Archetypes in Raising Arizona
In the movie "Raising Arizona" a lot of Archetypes (a pattern consisting on literary elements found in all literature regards) are used throughout. Ethan and Joel Coen turned a serious subject like kidnapping, into a hysterical comedy. The use of archetypes are strong, the movie is basically one big archetype. The uses are archetypes are found withinthe language, plot, and character. When looking at the different archetypes they all seemed to fall under the category of characters. The three characters that are the strongest points of archetypes are Linard Smalls, Nathan Arizona, and H.I. McDonnough. Linard Smalls has a rough edge to him. He is the evil guy of the story, or the biker "of the apocalypse." The outfit he wears is tired and worn. It contains furs and leathers off all sorts of animals, and a hawk skull is worn around his neck. Al
they call." This evil bad guy is willing to turn good for a small price of fifty-thousand dollars. If Nathan Arizona wont pay, someone in the black market will. in the end Linard is killed by one of his own grenades. He lead to his own death. Nathan (Huffhinds) Arizona is a funny character. Even while his son is missing "business is as usual at Unfinished Arizona." While he is being interviewed in the beginning he isn't even sure of which of his children where taken. When asked which child was taken his responds was "Nathan Jr. I think." All through the movie it seems that all Nathan is concerned about is his business. When Linard offers to help he refuses his help and threatens him with the cops. There are many other archetypes in the movie. The Sun was setting in the ong with the worn outfit he wears a layer of caked on dirt and debris that tell of where
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