ARCHETYPICAL PLOTS IN ENGLISH FOLK TALES: FEMALE ARCHETYPES OF THE MOTHER AND STEPMOTHER

"This article discusses the female archetypes presented in the characters of the stepmother and mother in English folk tales as the embodiment of the image of one of the most significant literary archetypal images «Mother». The purpose of this article is to analyze the archetypes of the stepmother and mother, which are a manifestation of the light or dark side of one archetype of the «Mother» on the material of some magical and everyday English folk tales. The work presents excerpts and examples from such folk tales as «The rose tree», «The Well Of The World’s End», «Kate Crackernuts», «The House in The Lake», «Fate of the Children of Lir», «Jack and His Golden Snuff-Box», «The Red Ettin» «Lazy Jack». In addition, an attempt is being made to present variants of the classifications of female archetype images, which today is ambiguous and not always specific. The archetype «Mother» is not necessarily the mother of the hero, it can in fact be any woman of the older generation who has a psychological influence on the hero, on his life and worldview and is not in a relationship with him The authors come to the conclusion that the female archetypal image can become a source of strength for the hero, endowing him with the ability to survive and stand against trials. However, in a negative aspect, it dooms the hero to powerlessness in the face of difficulties, weakens, makes dependent. Keywords: folk tale, English fairy tale, female archetypes, archetypal plots, linguocultureme. "