Wednesday, 13 April 2016

The Hero's Journey / Monomyths

Research Activity
- Find three examples of films which use the Monomyth Structure
- Describe the call to adventure in each film
- List the Mentor Characters from these films
- Outline the Goddess Characters (or metaphors) in each film
- Describe the reward/ultimate boon in each film

The Hunger Games
Call to adventure: The call to adventure is after Prim is chosen during the Reaping as her sister, Katniss, volunteers to take her place.

Mentor Characters: The Mentor Character is Haymitch who helps Katniss and Peeta survive the Hunger Games.

Goddess Characters: The Goddess Character is Rue. She is Katniss' only ally and saves her life in one scene where she warns her about the wasp nest. She also gives Katniss a reason to fight to win, which is the fact that she reminds her of Prim.

Reward/Ultimate Boon: The reward of winning the Hunger Games was life and being able to return home to their families.

The Matrix
Call to adventure: New receives a message to follow the white rabbit

Mentor Characters: Morpheus is the Mentor Character as he helps Neo use the fact that the world is fake to his advantage

Goddess Characters: The Goddess Character is Oracle as she gives Neo knowledge and wisdom to help him with his quest.

Reward/Ultimate Boon: Neo destroys Agent Smith and is able to see The Matrix. He also realises that the world around him is fake.

The Lord of the Rings
Call to adventure: When Frodo inherited the ring, and it is therefore his quest to take the ring out of the Shire and protect the Shire

Mentor Characters: Gandalf is the Mentor Character

Goddess Characters: The Goddess Character is Galadriel as she helps Frodo by showing him what life would be like if the ring was not destroyed

Reward/Ultimate Boon: The reward is destroying the ring.

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