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    The Cask Of Amontillado The story was written by Edgar Allan Poe and took place during carnival season in Italy in 1846. In the story the author used the first person narration style and this keeps the originality of the story. The reader get to know exactly what the protagonist was thinking because he was telling the story. So the effect is that he let the audience feel the main character which was Montressor. And this gives a better understanding of the story. We see that Montressor revenged

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    Edgar Allan Poe is a writer of many famous poems and stories. These writings‚ for example‚ “The Masque of the Red Death”‚ “The Fall of the House of Usher”‚ “The Cask of Amontillado”‚ and “Alone” are influenced by the events in Poe’s life and include many similarities with each other. These similarities include isolation‚ involvement of a sickness‚ a feeling of fear‚ and the death of a character. The stories share these qualities because of important events that happened throughout Poe’s life. Poe’s

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    ✨Disney Archetypes✨ 1. Hercules The Young Man from the Provinces Hercules--His adoptive parents had no idea where he came from and they took him in as their own The Initiate Hercules--He was trying to prove to his father that he was worthy of living on Mount Olympus Mentor Philoctetes (Phil)--He teaches Hercules the ways of a God and how to fight off Hades’ demons Friendly Beast Pegasus--He is Hercules’ partner‚ best friend; he is there when Hercules needs him The Devil Figure Hades--He

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    Meghan Harrington Mr. Ott Character Trait 11th Oct. 2012 The character of Montresor in‚ “The Cask of Amontillado” is one who can only be defined with words along the lines of evil‚ or wicked. He vows to avenge the bold and childish Fortunato‚ whom Montresor swears did him wrong. Montresor could be described with many bold words‚ one being guilty. Though he is guilty‚ he is determined not to get caught. For instance‚ Montresor declares‚ “I must not only punish‚ but punish with impunity” (Poe‚

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    warrior‚ and chief character archetypes in protecting the planet earth from absolute destruction. The character archetype of a hero is generally the one who embarks on a journey to complete a task in order to reestablish an optimum way of living or perfection in a community. Optimus Prime fits this character archetype because he embarks on the journey to find the Allspark to restore power and fertility to Cybertron (Transformers). The other character archetype is of a warrior which represents

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    The Archetypes of the Lion King Simba: Hero or Cold-blooded Murderer? The "unconscious" is a psychological concept that is interpreted differently by many psychologists. Sigmund Freud interprets the unconscious as a place where thoughts‚ feelings and memories are kept‚ and cannot easily be brought into the conscious mind. However‚ some neo-Freudians‚ such as Carl Jung‚ thought differently. Jung believed that there was not only a personal unconscious‚ which is what Freud describes‚ but

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    author‚ Homer‚ uses archetypes throughout the poem. An archetype is a character‚ action‚ or a situation that is a pattern of human life or patterns. The Odyssey includes about three archetypes throughout the poem‚ these archetypes are: the hero‚ the mentor‚ and the monster. ` The first archetype shown in the poem is the hero. The hero archetype usually is a person with superhuman qualities that is on a quest of something with great value. A character in The

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    What are the common archetypes in ancient mythologies? I chose this topic because I have a large interest in past culture‚ and I would like to know more about the stories of heroes passed down through many generations. These archetypes help historians understand the lifestyle of past civilizations‚ such as Greek‚ Norse‚ and Egyptian. When people include an archetypal character in a piece of literature‚ “it helps to get the message of a work across to the reader‚ by appealing to specific universal

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    Peter Pan‚ J. M. Barrie uses archetypes and motifs that establish the story as a fairytale. Among the features of the fairytale are having the setting in a magical land‚ having a hero and a villain and having major characters on a quest. Barrie creates the Neverland as the land of dreams where these archetypes and motifs come to life to tell a story of escape‚ adventure and journey‚ putting this story clearly in the fairytale genre. Barrie uses a variety of archetypes but among the most that strengthen

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    In this essay I am trying to accomplish a literary analysis and integrating quotes from the book Wild. My focus is Option A which is to analyze the archetypes in Cheryl’s journey and the roles of various characters. My thesis was how the archetypes create who she really is and without them she wouldn’t be able to change. I chose this topic because I like to know about other people’s journey and the people that impacted them in their journey. I considered the audience by not using personal pronouns

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