Blog Entry 10: Reflection

In the last few weeks we learned about the term Monomyth or Hero’s Quest. After watching the film Spirited Away and reading the Monomyth on Wikipedia I was able to identify the elements in the movie that I chose, Clash of the Titans. Joseph Campbell described the seventeen stages of the Monomyth, which applies to any story about heroes. The hero in the monomyth has to go through different stages, such as departure, initiation and return. On the journey, the heroes in every film have to go through tests and trials and at the end, accomplish the goal. Knowing the elements of the Monomyth is very helpful when I need to understand the meaning of a story or a film.