1. Women Archetypes in Literature
English 12

2. Archetype: universal, mythic characters that reside within the collective unconscious of people the world over. Archetypes represent fundamental human motifs of our experience as we evolved; consequentially, they evoke deep emotion.

3. Carl Jung
Carl Jung established analytical psychology. He advanced the idea of introvert and extrovert personalities and the power of the unconscious.
Psychology: the scientific study of the human mind and its functions, especially those affecting behavior in a given context.
Introvert: a personality predominantly concerned with their own thoughts and feelings; a shy, reticent person.
Extrovert: a person predominantly concerned with external things and objective consideration.

4. Analytical Psychology
His most important development from this early period was his conception of introverts and extroverts and the notion that people can be categorized as one of the two, depending on the extent to which they exhibit certain functions of consciousness.
During this period he also allowed himself to explore his own mind, eventually proposing the idea that there was not only a personal unconscious but also a collective unconscious from which certain universal symbols and patterns have arisen throughout history.
These types of symbols and patterns not only appear in film, television shows but literature a well!

5. The Mother: Dominant in a woman’s psyche, she is a natural caretaker
The Mother: Dominant in a woman’s psyche, she is a natural caretaker. The “mother” archetype represents a woman’s maternal instinct, the desire to create life, and to provide physical, mental and spiritual sustenance.

6. The Mother
Even if she is childless or beyond the childbearing years, she is responsible, protective, and finds great satisfaction in taking care of others.
They run the risk of putting others before herself and neglecting her own needs.

7. The Queen
Represents loyalty, female sovereignty, and matrimonial devotion.
Naturally confident, she is motivated by an instinct to marry.
Can make a woman feel incomplete without a partner.

8. The Queen:
Does not enjoy her single days as nearly as much as her female counterparts.
Able to take charge in an office environment and at home.
Attracted to powerful, assertive men, and are capable of demonstrating complete loyalty to their spouse.

9. The Queen:
Predisposed to feel jealousy and rage towards other women, particularly those who threaten their position socially or romantically.
They are likely to overlook their spouses transgressions for the sake of marriage.

10. The Huntress:
Personification of the independent female spirit.
She represents a woman’s autonomy and ability to pursue a life of her own choosing.
Primary concern is her independence and goals.

11. The Huntress:
Endows women with the innate ability to focus on goals, undistracted by competition or the needs of others.
Embody the qualities idealized in the women’s movement -- competency, independence from men and male opinion and are committed to causes about women’s causes.

12. The Sage:
Represents a woman’s pursuit of worldly knowledge, strategy, and objectivity.
Often practical, competent, and competitive.
Sometimes these women struggle to form meaningful relationships with others.

13. The Mystic:
A deeply introverted woman, focused on her inner-spiritual world, and most concerned with maintaining zen-like inner peace
Capable of detaching themselves from emotional situations and outcomes.
Represents the importance of going inward to find meaning

14. The Heroine:
Often portrayed as moralistic, honorable, and self-sacrificing
Has quest to complete - usually for the sake of friends, family, or to restore balance.
Has to deal with the stereotypes and misogynistic comments in regard to their capability as heroes.

15. The Femme Fatale:
Sexually driven and attractive to men
Can be manipulative
Her charm ensnares her lovers, often leading them to compromising, dangerous, and deadly situations

16. The Damsel-in-Distress:
Persecuted maiden, or princess in jeopardy
Usually involves a beautiful or innocent young woman, placed in a dire predicament by a villain or monster
She requires a male hero to achieve her rescue

17. The Maiden:
Represents purity and the innocence of childhood
Sometimes referred to as the virgin
They can also be very experimental and adventurous
Very emotional
Do not enjoy being alone or being in silence

18. The Creator:
Fosters all imaginative endeavors, from the highest art to the smallest work.
Fears that all is an illusion, seek to prove reality outside of their minds.
A critical part of their quest is in finding and accepting themselves, discovering their true identity in relation to the external world.

19. The Wise Woman:
Is strongly connected in the feminine unconscious to severe punishment.
She is concerned with the mysteries of life and death, fertility and procreation, healing and seeing, and is subsequently feared.

20. The Martyr:
Sacrifices something of importance for what they believe in or something important.
Shadow martyr: self-induced suffering, punishes everyone, sacrifice = worth
Enlightened martyr: Doing what’s right, self-awareness, and sacrifice by choice