The Biblical Archetypal Model and Its Embodiment in The Tempest

The Tempest, written by William Shakespeare, is highly influenced by The Holy Bible, the western culture and literature source. This paper utilizes Northrop Frye’s mythic archetypal criticism theory to study the play’s embodiment of the biblical archetypal model. Previous studies have only dealt with one aspect of the biblical archetype in The Tempest. This essay discusses that the characters, structure, plot, and imagery of The Tempest can all find the archetypes in The Holy Bible. It is found that the play is the Scriptures’ double to some extent, through which Shakespeare wants to spread biblical values such as morality and fraternity.

Moral Perspective as Depicted in the Archetypes on Divine-Human Perspective of Dianshizhai Pictorial

This article examines the archetypes related to the divine-human perspective in the Dianshizhai Pictorial and uses the basic theory of“Myth-Archetype Criticism”to analyze the concepts of moral perspective and the view of cause and effect reflected in the text.It summarizes the interactive modes and various archetypes of cause and effect in three contexts:gods to humans,humans to gods,and humans to humans,explores the social reality and the relevant views of moral perspective and causality reflected in the illustrated magazine,and reveals the archetype foundation of the narrative of moral perspective retribution in Dianshizhai Pictorial in the three dimensions of psychology,literature,and society.

Decoding the Homosexuality of Western Culture in Archetypal Approach

Homosexuality is a special part of western gender studies, which has been studied by western intellectual ever since it was born. Owing to the different attitudes of various cultures in different spatial-times, it was more depressed rather than accepted, but as an objective being in histor）; it shows itself a static state accompanying the whole human history. Today homosexuality has been one of the mainstreams in western intellectual movement and it is vitally important for us to give it a reasonable, precise definition in order to build up a harmonious society. This article tries to break through the bondage of material determinism and economical monism. It will be guided by the principle to delve into the human sub-consciousness to find the same essence between homosexuality and heterosexuality, to trace back to the origin of homosexuality in archetypal approach in order to reveal the anxiety of the legality of human existence and its poetic construction, which is hidden behind the cultural phenomenon.

An Analysis of Archetypal Characters and Images on Lord of the Flies

William Golding's masterpiece,Lord of the Flies,enabled him to win the Nobel Prize in 1983.Golding considered this novel as a myth,since he applied plenty of archetypes from Greek mythology and the Bible to this novel.This thesis is to ana lyze the main characters and images in it from a myth-archetypal perspective to reveal the author's writing purpose.

Archetypal Analysis of The Open Boat

The Open Boat is written by Stephen Crane according to his own experience of encountering a shipwreck. This short novel is not only a legend, but also a complex of the author's thinking of life and human and a fable of men's lives. It is full of symbols and metaphors. To interpret the meaning of this novel, this paper is engaged to have an archetypal analysis of this short story.

An Archetypal Study of Plant Imagery in Robert Frost's Poems

As one of the most popular American poets in the twentieth century, Robert Frost demonstrated myriads of universally acknowledged works to the world. This paper aims to analyze the plant imagery appearing in his poems from the perspective of archetypal theory. This study, on the basis of analyzing poetic texts, utilizes content analysis to classify plant images into four types and work out relevant statistics. After data analysis based on thematology and archetypal theory, the study finds that plant images in his poems demonstrate the relationship between human beings and nature, psychological conflicts of the poet, death and dismay, expectation for life and rebirth.

Shakespeare's The Tempest:An Archetypal Analysis

The Tempest,most likely the last play written entirely by Shakespeare,parallels The Genesis of the Bible in its plot and structure.It seems that the Moses in The Genesis goes out of the bible and becomes Prospero to save people’s soul and help them out of the trouble.This article endeavors to analyze the archetypes of the drama in terms of its individual stories and overall pattern.

Cinderella Archetypal Interpretation of Jane Austen's Heroines——Case Study of Elizabeth and Catherine

Cinderella is a well-known fairy-tale heroine,whose love and marriage has been considered as a typical pattern.In the article,the two protagonists,Elizabeth and Catherine,will be explored from the perspective of Cinderella archetype,from which the conclusion can be drawn Jane Austen's viewpoint about marriage based on love and her feminist consciousness.

