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In Joseph Campbell’s book The Hero with a Thousand Faces, he states that there is a common story of the hero across cultures and times found in religious stories, legends, and fairy tales and that this story is in fact everyone’s journey of self-actualization. In an essay, describe stages 1, 3, 8, and 9 of the hero’s journey (the call to adventure, crossing the first threshold, atonement, and apotheosis). In the introduction to the essay, identify and explain Campbell’s thesis of his book and define the following terms in the classic Greek sense: hero, myth, and inspiration (each with full descriptions). For each of the stages listed above provide the following: 1) a definition of the stage (several sentences), 2) the purpose of the stage, 3) provide one example for each stage, either from Campbell’s book or from lecture.Provide a full description of this example, several sentences.Outline of essay:

Paragraph 1 – introduction

Paragraph 2 – Stage 1

Paragraph 3 – Stage 3

Paragraph 4 – Stage 8

Paragraph 5 – Stage 9

Paragraph 6 – Conclusion.