- Archetypal name
Archetypal names are
proper name s of real, mythological, or fictional characters that have become designations forarchetype s of certain personal traits.Archetypal names are a
literary device used to allude to a certain traits of acharacter or a plot.Literary critic
Egil Törnqvist mentions possible risks in choosing certain names for literary characters. For example, if a person is named Abraham, it is unclear whether the reader is hinted of thebiblical orAbraham Lincoln , and only the context provides the proper understanding.Egil Törnqvist (2004) "Eugene O'Neill : A Playwright's Theatre", ISBN 0786417137, [http://books.google.com/books?id=g1whggReJx4C&pg=PA107&lpg=PA107&dq=%22Personal+Names+and+Words+of+Address%22&source=web&ots=uilXxO138R&sig=VbK2qd0J7N94aN0GwQuOhbwIIks&hl=en#PPA109,M1 Chapter 8: "Personal Names and Words of Address] " ]Archetypal names for persons
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Bruce , a male hairdresser or interior designercitation |url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1005441,00.html?promoid=googlep |first=B. |last=Handy |coauthors=Sweeny, G. |title=The Summer of Bruce |date=2003-08-18 |publisher=Time Magazine |accessdate=2008-03-10]
*Destiny , potential future [citation |url=http://books.google.com/books?id=trOCpekqjpIC&pg=PA406&lpg=PA406&dq=archetypal+name+-wiki&source=web&ots=4Lh5bNpNLK&sig=wUuZCKco-AqEC3ztjMIEwmtFCNM&hl=en |pages=406 |title=The mythological unconscious |first=M.V. |last=Adams |location=New York |publisher=Karnac Books |year=2001 |isbn=1892746964 |accessdate=2008-03-10]
*Nanook , an Eskimo [cite web |url=http://www.arf.ru/Notes/Apostro/ysnow.html |title=Don't Eat The Yellow Snow |publisher=arf.ru |accessdate=2008-03-10]
*Tex , a cowboy
*Hanako , an archetypal Japanese name for girls. [Takeda Hiroko (2004) "The Political Economy of Reproduction in Japan", ISBN 0415321905 ]Archetypal names for groups
A name may also be an identifier of a
social group , anethnicity ,nationality , orgeographical locality .Some of the names below may also be used as ethnic slurs.
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Irishmen :Paddy , fromSaint Patrick , the patron of IrelandReferences
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Stock character
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*List of eponyms
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