Archetypes

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the action which the hero must perform in order to save his people/marry the princess, etc.

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the task

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a nearly superhuman deed that must be performed by the hero only

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the task

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an ordeal undergone by the hero in order to attain full status/maturity

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the initiation

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reperesents the transformation into adult life

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the initiation

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an adolescent must deal with problems/responsibilities of adulthood

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the initiation

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gains an increased awareness and understanding of the world and the people in it

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the initiation

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the search for someone of some talisman which, when found, and brought back will restore peace, order, and /or normalcy to a trouble land

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the quest

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the hero's path

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the journey

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represents the journey of life

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the journey

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may lead through danger, hardship, ordeals, and other tests of strength, maturity, and wisdom on the way to the goal

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the journey

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the hero is in search of information or some intellectual truth

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the journey

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a descent from a higher to a lower state of being

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the fall

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involves defilement and/or loss of innocence and bliss

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the fall

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is often accompanied by expulsion from a kind of paradise as penalty to disobedience and moral transgression

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the fall

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a parallel between the cycle of nature and the cycle of life

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death and rebirth

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morning and spring time represent birth, youth, or rebirth

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death and rebirth

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evening and winter represent old age or death

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death and rebirth

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actural ceremonies the initiate experiences taht will mark his rite of passage into another state

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the ritual

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the importance of this cannot be overstressed; they provide clear sign posts for the character's role in society as well as our own position in this world

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the ritual

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the gods intervene on the side of the hero or sometimes against him

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supernatural intervention

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battle between two primal forces

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battle between good and evil

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mankind shows eternal optimism in the continual portrayal of good triumphing over evil despite great odds

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battle between good and evil

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tension often results from separartion during childhood or from an external source when the individuals meet as men

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father/son conflict

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the mentor often has a higher place in the affections of the hero than the natural parent

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father/son conflict

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usually suggests hope, renewal, or intellectual illumination

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light/darkness

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implies the unknown, ignorance, or despair

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light/darkness

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because it is necessary for growth, it commonly appears as a birth or rebirth symbol

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water/desert

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rain can suggest a character's spiritual birth

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water/desert

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represents barrenness and death

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water/desert

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nature is good, while techonology and society are often evil

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nature/mechanical world

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parts of the universe are associated with primordal forces that govern the earth

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heaven/hell

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the skies house the gods, the bowels of the earth house evil forces

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heaven/hell

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some characters exhibit wisdom and understanding of situations instincitvely as opposed to those supposedly in charge

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innate wisom/educated stupidity

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loyal retainers often exhibit this wisdom as they accompany the heroes on the journey

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innate wisdoem/educatied stupidity

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places of safety cantrast sharply

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haven/wilderness

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heroes are often sheltered against the dangerous wild for a time in order to regain helth and resources

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haven/wilderness

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represents knowledge, light, life, rebirth

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fire/ice

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represents ignorance, darkness, sterility, death

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fire/ice

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man with great courage and strength

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hero

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known for having honorable purposes

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hero

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characterized by self-sacrifice, and is willing to endure harship, even risk his life for the good of all

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hero

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must pay a price to attain his goal

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hero

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often leaves the familiar to enter a new, unfamiliar, challenging world before returning to his ordingary, but expanded world

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hero

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older, wiser counselor/teacher of the hero

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mentor

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gives hero gifts such as weapons, food, magic, information

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mentor

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serves as a role model and/or conscience for the hero

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mentor

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teaches survival skills by example

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mentor

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tests hero's courage and worthiness to being the journey

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threshold guardian

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shows that they journey will be hard

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threshold guardian

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announces the challenge which begins the hero's journey/ can be a person or peice of information

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herald

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upsets the balance of the hero's world

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herald

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worthy opponent with whom the hero must struggle in a fight to the end

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shadow

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must be destroyed or neutralized

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shadow

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young hero or heroine who must endure some training and /or ceremony before his/her quest

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initiate

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often wears white and are innocent

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initiate

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represents forces of evil

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evil adversary

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almost as strong as the hero

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evil adversary

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offers worldly goods, fame, or knowledge to teh protagonist in an effort to bring him/her over to the evil side

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evil adversary

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figure who is banished from a group for some crime

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outcast

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usually destined to become a wanderer from place to place

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outcast

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honorable and duty bound

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warrior

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fights for goodness and right

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warrior

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loyal to the hero, or a righteous cause

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warrior

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an animal that befirends man

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friendly beast

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monster usually summoned form the deepest part of the human psyche

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creature of nightmare

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often a perversion of the human body

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creature of nightmare

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loyal friends who are willing to risk or face any number of perils in order to be together

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faithful companions

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individuals who are somewhat like heroic servants

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loyal retainers

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duty is to protect the hero and reflect the hero's nobility

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loyal retainers

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redeemable devil figure saved by the nobility or love of the hero

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evil figure with the good heart

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hero who is spirited away as a young man and raised by stangers

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young man from the provinces

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later returnes to his home where he can see new problems and solutions

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young man fromt eh provinces

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an animal or more usually a human whose death in a public ceremony expiates some taint or sin tha thas been visited upon a community

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scapegoats

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death often makes them a more powerful force in the society than when they lived

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scapegoats

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gateway to the new world

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threshold

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hero must enter to change and gro

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threshold

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place of death

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underworld

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encounter with the dark side of the self or fear of death

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underworld

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place of great danger and/or lawlessness

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wilderness

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unicivilized

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wilderness

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threatens survial/life

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wilderness

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stream of time and the flow of circumstances

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river

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purity and righteousness regained

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river

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evil washed away

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river

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lace or time of decision

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crossroads

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when a realizeation is made and change or penance results

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crossroads

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puzzling dilemma or great uncertainty

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maze

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search for he dangerous monster inside of self

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maze

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journey into the heart of darkness

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mze

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strong place of safey that hold treasure of princess

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castle

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may be enchanted or bewitched

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castle

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stronge place of evil

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tower

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isolation of self

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tower

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places of safety that contrasts sharply with wilderness

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haven

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sybolic of fruition, abundace and fertility

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earthmother

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offers spirtiual and emotional nourishment to those with whom she comes in contact

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earthmother

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often larger woman dressed in earth colors

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earthmother

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has sensuous beauty

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temptress

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one to whome the protagonist s physically attracted

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temptress

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ultimiately brings about the man hero's downfall

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temptress

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source of inspirational and spiritual ideal

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platonic ideal

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one for whom the protangonist has an intellectual rather than physical attraction

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platonic ideal

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married to a man she sees as dull or distant

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unfaithful wife

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attracted to a more virile or interesting man rather than husband

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unfaithful wife

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vulnerable woman who must be reued by the hero

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damsel in distress

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often used as a trap to ensnare the ususpecting hero

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damsel in distress

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two characters engaged in a love affair that is fated to end tragically for one or both due to teh disapproval of sociaty, friends, family, or some tragic situation

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star-crossed lovers

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sybolizes the extraordinary qualities of the hero

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magic weapon

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no one else can use the weapon or use it to its fullest potential

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magic weapon

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usually given to hero by mentor

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magic weapon

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ybolized the destructive power of nature or fate

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whirlpool

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either physical or psychological something that indicates a loss of innocence

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unhealable wound

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always ache and often drive the sufferer to desperate measures

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unhealable wound