The Hero's
Journey 🌄
Journey 🌄
Joseph Campbell’s pattern describing heroic storytelling across cultures. Starts with an "M"
The Monomyth
The main character who grows through trials.
The Hero 🗡️
The part of a story where characters, setting, and background are introduced.
The Exposition
The main character that the story focuses on.
Protagonist
A statement that seems like a contradiction but reveals a deeper truth.
Paradox
This stage is where the hero’s normal life is introduced in the Hero's Journey
The Ordinary World
The wise guide who gives advice or tools.
The Mentor 🧙🏼♂️
The part of a story where characters, setting, and background are introduced.
Rising Action 🎢
The main character that the story focuses on.
Antagonist
When the audience knows something the characters don’t.
Dramatic Irony
This stage is where the hero’s normal life is introduced in the Hero's Journey.
Meeting the Mentor
This archetype tests the hero’s commitment, often guarding passage.
Threshold Guardian
The turning point where the story’s main conflict reaches maximum intensity.
The Climax
A character or force that opposes the protagonist.
Dynamic Character
When the audience knows something the characters don’t.
Allegory
This step shows the hero leaving their familiar world and entering the unknown.
Crossing the threshold
A character whose loyalty or intentions are unclear.
The Shapeshifter
The turning point where the story’s main conflict reaches maximum intensity.
The Falling Action 🛬
A character who stays the same from beginning to end.
Static Character
Why do authors use allegory in film or books?
Symbolic storytelling
This step shows the hero leaving their familiar world and entering the unknown.
The Resurrection ✝️
The villain or dark force - sometimes representing the hero’s inner conflict.
The Shadow 👤
Events that happen after the climax and lead toward the end.
The Plot 🗺️
General term for the people, animals, or beings who drive the story forward.
characters
Literary device meaning placing two contrasting elements side by side.
Juxtaposition