He tries to save the others, and here Golding plays upon the Christian myth, which is parodied and reinterpreted as a new myth of mankind – under 3.2. Of all the boys, it is only Simon who realizes the truth about the beast. Chapter 3: Salvation – a personal affair, speaks about the children’s attempt to find out the nature of the beast and to protect themselves from it – 3.1.
Both aspects discussed in this chapter have as background a state of conflict: exterior conflict between the two leaders and also Ralph’s and Jack’s interior conflict due to their social role. Conch and conflict, and of their attitude regarding the image of the leader, which they try to embody- 2.2. I am comparing the two leaders of the boys, Ralph and Jack, in terms of their legitimacy – 2.1. Chapter 2: Leadership and personal development, is centred on the notion of leadership as ambiance for individuation and inflation.
Through the archetype of the Self, this theory provides answers to the following questions raised by Golding’s narrative: what does the novel symbolize? What is human nature like? Where does evil originate? Is man capable of becoming aware of his inner evil? If he does, how does he deal with this knowledge?Ĭhapter 1: The Framework explains the terms on which the analysis is based. I believe that Jungian archetypal criticism does. Lord of the Flies has been analyzed as a social, a political, a moral and a religious allegory, yet none of these interpretations seems to capture the larger significance of the novel. The Archetype of the Self in William Golding’s Lord of the Flies Abstract and short presentation
0 kommentar(er)
