Read the excerpt from "The Story of a Warrior Queen."
When Boadicea saw that all hope was gone, she called her daughters to her. "My children," she said sadly, as she took them by the hand and drew them towards her, "my children, it has not pleased the gods of battle to deliver us from the power of the Romans. But there is yet one way of escape." Tears were in her blue eyes as she kissed her daughters. She was no longer a queen of fury but a loving mother.
Which archetype does Boadicea, the queen of the Britons, best represent?
a. the sage
B) the rebel
C) the tragic heroine
d. the villain
Answer:
C. The tragic heroine
Explanation:
An archetype simply means a similar example of something, or what someone embodies.
From this excerpt of "The Story of a Warrior Queen", Queen Boadicea was about to lose a battle and saw that all hope was lost, so in a desperate moment, she brought her daughters to her and told them that there was no way to win this battle because the gods were against them, but she had one last trick up her sleeve.
This is the perfect archetype of the tragic heroine.
