Archetypes Flashcards
The Initiate
young heroes
Mentor
teacher or counselor often mother or father figure
parent/child conflict
father and son are separated meet in adulthood usually hero has more respect for mentor then biological parent
the herald
act to signal change and invite the character to answer the call to adventure
Devil figure
evil one (the devil in inferno)
Creatures of the nightmare
Monsters who are antagonists in the story (three beasts in the inferno)
The Platonic ideal
female figure who provides intellectual stimulation (beatrice)
Star Crossed Lovers
Francesca and Paolo
Earth Mother
Offers spiritual and emotional nourishment to those she needs (Mary)
Outcast
figure banished from a social group for some crime against someone else (the devil)
The quest/the task
Get through hell to heaven/ face himself to reach salvation
The journey
Journey through hell
Battle between good and evil
Heaven vs Hell
The fall from grace
loss of innoncence/ fall from a higher state to a lower state
(when Dante sees sinners in hell)
Death and Rebirth
Deals with the similarities between the cycle of nature and life (entering and exiting hell)
