The Hero Of Hercules, The Little Mermaid, And The...

Across the Disney canon, a hero follows the monomyth; there is a call to adventure that is aided by some sort of supernatural aid, the hero then begins to transform while facing challenges or temptations, these challenges make the character worthy morally and emotionally worthy of our awe. At one point the character will have a revelation where a transformation will take place and the old them will â€Å"die† and they will be â€Å"reborn† with new understanding. Then the character will return with their reward to the ordinary world. Throughout this journey the character will show how they are heroic through their journey how they are courageous and willing to make self-sacrifices. Hercules, The Little Mermaid, and The Many Adventures of Winnie the†¦show more content†¦Ultimately Ariel is a hero because of her courage, being a mermaid living on land, and sacrificing her soul when she falsely believes that Eric is in love with Vanessa (Ursula). Similarly, in The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh, Pooh is made out to be the hero in the beginning because of her perceived action of saving Piglet from the flood. In reality, Pooh and Piglet are both heroes in this film because of their selfless qualities: Piglet sacrifices his home to Owl and Pooh asks Piglet to move in with her and share her hero party. Overall, the Disney hero is more about what is on the inside, something that has been reiterated many times songs and shows like Alena of Avalor. As discussed above all of the characters in their respective films are considered heroes through hero worship. Hercules for example shows all three signs of hero worship; her has a sudden growth of unusual fame followed by a marked shift in status where people then develop a certain sentimentality towards him (3, 54). After saving the two â€Å"children† in the gorge and then killing the hydra Hercules then has a cult like following that is shown through numerous pieces of merchandise, statues, and murals, which shows how hero worship becomes a social force that makes the person who is being worshiped into an icon. This kind of icon status puts the hero on a pedestal where he is viewed as different from regular people and is very sudden as explained in the