Archetypes:Archetypes:

The Emergence of the The Emergence of the Collective UnconsciousCollective Unconscious

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Recurring patterns of Recurring patterns of situations, characters, or situations, characters, or

symbols existing universally symbols existing universally and instinctively among and instinctively among

different cultures.different cultures.

Situational ArchetypesSituational Archetypes

Quest: A search Quest: A search for someone or for someone or something which, something which, when brought when brought back, will restore back, will restore health or order.health or order.

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Task: A feat Task: A feat the hero the hero must must accomplish accomplish in order to in order to fulfill the fulfill the ultimate goal.ultimate goal.

Situational ArchetypesSituational Archetypes The Initiation: A The Initiation: A

moment, usually moment, usually psychological, psychological, where an individual where an individual comes into maturity, comes into maturity, realizing his/her realizing his/her responsibility to responsibility to solve a problem and solve a problem and the possible the possible sacrifices he/she sacrifices he/she may have to make.may have to make.

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The Ritual: A The Ritual: A ceremony that ceremony that marks a rite of marks a rite of passage.passage.

Situational ArchetypesSituational Archetypes The Journey: A The Journey: A

hero goes in hero goes in search of truth or search of truth or information; information; sometimes he/she sometimes he/she descends into a descends into a real or real or psychological hell psychological hell to discover the to discover the truth.truth.

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The Fall: descent The Fall: descent from a high to from a high to lower state of lower state of being which being which involves a loss of involves a loss of innocence; often innocence; often characters are characters are rejected.rejected.

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Death and Rebirth: someone or something Death and Rebirth: someone or something dies (literally or metaphorically), yet is dies (literally or metaphorically), yet is accompanied by a sign of birth or rebirth.accompanied by a sign of birth or rebirth.

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Nature vs. Mechanistic World: The Nature vs. Mechanistic World: The natural order or nature is good; natural order or nature is good; technology separates people from technology separates people from nature and is bad.nature and is bad.

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Battle Between Battle Between Good and Evil: Good and Evil: These situations These situations pit obvious forces pit obvious forces which represent which represent good/evil against good/evil against one another. one another. Usually, good Usually, good triumphs over evil.triumphs over evil.

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Unhealable Unhealable Wound: This Wound: This wound, either real wound, either real or psychological, or psychological, cannot fully heal. cannot fully heal. The wound’s pain The wound’s pain often drives the often drives the sufferer to sufferer to desperate desperate measures.measures.

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The Magic The Magic Weapon: An Weapon: An object of power object of power that helps the that helps the hero to combat hero to combat evil, continue the evil, continue the journey, or prove journey, or prove his/her identity.his/her identity.