Surakarta English and Literature Journal p-ISSN: 2621-9077 Volume 6 Number 1 February 2023 e-ISSN: 2621-9085 79 https://ejurnal.unsa.ac.id/ The Archetypal Symbols and The Hero’s Journey of Alice in Wonderland Film Rohmatul Fitriyah Dewi a , Darini Yusrina A b , Ocarullyta Romadhani c , Vivi Melisa d a Faculty of Engineering, Institut Teknologi dan Bisnis Ahmad Dahlan Lamongan, rohmatulfitri25@ahmaddahlan.ac.id, b Faculty of Engineering, Institut Teknologi dan Bisnis Ahmad Dahlan Lamongan, darini.yusrina@ahmaddahlan.ac.id, c Faculty of Engineering, Institut Teknologi dan Bisnis Ahmad Dahlan Lamongan, ocarullyta27@gmail.com, d Faculty of Engineering, Institut Teknologi dan Bisnis Ahmad Dahlan Lamongan, vmeylisa81@gmail.com Article History: 25 January 2023; Accepted date; 1 March 2023 Published date 04 February 2023 ABSTRACT Myth is a classic story about heroes who explain the origins of natural occurrences. Myth is not always given historically since the modern one will continue to evolve and impact cinema creation. This study aimed to look at the categorization of Campbell's "hero's journey" and the archetypal symbols under Segal's theory, as provided by the main character in the Alice in Wonderland film. The data for this study was taken from a plotline in Woolverton's Alice in Wonderland. The study's findings suggested that the film had a tight relationship with a myth. The primary characters, including Alice, the Red Queen, and the White Queen, symbolized archetypal emblems of light and evil. Alice could eventually complete the hero's journey, beginning with departure, reaching a climax in the initiation stage, and reaching the return stage as the significant point of the movie's plot and the same fundamental structure in the myths. Keywords: myth, hero’s journey, archetype symbol, film 1. Introduction Myth is a traditional tale of heroes explaining the origins of natural phenomena or human behaviour (Dickerson, M.& O’Hara, 2006). People consider how tales are recounted and built based on the existence of heroes or supernatural stories via myth, which is also embedded in human lives through storytelling (Sugeng et al., 2019). So far, myth is not merely provided in the old style and delivered conventionally. The modern one will continue to grow and has influenced many aspects of modern life, such as film or movie production. Modern literature is primarily dedicated to a brave, open-eyed examination of the sickeningly broken figurations that proliferate before, around, and within us (Campbell, 2008). In movies, myth deals with Jung’s archetype theory (Segal, 1998). According to him, archetypes are patterns that recur in the collective psyche of humans. Hence, there has to be a link between the psychological makeup of people and universal cultural patterns, which cover character archetypes, archetypal symbols, and situational archetypes (Smith E. L.& Brown, 2007). In this sense, the process of deciphering signals and symbols (Wolde, 1989) frequently uses