Essays about: "archetypal symbolism"
Found 3 essays containing the words archetypal symbolism.
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1. The Late Modern Hero’s Quest for Meaning : A case study on the psychological construction of meaning and play, ritualization, and, quests in video games in late modern Sweden
University essay from ReligionspsykologiAbstract : This essay focuses on two cases studies that include two game designers’ views of meaning-making construction in games and an analysis of their corresponding games. This isplaced in relation to the late modern Sweden context. READ MORE
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2. “A peaceful world is a boring world” : a study in narrative structure and mythological elements in Squaresoft‟s Chrono Trigger
University essay from Avdelningen för humanioraAbstract : The focuses of this paper are narrative structures and mythological elements in the video game Chrono Trigger. A qualitative method was used to code the game world's seven eras into themes of symbolism, quest-themes, and, characters. These themes were compared with Northrop Frye's archetypal myth theory from Anatomy of Criticism. READ MORE
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3. Thomas Hardy's Goddess: A Mythological Reading of "Tess of the d'Urbervilles"
University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för språk och litteraturerAbstract : This essay strives to make a re-definition of Thomas Hardy's classic heroine Tess, from "Tess of the d'Urbervilles", an archetypal example of a fallen woman. The fallen woman was a phenomenon of Victorian culture, a puritan way of keeping young girls from losing their morals, but Hardy's Tess is more than a warning example, she is a strong woman who is more reminiscent of the female divinities of Greek mythology. READ MORE
