2-4 full pages, MLA format, with a Works Cited page
Consider an archetype discussed in class or argue for the existence of a particular new, undiscussed one of your naming. Discuss how TWO different works COVERED IN CLASS for THIS ASSIGNMENT PERIOD approach a SIMILAR archetype differently. Use CITED examples and quotes as support.
archetype: essentially, a fictional mold, especially referring to a type of character (though it can also refer to places, objects, themes, plot patterns, etc.) that have existed since time immemorial with some variation and under different names; typically occurs across mythologies (religions, heroic epics, popular culture)
Below are links to the readings :
Act 2, Scene 1 of Dr. Faustus (Christopher Marlowe)
http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.03.0011%3Aact%3D2%3Ascene%3D1
Trifles (Susan Glaspell)
https://www.uobabylon.edu.iq/eprints/publication_3_10984_471.pdf
Archetypes discussed in class: 1.The Trickster 2. The Mad Women 3. The Tragic Hero 4. The Sage/ The Seer/ The Wise Man/ The “Far-Away” 5. The Mother / Divine Mother
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