AP Literature: Archetypes (4) Flashcards
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| 3256430411 | Fair Maiden | the romantic focus of the hero and/or villain; the victim who must be saved from evil; pure and innocent of the world's evil way (Snow White, Aladdin, Sir Lancelot) | 0 | |
| 3256430412 | Scapegoat | an animal, or more usually a human, whose death in a public ceremony expiates some taint or sin of a community. They are often more powerful in death than in life. Also, a character that takes the blame of everything bad that happens. (Ex. Crucible, Passion of Christ, Lord of the Flies) | 1 | |
| 3256430413 | 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. (Ex. Fiesta, Huck Finn, Finding Nemo) | 2 | |
| 3256430414 | Task | the nearly superhuman feat(s) the Hero must perform in order to accomplish his quest. (Ex. Sword in the Stone, Lord of the Rings, Odyssey) | 3 | |
| 3256430415 | Initiation | the adolescent comes into his maturity with new awareness and problems (ex. Star Wars, Huck Finn, Lion King) | 4 | |
| 3256430416 | Nature vs. Mechanical World | nature is good while technology and society are often depicted as evil (ex. Avatar, Jurassic Park, Frankenstein) | 5 | |
| 3256430417 | Seven | the most potent of all symbolic numbers signifying the union of three and four, the completion of a cycle, perfect order, perfect number, religious symbol (ex. Harry Potter, Totally Spies, Fantastic Four) | 6 | |
| 3256430418 | Red | blood, sacrifice, passion, disorder (ex. Scarlet Letter, Romeo and Juliet, Alice in Wonderland) | 7 | |
| 3256430419 | Wasteland | opposite of the garden; the place of loneliness, desolation, and despair; the place where there is no growth (ex. Night, Blindness, Frozen) | 8 | |
| 3256430420 | Sun | creative energy; thinking, enlightenment, wisdom, spiritual vision ~Rising sun: birth, creation, enlightenment ~Setting sun: death (ex. Lion King, A Raisin in the Sun, Tangled) | 9 | |
| 3256430421 | Lion | has tremendous leadership qualities. He displays fearlessness. He enforces structure within the family, yet is gentle and fair. He shows great patience (ex. Brave, Mulan, Narnia) | 10 |