Archetype

The last type of archetype is archetypal journey. This archetype is used to picture the hero’s type of quest. The most evident archetypal journey used in anime are Warriors journey to save the people and Quest to rid the land of danger. In Mobile Suit Gundam Seed, Kira with his allies fought against Lord Djibril’s to save the world for possible destruction. Second is Code Geass, where Lelouch wanted to overthrow the government to expunge the gap and have equality between people. Next is…

of Darkness, Joseph Conrad focuses on the main characters of Marlow, the story’s narrator, who recounts his journey into the interior of the Congo, and Kurtz, an ivory trader, who is shrouded in mystery as Marlow is eager to meet him. Through the archetypes of the hero’s journey and shadow, both Marlow and Kurtz become deeply affected by their setting, which illuminates the theme of good versus evil. Throughout Heart of Darkness, Marlow, the main narrator and defiant anti-hero, recount his past…

as pigs, and so on. What this does is presents a story where characters are set into certain archetypes based on their respective animal. This gives readers a certain expectation regarding where they stand morally, Spiegelman uses this as an opportunity to subvert these expectations, as he depicts each group doing something immoral or moral. Though because certain characters fit into a specific archetype, we expect them to behave a certain way in the story, which results in readers having to…

The Attic genre of tragedy shares archetypes and themes with the classic film genre of film noir. Both Greek tragedy and film noir feature femme fatales, women portrayed as devilish or in the role of a killer, the topic of the inevitability of fate is highly prevalent, and both genres incorporate mystery into their stories. “[Film noir is] a low-key black-and-white visual style, with a hard-boiled detective, a femme fatale, rainy streets, murder, and a downbeat ending” (Jukes). The genre of…

In this essay will evaluate the seemingly archetypal narrative that exist within the Harry Potter series by J.K Rowling. As of July 2013 The Harry Potter series had sold an approximate amount of 450 million copies, reiterating the notion that the series is one of the best- selling series in all of history. Just as professor Mcgonagall said in the first novel. “every child in our world will know his name!”. To this day, 17 years since the release of the first book, many social scientist have…

represent common archetypes found in many other literary works. These archetypes help Rand develop the theme that suppression of individuality depletes peoples’ happiness because it is an essential part of humanity. Equality fits into the pioneer archetype as well as the rebel, while Liberty fulfills the roles of companion and lover. Equality’s personality exudes curiosity. In his environment, this sin dictates Equality’s life, however, it is a definite trait of the pioneer archetype. The…

illuminates people based on their physical and mental disabilities and how society as a whole treated them. Through the use of archetype, allusions, metaphors, and imagery, Steinbeck portrays how minorities were treated differently based on how society saw them. Steinbeck portrays how certain people were treated differently in a multitude of ways. Through the use of archetype, Steinbeck shows how some characters are treated differently during…

the cognitively impaired, elderly, women, and African Americans were treated. Still today, society struggles with treating every person equally. In his novel Of Mice and Men Steinbeck demonstrates a skillful use of imagery, foreshadowing, and archetype to help readers understand how society systematically treats certain groups of people. Ironically, Lennie Small is a large and strong man. Simply looking at him would show no disability since his hardship is an inner one; Lennie has a mental…

it. Most stories have a hero or a villain, which is basic common knowledge of any story. Archetypes are things that we use everyday without even realizing it. Archetypes are any idea, image, or basic unit of expression that appears in art, mythology, or around the world. Archetypes are also known as the “Stock Character” of the story. Joseph Campbell was the one that created the Hero’s Journey as an archetype for events in a story. The Hero’s Journey is the outlines or steps a certain character…

Though the movie “Erin Brokovich” and the story “Antigone” take place entirely in different eras, there are still as many similarities as there are differences in the conflicts both female archetype face. Both Erin and Antigone are fighting for what they think is morally the right think to do like every other archetype. After analyzing both stories, a similarity that is emphasized is that both conflicts are person vs person. In Antigone’s case she has to defy the law set by Creon while in Erin’s…