The Literature Based Research Paper

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• The Literature Based Research Paper

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Archetypes Stereotypes

• The Literature Based Research Paper

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The Assignment . . .
Choose an archetype from Halls work and trace
its development from the 17th century in
Shakespeares Hamlet through literature and media
of the modern era. Discuss how your archetype is
illustrated both in Shakespeares play and in
contemporary sources. Finally, analyze how the
archetype has adapted or how societys perception
of it has altered and what this alteration
implies about our cultural values.
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• Everything must be fiction!
• You must address whether or not the archetype
  stays the same or changes!

Trickiest piece about this essay The Scholarly
Source!!!
Lots of choices here
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Remember . . .

• What the character does is not the defining
  element. The defining element is WHY the
  character does what he does. 
• Any archetype can do anything   the question
  will always be why.
•  Archetypes are not stereotypes they are not
  cookie cutters. They can be considered a
  framework, or even better, a lump of clay of a
  particular color and consistency.  

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What needs to be in your thesis?

• Name the archetype
• The Busy Body The True Friend
• Changed/Stayed the Same
• Media
• From seventeenth century to Today

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