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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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‚ archetypal theory 0. Introduction Lord of the Flies is the masterpiece of William Golding. With its medium size‚ the author exerts his imagination
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Archetypes are neither good nor bad. They are simply patterns of behavior; and when we become unaware of them‚ they tend to fall into shadow. With this being said‚ I most closely resemble the Martyr archetype. The origin of the Martyr archetype is all about doing the right thing‚ no matter who is against it. A Martyr realizes that sacrificing for others is a part of their life’s journey‚ and that when they do this‚ it brings them a sense of purpose and joy. On the other hand‚ Martyr’s use their sacrifices
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Finn by Mark Twain Essay April 9‚ 2010 Webster’s New Explorer Dictionary and Thesaurus defines an archetype as the original pattern or model of all things of the same type. Another way to understand the meaning of an archetype is that we are all born with a set of unconscious patterns of behavior that we can call archetypes. Life helps to teach us that we may not be aware of an archetype influencing our life and helping us relate to significant others. A round character is defined as a major
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literature assumes that there is a collection of symbols‚ images‚ characters‚ and motifs that evokes basically the same response in all people. According to the psychologist Carl Jung‚ mankind possesses a "collective unconscious" that contains these archetypes and that is common to all of humanity. When an author uses the archetypal approach‚ he selects a universal theme through which to tell his story. F. Scott Fitzgerald’s “This Side of Paradise” uses the dynamics of the mother-son relationship throughout
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Adolescent Archetype An archetype is defined as a universally understood pattern of behavior or a prototype upon which others are copied or patterned. Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain was and still is the basis for which authors use for their characters in their writing. Huck Finn’s adolescent archetype is based off his characteristics. In Huck Finn‚ his independence‚ rebelliousness‚ and his loquaciousness with people are used for the foundation that authors base characters similar to Huck Finn on
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Archetype Feature Analysis Timed Essay Archetypes were first described by Carl Young because he saw similarities between pieces of literature. There are several archetypes in most stories and many stories may have some of the same archetypes. This is evidently true in the movie Cool Hand Luke and also in the book “The Catcher in the Rye”. Luke‚ in Cool Hand Luke‚ and Holden‚ in The Catcher in the Rye‚ exhibit similar archetypal features such as the Christ-Figure‚ the Anti-hero and their experience
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lessons and explain the unknown and teach them through the stories. Finally myths create a connection between the past and present by establishing a basic pattern everyone can relate to. This pattern was discovered by Joseph Campbell and is called monomyth. Campbell proposes that‚ “all myths are essentially hero-quest stories‚ each of which rings a unique change on a universal pattern…” Campbell analyzed a number of myths and discovered that every hero travels through the same journey. These journeys
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work. Without knowing literature has been seldom following the same archetype‚ The Hero’s Journey. Joseph Campbell discovered that most stories follow this pattern which is why he dubbed it the monomyth. Through years of studying he found that this popular motif is made up of ten basic steps that a hero follows through a story. Well known film writer and director George Lucas molded the film Star Wars around Campbell’s monomyth not only with intent but quite distinctively. Lucas is not the only one
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UNIT 1 Lesson 4 Key Question: The monomyth has become one of the most popular and highly used archetypes in literature. The short essay “The Step Not Taken” is an example‚ entailing the three stages: separation‚ struggle‚ and reintegration. During the separation stage‚ the narrator Paul D’ Angelo encounters a junior executive who begins to cry during an elevator trip‚ and his life drastically changes. He also encounters his guide‚ who helps him during the monomyth. Throughout the struggle stage‚ he
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