Abstract
Movies are the visual- auditory symbolic narrative that explains the living reality of people. Films employ Carl Jung’s concept of archetypes-prototypical characters. This research provides an insight about the theory of archetype based on the assumption that archetypes resides deep inside human mind. The researcher proposes that the Malayalam film industry in India showcases the western concept of archetype using the movie Urumi as a case study. For this study, different clips are taken from the movie to represent six essential archetypes, namely, Hero, Anima, Animus, Mentor (sage), Shadow, and Trickster. The psychoanalysis of this movie carried out in this paper provides evidence for the existence of all six essential archetypes identified by Carl Jung. Thus this article will be a fruitful resource for future research in the field of psychoanalysis of movies.
Highlights
The mass media has gone through various development and refinement in past centuries
Jung suggest that, all human beings share a deep level of unconscious mind universally which is hidden beneath the personal psyche [16]
3 Objectives The researcher through this study aims to identify and analyze portrayal of Carl Jung’s six archetypes in the Malayalam film Urumi
Summary
The mass media has gone through various development and refinement in past centuries. The phenomena of using the examples of movies and other mass media in ordinary life, points to the existing internal psychological forces that allows people to connect with these commonly shared metaphors and analogies. Archetypes were defined as the components of collective unconsciousness which is an inborn tendency acquired in the unconscious mind They exist in psych and prepare individuals to deal with life experiences psychologically that are common for everyone [22]. The heroic myth by Joseph Campbell is influenced by the archetypal situation of Jung This was later shortened by Christopher Vogler and is present in Indiana Jones than in any other movies. The story set in 16th century is connected to the contemporary world through the predecessor of Kelu Nayannar and his mirror reflection Krishna Das in the 21st century
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