Desperate Housewives - Reflections on Archetypes

Generally throughout the episodes of "Desperate Housewives" the main female characters are represented in a manner of their female archetypes. For example, "The Earth Mother" character that is "Lynette Scavo" is seen to be always caring for her children and friends through the use of offering spiritual and emotional nourishment to them although she does at times find her childbearing capabilities difficult. 

The "Temptress" character "Gabrielle Solis" is similarly portrayed through her archetypes of being characterized by sensuous beauty as we see at the start of the show that she takes modelling jobs and is known that at a young age she moved to New York to pursue a career in modelling. Also,