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English Midterm
Archetypes and Heros Journey
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10th Grade
01/19/2012

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Archetypes
Definition
Character types, plot patterns, settings, symbols, or images which are oftern rooted in the collective unconscious o various cultures and recur through literature: otherwise known as universal patterns.
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Themes and Patterns
Definition

-Immortality -Creation/Beginings -Innocence -The Quest -Survival -Witdrawal from Action -Search for Self -Distruction of the Beautiful

Ex. Greek Mythology, Thor, Percy Jackson, Aladdin.

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Tensions (Conflicts)
Definition

Male vs. Female

Good vs. Evil

Coice vs. Conequence

Youth vs. Maturity

Life vs. Death

Light vs. Dark

-Harry Potter, Adam and Eve, Great Expectations

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Settings
Definition

Garden - Fertility,Life, Beginings, Eden, Paradise

Forest - Seclusion, Tranquility, Unknown, Adventure, Mystery, Fear (Shrek)

Desert - Wasteland, Death, Alienation, Isolation, Sadness, Search for Self (Iron Man, Holes)

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Character Types
Definition
-Fatal Woman/Temptress -Wise Old Man -Earth Mother -Socerer/Magician/Healer -The Villian -The Hero -The Outcat
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Colors
Definition

White - Purity, Innocence

Black - Death, Forebonding, Gloom, Evil, Fear

Red - Pasion, Love, Danger, Anger

Green - Life, Jealousy, Envy, Inexperience

Purple/Blue - Royalty

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Seasons
Definition

Spring - Birth, Childhood, Innocence, Life, New Begining

Summer - Youth, Happiness, Early-Middle years

Autumn - Late-middle years, Wisdom, Insight, Possibly approacing death

Winter - Old-age, Death, Sadness, Despair, Peace

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Images
Definition

Water: Cleansing, Birth, Life, Purity, Rebirth, Baptism

Sunrise: Life, Begining, Time, Era

Sunset: Death, Ending, Cycle, Era

Fire: Cleansing, Hell, Anger, Passion, Detruction

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Separation from the Known
Definition

*Call to Adventure

*The Threshold (with guardians, helpors, and mentors)

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Initiation and Transformation
Definition

*The Challenges

*The Abyss

*The Transformation

*The Revelation

*The Atonement

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The Return (to the known world)
Definition
-The Return (with a Gift)
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