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Characteristics of anEpicEPIC

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Epic HeroEpic PlotEpic SettingArchetypesEpic Themes

Epics have Five Things

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Has superhuman strength, intelligence and confidence

Is helped or harmed by interfering godsEmbodies ideals or values a culture thinks is

admirableEmerges victorious from dangerous situations

Epic Hero

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Involves a long journey, full of complications, such as:Strange CreaturesDivine InterventionLarge-Scale EventsTreacherous Weather

Epic Plot

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Includes fantastic or exotic landsInvolves more than one nation

Epic Setting

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Characters, situations, and images that are widely recognizedSea monstersWicked temptressesBuried treasureSuitors’ contestEpic heroLoyal servant

Archetypes

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CourageThe fate of a nationA homecomingBeautyLoyaltyLife and death

Epic Themes

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Jake Sully emerges from many dangerous situations

All the creatures on Pandora are strangePandora is a fantastic setting, and includes

the Humans and Na’viUnobtainium is the buried treasureFate of a nation, courage, loyalty

Avatar

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The basic steps a hero takes in their journey

Hero Cycle

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The point in a person’s life when they are first given notice that everything is going to change, whether they know it or not.

Call to Adventure

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Once the hero has committed to the quest, their guide and magical helper appears, or becomes known.

Helper

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The point when the person first goes into the field of adventure

They leave their known world and venture into an unknown and dangerous realm where the rules and limits are not known.

Crossing the Adventure Threshold

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The hero must undergo a series of tests, trials, tasks, or ordeals in order to begin a transformation.

Often the person fails one or more of these tests.

Tests

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The hero is often accompanied on the journey by a helper who assists in the series of tests and generally serves as a loyal companion.

Alternately, the hero may encounter a supernatural helper in the world of adventure who fulfills this function.

Helpers

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Here the fortunes of the hero hit bottom in a direct confrontation with his greatest fear.

He faces the possibility of death and is brought to the brink in a battle with a hostile force.

The audience does not know if the hero will live or die.

The Supreme Ordeal

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After accomplishing the mission, the hero must return to the threshold of adventure and prepare for a return to the everyday world.

If the hero has angered the opposing forces by stealing the elixir or killing a powerful monster, the return may take the form of a hasty flight.

If the hero has been given the elixir freely, the flight may be a benign stage of the journey.

Flight

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The hero again crosses the threshold of adventure and returns to the everyday world of daylight.

The return usually takes the form of an awakening, rebirth, resurrection, or a simple emergence from a cave or forest.

Sometimes the hero is pulled out of the adventure world by a force from the daylight world.

Return

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The benefit, favor, or blessing that is bestowed on the hero figure.

The hero wants to share the boon with humankind.

Boon