Archetypes, Hero's Journey, and Grimm's Fairy Tales Test Review

What appears in every culture around the world in stories, myths, legends, and rituals?

Archetypes

Who is responsible for the concept of the id, ego, and superego?

Sigmund Freud

Whose fairy tales were presented for French royalty with the violence edited out?

Charles Perrault

Which archetype is the guardian to the world of adult power and privilege?

kings or father kings

Who coined the term "collective unconscious" where he believed all archetypes reside?

Carl Jung

What is recognized by what it is and what it does and can stand for multiple things in a work of literature?

Symbol

Archetype representing the never-ending cycle

Circle

Which character archetype is usually male, goes on a journey, and has a special talent or mark from birth?

Hero

What term stands for interpreting and analyzing the meaning of a work of literature?

Literary Criticism

What concept means "door" in Greek and focuses on rites of passage where transformation occurs

Liminal Concept

Which archetype represents courage, cleansing, passage of life from one stage to another, transformation, and rebirth?

Water

What caused Hansel and Gretel's parents to abandon them?

Famine

What do the jewels the children take from the witch's house represent?

Deferred Gratification

Which of the 7 deadly sins is most prevalent in "H and G"?

Gluttony

Which syntax device emphasizes the father's struggle with feeding his family through the excessive use of the conjunction and? "H and G"

Polysyndeton

The archetypal mother's body is represented by what in "HandG"?

The candy house

In "HandG," what represents the hero's journey stage of the innermost cave?

The witch's home

In "HandG," what is an example of the difficulty of being moral after making immoral decisions?

Father abandons the children a 2nd time

In "HandG," what represents both the virtues of industry and a lighthearted ending?

Mouse at end of story

In "HandG," what stage of development is represented when Hansel and Gretel keep eating larger portions of the house?

Oral Stage

Which of the 7 deadly sins is most prevalent in "Ash"?

Envy

Which character is seen as powerless in both "HandG" and "Ash"?

Fathers

Which symbol is made of gold and won't stretch to fit another? "Ash"

Slipper

What translates from lowly kitchen maid?

Ashputtel

What grows/changes, dies each winter, and is planted near a grave? "Ash"

Hazel Tree

"Ash" helps children deal with 1)the death of a parent 2)sibling rivalry and 3)?

Parent's remarriage after losing a spouse

How is the prince's responsibility to social rank evident in "Ash"?

He can only marry the girl who fits the shoe

What is foreshadowed by the stepsisters cutting off a toe and heel?

Getting their eyes pecked out

What mythological allusion is connected to Ashputtel?

Vesta, Goddess of Hearth and Home

What Freudian concept can be applied to Ashputtel because she continues to run home and hide in a tree rather than stay with the prince?

An Oedipal Phase

Which archetype represents exile, danger, finding oneself, and the darker side of human nature?

Forest

Which of the 7 deadly sins is most prevalent in "Little Red Cap"?

Gluttony

What are children discouraged from having in "LRC"?

Curiosity

Red's death and rebirth are what part of the hero's journey cycle?

Internal Transformation

Red's desire for flowers (ID behavior) shows she is momentarily giving in to what?

Pleasure Principle

Which of the 7 deadly sins is most prevalent in "Rumpel"?

Greed

Which archetypal number signifies change, resolution, or completion?

Three

Device "gold greed grew in his heart"

Alliteration

What sets the plot in motion for most "Rumpel" stories?

Parents boasting leads to a crisis for their child

Which of the 2 types of "Rumpel" stories is more comic and the heroine's life is never in danger?

Lazy vs Diligent

Which of the 2 types of "Rumpel" stories is serious and the heroine's life is threatened?

Natural vs Supernatural

Which 2 of the 7 deadly sins are most prevalent in "Snow"?

Envy and Pride

Which 2 colors represent envy?

Green and Yellow

Which 3 colors are associated with Snow?

Red, Black, and White

1)Purity and innocence, 2)heavenly, and 3)inert or lifeless are connotations for which character?

Snow White

In what order do the 3 birds come to visit Snow?

Owl, raven, dove

What signals that Snow has found a place of refuge?

Sleeping in the dwarf's bed

Which 2 body parts of Snow does the Evil Queen demand the huntsman bring her?

Lungs and Liver

Snow's necessary death and then resurrection represent her what?

Transformation from immaturity to maturity

Which Freudian concept do the iron shoes represent in "Snow"?

super ego

What represents Snows growth from childhood to adolescence?

laces, comb, apple

What is an example of Snow indulging her ID?

Opening the door to the peddler woman 3x

What archetype is used through the dwarfs 3rd and final warning to open the door to no one?

One Forbidden Thing

In literature, what image is used to portray the One Forbidden Thing?

Apple

Which organ represents the cleansing of the Evil Queen's toxic jealousy?

Liver

Which organ represents Snow's spirit?

Lungs

What is the archetype for Rumpelstiltskin when he is helping the Miller's daughter?

Trickster

Which of the 5 tales has the theme of the Devil's Bargain?

"Rumpelstiltskin"

Which Greek myth parallels the Evil Queen and her obsession with the mirror?

Narcissus

In "Snow," how are the three women trapped or encased by glass?

Mother in window, Evil Queen in mirror, Snow in glass coffin

Where is Gretel seen as the hero?

Pushes the witch into the oven, thinks of idea to ride the duck across the river

What does it reveal about Ashputtel that she only asks for a twig from her father?

She is humble and not greedy

Which tree in "Ash" represents wisdom and guidance?

Hazel Tree

Which tree in "Ash" represents womanhood and transformation?

Pear Tree

In "LRC," the option of the path vs the forest symbolizes what?

Childhood choices vs adulthood choices

In "Snow White," the triple goddess archetype (maiden, mother, crone) is represented by what three colors?

White (Snow), red (mother), and black (evil queen)

The drawfs in "Snow White" can be characterized as

compassionate and caring, asexual, and pre-oedipal

What is syzygy?

The union of the anima and animus

What do you need to study in addition to these cards?

The "H&G" hero's journey chart

Characters involved in this quote: "Open your eyes and see!"

Wolf and Red Cap

Characters involved in this quote: "They warned her once more to be on her guard and open the door for no one"

Drawfs to Snow White

Characters involved in this quote: "The lovely, mysterious girl jumped into the dovecote"

Prince about Ashputtel

Characters involved in this quote: "Stop your nibbling, little rat"

The witch to Hansel and Gretel

What does the glass coffin represent?

Prevention and transformation