ARMY Magazine - Monthly Issues ARMY Magazine ISSUE NO.7 - JUNE 2019 | Page 13

One of the theories circulating social me- dia is that the “Love Yourself” series portrays three out of four Jungian archetypes, and Map of the Soul: Persona is the final piece in search of one’s true self. The first album in “Love Yourself” series, Her , is theorized to represent the ‘anima ’ archetype. In the “Highlight Reels,” the girls act as the femi- nine side of the boys - their female alter ego. Tear hints the ‘shadow ’ archetype where dark and suppressed feelings of them are accentuated. Answer revolves around the ‘ self’ archetype which symbolized the ac- ceptance and awareness of their own exis- tence, their ‘ ego .’ The word ‘ persona ’ was used in Ro- man times to signify a mask worn by an actor. In Jungian psychology, the persona represents the social mask that each indi- vidual ‘wears’ while interacting with others in society; it represents the personality we try to show to others, a secondary reality. This would close off the four Jungian ar- chetypes, bringing the search of true self to an end. 13