Creative Writing:Character Archetypes of theSeven Deadly Sins

By Rebecca Hartley-Wright

This EBook is a handy creative writing guide including:
*A brief history of the seven deadly sins.
*A short explanation of character archetypes and how to use them.
*A set of useable archetypes to inspire the creation of new characters.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Rebecca Hartley-Wright
• Release date: Sep 13, 2012
• ISBN: 9781301357574

Rebecca Hartley-Wright

Rebecca Hartley-Wright has been a reader and writer of poetry and prose since early childhood. Most of the themes she deals with focus on society, emotions, sex and relationships (although the odd randoms pop up every now and again). Having graduated as a mature student from University with a BA (hons) degree in creative writing,her subject specialism lays in the area of characterisation. One of her future aims is to promote reading and writing for all and encourage people to use literary creativity as a form of self-expression and enlightenment.

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Introduction

Some of the most highly regarded works of literature in the history of the western world, such as The Canterbury Tales, (Geoffrey Chaucer, 1343-1400), The Fairie Queen, (Edmund Spenser, 1552-1599), Paradise Lost, (John Milton, 1608-1674) and The Divine Comedy (Alighieri Dante, 1265-1321), contained themes relating to sin and virtue in respect of both society and human nature. Amongst these literary masterpieces, there are clear portrayals of character that lend themselves directly to the seven deadly sins.

In consideration of the above, this book aims to describe some of the main personality traits associated to each of the seven deadly sins. These are intended to allow the creative writer to build multi-faceted archetypal characters for use within their own work.

The following pages begin with a brief history of the seven deadly sins and advice of how to develop new characters. Following this, there are a set of useable archetypes for each sin that will help provoke and inspire the creative writing process.

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A Brief History of the Seven Deadly Sins

In the Bible, there is frequent individual reference made to sin. However, it was not

Reviews for Creative Writing:Character Archetypes of theSeven Deadly Sins

[ladylazarus18 · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

Great overview of the sins!