Examples Of Archetype In The Odyssey

A journey story is typically portraying a hero traveling from one place to another trying to reach their goal, either mentally or physically, or perhaps both. The theme became well known by the publication of The Odyssey, by Homer. Many authors are influenced by the archetypes from Homer’s work and often have a different interpretation of a journey based story. One of the most crucial archetypes is the protagonist need to have a major flaw. Mary Shelley, who is the author of Frankenstein uses the serious and tragic tone of Homer and developed a character that is clouded by his ambition, and lack self-actualization. Whereas Lewis Carroll who sampled Homer’s work of humor and simplicity to spawn, Alice’s Adventure in Wonderland, which is presented through the …show more content…
Victor Frankenstein, a scientist and a scholar from Geneva, whose ambition and ego powered his urge of reanimation. This is an act of playing God. Religiously speaking Frankenstein have committed a serious offense to the higher power. After experiencing some internal conflicts with his morals, Frankenstein recognized his heinous crime of impersonating a God. By being someone he is not, Frankenstein created a being who is similar to him, whose goal is only to focus on their own selfish ambition. Which in the creature’s case is to cause grievance on its creator. Frankenstein deeply wishes to destroy the fiend he bestowed life to, “My abhorrence of this fiend cannot be conceived. When I thought of him, I gnashed my teeth, my eyes became inflamed...” (Shelly,