SuckerPunch Archetype Analysis

          This movie trailer exhibits many archetypes. The first one I noticed was the colors. It is very dark and there is a lot of the color black. Which represents chaos, mystery,evil and death. This could be a representation of what the mian character is going through. At the begining of the trailer she talks about losing the people she loves, then she is put in a facility called the Lennox House that seems to be a psych ward for girls she is not happy to be there. She wants to be free, and she creates a alternate world that wil help her do this. In this world there is also a lot of darkness but there is lots of fire, which represents the ability to transform, love, life, health, control. These could be the things she is searching for in her life and this other world she transports herself into could be helping her find this.  It is explained that the main character has to go on a journey to find five items. She takes the role of the hero in this movie with what it seems to be a group of loyal retainers, who are other girls in the house. The main character can be described as a proto-feminist hero, she could also be a transcendent hero, who went through a tragedy who has to realize something about herself and change by going into this other world. She also seems to be a hero as a warrior trying to defeat the enemies that exhist in this world.

        She is going on a quest that she has to find five items as well as her own identity. These five items are symbolic archetypes that connect to her life in some way. The first one she has to find is a map, then fire, then a knife, then a key, and the last one is a mystery. The map could represent the journey she has to go on to find her freedom and identity, the fire represents the ability to transform herself and her life into how she wants it to be. The knife represents power and it is silver which represents wealth, which doesnt nessacarily mean money but it could be wealth in other things such as; knowledge happiness, friendship, love. The key could represent unlocking things she never knew before which could help her find what she is looking for by going on this journey. The last item is said to be a mystery which could represent the unknown of where she is going in life and what is going to happen to her. 

           Also she seems to have some guides that help her throughout her journey. One is a women who seems to be a teacher at the Lennox House that she is staying at. She is a mentor who gives her an idea to create her own alternate world that wil help her escape from this place that she does not belong in. Another one that she has is a man who is a part of her alternate world that seems to be fighting with her and gives her advice throughout the whole trailer. He could also be a mentor that serves as a father figure, since she does not seem to have one anymore. He could be the strange wise being as a mentor that the hero needs. The journey also could have the characteristics of the journey that she must go on a journey, learn a lesson, change in someway, and return home. We know that the hero is searching for freedom and her identity but we are not sure yet in what way she changes or if she returns home. It is a strong possibility.