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    Male Work Archetype

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    Understanding how the average male works is often an overdone case of discussion‚ but there is a particular archetype that I find perplexing. That of course is the average metal head‚ the rocker‚ or the mosh pitter. These guys will go into concerts running on only what I can assume is pizza and energy drink with the amount of energy they have. The concert starts‚ the music is blaring‚ and the song does not even have to be quickly place‚ but they will start slamming into each other. Everyone slowly

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    Willy Loman Archetype

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    the American Nightmare. We all know someone‚ friend or relative‚ who works to the point of utter exhaustion in order to afford the big house and fancy cars. In fact‚ there is a piece of highly acclaimed literary work that illustrates this exact archetype: Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller. The main character of the play‚ Willy Loman‚ represents that friend or relative we all know. He works his life away in an attempt to achieve the seemingly intangible American Dream‚ only to end his life living

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    however‚ there is evidence of social progression beyond Homer’s constraining archetypes. Antigonê is a strong-willed woman‚ committing civil disobedience against a male sovereign‚ yet uniquely she is portrayed as virtuous. Antigonê’s character represents a social leap forward from the time of The Odyssey as Antigonê breaks down Homer’s dichotomy of female roles. Homer’s Klytaimnestra represents the scheming devil archetype. As is recapitulated in The Odyssey‚ Klytaimnestra’s husband‚ Agamemnon‚

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    R-E-S-P-E-C-T. It is a seven lettered word that has a powerful meaning. Respect can be shown in many different ways. Respect is a really important thing people need to know about. Respect means how you feel about someone and how you treat them. When you have respect for someone‚ you think about the good ways they act‚ think‚ treat others‚ and themselves. When you respect others‚ you are liking the person for who they are. Also‚ when you respect others‚ you also respect their personal property

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    Archetype Of Virgin Mary

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    characteristics‚ the reason she is described as such is because of her experiences with the world and how they perceived her through these acts. In my eyes my mother is not a “mother Teresa” or a “virgin Mary” but in terms of archetypes she is classified in the same area. While creating my archetype of “Mother”‚ I formed a shape of a women through wire‚ enhancing her breast‚ carving and shaping her hips‚ adding thighs and a back end that looked full.

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    Happy Days Archetype

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    relation to that of the theatre. Confined‚ both within the mound as well as on the stage‚ caught within the inconsistencies of the desperate playing out of herself and the virtually inconsequential perking up of the one-way chatter‚ Winnie is the archetype of

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    Annotated Bibliography: The power struggle in “Sonny’s Blues” Baldwin‚ James. Sonnys Blues. 10th ed. N.p.: publisher‚ 1957. Print. This article discusses how an unnamed narrator in “Sonny’s Blues” discovers from a newspaper that his younger brother‚ Sonny‚ has been arrested for selling and using heroin. It shows a inside view of the narrators feeling towards his brother Sonny. In the story “Sonny’s Blues” you will see how concerned he becomes about his brother. You will see a great deal of

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    The Grecian Hero Archetype

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    bigger role throughout the literature and culture of his age. In Homer’s The Iliad and The Odyssey Achilles and Odysseus represent typical Grecian heroes. Theseus‚ Persius and Oedipus‚ three other famous heroes also represent the Greek heroic archetype. These heroic tales were well known to Grecians of the time and had a great impact on the Greek culture. When speaking of the Iliad Moses Hadas writes that‚ “throughout their history the Greeks were as closely familiar with its text as Puritans

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    Analysis of James Baldwin ’s "Sonnys Blues" In James Baldwin ’s short story "Sonnys Blues" a young man questions his brotherly obligations after finding that his younger brother has been arrested for using drugs. In the attempt to rectify his younger brother ’s behavior and life‚ the young man faces his own feelings for his brother and comes to terms with the life his brother Sonny lives. The developments of certain elements-plot‚ character‚ point of view‚ setting‚ symbolism-in the story help

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    brute called Grendel. Initially‚ Grendel is the only threat is perceived by the Danes‚ until his mother seeks vengeance for the death of her son. Throughout the epic poem‚ Grendel and his mother’s background help facilitate many themes‚ ideals‚ and archetypes within the narrative. Since they originate from the clan of Cain‚ Grendel and his mother affect the heroic poem by causing certain individuals

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