Mythology and Archetypes in Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird Of all the various approaches to criticism, the Mythological/Archetypal achieves the greatest impact over the entire literary scope, because the themes and patterns unearthed apply universally to all works, yielding results that can be applied to a great many texts. This is because the very nature of the Mythological/Archetypal approach is the exploration of the canon for widespread and pervading symbols, plots, and …showed first 75 words of 2449 total…

…showed last 75 words of 2449 total…information on the text at hand, the reader gains insights into all the other works of the literary canon. New connections, comparisons and contrasts can be fashioned where before there was no apparent connection. In Lee's novel, the three major sections of Archetypal criticism, characterization, symbolism, and plotting are handled with style and intelligence. To Kill A Mockingbird proves to be a novel rich in allusions to other characters, symbols, and plots in the literature