AP Literature: Archetypes Flashcards
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| 5003871542 | Carl Jung | First applied the term archetype to literature; universal patterns in all stories and mythologies regardless of culture or historical period and hypothesized that part of the human mind contained a collective unconscious shared by all members of the human species=universal primal memory. | 0 | |
| 5003890705 | Hero as Warrior | A near god-like hero who faces physical challenges and external enemies -Odysseus | 1 | |
| 5003902404 | Hero as Lover | A pure love motivates the hero to complete the quest -Prince Charming | 2 | |
| 5003907327 | Hero as Scapegoat | Hero suffers for the sake of others. The hero, with whom the welfare of the tribe or nation is identified, must die to atone for the people's sins and return the land to fruitfulness -Jesus | 3 | |
| 5003956809 | Transcendent Hero | The hero of tragedy whose fatal flaw brings about his downfall, but not without achieving some kind of transforming realization or wisdom. -Oedipus, Hamlet, Macbeth | 4 | |
| 5003971251 | Romantic/Gothic Hero | Hero/lover with a decidedly dark side -Mr. Rochester | 5 | |
| 5003981408 | Proto-Feminist HEro | Female heros -The Awakening | 6 | |
| 5003988214 | Apocalyptic Hero | Hero who faces the possible destruction of society | 7 | |
| 5003990585 | Anti-Hero | A non-hero, given the vocation of failure, frequently humorous. -Homer Simpson | 8 | |
| 5004003752 | Defiant Anti-Hero | Opposer of society's definition of heroism/goodness | 9 | |
| 5004012258 | Unbalanced Hero | The protagonist who has or must pretend to have a mental or emotional deficiency -Hamlet, The One Who Flew Over the Cuckoo's NEst | 10 | |
| 5004027909 | The Other-The Denied Hero | The protagonist whose status or essential otherness makes heroism possible -Invisible Man | 11 | |
| 5004036757 | The Superheroic | Exaggerates the normal proportions of humanity; frequently divine or supernatural in origins. -Someone who is apart, does not belong, but who is nonetheless needed by society -Superman | 12 | |
| 5004069083 | Departure, Initiation, The Road of Trails, The Innermost Cave, Return and Reintegration with Society | The stages of the Hero's Journey | 13 | |
| 5004058984 | Departure | Stage 1: The hero is called to adventure, although he is reluctant to accept. | 14 | |
| 5004083359 | Initiation | Stage 2: The hero crosses the threshold into a new, more dangrous world, gaining a more mature perspective. The hero undergoes a series of ordeal and becomes mature and becomes a full fledged member of a social group. Occurs in three phases: Separation, transformation, and return. | 15 | |
| 5004105202 | The Road of Trials | Stage 3: The hero is given supernatural aid, endures a test of strength, resourcefulness, and endurance. | 16 | |
| 5004130534 | The Innermost Cave | The hero descends into a place of great trial. Because of this trial, the hero is reborn in some way physically, spiritually, or emotionally. | 17 | |
| 5004156243 | Return and Integration with Society | The hero uses the new wisdom ti restore fertility and order to the land. | 18 | |
| 5004171633 | The Hero | -A protagonist whose life is a series of well marked adventures. -Circumstances of birth are unusual and is raised by a guardian. -Have to leave his kingdom only to return upon reaching manhood. -Characterized by courage, strength, and honor. -Will endure hardship and risk life for good of all. -Leaves familiar to enter an unfamiliar and challenging world. --King Arthur; Hercules | 19 | |
| 5004208164 | Young Man from the Proviences | The Hero returns to his home and heritage where he is a stranger who can see new problems and new solutions. --Robin Hood --Edward Dante | 20 | |
| 5004220598 | The Initates | Young heroes who must go through some training and ceremony before undertaking their quest -Harry Potter and Company | 21 | |
| 5004229860 | Mentor | -Often old wise man r teacher; often serves as father or mother figure. -Gives hero gifts -Serves as hero's conscience -Appears when everything looks hopeless for hero and needs profound reflection -Represents the though or great idea that saves the hero -Gandolf, Dumbledor, Yoda | 22 | |
| 5004250349 | Mentor Pupil Relationship | In this relationship, the mentor teaches the pupil the necessary skills for surviving the quest. -Brom and Eragon | 23 | |
| 5004339357 | Threshold Gardian | Tests the Hero's worthiness at the beginning of the Journey - Spinx, Fuffy, Cerberus | 24 | |
| 5004351345 | Father-Son Conflict | In this relationship, the tension is built due to separation from childhood or some other source when the two meet as men. -Galavants | 25 | |
| 5004371146 | Hunting Group of Companions | These are loyal companions willing to face hardship and ordeal in order to stay together -Merry Men, Knights or Round Table | 26 | |
| 5004406519 | Loyal Retainers | Their duty is to reflect the nobility and power of the hero -Chorus | 27 | |
| 5004416310 | Friendly Beast | An animal companion showing that nature is on the side of the hero -Aslan, Bandersnatch, Birds | 28 | |
