The Archetype of Good vs Evil

George Bothamley
5 min readDec 18, 2020
Daniele da Volterra — David and Goliath

The archetypical narrative in so much of our mythology and folklore is essentially this idea of Good vs Evil.

From David conquering Goliath and St George slaying the Dragon — to more modern fantasy stories like JRR Tolkein’s “Lord of the Rings” trilogy and CS Lewis’ “Narnia” .

This inner polarity remains a constant theme.

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