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CLAIM: The best archetypal fit for Crystal the Wise is "The Outlaw." 

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CLAIM: The best archetypal fit for Crystal the Wise is "The Outlaw." 

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REASON 1: Outlaws are usually virtuous but have the potential to be criminal, just like Crystal. 

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REASON 1: Outlaws are usually virtuous but have the potential to be criminal, just like Crystal. 

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First of all, Crystal is a tutor, which is a pretty virtuous job. She helps others learn for a living. In addition, she clearly has virtue in the way that she protects her children and puts their needs first by ensuring they have the crown. However, her virtue is tested by means of committing criminal acts, like lying and seducing the Prince to gain is power and end his reign. The 2 sides of Crystal fit the archetype of Outlaw perfectly.

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Reason 2: The Outlaw fits Crystal the Wise best because she is clearly independent and owes nobody any favors. 

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Reason 2: The Outlaw fits Crystal the Wise best because she is clearly independent and owes nobody any favors. 

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This can be seen when Crystal the Wise decides to slap the Prince right from the start as she witnesses his offensive behavior. She clearly does not condone his behavior and makes it clear, even as a young woman and new wife! She puts herself in potential danger to stand up for herself. Would a damsel in distress do that?! Definitely not! Would a hero act in such rash ways? I don't think so...

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COUNTER & REBUTTAL: While some may argue that Crystal is more of a trickster because she tricks the Prince into marrying her several times, she is missing the comedic element most tricksters have.

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COUNTER & REBUTTAL: While some may argue that Crystal is more of a trickster because she tricks the Prince into marrying her several times, she is missing the comedic element most tricksters have.

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Throughout the story, her character isn't really funny or entertaining, just pointed and calculated. Other people don't laugh at her tricks and she is too isolated to serve as true entertainment for a group, like when she's trekking through mountains forever or shut in the cellar. Is she a true trickster or is the Prince just really self-absorbed and gullible?

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Claim: Crystal best fits the archetype of "The Temptress" in this story

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Claim: Crystal best fits the archetype of "The Temptress" in this story

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CLAIM: The archetype that best correlates with Crystal the Wise's character is the "Damsel in Distress."

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CLAIM: The archetype that best correlates with Crystal the Wise's character is the "Damsel in Distress."

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Claim: The archetype that best fits Crystal is "the trickster"

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Claim: The archetype that best fits Crystal is "the trickster"

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Reason 1
I think that Crystal is a hero becasue she is trying to get revenge against someone who she thinks wronged her

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She seduces the prince when he runs to Paris and she follows him in order to get revenge.

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Reason 1: The damsel in distress archetype is usually someone who was kidnapped and the prince kidnapped Crystal and threw her in the cellar of the cabin in the woods. 

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Reason 1: The damsel in distress archetype is usually someone who was kidnapped and the prince kidnapped Crystal and threw her in the cellar of the cabin in the woods. 

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The prince kidnapped Crystal on the night of their wedding because she refused to apologize for something that she did years ago that was completely justifiable. Even though Crystal tried to stay strong and refused to apologize, the prince was physically stronger than her which is why he was able to throw her down the trap door into the cellar. The prince's physical ability over her made her vulnerable to him.

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Claim: Crystal the Wise best fits the archetype of the Hero

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Claim: Crystal the Wise best fits the archetype of the Hero

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Claim: Crystal best fits the archetype of "The Hero" in this myth.

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The hero is the best archetype to fit Crystal because when you think about the hero archetype you think about overcoming evil. In this myth, the villain is the prince, and throughout the myth all of her actions are in spite of the prince, starting with the slap, and ending with revealing that the love of his life has been her the whole time.

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Reason 2: The damsel in distress archetype is usually someone who is trapped just like Crystal is trapped in her marriage with the prince. 

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Reason 2: The damsel in distress archetype is usually someone who is trapped just like Crystal is trapped in her marriage with the prince. 

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Crystal didn't really love the prince from the start and only married him for his title of prince and because her father was in support of it. Once married, despite him being a bad person, she was trapped with him because they were married and because in the public eye, they were a happy couple. This shows she is a damsel in distress because more often than not, damsels don't have a say in what goes on in their lives.

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Reason 2: Crystal tricks the Prince into thinking she's deceased 

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Reason 2: Crystal tricks the Prince into thinking she's deceased 

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"The servant told him Crystal had died of loneliness, so the prince had no choice but to go to his parents and tell them Crystal had perished."

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crystal tempts the people of this myth not only by looks but intelligence

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Crystal does not apologize for her actions. She stays true to what she believes is right.

