The Significance Of The Shadow In The Monomyth
The Shadow in the Monomyth
The monomyth, a hero’s journey, is a pattern that most stories follow. The most popular books are usually a monomyth. Joseph Campbell found out this pattern and wrote the book, The Hero with A Thousand Faces explaining the monomyth. According to his idea, there are twelve stages and three main parts to a monomyth: the departure, the initiation, and the return. It always starts with a hero in the ordinary world. Then he gets the call to adventure and sometimes he will refuse the call but in the end, the hero will go anyways. He would usually do it for the good of other people: “Instead of cleaning his own heart, the zealot tries to clear the world” (Campbell, 134). After, he meets his mentor and crosses the threshold …show more content…
In The Hobbit, Bilbo required a lot of courage to enter the belly of the whale (facing Smaug) because he is very dangerous and everyone is afraid of him. If he did not have courage, then he would have gotten killed. In addition, he needed to be good at talking and smart in order to not give away who he is and not be affected by dragonlore. When he was facing Gollum, he also had to be smart and quick-thinking since he had to answer riddles and come up with riddles on the spot or else he would get eaten. Another quality that is necessary for Bilbo to beat Gollum is bravery. He could not be nervous or scared of Gollum or else he would not be able to think properly and win the riddle competition. On the other hand, the main quality Luke needed to defeat Darth Vader is hope, but he also needed to be brave. Hope kept him believing that there was still good in his father, Darth Vader. He showed his strong hope for his father when he said to Darth Vader, “It is the name of your true self. You've only forgotten. I know there is good in you” in Return of the Jedi. Luke also had to be brave and not afraid to get killed in order to save his father. To not give in to the dark side of the force, Luke needed to be strong and control his emotions. He could not get angry and impatient or he would end up like his father. Both the heroes need courage to conquer evil but they also need other different traits like smartness and
The monomyth, a hero’s journey, is a pattern that most stories follow. The most popular books are usually a monomyth. Joseph Campbell found out this pattern and wrote the book, The Hero with A Thousand Faces explaining the monomyth. According to his idea, there are twelve stages and three main parts to a monomyth: the departure, the initiation, and the return. It always starts with a hero in the ordinary world. Then he gets the call to adventure and sometimes he will refuse the call but in the end, the hero will go anyways. He would usually do it for the good of other people: “Instead of cleaning his own heart, the zealot tries to clear the world” (Campbell, 134). After, he meets his mentor and crosses the threshold …show more content…
In The Hobbit, Bilbo required a lot of courage to enter the belly of the whale (facing Smaug) because he is very dangerous and everyone is afraid of him. If he did not have courage, then he would have gotten killed. In addition, he needed to be good at talking and smart in order to not give away who he is and not be affected by dragonlore. When he was facing Gollum, he also had to be smart and quick-thinking since he had to answer riddles and come up with riddles on the spot or else he would get eaten. Another quality that is necessary for Bilbo to beat Gollum is bravery. He could not be nervous or scared of Gollum or else he would not be able to think properly and win the riddle competition. On the other hand, the main quality Luke needed to defeat Darth Vader is hope, but he also needed to be brave. Hope kept him believing that there was still good in his father, Darth Vader. He showed his strong hope for his father when he said to Darth Vader, “It is the name of your true self. You've only forgotten. I know there is good in you” in Return of the Jedi. Luke also had to be brave and not afraid to get killed in order to save his father. To not give in to the dark side of the force, Luke needed to be strong and control his emotions. He could not get angry and impatient or he would end up like his father. Both the heroes need courage to conquer evil but they also need other different traits like smartness and