Jungian Psychology In Carl Jung's The Speedy Messenger

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In The Speedy Messenger, we follow the protagonist Semyon as he matured from a young man that was unknowing to the dangers of deception and underestimation by others into a man that is humble and wise to the dangers that he was one vulnerable to. This development in his personality did not happen until he underwent the conflicts of certain archetypes and the personal conflicts that he had with himself when he was depressed and trapped in his unconscious. Semyon was able to overcome his struggles with each archetype and his struggle in his unconsciousness when he was with the Sea King.
Freudian Analysis
A psychologist that was famous for his theories regarding the unconscious and its mental processes was Sigmund Freud. One of the ideas regarding the unconscious that Freud stressed was that “feelings and thoughts may be portrayed in the form of dramatic images...may be represented as symbolic guise by images of other entities, although the resemblance between the symbol and the original object may be incomprehensible” (Petit-Pavlovskis, 2016). Symbolism was used heavily in The Speedy Messenger since Semyon was forced to process …show more content…

Jungian psychology is heavily inspired by Freudian psychology. The main idea of Jungian psychology revolves around archetypal images. Archetypes, alongside with instincts compose majority of what Jung bids the “collective unconscious”. Jung believed that myths and fairy tales are created by archetypal experiences. Some of the popular archetypes that Jungian psychology is revolved around includes four archetypes: “the persona, the anima, the animus, and the shadow” (Petit-Pavlovskis, 2016). In The Speedy Messenger, the archetypes that are emphasized are the persona archetype and the shadow archetype. These two archetypes were placed in the story to help the reader understand the importance of Semyon’s development and changes as a

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