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Mythology in Art & Literature Professor Will Adams · [email protected] · hum2310.blogspot.com
Osceola Campus – Building 2, Room 232 · Mondays & Wednesdays, 12:00 – 1:15 PM
Atlantis: The Lost Empire Film Response Name: • Score: /50
Please answer the following questions in at least one full sentence each. Attach additional sheets if needed.
1. Who is the hero or protagonist of the story? What is the hero’s name? 2. Describe the “ordinary” world the hero inhabits. Where is it? When is it? 3. What is the special circumstance of our hero’s birth? How is it special? 4. How is our hero called to adventure? Is the call coincidental or traumatic? 5. Who calls our hero to adventure? Describe the messenger(s). 6. What is the adventure or quest our hero is asked to undertake? 7. Does our hero accept or refuse the call to adventure initially?
8. Which character(s) fulfill(s) the role(s) of mentor(s) or supernatural helper(s)? 9. At what point does our hero cross the threshold into the unknown world? List & describe at least three tests or challenges our hero must overcome after crossing the threshold. 10. 11. 12. 13. Does our hero gain any new allies or friends? Describe them. 14. What new skills, abilities, or knowledge does our hero acquire to become a true hero?
15. What is the climax of the hero’s quest? Is the hero victorious? 16. What is the reward or “elixir” the hero receives for his victory? 17. Does the hero return home? 18. Based on the outcome of the hero’s journey, which of the hero archetypes does the hero fit? 19. Which character serves as the Platonic Ideal archetype? Explain the character’s traits that fit that archetype. 20. Which character fulfills the Devil Figure archetype? Describe the character’s traits that fit that archetype. 21. Which character serves as the Temptress/Black Goddess archetype? Explain why the character fulfills that archetype.
22. Which character fulfills the Damsel in Distress archetype? How does the character fulfill that role? 23. What setting within the film embodies the environmental archetype of darkness? What does that setting indicate about the events that occur there? How does the film engage the conflicting archetypes of nature vs. technology? Provide at least two examples. 24. 25.
