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    brute called Grendel. Initially‚ Grendel is the only threat is perceived by the Danes‚ until his mother seeks vengeance for the death of her son. Throughout the epic poem‚ Grendel and his mother’s background help facilitate many themes‚ ideals‚ and archetypes within the narrative. Since they originate from the clan of Cain‚ Grendel and his mother affect the heroic poem by causing certain individuals

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    article‚ he criticized To Kill a Mockingbird as not portraying racial problems fairly. He asserted that Lee’s book was written to soothe the guilt of racism of whites due to the exemplary actions of Atticus Finch while black people are portrayed as archetypes. Asim

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    CARL JUNG AND THE THEORY OF ARCHETYPES Background Carl Gustav Jung was born July 26‚ 1875‚ in the small Swiss village of Kessewil...He was surrounded by a fairly well educated extended family‚ including quite a few clergymen and some eccentrics as well. [Jung’s father] started Carl on Latin when he was six years old‚ beginning a long interest in language and literature -- especially ancient literature. Besides most modern western European languages‚ Jung could read several ancient ones‚ including

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    are fearless‚ intelligent‚ and can tackle any obstacle. Anti-Heroes are the complete opposite. Villains are purely immoral and they despise the heroes they face. Anti-Villains seem immoral but they too are not purely evil. All of these character archetype share one thing in common: they both have a noble side and an immoral side. And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie‚ and Star Wars: The Force Awakens by J.J. Abrams‚ can help further understand these character architypes. And Then There Were

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    Traditionally‚ the popular archetype of the Blind Seer involves one who is physically blind yet possesses deeper knowledge. Robert’s deeper knowledge is his ability to connect emotionally and spiritually. His wisdom is strengthened by the stroking‚ touching‚ and lifting of his beard

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    In the Life Of Pi‚ the author uses symbolic archetypes such as the “the journey” or “the loyal companion” to divulge that we as humans have evolved as a group to frequently rely on each other for the basic resources that are key to survival‚ therefore‚ needing companionship/communication because the reality of isolation would tear us apart. By way of explanation‚ humans are reliant on each other‚ and communicating to one another fulfills ourselves and makes us a stronger and healthier individual

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    Golden Age was the first era of comic books‚ a time where they became so widespread and popular that more than 60 million copies were sold each month by 1946. Many of the most notable superheroes were created during these years‚ and the superhero archetype was constructed and defined. Characters such as Batman‚ Captain America‚ Flash Gordon‚ and Wonder Woman gained prominence in the Golden Age. Despite popular belief‚ Wonder Woman was not the first female superhero. A few came before her‚ many after

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    relation to that of the theatre. Confined‚ both within the mound as well as on the stage‚ caught within the inconsistencies of the desperate playing out of herself and the virtually inconsequential perking up of the one-way chatter‚ Winnie is the archetype of

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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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    the paradigmatic shifts of its context. Contemporaries like Angela Carter‚ reinforcing or challenging societal values or constructs‚ subvert fairytale archetypes to educate on social progression; through literary discourses such as post-modernism and feminism. In Carter’s ‘The Company of Wolves’ (1979) the blurring of the wolf or hunter archetype exemplifies the modernisation of the classic fairytale‚ ‘Little Red Riding Hood’. Carter subverts traditional and polarising notions of good versus evil

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