Stages of the Journey
The stage that introduces the hero in an ordinary setting and explains their sense of not belonging.
What is The Ordinary World
Which archetype is driven to defeat enemies or save the day; examples include Odysseus and Aragorn?
What is The Warrior
In a story where the protagonist receives a mysterious letter asking them to seek a lost artifact, which Hero's Journey stage is this?
What is The Call to Adventure
Identify one piece of evidence you would use to claim a protagonist is an Orphan archetype.
What is feelings of not belonging, references to loss or abandonment, or active search for community/family?
What initial action by the elders signals the girls' separation from ordinary life and the start of their journey?
What is the elders isolate the girls for three years with limited meals
The stage in which an event or discovery forces the hero to begin their quest
What is The Call to Adventure?
Which archetype represents innocence and optimism, starting naive and learning about the world (examples: Scout, Dorothy)?
What is The Child
If a character returns home with a new ability that helps their community, which stage does this illustrate?
What is The Return
Explain briefly how “tests, allies & enemies” contribute to character growth in the hero’s arc.
What is they provide challenges that develop skills and resilience, introduce companions who reveal values, and create opposition that forces ethical or strategic choices.
Which specific trial primarily tests the girls' endurance of physical pain?
What is the elders cut their breasts and pierce their noses, then rub ashes into the wounds (pain trial).
At which stage does a mentor give the hero guidance or a talisman?
What is The Mentor & The Talisman
Which archetype is devoted to protecting others and may neglect their own needs (examples: Samwise Gamgee, Marlin)?
What is The Caregiver
A story shows the hero refusing the task at first but later accepting — which two stages does this sequence involve?
What is Refusal (implicit) followed by Accepting the Call (Accepting the Call)?
Produce a concise claim + evidence example: Argue that a mentor’s death functions as both a loss and a catalyst for the hero’s transformation (one-sentence claim + one-sentence supporting evidence drawn from the presentation ideas).
Claim: The mentor’s death removes external guidance, compelling the hero to internalize lessons and act independently.
Evidence: The presentation notes that during the supreme ordeal, the hero often loses a mentor or object, which prepares them to face the final test using their acquired skills.
Which test from the story demonstrates the girls mastering hunger?
What is the girls survive three years of two small meals a day, then resist eating more than their allotted piece of roasted kangaroo?
Which stage is described as the hero facing obstacles, making allies, and encountering enemies that prepare them for the supreme ordeal?
What is Tests, Allies, & Enemies
Which archetype seeks mastery or knowledge and attempts to shape the world, sometimes arrogantly (examples: Sherlock Holmes, Doctor Strange)?
What is The Magician
When the hero crosses into a strange land with new rules and creatures, what stage is being shown?
What is Crossing the Threshold
Compare and contrast the Rebel and the Ruler archetypes in terms of motives and weaknesses (two-sentence comparison).
The Rebel seeks to overturn injustice and change the system, motivated by reform and resistance, while the Ruler seeks to maintain order and control, motivated by stability and authority.
The Rebel may lack resources or status; the Ruler may become controlling or suspicious.
How does the story’s ending (the girls being taken into the heavens as the Seven Sisters) function in Campbell’s Return/apotheosis stages, and what cultural meaning does it add?
What is apotheosis and successful integration—after trials they achieve exalted status (becoming stars), symbolizing communal recognition and the girls' transformation into enduring cultural exemplars.
What is the name of the stage where the hero faces their greatest challenge, often losing something important but ultimately succeeding?
What is The Supreme Ordeal
Which archetype tempts others by offering desired things at a cost and can be manipulative (examples: The Sirens, Ursula)?
What is The Seductress?
A tale ends with the protagonist confronting and reconciling with the authority who once exiled them, showing a final internal change — which stage is this?
What is Growth or Atonement
What did Joseph Campbell notice about many mythologies?
What is Joseph Campbell synthesized global myths into the monomyth or Hero’s Journey, showing a common narrative pattern of departure, initiation, and return