Contradictions To Campbell's Monomyth

Joseph Campbell’s The Hero With a Thousand Faces discusses the idea that every story and person experience a hero/heroin quest and follow the 17-stages of the Monomyth. In addition, Carl Jung’s Archetypes support Campbell’s idea because every person’s fate or journey encompass the human mind and every situation people expose themselves to. Following a path with no guarantee encompasses risk and curiosity but knowing that when the end comes and destiny prevails, an apotheosis arises and the ultimate spiritual, emotional and physical rebirth takes place. George Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty Four and T.S. Eliot’s The Lovesong of J. Alfred Prufrock serve as a contradiction to Campbell’s Monomyth, though rough trials present to Winston Smith and Prufrock,

Esteban Trueba, a man of arrogance and patriarchal views that follow him through his journey full of challenges and momentary success leads to the fulfillment of his quest. J. Alfred Prufrock faces a series of difficulties with his insecurities and a mediocre society who concerns themselves with small talk and meaningless conversations.The Lion King demonstrates a Disney movie that encapsulates the Monomyth in every way. Simba’s character finds himself on the path to heroism and enlightenment through his quest. The Lovesong of J. Alfred Prufrock by T.S. Eliot, Nineteen Eighty Four by George Orwell, and The House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende contain a main character that endures a journey of emotional and physical suffering yet encounter wisdom along with isolation and enlightenment that leads to their rebirth or demise in order to demonstrate Joseph Campbell’s The Hero with a Thousand Faces monomyth that relates to the reader in that they must follow a hero/heroin quest to fulfill, and ultimately it leads to the destiny of each person including J. Alfred Prufrock, Winston Smith and Esteban Trueba in these three literary