Examples Of Archetypes In The Old Man By Ernest Hemingway
The novella The Old Man and The Sea by Ernest Hemingway is filled with examples of archetypes or "universal representations". The story is clearly the quest plot type with Santiago as the Hero and Manolin the sidekick. As the hero Santiago encounters a temptress and a villain with the end result being a kind of great success.
"The Quest", one of the basic plot lines, is evident in The Old Man and The Sea. The hero and his sidekick travel in search of a valuable treasure overcoming all odds and great evils to finally achieve their goal. Santiago, the cuban fisherman, as the hero, has gone 84 days without a fish and the inhabitants of his village seem to have lost hope in his fishing abilities. Even the parents of Manolin (his apprentice) have
"The Quest", one of the basic plot lines, is evident in The Old Man and The Sea. The hero and his sidekick travel in search of a valuable treasure overcoming all odds and great evils to finally achieve their goal. Santiago, the cuban fisherman, as the hero, has gone 84 days without a fish and the inhabitants of his village seem to have lost hope in his fishing abilities. Even the parents of Manolin (his apprentice) have