• What Is The Hero Quest? What Is A Hero Archetype?

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4. Write an essay discussing heroes. What is the hero archetype? What is hero quest? How were heroes depicted in ancient times and how are they depicted now? Do we worship heroes and how does that affect us? How are heroes represented in film?
Stories of heroes have existed from the ancient history. Heroes have played important role in mythical stories and even today. Heroes are often represented as an example of how people want to be or how they want their coming generation looks like. Even today heroes are presented in many different forms and we still have some similarities. Regardless of what society people live in or what they believe in, heroes are found in almost every culture. They may not play same role but they exists.
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The hero is one of the innumerable mythic archetypes or models by which we individually or collectively, come to organize our understanding of the world, the nature and purpose of human life, and events that take place, such as a war between righteous and unrighteous forces. (pg 38). Heroes are more frequently presented as brave, smart, hardworking, honest, punctual, and many more good qualities. Birth of heroes occurs under wondrous circumstances; bowing trees; a shower of gold penetrating the ceiling of a room in which a young girl has been confined; the visit of a god in the guise of some other creature, animal or human; and mysterious prophecies. Usually hero has been sired by a supernatural being. (pg 40). They are presented in such a visible way that they always remain as an example of what people should try to attain during their life time. Not surprisingly, the hero destined for greatness must be recognized in early in life. Often occurs accomplishing a spectacular physical deed- such as young Arthur’s removal of the sword Excalibur from the stone that had held it until the rightful owner should come along. Heroes’ great deeds are always presented even …show more content…

They set the example of us. There are some similarities to the concept of hero in mythical stories and present worlds. Our expectation is set by myths. We look for progress in our lives and in those of others. We expect the obstacles; we say ‘no pain, no gain’. Heroes make sure the journey worth the effort and hard work always pays of. They also present the ideas that harder we work, more successful we will be. It helps us to be a more productive and more

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