An Archetypal Analysis Of Carrie Underwood's Before He Cheats

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Anger Can Be Consuming: An Archetypal Analysis of Carrie Underwood’s “Before He Cheats”
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Background with glass shattered, flames in the air, walls collapsing, carved her name in his leather seats, Louisville slugger to both headlights and slashed a hole in all four tires . She thinks that going thru with her actions will help the next girl so he knows. We can imagine going thru with certain actions but we can’t in reality vandalize someone’s property we would get in trouble. Might a saved a little trouble for the next girl. Her way of coping through expressing her emotions and anger towards him cheating, Explain betrayal and how it connects with Underwoods lyrics.



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Every narrative has a protagonist that has a positive realization in certain circumstances; for example, the boyfriend/husband that has constituted a tragic flaw by destroying his relationship …show more content…

She realizes early on that her boyfriend could potentially be cheating on her with another female that he met at the bar. She illustrates how the woman looks in her mind that her romantic partner is having an affair with. By going through with her actions and carving her name into his leather seats she is making a statement by saying that hopefully he’ll think about how he acted and having experience this altercation will make him realize how he affected her life. She is hoping to help the next girl that her ex may get in a relationship with and to possibly warn future girls that he isn’t loyal and to be careful when getting involved with him. In reality she is the only one that is being saved all the trouble is herself because, she isn’t involved in a relationship anymore and she now knows that the next girl he’ll cheat on it won’t be her. According to Northrop Frye’s article on the Archetypes ( betrayal) (repeative)

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