Hero's Journey Review & Archetypes

• Review the information found in the media blog post entitled, "There's More Than One Kind of Journey".

• Understand what an archetype is and the types of character archetypes.

Lesson Objectives

• An archetype is a very typical example of a person or thing.

• In literature, there can be archetypes for characters, settings, emotions and even situations/conflicts.

Archetypes

• Just like people in everyday life, some characters play different roles in literature, and therefore, they do not fit a single archetype perfectly or they fit multiple archetypes.

Archetypes

Note the other ring identifies the archetype. The next ring indicates what each archetypes wants, and the inner ring connects them to others in the plot.

• Archetypes create a sense of familiarity and a pattern to help readers predict what will happen and gain a deeper understanding of the plot.

• A character's archetype depends on their role or function in the plot.

Archetypes