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    Carl Jung Archetypes

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    to his ideology on the collective unconscious and archetypes. Archetypes can be defined as universal thoughts‚ symbols‚ or images having a large amount of emotion attached to them. While there are a variety of archetypes‚ there are four archetypes that Jung felt‚ played a significant role in the establishment of a balanced personality: the persona; animus/anima; shadow; and self. According to the Encyclopedia.com‚ "the“persona” is an archetype that develops over time as a result of the tendency

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    Miranda E. Remenar Per. 1 Bickmore Senior English 2/9/2012 Critical Lens Essay One might be angered that most of their child hood and lifetime stories are all based on archetypes. A simple skeleton of all tales‚ novels and stories alike. Until Discovering what an archetype was‚ you may have though that The Odyssey and Harry Potter were completely different tales‚ however this assumption would be wrong. Odysseus‚ a true hero destined by society to have the falls and triumphs of a hero‚ as well

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    Chris Wooding Archetypes

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    the characters. Chris Wooding does a stupendous job displaying the archetypes clearly in his book which makes the book worth reading. The characters alter the outcomes of the situations so differently because of their archetypes which makes the story a fresh and original read. Three examples of characters with clear archetypes are Erika‚ the damsel in distress‚ Adam‚ the bully and The Infected‚ whom are all the vampire archetype. First off‚ Erika clearly is the damsel in distress

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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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    Similar to most literary classics‚ William Golding’s novel Lord of the Flies contains allusions to the Christian Bible and character archetypes that establish universal ideas. Golding’s story focuses on a group of British schoolboys who are stranded on an island and succumb to their innate savage tendencies. Literary analysts compare aspects of Lord of the Flies to the Christian Bible such as the setting‚ a lush island in the Pacific Ocean‚ to the Garden of Eden. Likewise‚ the characters in the novel

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    Les Miserables Archetypes

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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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    Matilda Archetype Essay

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    Emily Loving A2 Archetypes in Matilda The movie‚ Matilda‚ is the story of a dark family comedy. Matilda takes on the role of an exaggerated version of a realistic childhood; in which adults are grumpy and mean for no reason‚ parents and teachers don’t understand them‚ and children actually have more to offer than what adults see in them. The plot centers on Matilda‚ a neglected adolescent possessing supernatural powers. The story‚ thus‚ turns into a classical drama where good and evil fight each

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    Derrick DeHerrera English 101 Archetypes Disney Film “The Little Mermaid” Archetypes: The Explorer/Seeker/Wander‚ The Jester‚ The Creator. Who: Ariel Role: is the youngest of the seven daughters of king Triton(mermaid king). Ariel defies her father by falling in love with a human‚ named Prince Eric. Later in the movie she becomes human herself and marries the prince. Archetype: The Lover‚ The Warrior/Hero Who: Prince Eric Role: Eric is a human prince who is rescued by Ariel when he

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    Archetypes Associated with Alice in Wonderland Alice in Wonderland is a perfect example for a Hero’s Journeys. A Hero’s Journey was first introduced by Christopher Vogler in his book "The Writer’s Journey". Vogler subdivides the Journey into seven archetypes which includes the hero‚ mentor‚ threshold guardian‚ herald‚ shape shifter‚ shadow‚ and trickster. These seven archetypes are demonstrated in Alice in Wonderland in an unrealistic but usual way. The Hero is most likely the protagonist ad

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    Archetypes‚ as defined by the Swiss psychoanalyst Carl Gustav Jung‚ are the “contents of the collective unconscious”. Similar to motifs‚ archetypes are the “deposits of the constantly repeated experiences of humanity”; they are universally understood symbols and patterns that have occurred and continue to occur in art and literature. In The Hunger Games‚ there are several key archetypal characters and situations. The archetype of the hero or heroine in the story is Katniss‚ a brave sixteen-year

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