Archetype Flashcards

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Beginning

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A recurrent symbol or motif in literature, art, or mythology

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Advance

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A recurrent image, symbol, character, or even situation that an instinctual expression of human nature and experience that are universal to humanity

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Hero

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Acts to redeem society by overcoming great odds in service to successfully completing extraordinary acts of strength, charge and goodness

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Scapegoat

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Takes the blame for something (or everything) going wrong for the other characters in the story

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Outcast

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Separated from (or separates himself/herself from…) society due to either an impairment of an advantage that sets the character apart from others

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Devil character/figure

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Represents evil

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Temptress

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Female who represents the seductive power of women, especially in regard to leading a man astray

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Wise old man/women

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Has wisdom to share with the hero; wholeness of the self

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