The Hero's Journey

Fafa explains Joseph Campbell's famous theory.
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rychansays...

Hilarious and well done.

But as for the Hero's Journey / monomyth... I don't know. It's like you took the 7 most popular tropes off of tvtropes.com. Yes, they're very common story elements. But you could keep coming up with 8th, or 9th, or 47th most common story tropes. Do these 7 really cluster together frequently? Are they common in literature and the classics?

poolcleanersays...

Yes, this is taught in most writing classes. And most professors challenge the class to find a myth outside of this scope. Go on then.

rychansaid:

Hilarious and well done.

But as for the Hero's Journey / monomyth... I don't know. It's like you took the 7 most popular tropes off of tvtropes.com. Yes, they're very common story elements. But you could keep coming up with 8th, or 9th, or 47th most common story tropes. Do these 7 really cluster together frequently? Are they common in literature and the classics?

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