Writing the
Archetypes Essay
What you need
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Internet access
Your school email
Your textbook
Your archetypes handouts
The Essay PPT available as a shared document on google drive
Optional: additional research on archetypes or the stories;
make sure you keep a record of ALL your sources
What do I do?
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Read “The Day of Destiny”
Find 2-3 archetypes (using the chart from question #5 on
page 201)
Read story #2
Find archetypes
• They can be the same archetypes as “The Day of Destiny”
• They can be completely different archetypes
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Keep good notes and re-read the stories.
Structuring the paper
Option #1: Chunking the essay
around the two stories
Around the two stories
because they each
contain different
archetypes
• Complete a section for
“Day of Destiny” discussing
the 2-3 archetypes you
found.
• Complete a section on
Story #2 discussing the 2-3
archetypes you found
Option #2: chunking the essay
around the archetypes
Chunk your paper by
archetypes because you
found the same archetypes
in each story.
• Complete a section for
each archetype (2-3)
• Blend the stories into the
paragraphs as you talk
about each archetype as it
appears in the stories
But how do I start?!
Start simple with outlines and “chunk” writing.
1. Define archetypes (using the Jung summary and archetypes list)
2. Summarize "The Day of Destiny" in four sentences (cite the story)
3. Summarize your second story in four sentences (cite the story)
4. Write a section about the archetypes in story #1 (cite when
appropriate)
5. Write a section about the archetypes in story # 2 (cite when
appropriate)
6. Write a paragraph about why archetypes are important. (mostly
your thoughts on the topic of archetypes—might include more info from the
Jung page)
Requirements for Draft #1
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Shared with Mrs. Cota over google drive (share only once)
MLA formatted
At least 600 words
2 direct quotes
Contains a 3-4 sentence summary of each story in the
introduction.
Your Sources
• The Textbook
Single page at the end of your
essay
Double spaced
Indent the 2nd line of each entry
Alphabetical order
• For “The Day of Destiny” and “Sinbad”
• Beers, G. Kylene, and Lee Odell. "The Middle Ages 1066-1485: The Tales They Told." Holt
Literature & Language Arts. California Standards ed. Austin, TX: Holt, Rinehart and
Winston, 2003. Print.
• For Beowulf, Gilgamesh, and the Iliad:
• Beers, G. Kylene, and Lee Odell. “The Anglo-Saxons 449-1066: Songs of Ancient
Heroes." Holt Literature & Language Arts. California Standards ed. Austin, TX: Holt,
Rinehart and Winston, 2003. Print.
• Jung Summary
• CITATION:
• D’Amico, J. “Archetypes in Literature”.
http://school.judsonisd.org/webpages/pdonahue/files/archetypes%20for%20lit%20gen%
20summer%20assignment.pdf. PDF.
• The Archetypes Handouts
• CITATION:
• Hillsborough Community College. “Archetypes for Literary Analysis”
http://www.hccfl.edu/media/724354/archetypesforliteraryanalysis.pdf PDF.
• Outside research?