Then once the hero accepts the call the hero usually is aided by either one or many. The hero after much though, and sometimes persuasion takes the call. In most cases the characters do not accept right away and they question whether or not they should accept the call. The refusal to call is when the character actually refuses to accept the call. The next step is referred to as the refusal to call.

Then the character must make a decision on whether or not they will take the call. The news is usually brought to the hero’s attention by another character in the story. This could mean that the hero’s home is being threatened, or the hero just gets into trouble and needs to fix the problem. In this step the hero is first notified of the situation at hand. The first stage is the departure, and it contains five out of the seventeen steps. There is the departure, the initiation, and the return. In all there are seventeen steps, and these steps are all in separate stages. The steps may not all be followed by some heroes, and sometimes they are done out of order. Joseph Campbell had a theory that all heroes went through a series of steps in their journeys.These steps go for epic heroes and tragic heroes. By the end Enkidu does die, but Gilgamesh could not bare the sight of his friend. Even though he does help through his journey by his friend Enkidu, Enkidu is not considered a epic hero, but he is a hero in his on way. Once he did jump into his adventure he was brave, and finished the job at hand like a hero should. Gilgamesh just like Beowulf was said to be descended from a God, but he was not too quick to jump into action.He was a brave person, and he was strong just like Beowulf, but he just questioned himself in some ways. Another example of an epic hero is Gilgamesh. He never gave up even when his men left his side.

He does all of this without refusing the call in the beginning. He gets to Herot as quick as he could, and was able to defeat Grendel and Grendel’s Mother. Especially when he finds out Herot is in danger. He said to be descended from a God, and he was also strong like a God.

An example of an epic hero would be Beowulf.Beowulf was a brave and thoughtful character.

So Okonkwo is not able to overcome his flaw because in the end he runs away from his father by committing suicide, and ends up just like his father. By the end of the book his he commits suicide, and that is looked upon as a cowardly move in his village.

Campbell the hero with a thousand faces