How Wonder Woman follows the Heroine's journey
Wonder Woman is probably the most popular female superhero in the present day. Both in her role as a member of the justice league and in her solo adventures as an Amazon warrior and princess. So, it's natural to analyze the 2017 Wonder Woman film through the lens of the heroine's journey. In this blogpost I will look at how Wonder Woman fits Victoria Lynn Schmidtt's heroine's journey. The movie starts off with Wonder Woman's, aka Diana's, mom explaining to her why the Amazons exist. They were created by the Olympic Gods to protect humanity. She also explains that Ares, the god of war, got jealous of humanity and tried to destroy them. He ended up killing every god except for Zeus, who was strong enough temporarily stop Ares. He also left behind a weapon strong enough to kill Ares if he ever returns. This ends the exposition, and we are transported to 1918 where we see idyllic Amazonian life. The women here train but there isn't any threat of violence, rathe...