Hero's Journey Analysis

ancient myths and their connections with the sdgs

by : manuela cruz 7B

hero's journey

We have been analysing 2 different myths, dido of carthage and, Romulus and Remus, maybe this myths show different stories but they share the same structure, this structure is called the hero’s journey, it was created by the professor joseph Campbell, joseph studied many stories around the world and he discover they had a pattern, he named this pattern the hero’s journey. the hero’s journey consists in 3 main parts, the first one is the departure, in these section is when the hero discover him or herself in the normal world, and has all this calls or miraculous conceptions and maybe a supernatural aid that help

. this is basically the myth of the foundation of Rome, all started with a king in a city called Alba longa , the king had two sons numitor and amulius . the king decided to give the city to the oldest one, numitor , but his brother amulius didn’t toke it very well , instead of accepting the decision of his father amulius ousted his brother and then killed numitor´´ old son , to his daughter , he made her a priestess , so she could never have kids that could be named as kings . for the bad luck of amulius , the daughter had twins of the god mars , and because of that the problem begun . amulius wouldn’t stop until the twins were found and killed but her mother put them in a river , and the currents lead them to a bush , there the she-wolf save them and then a shepherd found them and took them home to his wife to raise them . as the kids grow up they were forming a gang with the other shepherd to rob the robbers , as the robbers didn’t like to be rob then they took remus to king amulius and told him he was a criminal , as things happen amulius discover the nobles of the kid and remulous also found it . because of their discoveries both brothers in different sides create a kind of army to overthrow amulius , consequently to the overthrow numitor was named king again and both twins decided to go away and find a new land to create a new city , but then between the brothers

Romulus and Remus A. goal 16 1. Romulus’ and Remus’ uncle , Amulius , didn’t accept he wasn’t the next king , so he decided to de rude and bad with his family instead of have peace 2. Amulius was the king when it was supposed he wasn’t legally in that position . B. goal 10 1. Romulus’ and Remus’ mom count be queen because of inequality in her city

II. dido of cartage A. goal 16 1.dido’s brother, Pygmalion, killed dido's husband, even thought they could have talk and lead to a agreement Pygmalion decided to create a conflict 2.dido worked a lot to Create a city where everyone work together to achieve something, she thought that justice was a really important factor in a city , and she always tried to maintain peace in cartage B. goal 10 1. people in cartage from other parts ,immigrants, and citizens were threaten the same 2. both men and women could be queen or king

Outline myths and SDGS

I. Romulus and Remus A. goal 16 1. Romulus’ and Remus’ uncle , Amulius , didn’t accept he wasn’t the next king , so he decided to de rude and bad with his family instead of have