Reflection Paper 1 Archetypes have always been important in determining how a person acts and why they do so, whether it be the time of the Greeks, or the dark ages, and even in modern-day archetypes follow us, and influence every decision that we make. Even archetypes in movies, and books are models of our everyday lives. There are four main archetypes that will be discussed in this paper, the innocent, the orphan, the warrior, and the caregiver, which, like most things, have negative and positive aspect to them. Many archetypes are related and share similar, or in some cases not so similar, points and portions. Within the four archetypes the innocent and the orphan are paired up, as is the warrior and the orphan. The innocent is something
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The warrior is the most popular archetype when portrayed in movie, books, or in the myths of the Greeks and Romans. Warriors are strong and independent people who want nothing more than to win and fight for what they believe is right. They slay their dragons and conquer their fear of weakness, using their courage and disciple. As the two before had both positive and negative positions, so does the warrior. The positive side of the warrior is their strength and how they fight for what they believe in. Although this is a very admirable archetype there are some down falls to it. In some cases the warrior becomes a negative warrior, who doesn 't care about what they are fighting for anymore, they just want to win what ever it is. The caregiver and the warrior are sometimes work simutameious, if a someone has to step up as a caregiver, they may also need to take on the role of the warrior as well. The caregiver is the last of the four main archetypes, and one that not everyone is suited for. This archetype refers to someone who cares mainly about helping others and are very compassionate. Similar to the warrior the caregiver, takes care of their “dragons” so that it may not hurt anyone. Helping people and making sure that everyone is okay it the caregiver main goal, and the biggest fear they harbor is being selfish. As all of the other archetypes there are flaws, within the caregiver archetype is that sometime the role of caregiver is pushed onto someone too fast and they are not ready to take the role on. Another negative is that sometime a caregiver will care too much and put their own needs away for other
The warrior is the most popular archetype when portrayed in movie, books, or in the myths of the Greeks and Romans. Warriors are strong and independent people who want nothing more than to win and fight for what they believe is right. They slay their dragons and conquer their fear of weakness, using their courage and disciple. As the two before had both positive and negative positions, so does the warrior. The positive side of the warrior is their strength and how they fight for what they believe in. Although this is a very admirable archetype there are some down falls to it. In some cases the warrior becomes a negative warrior, who doesn 't care about what they are fighting for anymore, they just want to win what ever it is. The caregiver and the warrior are sometimes work simutameious, if a someone has to step up as a caregiver, they may also need to take on the role of the warrior as well. The caregiver is the last of the four main archetypes, and one that not everyone is suited for. This archetype refers to someone who cares mainly about helping others and are very compassionate. Similar to the warrior the caregiver, takes care of their “dragons” so that it may not hurt anyone. Helping people and making sure that everyone is okay it the caregiver main goal, and the biggest fear they harbor is being selfish. As all of the other archetypes there are flaws, within the caregiver archetype is that sometime the role of caregiver is pushed onto someone too fast and they are not ready to take the role on. Another negative is that sometime a caregiver will care too much and put their own needs away for other