CRAFT AND STRUCTURE (RL 9-10.4-6) for English Final

 The Function and Importance of Archetypes of ANtigone

• The hero: antigone going against law to bury her brother

• Father-conflict: between creon and Haemon

• Mentor: Wise Tiresias 

 The Function and Importance of Archetypes for Things Fall Apart

• Tragic hero: Okonkwo possess admirable qualities but is destroyed by his flaws

• Ikemfuna is the outcast and scapegoat

• Okonkwo becomes an outcast when exiled from home THE FALL ARCHETYPE

• Father-son conflict: Okonkwo treats his son harshly to make him more masculine, but his son ends up leaving and joining christianity group

 The Function and Importance of Archetypes for Frankenstein

• The creator: victor seeks forbidden knowledge

• Outcast: creature is rejected by society because of his appearance and strange birth despite his humanity

• The fall: Victor’s loved ones are killed and he is left in a desolate, constantly sick state

• Heaven and hell: victor tries to be like god using dead peoples body

 The Function and Importance of Archetypes for Persepolis

• Hero: Marji searches for identity in the midst of political and tragic upheaval

• Mentor: Marji’s parents and grandmother

 The Function and Importance of Archetypes for Night

• The devil figure: dr. mendel and hitler

• Mentor: Moishe the Beatle 

• Father-son conflict: Elie wants to remain loyal to father but also resents father for bringing him more suffering and pain

 The Function and Importance of Archetypes for TRAM

• The mentor: Mariner is forced to act as a mentor to others

• The fall: kills albatross and is forced to suffer

Cultural norms in Antigone

• rejection of cultural norms by antigone

  • Believes divine duty is more important than following human laws

  • Resistance to patriarchal and authoritarian Creon’s rule

Culture in Things Fall Apart

•  Okonkwo is deeply committed to traditional Igbo values, but he is unable to accept the change in cultural norms under colonialism which leads to his downfall

  • Okonkwo strongly believes in Igbo traditions and traits such as masculinity

  • Fears appearing weak due to cultural norms

  • Nwoye (his son) rejects cultural beliefs and converts to christianity

Culture in Frankenstein

• Victor disobeys societal norms by creating the creature and chooses intellectual discoveries over moralness

  • Victor Frankenstein easily accepts the pursuit of knowledge

  • Shelley critiques this unchallenged pursuit of knowledge as dangerous for society

Culture in Persepolis

• Marji rejects many social and cultural norms forced upon her by oppressive regime

  • Wears western clothing, refuses to wear veil and questions authority

  • Resistance to Iranian regime

Culture in Night

• Elie’s experiences during holocaust lead him to question the religious beliefs that once guided his life

  • Begins memoir with strong faith in god

  • Begins to question god after witnesses horrors of holocaust

  • Nazis force prisoners to abandon social and moral norms to survive

Culture in TRAM

• Romanticism rejecting enlightenment period

  • Mariner kills albatross without reason, which violate natural order

  •  Poem reflects romanticism ideals

  • Mariner learns to respect nature after supernatural punishment