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A 4 page essay, research paper that discusses Joseph Campbell’s observations concerning the significance and similarities of archetypes, which are used consistently throughout the world’s mythologies and how this perspective can be used to gain insight into the meaning of characters in modern cinematic storytelling, specifically the 1991 film “The Silence of the Lambs.” Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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1949 book The Hero with a Thousand Faces and more recently in the documentary "The Heros Journey," argues that there is a "monomyth," a basic template for mythology that can
be found in narratives from innumerable cultures found all over the world ("Monomyth"). The monomyth, which Campbell refers to as the "heros journey," describes various stages that are encompassed by
the monomyth, which describes how the "hero ventures forth from the world of common day into a region of supernatural wonder," encounters and defeats forces and returns in order to
bestow a boon on humanity ("Monomyth"). Archetypal understandings of the hero, villain, mentor and the significance of the moment of epiphany are conveyed in the monomyth and can be found
in modern storytelling as well as ancient mythologies. For example, reflections of the monomyth can be found in modern movies such as "The Silence of the Lambs," a 1991 film that
focuses on the mind of a notorious serial killer, Hannibal Lecter. In this film FBI trainee Clarice Starling is sent to interview Lecter, who is infamous for eating his
victims, in his prison cell in order to gain insight into the mind of the serial killer known as "Buffalo Bill," who is killing large women in order to "make
a woman-suit out of women (using their skin)-the ultimate in objectification" (Vorndam). Lecter is initially contemptuous of Starling, but eventually offers his cooperation in return for "a game of quid
pro quo in which Starling must provide him with revelation about her tormented inner self" (Kowal). At their first meeting, Lecter refers to Starling as a "rube- one generation up
from white trash" (Vorndam). Starling, rather than being insulted, acknowledges Lecter as perceptive and asks "...but can you turn that high-powered perception of yours inward on yourself, Dr. Lecter?" (Vorndam).
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