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Modern Day Myth

The Odyssey

Harry Potter

The Wizard of Oz

Star Wars

I. The Call to AdventureHero is called to

adventure by mistake or called by a herald who summons the hero.

This call comes at a time when the hero is ready for inner growth.

Agamemnon and Odysseus

Who calls Harry Potter to adventure?

Harry Potter Hagrid (on behalf of Dumbledore)

Who calls Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz to

adventure?

DorothyGet’s called by a tornado

II. The Refusal of the Call• The hero is not

always eager to assume the adventure offered. This kind of hero is called a reluctant hero.

Agamemnon calling Odysseus to war. Odysseus is a “reluctant” or “unwilling” hero.

III. The Refusal of the Call• The hero has the

opportunity to reject the call. If the hero refuses, his or her life may enter a state of paralysis until something happens to release him or her. (continued) Agamemnon calling

Odysseus to war. Odysseus is a “reluctant” or “unwilling” hero.

The Refusal of the Call• The hero may want

to answer the call to adventure and this kind of hero is called a willing hero.

Agamemnon calling Odysseus to war. Odysseus is a “reluctant” or “unwilling” hero.

Is Harry Potter a “willing” or “reluctant”

Hero?

Harry Potter is a Willing Hero

Is Dorothy a “willing” or “reluctant” Hero?

Dorothy is a reluctant hero

Supernatural Aid

• The hero encounters a helper as the journey begins: a guide and protector (often an old woman or old man)

Athena

Supernatural Aid

• The protector usually appears to one who has already accepted the call but not always. The helper is often a wizard, hermit, or shepherd.

Athena

Who is Harry Potter’s Supernatural Aid?

Dumbledore

Who is Dorothy’s Supernatural Aid?

Glinda the Good Witch

IV. The Crossing of the 1st Threshold

• The hero goes beyond the boundaries of everyday life accompanied by the guide and faces dangerous forces of the unknown.

Harry Potter encounters…

“Fluffy” in Harry Potter

Do you notice any similarities to characters

in Greek Mythology?

Dorothy encounters…

Wicked Witch

V. Belly of the Whale

• The hero is “swallowed” up by the unknown.

• (Gate to Hades)• There he awaits the

rebirth or release from this state.

Where isHarry Potter’s

Belly of the Whale

Hogwarts

Where isDorothy’s

Belly of the Whale

Yellow Brick Road

Wizard of Oz

VI. The Road of Trials

• The hero undergoes a series of trials often on a perilous journey.

• The guide or other helpers support him.

• Each trial prepares him for the ultimate goal.

The Road of Trials

• Each trial may bring new victories.

• Victories may be repeated but are not lasting.

Take a minute to listat least 8 trials that

Odysseus had to deal with to get back home.

1. Cyclops2. 3.4.

What trials did Harry Potter encounter?

For exampleHarry had to:

√Get the Sorcerer’s Stone√Fight “the one who shall not be named.”√Find the Horcruxes

What trials did Dorothy encounter?

Dorothy’s trial is to get the broom of the wicked witch

Trials for Dorothy include the flying monkeys

More trials for Dorothy

Dorothy and the Poppy Field

(Remind you of …Odysseus and the Lotus Eaters?)

Helpers

Helpers are not in your packet butare worth mentioning because allgreat heroes have helpers!

Odysseus

Could not make it home without help.

Scylla and Charybdis

“Additional Helpers” Athena his wise guide. Circe

Odyssey

Tiresias

Odysseus’ helpers are his men!

Harry Potter had helpers!

Battles with Snape

Besides --- Harry’sWise Guide Dumbledore

Harry Potter

Harry’s main supportersthrough his trials

are Ron and Hermoine

Dorothy had helpers!

Helpers for DorothyCowardly Lion, Strawman, Tinman

And, ofCourse, her WiseGuideGlinda

VII. The Magical Flight

• This is often the climax where the hero defeats the antagonist using his or her new knowledge.

(Continued)

The Magical Flight

• The hero returns to the world from which he came accompanied by his guardian.

Harry Potter

Dorothy

Glinda who tells Dorothy that she has had the power to go home theentire time.

