Carl Bernstein

Nonsense Theory Some cultures, like the urban Guadalcanaldwelling Malaitans in the Solomon Islands, think that dreams do not mean anything. They believe that there is no rhyme or reason to why we dream. The only thing a dream could do would be to merely tell interesting stories. Since people usually do not record nonsense or unimportant events or experiences, there might be a lot of cultures who believe this nonsense theory that ethnographers just do not know about (Barret 41-42). Discernment…

Freud believed in the expression of language to help reveal the nature of his patient's dreams. He used the term 'dream-work' to describe the ways in which dreams materialize from the unconscious and argued that dreams reflect desires (primarily sexual) which are supressed by the superego in order for the ego to develop as a social individual. There are instances however, when desires often escape from the unconscious and are revealed through slips of the tongue or within dreams themselves. The…

The Conscious and Unconscious Mind in A Tale of Two Cities Just as it was “the best of times and the worst of times” in pre-revolutionary France, Doctor Alexandre Manette had the best of personalities and the worst of personalities. In the novel, A Tale of Two Cities, Sigmund Freud’s theories of the conscious and unconscious mind can be applied to Dr. Alexandre Manette in order to expose an understanding of the spoken and unspoken desires of the human mind. Dr. Manette's ceaseless inner conflict…

When you were younger growing up did you always want that spacey giant house, with the beautifully rock lined swimming pool, with an excessive amount of exotic cars sitting in your driveway? I’m sure one day we all had shared a dream like such, which was worry and carefree, until it came down to deciding what car you were going to go out in. One day all those fantasies will seemingly come to an end without you even realizing this has happened, the thoughts and dreams of all those lavish toys at…

Sigmund Freud, the father of Psychoanalysis created a theory of personality, which pioneered new approaches to understand human behavior. Psychoanalysis is a systematic structure, which recognizes the relationship between the conscious and unconscious mind. Freud established that our concealed wills, beliefs, urge, conflicts and even memories are held in the unconscious part of our psyche. In this theory, he describes the psyche structured into three parts called the id, ego, and superego. The…

The psychodynamic approach is spilt into tow parts firstly the basic idea that moral behaviour is controlled by the superego. The superego is the part of the personality that comprises that conscience and the ego-ideal. The conscience represents the punishing parent and the egoideal represents the rewarding parent. Therefore Freud maintains that our moral values are acquired in response to the development of the superego which is the second part. It was Freud's theory each part of the superego…

An In-Depth Analysis of Lord of the Flies through the Freudian Theory Around the time of World War II, a theory by Sigmund Freud emerged stating that the human psyche contains the psychic apparatus, otherwise known as the id, superego, and ego. Furthermore, the id, superego, and ego can be categorized based off of their different principles. The id is associated with the pleasure principle, the superego with the morality principle, and the ego with the reality principle. Interestingly enough,…

The Alchemist: Dreams Dreams are the theme that ties together the whole significance of omens and Personal Legends in The Alchemist. Santiago, the main character, is a boy shepherd who is constantly questioning himself as to what his purpose in life is and how he can fulfill it. Throughout the book, he learns that dreams are indications of his own Personal Legend, or inner desire. The author’s message about dreams is that it takes much diligence and desire to fulfill them but it is all very…

Dreams, I myself was never really interested in my own dreams until one night not too long ago I woke up with that unmistakable anxious feeling that one has after experiencing an unpleasant dream. It made me realize that I don’t talk about my dreams the good or the bad to anyone. Neither do most other people. That is because we as sophisticated adults tend to act as if bad dreams or any dreams at all are reserved for small children. Almost as if dreams were an unspoken taboo. However, dreams are…

I believe that personality is a trait that determines who you are as a person. Many Psychology theorists such as Dr. Sigmund Freud, Dr. Carl Jung, Alfred Adler, Raymond B. Cattell and Hans J. Eysenck, Karen Horney, and David Buss believe that support my argument for the personality theory. But theorists like Gordon Allport and Erik Erikson did not support my argument. Their concepts have shaped my view of personality development into what it is today. But based on their theories and my personal…