An archetype is more than a stereotype or a generic version of a personality, and for the screenwriter, understanding fundamental character archetypes is an essential tool for understanding the purpose or function of characters in a story.
An Archetypal Character is a character who appears over and over in legends far and wide, even in cultures that have shut themselves off from the world.
Archetypes can relate to Props idea of characters BUT the difference is you can attribute creation archetypes to specific genres.
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THE FINAL GIRL
The final girl is a trope (recurrent theme) in horror films (particularly slasher films). It refers to the last woman alive to confront the killer, ostensibly the one left to tell the story. ... The term was coined by Carol J. Clover in her 1992 book Men, Women, and Chainsaws: Gender in the Modern Horror Film.
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