VIII. The Crossing of the Return Threshold

• The hero leaves the realm of the unknown and returns from the dark to the light. The transition is not easy.

• He may hold the belief that those from his former world cannot comprehend what the hero has learned.

IX. Master of the Two Worlds

• The hero through the journey, has won the ability to pass back and forth from one world to the other.

X. Freedom to Live

• The hero can now live with the new freedom as a result of the journey, having matured and grown.

• Fear of death has no power over him.

Review your notes and complete the questions on pages 3 & 4

I. Call to Adventure

II. The Refusal of the Call

III. Supernatural Aid

IV. The crossing of the First Threshold

V. The Belly of the Whale

VI. Road of Trials


VIII. The crossing of the Return Threshold

IX. Master of Two Worlds

X. Freedom to Live

Student Handout

Hero’s Journey Odyssey Harry Potter Dorothy

A. Call to Yes or No Yes or No Yes or No Adventure

Yes Yes Yes

Agamennon Hagrid TwisterAthena (Dumbledore) Neighbor


B. Refusal of Yes or No Yes or No Yes or No

The Call

No Willing Unwilling he accepts accepts accepts

Reluctant Dumbledore GlindaObligated


C. Supernatural Yes or No Yes or No Yes or No

Aid

Yes Yes Yes

Athena Dumbledore Glinda


D. Crossing the Yes or No Yes or No Yes or No

1st Threshold

Yes Yes Yes

Cyclops Fluffy WickedOr WitchPoseidon


E. Belly of the

Whale

orUnknown JourneyRebirth

Hades Hogwarts Yellow Brick Road


F. Road of See List Adventures Yellow Brick

Trials at Hogwarts Road

Helpers continued on next slide


F. Road of

Trials (cont.)

Road of Trails

Often has Helpers Men Hermoine Lion

Ron Scarecrow

Tin man


G. Magical Flight Athena Dumbledore Glinda

Accompanied


H Crossing the Return Not Returns Returns

Threshold Easy Repeatedly Home &

Sees Value

of Home.


I. Master of 2 Makes a Yes No

Worlds Choice Passes

Easily

Between

the 2


J. Freedom Yes Yes Yes

To Live

The End

End of initial teaching phase Comparing Odyssey, HP, andWizard of Oz

Teacher needs to decide if theyare going to show Star Wars.before proceeding from here.

How does Star Warsexemplify

The Hero’s Journey?

NOTE TO TEACHER - We show The History Channel – They Legacy RevealedWhere George Lucas talks about the Hero’s Journey.However you can show the movie Star Wars and use the next sheet.

Student Handout

Student Handout

Student Handout - pdf

KEY Student Handout - pdf



Bonus examples – add them if you want them!

Other examples

I. Call to Adventure

The frog who visits the princess by the wooded well in The Frog King, or King Arthur's Great White Hart in Le Morte D'Arthur.

II. The Refusal of the Call

Briar Rose's refusal of the end of adolescence and

III. Supernatural Aid

Obi-Wan Kenobi in Star Wars, whose gift to Luke Skywalker is his father's lightsaber.

IV. The crossing of the First Threshold

V. The Belly of the Whale

Hercules dives into the sea-monster's throat to save Hesione (Campbell, pg. 91), or Little Red Riding Hood is swallowed by the wolf.

VI. Road of Trials

Psyche's trials as doled out by Venus as she tries to find Cupid.


In Raiders of the Lost Ark, Indiana Jones and Marion Ravenwood refuse to look upon the Ark as it is opened, knowing the knowledge imparted to them would also kill them. The entities that emerge from the Ark at first are beautiful and then transform into hags.

VIII. The crossing of the Return Threshold

In Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, Indy begins his journey by searching for the Holy Grail, but in the end he must leave it behind and realizes that the true Elixir is the renewed relationship with his father.

IX. Master of Two Worlds

Review your notes and complete the questions on page 3

X. Freedom to Live

In Sleeping Beauty, Briar Rose gives up her fears of adulthood and with the prince enters back into the ordinary world, where life continues as it had been before her ordeal.

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