Review Female Perspective Part 7 Carl Jung and the Lion King (Part 2)
I have actually piggybacked this lecture the same day as part one was so good. The symbolism and meaning behind such a simple thing are really enlightening, please check out part one here if you missed it:
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Carl Jung And The Lion King (Part 2) – A Personality Guide By Jordan B. Peterson
 Jordan B. Peterson is a well-known psychologist with a high level of objectivity and eloquence. He explains the animated movie Lion King in the light of findings by the most famous Carl Jung.
Key Points
 The animals in The Lion King reflect a variety of personality types. These personality types are patterns that form our perceptions of the world.
- Analysis of an animated character is challenging, especially because there is only so much information that can be gleaned from Simba’s actions and speech.
- Always look for the information that contradicts your cur viewpoint.
- If a person is put outside his domain of consciousness, he starts to see the world from the eye of fantasy.
- When you hit the border of knowledge, you start to think with fantasy.
 Summary
 Psychologist Carl Jung, the pioneer of analytical psychology, discovered that the personality types come from within the unconscious and are patterns that form our perceptions of the world. These types of patterns are referred to as “archetypes.” While these archetypes cannot be directly experienced, Jung explains that these archetypes can be culturally conditioned and embodied in images and symbols. Although archetypes are most commonly associated with humans, they can also be portrayed by fictional characters in movies and books. The animals in The Lion King reflect a variety of archetypal imagery and symbols that appear throughout the film.
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The story revolves around the life of a lion who has aspirations to become king but is duped by his uncle into stealing the kingdom away from him. The film chronicles the lion’s quest to discover his true identity and to ascend to the position of the rightful ruler of Pride Rock. Specifically, Jordan applies two archetypes to Simba, the film’s major protagonist. The first archetype is that of the warrior.
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The Warrior character is the most visible because of his willingness to battle for what he believes is his right to be treated fairly. The Orphan archetype is still there in Simba’s brain, although it isn’t as prominent as it was at the film’s beginning. The Warrior archetype has taken over, instilling a sense of stoicism in the newly matured lioness. Simba is the ideal figure to demonstrate the attributes of both The Warrior and The Orphan characters in the story. Considering that this is a children’s animated picture, the character did not have access to any “collective unconscious,” therefore violating Jung’s notion of “archetypes.”
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There might have been a variety of archetypes that Simba could have represented, even though archetypes can be fitted into various entities. On the other hand, Jordan utilized judgment to evaluate Simba’s personality and applied he best represented the archetypes that I believed. Given that Simba only develops to the extent that his creators like him to grow, rather than delve into Simba’s thoughts, he can only be evaluated on his surface level.
Jordan Peterson explained personality in a relation to mythology while considering all the characters of Lion King. To learn more visit 2017 Personality 08: Carl Jung and the Lion King (Part 2)a detailed lecture by Jordan B. Peterson.
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Well worth a watch, educational fun and honestly I don’t think I will ever look at Disney movies the same way. I actually don’t know if this is a good or bad thing, I don’t want to psychoanalyst Sleeping Beauty and Beauty and the Beast, but I now may have to.
Certainly eye-opening and well worth your time from Jordan Peterson.
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I hope you enjoyed my take and my rough notes from my Jordan Peterson experience. You can find links to the complete series here:
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