What is the archetype seen here? What can you infer about Boadicea's character based
on this archetype?
The battles which followed were terrible indeed. The
words of Queen Boadices had stirred the Britons until
they were mad with thoughts of revenge, and hopes of
freedom. They gave no mercy and they asked none. They
utterly destroyed the towns of London and of St. Albans,
or Verulamium as it was then called, killing every one,
man, woman and child
Again and again the Romans were defeated, till it almost
seemed as if the Britons really would succeed in driving
them out of the country: Boadices herself led the soldiers,
encouraging them with her brave words. "It is better to
die with honor than to live in slavery," she said. "I am a
woman, but I would rather die than yield. Will you follow
me, men?" and of course the men followed her gladly,
- "The Story of a Warrior Queen,"
Henrietta Elizabeth Marshall
1) Intro