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Examples Of Archetype In The Bride Comes To Yellow Sky

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One archetype apparent in Stephen Crane's short story,"The Bride Comes to Yellow Sky", is the outcast. This particular archetype is represented through the drunken character, Scratchy Wilson. Although this character does not travel from place to place, his actions distance himself from the people of the Yellow Sky. Being the only one that can face Wilson on his shooting parade, Jack Potter confronts that he is not carrying a weapon nor is he player of past events, but is accompanied by his bride. Potter's announcement of his marriage ultimately alters his relationship with Wilson. Wilson's view, representing the mythic west, of masculinity in result of violence makes him a foreigner when accepting the idea of marriage, meaning that Potter is

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