Carl Jung 's Theory Of Archetypes

How does an elaborate story develop? A story such as a novel must have a few key components to become a great story. It must have the proper background information to start, and once a setting and the main characters are established, then the story can begin to develop as a whole. Much like the novel “White Fang”, which has a few characters that represent the idea of familial archetypes, as presented by Carl Jung. These characters used in the story, “White Fang”, include the she-wolf as the mother, White Fang represents the child, and Gray Beaver as the father archetype.

Jung’s idea of experiences of synchronicity included the presence of archetypes. An archetype is an ideal example or model person that others copy or base their actions upon. Jung had archetypes such as the animus, the anima, and the shadow. The animus is expressed as a masculine inner personality in females, while the anima is expressed as a feminine inner personality in males. The shadow archetype consists of repressed shortcomings, weaknesses, and instincts. These archetypes are of the collective unconscious, and not based on people in their daily lives.

Freud believed our behavior is already determined by our experiences we had from childhood through the unconscious mind and that the occurrences we had in our childhood can have such an impact on our behavior as we grow into adulthood. Psychodynamic theory is often referred to as psychoanalytical therapy which describes the terms of personality through psychological process which includes our dreams, fears and wishes we are not fully aware of through psychotherapy explores the clients unconscious thoughts and emotions. He suggested that our personalities are formed by three reasons: the ego, id, and superego the Intrapsychic elements. A supporter of Sigmund Freud early on was Carl Jung, a member of Vienna Psychoanalytic Society. They shared interest of the unconscious. Jung anticipated that the unconscious mind consisted of two layers which emphasized the importance of the unconscious in relation to personality. Personal unconscious is the first layer and this layer is basically the same version of the unconscious as Freud’s. This part of the unconscious contains information that is temporarily forgotten and becomes a part of your repressed memories. The Collective Unconscious known as the second layer is considered the most important and significant difference between Carl Jung and Sigmund Freud. This is said to be Jung’s most original workings and that it is very controversial to the personality theory. (McLeod, S. A. (2014). Carl Jung.

As requested, I took the Jung Typology Assessment. The results revealed my personality to be ISFJ (Introverted Sensing Feeling Judging). The first characteristic listed is the desires to serve others. An ISFJ is loyal, sometimes taken for granted, bad at delegating, but produces superior quality work. Methodical, accurate, and possess an excellent memory are more characteristics of the ISFJ personality type. They work well in a small group and make reliable coworkers; however, they tend to be awkward in a supervisory capacity. Not only is an ISFJ a great employee but they are extremely family oriented and dedicated to their intimate group of friends. If a friend or family member is in need of emotional support an ISFJ is by their side without

Archetype was based on a theory, discovered by a man who created some of the best known psychological concepts, Carl Jung. His aim was a theory called 'process of individuation', which is the achievement of the Self-conscious with the unconscious. These theories drew attention to an American mythologist and writer Joseph Campbell. Campbell took the idea of archetypes and used it to plot out the structure within his own story. Also, a story he saw "the collective dream of mankind."

According to Carl Jung an archetype is a model of peoples behaviors or personalities that function to organize how we experience certain things. Jung’s archetypes fall into many categories and are classified by different personality attributes. For example, one who is stern, powerful, and controlling would be an archetype for a father or person in command. An epic hero is a brave and noble character in an epic poem, admired for great achievements or affected by great events.

I've always found it incredibly hard to describe myself. I feel like I don't really fit into any specific category because I have many different traits from different personality types and don't just fit into one set group. Looking at the archetypes Carl Jung came up with, I can definitely see that I identify with several different archetypes. Starting with ego, I think I identify most with the orphan/regular gal. The orphan wants to belong, to fit in, and not lose themselves in trying so hard to fit in. I struggle with this a lot, actually. I always feel the desire to want to fit in, I want to blend in and connect with people without standing out too much. I want to make friends and have people to talk to, but I also don't want to be singled out and have

The book starts with the world that is full of wizard and magic. The first impression that the main character gave me is that the character is wild but naive. For example, Ged’s first action where he tries to mimic his aunt’s magic which caused him to stand out. His innocent and not knowing mind cause many to be fearful of him since he is “powerful” although he is just as ordinary as the others. In addition to this, Ged is also somewhat lonely in which his mom died when he is young and that his older siblings are all gone far away. He didn't really find much find when he entered the School for Wizard. However, I think that these example for lonesome cause the character to be “not caring” and more wild compared to others. Moreover, one action that the main character did that stands out the most to me was when he tries to save the whole land of Gout using his little trick. One thing that he said is that “ I’ll keep up this fog as long as I can.

The dogma of these systems can be subdivided into two categories: archetypal and personal. The archetypal area deals with figures or groups who occupy similar classifications, particularly in the mind of the targeted individual. It is important, of course, that all individuals be targeted, and the key point of these beliefs is that they form the base of the perception of the individual, and thus the society.

