The Hero Cycle in Ella Enchanted

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The Hero Cycle is what most stories follow, stories such as Ella Enchanted. Ella Enchanted is just another film that follows the Hero Cycle. It has an unusual origin, an ultimate test, and a great reward at the end. In the movie Ella Enchanted, Ella has fulfilled all of the Hero Cycle points, such as she is born with a strange gift, her ultimate test is finding a way out of her gift as she feels as it is a curse, and the reward is a grand married into the royal family. In Ella Enchanted, Ella has a strange origin, typical in stories that follow the Hero Cycle; Ella is born and gifted the gift of obedience by her god mother Lucinda. Ella's mother wanted Lucinda to take back the gift, but Lucinda refused. Now Ella grows up with doing whatever's she is told, no matter who says it. This origin is a bit more magical than most stories that follow the Hero Cycle is still part of the Hero Cycle. Like a lot of stories that follow the Hero Quest Cycle there is a journey before the ultimate test. In Ella Enchanted the journey commences as Ella starts to notice that her two step-sisters becom...

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