In the Netflix Original Series “Stranger Things” it shows us how each archetypal character changes over time. The characters play a huge role in the show, the “Bad Boy”, the “Girl-Next-Door”, and the “Scattered Single-Mom” are characters I chose that ended up changing their Archetypal Criticism. In the beginning of the show the characters acted a specific way, different than what they ended up as. The reason why the director did this major change in the characters is so you can see how people can change over time and in real life and what can happen to others that can cause them a huge change. They wanted people to relate to the show but at the same time they wanted to astonish the viewers with fiction and scientific research. The “Bad Boy” (Steve Harrington) is played by Joe Keery, he reflects to the Archetypal Criticism changing because he has a …show more content…
For as she as well played a major role and changed a lot. She went from the hard working mom, who would provide for her kids, to the mom who lost her job and went nuts looking for her kid. While going insane looking for her son Will, she mainly forgot she had another son, jonathan. Who was going through some hard times as well missing his little brother. She blocked out anyone who told her to give up on her son will, and told her he was dead. Furthermore, she chose to ignore the fact that her eldest son was there for her and going through the same problems as her, because her main focus was on her little boy, Will. Overall Archetypal Criticism is a big part in the show, it changes the characters little by little. They all have a major change with affects them all in a way. The changes helps the characters find themselves in the show and becoming to what they really are. They all end up in a good way, from what they started as to the end of it. The director does a really good job in changing the characters so fast in the