Brooding Boys and Loyal Lovers: The Perfect Man Archetype
As I mentioned, I’m guest blogging on Ingrid’s Notes this week, talking about one of my favourite topics: The Perfect Man Archetype. I’ve discussed this at length on Wild About Words, but here it is, all nicely laid out for you. Enjoy!
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Love this post so much. Ah, the perfect man archetype. I crushed hard on Sydney Carton in A Tale of Two Cities. I like a damaged hero. Love Darcy too, but Sydney’s my boy! I also loved Arthur Clennam in Dickens’s Little Dorrit. So, in my novels I tend to create heroes with some issues.
That is so interesting. What is it about Sydney that makes you swoon over him?
His brilliance and sacrificial nature. Yet he’s steadily drinking himself to death, so obviously a relationship wouldn’t go anywhere. 🙂 But he’s more interesting than his doppelganger, Charles Darnay.
Are there other things that make him more interesting? Is Charles Darney just boring