out through our lives until change is inevitable. DRAMATIC FUNCTION: MOTIVATION Heralds provide motivation, offer the hero a challenge, and get the story rolling. T h e y alert the hero ( a n d the audience) that change and adventure are coming. An example of the H e r a l d archetype as a motivator in movies can be found in Alfred Hitchcock's Notorious. C a r y Grant plays a secret agent trying to enlist Ingrid Bergman, the playgirl daughter of a N a z i spy, in a noble cause. H e offers her both a challenge and an opportunity: She can overcome her bad reputation and the family shame by dedicating herself to C a r y s noble cause. ( T h e cause turns out to be not so noble later on, but that's another story.) Like most heroes, Bergman's character is fearful of change and reluctant to accept the challenge, but Grant, like a medieval herald, reminds her of the past and gives her motivation to act
and one hot. After placing one hand in the cold water and one in the hot water, the 8Some researchers warn that the unrealistically attractive people portrayed in the popular media (actors, actresses, models) may cause us to be less satisfied with the looks of the genuinely available romantic possibilities around us. For instance, one study demonstrated that exposure to the exagger- ated sexual attractiveness of nude pinup bodies (in such magazines as Playboy and Playgirl) causes people to become less pleased with the sexual desirability of their current spouse or live-in mate (Kenrick, Gutierres, &. Goldberg, 1989). JUJITSU _ student is told to place both hands in the room-temperature water simultaneously. The look of amused bewilderment that immediately registers tells the story: Even though both hands are in the same bucket, the hand that has been in the cold water
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