The correct answer is A. Archetypes can help a reader understand the theme.
Explanation:
In literature, the "archetypes" are universal symbols or characters and other elements such as situations that are widely used in literary worlds around the world and that represent universal ideas, for example, an archetypical character is a lady in distress or a hero. On the other hand, a theme is an underlying idea that guides a literary work for example that "good prevails over evil" or that "forgiveness is important". These literary elements related because in most cases, the archetypes tend to be linked to certain themes for example if a story presents an evil and a good character it might represent the "evil vs. good" theme or if a story includes a hero which is an archetype character the theme might be related to being courageous. Therefore, in most cases, archetypes suggest the theme or help the reader understand it.
