Jungian psychology

collective unconscious is rooted in the genetic code of every living thing. This collective unconscious is evident in an individual’s personality, which is comprised of five separate personalities blended together; these are called archetypes. In Jungian psychology, there are five different archetypes: the shadow, anima, animus, persona and the wise old man or mana-personality. Each influences a different aspect of one’s personality. These influences vary from one individual to another depending upon the

Jung’s archetypal criticism. According to Jung, archetypes are forms personified in images, symbols or patterns, and he said that literature imitates the dreams of human kind. Jung states that there are three categories of archetypes (sometimes called Jungian archetypes); narrative archetypes, character archetypes, and archetypal images. Blood Diamond follows Dr. Carl Jung’s theory of archetypes through the actions and stories of the main characters Solomon and Danny. Looking at the movie through an archetypal

world. Years later, the man and the shadow reconnect. The man discovers that his actions have now caused his shadow to become his “master”, and missing that part of himself, the man is executed. Le Guin uses this dark tale in combination with Jungian psychology and Daoism philosophy to illustrate that a person and their shadow must interact and coexist with each other to survive. Without this balance, life will be impossible. Throughout “The Child and the Shadow”, Le Guin makes eloquent points about

Fifth Business: More Than Meets The Eye Jeffery Soy Carl Jung’s literary archetypes determine the structure of literary works. In the novel Fifth Business, by Robertson Davies, many of Jung’s archetypes are reflected in the characters. These archetypes include the Eternal Boy, the Wise Old Man, the Hero, the Maiden, and the Persona. The characters of Boy Staunton, Dunny Ramsay, Paul Dempster, Mary Dempster, and Leola Cruikshank symbolize these archetypes and support the overall theme of appearance

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.

Reflection on John Steinbeck's The Snake "The Snake" is a short story written by John Steinbeck. It tells about a biologist, Dr. Phillips and a mysterious woman. One day while Dr. Phillips was doing an experiment on starfish, a woman with black came into his room mysteriously. She came to him just wanting to buy a male rattlesnake from Dr. Phillips, the biologist. And then she asked Dr. Phillips to feed the male rattlesnake a rat so that she could watch the whole process. Then at last the women

Lauren Schmidt Mr. Porter English IV 25 September 2017 A Deeper Look: Stars, skeletons, and shadows are objects that may initially seem common and insignificant to the plot of a novel. However, authors sometimes have a purpose behind simple objects like these, events that occur, and/or the types of characters that are developed. When an author utilizes a recurrent symbol, character, or situation that is an instinctual expression of man’s nature and experiences that are universal, the author is

of being replaced by something we perceive to be greater than ourselves. Ex Machina is a morally ambiguous story that is Promethean in nature, because “fire” or intelligence has been given to machines. Many of the characters in Ex Machina exhibit Jungian archetypes such as Ava being the dreamer, Caleb Smith as a positive animus, Nathan Bateman as a negative animus, and Kyoko as a positive shadow. However, some may have different perspectives on who would

“On the Rainy River”: A Hero’s Quest 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

A) Summary The book I am Malala, written by Malala Yousafzai herself, tells the tale of the struggle for education in Pakistan, and countries alike and the voice of one girl that changed the world forever. Malala Yousafzai is a young woman born in 1997 who was born in an area of the world that does not value women, yet alone their education. Malala grew up encouraged to be a woman of independence and intelligence rather than a simple wife, unlike most girls in the Swat Valley. A valley that faces