Monomyth In A Hero's Journey

Joseph Campbell’s monomyth is the parts of a mythological adventure that make up the hero’s journey. The hero’s journey is organized into 3 sections Departure, Initiation, and the Return. There are 17 stages inside the 3 sections that make up the hero’s journey. This expository essay will discuss the concept of monomyth and how it applies to two well known films First the sequences of Departure consist of the call to adventure, refusal, supernatural aid, crossing the first threshold, and the belly of the whale. The call to adventure is the hero being called by a messenger or by an event. In the 1977 Star Wars the call occurs when Luke Skywalker finds a hidden message of princess Leia within R2D2, and Obi Wan asks Luke to aid him. The classic Cinderella shows the call when the king wants to throw a ball for his son to find a woman, then Cinderella’s family receives an invitation to the ball. Cinderella’s stepmother told Cinderella she could go to the event if she finishes all of her chores and finds an
The supernatural aid is the hero’s helper and aids them through their journey. Crossing the first threshold is the event when the hero crosses from their everyday world into an adventure world. Luke Skywalker’s supernatural aid is Obi Wan Kenobi, and crossing the first threshold happens when Luke leaves his home planet of Tatooine aboarding the Million Falcon. Cinderella’s Fairy Godmother is the supernatural aid, in the film Cinderella, and the crossing of threshold occurs when the the fairy godmother helps Cinderella going to the ball. Cinderella goes from being a servant in her home to a mysterious girl in a beautiful dress entering a palace As it has been explained through this essay monomyth the sequences of a Hero’s Journey. This expository essay has explained the different concepts of monomyth, and how it is applied to both Star Wars, and