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    An archetype is a pattern in literature representing human life. The archetypes from Antigone are the same ones that show in the very well known movie‚ “Star Wars”. Mentors and villains are two of the archetypes that are commonly found in both stories. There are various reoccurring archetypes in archetypes in historical works of literature‚ such as Antigone‚ that are still being used today in our modern day literature. One of the most common archetypes in literature is the mentor figure. Practically

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    Satire in the Pardoner’s Tale The Canterbury Tales is one of the greatest analogy of stories in English language‚ for its satirical language that had great impact in British society. One of the tales‚ the pardoner’s tale‚ which comes after the Physician’s Tale and before the Shipman’s Tale‚ is one of the best piece of literature demonstrating the use of satire. The pardoner’s tale satirizes the hypocritical pardoners who do the deeds that they themselves condemn‚ stupidity of drunkenness‚ and the

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    of the archetypes made famous by Carl Jung. This series originally aired in 2011‚ based off of a book series written by George R.R. Martin. Carl Jung was a psychiatrist who is known for not only his work on the Collective Unconsciousness‚ but also the concept of archetypes. In his book‚ The Archetypes and the Collective Unconscious‚ Jung discusses behavior patterns that he calls archetypes. He describes these as “...inborn tendencies which shape the human behavior.” (“Concept of Archetypes at Carl

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    “The Two Brothers” Archetypes Archetypes are found in all tales books‚ or poems alike‚ they are a way to make the story more interesting‚ and the fairy tales written by the Grimm’s brothers implement many archetypes in their stories. An archetype is like an original example of something‚ like a movie script before it is edited (Bennett). In the tale of “The Two Brothers‚” it is about two brothers that grew up with their adopted father who taught them to be huntsmen. The two brothers split paths

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    Abigail Williams: Misfit Archetype Abigail Williams‚ a character from The Crucible‚ is a misfit archetype. A misfit archetype describes a character who doesn’t fit in with their community and surroundings. These types of characters can often display an attitude of freedom. I chose the misfit archetype for Abigail Williams because she fits into it very well. To begin with‚ Abigail was found conjugating with Tituba and other girls in the woods. She is also a misfit because she starts accusing fellow

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    Analysis of the archetype in O. Wilde’s novel "Portrait of Dorian Gray" The scale of the realization of ideas through the archetype of an animated portrait allows one to compare "Portrait of Dorian Gray" and Gogol’s "Portrait" as manifestoes of related epochs. In the first chapter‚ an analysis of the archetype in Gogol’s story was conducted‚ we will try to discover the archetype in Wilde’s novel by the same characteristics: • the inclusion of the archetype in ontological issues; • reflection of

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    Canterbury Tales‚ Geoffrey Chaucer narrates a fictional pilgrimage from London to Canterbury including characters that display all segments of Medieval England. Chaucer accomplishes this through the use of frame narrative. One tale used to portray a character in the poem is “The Pardoner’s Tale.” The Pardoner is a man of the church who sells indulgences to people of sin in the Catholic faith. In “The Pardoner’s Prologue” the Pardoner explains his ruse to his fellow pilgrims then proceeds to the tale in which

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    David Denby explains the typical high school movies in detail in his article called "High-School Confidential: Notes in Teen Movies". According to Denby‚ there are three character archetypes in high school movies; the popular girl‚ the jock‚ and the outsider. For some reason these movies usually take place around the time of prom‚ where miss popular expects to be crowned for her…popularity. Denby described the first character type‚ the popular girl‚ as usually a tall slender blonde cheerleader

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    of Blake’s Use of Archetypes) As English poets emerged in the eighteenth century‚ William Blake’s name became a topic of discussion. He was a well-known poet who had one eye on mystical visions and the other on the real social ills around him. The way he expressed his mystical vision side was through archetypes‚ plot patterns‚ character types‚ or ideas with emotional power and widespread appeal. These were sometimes viewed as ways to describe truths about humanity. “In archetypes‚ there is the Nurturer

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    Thermopylae‚ Greece. We will examine 6 types of Archetypes‚ the Hero‚ the Old and Wise Guide‚ the Long Journey‚ the Evil Tempter‚ The Amazon‚ and the Triumph and Return Home. In the ancient battle of Thermopylae‚ King Leonidas and 300 Spartans fought to the death against Xerxes and his massive Persian army. Facing overwhelming odds‚ their bravery and sacrifice inspired all of Greece to bond against the Persian enemy. Our first archetype is the hero‚ King Leonidas. He and the citizens of

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