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Archetypes
Character Archetypes
73
Literature
9th Grade
03/08/2011

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Innocent
Definition
Spontaneous, trusting child, somewhat dependent, but optimistic to take the journey
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Innocent's Quest
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To remain safe
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Innocent's Fear
Definition
Abandonment
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Innocent's Dragon
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Denial, repression, irrational optimism, inappropriate risk taking
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Innocent's Task
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Experience disillusionment and dissapointment
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Innocent's Virtues
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Trust and optimism
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Orphan
Definition
Sees people for who they are, expects little from life, teaches us with empathy, realism and street wisdom
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Orphan's Quest
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Regain Safety
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Orphan's Fear
Definition
Being exploited
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Orphan's Dragon
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Cynicism, callousness, using victim role to manipulate environment
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Orphan's Task
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Acknowlege truth of journey, feel pain, replance dependence with interdepenedence
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Orphan's Virtues
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Interdependence, Realism
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Warrior
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When everything seems lost, , the warrior saves the day, helps set and achieve goals, persist in difficult times
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Warrior's Quest
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To win
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Warrior's Fear
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Being weak
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Warrior's Dragon
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Ruthlessness, unprincipled need to win, viewing difference as a threat
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Warrior's Task
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To fight only for what truly matters
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Warrior's Virtue
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Courage and discipline
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Caregiver
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Altruist moved by compassion, generosity, and selflessness. Helps raise children, aid those in need, build structures that sustain health and life.
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Caregiver's Quest
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Help others
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Caregiver's Fear
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Being selfish
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Caregiver's Dragon
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Suffering martyr, aiding and abetting other people's irresponsibility and narcissm
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Caregiver's Task
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To give without harming self and empowering others
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Caregiver's Virtue
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Passion and generosity
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Seeker
Definition
Leaves known to discover and explore the unknown, helps us discover our weaknesses, our perspectives, and our callings
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Seeker's Quest
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To search for a better life
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Seeker's Fear
Definition
Being a conformist
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Seeker's Dragon
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Excessive ambition, perfectionism, addiction
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Seeker's Task
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Exploring, expirementing, ambition, becoming the best you can
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Seeker's Virture
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Ambition, autonomy
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Lover
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Governs all types of love, brings heartache and drama, but helps us feel pleasure, achieve intimacy, and follow our dreams
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Lover's Quest
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Gain happiness and harmony
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Lover's Fear
Definition
Being unloved
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Lover's Dragon
Definition
Jealousy, envy, obsessive fixations
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Lover's Task
Definition
Making commitments, follow what you love, connecting self with the collective
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Lover's Virtues
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Passion, commitment
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Destroyer
Definition
Embodies repressed anger about structures that no longer serve life, even the structures that are still supported by society, or by our concious choices. It allows for our growth
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Destroyer's Quest
Definition
Metamorphasis
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Destroyer's Fear
Definition
Being annihilated
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Destroyer's Dragon
Definition
Self-destructiveness, and destrucive to others
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Destroyer's Task
Definition
Understanding loss and death and letting go of beliefs and behaviors
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Destroyer's Virtue
Definition
Humility
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Creator
Definition
Fosters all imaginitive endeavors from the highest art to the smallest innovation, adverse to stasis, it can cause us to overload our lives with constant new projects
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Creator's Quest
Definition
To gain indentity
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Creator's Fear
Definition
Being inauthentic or of no substance
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Creator's Dragon
Definition
Creation of negative circumstances, limited opportunities, workaholism
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Creator's Task
Definition
Opening yourself to inspiration and creating what you imagine
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Creator's Virtue
Definition
Vocation and identity
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Ruler
Definition
Inspires us to take responsibility for our own lives, in our fields of endeavor, and in society at large. Created environments that invited gifts and new perspectives
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Ruler's Quest
Definition
Creat order
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Ruler's Quest
Definition
Create order
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Ruler's Fear
Definition
Being in chaos
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Ruler's Dragon
Definition
Controlling, rigid, tyrannical
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Ruler's Task
Definition
Take responsibility for yourself and your own development
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Ruler's Virtues
Definition
Responsibility and control
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Magician
Definition
Searches out the fundemental laws of science to understand how to transform situations, influence people, and make visions into reality
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Magician's Quest
Definition
To transform
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Magician's Fear
Definition
Being unconnected
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Magician's Dragon
Definition
Turning what is negative into positive, vice-versa
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Magician's Task
Definition
Conciously using the knowlege that everything is connected to everything
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Magician's Virtue
Definition
Personal power
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Sage
Definition
Seeks the truths that will set us free, espectially if the sage resists the temptation of dogma. Helps us become wise in order to see the world and ourselves objectively.
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Sage's Quest
Definition
To find truth
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Sage's Fear
Definition
Being unable to find truth
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Sage's Dragon
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Unfeeling, being cut off, critical, judging, pompous behaviors and attitudes
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Sage's Task
Definition
Attain enlightenment, acceptance of self as part of the human condition
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Sage's Virtue
Definition
Wisdom
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Fool
Definition
Urges us to enjoy the process of our lives. Prone to laziness, but the positive fool invites us out to play, showing us how to turn work into fun.
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Fool's Quest
Definition
To enjoy life for its own sake
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Fool's Fear
Definition
Of being bored, not alive
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Fool's Dragon
Definition
Self-indulgence, irresponsibility
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Fool's Task
Definition
To trust the process of experiencing life "in the moment", one day at a time
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Fool's Virtue
Definition
Bliss or freedom
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