This is K.M. Wyland and you are listening to the helping writers become authors podcast.

I hope you enjoy this week's episode,

Arctypal antagonists for the King Arc,

Catacism and Rebel.

The King Arc begins the Catacism and Rebel.

The King Arc begins the second half of the life cycle of archetypal character

arcs.

This placement as the fourth of six arcs necessarily makes it a turning point within the

overarching story structure of life. We can recognize this particularly in

the king's relationship to his archetypal antagonists.

The first three arks, those of maiden, hero, and queen,

are primarily concerned with gaining power.

The final three arcs, those of King, Krohn, and Mage

are primarily concerned with surrendering power.

As such, the early arcs often demonstrate comparatively narrow and dualistic views of the

antagonistic forces that oppose them.

For the young maiden, the entire thrust of her transformation is that of

individuating from authority and becoming a separate person. The hero then

faces a dehumanized antagonistic force represented by the dragon.

And the queen, although beginning to recognize her antagonist of Invader as her equal, she still pushes back within us

versus them mindset. By the time we reach the challenges of the King Arc, however, this relationship to the

antagonist begins to dramatically shift.

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