Archetype In Literature
In fairy tales and literature, they all have a common archetype which is setting. Every fairytale has a different setting, but in Cinderella, Snow White, and Sleeping Beauty they all have a common setting. The common setting of these fairy tales are the forest and the castle. In “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs” when the Queen tries to kill Snow White. “...she ordered one of her huntsmen to take Snow White into the forest and kill her... He told her to run into the woods and never return.”(Buchholtz)The Queen sent the hunter to kill Snow White but instead he left her in the woods. Also, Snow White lived in the forest with seven dwarfs to hide from the Queen. “Snow White and invited her to stay with the proviso that she would do all the household
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Snow White, Cinderella, and Sleeping Beauty have different plots, but they have similarities like the hero. “ Joseph Campbell in the Hero with a Thousand Faces, “a hero is any male or female who leaves the world of his or her everyday life to undergo a journey to a special world where challenges and fears are overcome in order to secure a quest, which is then shared with other members of the hero’s community.”(Jung, Campbell, and Frye) In “Snow White” the seven dwarfs are the heroes to Snow White. “When the dwarfs returned home that evening, they found Snow White lying on the floor as if dead— but they quickly noticed that she was laced up too tight and cut the lace... The disguised wicked queen stuck the poisoned comb into the girl’s lovely black hair and again Snow White fell to the floor as if dead—the dwarfs found the poisonous comb, pulled it out and saved the girl...”(Buchholtz) The seven dwarfs saved Snow White’s life not once but twice. The wicked Queen tries to kill Snow White with a poisoned comb and laced up, but the dwarfs noticed the laced and the poisoned comb they quickly cut the lace and pull the poisonous comb out. “ The hero or heroine model one who struggles yet eventually succeeds by taking potent action, and by their example may stimulate others to do the same.”(Kiernan) The Seven Dwarfs saved Snow White twice from her evil stepmother. They not only save Snow White, they also took her in when Snow White was running away from the
Snow White, Cinderella, and Sleeping Beauty have different plots, but they have similarities like the hero. “ Joseph Campbell in the Hero with a Thousand Faces, “a hero is any male or female who leaves the world of his or her everyday life to undergo a journey to a special world where challenges and fears are overcome in order to secure a quest, which is then shared with other members of the hero’s community.”(Jung, Campbell, and Frye) In “Snow White” the seven dwarfs are the heroes to Snow White. “When the dwarfs returned home that evening, they found Snow White lying on the floor as if dead— but they quickly noticed that she was laced up too tight and cut the lace... The disguised wicked queen stuck the poisoned comb into the girl’s lovely black hair and again Snow White fell to the floor as if dead—the dwarfs found the poisonous comb, pulled it out and saved the girl...”(Buchholtz) The seven dwarfs saved Snow White’s life not once but twice. The wicked Queen tries to kill Snow White with a poisoned comb and laced up, but the dwarfs noticed the laced and the poisoned comb they quickly cut the lace and pull the poisonous comb out. “ The hero or heroine model one who struggles yet eventually succeeds by taking potent action, and by their example may stimulate others to do the same.”(Kiernan) The Seven Dwarfs saved Snow White twice from her evil stepmother. They not only save Snow White, they also took her in when Snow White was running away from the