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Archetypes: Agree or Disagree?

Explore the concept of archetypes and their relevance in storytelling. Discuss the universal symbols, characters, and situations that appear in myths, literature, and media. Determine if archetypes are widely accepted or if there are varying opinions.

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Archetypes: Agree or Disagree?

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  1. Archetypes

  2. Agree or Disagree? • As the following statements appear on the screen, move to the right side of the room if you strongly agree. If you strongly disagree with the statement, move to the left side of the room.

  3. There is no such thing as a completely original idea. • Certain symbols mean the same thing to everyone. • Everyone can agree on what is right and what is wrong. • Everyone is capable of doing evil. • Symbols and dreams mean different things to every person. • There is a knowledge we are all born with that influences our experiences and behavior. • People have been acting the same way since time began. • Human behavior is the same across different cultures. • Stereotypes are real and valid. • Every story contains the same characters.

  4. Carl Jung • Psychiatrist that advanced the idea of archetypes. • Collective Unconscious: • All cultures use archetypes to build their stories without communicating with one another about them.

  5. Folklore and Myths • As generations of people passed stories down through both oral storytelling and eventually the written word, archetypes became clearly visible. • The archetypes are characters that represent patterns of behavior and even stereotypes. • They are characters that everyone can recognize and understand.

  6. So What is an Archetype? • Archetypes are patterns that can be, and are, copied. • They are symbols or characters that appear again and again in myths and literature. • They survive because they portray characters, conflicts and events that are timeless. • They help the reader to understand the theme of the work.

  7. Archetypes • Characteristics that you see repeated over and over again in different stories and media form an archetype. • Some classic examples of archetypes are: • The hero • The damsel in distress • The battle between good and evil

  8. Recognizing Archetypes

  9. Recognizing Archetypes

  10. Recognizing Archetypes

  11. Situational Archetypes Situational archetypes are plot events that we see repeated in numerous works of literature, movies, and other forms of entertainment.

  12. The Quest A Search for someone or some object, which when it is found and brought back will restore life to a wasted land.

  13. The Task To save the kingdom, to win the fair lady, the hero performs some superhuman deed.

  14. TheInitiation The awakening of a teenager or an initiation into adult life.

  15. The Journey The hero goes in search of some truth or information to restore life to the kingdom. He must descend into a real or psychological hell and is forced to discover the blackest truths about himself. He must then decide to return to the world of the living.

  16. The Fall Characters experience a loss of innocence and often experience expulsion from a kind of paradise as a penalty for disobedience.

  17. Death and Rebirth Deals with the similarities between the cycle of nature and life; morning and springtime represent birth, youth, or rebirth; evening and winter suggest old age or death.

  18. Nature vs. Mechanistic World Nature is good while technology and society are often evil.

  19. Battle Between Good and Evil Good triumphs over evil despite great odds, keeping mankind hopeful.

  20. Symbolic Archetypes Places or objects that carry the same meaning across different storylines. People understand what they mean and what they represent because of their prevalence in literature and media.

  21. Light vs. Darkness Light suggests hope, renewal, or intellectual illumination; darkness suggests the unknown, ignorance, or despair.

  22. Water vs. Desert Water is necessary to life and growth and so it appears as a birth or rebirth symbol; the appearance or rain in a work can suggest spiritual birth or rebirth. Characters who live in the desert are often dead to morals or the good side.

  23. Heaven vs. Hell Gods live in the skies or mountaintops, evil forces live in the bowels of the earth.

  24. Supernatural Intervention The gods most often intervene on the side of the hero to assist him in his quest.

  25. Fire vs. Ice Fire can represent knowledge, light, life, and rebirth while ice can represent ignorance, darkness, sterility, and death

  26. Magic Weapon Some object used to fight the forces of evil that has magical properties

  27. Character Archetypes These character types are seen in various stories, movies, and other forms of entertainment. They are easily recognizable and have common traits that we can predict.

  28. The Hero The good guy! His/her circumstances of birth are unusual, some attempt is made at birth to kill him; Sometimes: raised by foster parents, returns to kingdom to right wrongs.

  29. The Initiate Young heroes or heroines who go through training; usually innocent and wear white.

  30. Mentor Teacher or counselor to the initiate; often are father or mother figures to the hero or heroine.

  31. Father-Son Conflict Father and son are separated and do not meet until the son is an adult, often the mentor is loved and respected more.

  32. Hunting Group of Companions Loyal companions willing to face any number of dangers to be together.

  33. Friendly Beast A beast on the side of the hero who shows that nature sides most often with the forces of good.

  34. Devil Figure Evil incarnate. Offers worldly goods, fame, or knowledge to the hero in exchange for the possession of the soul.

  35. Evil Figure with Good Heart Redeemable evil figure saved by the nobility or love of the hero.

  36. Scapegoat Animal or human who is unjustly held responsible for others’ sins.

  37. Outcast Figure banished from a social group for some crime against his fellow man (could be unjustly accused or could banish himself because of guilt)

  38. Temptress Sensuous beauty, brings about the hero’s downfall because he is physically attracted to her

  39. Platonic Ideal Female figure who provides intellectual stimulation for the hero. He is not physically attracted to her.

  40. Star Crossed Lovers Two lovers forbidden to be together because of rules of society or family, often ends tragically.

  41. Creature of Nightmare Animal or creature disfigured or mutilated, monsters who are the antagonists in the story.

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