Freud's Psychoanalytic Theory of Personality Essay

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    Personality is an organised whole concept which acts towards the fulfilment of different objectives. Personality is the sum total of all tendencies that an individual has inherited and that he has acquired from his environment. Environment here would mean a combination of experience, family, socio-cultural background and legal factors. Personality is a term that comes to our mind whenever a discussion around a person’s job prospects, achievements, attitude, aptitude, perception, values or beliefs are being done. Personality is a commonly used word in different contexts to mean differently in each context with no consensus in the meanings. Let us examine a few definitions of personality in the context of human behaviour. According to the Webster’s…

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    Lacan from symbolism and Phallus-centric ideas to the psychology of women and femininity Freud had spent many years writing his first psychoanalytic publication, The Interpretation of Dream (1900), in which he advanced the principals of his new Doctrine (Kurzweil:13). He considered the essence of femininity in Oedipus Complex; so, after he had become convinced that the Oedipus myth is universal and that the boy’s first desires are for his mother. Based on this, he could also expect that the…

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    the desire for attention, companionship, communication, and the feeling of wanting to be understood? Humans never want to be alone so to satisfy desires self-confidence has to be high and happiness tends to be a goal to reach. Through Charlotte Perkins Stetson book, The Yellow Wall-Paper a journey to these desires is shown. Stetson shows how the narrator, who is speaking for Jane, loses touch with common reality and starts a battle within her mind; this “tug-of-war” includes the conscious and…

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    Analysis of “The Lottery” and “The Cask of Amontillado” Psychoanalytic theory is based on Freud’s idea that we can realise what does person’s thinks and feels if we look at what he or she perceives in his mind (Psychoanalytic Criticism (1930's-present)). Moreover, it follows that by analysing one of the author’s characters we are really analysing the author itself. We do not need to believe this as a whole. We believe based on experience and on some Psychological theories, that the main…

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    MYTH AND FAIRYTALE PSYCHOANALYSIS OF Abstract This paper entitled ‘psychoanalytic theory on Naga-Mandala’ regards as an analysis of psychological side of the play. The psychoanalytic theory is applicable on Naga-Mandala as Girish Karnad disseminates facts about human life and psyche of humans in ancient Indian stories with the changing social codes and morals of modern life. Girish Karnad’s plays are pertinent to the psychological problems, dilemmas, and conflicts defied by the modern Indian…

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    The Cognitive theory is basically how things change over time. As time goes on and you associate with people and different places and see different ways people believe, their attitude and how they see things in the world. In some cases you may be brought up to think one way but as years pass by you see what you think would work better for you. Time changes you and helps you understand things better. An example of that is saying you were raised up to be of the Baptist religion, but you make a…

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    Holden Caulfield, a sixteen year old boy living in New York, has been sent to multiple boarding schools and share many similar experiences with J. D. Salinger, the author of The Catcher in the Rye. Holden is not like normal teenagers, who are full of life, crave adventure and look forward to new experiences. In contrast, he hates many things, gets depressed, especially around young children, and thinks that everybody; but, mostly adults are phony. On a psychological level, there are many factors…

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    drives them off. “Don 't ever tell anybody anything. If you do, you start missing everybody“(Holden 214). His depression and anger factor in his attitude about everything in life. His actions and behavior can be best explained by Sigmund Freud 's psychoanalytic theory of personality where “...human behavior was the result of the interaction of three component parts of the mind: the id, ego, and superego” (Boundless). It 's obvious that Holden Caulfield is unstable and makes irrational decisions;…

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    In William Shakespeare's work Hamlet, Shakespeare uses the ghost of the deceased king to play a significant role in the plot of the story as a whole in multiple ways. The first way Shakespeare uses the ghost of King Hamlet is by first using him to play a crucial role in the development of the characters in the play, especially Hamlet. An example of the ghost doing this is sending Hamlet into his descent into madness and furthering his complex character. Shakespeare does this by having the ghost…

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    Oedipus Complex In Hamlet

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    and ambition behind the act of deceit. Hamlet is the main character who displays the aspects of human nature. He is undergoing an inner debate on whether or not he wants to kill Claudius who is now not only his uncle, but also the king after his father’s death by getting together with Hamlet’s mother. The audience understands his frustration with his mother and uncle’s actions, but one theory suggests that Hamlet is longing for revenge against his uncle only because he wants to be romantically…

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