| 5004422416 | The Shadow | A worthy apponent with whom the hero must struggle in a fight to the end. Must be neutralized. Physiologically represents the darker side of the hero's own psyche. -Voldemort, Joker | 29 | |
| 5004451834 | The Devil Figure | The character that is evil incarnate -Satan, Frollo | 30 | |
| 5004457575 | The Evil Figure with a Ultimately Good Heart | A devil figure with the potential to do good. Person who is usually saved by the love of the hero -The Grinch, Murtag | 31 | |
| 5004471220 | The Creature of Nightmare | A monster summoned from the deepest, darkest part of the human psyche to threaten the lives of the hero. Often a perversion or desecration of the human body. -Orcs, Frankenstein's Monster | 32 | |
| 5004481740 | The Scapegoat | An animal, or more usually a human, whose death in a public ceremony expiates some taint or sin of the community. Often more powerful in life than in death. -Jesus, Aslan, Edward Dante | 33 | |
| 5004498343 | The Outcast | A character banished from a social group for some real or imagined crime against his fellow man, usually destined to wander from place to place. -Quasimodo, Oedipus | 34 | |
| 5004525927 | The Platonic Ideal | A woman who is a source of inspiration to the hero, who has intellectual rather than physical attraction to her. -Miss Temple, Herminoe | 35 | |
| 5004534330 | Damsel in Distress | A vulnerable woman who needs to be rescued by the hero. She is often used as a trap to ensnare the unsuspecting hero. -Sleeping Beauty, Han Solo | 36 | |
| 5004550032 | The Earth Mother | Symbolic of fruition, abundance, and fertility. -Traditionally offers spiritual and emotional nourishment to those with whom she come into contact with. -Often depicted in earth colors, has large breasts and hips. -May have dual aspect-self sacrificing, forbearing, accepting everything, forgiving everyone. -Inclined to be attracted to failures-finds strength in adversities. -Hestia, Grandmother Willow, Mrs. Weasly | 37 | |
| 5004584038 | The Temptress or Black Goddess | Characterized by sensuous beauty, this woman is the one to whom the protagonist is physiclay attracted to and who ultimatyl brings about his downfall. -Witch or Vampire -Sirens, Circe | 38 | |
| 5004598007 | White Goddess | Good, beautiful maiden, usually blond, may make and ideal marriage partner; often has religious or intellectual overtones. -Snow White, Gladrial | 39 | |
| 5004613885 | Unfaithful Wife | A woman married to a man she sees as dull or distant and is attracted to a more virile or interesting man. -Daisy, Murrial, Edna | 40 | |
| 5004620306 | Star Crossed Lovers | Two characters in a love affair fated to end tragically for one or both due to the disapproval of society, friends, family, or some tragic situation. -Romeo and Juliet | 41 | |
| 5004637623 | Light vs Darkness | Light usually suggests hope, renewal, or intellectual illumination; darkness implies the unkwon, ignorance, or despair. | 42 | |
| 5004646684 | Innate Wisdom vs Educated Stupidity | Some characters exhibit wisdom and understanding of situations instinctively as opposed to the supposedly in charge. Loyal retainers often exhibit this wisdom as they accompany the hero on the journey. | 43 | |
| 5004660639 | Supernatural Intervention | Spiritual beings intervene on the side of the hero or sometimes against him. | 44 | |
| 5004672963 | Fire and Ice | Fire represents knowledge, light, life, or rebirth; while ice, like the desert, represents ignorance, darkness, sterility, and death. | 45 | |
| 5004695764 | Nature vs Mechanistic World | Nature is good while technology is evil | 46 | |
| 5004697643 | The Threshold | Gateway to a new world which the hero must enter to change and grow. | 47 | |
| 5004702355 | The Underworld | A place of death or metaphorically an encounter with the dark side of self. Entering this is a form of facing a fear of death. | 48 | |
| 5004714933 | Haven vs Wilderness | Places of saftey contrast sharply against a dangerous wilderness. Heroes often find shelter her for a time to regain health and resources. | 49 | |
| 5004745717 | Water vs Desert | -The mystery of creation; birth-death-resurrection. -Purification and redemption -Fertility and growth -Unconsciousness-sea mother of all life, spiritual mystery and infinity -Timelessness and eternity Transition -Water = Birth symbol -Desert= Opposite. | 50 | |
| 5004794178 | Heavan vs Hell | Man has traditionally associated parts of the universe not accessible to him with the dwelling places of the primordial forces that govern his world. -Sky and mountain tops house the gods, -Bowels of earth contain diabolic forces. | 51 | |
| 5004821172 | The Crossroads | A place or time of decision when a realization is made and change or penance results. | 52 | |
| 5004827123 | The Maze | A puzzling middleman or great uncertainty, search for the dangerous monster inside oneself, or a journey into the heart of darkness. | 53 | |
| 5004841385 | The Castle | A strong place of safety which holds treasure or princesses; may be enchanted or bewitched. | 54 | |
| 5004847741 | The Tower | A strong place of evil, represents isolation of self | 55 | |
