Hero Archetype In The Movie Hercules

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In the movie Hercules tries to do good deeds to be a god like his family and to be with them on Mount Olympus and in the myth Hercules tries to do 10 tasks to appease Hera, so she can leave him alone. Even though both the movie and the myth is about Hercules; he is a different type of hero archetype for different scenarios. For the movie and the myth I am going to write about what kind of hero archetype Hercules is for each of them.
For the myth Hercules Archetype is a Seeker. His quest is to live on Mount Olympus with his family. His fear is not being able to live with his family on Mount Olympus. His dragon is to do a heroic deed that will get him to become a god, so that he can live on Mount Olympus with his family. His task is to do a heroic