Archetypes

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ArchetypesPart IVThe End of the Journey

• by Don L. F. Nilsen
• and Alleen Pace Nilsen

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STAGE 3

• The Ruler
• The Magician
• The Sage
• The Wise Fool

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THE RULER

• The Ruler moves from taking responsibility for
  oneself through working with ones own group or
  commnity to concern for society or the planet.
• EXAMPLES Aslan, King Arthur, Max in Where the
  Wild Things Are, Jupiter, Obi Wan Kenobee, The
  Lion King, Woden, Zeus

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The Ruler /The Hero / The Destroyer
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Three Rulers
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The Lion King of Beasts Shadow Ruler The
Cowardly Lion
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Two Shadow Rulers
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THE MAGICIAN

• The Magician moves from healing and noticing
  extrasensory experiences through acting on
  visions to connecting everything with everything
  else establishing mental, emotional, and
  spiritual connections.
• EXAMPLES Gandalf, Genie, Hermione, Merlin, Mary
  Poppins, Harry Potter, Samantha in Bewitched, The
  three Witches in Macbeth, The Wizard of Oz

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Magicians in Childrens Literature
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A Magician and a Shadow MagicianMerlin and the
Wizard of Oz
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THE SAGE

• The Sage moves from searching for the truth
  through skepticism to an understanding of the
  complexity of truth.
• EXAMPLES the professor in Gilligans Island,
  Jimminy Cricket, Dumbledore,The Fairy Godmother,
  Galdalf, Luke Skywalker, Yoda

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Sages Dumbledore and Gandalf
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Three More Sages
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And Two More Sages
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Jane and Stephen Hawking
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Alan Turing Inventer of the Computer
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THE WISE FOOL/TRICKSTER

• The Wise Fool moves from treating life as a game
  through using cleverness to trick others, to
  living life one day at a time and enjoying each
  special moment.
• EXAMPLES Anansi the Spider, The Cat in the Hat,
  Coyote, Ferdinand, Forest Gump, The Hare and the
  Tortoise, Huckleberry Finn, Raven, Tom Sawyer,
  Sawyer on Lost, Scheherazade, The Wizard of Oz

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The Innocent, The Wise FoolThe Trickster
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More Tricksters
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ARCHETYPE RELATIONSHIPS

• Creator and Destroyer
• Eiron and Alazon
• Fool and Wise Fool
• Hero and Anti-Hero
• Innocent and Orphan
• Junex and Senex in Comedy of Manners
• Sage and Magician

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Theodore Roosevelt SenexAlice Roosevelt Junex
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Junex vs. Senexand the Sage
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Shadow Senex vs. Shadow JunexPlus Star-Crossed
Lovers

• Wuthering Heights meets Heart of Darkness
• If someone asks you about the ending
• just lie!

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IDENTIFY THE ARCHETYPES

• In the following slides, place the examples into
  various archetypes, and explain what evidence you
  used to make your choices.

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MALE EXAMPLES

• Woody Allen
• King Arthur
• Aslan in The Lion, the Witch the Wardrobe
• Charlie Chaplin
• Jesus Christ
• Falstaff
• Gandolf in Lord of the Rings
• Obi Wan Kenobi
• Radar OReilly on MASH
• Samuel Pickwick
• The Wizard of Oz

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FEMALE EXAMPLES

• Alice in Wonderland
• Edith Bunker
• Cinderella
• Cleopatra
• Hera or Juno
• Joan of Arc
• Moll Flanders
• Nora in The Dolls House
• Three Witches in Macbeth
• Tinkerbell in Peter Pan
• Virgin Mary and Queen Elizabeth

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CHILD EXAMPLES

• David Copperfield
• Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz
• Huckleberry Finn
• Little Red Riding Hood
• Peter Pan
• Pinocchio
• Tiny Tim
• Tom Thumb
• Winnie the Pooh

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SHADOW EXAMPLES

• Bartleby the Scrivner (Melville)
• Captain Ahab in Moby Dick
• Dr. Frankenstein
• Don Juan in Byrons Don Juan
• Willie Loman in Death of a Salesman
• Gregor Samsa in The Metamorphosis
• The Joker in Batman
• Nurse Ratchet in One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest
• Oedipus
• Lord Voldemort

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Archetype Essences Alligators, Pumas, Owls,
Swamp Men and Polutersby Carl Hiaasen
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• Linguistic Accents and Archetypes
• https//www.youtube.com/watch?vFyyT2jmVPAk