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Films and Jungian Archetype
Introduction
The aim of this essay is to discuss the courses in which Harry Potter fits in with archetypes. As indicated by Jung (09), an archetype is a "unique example or model of which all things of the same sort are representations or duplicates.” Archetypes are the establishment for the characters from which distinction develops; characters that have been changed to a simplified and conventional form are stereotypes, and they are seen in a negative way. Two characters can be based on the same archetype (for example the hero); however, they can be totally different from each other (for example Harry Potter and Frodo in Lord of the Rings). The next section will examine the archetypes of a hero, buddy, shadow, tutor, shape-shifter, goddess, edge watchman, envoy and cheat.
The Jungian Archetype
As the eponymous hero of the story, Harry Potter encapsulates a few manifestations of the saint archetype (discussed by Jung in its specific manifestation of the young archetype: Jung171): he is the pure, the vagrant, the seeker, the warrior and the conjurer. As Williams (90) brings up, a hero needs to go through various continuous original structures or stages to achieve culmination at last (Williams 10).
With other literary structures, Harry offers the role of the unbelievable 'lost ruler' whose fate has been predefined and who sets out to satisfy this predetermination and find reality. Pure in his launch into the enchantment group, Harry is from the beginning basically characterized by his status as a stranded youngster in quest for fulfillment, attempting to discover the missing bits of his past keeping in mind the end goal to find closure to it. Exhibiting a surprising ability for flying, he is welcomed to play on the Quidditch group on the position of seeker, which names him likewise as a prototype seeker