ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -DEATH AND REBIRTH-The most common of all situation archetypes, this motif grows out of the parallel between the cycle of nature and the cycle of life. Thus, morning and springtime represent birth, youth, or rebirth; evening and winter suggest old age or death.

Detailed explanation-2: -One of the most basic of these archetypes is the situational archetype of Birth/Death/Rebirth. The pattern of birth, death and rebirth in literature involves a struggle that leads to a new realization of self (Herz and Gallo 65). Characters are spiritually reborn as a result of the trials they endure.

Detailed explanation-3: -As an archetype, Death is a powerful primordial cosmic entity that represents not only the act of death itself, but also the dead and those that are dying. It comes in many forms, but it mainly that of a skeletal figure. Its image appears in European culture and other religious sources.

Detailed explanation-4: -Situational archetypes are circumstances commonly used in many genres and stories. For example: Reuniting with a lost love is a situational archetype you might find in a romance novel. The battle between good and evil is a situational archetype prevalent in adventure stories.

Detailed explanation-5: -Examples are symbolic archetypes or elements, such as snake, tree, sun, moon, and fire (Jung, 1964, 1968; Sharp, 1991). In addition, there are character archetypes, such as the parent, the hero or god; as well as situational archetypes or experiences, such as birth, death, marriage, and lost love.