Journeys in Narrative

Using 200-250 words in strict MLA format identify and describe in thoughtful detail either the Approach to the Inmost Cave or the Ordeal stage of the hero’s journey in ONE of the following narratives we have read for the course.

The Epic of Gilgamesh
Medea by Euripides
Beowulf by Anonymous
“The Inferno” by Dante Alighieri

NOTE: Select “The Inferno” by Dante Alighieri only if you have read the entire work.

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The Ordeal Stage of Gilgamesh’s Hero Journey
In order to make any hero story more exciting, interesting and popular, authors tend to follow a common outline of stages. Joseph Campbell is a mythology researcher, and he is the one who found this pattern of hero stories, and how important they are to the success of a story.

(280 words)