Myth and Archetypal Analyses on Tender Is the Night

Tender Is the Night is Fitzgerald’s last long novel which tells a tragic story of a promising psychiatrist’s decadence and failure.In accordance with Northrop Frye’s Myth and Archetypal criticism,several archetypes are applied,mainly concentrated on image,characters and plot.In image,Apollo’s sky is archetypal image of Dick’s Gausses Beach,where Dick could present his self.On contrary,Villa Diana which belonged to Nicole reflected Moon-Goddess Artemis’s forest in Greek myth.In character,Dick’s redemption and self-exile are archetypal dealing with Jesus Christ’s redemption in Bible and Oedipus’exile in Greek myth respectively.In plot,Bible’s serpent’s seduction to tempt Eva to eat forbidden fruits is the myth and archetype of Dick’s marriage and extramarital love and Nicole’s extramarital affair.Through archetypal analyses,the tragic destiny of Americans in their pursuit of dreams can be seen.

A Tentative Study on the Heroine in Willa Cather's The Song of the Lark——From the Perspective of Myth and Archetypal Criticism

Willa Cather is one of the most famous female writers in American literary history.The Song of the Lark is the early work of Willa Cather.The thesis intends to offer a thorough study on the heroine's image of The Song of the Lark with the myth and archetypal criticism to have an elaborate discussion on how the heroine of this work is embodied by the archetypal goddess of Muse so as to explore how Cather suggests her deep themes and expresses her permanent pursuit of art.

Individuation and the Feminine Soul: Study of Feminine Archetypal Images Carried out on Surgical Patients

This article is the result of a research carried out in a private hospital of Belo Horizonte, Brazil. The patient care model of the Mastology Department includes an interdisciplinary staff that aims for the comprehensive treatment of these surgical patients. The research is based on clinical approach, under the framework of Analytical Psychology. Feminine archetypal images are symbolically represented by the Main Goddesses of the Olympus. It is natural for one of these expressions to prevail throughout a woman’s life, or even in specific moments of her life, but it is important to recognize that all of them are part of the feminine soul. We can, therefore, define and understand the Goddesses from Greek Mythology symbolically as being representative of the various feminine psychogenic forces that are projected. In reality, they are internal images that can be used to help know and understand personal issues and changes that are necessary in a woman’s life, enabling personal growth and the possibility to identify herself with the more authentic elements of her being. In this work experience, the feminine force showed itself to be a force of creation, of expression and of overcoming.

An Archetypal Analysis of the Scapegoat Motif in Atonement

The scapegoat persecution consists of four elements:the widespread social crisis,the accusation of crime,the scapegoat selection criteria and the violence itself.The goat,Jesus,Oedipus,etc.in the Bible all acted as scapegoats.This is the persecution of all individuals,but in most cases,it is hidden in the culture in a more secretive way.In the boiling point of the initiation of scapegoat mechanism,crowd plays an important role.People usually don’t blame themselves but blame others and the whole society.They can make up all kinds of accusations and make people feel that people who are scapegoats are particularly harmful.Scapegoats are often accused of special crimes.Although the charges can be varied,it is easy to find their unity to achieve social stability at the expense of one’s interests.And the protagonist of Ian McEwan’s Atonement—Robbie will be analyzed from 4 elements of the scapegoat theory in this paper comparing with the New Testament from the perspective of transmutation and displacement of archetypes.

An Archetypal Analysis of the Imagery in The English Patient

The English Patient is a masterpiece written by the Canadian writer Michael Ondaatje. This paper seeks to apply the archetypal theories to analyzing the dominant archetypal images in this novel, including fire, desert, garden and the Good Mother. The seemingly fragmentary and casual archetypes form a universal structural relevance which determines the interior consistence of the theme of the novel.

