Category: Archetype

One of the creative aspects of a literary work is an archetype. The archetype of evil is described by literarydevices.net, In literature, an archetype is a typical character, an action, or a situation that seems to represent universal patterns of human nature. Writers utilize archetypes to create a connection between the readers and the literary…

A trickster is a dishonest person who defrauds others by trickery (Merriam Webster). Tricksters can also show some empathy for others, but for the most part are neutral characters who are just in it for themselves, and they rarely follow social norms. Bart Simpson, a ten-year-old kid from the popular television show, The Simpsons, perfectly…

Archetypes frequently appear in literature, films, and even in our daily lives. Archetypes are recurrent situations, symbols, or characters that express certain things. In literature archetypes are used very often, as they help develop the story better. Writers use archetypes to shape structure into their characters and their literary work as a whole. In the…

An archetype that Disney uses to teach the importance of moving beyond the past in The Lion King is through Wise Old Man. In the movie, Disney shows that Simba loves his father and feels guilt from his fathers death, Rafiki is there to provide him with wisdom. For example, he bonks him on the…

Death states, Did they deserve any better, these people? How many had actively persecuted others, high on the scent of Hitler’s gaze, repeating his sentences, his paragraphs, his opus? (Markus Zusak p. 375-76) 1942, was a year known for being the beginning to an unfortunate end. Although some survived the horrific war known as, World…

The soldier, as I shall show, has no means to connect his inner being to his social role; what Jung signifies by trickster is lacking (Rowland). Trickster prompts the existence of the animalistic traits that each individual possesses. Carl Gustav Jung, a psychiatrist and psychoanalyst, divides our unconsciousness based on the genders. Animus represents male…