Abstract: William Golding won the Nobel Prize for literature in 1983‚ for his first writing Lord of the Flies‚ in which symbolism is wildly used and attributes lots of symbolic meanings to the characters and events. The story thus becomes vivid and profound. This paper aims at using Swiss psychologist Carl Gustav Jung’s collective unconscious and archetypal theories to interpret the archetypes of characters‚ natural scenes and themes. Key words: symbolism‚ Lord of the Flies‚ collective unconscious
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Archetypes in Literature EECE 441 Prof. Sibley Definition of Archetype: “A universally recognizable element . . . that recurs across all literature and life (Latrobe 13). Psychologist Carl Jung called these elements a kind of “collective unconscious” of the human race‚ prototypes rather than something gained from experience. The word is derived from the Greek: arche‚ original‚ and typos‚ form or model; thus‚ original model (Latrobe 13). An archetype is the first real example or prototype
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RUNNING HEAD: LITTLE MERMAID‚ ELEMENTAL ANIMA David Johnston HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSON’S THE LITTLE MERMAID AND THE REPRESSED ELEMENTAL ANIMA INTRODUCTION According to the wisdom of Marie Louise von Franz (1973)‚ a Jungian depth-psychological study of fairy tales begins with the initial exposition of all the characters. One examines the quality‚ number and role of characters for what is missing in order to bring archetypal completeness. In this tale‚ it is the Sea-King
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2012 “How the Grinch Stole Christmas” Psychoanalysis by definition‚ “is a psychological and psycho therapeutic theory conceived in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries by Austrian neurologist Sigmund Freud (McLeod 1). According to Freud‚ psychoanalysis deals with the concepts of death‚ sex‚ and violence. In dealing with psychoanalysis‚ he determines that there are three parts of the unconscious mind‚ the ego‚ the superego‚ and the id. In Dr. Seuss’ “How the Grinch Stole Christmas
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The Grinch Every kid loves Christmas. They love the presents‚ the festivities‚ the decorations and of course the food. Well‚ the citizens of Whoville are no different‚ in fact‚ they may be a little over the top. The Grinch the movie is based off of the book How the Grinch Stole Christmas by Dr‚ Seuss. The film stars Jim Carrey as The Grinch and was released on November 8th of 2000 which is only a year after I was born. Although I was young when I was first introduced to the movie‚ as I grew
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when there are no conscious ideas present‚ or when conscious ideas are inhibited for internal or external reasons.” In other words‚ an archetype is the original pattern or model of which all things of the same type are copies or representations. A Jungian archetype is a thought pattern that finds worldwide parallels. We have unconsciously molded specific traits to specific characters and turned them into “archetypes”. Carl Jung’s theory explains that archetypes are inherited ideas or modes of thoughts
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How the Grinch Taught Me Morals As a child‚ my favorite book was One Fish‚ Two Fish‚ Red Fish‚ Blue Fish by Dr. Seuss. At about 4 years old‚ I can’t imagine I saw anymore into that book besides the many different kinds of fish described. However‚ as a more mature adult‚ I can now see what Dr. Seuss was trying to impress upon children‚ the acceptance of diversity. Principles of ethics are shown to us frequently in picture books such as those by Dr. Seuss. However‚ as we get older‚ these medias
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The Grinch is believed to hate Christmas because he felt alienated from society due to his nature and strange appearance. He is a green monster whose entire body is covered with bright green fur and comes out of his cave during Christmas to wreak havoc among the residents of Whoville. People always knew that he never wanted to be social during Christmas time. They always told stories of how his shoes where too small to fit‚ and how his head wasn’t screwed on all the way. Projection was portrayed
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lived a man named Grinch. Mr. Grinch was a cave-dwelling creature who lived on the highest peak of the mountain at 10‚000 feet. He lived just north of the small town of Who Ville. Mr. Grinch lives with his dog Max who‚ is his only companion. He spends most of his time in his cave alone‚ thinking of ways how he can steal Christmas from the people of Who Ville. He’s around the age of forty years old and is not employed. As well as he was abandoned as a child. But luckily‚ for Mr. Grinch he was raised by
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At least once in our lives‚ we have read the poem “How the Grinch stole Christmas” by Dr. Seuss. This prevalent poem teaches juveniles the importance of family and the insignificance of materialistic possessions during holiday seasons. The story initiates with a Grinch who loathes the idea of Christmas. He went as far as peculating Christmas items from the residents of “Who-ville” in hopes of ruining this holiday. When in fact‚ during Christmas day‚ despite the citizens not receiving presents (Seuss)
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