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character archetypes
What is an archetype?
How many wheels does a car have?
How many legs does a chair have?
Who wears a crown?
Are these answers always true?
http://www.flickr.com/photos/catorze/1215175622/
Oxford English Dictionary • 1. an original model; a prototype.
Oxford English Dictionary • 2. (in Jungian psychology) a primitive mental image inherited from man's earliest ancestors, and supposed to be present in the collective unconscious.
Carl Jung
Sigmund Freud
Oxford English Dictionary • 3. a recurrent symbol or motif in literature, art, etc
Disclaimer • The ideas in this pack at based on the work of Jung and others • There is no official list • There are just archetypes that I, Mr O’Meara, think are useful
• In which game are there 72,084 different outcomes after two moves each?
Who are these characters?
http://www.flickr.com/photos/garryknight/3405272134/
What moves can each one do?
http://www.flickr.com/photos/garryknight/3405272134/
• In stories, there are recurring characters. • These can be put together in a massive number of combinations.
• What are some common, recurring types of characters in stories?
• What do the following characters have in common?
Obi-Wan Kenobi
Albus Dumbledore
Dr. Henry Jones
Gandalf
Prof. Charles Xavier
Morpheus
The Old Man Wizard • What is he like?
Old Man Wizard • • • • •
Old Wise Often male Introduces our hero a larger world Often taken out of the picture so the hero has to act alone
Old Man Wizard • Can we think of other examples?
Look at this character
What can we tell about him?
Hero • • • • • •
Young Brave Handsome Naive Often male (but not always) The hero’s question: can I kill the dragon?
Hero • Who are some heroes like this in film, television and novels?
How is this hero different?
The Dark Hero • Dark – Look – Clothes
• Has a dangerous side • Has a dark past • A person of action
The Dark Hero’s Dilemma • If the hero’s question is “Can I kill the dragon? • • Will I do the right thing? • Selfish vs. “ing the team”
• Can you think of three dark heroes?
Comic Sidekick • Funny • Loyal • Needs saving
Who is the comic sidekick?
In the Shrek films?
In the film Cars?
The Harry Potter stories?
• What else is usually true of the comic sidekick?
Love Interest
Love Interest • • • •
Young Often female Attractive Needs to be rescued in some way
Young Woman • Usually – Young – Female – PrettyThe love interest – Needs to be rescued
• Can you name three of these?
The child
The Child • • • • •
Innocent Need protecting Mostly actual children Can you think of a child character who is actually an adult?
She is a witch, but that’s not her real character
Mother
The Mother • • • • •
Nurturing Caring Selfless Beautiful but rarely sexual Often an actual mother
The Mother • Can you think of three mother characters?
This is a witch of a different colour
The Witch
The Witch • • • • • • •
Old Ugly Tricky Female Destructive Sometimes “the step mother” Can be magical or not
The Witch • Sometimes simply the female version of the classic destroyer
What do men like this do?
The Destroyer
The Destroyer • • • • • • •
Often male Older Strong Verbal Evil The classic bad guy
What defines these characters?
The Trickster/Deceiver
The Trickster/ Deceiver • • • • • •
Underhanded Mischievous Double agent Can you think of an example?
• What archetypes are these characters based on?
Anakin Skywalker
Harry Potter
Darth Maul
Indiana Jones
Lara Croft
Neo
Mrs Weasley
Professor Snape
Miss Piggy
Yoda
Chewbacca
Pippin and Merry
Forest Gump
Kermit
Buffy Summers
Han Solo
Ron Weasley
Gandalf
Frank Martin
Superman
Don Corleone
Darth Vader
Hermoine Granger
Batman
Luke Skywalker
Fozzie Bear
Sorting the Deck • See if you can identify archetypal characters in the following stories
Cars
Shrek
WALL-E
Finding Nemo
Matrix
Kung Fu Panda
The Incredibles
X-Men
Lord of the Rings
Batman
http://www.flickr.com/photos/bixentro/338430687/
Mix and Match • Some characters are simple hybrids • With these eleven archetypes you can make 121 types of characters • 11 simple archetypes • 110 hybrids
Hybrids 1.Old Man Wizard 2.Hero 3.Dark Hero 4.Love Interest 5.Mother 6.Witch 7.Sidekick 8.The Destroyer 9.The Witch 10.The Deceiver 11.The Innocent
• You don’t have to use archetypes in your stories... • but lots of people do... • and they are a useful way to consider many stories
• The end
What is an archetype?
