Hero's+Journey

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Hero's Journey Campbell described the Hero's Journey by breaking the three-act story formula down into seventeen specific stages, each of which he explains in detail. The stages of the hero’s journey are as follows:

 **Act One: Departure ** 1. The Call to Adventure 2. Refusal of the Call 3. Supernatural Aid 4. The Crossing of the First Threshold 5. The Belly of the Whale

**Act Two: Initiation ** 6. The Road of Trials 7. The Meeting with the Goddess 8. Woman as the Temptress 9. Atonement with the Father 10. Apotheosis 11. The Ultimate Boon

**<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 35px;">Act Three: Return ** <span style="color: #008080; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 35px; text-align: center;">12. Refusal of the Return <span style="color: #008080; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 35px; text-align: center;">13. The Magic Flight <span style="color: #008080; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 35px; text-align: center;">14. Rescue from Without <span style="color: #008080; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 35px; text-align: center;">15. The Crossing of the Return Threshold <span style="color: #008080; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 35px; text-align: center;">16. Master of the Two Worlds <span style="color: #008080; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 35px; text-align: center;">17. Freedom to Live