Olaf: Frozen's Unlikely Supernatural Guide
Olaf: Frozen's Unlikely Supernatural Guide In the Disney film “Frozen,” the protagonist, Anna, must reunite with her sister Elsa in order to bring her back. Throughout her journey, she meets a variety of characters, such as Kristoff, Sven, the trolls, and Oaken, that really tall store owner (I hope you know who I’m talking about). All these characters benefit her in some way, but none have the true purpose that her childhood snowman Olaf does: supernatural aid. This step in Joseph Campbell’s monomyth is crucial to Anna’s story because it provides a place of comfort and support throughout her journey. Not only that, her helper benefits her more than he seems to, although his role in her story is often overlooked. First, let’s talk about the monomyth. The writer Joseph Campbell created it to better understand the progressions and transformations in the journey of a hero, hence the name, “The Hero’s Journey.” In it are a whopping seventeen steps, each with their own purpose of describ...