Theory archetypes were first created by Carl Jung

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Jamal Al-Sarraf

Mrs. Finlay

English 11C

March, 05, 2002

                                         

         The theory archetypes were first created by Carl Jung, a Swiss psychologist. Carl Jung created his theory through Freud’s concept of the unconscious mind. Although Jung believed Freud’s theory, he also added that memories and other historical aspects of the person are what influenced their writings. Archetypes have been around ever since man learned the ability of speech. It is universal in every language on this Earth. Every story, every literary and every work of art is somehow related to archetypes. The archetype in this poem is the real-world and the super-natural world. Pope’s two poems that show the relationship between the real-world and the super-natural world are “The Dying Christian in his Soul” and “On a Certain Lady at Court”. These two poems clearly show how Pope relates the super-natural world to the real world through his excellent poetry.

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        “On a Certain Lady at Court” Jung’s theory does apply to this poem. Many literary works were written on the super-natural and the real world and how they relate to each other. For example, the speaker of this poem seems to be in a dream world, since Envy is personified as another thought or person. “(Envy, be silent and attend!)” (Pope, line 2) explains this.

                I know the thing that’s most uncommon

                (Envy, be silent, and attend!);

                I know a reasonable woman,

                Handsome and witty, yet a friend.

                Not warped by passion, awed by rumor.

                Not grave through ...

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