The Middle Ages in Britain
The world of the late Middle Ages in Britain was dominated by an emphasis on faith and a romantic literary spirit. Britain was primarily trying to convert into Christianity. Various kings devoted themselves and converted into Christians. This is where they devoted everything to their church. Even though people were converting they still held on to their Pagan beliefs. Romance was often over exaggerated. The heorine is the most beautiful women in the world. The lady usually has blonde hair, pale skin, rosy cheeks or green or grey eyes. |
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Depth Psychology: The Basis for Archetypal Analysis This six weeks, we're going to do something different and try a psychological approach to movies and stories called "Archetypal Analysis." Or in other words literature. This involves looking for symbols in works that transcend culture and time.
For us to really understand archetypes we must understand the underlying theories of Sigmund Freud and Carl Jung regarding the collective unconscious. |
Archetypes of the Quest in Spongebob Squarepantsby Ben and Lupe
The story starts off with Spongebob wanting to be a manager at the Krusty Krab. But when he arrives at the ceremony where the new Krusty Krab 2 is opening he gets unexpected news that he won't be the new manager of the restaurant. Instead of him getting the promotion, Squidward get's it instead. Spongebob is depressed and is taking this moment pretty serious. He feels anger towards Mr. Krabs for not giving him the promotion. Plankton also the nemesis is tired of not being able to do anything with his life so he thinks of a diabolical plan. Going through all of his plans (A-Y) he doesn't seem to know he has one more plan. Known as "Plan Z." Pulling it out of his file cabinet he starts right away with his evil plan. With his plan going ahead, he steals King Neptune's crown and sells it to a "buyer" in Shell City. Mr. Krabs not knowing about this is the one who supposedly stole it. And Plankton pretending to be the buyer gives Mr. Krabs a call thanking him for selling him the crown. At the same time King Neptune is hearing this phone call and is getting agitated by the second. At the end of the phone call Neptune loses it and is about to kill Mr. Krabs for doing something he didn't do. But at the last moment Spongebob comes in and he seems he's gonna save Mr. Krabs. But instead he talks bad about him because he didn't get the promotion. After hearing enough King Neptune is about to kill Krabs again but Spongebob has a change in heart at the last second. So Spongebob and Neptune make a deal. For Spongebob to go and get the crown back. But of course Patrick, his loyal companion comes in and makes it worse and makes Spongebob have less time to retrieve the crown. When Spongebob and Patrick are going to start the quest King Neptunes daughter Mindy, the herald, advises them how the perilous journey is going to be. They'll encounter everything they can imagine before they reach Shell City. After hearing everything Mindy gives them a magical weapon to aid them. A bag of winds. Soon Spongebob and Patrick are off as their first trial. As they are going to Shell City, they stop at a white line. A boundary from the good side and evil side. As soon as they pass over they get their car stolen from some thug. Because of this they are forced to walk a far distance. After walking from some time they are passing by a bar and they see their car in a parking lot. They check it to see if the key is in there but of course its not. So they decide to go inside the bar to find it. After looking they find the guy who took the car and spot the key in his backside. Needing to get the key they try to devise a plan to get it back. After some thinking they come up with a plan but it's not very good. So they both end in the restroom and then they find a soap dispenser. Knowing they're kids they play with the dispenser because it makes bubbles. But one of the bubbles gets out of the restroom and flies into the bar area. And the head manager yells and asks in a harsh tone, "who blew this bubble?" So he orders every one in the bar to stand in a line so he can weed them out with the goofy goober theme song because a "baby" can't stand not singing it. After the DJ starts playing it, it becomes harder and harder for Patrick and Spongebob to not sing it. When they're about to burst out singing, some other person bursts out and huge fights breaks out. Managing to get out of the bar Patrick shows Spongebob the key and they soon leave again. Again they are driving for some time and they are pretty much in the wilderness. Then out of nowhere they both see a sign that says ice cream. Being kids they stop so they can get some because it's free. When Spongebob get's to the booth it's an old lady giving it away. When he reaches for it, the glass is all sticky and his hands get stuck to it. Soon the lady transforms into an ugly creature of nightmare. He then runs back to the car and they are driving as fast as they possibly can to get away from the creature. Soon the road runs out and leads to a big trench. At the last second Spongebob and Patrick jump out of the car but the creature continues on and swallows the car but is in the air over the trench. And out of nowhere an even bigger creature comes out of the trench and swallows the car and the creature Spongebob and Patrick were running from. This was there second trial. Still in awe from what they saw they soon begin to question what they are doing. But Mindy comes to them and shows them how Bikini Bottom is changing because of Plankton. So she encourages them to keep going to get the crown. Thinking of how to get through the trench, they decide to go through it. There are a flight of stairs that lead down to the bottom of it and of course this is what they take. When they finally reach the bottom they encounter monsters. But Spongebob and Patrick do some tricks that involves clapping and soon the monster are cheering for them and Spongebob and Patrick walk out of the trench unharmed. Ending the third trial. Soon they are close to Shell City. But then they encounter the Devil Figure and the Boon Guardian Dennis the Assassin. He tells Spongebob and Patrick Plankton hired him to kill them. As soon as they are about to be killed the other Boon Guardian comes in and steps on Dennis. Spongebob and Patrick are shocked to see what happened. But then the cyclops starts chasing Spongebob and Patrick and they are captured. The cyclops takes them to the center of the Abyss. Shell City. He then puts them on a table under a lamp to dry them out and basically kill them. Now knowing they're at Shell City Patrick comes across the sign that says shell city soon spot the boon. Neptunes crown. Then they start to realize they did it. They got all the way to shell city even with all the doubt. They start to cry and sing the Goofy Goober Theme Song with their last seconds of life. At the end, a tear from both Spongebob and Patrick fall down and combine to form an even bigger one. This tear then falls down the table and goes onto the cord of the lamp and goes to the socket. It then short circuits and creates a cloud of smoke. The smoke rises to the ceiling where the sprinklers are and causes them to go off. Thus reviving Spongebob and Patrick. The cyclops then comes back into the room to see whats going on. Astonishing the sprinklers revive all of the sea creatures the cyclops took from the sea and gang up to beat up the cyclops. While he is getting beaten Spongebob and Patrick get the crown and leave shell city. After getting out of there they find a beach and run to it. Not knowing what to do they remember they had a magical weapon Mindy had given them. Patrick pulls it out and yanks the string that's holding the wind inside. While he did that, spongebob was reading the directions to see what to do. But Patrick made a big mistake and let go of the bag. Out of options they didn't know what to do. But out of nowhere a friendly beast came to aid Spongebob and Patrick. He said he would take them back to Bikini Bottom. Spongebob then questioned him saying, "where's your boat?" But the friendly beast just laughed and soon spongebob and patrick were on his back while he was swimming. On the way back to Bikini Bottom everything seemed to be fine but Dennis miraculously survived the step from the cyclops and boarded the beast. He was there to finish what he started. Patrick and Spongebob started running around trying to avoid Dennis. And when it seemed like it was the end of spongebob, Hasselhoff went under a boat and knocked Dennis off. Soon they arrived to the little island above Bikini Bottom. Knowing it was too slow to safely float down, Hasselhoff put Spongebob and Patrick between his pecks and shot them down like a cannon. Soon Spongebob being the hero quite frankly saved Bikini Bottom and maybe even the whole world from Plankton. |