Archetype David Goliath Analysis

Archetypes are defined as “a typical character, an action or a situation that seems to represent such universal patterns of human nature.” (“Archetype”) The short story “On the Rainy River” by Tim O’Brien is about the internal struggle and the journey he faces after he is drafted to serve the army. The classical hero’s journey archetype is similar to Tim O’Brien’s journey in his short story, “On the Rainy River,” with the exception of the arc length and depth of transformation.

According to Dictionary.com, an archetype is an original pattern or model from which all things of the same kind are copied or on which they are based. In other words, it is a prototype. Due to this definition, there is a broad amount of archetypes. An archetype could be a character, symbol, or even situation. They are present in many stories. It does not even have to be in a story in order for it to be an archetype. They are also present in many movies, songs, and television shows. They are also present in many things in places all around the world. If there is a story, movie, etc., chances are it will be possible to pick at least one archetype out of whatever it may be. One character archetype noticed in most things is the mentor. A mentor can be defined as a wiser, usually older person who guides the main character through their journey.

To me, an archetype is a recurring symbol literature and mythology. An archetypal story that stood out for me would be the storyline of Marina and the Diamonds album Electra Heart (2012) that defined many archetypes of the stereotypical American culture, had its roots to the origins of archetypes, which would be Greek mythology and the Greek tragedies. One of the songs, titled “Primadonna”, was the concept of obviously believing you’re more worthy of attention than others and can be compared to the goddess Hebe, who is the Greek goddess of youth, which can show ties to a primadonna being vain and self-obsessed and the ancient desire of immortality. Another archetype would be found in another song titled “The State of Dreaming”, where the singer

Archetypes are reoccurring patterns or characteristics that occur in a story. They symbolize universal or basic human experiences and help the audience understand the story better or on a more emotional level. A character can show

An archetype is something that is very typical and normal. In literature, an archetype might be a typical character, setting, or theme. One archetypal story is the “rags to riches” story, which consists of a poor main character who becomes rich through the process of the story. A perfect example of this type of story is Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005) movie. Charlie is a poor child who lives in a rundown house with his parents and grandparents.

Patterns are everywhere. Patterns make up our daily schedule, our route to school. Patterns even make it possible for us to live. An archetype is more specifically a pattern in literature. It is an overlapping pattern that is used repeatedly to tell a certain type creative story that helps explain human nature some of which can still be applied to humans today.The quest for identity is one of those that is still relevant today. It tells the tale of man trying to find who he truly is. While the world has changed, man's quest for identity as seen through literature has changed little.

Archetypes are patterns infused with energy. When you look at your patterns, that is, your habits of mind or behavior, you may not realize they are powerfully affecting your life. The "stickiness" of your habits reveals how much energy they hold.

David Battling Goliath is a huge silver plate made in Constantinople 629-630 CE. The plate dictates three moments in David’s life with Goliath. This piece of Byzantine art work is a stamp with a raised surface and a diameter of about 49 cm. the plate shows several person all proportional according the episode shown. The plate has very detailed person from the clothing to the toning of the muscles of each person. All of the plate is silver with minor marks on 2 edges of the coin, which could possibly be tar. At first glance David is shown to be an underdog as he is only equipped with a stone in a cloth unlike Goliath who has a full body armor and a shield with a sword and spear. However, is the last episode in the plate, despite all of the

Archetypes allow us to build strong appealing and memorable stories.

Over the course of American history, an archetype has developed and molded how many of thus think and live our lives. The archetype, A Rebel and Renegade, can be seen throughout much of history, from the revolutionary war to the expansion of the Midwest, and even in film and literary works, such as Huckleberry Fin and many War movies. Eventually, the Archetype became embedded in American culture and became what it is today.

When most people think of an archetype, they apply it to literature and literature only. This belief was true for me as well until I discovered that an archetype can be applied to the human experience and can be a basis for our lives. In my English class, I was tasked with finding an archetype that spoke to me; one I could really connect with. To be honest, all of the archetypes, whether it be a character type or a plot pattern, applied to me. Then I began to realize that even though all of them applied to me, the archetype of the quest seemed to be the one I could relate to most in my current state as a high school student.

I used to attend a private catholic school back in the Philippines until I came here when I was eight years old, and I do not remember the story about David and Goliath. Unless my teacher talked about during religious class then I completely spaced out. However, since learning about the different David’s, it has become one of my favorite stories due to each figure’s place in the story line. The story is “about a young brave shepherd named David who saves Israel by challenging and killing a giant named Goliath with nothing more than a slingshot and a bag of stones” (“The Human Form in Michelangelo’s David and Bernini’s David”, Rybicki). The two David’s that stood out to me the most were Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni’s and Gian Lorenzo Bernini’s. For Michelangelo’s version, he sculpted an idealistic, flawless, and “god-like” character that is focusing his attention on Goliath and building up that energy to fight with his sling ready in his left hand. As for Bernini’s, his character is not as heavily built as Michelangelo’s, however, as it

Archetypes are everywhere. Almost everything we read or watch has some form of an archetype in it, this is especially true in the book “Things Fall Apart” by Chinua Achebe. This book has a lot of common archetypal situations in it which is what makes it better. Having reoccurring ideas/ thoughts in a book such as this one can help make books great. This book clearly has these these three archetypal situations in it and they are; “The Quest”, “The Fall”, and the “Unhealable Wound”.

An archetype may originate in contrasting forms, such as a figure or picture, a subject or idea, and may be expressed within a wide-range of mediums. Archetypes can also be categorized under

Archetypes are found in all tales books, or poems alike, they are a way to make the story more interesting, and the fairy tales written by the Grimm’s brothers implement many archetypes in their stories. An archetype is like an original example of something, like a movie script before it is edited (Bennett). In the tale of “The Two Brothers,” it is about two brothers that grew up with their adopted father who taught them to be huntsmen. The two brothers split paths after journeying out into the world looking for adventures and went about completing quests. The brothers cross paths once again after the brother who is the king was saved by the other brother from an evil witch in a forest, and they go on living