Edward A Hero's Journey Analysis

Edward experienced great hardships while traveling with the vagabonds, helping the peasant woman with housework, being held captive by the mad hermit, and sitting in jail with Hendon. Although the times weren’t as great as being in his castle, the episodes contributed to Edward’s education greatly. Now Edward finally felt how his subjects were being treated under the harsh England laws. Firstly, while traveling with the vagabond, Edward’s education grew rapidly. When Edward first reached the vagabonds’ place he heard stories of how some were mistreated by England’s brutality. One of the members was once a prosperous farmer with his good mother, a loving wife, and kids until his mother died and his wife and kids died due to starvation and

Now I have a different rank, and the wife and kids are gone… My good mother earned a living by nursing the sick. When one of them died, the doctors didn't know why, so my mother was burned as a witch while my children watched and wailed… My wife and I begged from house to house, bringing the hungry kids with us. But it was quite a crime to be

Edward learned the dangers of what people who do not live in protected castles encounter when being alone in England at night. Also, when Edward sees that the hermit tries to kill him because his father stopped him from becoming pope, he realizes that laws can majorly affect people outside the kingdom which his father, King Henry VIII, never thought about. As stated on page 139, “‘I am a mere archangel. Twenty years ago, in a dream from heaven, I was told that I was to be pope. But the king dissolved the religious house where I was a monk. Robbed of my destiny, I was left poor, friendliness, and homeless.’” “‘ You are a king?’ ‘Yes,’ the king answered drowsily. ‘Which king?’ ‘Of England.’ ‘Of England. Then, Henry is gone.’ ‘Alas, yes. I am his son.’ A harsh frown settled on the hermit’s face, and he clenched his bony hands with vengeful energy… He sat at his bench and, still muttering, began to sharpen the knife on the