Psychoanalysis Perspective Kate Chopin - 1097 Words

Psychoanalysis is a form of therapy which aims to cure mental disorders ‘by investigating the interaction of conscious and unconscious elements in the mind’ (Comise Oxford Dictionary). It is elaborated by Sigmund Freud (1856-1939). Psychoanalysis is a rather detailed and complicated theory of personality and motivation - of what makes people do what they do. It is also a type of therapy. Simply put, psychoanalysis involves the exploration of a person’s unconscious thought processes through methods such as free association – saying whatever comes to mind – and dream analysis. It is included ego, super ego, and id, Defense Mechanism, and Projection. Then for this analyzes I would use ego, repression, and Projection. The meaning of†¦show more content†¦Armand want to forget about his identity that shows that he is mix blood, for Armand, position and prestige is important, his background family is a good named and wealth family, which people known as white people. So, he reflect his disappointment to the slaves as his antagonism self point to the slaves. However, his true origin is a mix blood, and he is convincing that those are a burden for him. He will lose his high position in the society, because at that time, a mix blood is usually known as people from the secondary classes. The point is that not every son act like their father, there may be some thing that influence those act. Here we can wee clearly that even though Armand’s father had been known that his wife is a mix blood, he still loves and do not wants to hurt his wife. In contrary, Armand is born from a wealth and white family (as people known). He really loves his position and his good names. People around him also think so about his wealth and white family. So he really ashamed if people know him as mix blood, because he think he will lose what he had had and judges as people from the secondary class who have no right in society. Finally it can conclude that, Even though Armand’s father knows about his wife origin, he still loves her. ForShow MoreRelatedMy Antonia Essay: Psychoanalytic Criticism1860 Words   |  8 PagesPsychoanalytic Criticism of My Antonia  Ã‚  Ã‚     Ã‚  Ã‚  Ã‚     Ã‚  Ã‚   Abstract: This essay uses psychoanalysis as the strategy of interpretation to read Willa Cathers My Antonia.   Freuds well-known theory--the Oedipus complex--and Lacans theory of the Mirror Stage are used as the modes of approaching the novel.    I use psychoanalytic criticism as a means of interpreting Willa Cathers My Antonia because I find some similarities between My Antonia and Peter Pan, between that and The Awakening whenRead MoreEssay about A Psychoanalytical Look at Jim Burden in My Antonia1611 Words   |  7 Pagesthe green meadow again; idly, aimlessly, unthinking and unguided (Chopin 520), Jim Burden recollects his boyhood living in the great midland plain of North America where he feels he and Nature are one, but, unlike Edna who goes back and does not come back, Jim goes into the realm of the Imaginary and comes back to the Symbolic, experiencing the process of the Mirror Stage. These are the reasons why I try to apply psychoanalysis in the interpretation of the novel.      Ã‚  Ã‚  Ã‚  Ã‚  Ã‚  Ã‚  Ã‚  Ã‚  Ã‚  Ã‚      Willa Cathers