Santa Monica College Hearts of Darkness Essay Each response should be carefully developed—answer the prompt directly. Please answer with a full paragraph o

Santa Monica College Hearts of Darkness Essay Each response should be carefully developed—answer the prompt directly. Please answer with a full paragraph of [1/3 to 1/2 page] for each prompt. Each answer will be worth four points for a total of 20. I will score more highly if you respond directly to the prompt and if you develop the answer [with quotes of passages, etc.]

Hearts of Darkness Question

– On the Archetypes for Literary Analysis doc you’ll find a set called “Characteristics of the hero’s journey.” Does Marlow experience some of these on his journey into Africa? Which of these does he experience?

Medea Question

– Find as much evidence as you can in the scene between Medea and Aiegeus to defend the idea that she intends to produce children for him in Athens.

Charactersitcs of a Hero’s Journey

The hero is naïve and inexperienced

· The hero meets monsters or monstrous men

· The hero has a strange, wise being as a mentor

· The hero years for the beautiful lady who is sometimes his guide or inspiration

· The hero must go on a journey, learn a lesson, change in some way, and return home

· The hero often crosses a body of water or travels on a bridge.

· The hero is born and raised in a rural setting away from cities

· The origin of the hero is mysterious or the hero losses his/her parents at a young age, being raised by

animals or a wise guardian

· The hero returns to the land of his/her birth in disguise or as an unknown

· The hero is special, one of a kind. He/she might represent a whole nation or culture

· The hero struggles for something valuable and important

· The hero has help from divine or supernatural forces

· The hero has a guide or guides

· The hero goes through a rite of passage or initiation, an event that marks a change from an immature to

a more mature understanding of the world

· The hero undergoes some type of ritual or ceremony after his/her initiation

· The hero has a loyal band of companions

· The hero makes a stirring speech to his/her companions

· The hero engages in tests or contests of strength (physical and/or mental) and shows pride in his/her

excellence

· The hero suffers an unhealable wound, sometimes an emotional or spiritual wound from which the

hero never completely recovers.