Question

universal themes in literature come from what carl jung called?...
-the tarot
-the archetypal theme
-the collective unconscious
-the dream psychosis
anyone know???

Answer 1

I know the answer

Answer 2

then what?

Answer 3

Do you remember who carl jung was?

Answer 4

no i tried looking up information on this question and nothing helped

Answer 5

They must have mentioned him in class. Anyway, he was a psychiatrist, a bit like Freud.

Answer 6

So, we can rule out Tarot card reader.

Answer 7

i wasnt there and okayy

Answer 8

Do you know what a psychosis is?

Answer 9

disorder?

Answer 10

Yup. So, we can rule that one out also.

Answer 11

Now we're left with only two candidates.

Answer 12

the archetypal theme?

Answer 13

Nope.

Answer 14

He did have a theory--a good one--about the mythological archetype. But that's not the answer. We, all of us, have a collective unconscious. We all are born with ideas that we can tap into and other people can understand.

Answer 15

thank you!!

Answer 16

You're welcome. Do you want to talk about this anymore? You'll need to know this if you want to be a creative writer, etc.

Answer 17

i have other questions related to archetypal characters that im not sure about

Answer 18

Okay. I think it's really interesting stuff--and you'll come across it time and again in your academic life.

Answer 19

okayy thank you

Answer 20

do you know how archetypal characters help readers and writers?
im not sure if im right but i chose "they make readers and writers analyze the past and other cultures"

Answer 21

Just got back from helping someone else.

Answer 22

That sounds like a good answer. But is it the BEST answer? What are the other choices?

Answer 23

the others are:
-they are popular amoung readers and writers
-they are easy for writers to create and for readers to analyze
-they provide a familiar place to begin analyzing the story or engaging the audience

Answer 24

Is there a D, all of the above?

It's probably the last one.

Hey, I found out a lot about this stuff from watching a guy named Joseph Campbell. He was a long-time professor of mythology at Sarah Lawrence college for women. Want to watch something a brief lecture. You might get interested in it yourself?

Answer 25

well the other choice is the first one that i sent you

Answer 26

I know. :)

Answer 27

I'm just trying to help you out so that you don't have to look this stuff up every time you come across it. It'll save you a lot of time in the long run and it's good to know.