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1 What Makes a Hero? The Hero’s Journey

2 Essential Questions What trials unite not only Harry Potter or Frodo Baggins but many of literature's most interesting heroes? And what do ordinary people have in common with these literary heroes? What is a monomyth? How has the hero’s journey shaped our expectations of the hero/heroine?

3 What is the Hero’s Journey?
Began with the belief that all heroic characters are variances of the same hero. Term was invented by Joseph Campbell A cycle Ordinary World/ Special World A Quest

4 Common Archetypes Found in the Hero’s Journey

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