Forget-Me-Nots

Forget-Me-Nots

Monday, May 16, 2011

Hero's Journey

Movie: Sleeping Beauty
Hero: Princess Aurora
Ordinary World: Her ordinary world revolves around a small cottage in the woods where she picks berries, sings, and plays with animals.
Call to Adventure: Her call is when she meets Prince Phillip in the woods.
Refusal of the Call: Her refusal is when she runs away from the Prince.
Meeting the Mentor: Her mentor(s) have lived with her, her entire life. Fawna, Flora, and Merriwether. The good fairies.
Crossing the Threshold: Her return to the the palace and to her family but also when she comes back and tells the fairies of her love.
Tests, Allies, Enemies: Her enemy is Maleficent the evil witch and her minions. Her ally is Prince Phillip and the fairies. Her tests involve the coming home to the palace as well as the prick on her finger of the spinning wheel.
Approach: When she is sleeping, the Prince sets out to save her.
Ordeal: Also could be the prick of the spinning wheel or the waiting for the Prince to give her true loves first kiss.
Reward: Is the kiss the Prince gives her.
The Road Back: Walk down the stairs to her new life.
Resurrection: Her dance with the Prince in the palace brings to mind the same dance in the woods.
Return with Elixir: She marries Prince Phillip and lives happily ever after.

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