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Archetypes
POE test (94 pts.)
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is an archetype? | a term used to describe universal symbols that evoke deep and sometimes unconscious responses in a reader |
| what's considered archetypes | In literature, characters, images, and themes that symbolically embody universal meanings and basic human experiences, regardless of when or where they live, |
| Common literary archetypes | stories of quests, initiations, scapegoats, descents |
| Common Character Archetypes | the hero the outcast the scapegoat the star-crossed lovers the shrew |
| the hero | The courageous figure, the one who’s always running in and saving the day. |
| The Outcast: | The outcast is just that. He or she has been cast out of a society or has left it on a voluntary basis. The outcast figure can oftentimes be considered as a Christ figure. |
| The Scapegoat: | The scapegoat figure is one who gets blamed for everything, regardless of whether he/she is actually at fault. |
| The Star-Crossed Lovers: | This is the young couple joined by love but unexpectedly parted by fate. (i.e. Romeo and Juliet) |
| The Shrew: | This is that nagging, bothersome wife always battering her husband with verbal abuse. |
| Situational Archetypes | the task the quest the loss of innocence the initiation |
| The Task: | A situation in which a character, or group of characters, is driven to complete some duty often of monstrous proportion. |
| The Quest: | Here, the character(s) are searching for something, whether consciously or unconsciously. Their actions, thoughts, and feelings center around the goal of completing the quest. |
| The Loss of Innocence: | This is, as the name implies, a loss of innocence through sexual experience, violence, or any other means. |
| The Initiation: | This is the process by which a character is brought into another sphere of influence, usually (in literature) into adulthood. |
| Common Image Archetypes | Water Sun Colors Shapes, numbers, etc |
| Water | a symbol of life, cleansing, and rebirth—represents the mystery of creation |
| Sea | spiritual mystery and infinity; timelessness and eternity |
| River | death / rebirth (baptism), flowing of time into eternity, transitional phases of the life cycle |
| Sun | Represents energy, creativity, thinking, enlightenment, wisdom, spiritual vision, the passing of time, and life |
| Rising sun | birth and creation |
| setting sun | death |
| Red | Red—love, sacrifice, hate, evil, anger, violent passion, sin, blood, disorder |
| Green | Green—birth / death, fertility, luck, hope, jealousy, decay, greed |
| Blue | Blue—sadness, spiritual purity, truth, religious feelings of security |
| black | Black—power, doom, death, darkness, mystery, primal wisdom, unconscious evil |
| white | White—purity, innocence, death, terror, supernatural, blinding truth |
| Circle | Circle (Sphere)—wholeness, unity |
| Egg/oval | Egg (Oval)—the mystery of life and the forces of regeneration |
| Snake | Snake (serpent, worm)—evil, corruption, sensuality, destruction, wisdom, temptation |
| Dark colored bird (raven hawk) | death, hate, corruption |
| Light-colored bird (dove)— | peace, love, life |
| Three (3) | —represents unity, spiritual awareness, and light |
| Four (4) | —cycle of life, (earth, water, fire, air) nature |
| Seven (7) | —unity between 3 and 4, completion and perfect order |
| List three situational archetypes | the task the quest the initiation |
| list three symbolic archetypes | light vs dark fire vs ice heaven vs hell |
| list three character archetypes | mentor scapegoat hero outcast |
| define pestilence | contagious disease |
| what was the distinguishing mark of the red death | profuse bleeding |
| literature often refereed to tuberculosis as | consumption |
| when was the disease at epic porportions | 18-19s |
| what does avatar mean | copy or mask |
| Where and when was Poe born | Born in Boston 1804, Died in Baltimore 1849 |
| What happened to Poe father | abandoned his family when Poe was 1 |
| How did his mother die | Turberculosis |
| What were differences between Poe and his new foster father, what was his name | John - a merchant business man, rough, not born wealthy, didn't value women Edgar - a poet with refined tastes, sensitive, believed women should be respected |
| What were other intrests of Poe | Arts and athletic |
| How did he feel towards his foster father | He disliked him. Felt like women should be treated with respect. John had many affairs |
| What did he put as his new name and why | Edgar "Allan" Poe . To honor foster mother. |
| Where did he attend school, what happened there, why did he leave | He went to the U of Virginia, his foster father dropped him off there with nothing, he was broke, became in debt through gambling, he excelled at his studies but had to leave bc debt |
| Where did Poe go after the military | To his aunt Maria Clemm house in Baltimore |
| When foster father died what did he inherit | nothing |
| What kind of editor was he, what was the newspapers? | good but very harsh. Southern Literary Messenger and Gentelmans magazine |
| How does he feel towards Virginia, who was she, what names did he use | He loves her, cousin, my love, darling, little wifey |
| What relationship did Edgar and Virginia have | cousins , romantic |
| What gave Poe inspiration to write | death of every woman he loved to Terberculosis |
| Why did he create detective sorry. who was his detective | explore human intellect. C. Augusta Dupin |
| what effect did T have | cough blood, fever |
| what writing shot Poe to fame | the raven |
| how did townspeople respond to the raven | loved it |
| what was the raven about symbolically | cant escape mourning "Lenore" (Virginia) |
| Who does Lenoir symbolize | his wife Virginia |
| How did Edgar cope with Virginias last years | he moved to NY to make money, tried his best to take care of her |
| Where did Poe move her | cottage in New York |
| How did Poe feel in this time | helpless because he couldn't help her |
| How did Poe immortalize Virginia during the last year of his own life | wrote a poem called Annabelle Lee |
| How does he cope when V is gone | cries himself to sleep, courted many woman |
| What are theories on his death | a victim of political kidnapping |
| What were Poe's last words | "God help my poor soul" |
| 3 verbs explaining what the narrator is doing | napping, pondering, nodding, hears tapping |
| In the Raven - Who is the narrator sad about and how is he coping | Lenore, he is reading |
| In the Raven - what makes the narrator scared | rustling of the PURPLE curtains , tapping at the door |
| In the Raven - where does the raven perch | on a bust of pallas (a statue of a Greek goddess of wisdom) |
| In the Raven - what does the narrator ask the bird, what does he wonder | what's your name, what are you doing here |
| what's the ravens answer | nevermore |
| In the Raven - why does the man become bad with the raven | it wont go away, not curing his sadness |
| In the Raven - what does the ravens presence tell the reader about the narrators grief | He will stay sad and his grief will never go away |
| define pestilence | contagious disease |
| what is the mark of the red death | profuse bleeding |
| literature defined Tuberculosis as | consumption |
| when did the disease get the worst | 18-19 century |
| what were the symptoms of the red death | bleeding from the pores, sharp pain, dizziness, |
| how long was the process and termination | half an hour |
| define prospero | happy dautless, sagacious, eccentric, august, weird , strange |
| what pleasures did he provide for his guests | clowns, woman, wine , security, music and dancers |
| what two words does he personify with capitalization | Red Death and Beauty |
| define volomptous | characterized by luxury or sensual pleasure |
| rooms spanned from | east to west |
| room 1 | blue, lust |
| room 2 | purple pride |
| room 3 | green envy |
| room 4 | gluttony orange |
| room 5 | greed white |
| room 7 | wrath black |
| room 6 | violet sloth |
| define emanating | spread out from a source |
| clock personification , what does it mean | "Time that flies". Time goes by quick |
| how could it be the 7 deadly sins | Hernani play |
| what emotion did this masked figure cause | horror , terror, disgust |
| neither ___ nor ___ | wit , propriety |
| the scarlet horror | terberculosis |
| "like a theif in the night" | simile |
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