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Archetypes:

Archetypes:. The Emergence of the Collective Unconscious. Archetypes. Recurring patterns of situations, characters, or symbols existing universally and instinctively among different cultures. Situational Archetypes.

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Archetypes:

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  1. Archetypes: The Emergence of the Collective Unconscious

  2. Archetypes • Recurring patterns of situations, characters, or symbols existing universally and instinctively among different cultures.

  3. Situational Archetypes • Quest: A search for someone or something which, when brought back, will restore health or order.

  4. Situational Archetypes • Task: A feat the hero must accomplish in order to fulfill the ultimate goal.

  5. Situational Archetypes • The Initiation: A moment, usually psychological, where an individual comes into maturity, realizing his/her responsibility to solve a problem and the possible sacrifices he/she may have to make.

  6. Situational Archetype • The Ritual: A ceremonies that marks a rite of passage.

  7. Situational Archetypes • The Journey: A hero goes in search of truth or information; sometimes he/she descends into a real or psychological hell to discover the truth.

  8. Situational Archetypes • The Fall: descent from a high to lower state of being which involves a loss of innocence; often characters are rejected.

  9. Situational Archetypes • Death and Rebirth: someone or something dies (literally or metaphorically), yet is accompanied by a sign of birth or rebirth. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bSJ1suXiZ2I&feature=player_detailpage

  10. Situational Archetypes • Nature vs. Mechanistic World: The natural order or nature is good; technology separates people from nature and is bad.

  11. Situational Archetypes • Battle Between Good and Evil: These situations pit obvious forces which represent good/evil against one another. Usually, good triumphs over evil.

  12. Situational Archetypes • Unhealable Wound: This wound, either real or psychological, cannot fully heal. The wound’s pain often drives the sufferer to desperate measures.

  13. Situational Archetypes • The Magic Weapon: An object of power that helps the hero to combat evil, continue the journey, or prove his/her identity.

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