Archetype

An archetype is a universal symbolic pattern in a story,book, or movie. In the movie, Snow White and The Huntsman, a common archetype used is The Child. The Child archetype represents new beginnings, and that it is possible to regain paradise. In the movie, Snow White is trapped away for years and years after the new queen kills her husband. The Queen put the whole town in darkness. The Queen completely changed the way the whole region looked and even the way the people’s outlook on life. The people in the region thought the princess was dead but she wasn’t. The manages to escape out of her cell one day. On her quest she finds many new friends. Towards the end of the movie, she creates an army to conquer the Queen. The princess wanted to put the palace back in her control. She was the only one that was able to defeat the Queen. The Queen wanted the princesses soul since the princess is pure. Having the princesses soul would let her have eternal beauty. In the end, the princesses army defeats the Queens army. As soon as the princess kills the Queen, the whole village was taken out of darkness. A new beginning for the village arrives. Then, the princess continues her fathers reign.