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The male qualities as encountered by the female character - the inverse relation to Anima.

A balanced self - and Hero - contains the masculine and feminine drives. The female Hero must encounter and integrate the masculine traits of courage, leadership, strength.

The female Archetype as encountered by the male character - the inverse relation to Animus.

A balanced self - and Hero - contains the masculine and feminine drives. The qualities that the male must integrate to mature that have a female quality are those like sensitivity, wisdom, empathy and care. The Anima is typically a sexual figure - the male character can learn about the female qualities by encountering the Goddess, but to integrate them fully he must have a sexual (or sexualised) encounter.

A way of thinking about psychology that uses a system of archetypes (Hero, Shadow, Goddess, Wise Old Man, Animus, Anima, Trickster, Shapeshifter) to articulate how an individual psychology encounters situations and integrates archetypal influences to become whole.

The male figure who provides guidance, wisdom or advice - the Mentor Figure. The Hero must integrate the teachings of the father figure in order to balance his personality and succeed in the story.

Also seen the figures of God, The Prophet, The Wizard, The Healer.

Can appear in the script as a father, brother, teacher, preacher, doctor, psychologist (Good Will Hunting) coach and literally the wise old man (Yoda in Star Wars).

Also note there can be a Dark Mentor - Star Wars has Darth Vader (Dark Father) who wishes to mentor his son and indoctrinate him to the 'Dark Side'.

(Jungian Archetype) The 'good mother', the collective Universal mother who is comforting, gentle and kind.
Also talked about as: Earth Mother, Fertitlity Goddess, Mother Nature, Madonna, The Fairy God Mother. When the hero encounters The Goddess he integrates emotional strength, intuitive wisdom and sensitivity (the function of Galadrial in Lord of the Rings).

The mythological hero is the symbol of the self - the central archetype in Jungian terms.

There are various types of Jungian hero:

- The Dark Hero
- Vigilante Hero
- Outlaw Hero
- Trickster Hero
- Meek Hero

The Hero public face - The Persona - is mirrored with the the repressed alter-ego The Shadow. The Hero must encounter the Shadow and integrate it to become whole.

The protagonist is the prime-mover of the story, the one who drives the story forward to it's conclusion.

Note that the Protagonist doesn't always coincide with the Main Character. For instance in a Fish Out of Water story the Main Character steps into a pre-existing story with it's own Protagonist.

Also in Multi-strand Narratives each story fragment may have it's own protagonist - there may not be one overall protagonist. In these style of movies the key articulating idea for the movie might be a theme or a corporate body (such as a town) rather than a individual.

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