What Is A Dark Forest Archetype
Dark forests are an archetype because of the multiple times they appear in literature and what it symbolizes when they do. Usually, when a dark forest is introduced in literature, the forest symbolizes death or danger. In both The Hobbit and in “Hansel and Gretel”, the protagonists are lost in a dark forest and are almost killed and eaten. Also, when characters encounter a dark forest it usually foreshadows something bad happening in the future. For example, in “Hansel and Gretel”, Hansel and Gretel are brought into a forest by their father, they then come across a witch’s house. The witch then attempts to eat Hansel and Gretel and that is definitely bad. Additionally, dark forests are always appearing throughout literature. Dark forests appear