Carl Gustav Jung is a Swiss psychiatrist and the successor of psychoanalysis with important intellectual movements of the twentieth century. In his early career, Jung was influenced by the theory of Sigmund Freud, the founder of psychoanalysis (Breger 2000, p. 217). However, they came into disagreement in notions which then broke their relationship. It was because Freud’s view of myth was based on reality, which there was no religion involved, whereas Jung though that myth was based on both reality and religion. Consequently, Jung’s notions were commonly accepted by society because of the wider context. Then, through his research and clinical findings, he developed some concepts like archetypes, collective unconscious, shadow, extrovert and introvert and persona (Carter 2011 p. 442). These concepts help Jung to deepen the explanation about myth. For Jung, myth is a projection of archetypes and collective unconscious. Their form are universal and identical with every society back into history. Myth can be identical because the original form, the archetypes, is configured to be the same among human's unconscious globally where people's psychic realm encounters certain motifs and typical figures that built into the structure of man’s unconsciousness (Jung Myth Ex. 3-4). According to Edward Tylor and James Frazer, myth and science were contradict where science was factual and myth was not (Segal 2003, p. 48). Therefore, myth has an important role in human nature and modern

Human mind is a very complex structure like a snow crystal. No two crystals are same but the patterns are repeated. To completely understand a person, the various facets of their nature are needed to be explored. Carl Jung had illustrated the human character as the combination of many archetypes, those which are dominant in the conscious nature and also those which are underlying within a person without the knowledge of its presence. These archetypes are the building blocks of a unique character. In a book entitled Murder in Mews by Agatha Christie it is said “It is most rare that anyone does an action that is not dans son caractere. It is in the end monotonous.” (333) It is true if the archetypes of one’s character is thoroughly analyzed, the vast spectrum of human character can be precisely distinguished. Carl Jung also confirmed that after years of empirical analysis, he found the characters to coincide with each other, thus leading him to detect the basic archetypes that form the nature of a person. In the book entitled Fifth Business by Robertson Davies, the story telling style takes a person in a soul searching journey. The use of various archetypes can be found and are used to develop the characters in the book.

The self archetype represents the integration of the overall personality. It is concern with the balance of all parts of archetypes that will form our personality, and is the motivating force that pull us to our goal. With Peter being attentive to both his anima an animus, Jung believes that if all of Peter’s

In the 1920’s, a Swiss psychologist named Carl Jung devised a theory. Jung didn’t accept the idea that the behaviors of people were random. Instead, he was a firm believer that the differences between individuals were a result of how people use their brains. Jung claimed that “what appears to be random behavior is actually the result of differences in the way people prefer to use their mental capacities.” (The Myers & Briggs Foundation). Jung realized that people typically function in one of two ways, take in information or make decisions, and that people usually are more comfortable alone or around others. With all these observations, Jung wrote a book titled Psychological Types, which introduced the idea of personality and psychological

Carl Jung’s concept of individuation is the quest for wholeness in which the subject becomes conscious of themselves as unique and distinct. Seated very much in the tradition of enlightenment, the idea places emphasis on the individual 's capacity to gain further understanding and knowledge through analysis and reasoning, investing the individual with the power to defy trends and avoid group think. Imagine a tiny pebble thrown into a pond, causing a rippling effect through the surrounding water. Although the pebble is small, it causes multiple ripples that significantly change the pond, even if temporarily. Similarly, a single character in a novel can cause ripples in the lives of other characters. Our actions and choices are capable of causing ripples in the 'ponds ' of other 's realities, even those largely disconnected from our own. These ripples shape a person 's impression of individuality and of their Self. In Robertson Davies’ ‘Fifth Business’, even the minor characters that Dunstan Ramsay encounters, as well as his various experiences have different degrees of impact on his process of Individuation. Throughout the novel, Dunstan is self-reflective and becomes aware not only of how he is being shaped, but of himself as an identifiable form, at once shaped by his environment and propelled by his will. Carl Jung defined an archetype as "[an] original model of a person, ideal example, or a prototype upon which others are copied, patterned, or emulated; a symbol

Carl Jung was a Psychologist and a Psychiatrist born in 1875 in Switzerland. He worked with Sigmund Freud for a while but branched off because he disagreed with him about the “sexual basis of neurosis”. Jung believed that there is a collective unconscious that is connected to everyone. God is included in this collective unconscious. His theory included what he called archetypes; pathways of energy (not things) that are shared in the collective. four main archetypes are: The Self, The Shadow, The Anima/Animus, and the Persona. The Self is the combination of the conscious, and the individual’s unconscious. the self is usually represented by a square or a circle. The self tries to make itself known. The shadow is made up of our sexual desires or instincts, and is credited with being the darker side of our personalities. The Anima/Animus are the masculine and feminine of our psyche. There are traces of each found in both women and men. The Persona is the face that people put on for others. The word “persona” comes from the Latin word for mask. This is the personality the world sees. (Carl Jung Archetypes) Jung coined the word