Stages of the Journey of
Clash of The Titans
Prepared by Aryanto Yuniawan
MODEL
The Hero’s Journey
The Hero’s Journey Clash of The Titans
- ORDINARY WORLD
• to create a vivid contrast with the strange new
world he is about to enter.
• Life of Perseus as a fisherman with his parents
and sister
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- ORDINARY WORLD
• QUESTIONING THE JOURNEY
– How does the author introduce the hero?
• The baby found & Perseus as a fisherman with his
family
– How is your story's hero incomplete? Does your
character have both an inner and an outer
problem?
• Perseus doesn’t know about his self and doesn’t know
about where he came from.
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- ORDINARY WORLD
The Hero’s Journey Clash of The Titans
- ORDINARY WORLD
The Hero’s Journey Clash of The Titans
- THE CALL TO ADVENTURE
• The Ordinary World of most heroes is a static
but unstable condition.
• The seeds of change and growth are planted,
and it takes only a little new energy to
germinate them.
• That new energy, symbolized in countless
ways in myths and fairy tales, is what Joseph
Campbell termed the Call to Adventure.
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- THE CALL TO ADVENTURE
• QUESTIONING THE JOURNEY
– Who or what delivers the Call?
• Spyros said about One day somebody gonna has to say
enough
• Fallen of Zeus’ statue
• Hades’ attack
– What Calls to Adventure have you received?
• To against the gods
• To save Argos
– What is the ideal place for the Call?
• Argos
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- THE CALL TO ADVENTURE
• QUESTIONING THE JOURNEY
– Have you found an interesting way to present the
Call or twist it around so it's not a cliche?
• By the death of perseus family
• Only one man who part of god and part of man
(uniquely)
The Hero’s Journey Clash of The Titans
- THE CALL TO ADVENTURE
The Hero’s Journey Clash of The Titans
- THE CALL TO ADVENTURE
The Hero’s Journey Clash of The Titans
- THE CALL TO ADVENTURE
The Hero’s Journey Clash of The Titans
- THE CALL TO ADVENTURE
The Hero’s Journey Clash of The Titans
- THE CALL TO ADVENTURE
The Hero’s Journey Clash of The Titans
– REFUSAL OF THE CALL
• how to respond to the Call to Adventure
(problems of Hero).
• a great unknown, to an adventure that will be
exciting but also dangerous and even lifethreatening.
• threshold of fear, and an understandable
reaction would be to hesitate or even refuse
the Call, at least temporarily.
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– REFUSAL OF THE CALL
• QUESTIONING THE JOURNEY
– How does the hero Refuse the Call?
• By denial that him (perseus) is the part of gods
– What are the heroes of your story afraid of?
• The ability, don’t want be a god, pessimistic, strong enemy,
no experience
– In what ways have they refused Calls to Adventure?
• By denial that him was god
– what are the consequences of Refusal?
• The sacrifice of Andromeda for Kraken to save Argos.
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- REFUSAL OF THE CALL
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- REFUSAL OF THE CALL
The Hero’s Journey Clash of The Titans
– MEETING WITH THE MENTOR
• protective figure of the Mentor, whose many
services to the hero include protecting,
guiding, teaching, testing, training, and
providing magical gifts.
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– METTING WITH THE MENTOR
• QUESTIONING THE JOURNEY
– Who or what is the Mentor?
• Io and Zeus
– What functions do these characters serve?
• Teaching , Motivating & Support Perseus
– Would it benefit the story to develop a Mentor
character if there is none?
• There’s perseus interaction with the beautiful woman for
love initiate
• There’s connected relationship between Zeus and Perseus
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– METTING WITH THE MENTOR
• QUESTIONING THE JOURNEY
– What Mentor functions can be found or
developed in your story?
• Io gives the advice, and motivation
• Zeus gives a gift (sword, pegasus and coin)
– Does your hero have a conscience and how does it
manifest itself ?
• Yes!
• Listen the mentors and against Kraken for saving
Andromeda & Argos
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- METTING WITH THE MENTOR
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- METTING WITH THE MENTOR
The Hero’s Journey Clash of The Titans
– CROSSING THE FIRST THRESHOLD
• now the hero stands at the very threshold of the
world of adventure, the Special World of Act Two.
• The call has been heard, doubts and fears have
been expressed and allayed, and all due
preparations have been made.
• But the real movement, the most critical action of
Act One, still remains.
• Crossing the First Threshold is an act of the will in
which the hero commits wholeheartedly to the
adventure.
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– CROSSING THE FIRST THRESHOLD
• QUESTIONING THE JOURNEY
– What is the First Threshold?
• Perseus & Allies VS Calibos & Scorpion
– How does the audience know we've gone from one
world to another?
• By make a mysterious journey to find a way and answer how
to against Kraken by met the witches.
– Is your hero willing to enter the adventure or not?
