A brief description of the 8 male archetypes as defined in “Heroes and Heroines: 16 Master Archetypes," by Caro LeFever, Tami Cowden and Sue Viders.
As promised, we have a matching game. Identify which character from film or fiction matches the archetype.
- Nick Ziegler in "Crazy for You" by Jennifer Crusie
- Ferris Bueller
- John McClane in Die Hard
- Angel in Buffy TVS
- Jack in While you Were Sleeping
- Data in Star Trek the Next Generation
- Jack in Romancing the Stone
- King Arthur
For extra credit, pick a character from film or fiction. What archetype is he? Why?
How about Sawyer acted by Josh Holloway in Lost, Wade acted by Christian Bale in 3:10 to Yuma or George Clooney's character in O' Brother Where Art Thou?
5 comments:
oooh, oooh, oooh
Sawyer is definately a bad boy
My favorite example Tami Cowden used was MacGyver. The perfect blending of two of these archetypes--The Professor and The Warrior. Whacked-out smart, but with a cause. YUM
well most of those movies I haven't seen. Let's see. John McClainis the bad boy and lost souland swashbuckler, Romancing the Stone ohh, charmer and swashbuckler, that's about it. Hmm does this mean I need to get out more.
Hey y'all. This is supposed to be fun and interactive. I'll give you a hint:
King Arthur is a Chief
Can you match the rest up?
Well I’m going to take a stab at this even though I haven’t seen/read all of these. Hopefully the process of elimination will see me through. ;)
Bad Boy - Nick Ziegler
Charmer - Ferris Bueller
Warrior - John McClane
Lost Soul - Angel
Best Friend - Jack in While You Were Sleeping
Professor - Data
Swashbuckler - Jack in Romancing the Stone
Chief - King Arthur (This was a gimme since you told me so today.)
This was fun! How’d I do? Don’t laugh at me, I’m learning. Tee-hee.
Oh and for extra credit I pick Joaquin Phoenix’s character as the young Abbe De Coulmier in the movie Quills. He plays the Lost Soul well.
Is anyone else going to try?
Jennifer - thank you. I'll tell you how you did in person so everyone else will give it a shot.
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