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    be you "smelling" the bacon. 3. Difference Threshold is the minimum change in sensation necessary for a person to detect it. So the absolute threshold is that it focuses on changes in sensations not the minimum sensation needed for detection. So for example a change in volume in certain frequencies would be crossing the absolute threshold‚ how much that change would need to be for someone to detect it would be dealing with the difference threshold. 4. Motivation can be defined as the driving

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    that are supposed to have‚ the SEPARATION stage‚ the STRUGGLE/INITIATION stage‚ and the RETURN/ REINGATION stage. In the separation stage‚ it has the five sub steps. The call to adventure. The refusal of the call‚ the supernatural aid‚ the threshold crossing‚ and the belly of the whale. Odysseus is called to go to the Trojan War. But‚ Helen (Odysseus’ wife) gave birth to their baby boy. And all the Greek rulers go to go to Troy. So Odysseus was called to adventure. For the refusal of the call‚ Odysseus

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    Hobbit. When comparing The Hobbit and 12 Strong in the heroic journey I found that 12 Strong was missing some parts were as The Hobbit was not missing any. This can be seen through atonement with the father‚ refusal of the return‚ and the crossing of the return threshold. A difference between the two are atonement with the father‚ This part is missing from 12 Strong‚ but it’s in The Hobbit

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    3. JOSEPH CAMPBELL’S THEORY: THE MONOMYTH Joseph Campbell was born in New York 26thof March 1904 and died in Honolulu 30th of October 1987. When he was a student in the University of Columbia‚ he read some of the legends of King Arthur and found similar kinds of themes and motifs that occurred as well in the stories ofNative Americans that he had read as a child. Later in his life‚ he got acquainted with the theories of two renowned psychologists‚ Sigmund Freud and Carl Jung and the literary

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    Hero's Journey Analysis

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    The Hero’s Journey The Hero’s Journey model helps to understand myths much better because it summarizes in a more detailed way the most important things that happen in the history and makes the understanding easier because we can have a general and previous view of the main factors that appear in the myths to be able to choose what happens and to create an outline faster. According to narrative scholars the Hero’s Journey is a forms of basic template for all great stories. Described at length

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    himself. When he runs through the wall‚ he closes his eyes. When he opens them again‚ he finds himself in a new world with the Hogwarts Express about to leave. The way Harry finds out how to get through the threshold is how he "outwits the guardian of the threshold who wants to prevent the crossing." Potter enters the "Belly of the Whale" when he serves detention to Professor McGonagall. Hagrid leads Harry‚ Ron‚ Hermione and Draco Malfoy into the Forbidden Forest‚ which is usually off-limits to students

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    Hero’s Journey‚ also known as Monomyth. Monomyth is the idea that all stories follow a basic pattern‚ written in twelve stages. The three stages that best demonstrate this idea in Theseus are: Crossing the Threshold; Tests‚ Allies‚ Enemies; The Resurrection. One stage is called Crossing the Threshold which means‚ “...the hero commits to leaving the Ordinary World and entering a new region or condition with unfamiliar rules and values.”(Campbell). In the story of Theseus‚ the ordinary place

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    Hero Archetype

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    Contemporary Hero’s Quest Presentation Chris Camburn HUM 105 02/23/15 Professor Jones Table of Contents • Introduction • Main Character • The Villain • Archetypes • Steps taken by the hero • Mythological origins • Mythological symbolism • Conflicts between personal desires and community responsibility • Conclusion Introduction *The portrayal of a hero archetype has been a part of society and can be traced back to ancient times and the earliest of myths. The hero is the integral archetype in

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    dwarves and Gandalf took over Bilbo’s house‚ then the morning after the “crossing the first threshold” is revealed when Bilbo leaves his house and town accompanying the dwarves into the new mysterious world. 2. The Hero – Bilbo Baggins‚ he is the main character‚ “The Hobbit”. Mentor – Gandalf‚ he is very wise‚ he guides and helps Bilbo. 3. Bilbo’s “ordinary world” is his house and town‚ and Bilbo crossing the threshold is when he enters the unknown world‚ which is when he accompanies the dwarves

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    www.Vidyarthiplus.com NOTES OF LESSON NOTES OF LESSON CE2303 Railways‚ Airport and Harbour Engineering Page 1 of 66 www.Vidyarthiplus.com www.Vidyarthiplus.com NOTES OF LESSON The Definition of Railway Rolling Stock It is always useful at the outset of consideration of a subject to pause for a moment and to ponder the definitions‚ attributes range and scope of the matter. Rolling stock used on railways in the earliest days evolved from carriages and wagons which ran on highways

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