+ Archetypes in Orwell’s 1984 Nerdy Nummy Wiemokly 2 nd period Ghormley

+ Thesis Statement In George Orwell’s 1984, Winston and Julia, O’Brien, and the “Broad-Chested Guard” are archetypal figures by representing star-crossed lovers, the devil figure, and the threshold guardian, while presenting a warning against a power hungry government (Orwell 238).

+ Outline I. In George Orwell’s 1984, Winston and Julia, O’Brien, and the “Broad-Chested Guard” are archetypal figures by representing star-crossed lovers, the devil figure, and the threshold guardian, while presenting a warning against a power hungry government (Orwell 238). II. Winston and Julia are star-crossed lovers a) The government in 1984 has power over emotions (Orwell 166). b) Winston and Julia’s love affair is “a political act” (Margery Fox) III. O’Brien is the devil figure in the novel. a) O’Brien offers Winston ease for the “inconceivable… pain” in exchange for the answers he desires (Orwell 239). b) Winston is given power and mercy by the Party after being “destroyed by the dystopian agent” (Hensley, Martin). IV. The “Broad-Chested Guard” represents the threshold guardian (Orwell 238). a) The guard’s first attack awoke Winston to the realization that “the nightmare had started” (Orwell 240). b) The guard became the first act of “new knowledge and experiences” from the Party that would ultimately change Winston (Hensley, Martin). V. The archetypal characters of Orwell’s novel become the foundation of his warning against omnipotent governments and the manipulation of power in society, while encouraging citizens to observe the signs that may be a precedent of the future.

+ Winston and Julia are star-crossed lovers. In George Orwell’s 1984, Winston and Julia are archetypal of star-crossed lovers and appeal to the thematic idea that governments should not have power over emotion. While inside the Ministry of Love, O’Brien tells Winston that after his transformation is complete, he will no longer “be capable of love” (Orwell 256). In the novel, Winston and Julia are not forbidden by the universe to be together but by an omnipotent society. The external expression of human emotion can be easily repressed, but a government cannot deny its citizens the right to an internal passion, because “love, the dignity of our emotions, annihilates tyranny” (Margery Fox). Without individuality of emotions, beliefs, and opinions a functioning government does not exist but rather a dystopian society.

+ O’Brien is the devil figure. In Orwell’s novel, 1984, O’Brien is archetypal of the devil figure and expresses the thematic idea that manipulation of power within a government causes corruption. During Winston’s sessions in the Ministry of Love, he comes to the conclusion that O’Brien is “the tormentor,… the protector,… the inquisitor,…the friend” (Orwell 244).Winston makes these statements, because O’Brien has the power to inflict the torture and to administers the drugs that relieve the pain. The confusion that is created ultimately leads Winston to be “destroyed” and corrupted by the “dystopian” society (Hensley, Martin). A government relying on such a manipulation of power can force any idea upon their subject “who is just a part of the whole and not truly an individual” (Hensley, Martin). The beliefs of the society are adopted by the people only because they are exchanged for mercy. Manipulation of power within a government builds itself a cycle of dysfunction relying on greed.

+ The Broad-Chested Guard is the threshold guardian. In the dystopian novel, 1984, Orwell uses the “Broad- Chested Guard” as an archetype of the threshold guardian revealing the thematic statement that citizens must be aware of the changing environment around them. As Winston’s first series of torture sessions is about to commence the guard hammers his elbow with a truncheon and brings him to the realization that “the nightmare [has] started” (Orwell 240).The “first blow” becomes a precedent for the many attacks that Winston will undergo during his stay at the Ministry of Love (Orwell 240). In a similar manner, notice must be taken of the actions and motives of authority. As “new knowledge and experiences” are acquired, people of society must recognize signs of the changing government (Hensley, Martin). What happens today could reveal something about tomorrow.

+ Conclusion The archetypal characters of Orwell’s novel, 1984, become the foundation of his warning against omnipotent governments and the manipulation of power in society, while encouraging citizens to observe the signs that may be a precedent of the future.

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