Psychologist Carl Jung established that there is universality in character traits and personalities and that people fit within these universal classifications of character (Pearson & Marr, 2007). In fact, he termed these universal templates as archetypes, a term derived from the Greek word archetypos, which means the original patterns and models that represent the copies of all things. The variations in personalities and archetypes enable people to have different narratives to their lives, expectations, decisions and their interaction with their environment. In the scope of the current essay, I am going to highlight the peculiarities of the persona archetype. Before considering the ego archetype, in particular, it is important to light the
This paper aims at using Swiss psychologist Carl Gustav Jung’s collective unconscious and archetypal theories to interpret the archetypes of characters, natural scenes and themes.
Archetype refers to a generic version of a personality. Archetypes are continually present in folklore and literature for thousands of years, including prehistoric artwork. The identification of archetypes in literature is to primarily find the behaviors and characteristics of the main protagonist, it is important to discover the ambiguity of how the traits change and develop throughout the rising
The dogma of these systems can be subdivided into two categories: archetypal and personal. The archetypal area deals with figures or groups who occupy similar classifications, particularly in the mind of the targeted individual. It is important, of course, that all individuals be targeted, and the key point of these beliefs is that they form the base of the perception of the individual, and thus the society.
According to Carl Jung’s theory, the psyche has three parts to it; the ego, personal unconscious, and the collective unconscious (Golden, date unknown.) Jung believed that the archetypes were part of the collective unconscious; this is where psychological inheritance happens. “All the most powerful ideas in history go back to archetypes” (Golden, date unknow.) Jung believed each archetype had its own unique values, meanings, and personality traits. It is possible that people display more than one kind of archetype, but there always seems to be one specific archetype that makes itself more apparent (Golden, date unknown.)
In the article “Archetypes and Patriarchy: Eliade and Jung” by Mary Jo Meadow, archetypes are based off of the concept that “Jungian archetypes are a distillate of human experience. Over the ages individual human beings have had similar experiences, some of which are difficult to conceptualize. The human mind tends to express symbolically that which it poorly understands intellectually” (188). Therefore, in myth and folklore it is found that archetypes hold characteristics based off of tales told throughout history. In doing so create standard images of the archetypal characters.
I've always found it incredibly hard to describe myself. I feel like I don't really fit into any specific category because I have many different traits from different personality types and don't just fit into one set group. Looking at the archetypes Carl Jung came up with, I can definitely see that I identify with several different archetypes. Starting with ego, I think I identify most with the orphan/regular gal. The orphan wants to belong, to fit in, and not lose themselves in trying so hard to fit in. I struggle with this a lot, actually. I always feel the desire to want to fit in, I want to blend in and connect with people without standing out too much. I want to make friends and have people to talk to, but I also don't want to be singled out and have
Carl Gustav Jung is a Swiss psychiatrist and the successor of psychoanalysis with important intellectual movements of the twentieth century. In his early career, Jung was influenced by the theory of Sigmund Freud, the founder of psychoanalysis (Breger 2000, p. 217). However, they came into disagreement in notions which then broke their relationship. It was because Freud’s view of myth was based on reality, which there was no religion involved, whereas Jung though that myth was based on both reality and religion. Consequently, Jung’s notions were commonly accepted by society because of the wider context. Then, through his research and clinical findings, he developed some concepts like archetypes, collective unconscious, shadow, extrovert and introvert and persona (Carter 2011 p. 442). These concepts help Jung to deepen the explanation about myth. For Jung, myth is a projection of archetypes and collective unconscious. Their form are universal and identical with every society back into history. Myth can be identical because the original form, the archetypes, is configured to be the same among human's unconscious globally where people's psychic realm encounters certain motifs and typical figures that built into the structure of man’s unconsciousness (Jung Myth Ex. 3-4). According to Edward Tylor and James Frazer, myth and science were contradict where science was factual and myth was not (Segal 2003, p. 48). Therefore, myth has an important role in human nature and modern
Patterns are everywhere. Patterns make up our daily schedule, our route to school. Patterns even make it possible for us to live. An archetype is more specifically a pattern in literature. It is an overlapping pattern that is used repeatedly to tell a certain type creative story that helps explain human nature some of which can still be applied to humans today.The quest for identity is one of those that is still relevant today. It tells the tale of man trying to find who he truly is. While the world has changed, man's quest for identity as seen through literature has changed little.
Psychologist Carl Gustav Jung described several archetypes that are based in the observation of differing but repeating patterns of thought and action that re-appear time and again across people, countries and continents. Jung's main archetypes are not 'types' in the way that each person may be classified as one or the other. Rather, we each have all basic archetypes within us. He listed four main forms of archetypes: The Shadow The Anima The Animus
I, Aaron Abunu, would like make the argument that two jungian archetypes most conform to my own personality traits: the Sage and the Creator. The Sage, the characteristic of constantly seeking knowledge and information, is largely seen in how I entertain myself and my general outlook on life. The Creator, the trait of wanting to create and express their ideas through a medium, is seen in my skill set and as well as my interests. Overall, I feel that I am most represented by these two archetypes, as proven by the following paragraph.
There are various archetypes that Jung described. These are divided into the ego, the soul, the persona, the shadow, the animus and the self archetypes. These types are further explained here, and the important archetypes are then defined after them.
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consciousness awareness of existing and a continuing sense of personality identity. The ego is the
The self archetype represents the integration of the overall personality. It is concern with the balance of all parts of archetypes that will form our personality, and is the motivating force that pull us to our goal. With Peter being attentive to both his anima an animus, Jung believes that if all of Peter’s
So far I have learned that I have characteristics about myself that I never realized before until taking these assessments. My biggest one would be that I didn’t realize how stressed I actually am until I saw the list and numbers that it added up to be. The stressors that I am dealing with though are things that I don’t have any control over. Most of them had to do with work and being in the military moving around a lot you don’t really get much say in what happens. With the Jungian typology I learned that I am more extraverted when I thought I was more introverted.