Twelve Archetypes (For Writers)
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Which of the twelve archetypes does your character embody? Is s/he a warrior? Ruler? Creator? Destroyer? Caregiver? The questions are answered on scales of 1 to 5:1 = Almost Never2 = Rarely3 = Sometimes4 = Usually5 = Almost Always
Questions and Answers
- 1.I collect information without making judgements.
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- 2.I feel disoriented by so much change in my life.
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- 3.The process of my own self-healing enables me to help heal others.
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- 4.I have let others down.
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- 5.I feel safe.
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- 6.I put fear aside and do what needs to be done.
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- 7.I put the needs of others before my own.
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- 8.I try to be authentic wherever I am.
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- 9.When life gets dull, I like to shake things up.
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- 10.I find satisfaction in caring for others.
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- 11.Others see me as fun.
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- 12.I feel sexy.
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- 13.I believe that people don't really mean to hurt each other.
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- 14.As a child, I was neglected or victimized.
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- 15.Giving makes me happier than recieving.
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- 16.I agree with the statement: "It is better to hav eloved and lost than never to have loved at all."
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- 17.I embrace life fully.
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- 18.I keep a sense of perspective by taking a long-range view.
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- 19.I am in the process of creating my own life.
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- 20.I believe there are many good ways to look at the same thing.
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- 21.I am no longer the person I thought I was.
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- 22.Life is one heartache after another.
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- 23.Spiritual help accounts for my effectiveness.
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- 24.I find it easier to do for others than to do for myself.
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- 25.I find fulfillment through relationships.
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- 26.People look to me for direction.
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- 27.I fear those in authority.
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- 28.I don't take rules too seriously.
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- 29.I like to help people connect with one another.
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- 30.I feel abandoned.
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- 31.I have times of high accomplishment that feel effortless to me.
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- 32.I have leadership qualities.
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- 33.I am searching for ways to improve myself.
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- 34.I can count on others to take care of me.
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- 35.I prefer to be in charge.
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- 36.I try to find truths behind illusions.
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- 37.Changing my inner thoughts changes my outer life.
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- 38.I develop resources, human or natural.
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- 39.I am willing to take personal risks in order to defend my beliefs.
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- 40.I can't sit back and let a wrong go by without challenging it.
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- 41.I strive for objectivity.
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- 42.My presence is often a catalyst for change.
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- 43.I enjoy making people laugh.
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- 44.I use discipline to achieve goals.
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- 45.I feel loving toward people in general.
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- 46.I am good at matching people's abilities with tasks to be done.
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- 47.It is essential for me to maintain my independence.
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- 48.I believe everyone and everything in the world are interconnected.
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- 49.The world is a safe place.
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- 50.People I've trusted have abandoned me.
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- 51.I am letting go of things that do not fit for me anymore.
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- 52.I do not live up to my expectations for myself.
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- 53.I have a sense that a better world awaits me somewhere.
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- 54.I assume that people I meet are trustworthy.
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- 55.I try to manage situations with the good of all in mind.
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- 56.The act of looking for something is as important to me as finding it.
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