Archetypal Characters:
- The hero
- The sidekick
- The maiden
- The mentor
- The villain
- The mother figure
- Innocent youth
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Archetype Symbols
- Light/Darkness
- Water/Desert
- Nature/Technology
- Fire/Ice
- Heaven/Hell
- Forest
- Cross Roads
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Archetype Situations
- Call to Adventure
- Initiation
- Journey
- Tests & Trials
- Death/Rebirth
- Good v. evil
- The Fall
- Atonement
Choose one origin story out of three. As you read the text, highlight and annotate the text. Analyze the text using the archetypal lens questions:
- Summarize each text.
- Which characters represent archetypes? What do these characters symbolize?
- How does the text mirror an archetypal structure? How does the story structure affect the meaning?
- Which symbols represent archetypes? Why are these symbols significant?
- How do these archetypes reflect the values of society?
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