Class Notes 10/1

*Film - Jim Henson's The Storyteller
-Archetypes of Hans my Hedgehog
"Story that starts with hello and ends with goodbye."

1. East of the Sun, West of the Moon

2. Beauty and the Beast

3. Rash Promises
-Book of Judges, Jephthah's Daughter
-sacrificial child

4. the number 3
-3 nights to keep her promise
-3 iron shoes

5. Passing of Property from one male to another

6. Demeter and Persephone

7. Husband and wife who cannot have a child (Hebrew Bible miracle birth)

8. Monster Baby (black sheep)
- Jung's archetype of the shadow
- getting in touch with the inner monster

*Language Formulas
- oral stories are composed through repetitive phrases
- willing suspension of disbelief - how far are we willing to go?

*Canterbury Tales - Wife of Bath
- reversal of the beast role to the woman