Archetypal Characters and Settings in Literature
Using three of the classical myths that we have studied so far, fill out the chart below using specific details and characters’
names. Be sure to include the impact the character or archetype has on other characters, conflicts or the plot of the story.
Archetype
The Witch
Helpers
Damsal in
Distress
The
Matriarch
Temptress
Sage or
Guardian
Trickster
Villain
The Monster
Desert
Heaven
Hell
The
Patriarch
Angel/Fairy
Godmother
Theseus – a man of intellect who also
Hercules – uses physical size and strength
Odysseus –fighter in the Trojan
uses his compassion and cleverness to
complete his quest
The great Athenian hero
as the strongest man on earth
The greatest hero of Greece
War and in search of his home and
family for over 20 years