Brief Analysis of Sinclair’s Individuation in Demian Based on Archetypal Approaches

Demian:The Story of Emil Sinclair’s Youth is one of Hesse’s most representative works,which tells the story of the protagonist Sinclair’s arduous journey to find his inner self.Greatly influenced by C.G.Jung,a famous 20th century psychologist and the founder of archetypal approaches,Hesse integrated the knowledge and experience gained from psychoanalysis into his literary creations.Based on archetypal approaches such as shadow and anima,this paper will analyze the protagonist Sinclair’s individuation,or self-growth in other words,so as to prove that people can find more ways to get out of spiritual dilemma for themselves in modern times,and also realize the unity of self-worth and social value.

On the Imagery of Heath in King Lear--From the Perspective of Archetypal Criticism

As one of Shakespeare’s most representative works,King Lear has been paid much attention to and studied by scholars at home and abroad from different perspectives since its publication.As for me,I’d like to study on the imagery of Heath in King Lear from the perspective of Archetypal Criticism to explore and make an analysis of the four multinational-layered and profound symbolic significance.It will be of great benefit to promote our study and understanding of this drama from this specific perspective,thus bringing us much enlightenment and benefits.

Archetypal Themes in Jude the Obscure

In consideration of the great influence of the Bible and the Greek culture on Hardy, and the truth that Jude the Obscure has rarely been studied by employing the archetypal theory, the writer of this thesis tries to explore this novel from archetypal perspective. This thesis focuses on the archetypal themes ＂paradise lost＂ and ＂redemption＂ contained in this novel. Specifically speaking, through the comparison of the characters and the processes of losing paradise between this novel and the Bible, and the deep analysis of the physical and the mental ordeals in Jude, this thesis profoundly uncovers the inhumanity and hypocrisy of the religion and marriage in Victoria.

Analysis of The Yellow Wallpaper from the Perspective of Archetypal Criticism

The Yellow Wallpaper is an important early work of American feminist literature written by Charlotte Perkins Gilman.It exemplifies people’s attitudes towards women's physical and mental health in the 19th century.The story attacks the evils of the rest cure and critiques the position of women within the jailed system of marital prison.Feminism is one of the themes of the story.From the perspective of archetypal criticism,this paper will analyze the recurring image in the story and interprets its relations with the awakening of female consciousness.

The Archetypal Natural Man-Joe Gargery

Great Expectations is Charles Dickens’work,which is a novel about education and growth and personal development.This thesis carefully analyzes the male character Joe Gargery,one of the most impressive creations of Charles Dickens,trying to help Pip live a decent human life.His moral integrity,his generous and magnanimous heart,and his devotion and innocence are all the best qualities that make humans human and render life worth living.He is the archetypal natural man.Through a general analysis,I will reach a conclusion that Joe Gargery as an archetypal natural man in Great Expectations is Dickens’own wish and the enlightenment for us that without too many ambitions people can lead a happy life.

An Archetypal Analysis of the Protagonist in The Great Gatsby

The Great Gatsby written by F.Scott Fitzgerald is widely recognized as the cultural document of the Jazz Age.The novel seems to be a love story,but in fact it is about the disillusionment of American Dream-Gatsby's failure in pursuing his long-cherished dream.Since its publication,the novel has been very popular among ordinary readers and literary critics as well.By applying archetypal criticism developed by Northrop Frye,this paper aims to give a detailed and comprehensive interpretation of the protagonist,Gatsby,and reveal the significance of his tragedy.To some extent,it is the archetypal character that enhances the profundity of the novel and arouses the readers' response.

Sin,Samsara and Self-Salvation:an Interpretation of the Film Triangle from the Perspective of Archetypal Criticism

In the light of the knowledge that literature is the direct mimesis of other literary works and indirect mimesis of mythswhile film is the direct mimesis of other forms of arts and indirect mimesis of literary works,the present paper extends the feasibili-ty of Northrop Frye's archetypal theories into the interpretation of films.The film Triangle(2007) is a fascinating and successfulthriller characterized by its legion psychological puzzles and enigmatic plots.Through probing into this cliff-hanging film from theperspective of archetypal criticism,focusing on its displaced archetypal structure,motif and image,the paper exposes the"myth"of this film – a metaphorical and symbolical revelation of"sin""samsara"and"self-salvation",which in turn,proves that the fun-damental sameness of literature and filmable arts is the literariness derived from archetypal myths.