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Archetypes—Part IV: The End of the Journey
by Don L. F. Nilsen and Alleen Pace Nilsen
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STAGE 3 The Ruler The Magician The Sage The Wise Fool
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THE RULER The Ruler moves from taking responsibility for oneself through working with one’s own group or commnity to concern for society or the planet. EXAMPLES: Aslan, King Arthur, Max in Where the Wild Things Are, Jupiter, Obi Wan Kenobee, The Lion King, Woden, Zeus
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The Ruler /The Hero / The Destroyer
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Three Rulers
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The Lion: King of Beasts & Shadow Ruler: The Cowardly Lion
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Two Shadow Rulers
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THE MAGICIAN The Magician moves from healing and noticing extrasensory experiences through acting on visions to connecting everything with everything else establishing mental, emotional, and spiritual connections. EXAMPLES: Gandalf, Genie, Hermione, Merlin, Mary Poppins, Harry Potter, Samantha in Bewitched, The three Witches in Macbeth, The Wizard of Oz
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Magicians in Children’s Literature
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A Magician and a Shadow Magician Merlin and the Wizard of Oz
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THE SAGE The Sage moves from searching for the truth through skepticism to an understanding of the complexity of truth. EXAMPLES: the professor in Gilligan’s Island, Jimminy Cricket, Dumbledore,The Fairy Godmother, Galdalf, Luke Skywalker, Yoda
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Sages: Dumbledore and Gandalf
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Three More Sages
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And Two More Sages
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Jane and Stephen Hawking
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Alan Turing: Inventer of the Computer
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THE WISE FOOL/TRICKSTER
The Wise Fool moves from treating life as a game through using cleverness to trick others, to living life one day at a time and enjoying each special moment. EXAMPLES: Anansi the Spider, The Cat in the Hat, Coyote, Ferdinand, Forest Gump, The Hare and the Tortoise, Huckleberry Finn, Raven, Tom Sawyer, Sawyer on Lost, Scheherazade, The Wizard of Oz
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The Innocent, The Wise Fool The Trickster
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More Tricksters
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ARCHETYPE RELATIONSHIPS
Creator and Destroyer Eiron and Alazon Fool and Wise Fool Hero and Anti-Hero Innocent and Orphan Junex and Senex in “Comedy of Manners” Sage and Magician
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Theodore Roosevelt: Senex Alice Roosevelt: Junex
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Junex vs. Senex and the Sage
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Shadow Senex vs. Shadow Junex: Plus Star-Crossed Lovers
Wuthering Heights meets Heart of Darkness If someone asks you about the ending… …just lie!
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IDENTIFY THE ARCHETYPES
In the following slides, place the examples into various archetypes, and explain what evidence you used to make your choices.
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MALE EXAMPLES Woody Allen King Arthur
Aslan in The Lion, the Witch & the Wardrobe Charlie Chaplin Jesus Christ Falstaff Gandolf in Lord of the Rings Obi Wan Kenobi Radar O’Reilly on M*A*S*H Samuel Pickwick The Wizard of Oz
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FEMALE EXAMPLES Alice in Wonderland Edith Bunker Cinderella Cleopatra
Hera or Juno Joan of Arc Moll Flanders Nora in The Doll’s House Three Witches in Macbeth Tinkerbell in Peter Pan Virgin Mary and Queen Elizabeth
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CHILD EXAMPLES David Copperfield Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz
Huckleberry Finn Little Red Riding Hood Peter Pan Pinocchio Tiny Tim Tom Thumb Winnie the Pooh
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SHADOW EXAMPLES Bartleby the Scrivner (Melville)
Captain Ahab in Moby Dick Dr. Frankenstein Don Juan in Byron’s Don Juan Willie Loman in Death of a Salesman Gregor Samsa in The Metamorphosis The Joker in Batman Nurse Ratchet in One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest Oedipus Lord Voldemort
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Archetype Essences: Alligators, Pumas, Owls, Swamp Men and Poluters by Carl Hiaasen
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Linguistic Accents and Archetypes: https://www. youtube. com/watch
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