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    In her essay‚ “The Deconstruction of the Male-Rescuer Archetype‚” Carolina Fernandez emphasizes how the figure of a “male-hero” has evolved and changed overtime. Fernandez supports her main argument using Spanish fairy tales to oppose the strong-traditional vision of Machoism and demonstrate how women do not need a figure of a hero or rescuer‚ since they can free themselves and become independent. Although some of the fairy tales used as examples had a male rescuer‚ her main argument demonstrates

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    Within the Hero’s journey‚ characters show the story and use emotions through‚ the journey‚ symbol’s enhance the stories’ or movies’ meaning. In this instance archetypes are used‚ archetypes are a recurring of characters and symbols in a study. A movie that consists a hero’s journey within the plot is Avatar written and directed by James Cameron in 2009. Avatar is about a paralyzed marine‚ Jake Sully‚ who is sent to Pandora after his twin brother Tommy‚ is killed. Jake serves as a substitute and

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    Every character is a type of character that is known as part of the archetype. The hero’s journey is a literary device created by Joseph Campbell as a way to recognize the hero’s main journey throughout many different genres. It is the typical journey of a hero thrown out into an unknown world with a single objective. The

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    Campbell has written a book called The Hero with a Thousand Faces‚ which breaks his thinking down into seventeen sections. In his thinking‚ Campbell also believes that all myths are essentially the same. He calls this the monomyth: “Mankind’s one great story.” One example of a monomyth is something Campbell calls the Hero’s Journey. He says all mythologies contain stories of heroes‚ people of great courage and strength who are celebrated for their daring deeds. Campbell says

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    In “Inside Out” the story tellers use the archetype “Mentor” to show how as humans we all need someone to help us along with life and teach us the correct ways so then when we grow up we can teach the younger generation. Mentors teach us what is bad and good to overall protects us from danger. At the beginning of the movie when Riley was young it shows in the movie that Riley is running around. When she is running she is about to trip over a cord but‚ right before she does fear steps in and saves

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    Hero’s Journey: Separation: Hiccup (the male protagonist) begins his journey to heroism right from the first scene. In this scene he is seen as a useless child and he is sent away from all the action of hunting dragon to repair the weapons of the other Vikings. Hiccup disobeys his father’s orders and he set out to kill a Nightfury‚ the most dangerous of all of the dragons. He unexpectedly hits one‚ yet no one believes him‚ he in fact get in trouble. Later the next day he sets out to find the Nightfury

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    Osiris and Isis is an African myth that talks about afterlife and immortality and how Osiris became the symbol of immortality. In the myth‚ Seth plays the jealous trickster. The jealous trickster is the character that tricks and cons them by luring them into traps that he/she has set up. I have chosen to analyze Seth because this jealous trickster personality trait defines the meaning of unhappy rage‚ and envy towards a brother for living lavishly and wanting to get rid of Osiris. He is also the

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    Taco Salsa Chicken Ingredients: • 1 jar Mexican salsa • 1 package chicken thighs • 1 pouch taco seasoning Directions: 1. In a pressure cooker‚ add chicken thighs and sprinkle ½ of the taco seasoning. 2. Toss to coat the Mexican salsa and chicken. 3. Set electric cooker timer to 10 minutes; push button to start cooking. 4. One the chicken is tender‚ remove and shred in a bowl. 5. Return the chicken and add the remaining taco seasoning. 6. Continue heating for 10 minutes before removing from

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    brothers have now grown up to become the top fighter pilots the world has ever witnessed. Harry with the British RAF and Max in Germany’s Luftwaffe. As the war fold’s out Harry and Max will be confronted with the most challenging of choices. The use of archetypes that occur through out the book involve brotherhood. The bond of brothers that sticks with Harry and Max through out the war no matter how far apart they may be. The hero‚ Harry and Max are both top fighters on there

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    <center><b>Archetypes and Their Influence on the Personality: Carl Gustav Jung</b></center> <br> <br><li>Introduction <br>Carl Gustav Jung (1875-1961) was born on July 26‚ in the small village of Kesswil on Lake Constance. He was named after his grandfather‚ a professor of medicine at the University of Basel. He was the oldest child and only surviving son of a Swiss Reform pastor. Carl attended the University of Basel and decided to go into the field of psychiatry after reading a book that caught

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