Abstract: This paper aims to shed light on the social archetypes around us within and out among others and compare these archetypes available in the literature, since a fiction is the reflection of the individuals and the society. An archetype is an original model after which other similar things are patterned. They are characters or personality types universally recognized by all. Psychologists see archetypes as being part of our consciousness. They have been with us in the dawn of time. We see them reflected in dreams, mythology, fairy tales, literature, art, movies, people we know/hear about, and religion. Because the archetypes are part of our consciousness, they can come into our lives and personality at any time. Each archetype brings with it a task, lesson, and a gift. How we view the world is defined by which archetype currently dominates our thinking and acting. This study will explore the individual archetypes among random samples through a questioner and will find out the extraordinary and ordinary archetypes and will analyze how it reflects in the popular literature with special reference to fiction as such.
Keywords: archetypes, mythology, consciousness, psychologists, fairytales.
Title: Social Archetypes: A study on fact and fiction
Author: Dr. C. Bhooma.
International Journal of Social Science and Humanities Research
ISSN 2348-3156 (Print), ISSN 2348-3164 (online)
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