Archetype

a pissed of green guy on steroids. These guys are supposed to work together to save the galaxy, they can barely keep from killing each other. This looks like the galaxy could be in big trouble. This is an Escapist movie, that has quit a bit of Archetypes in it, along with quit a few human experiences as well. This movie is an Escapist movie; it is a movie that takes the reader to many imaginary places. In the beginning of the movie after the mother dies the little boy is abducted by a space…

An Unsuccessful Pakistani When you are watching a play, watching a movie, or reading a book, have you ever give each character an original archetype based on their personal several traits? I bet you have! In the interest of self-entertaining, I have done that many times before. After reading “White Teeth”, I came up with several archetypes. Among all the characters in the book, I have chosen Samad, the unsuccessful Pakistani. In “White Teeth”, Samad Miah Iqbal is an unsuccessful Pakistani,…

a movie. These were published/produced in two very different eras being Victorian and Comtempory periods. The perspectives on the living conditions and the environment were very contrasting. These are two very different views of the character archetype, vampires. Dracula is made out to be a ‘predator’ and preys on humans. Dracula is described as “tall old man, clean shaven save…

Carl Jung did extensive research on the human psyche, perhaps some of his most interesting theories were on the nature of how human beings write and tell stories, particularly on the basic components of characters and their archetypes; two of Jung’s quintessential archetypes were the Anima: representing the feminine part of one’s persona, and the Animus: representing the masculine part. Trudi Montag, the protagonist…

Archetypes are considered inherited characteristics that shape personality. There are a few main ones that Jung focuses on like the Mother Archetype, The Trickster/Magician Archetype, The Hero Archetype, The Shadow Archetype, The Animus/Anima Archetype and the Persona Archetype. The Mother Archetype emerges from the collective unconscious as a response to a mother figure (mother in law, grandmother…

instance Sesame Street, ingrained within the show itself is Super Grover. A character that through maneuvering about the campus singlehandedly amending little problems the charachters are having throughout the show. In mainstream media the superhero archetype runs rampant; whether it is through the Marvel or D.C. comic book franchises or, If heroes are exhibited through everyday people such as mothers and fathers. Equally as important stands…

There are many characteristics that describe the ideal Germanic hero. These are pride, desire for glory, and battle prowess. In Beowulf, the title character possesses all of these characteristics and more, thus representing the heroic archetype. Beowulf is an outrageously proud man. He knows that he is great and is extremely delighted by his accomplishments. This is shown when he says, “I drove / Five great giants into chains, chased / All of that race from the earth…” (lines 248-250). This…

adventures beyond the ordinary, either to recover what has been lost or discover some life-giving elixir. It's usually a cycle, a coming and a returning”(Campbell, The Hero with a Thousand Faces). We can see this hero's journey and many different archetypes in the 39 Clues series. The Cahill's are the most powerful family in the world and the series is centered around siblings Dan(11 years old) and Amy…

In the Myths Gilgamesh, Osiris, Isis and Horus, Sigurd the Volsung, King Arthur and The Quest for the Sun retold by Donna Rosenberg, all have similar situation archetypes present, they all have a similar situation recurring in each other but there are some variations to the situations due to the different cultures. In all these myths the protagonists struggle to avoid something. In the Mesopotamian Myth, Gilgamesh, Gilgamesh is struggling to avoid dying. In the beginning of this myth he…

The obvious difference is that the anima, although residing in men, is the female archetype, and the animus is the male archetype in women. Another difference is how their specific characteristics are viewed in the public eye. The anima, or male archetype, displays reason, social insensitivity, and logic. The animus, or female archetype, shows vanity, emotionality, irrationality, and intuition. Interestingly, their characteristic appearance is similar to that…