• Yes!
– How does this affect the Threshold Crossing?
• Determine the heart of Perseus and his allies
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– CROSSING THE FIRST THRESHOLD
• QUESTIONING THE JOURNEY
– Are there guardian forces at the Threshold and how
do they make the hero's leap of faith more difficult?
• Yes!
• The Guardian (Calibos) have strength of Hades, and his blood
can change to be a scorpion
– How does the hero deal with Threshold Guardians?
• Perseus & Allies were helped by Djinn who tame the
scorpion by magic
– What does the hero learn by Crossing the Threshold?
• Realize about gods strength
• togetherness
The Hero’s Journey Clash of The Titans
– CROSSING THE FIRST THRESHOLD
The Hero’s Journey Clash of The Titans
– CROSSING THE FIRST THRESHOLD
The Hero’s Journey Clash of The Titans
– CROSSING THE FIRST THRESHOLD
The Hero’s Journey Clash of The Titans
– CROSSING THE FIRST THRESHOLD
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– CROSSING THE FIRST THRESHOLD
The Hero’s Journey Clash of The Titans
– TESTS, ALLIES, ENEMIES
• Now the hero fully enters the mysterious,
exciting Special World which Joseph Campbell
called "a dream landscape of curiously fluid,
ambiguous forms
• It's a new and sometimes frightening
experience for the hero.
• No matter how many schools he has been
through, he's a freshman all over again in this
new world
The Hero’s Journey Clash of The Titans
– TESTS, ALLIES, ENEMIES
• QUESTIONING THE JOURNEY
– What is the Testing phase of Perseus?
• Pass against Calibos for a while, survive from Hades poison,
meet the witches and get information successful
– How does your story's Special World differ from the
Ordinary World?
• Full of creature, weird place, mysterious situation
– In what ways is your hero Tested, and when does she
make Allies or Enemies?
• By poisoned and cure by Djinn
• Also ally with Djinn
The Hero’s Journey Clash of The Titans
– TESTS, ALLIES, ENEMIES
The Hero’s Journey Clash of The Titans
– TESTS, ALLIES, ENEMIES
The Hero’s Journey Clash of The Titans
– TESTS, ALLIES, ENEMIES
The Hero’s Journey Clash of The Titans
– TESTS, ALLIES, ENEMIES
The Hero’s Journey Clash of The Titans
– TESTS, ALLIES, ENEMIES
The Hero’s Journey Clash of The Titans
– APPROACH TO THE INMOST CAVE
• Heroes, having made the adjustment to the
Special World, now go on to seek its heart.
• They pass into an intermediate region
between the border and the very center of the
Hero's Journey.
• Heroes at this point are like mountaineers
who have raised themselves to a base camp
by the labors of Testing, and are about to
make the final assault on the highest peak.
The Hero’s Journey Clash of The Titans
– APPROACH TO THE INMOST CAVE
• QUESTIONING THE JOURNEY
– In what sense are the heroes in the early stages of Act
Two?
• Determine of perseus & allies heart to continue the journey
– In what ways are these ideas part of Approaching the
Inmost Cave? (Meeting with the Goddess," "Woman
as Temptress," "Atonement with the Father.)?
• In the journey to go to the Medusa’s Nest (in a boat)
• Perseus has intimated with Io.
• Io mentor perseus by practise to agains Medusa
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– APPROACH TO THE INMOST CAVE
• QUESTIONING THE JOURNEY
– Does conflict build, and do the obstacles get more
difficult or interesting?
• Kucu& Ozal leave the allies
• Draco get angry because perseus don’t want to use
sword who given by Zeus.
The Hero’s Journey Clash of The Titans
– APPROACH TO THE INMOST CAVE
The Hero’s Journey Clash of The Titans
– APPROACH TO THE INMOST CAVE
The Hero’s Journey Clash of The Titans
– APPROACH TO THE INMOST CAVE
The Hero’s Journey Clash of The Titans
– THE ORDEAL (ujian)
• Now the hero stands in the deepest chamber
of the Inmost Cave, facing the greatest
challenge and the most fearsome opponent
yet.
• In The Nest of Medusa
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– THE ORDEAL (ujian)
• QUESTIONING THE JOURNEY
– What is the Ordeal?
• Perseus is Losing the allies
– Can the villain also be a Shapeshifter or Trickster?
What other archetypes might a villain manifest?
• Hades is the shapesshifter in front of Zeus in Olympus
• Hades become the Shadow for Zeus.
– Does your story truly have a villain?
• Yes, It would be Hades, the main architect of the chaos
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– THE ORDEAL (ujian)
• QUESTIONING THE JOURNEY
– In what way is the villain or antagonist the hero's
Shadow?
• Hades makes an issue about betrayal of human being against
Zeus
• He gets the Zeus attention and trust to punish the human
• Release the Kraken
– Is the villain's power channeled through partners or
underlings? What special functions do these parts
perform?
