| The Ordinary World-The Hobbit | Bilbo’s life in his perfect, calm hobbit hole in the Shire. It also describes his role as a respectable, rich Baggins-Took. |
| The Ordinary World-Twelfth Night | Duke is in his palace moping around, while talking to his servants. |
| Call to adventure-The Hobbit | Gandalf shows up with the dwarves with a formal proposal to ask Bilbo to join their company as a burglar. |
| Call to adventure-Twelfth Night | Viola is shipwrecked, which leads into the idea of pretending to be a guy. |
| Refusal of the call-The Hobbit | Bilbo says he doesn’t want to go on an adventure because he does not want to leave the safety of his hobbit hole. Also, respectable hobbits, such as the Bagginses, do not go on adventures. |
| Refusal of the call-Twelfth Night | Not mentioned. The hero comes up with the adventure, so no chance for refusal. |
| Meeting with the Mentor-The Hobbit | Along the way, Gandalf gives advice to the company and he provides hints and resources to help them. |
| Meeting with the Mentor-Twelfth Night | Duke advises her on love and feelings. When she discusses her situation, Orsino gives her an answer. |
| Crossing the Threshold-The Hobbit | When Bilbo leaves his hobbit hole, rushing to get to the Inn, where the dwarves await his arrival. |
| Crossing the Threshold-Twelfth Night | Viola gets the job as a servant to Duke and he gives her a task. At this point, she cannot turn back on her plan. |
| Tests, Allies, Enemies-The Hobbit | Bilbo has many tests that include: getting past the enemies, forming allies, surviving, doing his job as the burglar. Along the way, they discover the enemies-Trolls, wargs, goblins, Gollum, and spiders and the allies-eagles, Elrond, dwarf army, Beorn, Elves of RIvendell |
| Tests, Allies, Enemies-Twelfth Night | Viola has many tests: performing her master’s task, staying in character, and trying to let Olivia down. She discovers her allies-Olivia, sea captain, Duke and her enemies-Malvolio, Sir Andrew. |
| Approach to the Inmost Cave-The Hobbit | Finding the passage to enter into the Lonely Mountain to face Smaug, the dragon. |
| Approach to the Inmost Cave-Twelfth Night | The duel between Cesario and Sir Andrew. It represents a dangerous situation and the height of her plan. |
| The Supreme Ordeal-The Hobbit | Bilbo takes the Arkenstone to bargain with the armies. He is secretly going behind Thorin’s back in order to bring peace. |
| The Supreme Ordeal-Twelfth Night | Olivia confronts Cesario about being her husband, Antonio is accusing Sebastian and Sir Andrew is ticked off at Cesario. |
| The Resurrection-The Hobbit | After getting hit on the head, Bilbo wakes up to find that the battle is over. |
| The Resurrection-Twelfth Night | Viola resurrects her identity of a woman and is seen differently. She is her true self again. |
| The Reward-The Hobbit | -Dwarves’ respect-Restoration of the kingdom under the mountain-Ring-Sword-Gold |
| The Reward-Twelfth Night | -Duke (love) |
| The Road Back/Flight-The Hobbit | The end of the battle and Thorin’s death pushes him back, as he has no place there. Gandalf accompanies him on his journey back. |
| The Road Back/Flight-Twelfth Night | Viola has no Ordinary world to return to. Therefore, she doesn’t have to make a journey back. |
| Return with the Elixir-The Hobbit | He returns home with the treasure he kept and satisfaction of his knowledge and respect. His stuff is being auctioned off and so he rushes to claim it. His attitude and opinion has changed as he no longer care about what others think. |
| Return with the Elixir-Twelfth NIght | Viola has no elixir or ordinary world. |
| Viola | Martyr-sacrifices feelings and identity to perform his task |
| Feste | Wanderer-explores and does his own thing |
| Andrew | Innocent or Orphan-Always agrees with others-relies on others to give them answers |
| Malvolio | Orphan-suffering-waits for rescue-wants an easy way to be rich-wishes to stay safe |
| Antonio | Martyr-risks life to be by Sebastian’s side-fights to save him |
| Olivia | Warrior-Aggressively goes and gets what she wants-works hard for the goal, expecting a reward-leader |
| Duke | Orphan-Wants others to help him-Emotions are out of control-wants an easy way out |
| Smaug | Warrior-Slays his problems-fear of weakness-confident |
| Bard | Warrior-literally, slays the dragon-“converts” others to follow him and have the same opinion-confident and courageous |
| Thorin | Warrior-wants to show strength as king under the mountain-wants to be rich-works hard for the goal, expects a reward-confident and courageous |
| Gandalf | Magician-fighting for the balance of good and evil-appreciates others and works with them-has faith in Bilbo-“creates the world he wants” |
| Gollum | Wanderer-independent-distrusts everyone else-isolates self |
| Bilbo | Innocent -> Magician-wishes for safety-inexperienced but willing to learn-works with others and does not wish to lead ↓-the balance between Baggins and Took sides-prosperous with little or lot, he is content with what he has (he doesn’t take much treasure. |
| Dwarves | Orphan-waits for Bilbo or Gandalf to rescue them-wants to easily inherit money-wants safety and an easy fix |
Twelfth Night + Hobbit (Heroic archetypes and Hero’s Journey)
July 15, 2019