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The HeroAll great stories have a Hero. Usually, the Hero starts out as a normal person, nothing special. This allows the audience to make a connection, being able to relate to or sympathize with him/her. As the story progresses, the Hero gains the power and wisdom to be able to overcome their conflicts and win the day!

Click the Rasengan to ReturnThe HeraldThe Herald is what thrusts the Hero into his/her journey. The Herald can be a person, an object, or an event that provides some kind of incentive or piece of information that encourages the Hero to take action. Positive or negative, the Herald is what truly sets the story in motion.

Click the Titan to ReturnThe MentorThe Mentor is a wise presence that guides and teaches the Hero along his/her journey. Oftentimes, the Mentor may also double as the storys Herald, though they can also easily be separate characters. Either way, the Mentor is an essential part of the Heros Journey!

Click the Goof to ReturnThe Threshold GuardiansThe Threshold Guardians are meant to prevent the Hero from completing his/her journey. Threshold Guardians are often called henchmen. Depending on the story, they could be easy to defeat but large in number, they could be few in number and extremely powerful, or anywhere in-between.

Have No Regrets to ReturnThe TricksterThe Tricksters role in the story is to provide comic relief, often byyou guessed ittricking or playing jokes on the Hero or any of the storys other characters! However, many times the Trickster may provide comedy relief by simply being quirky, reckless, or clumsy. They are also oftentimes the Heros sidekick, or become one at some time during his/her journey.

Pull a Prank to ReturnWhat is the Heros Journey?Also known as the Monomyth, the Heros Journey is a theory coined by a man named Joseph Campbell, which suggests that all great stories include the same seven basic character archetypes. In this lesson, we will familiarize ourselves with each archetype so that we will be able to identify them in the stories that we read in the future. Lets begin!

Click the picture to continue!The ShadowThe Shadow is the main, ultimate villain of the story, standing in the way of the Hero and his/her goal. Oftentimes, the Shadows defeat is the Heros goal or a large part of the goal. The strength and wisdom gained during the Heros Journey is all for the sake of defeating the Shadow, but despite this, a good story almost always makes the Shadow evenly matched withif not still slightly superior tothe Hero, for the sake of suspense and an exciting final showdown!

Attack One of the Shadows to ReturnTrial of WisdomHow many different character archetypes make up the Heros Journey?10857

The Shape-ShifterThe Shape-Shifter is a character that changes his/her role at some point during the story. The Shape-Shifters possibilities are nearly endless: a good guy could become a bad guy or vice versa, a Threshold Guardian could become a Mentor, etc. The Shape-Shifters change of heart could not only provide some of the storys greatest plot twists, but he/she could also change roles as much as he/she wants, potentially filling multiple roles one at a time, all at once, or teetering back and forth between two roles.

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