The Adventure to the Anderson Sisters House Hocus Pocus is a word that most powerful witches or people use when they see a magical thing happen whether it’s a good thing or a bad thing. The film Hocus Pocus is about a boy named Max who brings his sister, Dani, and the girl he likes named Allison on an adventure. The adventure started when he heard a story in class about a boy named Thackery Binx. Thackery was trying to save his sister, who was taken by the sister witches. When he went to the house to find her, the sister witches turned him into a black cat. After hearing the story, Max went to the sister witch house with the girls and jokingly lit the candle. This caused the sister witches to come back to the house. The rest of the movie shows …show more content…
In the film Hocus Pocus the directors use the Journey and the Adventurer archetypes to show that as humans we would sacrifice our lives for the one's we love because we can’t imagine …show more content…
In Hocus Pocus the director Kenny Ortega is good at making people emotionally scarred throughout the movie. In the movie Max says “Officer, officer we need your help. We broke into the Anderson sister’s house and we stole the spell book, and lit the black candle. Now the sister witches are back.” At the beginning of Hocus Pocus, the three characters are faced with their first challenge when they encounter a fake police officer. This posed a struggle because they didn’t have a trustworthy adult that believed them. The second challenge came when they took it upon themselves to enter the graveyard. Here, they were attacked by zombies, which took them by surprise. Their plan was to save Thackery which was interrupted by this encounter. The final challenge, occurred when they were faced with getting rid of the witches. This wasn’t an easy task as the witches put up a good fight but in the end, they were able to conquer the witches and bring Thackery
Every story uses archetypes, including the Odyssey. Since the movie Oh Brother! was based on the Odyssey, they both share and have differences in archetypes. They use the same archetypes in the form of the hero, the temptress, and the fall. These archetypes are used the same and differently in these stories as seen in these examples.
The human need to be relatable is unquenchable. We love to be able to see parts of ourselves in others, and to be able to feel like our idols are not untouchable. The Hero’s Journey format is one that can be found in almost any story, even in real life. Overall, it is the perfect recipe for keeping readers engrossed. Another place the journey has shown up is in Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand and Odyssey by Homer. These two stories—one a biography, the other, an epic poem—are so effective in their storytelling, it is easy to see how authors today continue to use the same method to make stories that grab the readers’ attention. What makes them most alike, however, is the emotions and thoughts they have the power to provoke.
Through the ages, archetypes have constantly shown up in all forms of literature. One specific classic, the quest, is most notably known from many literature novels. The character Lennie in the novel Of Mice and Men demonstrates the archetype of the quest by facing trying challenges, and the goal of a peaceful life.
To fully appreciate the significance of the plot one must fully understand the heroic journey. Joseph Campbell identified the stages of the heroic journey and explains how the movie adheres meticulously to these steps. For example, the first stage of the hero’s journey is the ordinary world (Campbell). At the beginning, the structure dictates that the author should portray the protagonist in their ordinary world, surrounded by ordinary things and doing ordinary tasks so that the author might introduce the reasons that the hero needs the journey in order to develop his or her character or improve his or her life (Vogler 35). The point of this portrayal is to show the audience what the protagonist’s life is currently like and to show what areas of his or her life are conflicted or incomplete. When the call to adventure occurs, the protagonist is swept away into another world, one that is full of adventure, danger, and opportunities to learn what needs to be learned. T...
are characters that can be defined by their traits as certain archetypes. All novels and films contain archetypes that allow their audience to understand and relate more to
The novel The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain has been called many things, over the years, by critics and scholars. Along with the plethora of criticism about its’ depiction of slavery and its’ use of the word “nigger”, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is considered by many to be the father of all American Literature. This high praise is puzzling, considering all its’ faults coupled with its’ unsatisfying ending. However upon a deeper examination of the text itself a parallel emerges among The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and the classic Greek epics. In both novels an epic journey is employed by the author to provide a moral education to the main character, as well as shaping the plot and adding meaning to the story as a whole. In The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn the physical journey is what makes the book a classic, it not only provides a moral schooling for Huck, and it is a safe sanctuary for Huck and Jim against the ills of 18th century America.
