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A sterotypical quest in a role-playing game will announce that the heroes must assemble some artifact, which unfortunately for them has been broken into several pieces, each of which is guarded by terrible threats which the heroes must overcome. The quest allows the heroes to shine and show the qualities that make them heroic.
Perhaps the original quest motif is the quest of Gilgamesh, who goes out in search of the secrets of eternal life. Another ancient quest tale is the story of Odysseus, who finds many dangers between him and his goal, which is simply to return home. This quest tale was told by Homer in The Odyssey. The Golden Fleece is the object of another famous quest from the tale of Jason and the Argonauts in Greek mythology. Perhaps the most famous quest motif from fiction centers around the Holy Grail; this is an interesting use of the motif, in that those who tell tales of the Holy Grail not only get to deal with heroes who succeed, like ParsifalParsifal is an opera in three acts by Richard Wagner. First production, Bayreuth, 1882. This opera is founded on Wolfram von Eschenbach's medieval epic Parzifal''. Plot :Place, country and castle of Montsalvat and Klingsor's magic palace. Herzeleide, of t or Sir Galahad, but also with heroes who fail, like Sir LancelotThis entry was adapted from the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica. In Arthurian legend, Sir Lancelot (Lancelot du Lac, or Lancelot of the Lake; also Launcelot) is one of the Knights of the Round Table. In most of the French prose romances and works dependent o.
A familiar modern literary quest is seen in the tale of Frodo BagginsFrodo Baggins is the main fictional character of J. Tolkien's monumental and mythological novel, The Lord of the Rings''. He is a Hobbit, born on September 22 of the year 2968 of the Third Age (T. to Drogo Baggins and Primula Brandybuck. 2980, Frodo lost's quest to destroy the One RingThe One Ring also known as the Ruling Ring or Ring of Power is an artifact from J. Tolkien's fictional Middle-earth universe. The Andvarinaut in the Volsunga saga is considered to have been the main inspiration. It was created by the Dark Lord Sauron duri in The Lord of the RingsThe Lord of the Rings is an epic fantasy story by J. Tolkien, a sequel to his earlier work, The Hobbit''. For more information on the fictional universe the story takes place in, including lists of characters and locations, see Middle-earth. The story's n. The One Ring, its baleful power, the difficult method which is the only way to destroy it, and the spiritual and psychological torture it wreaks on its Bearer, is used by TolkienHe is wearing a WWI-era British Army uniform in this photograph. John Ronald Reuel Tolkien ( January 3, 1892 September 2, 1973) was the author of The Hobbit and its sequel The Lord of the Rings his most famous work. A former pupil of King Edward's School, to tell a meaningful tale of friendship and the inner struggle with temptation, against a background of epic and supernatural warfare.
In the hands of lesser artists, unfortunately, the arbitrariness of the quest, the MacGuffinThis article is about the plot device. For the block cipher, see MacGuffin (cipher). A MacGuffin is a plot device that holds no meaning or purpose of its own except to motivate the characters and advance the story. The device is usually used in films, esp character of its objects, and the thin plot devices used to make its accomplishment difficult, make the quest motif one of the more obvious and least satisfying devices in fiction. This has unfortunately not prevented the quest device from being used in a thousand mediocre computer role-playing games and works of mass market fantasy fiction.
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