ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -A motif can be an idea, an object, an image, or even a word or phrase. Some motifs are archetypes because they have appeared in literature across time periods and cultures. Just like symbols, archetypes can be words, images, colors, or sounds that represent something else.

Detailed explanation-2: -Archetypal characters include the mother, father, child, god, wise old man/woman, trickster, and of course, the hero. Archetypal motifs are the apocalypse, the deluge, or the creation.

Detailed explanation-3: -Archetype: Generally, the original model from which something is developed or made; in literary criticism, those images, figures, character types, settings, and story patterns that, according to the Swiss analytical psychologist, Carl Gustav Jung, are universally shared by people across cultures.

Detailed explanation-4: -An archetype is a pattern that connects the people of the world across time and culture. The idea of the archetype was conceived by Swiss psychoanalyst Carl Jung. In writing, archetypes are characters or symbols that are recognizable irrespective of their place or time of origin.