Examples of Archetypes in Literature © Deborah Rudd

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Examples of Archetypes in Literature © Deborah Rudd Source- Guerin, Wilfred L., et al. "Mythological and Archetypal Approaches." A Handbook of Critical Approaches to Literature. NY: Harper & Row, 1979: 157-161.

Guerin et al. states that archetypes are universal symbols, motifs or themes that may be found among many different cultures. They recur in the myths of people worldwide. These symbols carry the same or very similar meanings for a large portion, if not all, of mankind (157).

Water Birth-death-resurrection; creation; purification and redemption; fertility and growth. Sea/ocean: the mother of all life; spiritual mystery; death and/or rebirth; timelessness and eternity. Rivers: death and rebirth (baptism); the flowing of time into eternity; transitional phases of the life cycle. . . .

Sun (fire and sky are closely related): creative energy; thinking, enlightenment, wisdom, spiritual vision. Rising sun: birth, creation, enlightenment. Setting sun: death.

Colors Red: blood, sacrifice, passion; disorder. Green: growth, hope, fertility. Blue: highly positive; secure; tranquil; spiritual purity. Black: darkness, chaos, mystery, the unknown, death, wisdom, evil, melancholy. White: light, purity, innocence, timelessness; [negative: death, terror, supernatural] Yellow: enlightenment, wisdom.

Serpent (snake, worm): symbol of energy and pure force (libido); evil, corruption, sensuality, destruction.

Numbers 3 - light, spiritual awareness, unity (the Holy Trinity); male principle. 4 - associated with the circle, life cycle, four seasons; female principle, earth, nature, elements. 7 - the most potent of all symbolic numbers signifying the union of three and four, the completion of a cycle, perfect order, perfect number; religious symbol.

Wise Old Man or Woman savior, redeemer, guru, representing knowledge, reflection, insight, wisdom, intuition, and morality.

Garden paradise, innocence, unspoiled beauty.

Tree denotes life of the cosmos; growth; proliferation; symbol of immortality

Desert spiritual aridity; death; hopelessness.

Seasons Spring - rebirth; genre/comedy. Summer - life; genre/romance. Fall - death/dying; genre/tragedy. Winter - without life/death; genre/irony.

The Great Fish divine creation/life.

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