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archetypal character arcs the King's Shadow Artypes, the puppet and the tyrant.

Throughout the progression and the tyrant. Throughout the progression of the six archetypal character arcs that make up the human life cycle,

we see a steady progression of the character's power.

As we explored in the positive King arc,

this final midlife arc represents

the height of temporal power.

The King is someone who wields a vast amount of influence not just

over his own life or within his personal relationships but over extended numbers of people.

Symbolically, he rules over a kingdom.

But more practically, his empire could be anything

from a large family to a company. In short, he's the boss. He knows it.

Everybody knows it. And he holds within his hand, whether literally or

symbolically, the power of life and death over his subjects,

while he wield that power responsibly in a way that brings life to the kingdom.

This depends on whether he is centered within his positive aspect of king

or whether he is gripped by his shadow archetypes of puppet and tyrant.

The puppet represents the passive polarity within the king's shadow,

the tyrant represents the aggressive polarity.

Along with the growing power that accumulates as a character progresses farther

into the life arcs, so too the stakes rise proportionately. The more power the character

accumulates, the greater his ability to do good to others or evil. This evil inevitably results from a

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