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    Ashputtle and Devdas

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    Ashputtle and Devdas are to great topics that I think would be good to write about. I say that because they have similar symbolic archetypes a like. Also both stories have good themes in their stories. Then both of the stories have important symbolic archetypes that were key to know about in each story. In Ashputtle and Devdas they both have Heaven vs. Hell as a symbolic archetype the difference between the two is that in the end Ashputtle gets her true love and in Devdas doesn’t. In Ashputtle the Heaven

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    mythology to help further our understanding of both the morals of a hero‚ and their life cycle. I agree with Frye’s theory‚ as it has been evident in my own learning that an understanding of those works would give me a greater understanding of the archetypes present in modern literature‚ especially if learnt in his order. The logic of these ideas is sound‚ as these forms of literature can easily be used as a base for background knowledge to help our understanding of future texts. Any individual reading

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    LAStrada bae

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    few parallels. Both of the authors take two different approaches‚ however that does not restrain the similarities between the two works in many ways‚ such as the problems that are presented and the characters that present them. One of the main archetypes throughout these two works is that of character. The main character in Fellini’s La Strada is named Gelsomina. Throughout the story portrayed in La Strada‚ Gelsomina is displayed as very child like and innocent‚ almost as if she had never matured

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    Archetypes

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    ago has similar plot structures and themes of modern literature? These recurring ideologies are not pure coincidences; they have symbolic meaning and have been traced to the depths of unconsciousness‚ having been recently categorized into archetypes. Archetypes are a development of psychologist‚ Carl Jung‚ referring to a pattern of character types‚ images‚ descriptive details‚ and situations that find their way from our minds‚ to our literature‚ and to our lives. This idea of predisposed mental

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    Archetypal Hero Essay

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    Archetypal Hero Essay A hero is defied as a person who protects‚ defends‚ cares for other for he or she will do whatever is necessary no matter the circumstances. A hero is someone who has give his or her life to something bigger than oneself. A typical archetypal hero has unusual circumstances at birth‚ atonement with father‚ and companionship. Initially‚ In the movie “Tarzan‚” Tarzan was an infant when his parents escaped from their burning ship and became stranded in an African Jungle.

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    "The Matrix" appears to be a movie of superb cinematography‚ gravity defying stunts‚ and an enjoyable‚ action-filled plot; however‚ through further analysis‚ it becomes apparent that it also explicitly parallels Plato’s "Allegory of the Cave". In both works‚ the hero--the chosen‚ enlightened one--experiences three stages: captivity‚ enlightenment‚ and a newfound sense of responsibility. In Plato’s "Allegory of the Cave"‚ people have been kept as prisoners in a cave since birth; there they are held

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    Ophelias Madness

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    Hamlet treatment of Ophelia because of this may be thestraw-that-breaks-the-camel ’s-back with respect to the pressure he puts onOphelia. Ophelia will become increasingly despondent and mad in thewake of Hamlet ’s rejection of her. In this sense‚Ophelia is treated like an object by her family who strives to keep the manshe loves and that loves her away from her. Used bythe King‚ her father and brother‚ and abandoned by Hamlet; these externalpressures combine to cause Ophelia ’s bizarre madness and

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    Ophelia In Hamlet

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    Ophelia; a Rose? Shakespeare writes of a strong and wilful woman in the story of Romeo and Juliette. Juliette‚ the leading woman in this play‚ was torn from her lover‚ Romeo‚ but rather than standing back and accepting the inevitable‚ she fights for what she believes to be right. Even though her life ended tragically‚ she was still admired for finally getting what she wants. She said she would not‚ and could not live without Romeo‚ and she did not back down from her strong objective. In contrast

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    Ophelias Madness

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    Isabelle Walker Professor Bolton English 102 June 25‚ 2013 Ophelia: Crazy or Not? In the story “Hamlet” by William Shakespeare the character of Ophelia is quite a challenge to understand. Ophelia is Hamlets love interest‚ whom many thought was mad or psychologically disturbed from the beginning of the story. That may have been true‚ but it was not necessarily the whole truth. Ophelia could have been mad or just been madly in love. She also could have been putting on a cloak of madness to

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    Ophelia Monologue

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    thing still sits all clumpy and heavy looking as she readjusts it in her own arms. "Nothing‚ really." I don’t push it. "You’re Ophelia‚ huh?" She sighs as if it’s a bad thing‚ repeating me. "The one and only‚" I know this girl like everyone in the school knows her. She sits with the people who hate me and laughs with them and maybe get’s drunk with them too. Ophelia Waters is a big shot because she was the only one person who knew how to do something useful of all her friends‚ and that was rollerblading

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