45 Master Characters by Victoria Lynn Schmidt Read Free Book Online

kindness of strangers in her time of need.
Lets others feel good about helping her so they let their guard down.
Is an expert liar until her buttons are pushed and she lashes out, spilling her true feelings.
Is paranoid and feels that others are plotting against her.
Has trouble relaxing.
Can't confide in or collaborate with colleagues.
Detaches herself from the group.
    Athena in Action

Father's Daughter/Backstabber TV Heroes
    Captain Kathryn Janeway (Kate Mulgrew) in Star Trek: Voyager
    Dana Scully (Gillian Anderson) in The X-Files
    Murphy Brown (Candice Bergen) in Murphy Brown
    Prue Halliwell (Shannon Doherty) in Charmed
Father's Daughter/Backstabber Film Heroes
    Elizabeth I (Cate Blanchett) in Elizabeth
    Lieutenant Jordan “L.T.” O'Neil (Demi Moore) in G.I. Jane
    J.C. Wiatt (Diane Keaton) in Baby Boom
    Katherine Parker (Sigourney Weaver) in Working Girl
    Margo Channing (Bette Davis) in All About Eve
    Loretta Castorini (Cher) in Moonstruck
Father's Daughter/Backstabber Literary and Historical Heroes
    Matilda, Countess of Tuscany
    Kate in The Taming of the Shrew by William Shakespeare
    Beatrice in Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare
    Lady Macbeth in Macbeth by William Shakespeare
    Bernie Harris in Waiting to Exhale by Terry McMillan
    Kinsey Millhone in books by Sue Grafton
    Clarice Starling in The Silence of the Lambs by Thomas Harris
    Karen Sisco in Out of Sight by Elmore Leonard

Chapter 6
Demeter
The Nurturer and the Overcontrolling Mother
    Wandering the cold winter streets at night, Demeter searches for her abducted daughter Persephone. Ceasing to eat, drink and sleep, she is consumed by the empty space next to her where her daughter walked at her side. Her tears of depression cast a chill over the fields of grain. Nothing grows across the land she walks on. Winter takes over with her every step until her beloved daughter is returned to her. Only then will grain grow and spring come to the land. She cares not for herself but only for her child.
The Nurturer
    Demeter is the nurturing mother, but it isn't necessary for this archetype to have children to be a nurturer. A sense of duty to help others is what's essential. The Nurturer refused all of the superficial gifts sent to her by other gods to persuade her to accept her daughter's abduction, rape and forced marriage to Hades. She wants her child back, and nothing else matters. With her child gone a part of her is missing. She is youthful when she lives through the life of her child.
    The Nurturer has dreamed of having children for most of her life, and when she has them they become her life. If she's unable to have children or if she's looking for the right “father” to come along, she channels her energy into helping and caring for others. She can often be found in the nursing and healing professions.
    She forms friendships with other Demeter women who see value in motherhood and service. They can spend hours talking about the latest healing techniques or ways to raise children.

    In Stella Dallas , the title character (Barbara Stanwyck) is such a devoted mother, she sacrifices her own desires and gives up all ties to her daughter in order to help better her daughter's social status.
    Her identity is wrapped up in her children or those she cares for. They give her life purpose and meaning. She can nurture many people through her work in a charitable organization, help animals at a shelter, care for her own family, help a stranger on the street, be there for a close friend or lover, care for her students, or help the masses with a creative project like a self-help book.
    What Does the Nurturer Care About?
    The Nurturer cares about the welfare of her children whether there's danger present or not. She has a tendency to put others ahead of herself — a martyr of sorts — but no one comes before the one in her care especially if it's a child. She would sacrifice an entire town if it meant saving her child.

    In the fairy tale, Beauty's motherly concern