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I also think we want these archetypal angels in women's sport, who are role models, do everything perfectly and say all the right things.

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Lockhart’s casting as Maureen Robinson in “Lost in Space” feels like a line drawn from Ruth Martin, “Lassie” having established her as an archetypal figure of motherhood.

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Doctorow novel, which depicts the intersecting lives of archetypal fictional characters from vastly different backgrounds, as well as historical figures.

And while this was all happening, there were all these other archetypal imperatives getting at me, like what about dancing?

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The characters seem conscious that they are playing archetypal heroic or tragic roles.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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