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  • Essay / Archetypes In King Lear - 684

    In literature, the word archetype is a global model. Its symbolism can be used again and again in different forms, including archetypal heroes, involved in many diverse cultures (PBS 1). Archetypes explain worldviews, which is why people created archetypes to develop them. Some explain how cities and holy places came to be. They can also be used to teach us or show us things. According to PBS, the quest archetype shows us that the hero must overcome his own obstacles to achieve what he wants (PBS 1). An archetype can also explain antagonistic characters like the shadow or the destroyer, but what I'm going to write about is the trickster archetype. The definition of a trickster is “a rebel who refuses to conform to society's expectations, but he is not a rebel without a cause” (Jung). Sometimes the trickster may well appear as a minor character in a story. The most famous character is the Fool from Shakespeare's King Lear. The character of the Fool is actually very wise and intelligent. In fact, it takes a lot of study to improve one's wisdom, which helps him come up with a series of riddles, puns, and riddles. The Fool is not responsible for the capture of King Lear, but he is considered the wisest character in the play. In some stories, the trickster can also be someone who causes trouble for fun or to teach the hero a lesson. (Jung) The importance of a trickster archetype is that it expands the moral of the story. Without a trickster, everything would have a happy ending. For example, in the book "The Emperor's New Clothes", the two seamstresses make the king believe that he is wearing clothes that only wise men can see, and it turns out that he is not wearing any clothes. Without the tricksters, the story... middle of paper... of light, and had to be chained to a rock in the world beneath a giant snake that continually drips venom that makes Loki writhe in agony. but when Ragnarok comes, Loki will be free to wreak havoc on the world again (McMahon). The meaning of an archetype is not only the symbol of a finished product, it can also mean the symbol of an unproven theory, which means that it can be changed again and again in different styles subdivided into many cultures. The trickster archetype, like all other archetypes, has been modified over thousands and thousands of years, from the Indians and their fox tales to the modern day of Bart Simpson. In order to understand the virtues of tricksters, we must know what it means to be deceived or to have been deceived by someone we know. When you have experienced this, it is easy to understand the concept.