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Essay On Hero's Journey

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A Hero’s Journey The hero’s journey can be found in ancient stories from thousands of years ago as well as present-day stories that may hit the big screen. The hero experiences a chain of events that gives he or she, typically a male, a title of “the hero”. The hero's journey begins with either an inner longing to go on a quest, or an exterior call that requires the hero’s help outside of the ordinary world. Heroes may, at first, refuse the call, or may respond to the call immediately. However, there is usually some resistance to the call because of the potential danger he or she could face from the unknown world. In most cases, a guide or a supernatural aid will direct the hero on the journey. In the hero's journey, one may encounter a threshold …show more content…

The goddess is typically a symbol to marriage as the temptress attempts to sway the hero from the continuing on his or her path. It is up to the hero whether or not he will continue to pursue the beginning goal despite his temptations. Finally, the hero receives the reward as he has overcome the threshold as a close to the journey. The reward may result into death of one, usually the villain, and a prize for the hero and community. Such is the case in various Biblical passages. About a thousand years, before Jesus, the Israelites maintained an uneasy truce with the Philistines who dominated the land. A troublemaker for the Philistines arises with an extraordinary, superhuman strength. His name is Samson. The story of Samson asks one important question about the main hero, is he merely a violent man driven by a thirst for adventure, or does he play a divinely inspiring role. According to the Old Testament, the story begins in the Village of Zorah, in the family of a poor shepherd named Manoah. His wife, who is unnamed in the story, has been childless for many years and yearns for a baby. One day an angel appears before the woman and proclaims that she is going to conceive a son who will liberate

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