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Archetypes
What are archetypes? ,[object Object]
The term  archetype  can be applied to: ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Archetypes  can be expressed in ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Examples of Heroic Archetypes…
Hero as warrior (Odysseus): ,[object Object]
Hero as lover ,[object Object],[object Object]
Hero as Scapegoat   ,[object Object],[object Object]
Transcendent Hero:  ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Anti-Hero : ,[object Object],[object Object]
Defiant Anti-hero:   Opposed to society’s definition of heroism/goodness.   ( Heart of Darkness, Holden Caulfield )
Unbalanced Hero:   The Protagonist who has (or must pretend to have) mental or emotional deficiencies (Hamlet;  One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest;  Girl, Interrupted)
The Superheroic:  Exaggerates the normal proportions of humanity; frequently has divine or supernatural origins.  May be someone who does not quite belong, but who is needed by society. (Mythological heroes, Superman)
These are SOME of many types of Archetypal Journeys ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Stages of a Hero’s Journey
 
Stage 1: Departure :  ,[object Object]
Stage 2: Initiation ,[object Object],Ritual is how people enact the myths that shape us (Campbell).
Stage 3: The Road of Trials ,[object Object]
Stage 4: The Innermost Cave (The Abyss) ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Stage 5:   Return and Reintegration with Society ,[object Object]
Recap: aspects/ traits of the classic hero ,[object Object]
Character Archetypes   ,[object Object]
The Hero  ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Mentor  ,[object Object]
The Threshold Guardian ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
The Shadow ,[object Object]
The Devil Figure ,[object Object]
The Platonic Ideal:  ,[object Object]
Damsel in Distress ,[object Object]
The Earth Mother ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
The Temptress or Black Goddess ,[object Object],[object Object]
Star-Crossed Lovers ,[object Object],Star-Crossed Lovers
Symbolic Archetypes
Light vs. Darkness ,[object Object],[object Object]
Supernatural Intervention   ,[object Object]
Nature vs. Mechanistic World ,[object Object]
The Underworld ,[object Object],[object Object]

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