Brianna Jones

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English 11: Archetype WebQuest
1. What is an archetype? Why do authors use them? A universally understood symbol term, or pattern of
behavior, a prototype upon which others are, copied, patterned, or emulated. Authors use them to give
their characters more personality, and to explain what happens in the stories that involve the character(s).
2. Scavenger Hunt Time! Are you the one that always knows what will happen in a story? ! you answered yes, you
must know your archetypes" (1) Access the links to help you !ind !ormal literary de!initions and characteristics o! each
archetype. (2) #hen, use your prior knowledge and$or the nternet to list example(s) o! each archetype.
<Completed chart due at the end of class>
Resource Websites:
%e!inition o! Archetypes& http&$$www.scri'd.com$doc$1(1)1*+)$Archetypes,to,help,with,literary,analysis
Archetype -ards& http&$$www.thecards.com$!ullpage$index.html
.ist o! .iterary Archetypes& http&$$www.listology.com$list$character,archetypes
Periodic #a'le o! Archetypes& http&$$mro'.com$pu'$std$archetypes.html
Note: you may also use an Internet search engine, like Google, to locate definitions, characteristics and examples.
+. denti!y and explain your !avorite archetype. (Does not have to be included on the above list /rovide an explanation
!or your selection in a per!ect paragraph that is at least ) sentences in length and provides at least + supporting
examples !rom literature or movies. 0y !avorite archetype is the !ool. like the !ool 'ecause they usually make stories
and movies much more comedic. %onkey !rom 1hrek could 'e considered a !ool. would say that act like a !ool
sometimes. 0ort !rom 0adagascar is a !ool also. 2im -arrey is de!initely considered a !ool, which he is in a lot o!
movies he has starred in. 3ool archetypes are !ound in so many di!!erent stories and 'ooks, and add so much into
stories. #hose are some examples o! !ools in movies, and why like the !ool archetype"
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Archetype Literary Defnition / Characteristics Examples!
Warrior 4ero
A man who !ights !or his and other5s lives. A godlike hero
who !aces6 who !aces physical challenges
%iligent
7rave
/ower!ul
4ercules
#hor
1capegoat A character that takes the 'lame o! everything 'ad that
happens
Willing
-aring
8ice
0ort
19uidward
#rickster A person we cheats or deceives a person
0ean
8on,-aring
:ude
/lankton
#he 2oker
#he Wise ;ld 0an 8on,player character who is located in %raynor <illage,
inside a house right 'eside the %raynor 7ank.
=ind
-ommonly killed
3ather,#ype 3igure
1enex or 1age
0entor
#he #emptress A woman who tempts
;!ten 3emale 3orm
Along #he Way
#he 4ero 0ay 0eet 4er
2essica :a''it
%rew 7arrymore
#he Wanderer A person who travels aimlessly
>ou 4ave 0oney
>ou 4ave #ransportation
Adventurer
#he 4o''it
A #ourists
#he 4unter $ #he Woodsman A person who is accustomed to li!e in the woods and
skilled in the arts o! the woods, as hunting or tapping.
7rave
Accomplishing
?uiet
4unter
#he 4unger @ames
#he 4erald An o!!icial messenger 'ringing news.
1ignal
/relude
1e'astian
0ail 0an
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#he 1cholar A person who specialiAes in a particular study.
ntelligent
Wise
Attentive
#eacher
1cientist
#he 1haman A person who have access and in!luence in the world o!
spirits.
Bnusual
%own,to,Carth
-alm
#heresa !rom .ong sland
0edium
Any medium
#he Carth 0other A goddess sym'oliAing !ertility and source o! li!e.
.oves children
-hildish
@ood in relationships
1haron ;s'ourne
0ichelle %uggar
#he 3riendly 7east An animal that helps a hero in a story
4elp!ul
7rave
-ourageous
%o''y
#he /elican
#he 7rute A very violent person or animal
0ad
-old,'looded
1avage
-harles 0anson
#ex Watson
#he 3ool A person who acts silly
-hildish
3unny
-raAy
7rianna 2ones
0ort
#he /risoner A person who is imprisoned in a space
#rapped
/ossi'ly guilty
4ope
2esus
A /;W
#he /oet A person with special power o! imagination or expression
maginative
-reative
Artistic
Cdgar Allen /oe
.angston 4ughes
#he ;racle A person who can tell what will happen in the !uture 'eing
%estiny
-ertainty
/eace o! -onviction
3ortune,#eller
An ;racle o! some sort