Hero’s Quest in the Film The Fisher King and in Epic of Gilgamesh

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In eight pages this paper examines what is meant by the hero’s quest and the purpose of his journey as Joseph Campbell described in Hero with a Thousand Faces within the context of the ancient Mesopotamian tablets Epic of Gilgamesh and in Terry Gilliam’s 1991 film The Fisher King. Six sources are listed in the bibliography.