Id, ego, and super-ego

Jack is very well known in the countryside, he was wealthy and very socially accepted to everyone he knew. However, Jack was hiding a secret that no one was aware of, fueling his alter ego self and put aside is real identity and become someone else. Then, in the city Jack was known as Earnest; his two identities could not be more opposite. Unlike Jack, Earnest was the rebellious type; he was a womanizer flirting with women, partying…

Mona was deeply afraid of losing practically her only friend, so she created an alter ego known as “A”, who was seemingly evil and out to ruin most of the girl’s lives. This is a major sign of fear of abandonment, but it doesn’t end here because shortly after attacking the girls Mona tries to make Hannah feel bad for reuniting with her old…

The Alter Ego of Jack Worthing “The Importance of Being Earnest (also called A Trivial Comedy for Serious People)” is a play written by Oscar Wilde in the late 1890's. Although it is comedy, it is also a social satire and it has some serious themes hidden in its lines. The themes here address Victorian social issues. In in the late 19th century, in the Victorian society, the life was not very easy. People were divided in social classes and there was a strict code of morals which people from…

Leonardo Di Vinci once said, “The greatest decision men suffer is from their own decisions.” Deception can occur in everyday life and is an important process for building relationships or in general social interaction. In the Shakespearean play, Hamlet uses deception to reveal the role that Claudius had in the death of his father. Hamlet uses deception to gain the knowledge needed to indict Claudius with the murder of his father, while Claudius is using deception to cover up his role within…

Dual Nature- the main idea of the novel is the dual personality of people and how we can be “evil” and malicious one moment and kind and generous the next. The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde- title Good vs. Evil- this is the main theme and conflict in the novel. Throughout the novel the personalities of Jekyll and Hyde fight within his body for power and control. Potion- Hyde or Jekyll use a potion or serum that allows him to transform personalities. Will- The reason that Utterson…

illuminating that this fantasy is beyond her reach in a way similar to the elusive princesses and magic of fairytales. Additionally, this is the first mention of Jing-mei’s “prodigy side” and it serves as the foundation for its symbolism as an alter ego fabricated to reflect what she observes on TV. It is evident that she views this persona as something separate from herself; an invention to keep her motivated in her quest to become one of the geniuses her mother smothers her with. As a result…

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…

“I hope you have not been leading a double life, pretending to be wicked and being good all the time. That would-be hypocrisy.” (Oscar Wilde, The Importance of Being Earnest) Jamie Lessells Life in the 21st century has moved on from past events and stereotypes, and celebrities have never been more in the spotlight. Despite all this change, some ideas, attitudes and values constructed in The Importance of Being Earnest are still relevant in society today. Themes such as marriage and living double…

Is it possible to turn into a monster in the blink of an eye? From an audience perspective the movie The Babadook makes all possibilities true. The movie presents a mother by the name of Amelia, who seems to be suffering from depression, also a son Samuel who seems to have very bad behavioral problems. Amelia has not been herself on account of her husband's died in a car crash the day of Samuel's birth as a consequence for the past six almost seven years all she did is mourning the lost of her…

unconscious are an unexplored area of the mind that much is not known of. Freud attempted to crack the puzzle with this theory on the Id and its control over the majority of the unconscious mind. In Freud’s eyes, the Id is an incredible, sophisticated line of thinking riddled with complexity and unique abilities such as dream equating. Hall describes Freud’s idea of the id as a “demanding, impulsive, irrational, asocial, selfish, and pleasure-loving [character]”, which “retains its infantile…