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Illustrate the steps of the Hero's Journey in a cycle chart! Customize for the story you're reading or use as a teaching tool!
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REWARD
ROAD BACK
ORDINARY WORLD
CALL TO ADVENTURE
REFUSAL
The King of Phaeacia gives Odysseus passage home.
Unlike other heroes, Odysseus was not in search of treasure. Instead, he was desperately trying to reach his home. Once he returns, he finds out that his house has been overrun with suitors trying to steal his wife and palace.
King Odysseus is at home, in Ithaca, with his wife, Penelope, and newborn son, Telemachus.
Odysseus is called to fight the Trojans by King Menelaus.
He does not want to leave his family and sail to Troy; he knows it will be a long trip. He pretends to have gone mad, until Palamedes, sent to retrieve Odysseus, put Telemachus in front of Odysseus' plow. Odysseus had to reveal his sanity in order to save Telemachus.
ORDEAL
APPROACH
Hero Journey of Odysseus
TESTS / ALLIES / ENEMIES
CROSSING THE THRESHOLD
MENTOR / HELPER
Odysseus is sent to the underworld seeking information from the blind prophet Tiresias to guide him home. This quest brings him to the verge of death.
Odysseus nearly makes it home, but his crew opens a bag, given to Odysseus by Aeolus, god of the winds. When the bag is opened, it releases a wind that blows them far away from Ithaca.
Odysseus is thwarted with many tests as he travels back to Ithaca.
After the war, the gods become angry with the Greeks for their prideful ways. A great storm emerges and throws them off course.
Athena, the Goddess of wisdom, crafts, and war is Odysseus' guide. She wants to help Odysseus, though she has been instructed not to by Zeus. She takes pity on him while other gods forsake Odysseus, constantly saves him from death, and gives him guidance.