Northrop Frye’s Archetypal Criticism

Siddharth G. Desai

M.A. Sem-02 Roll No.-07

Department of English Bhavnagar University

The Archetypes of The Quest

1.Rama’s quest for Sita

2.Savitri’s quest for Satyakam’s life

3.Christian’s quest for Salvation

4.Frankenstein’s quest for knowledge

5.Dr.Faustus’s quest for knowledge

The Archetypes ofWise old man

1.Bhishmapitamaha in “The Mahabharata”

2.Old man in “Dr.Faustus”

3.Tiresius in “Oedipus-The Rex”

The Archetypal image of

Foreboding scene

1.The Witches scene in “Macbeth”

2.The Ghost scene in “Hamlet”

Thank youDilip Sir