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In eight pages this paper examines what is meant by the hero’s quest and the purpose of his journey as Joseph Campbell described in Hero with a Thousand Faces within the context of the ancient Mesopotamian tablets Epic of Gilgamesh and in Terry Gilliam’s 1991 film The Fisher King. Six sources are listed in the bibliography.
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day into a region of supernatural wonder: fabulous forces are there encountered and a decisive victory is won: the hero comes back from this mysterious adventure with the power to
bestow boons on his fellow man" (p. 28). In classical and contemporary mythology, a hero is typically a flawed individual that can be an average person, born into royalty,
or an immortal god, who embarks upon a quest that typically involves a journey of some sort that has some sort of supernatural implications, where the struggles along the way
provide clarity that enables the hero to return to his home a better man and capable of sharing his profound insights with others. Campbells exhaustive study articulated the archetypal
elements of the heros journey that provide greater understanding of the quest and what the hero learns as a result. This journey is typically some type of "rite of
passage" or a bridge the hero must successfully cross before truly being heroic in character (Joseph Campbells Monomyth, 2000). The roots of this mythical heroic quest run deep and
expand over centuries and different types of media. They are depicted in contemporary cinematic interpretations of the Arthurian Legends and the quest for the Holy Grail that were considered
by filmmaker Terry Gilliam and screenwriter Richard LaGravenese in the 1991 movie The Fisher King and in one of the earliest forms of literature, the Mesopotamian tablets that comprise the
Epic of Gilgamesh. The Fisher King represents a postmodern retelling of the quest for the Holy Grail in an examination of one mans "quest for a spiritual identity"
(Umland & Umland, 1996, p. 175). LaGravenese explained that Robert Johnsons book He, a story of the "psychological and spiritual growth" every man undergoes served as his creative inspiration
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