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What is an Archetype?
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What is an Archetype?
To Do: Today
1. We will all be reading A Christmas Carol: Act One as a class.
2. Finish any unfinished work such as creative narratives, poetry learning guide, and tone trailer.
Examples of Archetypes...
Character: The Wizard
Common Traits: Has special powers, wise.
Examples of: Dumbledore from Harry Potter, Gandalf from Lord of the Rings
Example: The Hero
Characteristics: Noble, Makes sacrifices.
Examples: King Arthur, Luke Skywalker, Katniss Everdeen
A Christmas Carol: A Study in Archetype
Example: The Mean Girl
- A Christmas Carol is chock full of popular archetypes.
Example: The Miser
Charactersitics: Mean (obviously), hides insecurities by taking it out on others.
Examples: Quinn Fabray from Glee and Regina George from Mean Girls
Archetype
- In this story Scrooge becomes the archetypal miser.
- His characteristics are greedy, grumpy, and he is only out for his own good.
- Definition: A typical example or pattern of a certain person or thing.
We've sort of covered this before...
- Remember all the story patterns you used for your creative narratives (The Union, The Quest, Etc) they are all considered archetypes.