• Yes, he does, by giving Calibos power of Hades that use to
kill perseus.
The Hero’s Journey Clash of The Titans
– THE ORDEAL (ujian)
• QUESTIONING THE JOURNEY
– Can the villain also be a Shapeshifter or Trickster?
What other archetypes might a villain manifest?
• Yes, he can. Hades can be shapeshifter, he has provoked
Zeus to punish Human, and then betrayal him and attack the
Olympus.
– In what way does your hero face death in the Ordeal?
What is your hero's greatest fear?
• The death of his family, his lover & mentor, Io, the death of
the allies.
• Perseus fear about being a God, cause the past traumatic of
his life, also Medusa and Kraken, The powerful Titans that
has to be defeated.
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– THE ORDEAL (ujian)
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– THE ORDEAL (ujian)
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– THE ORDEAL (ujian)
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– REWARD
• With the crisis of the Ordeal passed, heroes
now experience the consequences of surviving
death.
• claim to their Reward = The Head of Medusa
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– REWARD
• QUESTIONING THE JOURNEY
– What do the heroes of your stories learn by observing death? By
causing death? By experiencing death?
• Perseus has a strong heart to finish the mission
• Perseus know how to defeate Medusa
– What do the heroes of your story take possession of after facing
death or their greatest fears?
• Finally, Perseus use the gift of Zeus to defeat Calibos
– What is the aftermath, the consequence, of the major event of
Act Two?
• Perseus againsts the Kraken for saving Andromeda and people of
Argos
– Does the story change direction?
• No, it linear storytelling
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– REWARD
• QUESTIONING THE JOURNEY
– Is the aftermath of the Ordeal in your story an
opportunity for a love scene?
• Yes, in the end zeus brings Io life and accompany
perseus as a couple.
– Do your heroes realize they have changed?
• Yes, he has a strong heart and power to the next
mission.
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– REWARD
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– REWARD
The Hero’s Journey Clash of The Titans
– THE ROAD BACK
• Once the lessons and Rewards of the great Ordeal
have been celebrated and absorbed, heroes face
a choice: whether to remain in the Special World
or begin the journey home to the Ordinary
World.
– After the battle Perseus want to back in the ordinary
world as a fisherman
• Although the Special World may have its charms,
few heroes elect to stay (in ordinary world)
– Perseus refuse Andromeda’s offer to be a King in
Argos
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– THE ROADBACK
• QUESTIONING THE JOURNEY
– what are the advantages and disadvantages of heroes
being ejected or chased from the Special World?
• The advantage: the story end
• The disadvantage: The writer has a great reason to make
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– What is The Road Back in your story? Is it returning to
your starting place? Setting a new destination?
Adjusting to a new life in the Special World?
• Not to mention but, we know perseus wants to live with Io
int the ordinary world
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– THE ROADBACK
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– THE ROADBACK
The Hero’s Journey Clash of The Titans
– THE RESSURECTION
• Now comes one of the trickiest and most
challenging passages for the hero and the writer.
– Perseus jumps from pegasus to seizing the head of
Medusa from shapeshifter, Hades.
• This is the climax (not the crisis), the last and
most dangerous meeting with death.
– Kraken almost success to eat the Andromeda but It
canceled by perseus
• Heroes have to undergo a final purging and
purification before reentering the Ordinary World
– By Kill the Kraken, and send Hades back to the Hell
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– THE RESSURECTION
• QUESTIONING THE JOURNEY
– What is the Resurrection in your story?
• After Death of Io.
– What negative characteristics has your hero
picked up along the way?
• Selfish, Perseus won’t to battle
– Is there a need for a physical showdown in your
story?
• In this story, Yes.
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– THE RESSURECTION
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– THE RESSURECTION
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– THE RESSURECTION
The Hero’s Journey Clash of The Titans
– RETURN WITH THE ELIXIR
• Having survived all the ordeals, having lived
through death, heroes return to their starting
place, go home, or continue the journey.
– Perseus don’t want to be a King and live with
Andromeda
• If they are true heroes, they Return with the Elixir
from the Special World; bringing something to
share with others, or something with the
powerto heal a wounded land.
– Not to detail mention in this story.
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– RETURN WITH THE ELIXIR
• QUESTIONING THE JOURNEY
– What is the Elixir your hero brings back from the
experience?
• Io
– Who is the hero of the story now? Has your story
changed heroes, or have characters risen to be
heroes?
• No, still Perseus, with helps of Zeus
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– RETURN WITH THE ELIXIR
The Hero’s Journey Clash of The Titans
– RETURN WITH THE ELIXIR
The Hero’s Journey Clash of The Titans
– RETURN WITH THE ELIXIR
The Hero’s Journey Clash of The Titans
– RETURN WITH THE ELIXIR
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