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Choose a movie with an epic hero, then describe the stages of their heroic journey. Be sure to explain why they qualify as an epic hero. Feel free to discuss archetypes of characters in their movie as well.

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Marvel Movies have a great collection of epic hero movies.

Chosen movie: Thor: Ragnarok
The Epic Hero: Loki
this is a short summary

Stage 1: Thor is fighting evil guys and Loki is posing as Odin and enjoying the life in Asgard.

Stage 2: Thor's sister, Hela, is accidentally awakened from her prison and turns out she was sealed away to prevent her plans to create mass destruction to the kingdom of Asgard.

Stage 3: A fight ensues between Loki, Thor and Hela and Loki abandons Thor in the midst of the fight. Thor is thrust into another planet as exilement.

Stage 4: Thor meets Loki in the Planet of Junk but Loki pretends not to know him and even encourages the King to torture him.

Stage 5 : Loki and Thor eventually escape back to Asgard. Loki pretends to betray Thor and pledge allegiance to Hela.

Stage 6: Just as Hela is about to kill a much weakened Thor, Loki flungs himself forward to protect Thor, and is mortally wounded by Hela.

Analysis: Loki is initially thought to be a villian but he is really acting and sacrifices himself to save his brother.
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