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Archetypes—Part IV:The End of the Journey

by Don L. F. Nilsenand Alleen Pace Nilsen

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STAGE 3

The Ruler

The Magician

The Sage

The Wise Fool

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THE RULER

The Ruler moves from taking responsibility for oneself through working with one’s own group or commnity to concern for society or the planet.

EXAMPLES: Aslan, King Arthur, Max in Where the Wild Things Are, Jupiter, Obi Wan Kenobee, The Lion King, Woden, Zeus

The Ruler /The Hero / The Destroyer

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Three Rulers

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The Lion: King of Beasts& Shadow Ruler: The Cowardly Lion

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Two Shadow Rulers

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THE MAGICIAN

The Magician moves from healing and noticing extrasensory experiences through acting on visions to connecting everything with everything else establishing mental, emotional, and spiritual connections.

EXAMPLES: Gandalf, Genie, Hermione, Merlin, Mary Poppins, Harry Potter, Samantha in Bewitched, The three Witches in Macbeth, The Wizard of Oz

Magicians in Children’s Literature

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A Magician and a Shadow MagicianMerlin and the Wizard of Oz

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THE SAGE

The Sage moves from searching for the truth through skepticism to an understanding of the complexity of truth.

EXAMPLES: the professor in Gilligan’s Island, Jimminy Cricket, Dumbledore,The Fairy Godmother, Galdalf, Luke Skywalker, Yoda

Sages: Dumbledore and Gandalf

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Three More Sages

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And Two More Sages

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Jane and Stephen Hawking

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Alan Turing: Inventer of the Computer

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THE WISE FOOL/TRICKSTER

The Wise Fool moves from treating life as a game through using cleverness to trick others, to living life one day at a time and enjoying each special moment.

EXAMPLES: Anansi the Spider, The Cat in the Hat, Coyote, Ferdinand, Forest Gump, The Hare and the Tortoise, Huckleberry Finn, Raven, Tom Sawyer, Sawyer on Lost, Scheherazade, The Wizard of Oz

The Innocent, The Wise FoolThe Trickster

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More Tricksters

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ARCHETYPE RELATIONSHIPS

Creator and Destroyer

Eiron and Alazon

Fool and Wise Fool

Hero and Anti-Hero

Innocent and Orphan

Junex and Senex in “Comedy of Manners”

Sage and Magician

Theodore Roosevelt: SenexAlice Roosevelt: Junex

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Junex vs. Senexand the Sage

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Shadow Senex vs. Shadow Junex:Plus Star-Crossed Lovers

Wuthering Heights meets Heart of Darkness

If someone asks you about the ending…

…just lie!

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IDENTIFY THE ARCHETYPES

In the following slides, place the examples into various archetypes, and explain what evidence you used to make your choices.

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MALE EXAMPLES

Woody AllenKing ArthurAslan in The Lion, the Witch & the WardrobeCharlie ChaplinJesus ChristFalstaffGandolf in Lord of the RingsObi Wan KenobiRadar O’Reilly on M*A*S*HSamuel PickwickThe Wizard of Oz

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FEMALE EXAMPLES

Alice in WonderlandEdith BunkerCinderellaCleopatraHera or JunoJoan of ArcMoll FlandersNora in The Doll’s HouseThree Witches in MacbethTinkerbell in Peter PanVirgin Mary and Queen Elizabeth

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CHILD EXAMPLES

David CopperfieldDorothy in The Wizard of OzHuckleberry FinnLittle Red Riding HoodPeter PanPinocchioTiny TimTom ThumbWinnie the Pooh

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SHADOW EXAMPLES

Bartleby the Scrivner (Melville)

Captain Ahab in Moby Dick

Dr. Frankenstein

Don Juan in Byron’s Don Juan

Willie Loman in Death of a Salesman

Gregor Samsa in The Metamorphosis

The Joker in Batman

Nurse Ratchet in One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest

Oedipus

Lord Voldemort

Archetype Essences: Alligators, Pumas, Owls, Swamp Men and Polutersby Carl Hiaasen

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Linguistic Accents and Archetypes:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FyyT2jmVPAk

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