Jung - Archetypes, Etc. (Thursday, 01/19/2006, 7th Period)

[romanywitch]

"Last time, we watched Star Wars IV: A New Hope Space Battles XII: A New Start," said Jenny. "There were a few archetypes in there. I heard a lot of you guys talking about wondering what the archetypes are, and that's what we're going to cover when I'm not posting class at 10 PM at night later. Let's start out with telling me what Jungian archetype you think each character was."


OOC: Yes, I normally write these the day of class and post them while I'm at work. Sadly, work was very busy today. I'm sorry. Next week, we'll be back to normal.

Also, the three characters we've had named so far are Dark Helmet (the villain, of course), Hanno (gosh, maybe Han) and Leanna (Leia, naturally). Go nuts with other names and plot points and stuff, guys. I'm keeping our pop culture thread/list updated on this, of course.

OCD threads coming are up.

Comments

Re: Discussion - "Space Battles" Characters & Jungian Archetypes

[emo-padawan.livejournal.com]

"Are there more movies to this series? I mean, I see it's episode XII--does Duke die at the end, or is the power of his Hero archetype enough to stop him from the ass-kicking that Dark Helmet seemed very ready to deliver if it weren't for that totally lucky shot of Hanno's at the end of the film?"

Re: Discussion - "Space Battles" Characters & Jungian Archetypes

[leeadama.livejournal.com]

"Usually, the hero survives no matter what. Which I think is kinda lame. Also, the hero often has a brother who dies in his place sometimes and I find that pretty stupid too," Lee says, disgruntled.

"And If it *is* a series, I hope Dark Helmet survived the film though, it's not exactly clear..." Lee says. "

Re: Discussion - "Space Battles" Characters & Jungian Archetypes

[emo-padawan.livejournal.com]

"Dark Helmet is scary," Anakin said, nodding. "I guess he's kind of the living embodiment of Jung's Shadow? Kind of wonder how he got that way, though. No one starts out that evil, do they? I mean, was he wandering around with a bucket on his head as a child plotting to take over the star system?"

Re: Discussion - "Space Battles" Characters & Jungian Archetypes

[leeadama.livejournal.com]

"He probably was just some nobody who suddenly was put in a position of extreme power and couldn't handle it," Lee mused.

Re: Discussion - "Space Battles" Characters & Jungian Archetypes

[emo-padawan.livejournal.com]

Anakin nodded. "Makes sense. Cool outfit, though. Lot of animosity between him and Ted Bologna, too. Wonder what happened there. Bad break-up maybe?"

Re: Discussion - "Space Battles" Characters & Jungian Archetypes

[leeadama.livejournal.com]

"Oh my gods, Dark Helmet and Ted Bologna? As in...dating?" Lee kind of swoons a little.

Re: Discussion - "Space Battles" Characters & Jungian Archetypes

[emo-padawan.livejournal.com]

"Did you see that smile Ted gave him right before Dark Helmet cut him in half with his Staff of Light? There's some history there that we didn't get enough information about."

Anakin made a face. "And what was up with the obvious phallic symbolism in those Staffs of Light, anyway? I'd rather not think about why Ted was keeping Duke's uncle's Staff of Light around for all of those years, anyway. Kind of strange obsession to have."