ATHLETE

Persona (Characteristics)

- Dedicated to accomplish feats of physical strength, endurance, etc 
- Must overcome mental blocks/ issues/ handicaps to accomplish goal
- Defined by willpower and strength of spirit
- Ready to fight for her rights, to protect and defend her own
- A deep sense of honor, pride and loyalty 
- Tenacious, relentless, bold, daring, tough
- Indifferent to personal pain for the sake of a greater need 
- Sticks up for the underdog
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Shadow (Dark side)

- Misuse of strength leads to the unjust harm of others, especially the weak
- A false sense of invulnerability causing hubris and recklessness
- Need to win surpasses sense of honor and compels cheating/ dirty play
- Ethical principals and decency are abandoned for victory, to be gained at any cost
- Indifferent to others' pain and suffering as well as her own
- Rabble- rouser, aggressor, source of danger and destruction 
​- Accomplishments hyper-inflate the ego, leads to callousness and pretention towards others
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Examples

Harry Potter: Viktor Krum, Oliver Wood
Film/ TV: Roy Hobbs in The Natural; Russell Crowe in Gladiator; Mel Gibson in Braveheart; Xena: Warrior Princess; Lara Croft: Tomb Raider; Trinity in The Matrix
Shakespeare: Macbeth; Brutus in Julius Caesar, Titus Andronicus
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