Uncovering the Death Mother Written by Lauryn Evans Defining the Death Mother The Death Mother archetype is something that I only learned about two years ago, and it fascinated me. Soon, I saw this archetype expressed in movies such as Lady Bird (2017). The Death Mother archetype symbolizes ill behaviour or feelings of a woman threatening their child(ren) – meaning their life or psychological, physical, mental, or emotional well-being (Sieff, p. 15, 2019). Though this simplified description of a far more complex archetype is not entirely captured, its very nature is heavy. All women, specifically mothers, are believed to inherently and selflessly love their children. In a Western cultural lens,…