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Archetypes In Linda Seger's Creating The Myth

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Growing up, we are spoon fed stories that are finger painted with universally recognized archetypes. Linda Seger in Creating the Myth, defines archetypes as characters that we see in every story (Seger 392). The most common way modern society gains access to archetypes is through film. The femme fatale archetype has been shown on the big screen since the 20th century. “She is as old as Eve, and as current as today’s movies, comic books and dime novels,” J. Place notable states (qtd. in Hansons and O’Rawe 1). The femme fatal is a deadly character that represents beauty, seduction, and mystery. In 1994, the iconic Mia Wallace emerged from Pulp Fiction’s multilayered plot, while 20 years later Serena Pemberton took down everyone in her way through

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