he get away; the bad guy is after our hero. The hero is trying to get himself and his treasures back to safety. In the Matrix Neo and Trinty rescue Morpheus from the agents. However, they are not home free yet, the agents are after them and plan to kill them all. Neo knows that he must get Morpheus and Trinity back to safety or the world will never have a chance to be free of the matrix’s control. This is where are hero enters the final stage of transformation.Stage ten, according to Seger, is when the hero faces the final obstacle. By showing courage, he/she will be reborn as the “Hero” and the change from the normal person to the hero will be complete. In the Matrix, after Neo rescues Morpheus he takes on an agent. Knowing that he will be killed, because the Oracle prophesied his death, he stays to fight for freedom. After agent smith kills neo he is reborn as the hero, the one who can read the computer code of the matrix. Nevertheless, like any other story the ending would not be complete without the hero falling in love. It was really Trinity who helped with Neo’ rebirth, because she confessed her to him. So now, our hero as the power to defeat the matrix, the love of the “Princess” and the beginning of new safe world, which he will help create.Through out this essay we have looked at the development of the “Hero” archetype. Now lets look at some of the others that where mentioned. There is the wise old man, and the good mother, these are the helpers that give advice and knowledge to the hero.According to Seger the wise old man is a teach to the hero, and as special knowledge of the obstacles that may lie ahead of the hero. In the movie, Morpheus is the wise old man. Tells and shows Neo everything about the matrix. He teaches Neo how to fight and shows him how to break and bend the rules of the matrix.Then there is the good mother who according to Seger has the all the qualities of a g...
