1. “When dealing with people, remember you are not dealing with creatures of logic, but creatures of emotion.” -Dale Carnegie (American Lecturer and Author, 1888-1955) What do you think Carnegie is really saying? Do you agree or disagree? Be prepared to share.

2. The Tie That Binds

3.  A symbol, image or pattern that appears in the myths, literature, and art of many different cultures.  Since these typical images, characters, narrative designs, and themes are present in all literature, they provide the basis for the study of interconnectedness of cultures and literature.  Essentially, they are universal symbols.  Archetypes are rooted in mythology and present in religious works, such as The Bible.

4.  Swiss psychoanalyst  He explored archetypes by examining two different levels of consciousness: the personal unconscious and the collective unconscious.  Personal unconscious: our own repressed or other memories influence us.

5.  Humankind’s inborn predisposition to certain feelings, perceptions, and behaviors. It is a type of “genetic memory” that we inherit.  This idea states that we react to certain situations the same way our pre-human ancestors did. These feelings are “engraved” in the minds of all humans.  Jung called the contents of the “collective unconscious” archetypes.

8.  How does a baby typically react when it is taken away from its mother?

9.  Character Examples: Hero, Earth Mother, Temptress, Devil, Sidekick, Outcast ◦ The character of Job (from The Bible) is the archetypal figure of suffering and righteousness. This character type is repeated throughout Western Literature.  Situational Examples: Quest, Fall (Biblical), Aid from the Dead, Death and Rebirth ◦ “The Fall” (found in the Genesis) is an archetypal story recounting how disobedience and experience often destroy innocence.

10.  Symbolic Examples: Light/Dark, Tree, Water, Serpent, Giant, Weapon ◦ The archetypal symbol of light versus dark is used to show the opposites that naturally exist in the world (such as innocence/experience, good/bad, knowledge/ignorance, etc.)  Thematic Examples: Good vs. Evil, Misfit in Society, Interpretation of Dreams ◦ Archetypal themes are themes that repeat throughout the literature of many different cultures and time periods.