Christopher Vogler The Writers Journey
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character, Bodine, Lovett's sidekick and a k i n d of T H R E S H O L D G U A R D I A N
to O l d Rose, even suggests that the whole thing could have been her romantic
invention, a story too good to be true. Like all travelers to the other world, Rose
has to be taken on faith.
T h e character of young Rose is a manifestation of the "damsel in distress"
archetype. As such she is a sister of Sleeping Beauty and Snow W h i t e , princesses
caught between life and death and wakened by a kiss; the Twelve Dancing Princesses
rescued from enchantment by a young man who makes himself invisible to follow
them into their world; Psyche in love with the mysterious young flying god C u p i d
(Eros); Persephone kidnapped to an underworld hell by a cruel king; Helen of Troy
snatched away from her brutal husband by a sensuous young admirer; and Ariadne
rescued from a bad marriage by the passionate, artistic god Dionysus.
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