Archetypes
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literary archetypes “repeated patterns that recur in the literature of every age” (sloan 48)
what are archetypes - term used to describe universal symbols
- evoke deep/ unconscious responses in reader
- primordial: individuals have archetypal images in our understanding
- universal: found all over world & in history; different, but same idea
Carl Jung Swiss psychologist/ psychiatrist
- collective unconsciousness; mental record of all common human experiences
archetypes: symbols which express knowing of experiences
Common Character Archetypes The star-crossed lovers; romeo & juliet: young lovers, unexpectedly separated by fate
Unfaithful wife: woman married to older man, but interested in young & attractive men
Hero: leaves community to bring honor