Sigmund Freud, Austrian Psychologist, developed a range of controversial theories about personality that shaped our learnings today. When considered from a psychoanalytic approach, The Crucible explores the worst of Abigail and the best of John – a contrast in their character. The Id, controlled by the pleasure principle, is a mental force that drives the person to act upon what feels right at the time – Proctor’s immoral affair with Abigail a clear exemplar of how he was controlled by his own needs with little thought for how it would affect her or his wife.
Commencing the play with the portrayal of an unstable relationship between his Id, Ego and Superego, Proctor began his journey of redemption through his Superego – the mental force that
Commencing the play with the portrayal of an unstable relationship between his Id, Ego and Superego, Proctor began his journey of redemption through his Superego – the mental force that