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Archetypes Essay

Geller’s Sensational Sophomores Fall 2013. Archetypes Essay. Your Task.

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Archetypes Essay

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  1. Geller’s Sensational Sophomores Fall 2013 Archetypes Essay

  2. Your Task In an MLA-formatted essay of at least five paragraphs, you will be analyzing three archetypes (one from each broad category—character, image/symbol, and situation) that play a significant role in a book, movie, or video game of your choice.

  3. Examples from each category Character Situation • Hero • Sage/mentor/wise old man • Threshold guardian • Villain • Monster • Damsel in distress • Rebel/cowboy • Sidekick • Childlike innocent • Task • Quest • Coming of Age • Loss of Innocence Image/Symbol • Numbers • Colors • Shapes • Animals • Light and dark • Elements

  4. Introduction: Grab your reader’s attention! • Quote with explanation (QUOTES SHOULD STAND ALONE) • Vivid description • Surprising fact • Dramatic moment • Story/anecdote • NEVER say, “in this essay I am going to talk about…” or anything similar. Use third person and avoid self-reference.

  5. Introduction • Define “archetype” • Brief plot summary; T.A.G. • For movies, use director’s name; for video games, use software company or developer • THESIS: The focus of your paper in one sentence. Should include the three archetypes to be analyzed and a very brief explanation of their importance.

  6. Body Paragraphs • One for each archetype • CD: specific example that proves a particular character, image, or situation represents the archetype • CMs: Discuss how the example you provided fits the definition of the archetype.

  7. Conclusion: SO WHAT? • Tie it all together • What can we learn from this? • Why does it matter? • Reworded thesis; use words and phrases like thus, therefore, in short, as one can see, it is obvious, then. • Why are archetypes so omnipresent in literature and media? • What does it tell us about our world, society, the human psyche, etc. that we share so many universal symbols across cultures and genres?

  8. HOMEWORK: VERY IMPORTANT • Come prepared tomorrow with the following: • Know title, author/director/developer, and year of publication/release for your chosen novel/film/game. • Have three DIRECT QUOTES from your chosen text. If it from a book, include the page numbers. Ideally, these quotes should relate to the archetypes you identified today. • All of this should be written down or typed with the heading “Archetypes Prewriting Homework.”

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