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The hero archetype fits Crystal because she overcame evil. In this myth most of Crystal's actions are in spite of the prince who is the major villian in this myth.

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She tempts the prince along with the king with wealth and money as well as looks. The king admired Crystal because she came from a wealthy family and because she was an intelligent tutor.

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Crystal also gose throught "the journey." this is becuase she started out as a tutor for him, and later his wife. After this she is banished to a cell and escapes. Then she comes back and tricks the Price three different times.

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She temps the king by showing how intelligent she is when she teaches his daughter. This makes the king supportive of the marriage because he thinks highly of her.

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Crystal followed the Prince to Paris claiming to be someone else. By prentending to be the princess of Spain, she was able to tempt the Prince with Money and Land. This led to the Prince wanting to marry Crystal for the third time. I'd say that's pretty tempting.

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Crystal followed the Prince to Paris claiming to be someone else. By prentending to be the princess of Spain, she was able to tempt the Prince with Money and Land. This led to the Prince wanting to marry Crystal for the third time. I'd say that's pretty tempting.

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Reason 3: Tricks the Prince into making her kids the heirs

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Reason 3: Tricks the Prince into making her kids the heirs

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By definition the trickster tricks others to get them to do what she wants. Crystal, while in paris disguises herself and makes the prince fall in love with her. They then get married and have twins the true trick is when she convinces the prince to sign papers that declare her kids as the heirs to the throne. Her personal gain is that she is cemented as the mother of the future king/queen(depending on which kid takes the throne).

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Reason 1: She trick others such as the prince to later on get what she wants. 

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Reason 1: She trick others such as the prince to later on get what she wants. 

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Crystal escaped with a butter knife through a narrow opening successfully. She then realized she has to keep going back to keep the prince in the mindset that she is trapped and will eventually apologize to him. This in fact does not happen and she outsmarts him at his own game.

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Hero:
She didnt save anyone else besides herself. Her motive was selfish and she didnt do anything for the greater good, only to benefit herself.
Damsel:
She saved herself and she didnt need anyone else to help her.
Trickster:
Too impulsive with her decisions to be a trickster that plans everything out. Not smart enough to be a trickster.

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She's not a Damsel in Distress because she risks herself 

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She's not a Damsel in Distress because she risks herself 

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Crystal is a hero to her kids by getting them into the royal family. Going through all that she did for her kids emphasizes her selflessness and heroism.

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While some would say that Crystal does not fit the archetype of "the trickster" because she does not have the "comical" component that is common amongst tricksters. However, not all tricksters have/need a "comical" component. For instance in the Native American trickster story, the trickster does not have a comical component. This allows Crystal to be described as a trickster even without the comical component.

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Argument against hero: She didn't stand for what she believed in, she forgave the prince after he locked her in a cell and tried to cheat on her.

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Had her kids out of spite. We don't even know if she actually wanted kids.

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COUNTER & REBUTTAL:  While one may assume that Crystal more so fits into the role of the Hero as she can persevere against the adversity of the Prince, she does not do anything for any higher purpose.

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COUNTER & REBUTTAL:  While one may assume that Crystal more so fits into the role of the Hero as she can persevere against the adversity of the Prince, she does not do anything for any higher purpose.

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Crystal only escaped and tricked the Prince for herself rather then for the good of all as the the definition of the hero archetype the states. Her goals are strictly selfish, which is not a bad thing, but it's not an attribute of a hero. She is not even outwardly strong or brave as most heroes are depicted as. Just because Crystal is the protagonist of the myth, does not mean she is heroic.

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this main character of the story crystal draws a lot of parallels to the character Anansi from the book Anansi boys. the main character crystal tends to get what she wants from others using her wit and trickery. which is very similar to Anansis methods when he wants to accomplish something.

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Argument against hero: Just because Crystal technically went on a journey, doesn't mean it fits the archetype of "The Journey". This myth is a bit more complex than others, and doesn't have clear archetypes.

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People may say that Crystal is a trickster because she tricks the prince 3 times. She isn't a trickster because she didn't have her plan planned out until after she got tricked by the prince into the trapdoor room.

We see her as more of a mean individual at the beginning and isn't a trickster at the beginning because she is a smart tutor for the prince and princess. She doesn't trick the prince at the beginning by misbehaving, she just slaps him.

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Argument against trickster: Even though she tricks him, she doesn't do it for his downfall. In Paris, she tricks him so they can be together, because she genuinely wants to be with him. This is more fitting of a temptress than a trickster.