| 5004851435 | The Magic Weapon | The weapon the hero needs in order to complete the quest. | 56 | |
| 5004860628 | The Whirlpool | Symbolizes the destructive power of nature or fate. | 57 | |
| 5004867201 | Fog | Symbolizes uncertainty | 58 | |
| 5004869457 | Red | Blood, sacrifice, passion, disorder | 59 | |
| 5004871983 | Green | Growth, sensation, hope, fertility -also death and decay | 60 | |
| 5004877103 | Blue | Highly positive, security, tranquility, religious feeling, spiritual purity, truth | 61 | |
| 5004884367 | Black | Darkness, chaos, mystery, the unknown, death, wisdom, evil, melancholy | 62 | |
| 5004911870 | White | A positive force- light, purity, innocence, timelessness. -Negative-death, horror, supernatural, blinding truth of an inscrutable cosmic mystery. | 63 | |
| 5004927142 | Yellow | Enlightenment, wisdom -Sickness, decay | 64 | |
| 5004933643 | 3 | Light, spiritual awareness, unity, male principle. | 65 | |
| 5004937182 | 4 | Associated with the circle, life cycle, seasons -Female principle Earth, nature, elements | 66 | |
| 5004944997 | 7 | Most potent of all symbolic numbers and signifying the union of three and four - the completion of a cycle, perfect order, perfect number -passage of time and life. | 67 | |
| 5004953229 | The Sun | Fire and sky are closely related -Creative energy - Law in nature -Consiouness/ thinking, enlightenment, wisdom, spiritual vision -passage of time and life | 68 | |
| 5004983551 | Circle | Wholeness and unity -In traditon, this symbol is united with a triangle and the square to show the union of 3,4,7 in perfection | 69 | |
| 5004997038 | Egg / Oval | The mystery of life and forces of generation | 70 | |
| 5005000373 | Yin Yang | A chinese symbol repersenting the union of the apposing forces of yang (masculine, light, activity) and yin (female, darknessm passivivty) | 71 | |
| 5005013894 | Serpent | Snake or worm -Symbol of energy and pure life force -evil corruption, destruction -Sensuality, mystery, the unconsious | 72 | |
| 5005022169 | Garden | Paridise, innocence, unspoiled beauty | 73 | |
| 5005043885 | Tree | Denotes life of the cosmos. -Stands for inexhaustible life and is a symbol of immortailty | 74 | |
| 5005057016 | Creation | The most fundamental of all archetypal motifs- every mythology is built on some account of how the cosmos, nature and man were brought into existence by some supernatural Being. | 75 | |
| 5005070624 | Immortatlity | A fundamental archetype. -Escape from time-state of perfect timeless bliss enjoyed by man before the tragic fall into corruption and mortality -Mystical submersion into cyclical time-endless life and regenertation | 76 | |
| 5005085240 | Transformation | Belief that gods have the power of assuming other forms -physical, spiritual, social -werewolf, enterprise, birds, -idea of rebirth | 77 | |
| 5005108151 | Prophecy and Fulfillment | Assumes a planned universe and existence of supernatural forces. -Temple of Apollo, Oracle of Delphi -Prophet not held responsible | 78 | |
| 5005117998 | Initiation | Rites of passage: birth, death, marriage, ceremonies -Idea of rebirth -No formula ritual needed -Candidate usually has partial awareness that he crosses the threshold and and that this boundary will have the effect of forever separating him from his boyhood. -Innocence to knowledge -Awareness but not defeat or annihilation | 79 | |
| 5005153916 | Return to Womb | Freud: Two instincts: instinct to life (eros) and instinct to death (Thanatopsis) -Human behavior is struggle between good and evil -Individual feels inadequate to the life challenge; longs for a state of peace and security -Occurs most frequently in advanced or specailized cultures -Evident in climate of existentialism. | 80 | |
| 5005186362 | The Quest | What the Hero must accomplish in order to bring fertility back to the wasteland, usually in search for some talisman, which will restore peace, order, and normalcy to a troubled land. | 81 | |
| 5005206962 | The Task | The nearly superhuman feats the hero must preform in order to accomplish the quest. | 82 | |
| 5005214097 | The Journey | Sends the hero in search of some truth that will help save the kingdom. | 83 | |
| 5005222500 | The Ritual | The actual ceremonies the Initiate experiences that will mark his rite of passage into another state. A clear sign of the character's role in society. | 84 | |
| 5005238639 | The Fall | The descent from a higher to a lower state of being usually as a punishment for a transgression. Involves the loss of innocence. | 85 | |
| 5005250715 | Death and Rebirth | The most common of all situational archetypes, this motif grows out of a parallel btw the cycle of nature and the cycle of life. -Morning and springtime represent birth, youth, or rebirth -Evening and winter represent old age or death. | 86 | |
| 5005274150 | Battle Between Good and Evil | A battle between two primal forces. Mankind shows eternal optimisom in the continual portrayal of good triumphing over evil despite great odds. | 87 | |
| 5005283155 | The Unhealable Wound | Either a physical or psychological wound that cannot be fully healed. Symbolizes loss of innocence. | 88 |