The Hero's Journey And The Monomyth

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A hero, legendary on the battlefront, possessing strength that no meager army could hope to combat. Joseph Campbell, author of The Hero With a Thousand Faces, introduced the idea of the monomyth -the hero’s journey- which states that all heroes and heroines followed a common template. That template dictated their rite of passage. The monomyth continues to dictate a heroes rise and fall, their claim to success, or their terrific downfall. The midpoint of their journey, classified as The Ultimate Boon, is arguably where most heroes begin to stray from their righteous journey, falling back into the hellscape they first emerge from. The lust for power, the greed behind every person, leads them to choose power over cause, stripping them of moral in exchange for a greater state of being.