Wonder Woman represents female empowerment and teaches positive female traits such as honesty and kindness, and has inspired women over the years to believe in themselves. Originally intended to be a feminist symbol, she represents a clearly stated message that women do not need men to be happy and successful. Whereas characters such as Batman, ...
Myths are enduring facets of human nature because they allow cultures to bring order to chaos and to understand human behavior and the mysterious workings of the universe. Despite the presence of scientific and psychological explorations that define the Modern world, myths continue to shape our culture and literary art. In order to be more ...
Looking at Harry Potter with a Jungian psychoanalytic perspective can, to some, seem a little overly critical and sometimes “reaching for straws,” but as one can see on closer inspection, Jung’s character archetypes are alive and well providing Rowling’s characters and events with motivation and her characters with “character.” If it weren’t for Carl Jung’s ...
JUNG Jung provides theorists and critics with a source for the myths and plots common across various literary traditions. He does this with his concept of the universal symbol. For Jung a symbol is an imitation of a meaning beyond our levels of articulation. It is the representation of an idea inherent in man’s mind ...