The Answer and Jungian Archetypes

Here is the answer from last weeks match game.

Jenn got them all right!

L.A. picked Sawyer as the Bad Boy for extra credit.

Wade (Christian Bale) from 3:10 to Yuma - the Warrior.

George Clooney's character in O' Brother Where Art Thou was a toughie. The Charmer, a charismatic smooth talker.

Again, these 8 male archetypes are from "Heroes and Heroines: 16 Master Archetypes," by Caro LeFever, Tami Cowden and Sue Viders .

As writers we can use the universal theme of archetypes. Swiss psychiatrist Carl Jung submitted that archetypes were part of a collective unconscious. He believed archetypes were primordial or ingrained in our understanding and universal. His two primary categories of archetypes are characters and situations/symbols.

Characters:

1. The Hero
2. The Outcast
3. The Scapegoat
4. The Star-crossed Lovers
5. The Shrew
   

Situations/symbols:

1. The Task
2. The Quest
3. The Loss of Innocence
4. The Initiation
5. Water – A better term might be Rebirth. Jung believed Water is a symbol of rebirth of life.

Archetypal analysis is a form of literary analysis. Readers will recognize and respond to the universal ideas, patterns and symbols.

We still have the Eight Female Archetypes and the sixteen Villain Archetypes from "Heroes and Heroines: 16 Master Archetypes," Volger's archetypes and The Hero's Journey.

Same Sparkle Day. Stay Tuned.