sixth sense
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The Sixth Sense
In M. Night Shyamalan's, The Sixth Sense, the film's great success was due to a subliminal complex storyline and strict supportive "archetypes". The archetypes were theorized through the eyes of a successful screenwriter, Linda Seger. The Sixth Sense appeals to the audience in more ways than one. The film's frightening, jump-out-of-your seat scenes prove very entertaining. However the film's primary appeal comes from the fact that the film captured the relationships the viewers receive in the cross-cultural archetypes and through the hero myth.
The typical myths among people today deal with the typical journey taken among us in life. "Whatever our culture, there are universal stories that form the basis for all our particular stories. The trappings might be different, the twists and turns that create suspense might change from culture to culture, the particular characters may take different forms, but underneath it all, it's the same story, drawn from the same experiences." (Seger 316-317)...