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Monomyths [Tuesday, April 13, Period 3]
Cindy watched the class file in, surprising herself with the small bite of melancholy that she felt. It had been a good first class to have and to teach and she was a bit sad to see it come to an end. And then the bell rang and she pushed those feelings aside. Probably just some residual nostalgia from everyone else missing the randomly-appearing kids or something, she decided.
"We're almost done," Cindy said with a small smile. "This class we cover the last stage of the last act and then next week, you'll all be presenting your final projects. I'm very excited to be see all of the hard work I know you've put into them--" why, yes, that was an expectant look she was giving all of you, "--and I hope that you found the assignment itself to be a useful exercise to seeing how these lessons can be adapted to all forms of media."
"Now then, the last lesson so you can finish your projects on time. The last stage for the masculine journey is simply that of victory or failure. If the hero chose to awaken at the last stage, he now finds victory and reward: the bad guy is defeated, he gets the girl, he saves the day. Because he knows who he is and why he's striving for that goal, he had the courage and know-how to face anything the villain could throw at him and still come out on top. He's learned to swallow his pride and put aside his ego and that sometimes one must admit defeat in order to win. He is no longer concerned about what other people think and say about him; he is comfortable ignoring what society says he should want in favor of being truly happy."
"If the hero didn't learn that lesson, then he is doomed to failure. He clings to his ego, caring more about how others perceive him than about actually taking the necessary steps to complete his task. He hasn't grown much from where he began and he remains blind to the truth of what he really wants. He may go to his defeat still railing against the unfairness of it all, unable to see how he sowed the seeds of his own destruction, or he may realize, too late, that he has been a fool and now has no way to fix anything. By this point, all he may have left to him is an honorable death, but one that is, ultimately, futile."
"As for the feminine journey, the last stage is actually a return to the first; the hero must return home to see just how far she's come. She's attained her goal, but can she face her so-called perfect world again without being pulled back into her old role? Whereas the hero on the masculine journey usually gets some kind of external reward, like money or power or romance, the feminine hero's reward is more internal: a change of spirit and Self that continues on. Just because she has changed over the course of her journey doesn't mean that society has. There are still going to be petty bullies and tyrants to deal with, she's just more capable of doing so now."
"Another major component of the feminine journey is the emphasis on community. Remember, there is a stage devoted entirely to support, a stage she needs to succeed at all. Therefore, a way for an author or director to show that while our hero's journey is done but that there is more to do is to show her guiding another young woman towards the beginning of her own journey. Our hero has been changed by her experiences and shows that change is possible for others. She is there to provide support for the next wave of heroes on their journeys. Most often, the person that was closest to our hero prior to her awakening will be the one most influenced by her transformation and will start to realize that her perfect world is an illusion as well. This is the cyclical nature of the feminine journey."
[OCDcoming up! *facepalm*]
"We're almost done," Cindy said with a small smile. "This class we cover the last stage of the last act and then next week, you'll all be presenting your final projects. I'm very excited to be see all of the hard work I know you've put into them--" why, yes, that was an expectant look she was giving all of you, "--and I hope that you found the assignment itself to be a useful exercise to seeing how these lessons can be adapted to all forms of media."
"Now then, the last lesson so you can finish your projects on time. The last stage for the masculine journey is simply that of victory or failure. If the hero chose to awaken at the last stage, he now finds victory and reward: the bad guy is defeated, he gets the girl, he saves the day. Because he knows who he is and why he's striving for that goal, he had the courage and know-how to face anything the villain could throw at him and still come out on top. He's learned to swallow his pride and put aside his ego and that sometimes one must admit defeat in order to win. He is no longer concerned about what other people think and say about him; he is comfortable ignoring what society says he should want in favor of being truly happy."
"If the hero didn't learn that lesson, then he is doomed to failure. He clings to his ego, caring more about how others perceive him than about actually taking the necessary steps to complete his task. He hasn't grown much from where he began and he remains blind to the truth of what he really wants. He may go to his defeat still railing against the unfairness of it all, unable to see how he sowed the seeds of his own destruction, or he may realize, too late, that he has been a fool and now has no way to fix anything. By this point, all he may have left to him is an honorable death, but one that is, ultimately, futile."
"As for the feminine journey, the last stage is actually a return to the first; the hero must return home to see just how far she's come. She's attained her goal, but can she face her so-called perfect world again without being pulled back into her old role? Whereas the hero on the masculine journey usually gets some kind of external reward, like money or power or romance, the feminine hero's reward is more internal: a change of spirit and Self that continues on. Just because she has changed over the course of her journey doesn't mean that society has. There are still going to be petty bullies and tyrants to deal with, she's just more capable of doing so now."
"Another major component of the feminine journey is the emphasis on community. Remember, there is a stage devoted entirely to support, a stage she needs to succeed at all. Therefore, a way for an author or director to show that while our hero's journey is done but that there is more to do is to show her guiding another young woman towards the beginning of her own journey. Our hero has been changed by her experiences and shows that change is possible for others. She is there to provide support for the next wave of heroes on their journeys. Most often, the person that was closest to our hero prior to her awakening will be the one most influenced by her transformation and will start to realize that her perfect world is an illusion as well. This is the cyclical nature of the feminine journey."
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...I didn't think so.
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Pretending to take notes about feminine journeys while really staring thoughtfully at a college course catalog, when she wasn't staring blankly through a college course catalog? Check.
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Literary Context!
"As for Inanna, she has cast her husband, Dumuzi, to the Netherworld to take her place, after discovering he used her absence to make himself more powerful. Dumuzi's sister comes to plead for mercy, offering to take Dumuzi's place six months out of the year (http://www.jameswbell.com/m010inannasdescent.html) (Section X). Inanna accepts her offer, sending the girl on her own journey to the Underworld."
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Talk to "Professor Perrault"
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