, Inanna, was the supreme goddess of Sumerian cuneiform temple – tablets. She went down from the heavens into hell. Before she left heaven, Inanna told her messenger, Ninshubur, to rescue her if she did not return from hell. While in hell, she turned into a corpse and was trapped. Her messenger got the god Enki to send creatures into hell to rescue Inanna. The Story of Inanna
- 6. The Crossing of the Threshold can be described as the hero leaving the supernatural world and returning to the common world. Crossing of the Return Threshold
- 7. Rip van Winkle fell into a long, deep sleep. Sleep is sometimes considered a way of getting in touch with the supernatural world. When Rip van Winkle woke up, he crossed the threshold into the common world Rip van Winkle's Awakening
- 8. In the story of Oisin, he lived with a supernatural creature. Oisin marries a supernatural creature and they went off to live in the Land of Youth. Oisin wanted to visit his dad in the common world. The supernatural creature granted him permission, however, if he touched the ground in the common world he would become old and lose his ability to return to the supernatural world. Oisin accidentally touched the ground on his common world visit and ended his supernatural journey. Oisin's Unexpected Return
- 9. Master of two worlds is the ability of someone to pass back and forth between two world divisions. Master of Two Worlds
- 10. In the movie “American Gangster,” Denzel Washington plays someone who lives in two different worlds. In one world, he lives in a world with drugs, guns, and sex. He also lives in a world with his mother. He takes care of her and buys his family a house. The main character lives in two different worlds. For the most part the characters in each world are unaware of the other’s existence. American Gangster
- 11. Freedom to Live The battlefield is symbolic of the field of life where every creature lives on the death of another Also refers to the idea of “happily ever after” Ex. Sleeping Beauty Ex. Snow White