Use Of Archetypes In Fairy Tale Classics Of Beauty And The Beast

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I have watched the Grimm's Fairy Tale Classics of Beauty and the Beast where I talk about the films use of archetypes. Maria I believe is the archetype of the innocent because she was happy with not getting anything at all from her fathers trip to the market. The father is to possibly be the archetype of the caregiver because he wants to get his daughter Maria a present. The father also wants to protect her from the beast after he stole from the beast by giving up his life. The beast is the archetype is the lover because he just wants someone to love him and marry him. I want to say that this fairy tell complicates archetypal because at the start of the story the beast appears to be the evil villain or the bad guy but we later learn that

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