Contemporary female images from Greek myths in Margaret Atwood's The Blind Assassin

Archetypal criticism is revised by feminist critics by means of which they claim that archetypes regarding women are redefined by the patriarchy and argue that archetypes belonging to the women in pre-historic times are still discernable in women?s fiction. Feminist Archetypal Criticism aims to demonstrate that masculine system fragmented the characteristics related to the wholeness of woman and ?victimized? her for the sake of the continuation of patriarchal structures via juxtaposing redefined archetypes by masculine system with the archetypes belonging to the wholeness of woman in pre-historic times. Furthermore, it presents woman?s efforts of survival in patriarchy by way of the archetypes concerning her nature in pre-historic times. This study basically aims to demonstrate the reconstructed archetypes which are still valid from Ancient Greek Myths to the present time in female images and to examine them on account of their reflecting the unconscious of the patriarchal system in Margaret Atwood?s The Blind Assassin.Key Words: 1) Archetypes and Myths, 2) Archetypal Criticism, 3) Feminist Archetypal Criticism, 4) Margaret Atwood, 5) The Blind Assassin.