Significance of Archetypes in Literature with Reference to Literary Criticism

Abstract

The paper presents such information that can help to illustrate the meanings and functions of literary devices like archetypes in which we have seen how their importance makes ideas clear and aimed in terms of using them as tools in criticism.  Motifs, symbols, images, and other tools are used to show that archetypes as things related thoroughly to human culture and elucidate the form and meaning of such psychological references to depict the standards away from genres that represent complex thoughts.  Literary criticism, as shown clearly, tries to emphasize on feelings, emotions, passions, and pleasure that could be isolated from the language of truth: it is science.  Archetypes are used as a system that talks about culture in relation to society and psychology; but it needs a quest in which we look for our identity and role in this universe.