Thermopylae‚ Greece. We will examine 6 types of Archetypes‚ the Hero‚ the Old and Wise Guide‚ the Long Journey‚ the Evil Tempter‚ The Amazon‚ and the Triumph and Return Home. In the ancient battle of Thermopylae‚ King Leonidas and 300 Spartans fought to the death against Xerxes and his massive Persian army. Facing overwhelming odds‚ their bravery and sacrifice inspired all of Greece to bond against the Persian enemy. Our first archetype is the hero‚ King Leonidas. He and the citizens of
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Odysseus falls under a hero because he had saved his men multiple times. He had also helped his people win the war by coming up with the trojan horse idea. When they brought in the horse all the people ran out killing all the men and taking of the place. They had also got to that island of the lotus eater and his men had suddenly were starting to get addicted and not wanting to leave. So he got them out of there and sailed away into the sun set. They had been away from home for 17 years and they
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Odysseus’ potentials and character nature serve as a worldview of the perfect Homeric Greek man. The "god-like Odysseus" is complicated‚ courageous‚ clever‚ and expressive. His increments are a lot of his understandings through travel‚ the meeting of various societies and people groups and gains from misery and mistakes. Odysseus’ strength is continually tested by the lure of ladies. In the Odyssey‚ batch cases of such attraction mirror the significance of sexual orientation and the part of ladies
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IMPERFECT HEROES Odysseus and Moses represent the standard hero‚ which is one scarred with imperfections—a hero that commits crimes‚ lies‚ deceives‚ is in some sense immoral. Moses as an adolescent murdered an Egyptian who was pestering a Hebrew man (Exodus‚ 45) whereas‚ Odysseus betrays his faithful wife by having affairs with several women‚ such as Calypso and Circe. Odysseus’s crave for adventure and Moses’ violence show that both Hebrew culture and Greek culture are accepting of a tarnished
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Odyssey‚ the book which people have been reading and learning from it generation after generation‚ its main character‚ Odysseus has been portrayed to be a great leader and be worshiped by a large amount of people. However‚ while reading it in advanced deeply‚ in details and sentence by sentence‚ seeing the evidence‚ the mirror of Odysseus occurred. The way that he treated his men‚ the way he led his men to‚ the way he talked to his men‚ arrogance‚ self-centered‚ unmotived‚ selfish all showed his
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Detective Archetype Essay Sherlock Holmes and the Doctor share qualities such as higher intelligence‚ isolation from society‚ and hyperactivity that shape them into the only ones capable of providing justice for the threatened. The two fit the detective archetype quite well and whether explicit or not‚ the archetype is prevalent in their stories as well as others. Qualities of the detective archetype are represented through each “detective’s” habits‚ actions‚ words‚ thoughts‚ and choices
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used and attributes lots of symbolic meanings to the characters and events. The story thus becomes vivid and profound. This paper aims at using Swiss psychologist Carl Gustav Jung’s collective unconscious and archetypal theories to interpret the archetypes of characters‚ natural scenes and themes. Key words: symbolism‚ Lord of the Flies‚ collective unconscious‚ archetypal theory 0. Introduction Lord of the Flies is the masterpiece of William Golding. With its medium size‚ the author exerts his imagination
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Finn by Mark Twain Essay April 9‚ 2010 Webster’s New Explorer Dictionary and Thesaurus defines an archetype as the original pattern or model of all things of the same type. Another way to understand the meaning of an archetype is that we are all born with a set of unconscious patterns of behavior that we can call archetypes. Life helps to teach us that we may not be aware of an archetype influencing our life and helping us relate to significant others. A round character is defined as a major
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Archetypes are neither good nor bad. They are simply patterns of behavior; and when we become unaware of them‚ they tend to fall into shadow. With this being said‚ I most closely resemble the Martyr archetype. The origin of the Martyr archetype is all about doing the right thing‚ no matter who is against it. A Martyr realizes that sacrificing for others is a part of their life’s journey‚ and that when they do this‚ it brings them a sense of purpose and joy. On the other hand‚ Martyr’s use their sacrifices
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As one can surmise from the tumultuous situations he is forced into over the following years at sea‚ Odysseus endured great hardships all due to his hubris. His crew was decimated and he was forced to live without his wife‚ Penelope‚ and son‚ Telemachus‚ for far longer than he ever expected. However‚ like Gilgamesh‚ Odysseus is ultimately not ruined by his hubris. Instead‚ Homer decides to end his tale by finally allowing him to arrive home with “More [gifts] than he ever would have taken out of
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