How many wheels does a car have?
How many legs does a chair have?
Who wears a crown?
Are these answers always true?
http://www.flickr.com/photos/catorze/1215175622/
Oxford English Dictionary • 1. an original model; a prototype.
Oxford English Dictionary • 2. (in Jungian psychology) a primitive mental image inherited from man's earliest ancestors, and supposed to be present in the collective unconscious.
Carl Jung
Sigmund Freud
Oxford English Dictionary • 3. a recurrent symbol or motif in literature, art, etc
Disclaimer • The ideas in this pack at based on the work of Jung and others • There is no official list • There are just archetypes that I, Mr O’Meara, think are useful
• In which game are there 72,084 different outcomes after two moves each?
Who are these characters?
http://www.flickr.com/photos/garryknight/3405272134/
What moves can each one do?
http://www.flickr.com/photos/garryknight/3405272134/
• In stories, there are recurring characters. • These can be put together in a massive number of combinations.
• What are some common, recurring types of characters in stories?
• What do the following characters have in common?
Obi-Wan Kenobi
Albus Dumbledore
Dr. Henry Jones
Gandalf
Prof. Charles Xavier
Morpheus
The Old Man Wizard • What is he like?
Old Man Wizard • • • • •
Old Wise Often male Introduces our hero a larger world Often taken out of the picture so the hero has to act alone
Old Man Wizard • Can we think of other examples?
Look at this character
What can we tell about him?
Hero • • • • • •
Young Brave Handsome Naive Often male (but not always) The hero’s question: can I kill the dragon?
Hero • Who are some heroes like this in film, television and novels?
How is this hero different?
The Dark Hero • Dark – Look – Clothes
• Has a dangerous side • Has a dark past • A person of action
The Dark Hero’s Dilemma • If the hero’s question is “Can I kill the dragon? • • Will I do the right thing? • Selfish vs. “ing the team”
• Can you think of three dark heroes?
Comic Sidekick • Funny • Loyal • Needs saving
Who is the comic sidekick?
In the Shrek films?
In the film Cars?
The Harry Potter stories?
• What else is usually true of the comic sidekick?
Love Interest
Love Interest • • • •
Young Often female Attractive Needs to be rescued in some way
Young Woman • Usually – Young – Female – PrettyThe love interest – Needs to be rescued
• Can you name three of these?
The child
The Child • • • • •
Innocent Need protecting Mostly actual children Can you think of a child character who is actually an adult?
She is a witch, but that’s not her real character
Mother
The Mother • • • • •
Nurturing Caring Selfless Beautiful but rarely sexual Often an actual mother
The Mother • Can you think of three mother characters?
This is a witch of a different colour
The Witch
The Witch • • • • • • •
Old Ugly Tricky Female Destructive Sometimes “the step mother” Can be magical or not
The Witch • Sometimes simply the female version of the classic destroyer
What do men like this do?
The Destroyer
The Destroyer • • • • • • •
Often male Older Strong Verbal Evil The classic bad guy
What defines these characters?
The Trickster/Deceiver
The Trickster/ Deceiver • • • • • •
Underhanded Mischievous Double agent Can you think of an example?
• What archetypes are these characters based on?
Anakin Skywalker
Harry Potter
Darth Maul
Indiana Jones
Lara Croft
Neo
Mrs Weasley
Professor Snape
Miss Piggy
Yoda
Chewbacca
Pippin and Merry
Forest Gump
Kermit
Buffy Summers
Han Solo
Ron Weasley
Gandalf
Frank Martin
Superman
Don Corleone
Darth Vader
Hermoine Granger
Batman
Luke Skywalker
Fozzie Bear
Sorting the Deck • See if you can identify archetypal characters in the following stories
Cars
Shrek
WALL-E
Finding Nemo
Matrix
Kung Fu Panda
The Incredibles
X-Men
Lord of the Rings
Batman
http://www.flickr.com/photos/bixentro/338430687/
Mix and Match • Some characters are simple hybrids • With these eleven archetypes you can make 121 types of characters • 11 simple archetypes • 110 hybrids
Hybrids 1.Old Man Wizard 2.Hero 3.Dark Hero 4.Love Interest 5.Mother 6.Witch 7.Sidekick 8.The Destroyer 9.The Witch 10.The Deceiver 11.The Innocent
• You don’t have to use archetypes in your stories... • but lots of people do... • and they are a useful way to consider many stories
• The end
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