Electra complex

Hamlet, a play written by William Shakespeare over four hundred years ago, takes place in Denmark, and follows the main character, Prince Hamlet directly after his father’s death. Hamlet can be analyzed through the lens of psychoanalysis as it pertains to Prince Hamlet’s unconsciousness; more specifically, his id, ego, and superego while also considering how the characters around him affect his conscious actions, such as the Ghost and Horatio. Psychoanalysis has developed over time, starting…

“Snow White” is a tale that follows the on-going conflict between Snow White and her stepmother, a conflict otherwise known as the Electra complex. Most overlook, however, the psychological development of the main character, Snow White. An interpretation by Ian Robinson claims that many fairy tales such as “Snow White” involve the breaking of a command or a taboo. He believes there can be no psychological growth until the old rules are broken and the new order can flourish (Robinson). In the…

The theatre began when the ritual played a role in the development of drama in the days of early people. The ancient societies used ritual to represent their understanding of the human condition and of the world around them . The ritual had a religious purpose, and instructive purpose. It was also a form of entertainment. There were common elements found in ritual such as music, dance and mask and costume. In the early years of the fifth century B.C, Greek literature, theatre, and culture…

Freud 1856-1939) “saw the individual as governed by irrational impulses as she or he passed through a series of psychosexual stages.”(Cowles, (1976). These stages were: 1. The verbal period 2. The anal period 3. The phallic period 4. The latency period 5. Genital period The oral period Its age series is from birth to the 1st year, and its area of the body where pleasure arises when it is touched is the mouth. The infant’s mouth is very important for eating, and the toddler derives pleasure from…

The Father-Daughter Bond: A Dress Rehearsal for Life We always hear about the significance of male figures in their son’s life, which is certainly a precious bond. They are very critical in the proper development of their sons. However, what typically remains omitted from research studies is the importance of fathers in their daughter’s life. In contrast to studies from the past, we should now consider the importance of the father-daughter relationship. Daughter’s make conclusions about what men…

During this phase a child will carry on being assertive and try to take the initiative when playing. (Web cortland.edu.2013) throughout this time a child will start nursery and will learn new skills as they interact in social settings, a child will push boundaries at home and at school . Freud’s forth stage goes from 5 or 6 to puberty. Freud used the term latency to show that quantities changes which occurs in the libido during these few years. A lot of the Childs energies are focused on…

Sigmund Freud is a psychiatrist born on May 6, 1856 in Freiberg, Moravia which is now known as Příbor, Czech Republic. He was born into a middle class Jewish Family, his parents were named Amalia and Jacob Freud. Sigmund’s father Jacob had already been married once before Amalia. He had two children from his first marriage and eight children from his marriage with Sigmund’s mother Amalia. Sigmund was the oldest of eight children. One of the son’s from Jacob Sigmund’s first marriage was very…

Sigmund Freud's psychosexual theory of development vs Erik Erikson's psychosocial theory of development Erik Erikson's psychosocial theory and Sigmund Freud's psychosexual theory are two famous theories of human development. While he was affected by Freud's ideas, Erikson's theory differed in a number of important ways. Like Freud, Erikson believed that personality develops in a series of predetermined stages. Unlike Freud’s theory of psychosexual stages, Erikson’s…

gratification comes in through this. If you use up too little of this energy you become ‘Anally retentive’ if you use too much you become messy and untidy. Between 4-7 Freud had 2 different perspectives for boys and girls. The Oedipus Complex and the Electra Complex. The boys go through a phallic stage and this is when the SUPEREGO comes in. They’re experience conflicting unconscious desires as they start to romantically desire their mothers. They become jealous of their fathers because he is…

thoughts, it is known that he is acting in the way that he is as a result of jealousy, and not much else. However, upon further examination, it becomes clear that he is experiencing an infantile jealousy much like that in the Electra complex, which is unusual as this complex typically applies to the development of young girls. The primary evidence proving that this is, in fact, the jealousy that is being experienced is that “if Iago’s jealousy had been ‘projective jealousy’ the object of the…