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Archetype Notes

Archetype Notes. Quick write. What is your definition of a hero? Be sure to explain yourself and give at least two examples of heroes that fit your definition. . What is an archetype?. noun

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Archetype Notes

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  1. Archetype Notes

  2. Quick write • What is your definition of a hero? Be sure to explain yourself and give at least two examples of heroes that fit your definition.

  3. What is an archetype? • noun • 1. the original pattern or model from which all things of the same kind are copied or on which they are based; a model or first form; prototype. • 2. (in Jungian psychology) a collectively inherited unconscious idea, pattern of thought, image, etc., universally present in individual psyches.

  4. What is an archetype? • Think of an archetype as being the first model or prototype of something. The Model T was the first prototype of the modern automobile. • In literature, the same type of characters, situations, and symbols have been modeled for many years in many different types of stories.

  5. Carl Jung • Carl Jung sought to explain the reason behind these patterns in literature. • He discovered that humans have that humans have a “preconscious PSYCHIC disposition.” In other words, humans all share certain unconscious, INSTINCTUAL ideas, dreams and notions. When these ideas come out in images or in literature, we call them ARCHETYPES.

  6. Carl Jung • According to Jung, archetypes are a result of a Universal Unconsciousness, and because of this, Universal Patterns begin to surface in art.

  7. So, what does this mean? • We all share a “collective unconscious” or a subconscious mental record of all common human experiences. • Archetypes are universal themes that express our “collective unconscious.”

  8. This shared collective unconscious is why so many stories, tales, epics and parables share SIMILAR characters, symbols, themes and stages of plot development; even literature written in different parts of the world, in different CULTURES and at different times in HISTORY!

  9. Archetype redefined • It is a recurring pattern of characters, situations, or symbols existing universally and instinctively in man’s unconscious.

  10. Character archetypes

  11. Hero/Heroine • The hero/heroine is the character who must fulfill a necessary task and who will restore, fertility, harmony, and/or justice to a community.

  12. http://ed.ted.com/lessons/what-makes-a-hero-matthew-winkler

  13. Characteristics of a hero/heroine • Mysterious birth • Leaves family • Experiences a traumatic event • Loses favor • Wields a special weapon • Has supernatural help • Proves himself • Is often reborn in some way • Realizes that they “have the power all along” A hero does not need to have all of these characteristics to be considered an archetypical hero!!

  14. Wizard of Oz Hero's Journey

  15. Stages of the Hero’s Journey • The Ordinary World • Most stories take the hero out of the ordinary, mundane world into a Special World, new and alien.

  16. Stages of the hero’s journey • The Call to Adventure • The hero is presented with a problem, challenge, or adventure to undertake. Once presented with a call to adventure, he/she can no longer remain indefinitely in the comfort of the ordinary world.

  17. The call to adventure

  18. Stages of the Hero’s Journey • Refusal of the Call (The Reluctant Hero) • This one is about fear. • The hero balks or hesitates at the threshold of adventure.

  19. Refusal of the call • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PJaxd1BQr9g

  20. Stages of the hero’s journey • Mentor (Wise Old Man or Woman) • The relationship between the hero and Mentor is one of the most common themes in mythology. It stands for the bond between parent and child, teacher and student, god and man.

  21. Stages of the hero’s journey • Crossing the First Threshold • The hero finally commits to the adventure and fully enters the Special World of the story for the first time.

  22. Crossing the first threshold

  23. Stages of the Hero’s Journey • Tests, Allies, and Enemies • The hero naturally encounters new challenges and tests, makes allies and enemies, and begins to learn the rules of the Special World.

  24. Stages of the hero’s journey

  25. Meeting of the enemy • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2eFubQuK0dg

  26. Meeting of an ally • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z2itQkiQUOE

  27. Example of a test • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RG2keYgBiZc

  28. Stages of the hero’s journey • Approach to the Inmost Cave • The hero comes at last to the edge of a dangerous place, sometimes deep underground, where the object of the quest is hidden.

  29. Approach to the inmost cave • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SESI19h4wDo

  30. Approach to the inmost cave • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jtie6r27JeU

  31. Stages of the hero’s Journey • The Supreme Ordeal • Here the fortunes of the hero hit bottom in a direct confrontation with his greatest fear.

  32. Stages of the Hero’s Journey • Reward (Seizing the Sword) • The hero now takes possession of the treasure (reward) he/she has come seeking. Sometimes the “sword” is knowledge that leads to greater understanding or reconciliation with hostile forces. In many stories the loved one is the treasure the hero has come to win or recuse.

  33. The Ordeal/the reward

  34. Stages of the hero’s Journey • The Road Back • This stage marks the return into the Ordinary World.

  35. The road back • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ky7DMCHQJZY

  36. Stages of the Hero’s Journey • Resurrection • Death and darkness get in one last, desperate shot before being finally defeated. It’s the final exam for the hero, who must be tested once more to see if he has really learned the lessons of the Supreme Ordeal.

  37. The resurrection • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ooM-RGUTe2E

  38. Stages of the hero’s journey • Return with the Elixir • The hero returns to the Ordinary World, but the journey is meaningless unless he/she brings back some Elixir, treasure, or lesson from the Special World.

  39. Return with the Elixir

  40. In groups of 3, think of a book or movie that follows the hero’s journey. • You must complete all 7 steps on the back on your notes. • Once your group is finished brainstorming, you must draw your hero’s cycle and write your explanations on the chart paper provided.

  41. Writer’s notebook Reflection • Think of an experience in your life that following the hero’s journey. Explain how the experience fit into the seven basic stages of the Hero’s Cycle.

  42. More character archetypes

  43. Mentors • These individuals serve as teachers and counselors to the hero. • They can work as role model or serve as a father or mother figure.

  44. Father-son conflict • Separation • Disagreement between father and son • Resentment of father by his son

  45. Hunting Group Companions • A group of hunting companions will become lost in the woods and unwillingly discover adventure and danger there.

  46. Loyal Retainers • Noble sidekicks to the hero • Their duty is to protect the hero • Stand beside the main character through everything

  47. Friendly beast • Appears to be a horrible monster, but has a heart of gold and helps our hero.

  48. Evil Figure with a Good heart • Redeemable devil figure (or servant to the devil figure) is saved by the hero’s nobility or good heart.

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