What Is The Mentor Archetypes In Deadpool

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I watched the movie Deadpool and loved it. The incredibly stupid things Deadpool did in the movie were strangely hilarious. The way Ryan Reynolds voice and facial expressions were implemented in the movie just made every single scene of the movie enjoyable. The humorous jokes that Tim Miller made during the bar scene was amazing. The way the characters acted together made the movie franchise worthy; however, I noticed one thing in the movie that really got me thinking, has the mentor archetype changed from the past? The mentors in Deadpool seemed different in some areas, but the mentors were also the same in some other aspects, so this forced me to research this one specific question, how has the mentor archetype changed or not changed over …show more content…

To start we need to find an expert on mentor archetypes. From the article Archetypes in the Hero's Journey written by Melinda Goodin, who is an expert in the archetypal field, states “The mentor serves a number of purposes: a source of wisdom, gift giver, and conscience...Other Mentors can act to motivate the protagonist and help overcome fear” (Goodin, 2004) So from using this expert research we can see that a mentor is a teacher or wise person that helps out the main character in a story. The mentor gives the hero knowledge of sorts so the hero can complete their task. The information I found intrigued me so I kept doing a little bit more research and I came across another article called The Mentor Archetype, written by Nutschell, which states “They also invent items which the hero might need along their journey or they bestow the hero with a particular gift to aid them in their quest” (Nutschell, 2011). This quote from Nutshell further proves that a mentor archetype is a person that helps the hero of the story out by giving the hero some sort of item to complete their task at hand. Mentors by definition seem to be very important to the development of the plot in a story, so this thought led me to another question; how does a mentor actually impact the …show more content…

During the movie Eragon the mentor of the movie, Brom, gives Eragon many tricks and tips on how Eragon can better control his dragon. (Eragon, 2006). Based on that scene in the movie, we can see that mentors from 11 years ago will also give the hero of the story a gift to fulfill the hero’s quest. This is very similar to the mentor archetype from 67 years ago, as seen in the movie Cinderella. The fairy godmother gave Cinderella a physical gift and in Eragon, Brom gave Eragon a mental gift, but in both cases, the mentor’s gift helped the hero overcome obstacles in order to complete their journey. So far the mentor archetype has not changed over time, but certainly, something has changed in the mentor archetype from 11 years ago to the present

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