Hercules: The Hero's Monomyth

Hercules was the strongest man who ever lived. He had many adventures; one of those adventures was to kill the Lernean Hydra.

The book “The Many-Headed Hydra” is set from 1585 forward through potentially today. The reference to “The Lernean Hydra” one of Hercules twelve tasks to atone for the murder of his wife and children. These struggles made Hercules the perfect embodiment of an idea the Greeks called pathos, the experience of virtuous struggle and suffering which would lead to fame and, in Hercules ' case, immortality.

One of the differences between the myth and the movie can be seen right in the beginning. Hercules is the son of Zeus and Hera, and not Zeus and one of his many mortal wives. Hera even cares about him, and so does Zeus. They have a party and everything. This is very different to the myth. In the myth, Hera it the one who sent the snakes down to kill Hercules, not Hades. She absolutely loathes him. She is so upset about her husband’s infidelity, she tries to get a baby killed. The change in the movie can be attributed to the common moral of monogamy. People in the western world see it as strange, and some even see it as wrong, to have more than one lover at the same time. This moral also comes in at the ending. Hercules only has one love interest, whose name is

The qualities that make an epic hero are strength, courage a strong mentality, and the aspiration to achieve heroic acts. Many heroes are considered role models as they make brave decisions attempting to do something extraordinary. Heroes often fight against the causes of evil as they try to make the environment a better place. Hercules (son of Zeus) is one of the many known Gods to Greek mythology. He is supernatural and immortal. The hero has extraordinary strength, being the strongest man on earth he is sometimes he is unaware of the power he posses, Hercules is invulnerable. Although worshiped as a God, he was properly a hero.

Throughout “The Odyssey”, Odysseus is aided (or burdened) by supernatural events, places, and figures. This supernatural aid is highlighted as a trait of a hero in “The Hero’s Journey”. This makes sense since many hero stories that we read and hear about have supernatural elements. In “The Odyssey”, the goddess, Athena, helps Odysseus by making him “lithe and young… ruddy with sun…” (Homer, 599, part 2). Athena is a big help to Odysseus throughout the whole epic. She also fits the description of “[a]

In the initiation stage, a hero would usually enter the world that they have never experienced before. They also have a supernatural aid or a talisman. Let’s not forget that when there’s a hero there is always a helper or allies. The hero would be faced with test or supreme deal usually set by a shadow or a trickster. Sometimes the hero is faced with women as a temptress. Pegasus is a flying horse, he is a gift from Zeus to Hercules. Pegasus is the supernatural aid in Hercules. Hercules allies/helper is Phill. Phill trains Hercules to be a hero. Hercules enters an unknown world, he goes to Thebes, city full of danger and creatures. Hercules faces initiation

The Odyssey is often cited as an epitome of the hero’s journey and the monomyth. The hero of the story, Odysseus is on a 10 year battle homeward from the Trojan War to see his wife and son again. With the help divine intervention, Odysseus is able to return home and save his wife from the evil suitors who have continuously tried to win her. One could easily argued that Odysseus is an exemplar of the hero, but there is another story: Odysseus is the opposite of a hero and is not worthy to be called such. He is the villain where the gods are the hero. Odysseus is cruel and quick to anger, arrogant, and does not truly win in the end.

Wanna learn how this special boy became a big hero? Keep reading to find out what happens! The movie Hercules, is about a boy named Hercules who is very strong, but he feels like he doesn’t belong. Hercules finds out that he is not normal. Hercules is the son of Zeus. Hercules goes to him to find out how to become a hero, and Zeus sends him on his way to become a hero, but Hercules will have some trouble on the way with his trainer Phil and a girl that Hercules meets. Hercules then defeats his final tasks and saves the girl that makes him a real God. Hercules will go through 3 phases in his hero's journey. The departure, Initiation, and return phase.

Mythology is the collection of myths that denotes commonly cultural and religious beliefs of ancient human beings. The elements of it were usually the involvement of god, goddess and heroes. In addition, it was based on a man’s desire, beliefs and ideas. It also told the natural occurrence and its main purpose was to teach people moral lessons. One of the example of Greek mythology is the divine hero of ancient Greece his name was Heracles, but people knew him as Hercules. In this analysis my main focus would be: why Hercules was famous in Greek Myth? , how did he impact the world and its society? and what lessons can be learnt from him?

Though he may be ridiculously unintelligent and emotionally unstable, he had a burning passion for justice and making things right. No matter how many people he had accidently killed, he always made it right by doing more and more good deeds. He was constantly working to become the best man he could. Though he couldn’t think properly, he was a man of his word. Hercules and Theseus both did great deeds, but Hercules just achieved more because of his strength. His strength isn’t what makes him great; but it is what he does with his strength plus his

Mythology is a collection of myths and stories belonging to a particular belief system or cultural tradition. Even though there are a variety of different myths taught around the world, Greek mythologies are more famously known for their fruitful stories and complex relationships. Greek mythologies mostly concern their gods and heroes such as; Hercules, Achilles, Theseus, and Perseus. Of the many Greek heroes, Jason is the most heroic due to the fact that although he is abandoned at a very young age, he is still able to survive, also he proves to Hera the goddess who hated heroes that he is worthy to be favoured by her, and he completes the impossible quest of the Golden Fleece.

Hercules is a classic Disney movie that tells a story of Zeus and Hera’s son but turned mortal due to Hades’ evil plan to take over Olympus. When Hercules finds out the truth of his family background he goes on a journey to pray to his real father Zeus. Although there are many similarities, there are quite a few differences as well.

In The Myth of Hercules, the archetype he portrays is a worrier. His main quest is to get forgiveness from the gods. A worrier tries to win just like Hercules “wins” over the gods be completing each task. His main fear was being unable to do each task. A warrior is a afraid of weakness just like how Hercules is afraid of being too weak to do each task. His main dragon is Eurystheus. A warrior slays or confronts his dragon, Hercules does this

In his book, The Hero with a Thousand Faces, Joseph Campbell discovered a basic pattern that can be found in all stories portraying a hero. In his hero’s monomyth, the main character is called to an adventure into a foreign land and the skills obtained during the journey are later tested to defeat their toughest challenge. An example of a heroic monomyth can be illustrated in Marissa Meyer’s fantasy novel, Cinder, because the heroine is called to an adventure that she at first refuses, explores an unfamiliar landscape, the castle, where she learns more about her tragic past, and soon comes face to face with her greatest adversary.

Edith Hamilton’s Mythology portrays the story of Hercules with a perfect complexity that can be understood by even the simplest of minds. Of all the tales told in Greek mythology, Hercules surpasses them all as one the greatest heroes of ancient Greece. According to the novel, Hercules is a story about an exceedingly strong demi-god who accomplishes a plethora of tasks never completed by man before including, the twelve labors he must forsee to purify his soul after killing his family. The Hollywood version starring Dwayne Johnson takes the basic knowledge from Greek mythology and creates a storyline with a more realistic rendition. In the movie he is rumored to be half god and half man but, in