Terms and Background
The literature passed down through the ages by word of mouth.
What is Oral Tradition?
This vocabulary word means "interest in others' well-being that is unselfishly motivated.
What is "altruism"?
This archetype is the dark reflection of the hero.
What is the Shadow?
In this Indian epic, Rama fights Ravana in a classic battle of good versus evil.
What is The Ramayana?
A long comparison over many lines.
What is epic simile?
Also found in the Hero's Journey, this vocabulary word means "substance that is believed to prolong or give life."
What is "elixir"?
This is the step just before the hero faces the Supreme Ordeal.
What is Approach to the Inmost Cave?
According to Elie Wiesel, this is he definition of a tzaddik.
What is "righteous man"?
What is in media res?
The definition of benediction.
What is "good will or blessing"?
The Mentor often gives the hero this object to help her on her quest.
What is Talisman?
This is the major difference between the washwoman and the narrators family in "The Washwoman."
What is she is Gentile and they are Jewish? OR
she is poor and they are not?
This blind poet is credited with being the author of the Odyssey and the Iliad.
Who is Homer?
What is "fairness or justice"?
This archetypal sensuous beauty who tries to bring the hero down with sexual attraction is exemplified by the Sirens.
This is how Perseus kills Polydectes.
What is turn him to stone with the Gorgon's head?
These are two characteristics of an epic.
What are: long narrative poem, combines myth and legend, larger than life hero, dangerous journey, hero helped or hindered by gods; detailed portrait of a culture, battle of good versus evil; lofty language
This vocabulary word means conceal under a false appearance.
What is dissemble?
This man wrote The Hero with a Thousand Faces, from which we get the ideas of the Monomyth and the Hero's Journey.
This is a theory that suggest individuals can enhance their reproductive success both by having offspring and caring for relatives.
What is "inclusive fitness"?