Jungian archetypes

a big role in Hamlet. Archetypes are primordial images or repeated types of experiences in the lives of our ancestors yet expressed as myths, religion, dreams, and private fantasies. Many archetypes are shown as simple things such as a moon, sun, water, desserts, wizards, etc., but they all have a meaning behind them. For example, when a character submerges in water we just see it as it is but little do we know that it symbolizes baptism. There are many types of archetypes, but I will be…

Funny, bubbly, and spunky come to mind when I think about Kristen Chenoweth. She has been awarded multiple Tony and Emmy Awards for both Broadway and on camera singing and acting talents in many movie productions, as well as on-stage performances (“Kristin Chenoweth”). One, who has ever seen a movie or production that she has participated in, cannot help but to be drawn in by her acting talent and her personality. She has a mind-blowing acting ability, limitless energy, and has such a great…

The Conscious and Unconscious Minds According to “The Allegory of the Cave,” “ The Oedipus Complex,” and “ The Personal and the Collective Unconscious,” people 's behavior in society originates in the conscious and unconscious minds. Different people have different kinds of personalities which is caused by different types of education, environments, cultures and experiences. These elements strongly influence how they regard the world, and influence how their conscious mind work.…

Dexter Morgan, age 42, blood splatter analyst for the L.A.P.D., hardworking, focused, and determined, a serial killer of serial killers. Wait, what? That’s right, a man seemingly just like you and me harbors a substantially large secret. But don’t all of us harbor secrets as well? Secrets that we don’t want anyone else to find out? Is this why we’re so drawn to people like Dexter Morgan, the anti-hero? The answer is yes because secretly they are representations of our own unconscious. Whether we…

The archetypes found in Hamlet. Hamlet is the perfect specimen for examining while looking for different archetypes. It is a work with many different archetypes incased in the writing. From the seasons to death this play is full to the brim with archetypes. Some are a bit harder to distinguish than others such as the Garden of Eden archetype. No matter if they are blatantly obvious or take a little time to distinguish archetypes are defiantly abundant in Hamlet. One of the first major…

There have serval archetypes that identify with my persona, which are the wise old man, caregiver, hero, and joker. The archetype that matches the best is the “wise old man” from the result of the personality test. To represent this, I draw a piece of sky on my mask. I also other soft colors and a heart to represent me as a caregiver and other of my archetypes. I’m organized, and lived at my own pace. I would consider me, my mask side, as one who has a lot sympathy, because I always listen to…

tame a shadow? James Hillman, a Jungian analyst says, “The unconscious cannot be conscious; the moon has its dark side, the sun goes down and cannot shine everywhere at once” (qtd. in Zweig and Abrams 325). Hillman is trying to stress that the shadow self is a part of one self, however accessing it is not as same as talking to another person. Self and the shadow self is 2 faces of the same coin, but even the heads and the tails cannot ever see each other. Jungian analysts suggest that shadow…

The Archetypes Identified in the Film “The Wizard of Oz” Swiss psychiatrist Carl Jung introduced what he termed archetypes. In his view archetypes are considered to be models of people behaviors or personalities. Dr. Jung lists these archetypes by name calling them the ego, which represent the conscious mind and is the most individual part of the person, the self, represent the unification of the unconsciousness and consciousness of a person. The Shadow, consists of the sex and life…

There are many variations on what an archetype is. Some say that it is a constantly recurring symbol or motif in literature, paintings, or mythology. Others say that it can be a pattern of behavior, or statements which others copy or emulate. Whichever you chose to side with, there are several which can be found in the novel 13 Reasons Why by Jay Asher. Throughout the novel, three common archetypal characters are portrayed. Hannah Baker is the hero, Tony is the herald, and Mr. Porter is the…

of the hero’s journey as well as the implementation of various literary archetypes very well. All of Lucas’s characters represent an archetype and the plot line follows the hero’s journey. An archetype is defined as a prototype, a model or a classic example. In literature, archetypal characters are the “typical character patterns” you see. In Star Wars: A New Hope, you can clearly see these patterns. The main archetypes in the film are the hero, the sage, the damsel in distress, and the…