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    his love interest‚ Ophelia. Gertrude and Ophelia display many similar characteristics and face similar challenges in the first act of the play. Both Gertrude and Ophelia are naive and at times oblivious to other people’s motivations and feelings‚ especially those of Hamlet. In addition‚ Gertrude and Ophelia’s families are averse to the people that they each love. Finally‚ both of them are ridiculed by a family member in Act I. The similarities between Gertrude and Ophelia in Act I reflect the

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    Archetypes are found in many stories and in many works of literature. An archetype is a universal symbol that brings out a deep response in everyone. The good vs. evil archetype is seen in many action and adventure movies and stories. The hero archetype is where a person goes on a journey and faces challenges along his/her journey. The hero archetype is seen in Harry Potter and The Sorcerers Stone‚ Sundiata‚ and Spider Man. The hero archetype is seen through out the movie of Harry Potter and the

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    are many questions as to whether Hamlet really loves Ophelia. Throughout the play‚ Hamlet’s love for Ophelia is questioned by her and others around him . What Hamlet is doing in the play sometimes is trying to throw out the idea and make it seem like he does not love Ophelia anymore ‚ even though he really does. Hamlet did not want Ophelia to become involved in case Claudius decided to get revenge on Hamlet. Hamlet shows his love for Ophelia when he confesses to her that he loves her‚ when he tells

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    Joining the Ophelia project was the most nerve wracking yet excellent choice i’ve ever done in my life. I walk in the classroom nervously not knowing what’s gonna happen next. Numerous of girls chatting and meeting new people. I see the counselors looking at me with a smile. Thinking to myself‚ was it a good idea to come here? Was this a mistake? All these questions rushing through my head. I made the choice to join the Ophelia Project for a better future. One day ‚ near the end of the school year

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    “The Two Brothers” Archetypes Archetypes are found in all tales books‚ or poems alike‚ they are a way to make the story more interesting‚ and the fairy tales written by the Grimm’s brothers implement many archetypes in their stories. An archetype is like an original example of something‚ like a movie script before it is edited (Bennett). In the tale of “The Two Brothers‚” it is about two brothers that grew up with their adopted father who taught them to be huntsmen. The two brothers split paths

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    the article “Creating the Myth” by Linda Seger‚ Seger points out how characters from any story usually follow a certain pattern‚ called archetypes. Analyzing a fairy tale‚ I decided to choose “Cinderella”. It is evident that many characters in “Cinderella” followed a traditional archetype. The main character‚ Cinderella‚ can be fit into three different archetypes: innocent‚ damsel in distress‚ and an outcast. Cinderella can be classified as an innocent because she has never done wrong to anyone‚

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    get across? Many action television series show either the four personality archetypes‚ narrative archetypes‚ or Freud’s theory. Narrative archetypes are one’s that stick out to me the most because the archetype shows that there are many different characters throughout the TV series. The television show‚ Arrow‚ shows narrative archetypes with the hero‚ trickster and witch‚ and the wise old man. The first literary archetype‚ the hero‚ is seen in the television show‚ Arrow‚ when Oliver Queen‚ the main

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    Both of these images show the positive aspects of KWLM‚ but in many different ways. The image on the left is Rob Gronkowski‚ he shows the archetypes of Warrior and Magician. I believe Gronk’s primary archetype is the warrior because he has a purpose to become better. He is restless always working harder and harder to achieve a goal. Once Gronk completes that goal he sets a new goal and continues working. Gronk never gives up and will not back down until he has completed everything he needs to

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    The Competing Female Archetypes Archetypes are extremely common and important in myths‚ and female archetypes are definitely indispensable in myths. In Book Three of Metamorphoses‚ Ovid depicts various female characters‚ such as Minerva‚ Diana‚ Semele‚ Juno‚ Echo‚ etc. These different women‚ including the divine goddesses‚ normal humans‚ and water nymphs‚ all represent distinct archetypes. These archetypes also carry throughout modern times. Juno‚ Jove’s wife‚ stands for the good housewife. Although

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    Characters Charles Darnay- Charles Darnay is the hero archetype throughout the story. He continually does the right thing and he has very noble actions. He refuses his family name because he believes they are cruel and is willing to do anything to help rescue people in need. "This property and France are lost to me. I renounce them." (Dickens‚ 116) Charles is ashamed of his family’s actions and refuses to be a part of that family because of it. This shows his hero quality in that he stands against

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