Hero Archetype in Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom

Introduction

The hero archetype in 'Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom' is the character of Indiana Jones in the story. Indiana Jones (nickname of Henry Walton Jones Jr.) is a character created by the filmmaker U.S. George Lucas in 1973, and inspired by some iconic characters from the serial of 1930, particularly the company Republic Pictures and is the protagonist of a series of adventure films directed by Steven Spielberg and starring Harrison Ford. The first installment of the series Indiana Jones in Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981), due to great success, was followed by Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984), Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989) and after almost 20 years Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008).

Also known as Indy and Dr. Jones, Indiana Jones works as an archaeologist and professor at the fictional University Barnett, located in New York. When not teaching classes, trips undertaken in order to find objects of significant historical value to humanity. Generally, in each of his adventures faces rivals competing for the same object for later use it for sinister purposes. Some of these objects are the Ark of the Covenant, the Holy Grail and the Crystal Skull. Their clothing consists mainly of a fedora with a high crown and a jacket of skin. Other characteristic features are the whip, which uses as a weapon and tool in their adventures, and her phobia towards snakes, caused by a traumatic experience during his youth.

His adventures take place mainly in the early twentieth century with the backdrop of the First and Second World War and the Cold War. The story of his early adventures blends fantasy and reality, Indy meeting actors who really existed. In his adventures as an ...