The Difference in Masculinity between Murdock’s and Schmidt’s Heroines’ Journeys.
In this blog post, I will be critically reflecting on the differences between Murdock’s and Schmidt’s heroines’ journeys. More specifically, I will focus on the attention to masculinity that both templates either contain or lack. For a quick recap, the heroine’s journey is “a female-centric version of the traditional hero’s journey template” (Heroine’s Journey Wikipedia). In class, we focused on two versions of the heroine’s journey: one from Maureen Murdock and another from Victoria Lynn Schmidt. In Maureen Murdock’s Heroine’s Journey , we see more attention to detail on the main character’s, or our heroine’s, internal struggles with masculine values. Murdock’s journey is deeply psychological and emotional, mapping a cycle where the heroine initially rejects the feminine, strives for success in a masculine-dominated world, and eventually experiences a crisis that forces her to reconnect with the feminine aspects of herself. For example, the...