Thelma And Louise The Hero's Journey

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Like many stories in Hollywood, Thelma and Louise follow the stages of the Hero's Journey. The stages of the monomyth aren't shown in the exact predictable pattern as Star Wars, but the majority of stages are explored in the script. The meeting the mentor stage gets a bit murky. Thelma's mentor is Louise while, Louise's mentor could be viewed as reality. The final stages of the Hero's journey seem to be thrown out the window, however, Return with the Elixir could represent the audience itself and view of how unfairly women are treated within society. The scripts feminine focus affects the classic storytelling structure, due to honest treatment and reality of the situations Thelma and Louise face throughout the story. A more classic storyteller

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