Summary:
In the world of long, long ago, the animals and flowers of the forest enjoy perfect weather all year 'round, courtesy of the beauteous, redheaded Goddess of Spring. Persephone, seated on a throne while animals and flowers dance happily around her and birds place a floral coronet on her head. At this point Pluto, God of the Underworld ascends from beneath the earth on a rotating platform and, as his demons chase away Persephone's friends, declares that he will make her his wife. He takes her to the Underworld, where the demons celebrate; some dance around fires while another plays a hellish organ. Though she is given gold and jewels, Persephone is deppressed, causing the world above to become an icy wasteland. She pleads to return to the earth, and is allowed to do so once a year, provided she returns. This differentiates the seasons, spring and summer taking place while Persephone is allowed on earth.
The Theory:
Archetypal criticism argues that archetypes the form and function of the literary work that a text's meaning is shaped by cultural and psychological myths. Archetypes are the unknowable basic forms personified or concretized in recurring images, symbols and patterns.
Criticism:
The Goddess of Spring is a Silly Symphonies animated Disney short film. It falls under the theory of Archetypal Criticism simply because of the usage of mythology as the central theme of the story. The recognizable effects god and Goddesses was also being used and particularly concerned in making the story full of fantasy.
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