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Throughout literature, symbolism is an aspect that is seen in every novel written. Authors use universal symbols, otherwise known as archetypes, to convey their points to the audience. In Joseph M. Marshall III’s work, The Journey of Crazy Horse: A Lakota History, multiple symbols appear to reflect the growth and journey of Crazy Horse. The most important symbol is a constant re-occurrence in this biographical novel. This symbol is the bow and arrow revolves around Crazy Horse’s journey from beginning to end. Multiple other symbols appear in this biographical novel, but none stand out as much as the bow and arrow.

In William Shakespeare’s Macbeth, there are many impressive literary devices that he so brilliantly uses. Symbolism as one of the major literary devices that can reveal another or deeper meaning of an object, person or situation is used frequently in the play for certain. During numerous symbols, there are three important groups that are used most regularly. These are blood, hand and animals, which all have different representations. Those three symbols together add a certain value to the work and enrich the play considerably.

Throughout history, archetypes have become increasingly common. In the medieval, chivalrous, romance narrative poem Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, archetypes are heavily displayed, particularly in the character of the Green Knight- who holds several archetypal roles himself. The Green Knight performs the most crucial archetypal roles in the reading and he plays a pivotal part in perfecting of the hero’s--Gawain’s--moral development and revealing some significant changes that occur in the hero’s character.

Archetypes (or recurring symbols) hold a key role in the development of the tale, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. Throughout the story we get the opportunity to see the development of Gawain’s character, and how much his journey to the center of the abyss had an affect on him. Gawain must travel across the land to defend his king’s territory’s honour, making him an archetypal hero in the process. On his journey Gawain faces many archetypal characters, like a devil figure and creatures of nightmare, which further aid in the development of his character. Gawain’s integrity dissipates, however, when he meets up with a temptress and she threatens his noble personality, and deters the young knight from completing his quest.

An archetype would be known as a universal symbol, may be a character, a theme or even a setting. In the story Sir Gawain and The Green Knight, the knights of Camelot get confronted by a mysterious figure known as the Green Knight. The Green Knight proposes a challenge on a New Year’s Eve feast for Camelot’s leader or bravest man. Gawain accepts this challenge in which he has to complete to obtain Camelot’s honor. The Green Knight presents himself as a threat to Camelot because of the way he presents himself and his request. Throughout the poem of Sir Gawain and The Green Knight, the reader can conclude how a single character can play many archetypal roles.

of one, we see just how strong its symbolism in the novel is. The use of this archetype

One important symbol in the novel is Kemmerich’s boots. Kemmerich’s high boots are passed from

All stories are defined by the characters that they are constructed around. A further study uncovers that those characters are simply defined by the archetypes they are made from. An archetype in “Layman’s terms” is an original that has been imitated and reproduced many times over. These archetypes are found over and over in stories across countries, cultures, and time. For instance, Gandalf and Dumbledore have much in common. Besides their noticeable similarity in appearance, they both guide a young hero to conquer their destiny. In addition, they both “die”, but then magically appear to aid the hero in his journey. “Angela’s Ashes” written by Frank McCourt is no exception to this constant reiteration of archetypes. There is one character that demands focus with this particular subject in mind. Malachy, the father in the McCourt family, is unfaithful to his wife, children, and parents. He consistently lets his family down both emotionally and physically, and is more attracted to his needs than their needs.

Archetypes are utilized to analyze the common patterns of human nature in literature and major motion pictures. In the poem Sir Gawain and The Green Knight, Gawain accepts the challenge the Green Knight has to offer and goes on a quest to redeem the honor of Camelot. The Green Knight teaches Gawain a lesson which changes his values. A number of archetypal situations occur in Sir Gawain and the Green Knight that serve to promote Gawain’s moral development.

Trickster Tales “If you do not say that the fields that you are mowing belong to the Marquise De Carabas , each and everyone of you will be cut into little pieces until you look like chopped meat”. This quote was found in the trickster tale entitled “ Master Cat”. In this fairytale the cat given to the poor mills son, the cat was trying to get land for the son so he could impress the king. The trickster tales “ Master Cat” , and “ How Stories Came to Earth”, have both similarities and differences.

“Just get me a pouch and a pair of boots, and you’ll see that you don't have that bad of a deal.” Master cat said this in the trickster tale “puss in boots”, to his master. So that way his master wouldn't kill him, eat him, and turn his fur into hand warmers. Master cat was trying to get the miller's son to marry the princess of the land, to do that he had to convince her and the king that he was wealthy, when in reality he had no money and was starving. Even though both “Master cat” and “How stories came to Earth” were both trickster tales, they have many similarities as well as differences.

“If you don't say the fields you are mowing belong to my master you will be chopped into little pieces.” Master Cat said this in the story puss in boots when he wanted to trick the king into thinking his master had wealth and land. Master Cat and How the stories came to earth are two different stories that have very different similarities and differences.

To read a story is one thing, to break a story down to the building blocks and search for the hidden meaning the author sewed into his work is completely different. The specific type of work we are looking at during this paper is quest literature, to be more specific we are looking at breaking down this quest literature work to fill in the the seven archetypes of Joseph Campbell 's “ The Hero 's journey”. In C.S.Lewis’s work The Lion The Witch and the Wardrobe he manages to use all seven archetypes and while they are not all clearly defined when you break the text apart you can see that more than one character can fill in for some archetypes. The seven archetypes are all used and some used multiple times

The traditions of storytelling have long been used as a means to impart wisdom and life lessons to others. One of the most effective ways in which this is done is through the use of archetypes. While it is possible to look at these images in a general way, one may also focus an analysis on a single tale. In this way it is possible to explore the particular images used and their significance in a given situation, (often a coming of age rite of

Every story that follows the basic premise of John Campbell's “monomyth” theory will almost require the foundation of the tale to include certain archetypal characters that urge the story forward. This is especially evident when reading the medieval romantic story “Sir Gawain and The Green Knight” which is filled with symbolism and representative colors. The reading includes the hero of our story who is a valiant knight of King Arthur's round table, he is faced with a quest that he feels obligated to complete out of his duty to camelot. As Gawain faces the trials implemented by the overall villain of the story, Morgan La Faye, His moral development is perfected.