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Northrop Frye's Archetype of Literature

1)  What is Archetype Criticism? What does the archetypal critic do? In literary criticism the term archetype denotes recurrent designs, pattern of action, character type, themes and images which are identifiable in a wide variety of works of literature, as well as in myths, dreams and even social rituals. The Archetypal critic tries to find this pattern, symbol and myth in present literary work. 2) What is Frye trying prove by giving an analogy of 'physics to Nature' and 'criticism to Literature'? Frye compares the physics to nature by say that criticism as a science and Literature is subject  of science. He also say that , physics is an organized body of knowledge about nature "criticism to Literature" physics is a systematic and organized study of Nature.  He denotes spring to comedy because comedy is a birth, reveal and recognition for hero and spring season is also a kind of birth of a new season.  He compare summer to t