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    Adventures of Huckleberry Finn‚ Mark Twain utilizes the archetypes of the Unwilling Hero‚ the Shape Shifter‚ and Haven vs. Wilderness to show that Huck Finn and Jim can find freedom all along the banks of the Mississippi River.  Huck portrays the unwilling hero because he puts a lot of thought into something before he does it‚ even though it will benefit everybody.  He is also very hesitant to perform heroic acts.  The King and Duke show the archetype of the shape shifter because they are constantly lying

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    is an accurate and worthy representation of the genre and deserves to be on the list as it consistently portrays its use of the Mise-en-scene aspects and motifs of Neo-Noir. These main characteristics being its unique lighting‚ setting‚ character archetypes‚ costume‚ visual motifs and camera-techniques‚ all of which are true to the Neo-Noir style. One very important

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    Maria Ramos‚ Period 6 Character Atticus Finch Scout Jem “Boo” Radley Bob Ewell Dill Miss Maudie Tom Robinson Calpurnia Archetype Function He is the Mentor because he is an older wiser teacher‚ serving as a role model.  He is one of the few residents of Maycomb who is not racist and believes in equality‚ which serves as an example for his children. He teaches scout how to see in other people’s perspective instead

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    In Sam Raimi’s Spiderman 3‚ the hero archetype is demonstrated through the antagonist Peter Parker. The need of a hero shows that people in today’s society are in need of saving and are not capable of protecting themselves. This in itself is something that people should be considered about. It clearly reflects that people are becoming dependent on others to save them and are not able to be independent. Not only is it an extremely selfish act of the people‚ but all the responsibilities are then dropped

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    Archetypal Analysis of Myths Part One: The Gods‚ the Creation‚ and the Earliest Heroes Chosen Myth: Dionysus or Bacchus Situational Archetype: Battle between Good and Evil In the myth of Dionysus there isn’t exactly a conflict between two sides of people battling for good or evil‚ its more as a battle between the two sides of Dionysus’ inner self. Unlike most examples of good versus evil‚ there isn’t a triumphant side. Just the personality switches between Dionysus being the joy-god or the

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    An archetype in literature is a repetitive narrative design of reoccurring character patterns of action or themes which are identifiable in a wide vary of works in literature. They often cause an emotional reaction with the audience making the main character seem more dynamic. Archetypes also help the reader recognize certain character types and better understand the characters rule in the story. In a sense an archetype can be considered the perfect image of something or what it is typically defined

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    society‚ and as an artist. The poem can be approached from the Carl’s Jung perspective‚ because of the archetypes that can be identified and analyzed‚ namely the Shadow‚ the Anima/Animus‚ and the Self. Of course this is not the only method in analysing the poem‚ but by using this I try to explain what is happening with The Lady from this point of view. Firstly‚ we should explain what archetypes are. They are inborn patterns‚ something given to us prior birth‚ but consciously we do not know we have

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    As a child‚ love and acceptance were the aspects that I cherished the most hence my strongest archetype being Innocent. My characteristics are very similar to the description of the innocent as I am a person that puts a lot of thought into friendship and believes everything will turn out the way I want it to. Throughout my childhood‚ my parents have been the mother and father figure that raised me up so that I take other people into consideration and bond with everyone with love and compassion. Love

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    The shadow is a common archetype in movies and in stories. The shadow reflects a deeper element of our psyche and is the dark side of the person. Everyone’s shadow is different‚ because not everyone is alike. So my shadow will be different from my sisters‚ and it is what we want crave to have‚ and is usually the evil in us. The anima archetype is the woman in men. Men have a certain secondary female sexual features to them‚ and men try to hide the feminist side of them. In Avatar Colonel Miles

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    In order to demonstrate the conflict at the community level‚ I used the system archetype of Vicious Cycle. Stroh explains that Virtuous/Vicious Cycles are “amplification and reinforcement”‚ “a reinforcing process producing success or disaster” (Stroh‚ 2015‚ pg. 67). “The terms virtuous circle and vicious circle (also referred to as virtuous cycle and vicious cycle) refer to a complex chain of events which reinforce themselves through a feedback loop” (Wikipedia‚ 2016‚ paragraph 1). The

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