CHC Icons In The Film 'Rick O' Connor

making him mortal again and killing him, and then escaping together. The film does have a CHC story as it does have a protagonist a hero Rick O'Connor; I argue actually that it has two protagonist, O'Connor and Evelyn (The Mummy, 1999). In CHC there is usually, if not always, a protagonist, a moral message, a love interest, and a resolution (Bordwell, Staiger, etc, 1985). The film does have a love interest, Evelyn for O'Connor and vice versa, as well as a moral message - that the good guys win, while the bad guys are punished. This is shown as O'Connor defeats the mummy, gets the girl and ends up with the gold, and how the mummy ends up dead once again, as well as Benny who is one of O'Connor's binary opposition, gets punished for acting cowardly. There is a
The film does have CHC icons; starting with the hero of the film Rick O'Connor. Rick O'Connor is not completely morally good, yet he is the 'good guy'. O'Connor is manly, tough, rugged, tall, handsome, and badass. O'Connor isn't innocent as he has gone to jail, drinks, and fights, albeit for 'good reasons'. He appears to be low to middle class, is honest, respectful, brave and is a soldier. While at the start of the film he is motivated to help Evelyn because he felt he owed her for saving his life, by the end he is doing it because he has fallen in love with her. The film uses the good guy vs bad guy dichotomy, O'Conor against the mummy, Imhotep. The mummy is the evil villain who is foreign, and has an accent and speaks in a foreign language; although that is expected as the film takes place in a foreign country, Egypt, and is based on Egyptian mythology. Imhotep is dishonest, as he betrayed and had an affair with the pharaoh's mistress, and then attempted to kill him. He also kills people to get what he wants, and is