Name one common symbol in literature and explain its significance
What is ____________
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When the hero is presented with a request to leave and complete a task or quest, we call this
What is The Call?
100
During The Initiation, our hero faces many challenges. Name 3 challenges Absalom faced while being initiated into Johannesburg?
Answers will vary.
100
A human whose death, often in a public ceremony, excuses some taint or sin that has been visited upon the community. This death often makes theme more powerful force to the hero.
What is the archetype? Who is this archetype in the novel?
What is The Scapegoat? Absalom.
200
A biblical allusion is
What is a reference to the bible?
200
The mountain that Stephen goes to at the end of the novel is symbolic of what?
What is an alter to God/resistance from temptation?
200
When the hero does NOT accept the task initially, we call this
What is The Refusal
200
What is the purpose of the challenges faced by the character during the initiation?
What is the trials serve as catalysts for inner change and may be steps in his training, preparing him for his eventual confrontation
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The character destined to become a wanderer who leaves the family or group; name who this archetype is represented by in the novel.
What is The Outcast; Gertrude.
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How is Stephen in the novel a biblical allusion?
What is Stephen in the bible was an apostle chosen to take care of the needy people; he is a holy man of God.
300
The birth of Absalom's child is symbolic of what?
What is a new beginning/rebirth?
300
What is the Tragic Event in the novel that alters Absalom's life?
What is Absalom is accused of murder and is later convicted?
300
When a character transforms physically or will die and be reborn as a new and better person, we call this
What is The Transformation?
300
The star-crossed lovers in the novel are ______.
What are Absalom and his wife.
400
How is John in the novel a biblical allusion?
What is John in the bible is like John in the novel in that they both are fiery personalities; John means "sons of thunder"
400
The drought in the novel is symbolic of
What is the broken tribe?
400
John in the novel is an example of what archetype?
What is The Shadow/The Other?
400
When the hero must go down into a hell or a hell-like atmosphere, we call this __________; name how this archetype fits into the novel.
What is The Descension into Hell; Absalom must accept that his son did commit a crime and must face his son's death.
400
This vulnerable woman must be rescued by the hero.
What is The Damsel in Distress?
500
How is Absalom in the novel a biblical allusion?
What is Absalom in the novel and in the bible both caused their families great strife due to their own selfishness; Absalom is ironic because it means peace, but in reality, both Absaloms caused a lot of problems for their families.
500
The water that is being re-plenished in the rivers due to Arthur Jarvis's efforts is symbolic of
What is the restoration of the tribe?
500
What is the purpose of the Shadow or the Other?
What is by meeting the other, the hero is forced to examine these aspects about himself, to face his fears, and this aids in his self-discovery.
500
When a hero is rewarded spiritually at the end of his journey, we call this
What is Apotheosis?
500
Name 3 Damsels in Distress in the novel and explain why they fit this archetype.
What is Sibeko's daughter, Gertrude, and Absalom's girlfriend?