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Situational and Symbolic Archetypes

Situational and Symbolic Archetypes. Situational Archetypes. Situational archetypes are situations that appear over and over in movies, literature, and stories of all kinds.

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Situational and Symbolic Archetypes

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  1. Situational and Symbolic Archetypes

  2. Situational Archetypes • Situational archetypes are situations that appear over and over in movies, literature, and stories of all kinds. • Almost every story is based on a version of the archetypal hero’s quest and contains other situational and symbolic archetypes, as well.

  3. Good vs. Evil • A battle between primal forces • Humans show eternal optimism in the continual portrayal of good triumphing over evil despite great odds.

  4. The Ultimate Battle of Good vs. Evil

  5. The Hero’s Quest • The search for someone or something which, when found and brought back, will save the kingdom. • The quest is described by a set of events the hero experiences.

  6. The Hero’s Quest • The Call - the hero gets a call to action • The Herald - the person or event who delivers the call • The Task - the thing the hero must accomplish on the quest • The Crossing Over - the hero enters “wierdy world” • The Tests - problems the hero must solve • The Trials - things the hero must put up with • The Ultimate Battle - the hero faces the enemy • The Reemergence - now exiting “wierdy world” • The Return Home - duh. • The Gifts - the “payment” for completing the quest • The Transformation - the hero is changed for the better

  7. The Magic Weapon Every hero has a special skill or weapon only he can wield.

  8. The Unhealable Wound • Almost every hero has a weakness or wound inflicted or taken advantage of by his greatest enemy. • The wound never goes away and often bothers the hero when his enemy is near.

  9. The Fall • This archetype describes a descent from a higher to a lower state of being. • The experience involves defilement and/or a loss of innocence. • Often, fallen characters are expelled from their society or paradise as a penalty for disobedience and moral transgression.

  10. Natural vs. Mechanistic World • Nature is good. • Technology or society is evil.

  11. Supernatural Intervention The gods intervene on behalf of the hero or sometimes against him.

  12. Symbolic Archetypes • Symbolic archetypes usually appear in pairs because the primitive mind tended to think in terms of polarities (opposites) rather than make fine distinctions. • Symbolic archetypes often appear in dreams and can be interpreted. • Symbolic archetypes can tap a deep level of meaning and truth in movies and literature.

  13. Light vs. Darkness • Light suggests hope, renewal, goodness, or intellectual illumination. • Darkness suggests the unknown, ignorance, evil, and despair.

  14. Water vs. Desert • Because water is necessary for life and growth, it commonly appears as a birth or rebirth symbol. • A barren desert setting suggests death and despair.

  15. Fire vs. Ice • Fire represents knowledge, light, life, and rebirth. • Ice represents ignorance, darkness, sterility, and death.

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