Archetypes:
In the movie "Letters to Juliet", Sophie the main character is our hero. She travels to the city of Verona, and comes across a group of volunteers who respond to letters to Juliet seeking advice about love. She finds a letter dated 1951 that has never been responded to, from a girl named Claire. She's inspired by this letter and insists she response to it, because she believes Claire deserves an answer. When Claire receives the letter she takes the advice of Sophie and she travels to Italy in search for her long-lost lover. When Sophie meets Claire she then makes it her quest to help Claire find her love of her life, Lorenzo. This shows us the heroic characteristics Sophie has. Although, Sophie isn't a prince charming or on a quest to find love for herself she posses some of the qualities as a hero as lover. Love is her pure motive for this quest she going on, because she believes in true love and destiny and wants Claire to find her Romeo. This struggle to find Claire's love becomes very important to her as she starts to see what the true meaning of love is, and unintentional falls in love with Charlie, Claire's grandson.
Symbolic Archetypes:
Stars- Stars are said to give guidance and although the stars never pointed them in the direction of Lorenzo, it gave them the guidance of hope.
Light- it's always very light and sunny when they are in search for Lorenzo representing hope.
Circle- In the movie Sophie draws a circle to outline the places on the map, they most likely will be able to find Lorenzo. This circle represents two, which further shows the love between two people, that was never lost, like a circle always going round never ending even after 50 years.
Great summary! Remember that your audience may not have seen the film and you really need to make sure your discussion of the archetypes is detailed!
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