Hero's Journey Atalanta Research Paper

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To understand the past one must understand myths. Joseph Campbell wrote that all myths even though they are different all myths follow the same path. A shortened version of the hero's journey in document A shows that Atalanta follows the 3 stages: Departure, Decisive Victory, and The return,

In document B, Atalanta follows the hero’s journey 1st stage: Departure. Departure means that the hero ventures forth into the unknown world full of wonders. She was saved by a she bear and taken into a cave.

In document C, Atalanta follows the second stage of the hero’s journey decisive Victory. She met up with a group of men who were trying a kill a boar. Atalanta shoots the boar with an arrow which stunned it, but later killed. Even though