Across
- 4. A struggle or tension between two forces or characters.
- 5. A common template of a broad category of tales that involve a hero who goes on an adventure and, in a decisive crisis, wins a victory. The hero then comes home changed or transformed.
- 8. An uprising in France against the monarchy from 1789 to 1799, which resulted in the establishment of France as a republic.
- 10. An official messenger who brings news.
- 11. The unfolding (the solution) of a complicated issue in a story; a denouement.
- 13. A character who attempts to achieve or change something.
- 14. A conflict that exists outside of the mind (requires an action to be performed).
- 15. An important act or event that serves to mark a passage from one stage of life to another.
- 18. A character whose actions or characterization indirectly allude to Jesus Christ.
- 20. A typical character, action, or situation that seems to represent universal patterns of human nature.
- 22. A warning or indication of (a future event).
- 24. A conflict that exists in the mind of a character (requires a decision to be made).
- 25. Events that occur following the climax; wraps up the narrative, resolves loose ends, leads toward the closure.
- 26. The central character who leaves the “ordinary world” for the service of “the journey”.
- 27. An approach that is either opinion based or emotional based.
Down
- 1. A character who provides motivation, insight, and/or training to help the hero prepare for “the journey”
- 2. A genre of literature comprising narratives that take place in the past and are characterized chiefly by an imaginative reconstruction of historical events and people.
- 3. A series of relevant incidents that create suspense, interest, and tension in a narrative; includes all decisions, characters' flaws, and background circumstances that together create turns and twists leading to a climax.
- 6. Faithful representation of the real world in literature.
- 7. A character who misleads the hero by hiding a character’s intentions and/or loyalties.
- 9. The lack of knowledge or information.
- 10. 19th century novels and other works of fiction that deal with adventures in exotic locales, or extraordinary events and characters.
- 12. A reference to a particular event or character in classical works of literature, such as ancient Roman or Greek works.
- 16. The point in the plot where the problem comes to an apex or is at its most intense point in the development of the story; a decisive moment that is of maximum intensity or is a major turning point in a plot.
- 17. A character who is considered to be a “villain” or the dark side of the hero. This is the unexpressed, hidden, or suppressed side of the hero’s nature.
- 19. A character or force who/that attempts to stop someone or something.
- 21. The distinctive vocabulary or word choice of a particular author.
- 23. Someone or something who/that is wrongly blamed to escape blame or to avoid conflict.