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    The Road Not Taken

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    The method of taking more than one available option and choosing a desired course of action describes the process of decision making. (Lunenburg‚ 2010). Therefore‚ Robert Frost’s poem‚ “The Road Not Taken” is about the gift of free will to everyone‚ and how that free will is exercised when faced with decisions in life. Or is it? The first line of the poem states: “Two roads diverged in a yellow wood” (Kirszner and Mandell‚ 2012‚ p. 624)‚ this is not meant to be two literal roads‚ nor a forest in

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    The Metamorphosis Archetype Life is all about changes. Every single person goes through changes that are either positive and/or negative in their lives. Changes in life come for many reasons and the metamorphosis archetype give the tools for explaining these changes. In the story “Apollo and Daphne” a Greek myth translated by Rolfe Humphries‚ the reader can identify the changes that can be explained by the metamorphosis archetype. The metamorphosis archetype “is a ‘two-way street’;

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    Similar to most literary classics‚ William Golding’s novel Lord of the Flies contains allusions to the Christian Bible and character archetypes that establish universal ideas. Golding’s story focuses on a group of British schoolboys who are stranded on an island and succumb to their innate savage tendencies. Literary analysts compare aspects of Lord of the Flies to the Christian Bible such as the setting‚ a lush island in the Pacific Ocean‚ to the Garden of Eden. Likewise‚ the characters in the novel

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    Avengers Archetype

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    The Avengers as an Archetypal Superhero Film All media that lives within a specific genre of film can be classified as such by the similar elements that compose each work. Some say this makes Hollywood clichéd and typical‚ but a formulaic approach can be conducive to developing a movie that will interest a larger demographic. The “superhero film” is a category of video that utilizes this course of action. More specifically‚ Marvel’s movies (which are all based on comics) have had much success

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    Setting Archetypes

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    or the stages of a human life (creek‚ roaring river‚ sea; or the crossing of the river Styx in Greek myths). Since rivers are often used as political borders or boundaries‚ crossing one may be seen as a “passing over” or a decision that cannot be taken back. In Africa‚ and thus African literature‚ rivers are the largest sources of income and commerce and so have additional meaning leaning toward the source of life and morality and the where the fight for good and evil happens. 2. The Garden –

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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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    The Road Not Taken

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    Careful Analysis of the poem “The Road Not Taken” by Robert Frost communicates to readers the importance of choices made in life. Frost uses simple language to communicate a complex meaning about the choices made in one’s life. Everyone is faced daily with decisions varying in significance and complexity. Whether it is choosing what to eat for lunch‚ which color to paint the house‚ whom to marry or where to live‚ the decisions we make in the moments of each day impact our life both in the present

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    Road Not Taken

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    thought provoking. For example‚ who to marry‚ what job to take‚ and where to live. Many of the choices we have to make result in picking something over another‚ this can lead to careful contemplation and even regret. Robert Frost poem "The Road Not Taken" gives a perfect illustration of making a choice in one’s life and the thought process someone may go through in making a choice. The poem takes place in the woods with the speaker coming across a fork in the road

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    Taken Essay...

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    Taken is an action‚ thriller film directed by Pierre Morel. The film is a typical action thriller‚ where the heroic protagonist beats the heck out of everyone who gets in the way of him attaining his goal‚ action film. Director Pierre Morel has used genre-typical techniques such as fight choreography to have a predictable effect on the audience. Throughout the film of Taken Bryan Mills played by Liam Neeson is a Former U.S Central Intelligence Agency operative becomes the Hero of this film. With

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    Gandalf as a “the Guide” What is Gandalf’s Archetype? The dictionary defines it as "the original pattern or model from which all things of same kind are copied or on which they are based; a model or first form; prototype." J.R.R Tolkien’s "The Hobbit" is a story of growth that centers on Bilbo Baggins a Hobbit who is perfectly happy in his Hobbit hole eating‚ drinking and smoking. Everything in Bilbo’s life is as he likes it‚ until the day that Gandalf the Grey strolls into his

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