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A Thousand Faces Behind the Mask

A Thousand Faces Behind the Mask. An Introduction to Trickster Tales By Jodi Smith Plainfield North High School, 2006. Familiar Faces: What do they have in common?. Characteristics of the Trickster Type in Literature. Devious (vocabulary word alert!!! ) Unstable; can be shape-shifters

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A Thousand Faces Behind the Mask

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  1. A Thousand Faces Behind the Mask An Introduction to Trickster Tales By Jodi Smith Plainfield North High School, 2006

  2. Familiar Faces: What do they have in common?

  3. Characteristics of the Trickster Type in Literature • Devious (vocabulary word alert!!! ) • Unstable; can be shape-shifters • Inconsistent; sometimes wise, sometimes foolish • Live “outside” society; misfits…tend to be amoral • Acknowledge no agenda but their own…which is subject to change • Adaptable survivors who live by their wits

  4. Shifting Roles of the Trickster • Entertainment: Tricksters usually steal the show! (Ex—Capt. Jack Sparrow.) • Balance: Bring order out of chaos and vice versa. (Ex—Cupid, Puck, etc.) • Hero or Anti-Hero (Ex—Prometheus stealing fire)

  5. Archetypes • An archetype is a model for a pattern which follows. For example, what associations come to mind with these words…

  6. Mother? Stepmother?

  7. Shadow? Fool?

  8. Hero? Villain?

  9. And now…the $64 question… • Who or what does the Trickster symbolize? • Human nature? • Inexplicable fate? • The effect of forbidden knowledge? • The need to change with the times? • Something else?

  10. That is for you to decide! 

  11. As you read, note… • Explanations of Nature’s mysteries • Implied social values of the culture • Evidence to support your thoughts of the Trickster’s symbolic purpose ~The End~

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