1. Cross Cultural Archetypes The Dark and the Light archetype Western Culture vs. Asian Culture By Charles Lok IB Psychology HL September 19, 2008

3. Let’s start with Jesus…

4. Jesus represents salvation, and hope. This image is associated with the light

5. Of course there is his counterpart, Satan…

6. Satan represents all that is evil, thus he is associated with the dark

7. Next lets jump to the Greek Gods…

8. The Greek Gods show the light and the dark in each individual God…

9. Let’s look at Ares, the God of war, bloodlust, hatred, and Frenzy

10. Ares clearly represents the more primal side of human nature, thus it is associated with the dark or the shadow archetype

11. Ares counterpart is Demeter, the goddess of rebirth, fertility and the pure

12. Demeter represents the pure and the hope for rebirth and thus represents the light

13. And finally, let’s jump into the present and look at Spider-man…

14. Spider-man 3 has the perfect portrayal of the shadow within archetype…

15. Red Spidey= Good and moral= Light

16. Black Spidey= Vengeful and Stronger= Shadow or Dark

18. We’ll start with the novel, 三國演義 (Romance of the Three Kingdoms)

19. Liu Bei, the protagonist, is benevolent and kind and thus represents the light

20. The antagonist Cao Cao is cruel and ruthless and thus represents the dark

21. Next we jump to 西遊記 (Journey to the West)

22. The Monkey King is the protagonist and he represents the good. He thus represents the light

23. The Demon King represents evil and thus is associated with the dark

24. We can see the symbols remain relatively constant…

25. Evil usually is associated with the dark…

26. Hope and Good is usually associated with the light…