Archetypal Heroes In Edmund And Elspeth's The Coming Of Dragons

You hear about people completing selfless acts everyday and once someone completes a selfless act they are considered a hero. The heroes in The Coming of Dragons are Edmund and Elspeth, because they demonstrate the qualities of a hero almost perfectly. The characters Edmund and Elspeth in The Coming of Dragons are clearly archetypal heroes; this can be proven by the 12 steps of the hero’s journey.

In the beginning of the story, Edmund and Elspeth show they are archetypal heroes in The Ordinary World, Call To Adventure, and Refusal Of Call. It starts with them in the ordinary world on Elspeth’s dad’s ship the Spearwa. They were happy but they didn't meet until after the ship sank. “Next to him the girl slept on, under a blanket of her own. Edmund stared at her sun-bronzed cheek, where black strands of hair stirred a little on her breath. That dark hair made him think of his mother again, and again the storm came roaring back. His heart leapt with shock. The last thing he had seen was .

When Edmund and Elspeth wake up in Aagard’s home they meet their mentor. But, he is only their mentor for the first part of the story. They later meet Cluaran who lead them on the majority of their journey. They crossed the threshold when they go into/by the kingdom. Aagard becomes one of their allies he saves their lives after finding them on the beach. Their main enemy in the story is Orgirm (Edmund’s Uncle.) He tries to kill Elspeth. “Of all the things he had thought might come to him out of the madness and malice of the storm., this was the least likely, and the most baffling. But no, he had seen them before! This dark girl and pale, pale boy. Now he remembered. Had he not also glimpsed them in the dream?”.(26) They approached the innermost cave when Edmund and Elspeth both agree to go on the journey. The ordeal happens when Edmund looks through his Uncle’s, Orgirm, eyes to find where he is hiding