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Derives from Greek archetypon, meaning “beginning pattern.”

Simply put, a model on which other things are based.

Derives from Greek archetypon, meaning “beginning pattern.”

Simply put, a model on which other things are based.

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Psychologist

Believed in “collective unconscious”

“structure of inherited feelings, thoughts, and memories that humans possess.” (Leitch 998)

Psychologist

Believed in “collective unconscious”

“structure of inherited feelings, thoughts, and memories that humans possess.” (Leitch 998)

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Exist within collective unconscious

Linked to “fundamental experiences and universal rites of passage such as going on a journey, coming of age, and facing death” (999)

Connect world myths, legends, and literatures

Exist within collective unconscious

Linked to “fundamental experiences and universal rites of passage such as going on a journey, coming of age, and facing death” (999)

Connect world myths, legends, and literatures

Defines archetype as “a recurrent image, character, plot, or pattern that, through its repetitions in many works across the centuries, takes on a universal quality” (1443).

Defines archetype as “a recurrent image, character, plot, or pattern that, through its repetitions in many works across the centuries, takes on a universal quality” (1443).

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Suggests that “the knowledge of archetypes enables us to perceive the shared myths that literary works rely on and explore.” (1444)

Suggests that “the knowledge of archetypes enables us to perceive the shared myths that literary works rely on and explore.” (1444)

Contends that archetype is the significance attached to narrative.

Believes that the “central myth of literature” is the quest myth (1454).

Contends that archetype is the significance attached to narrative.

Believes that the “central myth of literature” is the quest myth (1454).

Mother and Father figures

Christ figures

Prophets

Mother and Father figures

Christ figures

Prophets

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Satan figure

Trickster

Monster

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Garden

Forest

Tower

Mountain

Garden

Forest

Tower

Mountain

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Snake

Apple

Tree

Snake

Apple

Tree

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