by the Nilsens

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Archetypes—Part IV:
The End of the Journey
by Don L. F. Nilsen
and Alleen Pace Nilsen

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STAGE 3
The Ruler
The Magician
The Sage
The Wise Fool

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THE RULER
The Ruler moves from taking responsibility for
oneself through working with one’s own
group or commnity to concern for society or
the planet.
EXAMPLES: Aslan, King Arthur, Max in Where
the Wild Things Are, Jupiter, Obi Wan
Kenobee, The Lion King, Woden, Zeus

4. The Ruler /The Hero / The Destroyer
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5. Three Rulers
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6. The Lion: King of Beasts
& Shadow Ruler: The Cowardly Lion
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7. Two Shadow Rulers
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THE MAGICIAN
The Magician moves from healing and noticing
extrasensory experiences through acting on
visions to connecting everything with
everything else establishing mental,
emotional, and spiritual connections.
EXAMPLES: Gandalf, Genie, Hermione, Merlin,
Mary Poppins, Harry Potter, Samantha in
Bewitched, The three Witches in Macbeth,
The Wizard of Oz

9. Magicians in Children’s Literature
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10. A Magician and a Shadow Magician
Merlin and the Wizard of Oz
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THE SAGE
The Sage moves from searching for the
truth through skepticism to an
understanding of the complexity of
truth.
EXAMPLES: the professor in Gilligan’s
Island, Jimminy Cricket,
Dumbledore,The Fairy Godmother,
Galdalf, Luke Skywalker, Yoda

12. Sages: Dumbledore and Gandalf
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13. Three More Sages
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14. And Two More Sages
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15. Jane and Stephen Hawking
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16. Alan Turing: Inventer of the Computer
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THE WISE FOOL/TRICKSTER
The Wise Fool moves from treating life as a game
through using cleverness to trick others, to living life
one day at a time and enjoying each special moment.
EXAMPLES: Anansi the Spider, The Cat in the Hat,
Coyote, Ferdinand, Forest Gump, The Hare and the
Tortoise, Huckleberry Finn, Raven, Tom Sawyer,
Sawyer on Lost, Scheherazade, The Wizard of Oz

18. The Innocent, The Wise Fool
The Trickster
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19. More Tricksters
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ARCHETYPE RELATIONSHIPS
Creator and Destroyer
Eiron and Alazon
Fool and Wise Fool
Hero and Anti-Hero
Innocent and Orphan
Junex and Senex in “Comedy of Manners”
Sage and Magician

21. Theodore Roosevelt: Senex
Alice Roosevelt: Junex
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22. Junex vs. Senex
and the Sage
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23. Shadow Senex vs. Shadow Junex:
Plus Star-Crossed Lovers
Wuthering Heights
meets Heart of
Darkness
If someone asks you
about the ending…
…just lie!
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IDENTIFY THE ARCHETYPES
In the following slides, place
the examples into various
archetypes, and explain
what evidence you used to
make your choices.

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MALE EXAMPLES
Woody Allen
King Arthur
Aslan in The Lion, the Witch & the Wardrobe
Charlie Chaplin
Jesus Christ
Falstaff
Gandolf in Lord of the Rings
Obi Wan Kenobi
Radar O’Reilly on M*A*S*H
Samuel Pickwick
The Wizard of Oz

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FEMALE EXAMPLES
Alice in Wonderland
Edith Bunker
Cinderella
Cleopatra
Hera or Juno
Joan of Arc
Moll Flanders
Nora in The Doll’s House
Three Witches in Macbeth
Tinkerbell in Peter Pan
Virgin Mary and Queen Elizabeth

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CHILD EXAMPLES
David Copperfield
Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz
Huckleberry Finn
Little Red Riding Hood
Peter Pan
Pinocchio
Tiny Tim
Tom Thumb
Winnie the Pooh

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SHADOW EXAMPLES
Bartleby the Scrivner (Melville)
Captain Ahab in Moby Dick
Dr. Frankenstein
Don Juan in Byron’s Don Juan
Willie Loman in Death of a Salesman
Gregor Samsa in The Metamorphosis
The Joker in Batman
Nurse Ratchet in One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
Oedipus
Lord Voldemort

29. Archetype Essences: Alligators, Pumas, Owls, Swamp Men and Poluters
by Carl Hiaasen
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30. Linguistic Accents and Archetypes:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FyyT2jmVPAk
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