Element of An Epic/Hero's Journey
By: Destiny Odom
Elements of a epic
- A hero
- A broad setting
- A quest
- Supernatural forces
- Glorification of the hero
- specific culture
A hero
The hero in Homers odyssey is odysseus.
The setting
The setting is in Greece and around the Aegean sea
The quest
The quest for Odysseus and his men to get back to Troy
Supernatural forces
When they went to the land of the dead and talked to the blind prophet.
Glorification of the hero
When they figure out it's him.
specific culture
They believe in many gods
The Hero's Journey
The war of Troy is Over
He has been in Troy, but now that the war is over he wants to get back home to Ithaca.
Athena helps him through out the story
He leaves Calypso's island and runs into a lot of test and trials. He has enemies like poseidon and he has mentors like Athena. One of his tests is being cursed and will have trouble getting home; Also all his men will die.
Back to Ithica
He makes it back home as a beggar in disguise and all of his men have died. He sees that his home is over ran with suitors fighting for his wife.
The ending
They have to be able to string his bow but at last no one can. Then he gets it and can and everyone knows its him. He kills them all for betrayall.