Transcript 10th grade English Lesson plan

IN LITERATURE AND FILM
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ETYMOLOGY
• First used in English in 1540.
• The word archetype derives from the Latin noun
archetypum.
• Meaning “Pattern, Model, Type”
COMMON TYPES OF
ARCHETYPES
Protagonist
Antagonist
• The Hero
• Villain
• The Anti-Hero
• The Trickster
• The Mentor
• The Shadow
• The Willing Hero
• Willing to undertake any quest courageously
• The Unwilling Hero
• Doubtful, passive, unwilling to journey
• The Loner Hero
• Able to overcome opposition alone
• Tragic Hero
• Have a tragic flaw that hurt them in the end
EXAMPLES OF HEROES
• The Willing Hero
• Beowulf; King Arthur; Red Crosse Knight
• The Unwilling Hero
• Achilles, Hercules, Bilbo, Aragorn
• The Loner Hero
• James Bond; Superman; Indiana Jones
• Tragic Hero
• Romeo; Brutus; Hamlet; Macbeth; Beowulf;
Gilgamesh
TYPES OF MENTORS
• The “Wise Old Man/Woman”
• Possesses wisdom and experience
• The Comic Mentor
• Provides humorous advice
• Continuing Mentor
• Recurring character such as boss or best friend
• Fallen Mentor
• Have faced a similar crisis; provides warning
EXAMPLES OF MENTORS
• The “Wise Old Man/Woman”
• Yoda, Van Helsing, Gandalf
• The Comic Mentor
• Glenda the Witch, Fairy Godmothers,
• Continuing Mentor
• Alfred, Mentor, Una
• Fallen Mentor
• Haymitch, Yoda
ANTI-HEROES
• Generally oppressive, pessimistic,
and/or corrupt.
• Motivated by own personal desires
• Reluctant
• Classic Anti-Hero
• Frankenstein, Achilles, Hercules
• The Tragic Anti-Hero
• Jack Sparrow, Darth Vadar, Han Solo
HEROES & THEIR MENTORS
• Heroic characters typically have a guide that enlightens
them near the beginning of their journey and/or in times
of hardship.
• Frodo had Gandalf
• Batman had Alfred
• Luke Skywalker had Ben Kanobi
• Mina Murray had Van Helsing
“THE BAD
GUYS”
THE VILLAIN
• The foil of the hero
• Dueling personalities, tricky
• Classic Villains
• Moriarty, Long John Silver, The Dragon
• Modern Villains
• The Joker, Hannibal Lector
THE SHADOW
• Hero’s foil (Mirror Image of the hero)
• Dueling personalities, tricky
• The arch enemy
THE TRICKSTER
• Seek to humiliate or outwit the Hero
• Antics cause the adventure
• Cunning and foolish
• Examples of Tricksters
• Bugs Bunny, The Riddler, the Joker
OTHER MINOR
ARCHETYPES
• The CHIEF - a dynamic leader, he has time for nothing but work
The BAD BOY - dangerous to know, he walks on the wild side
The BEST FRIEND - sweet and safe, he never lets anyone down
The LOST SOUL - a tormented being, he lives in solitude The
CHARMER - a smooth talker, he creates fantasies The
PROFESSOR - coolly analytical, he knows every answer The
WARRIOR - a noble champion, he acts with honor
ARCHETYPAL COLORS
• Black: Death/mourning, emotional darkness, hidden
desires/instincts, un-enlightenment. Black: darkness, chaos, mystery,
the unknown, death, wisdom, evil, melancholy.
• Blue: The color of the spirit, the spiritual, the heavenly, the divine,
intuition, inspiration. Has the association with the unconscious and
feminine qualities.
• Green: In positive terms, Mother Nature, fertility, hope, renewal,
health, youth, harmony, prosperity. The color of sensual and spiritual
passion.
• Orange: Balance, creative expression, pride and ambition, cruelty,
ferocity, luxury. As the color of fire, can represent burning away
impurities.
ARCHETYPAL COLORS
• Purple: The color of royalty, imperial power, pride, justice, intuition,
wisdom, truth. As a blend of red and blue, it is the color of authority/
power and the wisdom to know how to use it.
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Red: Blood, life, life-force; embarrassment, anger; fire, lust, passion.
Associated with activity, energy, courage, will power, and war.
• White: Purity, holiness, sacredness, redemption, mystical
enlightenment, innocence, joy, light and life it is transcendent
perfection. It signifies the union of opposites to form a whole as well
as the symbolic death of transformation and renewal.
• Yellow: The sun, illumination, intellect and generosity, maturity. The
color of fire and thus the purification of flame. Yellow: enlightenment,
wisdom.