Recipe for a Hero What elements make a mythical hero? According to Joseph Campbell a mythical hero follows the monomyth process, which includes beginning the adventure, a separation, descent into the underworld, trials and tests, the triumph, emergence, return, and a new power or knowledge. The books Beowulf and Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, both translated by Burton Raffel and the movie Star Wars by George Lucas have mythical heroes. The three works are …
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…each step in a way similar to the adventures of Gawain and Beowulf. All three works demonstrate the making of a mythical hero. Luke's adventure undeniably follows the monomyth process and proves Luke Skywalker is not only George Lucas modern mythical archetype, but also Joseph Campbell's mythical hero. Works Cited Raffel, Burton. Beowulf. New York: Penguin Books Ltd., 1963 Raffel, Burton. Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. New York: Penguin Books Ltd., 1970 Star Wars. George Lucas