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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marries first. The script brings up a lot of attention in the feminist theory. But‚ Shakespeare’s play reflects on the archetypes of characters‚ situations‚ and symbols. These connections are made in the play to make the audience familiar with the text and provide a deeper understanding. The first form of archetypal theory that will be expressed on is the character archetypes found throughout the story. Petruchio is a gentleman from Verona. Very loud‚ eccentric‚ and frequently drunk‚ he has arrived
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There are many different types of archetypes‚ but I am solely going to focus on one‚ mine. I am of the innocent archetype and I believe it is a very important part to who I am. The traits of an innocent archetype are blissful yet dark if you see it through my eyes. There’s fear of abandonment‚ desire to be loved‚ and the ability to control emotion when you need to. This has led me into a life that I am living now. When I was young and still to this day‚ when anyone I really care about tells me
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Garden of Eden‚ going through the trials and challenges of life‚ the temptations of life‚ and the weakness of the lack of knowledge one has when they are created into a place with very little knowledge‚ in which all can be related or connected to the archetype of creation stories. In the story of Adam and Eve‚ Adam is the first person created on earth by G-d‚ he is very special since he was created in the image of G-d himself‚ G-d created this beautiful garden-- the garden of Eden‚ the definition of Eden
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The Avengers as an Archetypal Superhero Film All media that lives within a specific genre of film can be classified as such by the similar elements that compose each work. Some say this makes Hollywood clichéd and typical‚ but a formulaic approach can be conducive to developing a movie that will interest a larger demographic. The “superhero film” is a category of video that utilizes this course of action. More specifically‚ Marvel’s movies (which are all based on comics) have had much success
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Aristotle states that "The change in a hero’s fortunes be not from misery to happiness‚ but...from happiness to misery‚ and the cause...must not lie in any depravity but in some great error on his part.” The unity of setting; fate (or determinism); a noble character‚ with the inevitability of human flaw - these factors are archetypal of the classical tragedies‚ first made popular by notable Sophocles‚ Euripides‚ and Aeschylus. Arthur Miller adopts this structure in his play‚ The Crucible: a tragedy
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The Metamorphosis Archetype Life is all about changes. Every single person goes through changes that are either positive and/or negative in their lives. Changes in life come for many reasons and the metamorphosis archetype give the tools for explaining these changes. In the story “Apollo and Daphne” a Greek myth translated by Rolfe Humphries‚ the reader can identify the changes that can be explained by the metamorphosis archetype. The metamorphosis archetype “is a ‘two-way street’;
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victim. What kind of attitude will trigger a murder? Insane as it may sound‚ a negative attitude might actually induce a man to kill. Indeed‚ attitude determines destiny. In Edgar Allan Poe’s two short stories “The Tell-Tale Heart” and “The Cask of Amontillado”‚ both speakers illustrate malicious and secretive attitudes towards their victims who both end up dead in a brutal way. First of all‚ a malicious attitude can be sensed in the two stories. To begin with‚ the mad man in “Tell-Tale Heart”
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In the short story The Cask of Amontillado by Edgar Allen Poe‚ there are many instances in which monster culture can be related to the main character‚ Montresor. Monster theory is related to this story by the use of Jeffery Jerome Cohen’s book which talks about his seven theses of monster culture. Montresor fits the descriptions of a monster in various scenes of the story. Montresor first and foremost fits the description that the monster always escapes. In the last paragraph of the short story
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