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    Telemachus‚ husband of Penelope‚ leader of men-- is now free after countless years of war to return to his homeland‚ Ithaca. Thus begins the longest journey of Odysseus’s life: a twenty year pursuit through many encounters with fantastic creatures‚ the cordial arms of the Phaaicians‚ and finally home to his yearning family in the Iron Age story of Homer’s The Odyssey. Advance to the modern day life of cars and highways. Lightning McQueen‚ a hotshot rookie race car driven to succeed‚Lightning McQueen‚ a hotshot

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    Hero Journey

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    Lane Ms. Thompson 1020 English March 25‚ 2013 The Hero’s Journey of Coach Ken Carter A formula that was made by a man named Joseph Campbell which he calls the hero’s journey this formula is at the heart of every story he feel it’s the structure‚ shape‚ and form of the story. He also claims that even though stories are different on the outside that they still use the three stages that I’m going to explain in my paper and how my hero I choose accomplished all three stages. The movie coach Carter

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    The Hero’s Journey is a pattern of narrative identified by Joseph Campbell‚ that describes the typical adventure of The Hero‚ the person who goes out and achieves great deeds on behalf of the group‚ tribe‚ or civilization (Hero’s Journey). Odysseus‚ the main character in the Odyssey by Homer‚ and his journey is a great example of a Hero’s Journey because of all the stages he went through. Being the King of Ithaca‚ he has great responsibilities‚ but because he had a newborn son‚ he couldn’t just leave

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    True Hero of the Odyssey

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    Cohort 002 English Literature February 17th‚ 2012 Who is the true hero essay? In the Homeric epic The Odyssey‚ Athena depicts the true hero. Throughout the epic Athena has always been tagging along among both Telemachus’ and Odysseus’ journeys. Aside from helping Odysseus and Telemachus she also helped Penelope as well. .On these journeys she has shown many heroic traits which does make her the true hero of The Odyssey. Athena embodies the character trait of loyalty. Athena is always seen

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    Homer’s Odyssey provides a clear illustration of Joseph Campbell’s hero cycle through the journeys and characterization of the protagonist Odysseus. The hero cycle is used in epics to describe the journey of the hero from bad to good. In The Odyssey‚ Odysseus is characterized as arrogant‚ and and his journey from hubris to humility. The hero cycle is a theme that epics follow. It starts off with a departure then goes to an initiation where they come to an end in their return. Odysseus’ test is to

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    Interpretations of Joseph Campbell and the Hero’s Journey ____________________________________________________________ The Hero’s Journey: 1. Heroes are introduced in the ORDINARY WORLD‚ where 2. they receive the CALL TO ADVENTURE. 3. They are RELUCTANT at first or REFUSE THE CALL‚ but 4. are encouraged by a MENTOR to 5. CROSS THE FIRST THRESHOLD and enter the Special World‚ where 6. they encounter TESTS‚ ALLIES‚ AND ENEMIES. 7. They APPROACH THE INMOST CAVE‚ crossing a second threshold 8. where

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    ‘We only need heroes in times of war or catastrophe’. Discuss with reference to a film or text of your choice. The film ‘Hero’ (2002)‚ directed by Yimou Zhang‚ is set during the ‘Warring States Period’ of Chinese Antiquity‚ prior to the unification of these states by the ‘first’ Chinese Emperor Qin Shi Huang ‚ the historic model for the film’s King of Qin . In a climate of terror and ruthless violence‚ minorities defend their right to exist as independent people‚ with separate linguistic and

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    Epic Hero In The Odyssey

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    How do you define a hero? Some may define a hero as someone with courage and bravery‚ someone who knows how to fight monsters and win historic battles‚ remain loyal to himself and or his or her men‚ or someone who has intelligence to overthrow an evil kingdom and make everything “right”. My definition of an epic hero is someone who can overcome passed mistakes and struggle to become a better person internally‚ while leading‚ staying loyal and sacrificing what needs to be sacrificed for the sake

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    Hero Essay (Odyssey)

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    Some say a hero is defined as somebody who does something dangerous to help somebody else. Others would disagree and state that a hero is a large‚ muscular being who flys around in flamboyant spandex costumes. What is a hero to you? Over time there have been many epic heroes. Theses heroes show traits of strength‚ courage‚ nobility‚ a thirst for glory‚ confidence in authority‚ and intellect. Both Odysseus from The Odyssey and Katnis from The Hunger games are alike in their heroic qualities‚ but

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    ooven Intro to Literature comp 4/6/11 The Odyssey A Great Hero? The epic poem The Odyssey is an epic written by the Greek writer Homer. It centers on the character Odysseus who is a great leader and a king of Ithaca whose actions portrayed a great deal of intelligence‚ bravery‚ and determination throughout his many encounters during his journey. Odysseus is a good leader but had some flaws. He could have been a better leader if he was more humble and was open to accepting help

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