Abstract

The archetype of the femme fatale character of Go Hye-ran, the heroine of the K-drama Misty, was analyzed by applying the Greek mythology archetype theory of the Jungian School of Bolen and the discussion of the femme fatale character in literature. A femme fatale is a female type that maximizes the negative aspects of the archetype of the goddess Aphrodite. Misty shows the tragedy that can happen when an goddess Aphrodite-archetypal woman rushes for her desire through the modern success-oriented femme fatale Go Hye-ran. She reproduces the archetype of femme fatale as a beautiful and menacing villainess, an unknown woman wrapped in a veil, and the incarnation of narcissistic desire. The femme fatale's counterpart is an immature and weak male type. Lee Jae-young is analyzed as the archetype of Ares, the goddess Aphrodite's lover, Myung-woo Ha as the archetype of Hephaestus, the husband chosen by Aphrodite, and Tae-wook Kang as the archetype of Apollo. Go Hye-ran can be said to be a true femme fatale in K-drama, which completed Misty as an archetypal drama by embodying femme fatale characters in myths and classics in a modern way.

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