Archetype-LibNeg
Jung, an Iceland occupant, made a generalization about if you had never heard, seen, or read about a snake yet you had dreamed of one, it comes from a the collective unconsciousness. We all share this because we are one of the human race and the snake, for example, is universal. Ego, persona, anima, shadow, and archetype make up the human. The deeper you go, the more you are leaving the human mind and entering biology. Jung came to this idea from studying mythology and the evolution of the world while developing the receptive concept of collective unconscious. Jung was often ostracized by acedemic establishment because his ideas were not exact, but indeed parallel to his society.
"Call me Ishmael," the opening sentence in the novel Moby Dick, may not literally be who he is but this is how he feels as a person. As a Biblical reference, Ishmael is referred to as a "wanderer," or perhaps "inexperienced." Ishmael has an urge to set out to sea with no experience. Ishmael boards the Pequod, looking for something missing while his is on for the ride. Another obvious archetype is not of Ishmael, but a "negative photo" of the character Queequeg. When Ishmael first meets Queequeg, he is biased, especially coming from the background of a schoolteacher, christain, and conservative. Ishmael portrays anyone who looks, speaks, and acts as Queequeg as corrupt. Although, Ishmael soon learns that "corrupt" is not who Queequeg IS.
Libby Negron
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Jung was not from Iceland.
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