3rd Vogler Reading summary...

In this reading, the rest of the possible characters and their roles were described. It was a little confusing sometimes, because characters were allowed to play multiple roles. It makes sense but for the examples, it was a little confusing to follow if you didn't already know about the roles beforehand. There was the trickster, herald, ally, shapeshifter, shadow and the threshold guardian in addition to the previous hero and mentor roles. I think I liked the trickster best out of all of the roles because I really like comedy. The one I liked the least was the shapeshifter because that role always confused me in stories. I rarely ever found out whether the shapeshifter was a good or bad guy in stories and movies. Maybe I'm just dumb like that, I don't know. I agree with the fact that the herald doesn't need to be human, and that it can simply be a call to adventure for the hero. The ally was a pretty obvious character role, and sometimes my favorite. I sometimes liked the allies better than the heroes in movies and stories. Shadows are the most complex character roles, in my opinion. Even more than shapeshifters, because you have a general idea about the shapeshifter. But sometimes, the shadow has ulterior motives that you don't even find out about until the end of the story. It is this character role that fascinates me the most.
1.) What was your favorite character role, and why?
2.) What was your least favorite character role, and why?
3.) How might you identify the roles of characters in the stories we've read in class?