Archetypes ”. . . the work of art strikes some very deep chord!” Joseph Campbell The Masks of God: Primitive Mythology Jennifer A. Bennett Sanderson High School Raleigh, North Carolina

Archetypes Universal symbols that transcend boundaries of culture, race, gender, time and geography Examples include certain images, colors, numbers, character types, and motifs Part of humanity’s collective unconscious Carl Jung Swiss psychologist Student of Sigmund Freud Joseph Campbell Author and anthropologist Considered the leading expert on myth and archetypes

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Sun as Archetype Sun (fire and sky) creative energy consciousness father principle passage of time and life

Sun as Archetype Rising sun Setting sun Birth Creation Enlightenment Death

More Setting Suns and Death The Last Pale Light In The West Ben Nichols In my hands, I hold the ashes In my veins, black pitch runs In my chest, a fire catches In my way, a setting sun Dark clouds gather 'round me To the west, my soul is bound And I will go on ahead, free There's a light yet to be found The last pale light in the west The last pale light in the west (The Governor’s theme song) The Walking Dead Because I could not stop for Death, He kindly stopped for me; The carriage held but just ourselves And Immortality. We slowly drove, he knew no haste, And I had put away My labor, and my leisure too, For his civility. We passed the school, where children strove At recess, in the ring; We passed the fields of gazing grain, We passed the setting sun. Or rather, he passed us . . . Emily Dickinson

Water as Archetype Purification and redemption Mysteries of creation Sea mother of all life timelessness; eternity River birth—death—resurrection cycle (baptism) transitional phases of the life cycles

Color as Archetype: White Positive aspects: Light, Goodness, Purity, Innocence; Timelessness; Eternity

Color as Archetype: White Negative aspects: Death Terror Emptiness Blinding truth of an inscrutable mystery

Color as Archetype: Green Positive Growth Hope Fertility

Color as Archetype: Green Negative Decay Death

Color as Archetype: Blue Highly positive; associated with truth religious feeling security spiritual purity

Color as Archetype: Blue And who could forget Linus’s security blanket?

Color as Archetype: Black Darkness—associated with Chaos Mystery Death The Unknown The Unconscious What other messages do colors convey in this image?

Color as Archetype: Black What significance does color add to this image? How about this one? Compare and contrast the two.

Color as Archetype: Red Associated with Blood, Sacrifice, Violent passion, Disorder

Archetypal Color Combinations What do these images have in common? What do they communicate? How about now?

Archetypal Color Combinations What do these images have in common? What significance do they carry re: the context of the stories they represent?

Archetypal Color Combinations Analyze the archetypal colors in this image. What significance do they have within their literary context?

The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse Revelation 6 I watched as the Lamb opened the first of the seven seals. Then I heard one of the four living creatures say in a voice like thunder, “Come!” 2 I looked, and there before me was a white horse! Its rider held a bow, and he was given a crown, and he rode out as a conqueror bent on conquest. 3 When the Lamb opened the second seal, I heard the second living creature say, “Come!” 4 Then another horse came out, a fiery red one. Its rider was given power to take peace from the earth and to make people kill each other. To him was given a large sword. 5 When the Lamb opened the third seal, I heard the third living creature say, “Come!” I looked, and there before me was a black horse! Its rider was holding a pair of scales in his hand. . . . 7 When the Lamb opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth living creature say, “Come!” 8 I looked, and there before me was a pale horse! Its rider was named Death, and Hades was following close behind him. They were given power over a fourth of the earth to kill by sword, famine and plague, and by the wild beasts of the earth.