This work presents the first steps towards an archetypal-oriented approach to plot analysis and perception. The main idea is to use the concept of archetypes as a lens to look at these stories and evaluate tropes. Archetypes are recurring character types and relationships observable in narratives. We use Vogler s definition of archetypes which assigns dramatic and psychological functions to each archetype to pinpoint their roles and goals in the story. First, we do a thorough analysis of what archetypes are and how each is defined. The second step is the creation of an argumentative instrument that we call Lens, to analyze narratives from the perspective of archetypes and, based on the results, create a model. The third step is to apply this new model to existing works on computational narratology and plot generation. This strategy allows a critical analysis of the use of archetypes to help define and perceive a plot. We decided to use blending-based plot generation because this type of storytelling deals with a complex plot generation situation. In this work, we propose to incorporate archetypal weight vectors into the automated planning operators that represent the story. These vectors are then weighted using the dramatic role of each archetype to have a final archetypal vector representing the character. The creation of the Lens seeks to standardize the perception and analysis of narratives. It is fundamental that the analysis methodology be instrumented, so that we can use its results as regulators of archetypal weights. Employing the Archetype Lens in works can provide us with new insight into plot generation and narrative construction. The final result of our research, applied in the context of narrative blending, generates a categorization of the archetypes that each character interprets throughout the narrative. This result is presented in a general and episodic way, for each generated variant. This categorization serves as the basis for analyzing the quality of the narrative, observing the relationship between intention and result.