Read the excerpts from The Princess and the Goblin by George MacDonald and Rip Van Winkle by Washington Irving. Then, use the archetypes chart to answer the question.
The Princess and the Goblin by George MacDonald
"Well, Irene,” said Curdie, with a glance at the nurse which showed he enjoyed teasing her, "it’s very kind of you to let me call you anything. I like your name very much.”
He expected the nurse to interfere again; but he soon saw that she was too frightened to speak. She was staring at something a few yards before them, in the middle of the path, where it narrowed between rocks so that only one could pass at a time.
"It’s very much kinder of you to go out of your way to take us home,” said Irene.
"I’m not going out of my way yet,” said Curdie. "It’s on the other side those rocks the path turns off to my father’s.”
"You wouldn’t think of leaving us till we’re safe home, I’m sure,” gasped the nurse.
"Of course not,” said Curdie.
"You dear, good, kind Curdie! I’ll give you a kiss when we get home,” said the princess.
Rip Van Winkle by Washington Irving
The great error in Rip’s composition was an insuperable aversion to all kinds of profitable labour. It could not be for want of assiduity or perseverance; for he would sit on a wet rock, with a rod as long and heavy as a Tartar’s lance, and fish all day without a murmur, even though he should not be encouraged by a single nibble. . . . He would never refuse to assist a neighbour even in the roughest toil, and was a foremost man in all country frolics for husking Indian corn, or building stone fences; the women of the village, too, used to employ him to run their errands, and to do such little odd jobs as their less obliging husbands would not do for them. In a word, Rip was ready to attend to anybody’s business but his own; but as to doing family duty, and keeping his farm in order, he found it impossible.
What do both authors show about the everyman archetype in these excerpts?
Everyman characters are unable to care for themselves.
Everyman characters are helpful in times of need.
Everyman characters are surrounded by strangers.
Everyman characters are far from their homes