archetypal motifs & universal symbols
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Universal Symbols & Archetypal Motifs: evoke deep response in readers are characters, images, and themes = basic human experiences no matter where or when they live mean the same thing for all peopleTRANSCRIPT
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ARCHETYPAL MOTIFS & UNIVERSAL SYMBOLS
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Universal Symbols & Archetypal Motifs:• evoke deep response in
readers
• are characters, images, and themes = basic human experiences no matter where or when they live
•mean the same thing for all people
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SYMBOLOBJECT, WORD, OR IMAGE THAT REPRESENTS AN ABSTRACT IDEA
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MOTIF
•Pattern; recurring set of words, shapes, colors, subject, symbols, theme, ideas, images•Recurring symbol motifs in literature often take on figurative meaning and help develop the central theme
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ARCHETYPE: Original, a model or first form, prototype.
• In literature, model for common characters and stories•Writers use archetypal stories to inspire contemplation of
our human nature and evoke a deep psychological response/connection/understanding•Writers use archetypal characters to define who their
characters are and how they act
EXAMPLES of archetypal stories and characters: stories of quests, initiations, scapegoats (hero’s journey); descents to the underworld, ascents to heaven, awakenings, death/rebirth, sacrifice, creation myths; wise old man, hero, soul mate, terrible mother, good mother, etc.
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UNIVERSALSYMBOLS
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SUN, FIRE, SKYSUN:• Laws of nature• Creative energy; consciousness (thinking, wisdom,
enlightenment)• Passage of time/life• Masculine• Power, Force, Clarity• Rising Sun = birth, creation, enlightenment• Setting Sun = Death
FIRE –energy, passion, creationSKY – dreams, limitlessness, freedom, contemplation
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TREE
Life of the Cosmos – consistence, growth, generative and regenerative processes, connectivityInexhaustible Life – symbol of immortality
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COLORSRED: blood, sacrifice, violent passion, rage, disorder
GREEN: (+) growth, sensation, hope, fertility(-) jealousy, death, decay
BLUE: highly (+), truth, religious feeling, security, spiritual purity (the color of the Great Mother or Holy Mother)
BLACK (darkness): chaos, mystery, the unknown, death, primal wisdom, the unconscious, evil, melancholy
WHITE: (+) light, purity, innocence, timelessness; (-) death, terror, the supernatural, the blinding truth of cosmic mystery
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CIRCLE(Wholeness & unity)
Mandala: (geometric figure based upon the squaring of a circle around a unifying center)classic Asian forms of the mandala juxtaposethe triangle, the square, and the circle with their numerical equivalents of 3, 4, and 7.
Egg (oval): the mystery of life and the forces of generation
Yin-Yang: union of the opposite forces of the yang (masculine, light, activity, the conscious mind) and the yin (female, darkness, passivity, the unconscious); balance
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SERPENT(snake, worm)
•Energy•Pure force (libido - sexual instinct/sex drive)•Corruption•Evil•Sensuality•Destruction•Mystery•Wisdom •The unconscious
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NUMBERS3: light, spiritual awareness & unity (Holy Trinity, pagan trinity = maiden, mother, and the crone), male4: associated with the square, life cycle, 4 seasons, earth, nature, 4 elements(earth, air, fire, water), female
7: Most potent of all symbolic numbers = the union of 3 and 4, the completion of a cycle, perfect order (7th day of creation)
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ArchetypalCharacters
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THE ARCHETYPAL WOMENThe Good Mother (+ aspects of Earth Mother): life, birth, warmth, nourishment, protection, fertility, growth, abundanceThe Terrible Mother (- aspects of Earth Mother): the witch, the sorceress, siren, whore, temptation,femme fatale—associated with sensuality— sexual orgies, fear, danger, darkness, death, dismemberment, emasculationThe Soul Mate (Holy Mother, the princess or beautiful lady): incarnation of inspiration and spiritual fulfillment
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THE ARCHETYPAL MENThe Wise Old Man (savior, redeemer, guru):Personification of spiritualityKnowledgeReflectionInsightWisdomClevernessIntuitionMorality - tests moral qualities of others Always appears when the hero is in a hopeless and
desperate situation from which only profound reflection or a lucky idea can help him.
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HERO ARCHETYPES
The Quest: hero (savior, deliverer) goes on long journey to perform impossible tasks, battle with monsters, solve unanswerable riddles, and overcome insurmountable obstaclesInitiation: hero undergoes a series of excruciating ordeals in passing from ignorance and immaturity to social and spiritual adulthood (becoming full-fledged member of social group), consists of 3 phases: separation, transformation, and return. Like quest =variation of the death and rebirth archetype (coming of age)The Sacrificial Scapegoat: hero on whom welfare of tribe or nation is identified must die to atone for the people’s sins and restore the land to fruitfulness
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Symbolic ArchetypalIMAGES
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ARCHETYPAL IMAGESWATER
SEA: life, spiritual mystery,infinity, death & rebirth, timelessness & eternity
RIVERS: death & rebirth (baptism), flowing of time into eternity, transitional phases of the life cycle
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GARDEN
Paradise Innocence Fertility Unspoiled beauty – especially feminine
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DESERT• Spiritual aridity•Death•Nihilism -
1. An extreme form of skepticism that denies all existence.2. A doctrine holding that all values are baseless and that nothing can be known or
communicated.3. Rejection of all distinctions in moral or religious value and a willingness to
repudiate all previous theories of morality or religious belief.4.The belief that destruction of existing political or social institutions is necessary
for future improvement.
•Hopelessness•Infertile/Unproductive
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SEASONS OF THE YEAR
•Spring – beginning of life, birth, newness•Summer – height of life, harmony, perfection, good health•Fall – middle of life, middle age, harvest, knowledge, maturity, ripeness•Winter – death, barren, end of life
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ARCHETYPAL STORY
MOTIFS
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CREATION
Most fundamental of all archetypes – Every mythology is built on some accountof how the cosmos, nature, and human-kind were brought into existence by some supernatural being or beings (usually includes fall of mankind)
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IMMORTALITYEscape from Time: return to paradise (the state of perfect, timeless bliss enjoyed by man and woman before their tragic Fall into corruption and mortality)
Mystical submersion into cyclical time: theme of endless death and regeneration –human beings achieve some kind of immortality by submitting to vast, mysterious rhythm of nature’s eternal cycle, particularly the cycle of seasons
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TRICKSTERA god, goddess, spirit, or man that experiences challenges and danger by playing tricks or disobeying rules of conventional society.
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DUALITY
•Good v. Evil•Innocence v. Experience
Exploration of man’s dual nature and our fallibility; delicate balance to maintain reason; better to have knowledge or to be innocent?
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