The Hero With A Thousand Faces Analysis
The Hero with a Thousand Faces is a non-fiction novel written by Joseph Campbell. The book explains Campbell’s 17 steps of a hero. Campbell believed that all heroes went through these steps through out there journey. Many books emphasize and prove his theory correct, but these were some pieces that came to mind were the epic of Gilgamesh, Beowulf, and Things Fall Apart.
In these pieces of literature we deal with two types of heroes. There is the tragic hero such as Okonkwo in the book Things Fall Apart, and then there is an epic hero like Beowulf, and Gilgamesh in their self named poems. A tragic hero is a literary character who makes an error of judgment, and or has a fatal flaw within them. These flaws combined with fate and external forces, …show more content…
In this step the hero may need help on the return just as the needed help to begin the quest. The hero is going to need powerful guides to help them return to their everyday life. In some cases the hero may not know that it is their time to return to their everyday life or someone else is in need of something they have found often referred to as the boon. A hero just needs the extra push to get them going, and then they are able to conquer the next which is crossing the return threshold. In this step the hero must remember all of the knowledge and wisdom they have gained during their journey. Then the hero must learn how to spread their knowledge and wisdom to the people around them. In some cases the hero does have difficulty with this step.
The next step is master of the two worlds. In this step the hero must find a balance between the real world and spiritual world. The hero has to become comfortable with both worlds in order to complete this step. The final step of the return stage and the theory is the freedom to live. In this step the hero has a fear of death, but that turns into the freedom to live. Sometimes the hero begins to just live in the moment, and not think about the future they would only think about the present and not anticipate or regret
In these pieces of literature we deal with two types of heroes. There is the tragic hero such as Okonkwo in the book Things Fall Apart, and then there is an epic hero like Beowulf, and Gilgamesh in their self named poems. A tragic hero is a literary character who makes an error of judgment, and or has a fatal flaw within them. These flaws combined with fate and external forces, …show more content…
In this step the hero may need help on the return just as the needed help to begin the quest. The hero is going to need powerful guides to help them return to their everyday life. In some cases the hero may not know that it is their time to return to their everyday life or someone else is in need of something they have found often referred to as the boon. A hero just needs the extra push to get them going, and then they are able to conquer the next which is crossing the return threshold. In this step the hero must remember all of the knowledge and wisdom they have gained during their journey. Then the hero must learn how to spread their knowledge and wisdom to the people around them. In some cases the hero does have difficulty with this step.
The next step is master of the two worlds. In this step the hero must find a balance between the real world and spiritual world. The hero has to become comfortable with both worlds in order to complete this step. The final step of the return stage and the theory is the freedom to live. In this step the hero has a fear of death, but that turns into the freedom to live. Sometimes the hero begins to just live in the moment, and not think about the future they would only think about the present and not anticipate or regret