In addition, the final section of the Hero’s Journey is “the hero comes back from this mysterious adventure with the power to bestow boons on his fellow men”. The only boons Atalanta can bestow on her fellow men is the fact that she overcame obstacles, achieved victory, and earned some respect from her peers, the people she went against. It might be said that the myth of Atalanta does technically follow the sections of Campbell’s theory about myths, due to the fact that the in the Atalanta myth it follows the first stage of the Hero’s Journey. In Document A, it states that the hero goes “into a region of supernatural wonder,” In Atalanta in the she bear however, the last part of the myth of Atalanta is what makes that saying very true. The myth of Atalanta and the footrace serves as another example of Atalanta’s heroic journey that does follow Campbell’s theory of the Hero’s Journey. And the reason I say this is because in the first section, the hero ventures forth, and Atalanta is challenged to a footrace by suitors who want to marry
In addition, the final section of the Hero’s Journey is “the hero comes back from this mysterious adventure with the power to bestow boons on his fellow men”. The only boons Atalanta can bestow on her fellow men is the fact that she overcame obstacles, achieved victory, and earned some respect from her peers, the people she went against. It might be said that the myth of Atalanta does technically follow the sections of Campbell’s theory about myths, due to the fact that the in the Atalanta myth it follows the first stage of the Hero’s Journey. In Document A, it states that the hero goes “into a region of supernatural wonder,” In Atalanta in the she bear however, the last part of the myth of Atalanta is what makes that saying very true. The myth of Atalanta and the footrace serves as another example of Atalanta’s heroic journey that does follow Campbell’s theory of the Hero’s Journey. And the reason I say this is because in the first section, the hero ventures forth, and Atalanta is challenged to a footrace by suitors who want to marry