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Dark Forest Archetype
Dark forest is an archetype because they symbolize wickedness, danger, and fear. When Hansel and Gretel got lead into the forest they found a witches house which represents wickedness. The witch had house of candy, she uses it to lure kids in and then eat them, which is wicked because that is evil and morally wrong. In “Hansel and Gretel” the second time Hansel and Gretel were lead into the forest it represents fear. When their trail of crumbs had disappeared Gretel complained that she was frightened wept bitterly, she also complained that she was cold and hungry and wanted to go home. In chapter 8 of The Hobbit dark forest represent danger. In the chapter Bilbo and the dwarves were captured by spiders and Bilbo had to fight them off to be

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