ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -Hero. An archetypal motif based on overcoming obstacles and achieving certain goals. The hero’s main feat is to overcome the monster of darkness: it is the long-hoped-for and expected triumph of consciousness over the unconscious.

Detailed explanation-2: -Examples: Huckleberry Finn, The Ritual-The actual ceremonies the initiate experiences that will mark his rite of passage into another state. The importance of ritual rites cannot be over stressed as they provide clear sign posts for the character’s role in society as well as our own position in this world.

Detailed explanation-3: -The hero’s journey is a common narrative archetype, or story template, that involves a hero who goes on an adventure, learns a lesson, wins a victory with that newfound knowledge, and then returns home transformed.

Detailed explanation-4: -The rites of passage model is an archetypal model of change that maps the phases and significant turning points in a transformational process. Most commonly we are familiar with rites of passage as they are still practiced in indigenous cultures, such as initiations into manhood or womanhood.