Devil Figures What is the devil figure archetype

Devil Figures

What is the devil figure archetype in a story? Definition: The devil figure represents a devil incarnate. They often offer worldly goods, fame, and knowledge in exchange for souls. The figure's main purpose is to distract or manipulate the hero's objective.

Traits/Criteria • • Manipulative Trickster Incarnate Evil

Hades manipulative Evil

Hades

Hades Exchanging Souls Hercules: "you like making deals, take me in megs place" Hades: "hmm. . . the son of my hated rival trapped forever in a river of death. . . If you get her out, she goes, you stay" Goal 1)Disrupt Hercules's Heros journey 2) Gain power of the world

The Wolf in LRRH Trickster s. Sly

LRRH Wolfe description • • • "The wolf ran as fast as he could on the shorter path, and the little girl continued. . . along the longer path" (Perrault 12). ". . . the wicked wolf threw himself on [LRRD] and gobbled her up" (Perrault 13). "Little Red Cap had no idea what a wicked beast he was. . . " (Grimm 14).

Mr. Hyde

The Description -Controlling -Manipulative -Pure Evil "O my poor old Harry Jekyll, if ever I read Satan's signature upon a face, it is on that of your new friend. " http: //www. shmoop. com/jekyll-and -hyde/religion-quotes. html

J O K E R The Death Of The Family

Joker In Comics -Manipulative -Trickster -intelligent criminal -cheated death many times The Killing Joke series.

Joker Cont. . . " If I weren't crazy, I'd be insane!" - Batman: Dark Detective "Kid, I'm the Joker. I don't just randomly kill people. I kill people when it's funny. "Batman #686 (2009) - distract batman from his duties -kill people to make batman fail Joker Asylum series

closing question What Devil Characteristics do you have?

Work cited Pictures • • • bslcrane. blogspot. com www. fanpop. com www. thecampuscompanion. com hfboards. hockeysfuture. com http: //www. comicbookmovie. com/fansites/rorschachsrants/news/? a=70956 http: //www. ugo. com/the-goods/the-best-batman-comics-the-killing-joke http: //ifanboy. com/reviews/jokers-asylum-the-joker-1 -2/http: //students. ou. edu/J/Curtis. N. Johnston 1/Little. Red. Riding. Hood. Retold. html http: //fc 06. deviantart. net/fs 71/f/2012/169/7/0/mr_hyde_by_starmooncow-d 53 y 05 n. jpg http: //victorianage. files. wordpress. com/2010/01/dr-jekyll-and-mr-hyde 1. jpg