Gandalf as a “the Guide” What is Gandalf’s Archetype? The dictionary defines it as "the original pattern or model from which all things of same kind are copied or on which they are based; a model or first form; prototype." J.R.R Tolkien’s "The Hobbit" is a story of growth that centers on Bilbo Baggins a Hobbit who is perfectly happy in his Hobbit hole eating‚ drinking and smoking. Everything in Bilbo’s life is as he likes it‚ until the day that Gandalf the Grey strolls into his
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In the world‚ Archetypes are found in all sorts of fiction. Archetypes are patterns in characters that have been seen throughout books or movies. Characters who fall under certain archetypes follow the same pattern that many other follows. In the movie‚ The Lion King‚ most characters can fall under one of these archetypes. Scar represents the shape shifter or the villain‚ the hyenas represent the tricksters‚ and Timon and Pumbaa can represent the jesters. The archetype that each character falls under
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Archetypes in film appear to each viewer in different ways. The subconscious thoughts of the viewer identify what characters are what archetypes in the hero’s myth. These thoughts are based on the trends seen in previous myths and on the moral code of the viewer. In the article “Creating the Myth”‚ Linda Seger distinguishes each kind of archetype seen in the hero’s myth. By focusing on the archetypes that remain consistent throughout the hero’s myth‚ Seger overlooks the shape-shifting archetypes
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There are many other greek heroes that fit what we call the “archetype of a hero”. The archetype of a hero is what we consider to be qualities that most heroes have. Meleager‚ Heracles‚ and Theseus all fit a majority of these qualities and that is what makes them a hero. Meleager is not usually the first greek to come to mind when we think about greek heroes. Meleager fits many of the heroic qualities that are listed in the archetype of a hero. One quality being that Meleager was born into royalty
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The Tragedy Archetype: The Rebirth Within Prim Lerthirunvibul Y10D (Blue) The seven archetypes is a theory in which there are seven ways of story-telling namely Quest‚ Voyage and Return‚ Rebirth‚ Comedy‚ Overcoming the Monster‚ Rags to Riches and Tragedy. The Tragedy archetype is one of the seven archetypes used in story-telling mentioned by Christopher Booker in The Seven Basic Plots. This archetype is known to expect a specific reaction from the readers often using grief‚ destruction and death
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ARCHETYPES Carl Jung’s Collective Unconscious‚ Archetypes Abstract Carl Jung was the illegitimate son of a poet. Jung’s emotional voyage into the psychological unknown began early in his life; he became aware of two separate aspects of his Self. This experience drew him into the field of psychiatry‚ dealing with subjective phenomena. After relationship trauma‚ with Freud‚ Jung began a dangerous and
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literal mother figure is representative as this archetype. “To distract Truman (Jim Carrey) from his recent discoveries and suspicions‚ Christof (Ed Harris) orchestrates the return of Truman ’s father and creates a moving television moment in the process” (Youtube 2011). Another archetype I identified was family. The general relation of Truman to his wife and his craving for his father is an example of this archetype. I believe that the feminine archetype are also identifiable in The Truman Show. You
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by Victor Hugo is a book written in 1845 about the time period directly following the French Revolution. As is the case with most literature‚ Les Miserables includes character archetypes. In Les Miserables‚ the characters Cosette and Jean Valjean are both character archetypes. The character Cosette represents the archetype of the orphaned child. Her mother‚ Fantine‚ was forced to abandon her as she needed a job and couldn’t take Cosette with her‚ who was an infant at the time. She left Cosette in
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The Hobbit shows both positive and negative character traits. Some of the positive traits were shown by what the dwarves did. They were peaceful and honest . The trolls were seen in a negative light because they tried to kill the dwarves. At this point in the story intelligence would be more important than physical strength because when the trolls made an appearance in the book‚ they weren’t defeated with brute strength.They were defeated because of the sun. In other words‚ the trolls kept getting
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Archetype Death of a Sales Man SITUATIONAL ARCHETYPES The Journey - Willy must go and discover job opportunities to restore fertility into his house hold‚ he also descends into a mental‚ the flashbacks‚ and real hell‚ being fired‚ in order to discover his faults. The Fall - Willy was once a very successful salesman‚ his children looked up to him and even had a woman on the side. Just like any hero‚ Willy is soon "expelled" from his paradise‚ such as being fired. Unhealable Wound - Willy’s ability
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