The Hero's Journey Defined Analysis

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The article “The Hero’s Journey Defined,” written by Anthony Ubelhor, describes and explains the thoughts and ideas of Joseph Campbell relating to a hero’s journey, which is in essence, an epic. The author uses Campbell’s writing from his novel The Hero With a Thousand Faces alongside his own commentary and explanations to construct a general outline of a hero’s journey. This outline is centered around what Campbell described as the three phases: departure, initiation, and return. Departure consists of the hero (main character) leaving the reality which he is comfortable with and begins the process of venturing into the unknown. The article explains that in this phase, there is an inciting incident which causes the hero to begin his adventure,