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    World lit - blood wedding

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    succumbed by social stereotypes? In Frederico Garcia Lorca’s tragic play‚ Blood Wedding‚ he uses many literary strategies in order to maintain various social stereotypes. Three main techniques the author chooses to incorporate include atmosphere‚ archetypes‚ and resolution to further his critique of the social stereotype present in this spanish society. To begin‚ Frederico Garcia Lorca uses atmosphere constantly throughout the play. Lorca aimed to create a brooding atmosphere of early 1900’s Spain

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    Brutus: Archetypal Hero

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    Brutus: Rise of the Tragic Hero William Shakespeare‚ in his play‚ Julius Caesar‚ displays Brutus as the archetypal hero and uses the supporting characters as surrounding archetypes. He supports this by relating Brutus’s characteristics to the traditional hero’s personality‚ its history‚ and by creating connections between the evens surrounding and including Brutus to the heroic journey. Shakespeare’s purpose is to create dynamic and relatable characters in order for others to enjoy his play thoroughly

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    Not My Best Side

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    “Explain how the poem “not my best side” portrayal of its characters‚ leads to archetypes being gone against.” This poem is inter-textual in a sense that it is based on the painting “St. George and the Dragon”. It takes a humorous role in portraying each of the characters found in the painting and goes against theirs common archetypes of a dragon‚ princess and knight. This poem is a parody on the archetypes that the characters of the painting should have‚ it goes against them completely in a humorous

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    To Kill a Mockingbird

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    Scout’s maturation. Scout is a tomboy who represents efforts to alter her behavior in order to make her more socially accepted. An archetype is an original pattern or model from which all things of the same land are copied or on which they are based. A character archetype is a personality trait of characters that we find in almost every story. Examples of character archetypes are the father‚ the other‚ the child‚ the wise-fool‚ the maiden‚ the hero and anti-hero‚ the deceiver‚ the scapegoat‚ the outcast

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    Thor as an Archetypal Hero

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    characters that are similar in nature‚ and these characters became known as archetypes. There are many famous archetypes‚ but perhaps the most famous archetype is the hero. A hero is defined as a protagonist who goes on a quest or a journey to bring about greater good to the universe (Campbell). According to the great American mythologist Joseph Campbell‚ the hero must meet nine criteria in order to be considered an archetype. In addition to these nine criteria‚ the hero must also experience twelve

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    Consumer Psychology

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    and “...how consumers use brands as props or anthropomorphic actors in stories they report about themselves and others. Such drama enactments enable these storytellers to experience powerful myths that reflect psychological archetypes.” (Miller‚Suresh‚Woodside). These archetypes speak to most primitive part of the consumer psyche‚ in a visceral way. The

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    this definition to various literary and historical characters‚ specifically to the text of Antigone and Night. Students will understand the archetype of the fairy tale‚ in reference to The Princess Bride. Students will understand and apply characteristics of Modernism‚ in reference to Night. Students will understand the elements of the HERO archetype‚ and be able to analyze a traditional hero in Prince Westley‚ a feminist hero in Antigone‚ tragic hero in Creon‚ and finally‚ a real life example

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    life deal with many archetypes in which help the reader make other assumptions revolved around the characters and situations. The main archetypal character’s in the story are the victim and the mother figure. Lyle struggles with the identity of not only his family but himself which leads to the situational archetypes. Finally the archetypal symbols that continually influence Lyle’s life are the symbol of darkness and the image of a safe haven. The significance of the archetypes in the novel describes

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    Archetypes A common theme in both Into the Wild and Everything is Illuminated is an archetype of this Eden a final destination of journey. For “Alex‚” it was his Alaska‚ for Alex‚ Jonathan‚ and Alex’s Grandfather it was Trachimbrod. An Eden in literature is a final destination or state that a character‚ or set of characters in the case of Everything is Illuminated‚ strives to achieve or find. Both books have the characters searching for their Eden’s for their own personal reasons. “Alex” takes

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    Common Magic

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    we interact. The author also describes the positive and negative sides that make the world perfect such as love‚ interdependence and society influence. Wallace uses 3 specific literary devices such as; smilies‚ figurative imagery‚ and different archetypes. “Words‚ flimsy as bubbles rising”‚ this simile shows how ‘lost’ the girl is in love and how she’s in her own personal world even though she’s interacting and talking. Her words sound flimsy and it seems that she may be somewhere else. The author

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