Archetypes

I’m going to list out the characters with what archetypes I think correspond to them, because 1) I just find it interesting, and 2) I might want to do something with this later, maybe for a project or something. Here they are:

Fone Bone: Hero; Unrequited Lover
Thorn: Hero; Warrior Maiden; Mother-figure; Noble (princess/queen); Innocent/Pure (at the beginning)
Phoney Bone: “That Guy”; Trickster; Criminal
Smiley Bone: Useless Sidekick; Stoner
Gran’ma Ben: Noble (queen)/Leader; Warrior Maiden; Mother-figure
Lucius: Bartender; Martyr (?); Warrior; Lover
Dragon: Sage; “Good Wizard”
Briar: Villain/Minion; Whore*
Lord of Locusts: Evil Incarnate/Villain
Old Master: “Good Wizard”; Jester
Tarsil: Knight Templar; Tragic Hero (to those loyal to him, anyway)
2 Stupid Rat Creatures: “That Guy”; Outcasts
Bartleby: Outcast; Innocent/Pure

There are probably more, but those are the most important, I think.

* I find the concept that Dan was talking about in class really interesting, of how Briar is the Whore who’s obsession and passion is for matters of the flesh, but she has no “flesh” of her own. It’s an interesting contradiction. I never really even considered her in this role until someone else mentioned it in class, but the evidence isn’t only in Lucius’s memories of her – when she (as the Hooded One) is talking to the Lord of Locusts, he tells her that “it is you we love,” (p. 503) and that she will remain his “eyes and hands,” (p. 763/501).