THE HEROINES JOURNEY ARCHETYPE OF A VILLAIN WRAPPING UP THE HERO CYCLE Todays Plan Checkin on the Hero Cycle Project The Heroines Journey Archetype of a Villain Dissection Day ID: 534625
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Unit 2 ½: Additional Archetypes
THE HEROINE’S JOURNEY
ARCHETYPE OF A VILLAINSlide2
WRAPPING UP THE HERO CYCLE
Today’s Plan:
Check-in on the Hero Cycle Project
The Heroine’s Journey
Archetype
of a
Villain
Dissection Day:
Lion King
Film ClipIdea Book Revision Time (Draft Check)
Coming soon:Hero Cycle Tracking Project due Nov. 9/10.NO SCHOOL on November 11.Independent reading book (Latin American connection) needed in class on Nov. 12/13.
THE DAILY NEWS
www.thewebsterweb.com
WHAT’S UP IN THE WORLD OF WEBSTER
October 30-Nov 1, 2015Slide3
A slightly inappropriate video that explains other archetypes in literature:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yZxs_jGN7PgSlide4
Women in Literature
“Damsel in Distress”
–
reinforces stereotypes that a woman must be rescued and that marriage is the ultimate goal for every womanSlide5
Women in Literature
The
damsel in distress
must endure “hardship
,
humiliation, and degradation and remain very patient until she meets a man of higher standing who will eventually see her for her true virtues and beauty and rescue
her” (Lazar, as cited in Dutta).Dutta, Ritam. “The Making of a Woman: Gender Stereotypes in Cinderella and Aschenputtal.” Academia.edu. Online.Slide6
Women in Literature
Often women are portrayed as the
goddess
character, whose goal is to nurture and aid the hero on his quest. Many goddess characters take on the traits of one of these six mythological goddesses:
Athena
ArtemisAphroditeHeraPersephoneDemeterSlide7
But some HEROINES are on their own quest!
Maureen Murdoch, author of
The Heroine’s Journey
, writes:
“The heroine must become a spiritual warrior. This demands that she learn the delicate art of balance…she first hungers to lose her feminine self and to merge with the masculine, and once she has done this, she begins to realize that this is neither the answer nor the end. She must not discard nor give up what she has learned throughout the her heroic quest, but learn to view her hard-earned skills and successes not so much as the
goal but as one part of the entire journey. She will then begin to use these skills to work toward the larger quest of bringing people together, rather than for her own individual gain” (11).Slide8
The Heroine's Journey
(
adapted from Maureen Murdock)
1.
SEPARATION
FROM THE FEMININE2. IDENTIFICATION WITH THE MASCULINE & GATHERING OF ALLIES
3. ROAD OF TRIALS, MEETING OGRES &
DRAGONS4. FINDING THE BOON OF SUCCESS
5. AWAKENING TO FEELINGS OF SPIRITUAL ARIDITY: DEATH6. INITIATION & DESCENT TO THE GODDESS7. URGENT YEARNING TO RECONNECT WITH THE FEMININE 8. HEALING THE MOTHER/DAUGHTER SPLIT9. HEALING THE WOUNDED MASCULINE10. INTEGRATION OF MASCULINE & FEMININE Slide9
Characteristics of the Heroine’s Journey:
Stays in community rather than venturing into the unknown
Often motherless (mother is not in the picture or the mother figure has abandoned/rejected the daughter)
Journey is more internal than external, but the heroine’s quest often relates to the community or society as a whole (fixing something in society that is broken)
Rather than an “atonement with the father” step, the heroine experiences a “descent to the goddess” (an allusion to Persephone’s trip to the underworld with motifs of death/resurrection, depression/grief, rebirth)
Multiple fates may befall the heroineSlide10
Coming soon: Whale Rider
AnalysisSlide11
Archetype of a Villain:
Powerful:
vast resources, magical powers,
commander of armies, charm, etc. Intelligent:
villains make worthy opponents… they are often a step ahead of the hero (ambition/pride/hubris)Wounded: physically and/or psychologically scarred; dark/”the other”Slide12
Archetype of a Villain:
Immoral:
being willing to break the moral code is what makes someone a villain; willing to do anything to accomplish their own personal goals (often fueled by greed, desire for power, revenge, etc.)
Broken:
villains were on their own journeys, but something went wrong; no human is born evil Slide13
Dissecting a VillainSlide14
Dissecting a Villain
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XkU23m6yX04Slide15Slide16Slide17