Love can make anybody do the unthinkable whether good or bad. It can make any man or woman realize their potential, successes and even failures. That is particularly true when looking at the novel Crossing the Heart of Africa: The Odyssey of Love and Adventure written by Julian Smith. In this novel, Smith tells the stories of two men, Ewart Grogan and Julian himself who embarked on a journey to cross Africa each with a mission they wanted to accomplish. Amazingly, these true stories of these two men have been intertwined and bring out a brilliant documentation of the happenings in their lives during the adventure. Interestingly, these two journeys took place a century apart and were each meant to accomplish a different reason but all in the
This idea is heavily facilitated in Act I Scene VIII when, due to the symbolic motif of the shoe horn, Sheila expresses the true horrifics that had occurred. “You were screaming. And he went and got quinine,” evokes a sympathetic mood but also a rather revolting emotion amongst the audience. The inevitable truth, initially hidden by the selling of the shoe horn provide an emphasis, discretely crafted and conjoined with the background sounds, by juxtaposing Sheila’s sacrifice to uncover the seriousness of the situation and the magnitude of the true sacrifice, done so to enhance emotions within the story. Despite the lack of support, an inner belief and hope of survival allows critical moments in the story to transcend thoughtful dedications of those captive in the midst of the war. Such portrayal can be witnessed during moments of sacrifice in order to keep their hopes alive. Act I Scene VI illustrates this notion via the symbolistic representation of sacrificed food. ‘And BRIDIE produces a small tobacco tin,’ “You gave me your dinner...It was food. Your food.” The production of the tin concatenates the nostalgia to its value of the sacrificed food where they shared their starvation, posing as a mean to stay hopeful, thus, further elucidating the character development and their ability to remain motivated towards their survival by sacrificing other significant aspects of their life. [INCLUDE A MISTO
The archetypal hero’s journey starts in their ordinary world, where they are usually sheltered and safe, but an event that disrupts the hero’s society will prompt him to leave his world and start the journey. Diana, an example of an archetypal hero, felt as if she was personally obligated to go and help end the war, and by doing so she
Oedipus, by Sophocles, was written around 441 B.C. Sophocles’ story is considered a Greek tragedy. Aeschylus is the person who coined the term, but “it was Sophocles who brought it to perfection” (Struck). Oedipus is one of the most famous classical dramas, and it is because of Aristotle the story reached that status. Aristotle stated his opinions in his book Poetics, which made it popular (Thorburne 384). In the story, Oedipus displays hubris when he defies the gods and runs away from his true fate which leads to his downfall.
While they were on the island they killed the momma sow, murdered Piggy , and stalked and tried to kill Ralph. The boys killed a momma sow who was feeding her babies & did not care because they thought it was a game. In the second paragraph, one of the boys who was now a savage threw a rock on Piggy while he was making a speech after Ralph & Jack had just fought. In the third paragraph, the boys tried to hunt & kill one more boy, Ralph, Ralph was the leader of the group until Jack took control & now Jack’s only goal is to kill Ralph. The boys lost their innocence & will never get it back because of what happened on the
One well-known example of “The Hero’s Journey” from popular culture is the Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone, by J.K. Rowling. In the novel, Harry Potter, the main character, is the chosen one and “The Hero’s Journey” applies to his life from the moment he is attacked by He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named as a baby. Joseph Campbell calls the initial phase of a hero’s development the “Call to Adventure.” The call is the in... ...
Self -Discovery is acquiring knowledge about your identity which stems from a mixture of the people you associate with and the environment you're surrounded by. One of the underlying themes in Gulliver's Travels is the journey of self-discovery. Gulliver starts out his expedition as an ambitious, practical, and optimistic character who appreciates mankind however, by the end of the voyage he develops an overt hatred towards humanity. Because of Gulliver's surroundings, his outlook on mankind is cynical which leads to a shift of self-distinctiveness, an identity crisis, and an overall jaded mental state.
Gulliver's Travels was written during an era of change known as the Reformation Period. The way this book is written suggests some of the political themes from that time period, including the well-known satire. These themes are displayed throughout Gulliver's Travels, and even sometimes reflect upon today's society.
Within these separate films it is clearly shown how social context can manipulate the requirements of triumph over adversity and how these eventual triumphs will often lead to a change in aspects of life. Both Cauron and Hancock show how differing social contexts can affect the outcome of a goal to triumph and demonstrate how the resulting triumph can lead to alterations of family or personality. The various aspects of both these films demonstrate an array of factors that are required to obtain the desired triumph that each protagonist strives for through the adversity they face. The adversity that these characters face is very common in the modern world and can come in any sort of shape or form. It doesn’t matter whether you are a football star or a space explorer, to triumph adversity is a common part of everyday life.