Mythologies | Teaching Setting, Symbolism and Objects

Object Descriptions

This section provides a short description of all the major objects in the book. This can be printed out as a study guide for students, used as a "key" for leading a class discussion, or you can jump to the quiz/homework section to find worksheets that incorporate these descriptions into a variety of question formats.

Objects

Myths - These are shaped to give a particular, intended, and propagandistic message about the human experience.

Symbols - The components of words, images, ideas, are all symbols which, when combined, form a lesson, story, or explanation of human experience.

Archetypes - A title used to describe a universal human experience or position with a defining set of conditions. For example, "mother" is defined as a woman who has given birth and nurtures a child into adulthood.

Semiology - The study of what is combined to make statements--the analysis of how meaning is...
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