Freddie Mercury Hero's Journey

Stages of the hero’s journey

Freddie Mercury and his band, “Queen,” left an everlasting impact on the world and society. Mercury was an immigrant from Tanzania and endured many different hardships throughout his life. Freddie, always a musically inclined person, was able to cope with his many issues through music. He is a hero, even if not in the traditional sense because of many things, but his obsessive, persistent, bold, and brave personality caused him to be the icon we all know and love. His career was wildly successful, and his fans and bandmates learned to embrace his heroic, and sometimes problematic traits. These traits are what made him the one and only Freddie Mercury and are why he is a music legend to this day. Freddie embodied

Mercury had a lot of critics due to the way he presented himself, his abnormal music style, and his sexuality. He was tested first by trying to get into his band in the first place and being constantly denied. He displayed perseverance and finally got in, which changed his life. Another test was to do with Freddie’s sexuality. His personal romantic relationships were something that he constantly struggled with and had to keep secret. He could not even come out to his family or the world because of the oppression queer people faced at the time. His friends were his closest allies through all these tests and stuck with him through everything. His hero’s journey demonstrated how committed he was to the things he cared about and goes to show how someone unconventional can still be a

Although this may be true, they also have a few similarities in their characteristics and values. For example, Freddie and Arthur are both persistent and great problem solvers. In Freddie’s life, he had to navigate many issues and did it with ease and flair. An example of this would be when he would bad anxiety or OCD like symptoms before a show, he would learn to channel that into an incredible show and flashy personality, and this contributed to why he was so loved. Like this, in The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, Arthur uses his quick problem-solving abilities and persistence to escape the Vogon fleet by lying to them and flattering them. The poetry did not have as much effect on Arthur as it did on Ford, which gave him the ability to manipulate the Vogon’s and attempt to escape. He states after the Vogon finished reading his poetry; “Actually I quite liked it” (Adams 66). This was a surprise to Ford because he would have never thought to lie, and Arthur uses a seemingly normal and logical characteristic to his advantage, much like Freddie did throughout his lifetime when he used his mental and physically “weaknesses” for good during shows, interviews, and in his personality, making him the icon he was. Additionally, they are both very brave. Freddie was courageous with his sexuality and outgoing choices throughout his career, and Arthur countless times throughout the book. One time