ARCHETYPES

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ARCHETYPES
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Definition

• An archetype refers to an image, story-pattern,
  or character type that recurs frequently and
  evokes strong, often unconscious, associations in
  the reader.

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• The term comes from psychologist Karl Jungs idea
  of recurring patterns of situations, characters,
  or symbols existing universally and instinctively
  in the collective unconscious of man.

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• Jung believed the basic foundation of the
  collective unconscious is the archetype, a
  universal theme/symbol/situation that runs
  constant in the minds of mankind.

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• The archetype is an unconscious pattern that has
  developed throughout the ages. The archetype
  influences the way people think, as they
  repeatedly use the same ideas as previous
  generations, only in different surroundings and
  different situations.

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Example THE LION KING

• The Hero Simba
• The Mentor Rafiki
• Loyal Retainers Timone and Pumba, Zazoo
• Devil Figure Scar and the hyenas
• The Quest a journey to restore fertility to a
  wasteland
• Archetypal settings wastelands, wilderness
• Symbols fire and rain, the lion
• Archetypal Colors green (envy), red (fire,
  passion)

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MORE EXAMPLES

• Using the chart, fill the boxes for each of the
  following archetypes
• Male archetypes (good)
• Female Archetypes (good)
• Evil Characters(male or female)
• Community Characters