Psyche

The way in which Human beings have long prided themselves in surviving throughout history is through the creation of a civilization. In which has only survived by “successfully” reflecting the best interest of all its members within it instead of each individual. In Sigmund Freud’s Civilization and Its Discontents the question of whether or not this creation is for the better or for the worse of humankind is exemplified. By suppressing a vast amount of our instincts in order to function within a…

of the Raven acts as an omen being delivered to the narrator, hence foreshadowing impending adversity. Poe’s biblical allusion to Homer’s Odyssey, “Quaff, oh quaff this kind nepenthe” illuminates the narrator’s madness and the deterioration of his psyche. Poe creates this effect by contrasting cheerful drinking behaviours with the usage of an anti-depressant:…

Assagioli, used the trans-personal theory in the psychodynamic realm of thinking through the idea of individuation that brings together aspects of the psyche, introversion/extroversion relations to the world, and perceptions of the world to complete one-self. They utilized a topographical model to explain the psyche to be considered of four parts: personal psyche, preconscious, personal unconscious, and collective unconscious. In understanding transpersonal theory, Ken Wilbur broke down human…

of the catholic nuns who “whipped him for wetting his bed” (Capote 93). This experience along with many others lead to the development of Smith’s disclination to religion and the development of an external locus of control (Capote 93). His damaged psyche and ego likely further deteriorated due to his mother’s alcoholism and the nomadic lifestyle of his father. These factors paved the way for the development of his extreme “mental illness” and “paranoid schizophrenic reaction” leading to the…

analysing the predicament of the married woman, Deshpande traces the causes to their very childhood experiences. Though Deshpande does not have many child protagonists, except her children novels, but she looks very seriously into her protagonists’ psyche and analyse their childhood experiences in the backdrop of their present status in life. By putting emphasis on childhood of her characters, Deshpande reveals her conviction that all of them carry the legacy of their disturbed childhoods into…

seen as two of the main early cutting edge logicians. Both Descartes and Locke endeavor to discover responses to the same inquiries in mysticism and epistemology; among these: What is information? Is there conviction in information? What parts do the psyche and body play in the securing of learning? Descartes and Locke don't give the same responses to these inquiries. In this paper I will consider the likenesses and contrasts between the rationalities of Descartes and Locke. I will first…

and they contributed to psychology with their common ideas and theories. Some time later, Carl Jung started to contribute to psychology with his theories without his master Sigmund Freud. ‘Archetypes’ is a theory which belongs to Carl Jung and ‘The Psyche’ is a theory which belongs to Sigmund Freud. These two men differ from each other. Carl Jung disagreed with Freud with respect to have a part of sexuality so Theory of the Libido was emerged (McLeod, 2014). Moreover, Sigmund Freud and Carl…

In Henry James’ short horror story, The Turn of the Screw, James challenges the reader’s conception of reality and reliability. Moreover, the ambiguity of truth permeating the Governess’ psyche acts as a central motif throughout the story. Whist his work prompted many literary critics to provide their own explanations, not all interpretations are of equal merit. In this regard, one can consider Wayne C. Booth’s reader-response perspective on The Turn of the Screw deserving of such merit.…

It starts out when Venus, the mother of Cupid, got jealous of Psyche’s beauty and ordered Cupid to punish the mortal Psyche. But then Cupid fell madly in love with her instead. So he ended up marrying her, but there's was a problem, she was a mortal and so she was forbidden to look at him. Psyche's sisters were being nosey and persuaded her to try and look at Cupid…

and, sometimes, out of their knowledge absolutely terrifies them. In the words of psychologist Carl Jung within the terms of a person’s psyche, the place in the mind and soul that controls thoughts and feelings within the body, this ‘unknown’ is referred to as the shadow. The play Macbeth by William Shakespeare is a good example of the shadow at work within a psyche, specifically in the character of Macbeth himself who struggles constantly with his own ideas and morals which eventually causes…