Carl Jung Research Paper

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Carl Jung was born on July 26, 1975 at Kesswil on Lake Constance. His parents were Emilie and Paul Jung, both the youngest of thirteen in their families. The marriage between the two was uneasy and unhappy; both of them slept in separate rooms and Carl described the home atmosphere as “unbreathable” (Stevens 3). A large part of this was the fact that Carl’s father’s had already lost his religious faith: being a pastor meant that he had to ostensibly have religious conviction in order to continue his livelihood. This resulted in Paul being a quarrelsome man-though he was quiet in public-who complained about his health. Carl recalled his father as someone who was powerless and emotionally immature. His mother, on the other hand, was not much of a figure for young Carl to ground to either. …show more content…

Toddler Carl had to endure forced separation from his nurturer at a young age: the experience of early childhood without a maternal presence caused the boy to endure terrifying dreams and develop eczema and a defensive attitude towards emotional attachment. He ended up becoming “mistrustful when the word ‘love’ was spoken and associated ‘woman’ with innate unreliability” (Mclynn 8). Another side effect to this was that his perception of the feminine was shaped not by his mother but rather by his maid and his father’s companion. Indicative of this was the fact that Carl’s first memory of his mother was her dress as opposed to her voice or face. Emilie was not much help to the young boy either when she returned from the hospital. Carl perceived her as two different people, one personality being outwardly submissive and the other being a deep character of power and resolution. At 4, Carl moved to Klein-Huningen outside of Basel. Here he experienced more hardship in the form of isolation and a newfound interest with

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