The archetypal character for an antagonist or villain is also known as shadow. In Jungian psychology, Shadow may be positive or negative, but in modern storytelling, most shadow characters tend to be trouble for the hero. Without the shadow, our hero’s goal would probably be too easy to reach, and that would result in a dull and uninteresting story, one that would not capture an audience’s imagination. Shadows can be evil or relentlessly unwitting fools in the protagonist’s way, or both. In all cases, a shadow should always have his own agenda, his own goals, and always believe that what he is
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