Explain The Monomyth Structure Of The Hobbit

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The Hobbit is a best-selling book and is now in a major motion picture
What is a monomyth structure? Written by Joseph Campbell, the monomyth structure is a basic structure in a fantasy movie/novel that every story related to fantasy follows. There are 3 different types of stages and those stages have sub-stages.

Departure

The Departure is the beginning of the story where the hero begins his adventure and explores the world outside his. Bilbo was as free as bird yet did nothing about it, this part of the structure shows some sub stages.

The Call to Adventure: This is when the hero (Bilbo) begins the adventure. This part is when Gandalf arrives at Bilbo’s house and asks him to join an adventure that he had been wanting to go on. Gandalf …show more content…

This quote also links to the beginning of the book, the chapter 1 “The Unexpected Party”

Conclusion:

In conclusion “The Hobbit” does comply with the monomyth structure but it doesn’t have all the stages mentioned. In the hobbit (according to me) there are 9/17 stages. There were some missing because they didn’t have them in the book, for example, “The Meeting with the Goodness” was nowhere in the book. This book differs from the actual monomyth stage as they are some stages missing in the book that is mentioned in the 17 stages.

-Archetypes-

Helper as Ally: In “The Hobbit”, there are many types of Ally’s but the most important ones are Gandalf and The Dwarves. This is because they helped Bilbo on his journey and were there from the beginning. Another reason they were Ally’s is because they helped each other and saved each other from the traps that lurked ahead. There are many examples in the book of how they saved each other and helped each other along the journey.

Shape Shifter: The “Shape Shifter” is introduced when Bilbo and the Dwarves approach “Beorn” “Beorn” is a Shape Shifter and can turn into a bear and one who is not fond of the Goblins in

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