Archetypal Lens In The Story Of An Hour

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The archetypal lens plays a role as a critical lens in, The Story of an Hour, in many types of ways. When using the archetypal lens, a person needs to be in mind for a typical recurring image, character, narrative design, theme, or other literary phenomenon that has appeared in the literature from beginning and keeps reappearing. Some examples of when using the archetypal lens is hero, colors, quest, loner, scapegoat, etc.. In, The Story of an Hour, the archetypal lens is used in many ways, such as when the blue sky, spring and Mrs. Mallard is mentioned, as well as when Mrs. Mallard keeps repeating the words, “free free free.” Mrs. Mallard’s husband is thought to be dead, and since she has that thought in her mind she goes through many feelings

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