The document defines several archetypes that are common across cultures and time periods. It discusses archetypes as characters, images, plot patterns, or themes that are familiar to human experiences. Some archetypes mentioned include the hero/heroine, tragic flaw, character archetypes like the child or sage, image archetypes like the sun or moon, plot archetypes like the hero's journey or quest, and theme archetypes such as good vs evil. The document also provides brief definitions and examples for folklore, epic, legend, myth, oral tradition, culture, and other literary concepts.

1. Archetypes
Ms. Basham

2. Archetype -
• Characters, images, plot patterns
or themes that are common
(familiar) to human experiences
across cultures and throughout
time.
• ((- this should be listed in you academic
vocabulary journal))

3. Folklore (or lore)
• consists of legends, music, oral
history, proverbs, jokes, popular
beliefs, fairy tales, stories, tall
tales, and customs that are the
traditions of a culture,
subculture, or group.

4. Epic
• is traditionally a genre of poetry, known
as epic poetry.[1] However in modern
terms, epic is often extended to other art
forms, such as novels, plays, films, music,
epic theatre, video games, and television
shows where the story is centered on
heroic characters, and the action takes
place on a grand scale.

5. Legend
• is a narrative of human actions that are
perceived both by teller and listeners to
take place within human history and to
possess certain qualities that give the
tale verisimilitude - ("of being true or
real" is a likeness or resemblance of the
truth). The Brothers Grimm defined
legend as folktale historically grounded.

6. Myth
• is a sacred narrative usually
explaining how the world or
humankind came to be in its
present form, although, in a very
broad sense, the word can refer
to any traditional story.

7. Oral tradition & oral lore
• is cultural material and tradition
transmitted orally from one
generation to another.
• How stable do you think stories
transmitted orally are?

8. Culture
• the cultivation of individuals through
the agency of external forms which
have been objectified in the course
of history
• Objectification is the process by
which an abstract concept is made as
objective as possible in the purest
sense of the term.

9. End of Part One

10. Archetypes Part Two
Olivia Basham

11. Hero or Heroine
• characters who, in the face of
danger and adversity or from a
position of weakness, display
courage and the will for self
sacrifice—that is, heroism—for
some greater good of all
humanity.

12. Tragic Flaw
• moral or personal failing. Often
lead to a downfall.
• What are some moral or personal
failings that could lead to a
character’s downfall

13. Character Archetype
• refers to a generic version of a
personality.
• A stereotype— a personality type
observed multiple times, especially
an oversimplification of such a type.
• An epitome— a personality type
exemplified, especially the
"greatest" such example.

15. Epic Hero
• The epic hero is usually a person
of high social status who reflects
the ideals of his or her people.

16. Legendary Hero
• A hero from a traditional story
handed down from generation to
generation typically believed to
be true.

17. Character Archetype Examples
The Child
The Hero
The Martyr
The Great Mother
The Wise old (wo)man
or Sage
The Damsel in distress
The Trickster or Fox
The Devil or Satan
The Fool or Scarecrow
The Mentor
The Warrior
The Star-crossed lovers
The Outcast
The Nagging wife

18. Image archetype
• Object or place that has universal appeal.
• Sun and Moon
• Flowers
• Blood
• Babies
• Snow
• Rain
• Rivers

19. Plot
• Sequence of events in a story,
play, or narrative problem.

20. Plot Pattern Archetype
• Story pattern or type that occurs in many
cultures.
• Hero’s journey
• Overcoming an obstacle
• Quest
• Death and Rebirth
• Initiation
• Outcast

21. Theme Archetype
• An idea or motif that occurs wherever people
tell stories.
• Good vs. Evil
• Innocence vs. Experience
• Dark vs. Light
• Misunderstanding and Acceptance