Jung And Frankenstein

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Freud and Jung

There are two very prominent thinkers and theorists who proposed the recognition of the unconscious mind, these two being Sigmund Freud and Karl Gustav Jung. Freud and Jung both had very strong theories about the unconscious, although they did slightly differentiated from one another. In Frankenstein, the creatures conscious and unconscious is constantly wondered about. Freud’s theory was that the unconscious mind was principally “reservoir of repression in the form of repressed memories of traumatic experiences” and repressed socially unaccepted ideas, wishes or desires. Freud believed that this reservoir of repression could act, meaning that the unconscious mind has some sort of control over the conscious mind …show more content…

Jung went a bit further than Freud, he divided the psyche into three parts: the conscious (the ego), the personal unconscious and the collective unconscious. He made a distinction between the personal unconscious and the collective unconscious. The personal unconscious was seen as the set of repressed feelings and thoughts experienced throughout that individual’s lifetime. The collective unconscious are said to be more genetic. The ego represents the conscious mind as is comprises the thoughts, memories, and emotions a person is attentive of. The ego is chiefly responsible for feelings of identity and continuity. These typical feelings, thoughts, and memories are inherited and thought to be common among all human …show more content…

His intentions to create life were purely to become remembered and looked upon as great for having creating life. After he had created the monster, he thought of nothing of what he would do with the monster after he had created it and he took absolutely no responsibility to it. As the book continues, the monster begins to express more and more of his internal thoughts and unconscious. The monster sets out on a conquest to take out revenge on Victor and anyone who may be related. On his journey, the monster stumbles upon William who is related to the Frankenstein’s and he decides to kill him. The monster says, “The child still struggled and looked me with epithets which carried despair to my heart”, “I gazed on my victim, and my heart swelled with exultation”. (Shelley) The monster is consciously aware of his actions towards this child and still continues with his plan. This demonstrates the monsters ego as described by both Freud and Jung. The ego is where our conscious awareness exists. Not only is the concept of the monsters ego portrayed but also the superego. The superego is the morals an individual has and the inner voice that tells an individual that we shouldn’t do something. The monster shows some remorse and knowledge that what he is doing is cruel and wrong by his dialect with William during this tragedy. After the monster has been rejected by society, he goes

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