Hero's Journey
This stage is where the person actually heads into the field of adventure, leaving his/her old world behind and venturing into the unknown.
What is Crossing the First Threshold?
These characters fought and killed Huwawa.
Who are Gilgamesh and Enkidu?
In this stage, Gilgamesh gets the idea to kill Huwawa - for glory!
What is the Call to Adventure?
This is a group of lines in a poem.
What is a stanza?
The car was as fast as a jet soaring through the sky.
What is a simile?
In this stage, the hero is transformed by a series of tests that challenge them. They may fail one or more of these.
What is the Road of Trials?
This man is the ferryman.
Who is Urshanabi?
In this stage, Gilgamesh is panicked at the thought of death after Enkidu dies
What is the Belly of the Whale?
This is the pattern of rhyme in a poem.
What is rhyme scheme?
My life is an open book; I have no secrets.
What is a metaphor?
This is the achievement of the goal of the quest. It is what the person went on the journey to get. All of the previous steps prepare the person for this step.
What is the Ultimate Boon?
This is what everyone kept telling Gilgamesh on his journey
What is "give up your quest, immortality isn't possible, enjoy your life while you're alive"?
In this stage, Shamash the Sun God used the north wind to tie up Huwawa.
What is the Supernatural Aid?
This is specific word order, or the way language is arranged to create well formed sentences.
What is syntax?
There were a million people in line in front of me to see the new Avengers movie.
What is Hyperbole?
In this stage, the hero takes the wisdom gained on his quest, and connects it to human life. He/she may share their wisdom with the rest of the world or others.
What is Crossing the Return Threshold?
This is how Utnapishtim became immortal.
What is by saving humans from the flood and staying awake for 7 days & 7 nights?
In this stage, Utnapishtim tells Gilgamesh to give up his quest, and purposely challenges him to stay awake for 7 days & 7 nights.
What is Atonement with the Father?
This is an authors word choice. The specific language they use.
What is diction?
The steak sizzled as it cooked on the grill.
What is Onomatopoeia?
In this stage, the hero lives in the moment, and gains freedom from the fear of death.
What is Freedom to Live?
This is the subgenre that the story of Gilgamesh falls into. A long story, typically with a hero going on a grant quest.
What is an Epic?
In this stage, the snake eats Old-Man-Young, and Gilgamesh feels like his journey was all for nothing.
What is Apotheosis?
This is the feeling a reader gets from a text or poem when reading.
What is mood?
She felt like she had a golden ticket.
What is Allusion?