Tuesday, March 8, 2011

Day Twelve: Frodo's Hero Cycle

Review time!
The thing I'm most concerned with remembering is the entire hero cycle, so I'm going to try to do it from memory with everybody's favorite Hobbit, Frodo Baggins!

I: Departure
1) Call to Adventure -- *Gandalf voice* You must take the ring to the elves!
2) Refusal -- I don't remember him refusing to carry the ring. I'll have to re-read it
3) Unexpected Aid -- I'm thinking when Aragorn shows up and saves them at the inn
4) 1st Threshold -- if I remember right, he specifically mentions that it's the farthest he's ever been from the Shire at some point. Maybe that was Sam though
5) Belly of the Whale -- getting stabbed. Not much fun. Or maybe when Gandalf dies?

II: Initiation
1) Road of Trials -- separated from the group (except Sam) and making a long scary journey
2) Meeting with Goddess -- elves and Galadriel?
3) Woman as Temptress -- MIA
4) Atonement with Father -- seeing Bilbo again maybe?
5) Apotheosis -- overcoming the power of the ring!
6) Ultimate Boon -- ring is destroyed, yay!

III: Return
1) Refusal -- (we're going to die up here on Mt. Doom, Sam!)
2) Magic Flight -- could it be more obvious? Eagles!
3) Rescue from Without -- eagles take the hobbits to the elves. Elves have magical medicine. And lots of food.
4) 2nd Threshold -- returning to elves/Shire/civilization/not being possessed by evil ring
5) Master of Two Worlds -- savior of known world and Hobbit Extraordinaire
6) Freedom to Live -- elf boat

1 comment:

  1. Great connections - you've got a great start to your final paper with all this... if you decide to stick with LOTR, that is.

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