Compare the Archetypes of Unrequited Love and the Maiden Goddess in Great Expectations and Daphne and Apollo. What do Great Expectations and the myth of “Daphne and Apollo” have in common when comparing the archetypes of unrequited love and the maiden goddess? An archetype is a symbol or idea present in the collective unconscious of all humans. The collective Unconscious being the body of thought shared by all humans though not consciously. The Psychoanalyst Carl …showed first 75 words of 929 total…

…showed last 75 words of 929 total…had an unrequited love for Daphne. The novel Great expectations also have the two archetypes of maiden goddess and unrequited love. Estella was the maiden goddess in Great Expectations and Pip had an unrequited love for Estella. In both stories, the archetypes appear often. Many people have seen these archetypes appear in our society for centuries, and if people will not be so influential and weak hearted these archetypes will cease to exist. Brett Skyllingstad