As previously discussed, Miller's view of the uncanny seems to run parallel with Jentsch's notions of intellectual uncertainty, straying from Freud's various understandings of the source of the uncanny; however, had Miller utilized repetition compulsion as a main facet of his argument, his integration of Freud's variation of the uncanny would have been justified in some respect. In his essay, Freud outright states that "repetition [produces] a sense of the uncanny by reproducing a circumstance, or a feeling, that recalls the helplessness we experience…" (Freud 144). While Miller may not explicitly share Freud's psychoanalytical outlook, there is some merit to repetition's ability to produce a feeling of anxiety and helplessness in constructing
The figurative language expresses emotions. Words can only classify emotions. However they are unfathomable and can only be expressed through “exaggerations”. To compare one self to the author’s feeling is the only way for the emotion to be understood. The repetition is used to show the struggle of letting go of the past. O’Brien becomes a writer and finds that he can’t let go so easily. He writes stories more than once to find a point in why it haunts him and why he must move on.
Carl Jung was a Swiss psychologist and psychiatrist who developed many theories concerning the unconscious mind. Jung’s theories state that the unconscious part of a human’s psyche has two different layers, the personal unconscious and the collective unconscious. The personal unconscious is unique to every individual; however, the collective unconscious “is inborn.” (Carl Jung, Four Archetypes, 3) The collective unconscious is present in everyone’s psyche, and it contains archetypes which are “those psychic contents which have not yet been submitted to conscious elaboration” (Jung, Archetypes, 5); they are templates of thought that have been inherited through the collective unconscious. Jung has defined many different archetypes such as the archetype of the mother, the archetype of the hero, the archetype of the shadow, etc. These Jungian archetypes are often projected by the collective unconscious onto others. If the novel A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving is examined through a Jungian archetypal lens it is possible to discern different archetypes projected by the protagonist’s unconscious self to illustrate the effects of the collective unconscious on character and plot analysis.
Many of the characters in Arthur Miller's The Crucible have specific human flaws that cause the tragedy of the Salem Witch Trials. The Salem villagers exhibit failings, including greed, vengeance, and fear, which eventually lead to the downfall of their town. Many villagers, especially Abigail Williams, take advantage of the opportunity to seek vengeance on others through the trials. Greed for power and land often holds precedence when the hysteria takes over. Fear of being arrested or put to death is the key motivation in turning others in as witches. From these three human flaws, the town of Salem falls into chaos with many innocent people paying the price.
The Crucible – Human Nature Human nature was fully to blame for the disaster which took place in Salem in 1692. Human nature is what your character is made of in trying situations, and in 1692 scientific knowledge was extremely poor by today's standards and so all reoccurring problems were blamed on an evil force, whether it be the devil or witches or anything the imagination could conjure, hence human nature was being tested regularly. The decisions people made were critical to the disaster's progression, in today's scene in would have been dismissed within minutes, but the paranoia floating around in the town kept the ball rolling. People were so terrified of the thought of evil that any suggestion of it would create a preordained judgement in the mind of anyone, especially those who made judgement of the accused. To get to the supposed
In Shirley Jackson's novel "The Haunting of Hill House", there are numerous traces of the representation of the uncanny which was suggested by Sigmund Freud. In the story, the Hill House itself is an uncanny figure to the central protagonist, Eleanor, as it features as her mother which has an ambivalent nature as the meaning of the German word of `uncanny' itself. Moreover, the house also acts as a mirror reflecting her own image so that she can see herself by looking at the house, thus the house is actually an allegory of Eleanor's psychological condition and she is literally consumed by it in the end as the boundary between her and the house collapses. Besides, another protagonist, Theodora, is a double of Eleanor as she figures her opposite side which is her denied self and self-destructiveness while she also expresses the repressed feelings of Eleanor. These examples match with the concept of the uncanny which stresses on the uncanny effect of the `Doubling' and `Infantile complexes' . (Alison 32)
Writers may use literature as a vehicle of social criticism. In which ways does Arthur Miller criticize society?
As Mr. Miller explained his story of what he had thought happened to his wife, Mrs. Miller. I noticed
Explore the presentation of femininity in Old English and Middle English texts and the way in which it differs.
The aim of this essay is to clarify the basic principles of Freud’s theories and to raise the main issues.
The ideas used to interpret this play are not classically Freudian, but rather a more contemporary understanding of psychodynamics as influenced by modern existential theory. The ideas of Ernest Becker, one of the more influential figures in the new psychoanalysis, are used throughout this psychological examination.
In the prologue, the Miller is characterized to be a hefty, and strong fellow and brought up from a much different class of a knight. He is told to have immense strength for he could, “heave any door off hinge and post” with his head. This tells the reader that he is not much of a gentleman and presumably, not that intelligent. To be introduced as a boisterous drunk, as well as dishonest for stealing and swindling grains from his customers, it is possible that he may tell a tale of scandal and vulgarity. His stories may be spewed out in honesty and raw crudeness since he is a “wrangler and buffoon” that had a “store of tavern stories, filthy in the main. “Most of the stories shared by the pilgrims share the same theme of romance and love. Therefore,
In conclusion, Beyond the Pleasure Principle covers much ground on Sigmund Freud’s psychoanalytic theories. The pleasure principle is the idea that humanity possesses an instinctual drive toward experiencing pleasure and shielding itself from pain. Traumatic neuroses are primarily caused by surprise or fright, and could keep reappearing in the dreams of the trauma patients as it places them back in the traumatic event that they experienced. Patients also recreate the experience that led to their current mental state through the term “repetition compulsion.”
The thought was put forth in an article in “Energy” in 1970 by Masahiro Mori. Ernst Jentsch wrote about “the uncanny” in a 1906 essay. Sigmund Freud followed up thirteen13 years later. The idea is largely based on anecdotes and researchers like Karl MacDorman. MacDorman is working on experiments to have in on possible explanations. MacDorman briefly worked with Saygin in Japan
In the novel The Uncanny by Sigmund Freud he speaks of the term uncanny and what it means. Freud begins to explain what is the cause of the uncanny and its three major effects. He claims that the cause of this is an terrifying action or event that triggers a person's memory to return to a long familiar memory. One of the three major effects it has on people would be repetition compulsion. The second effect would be repressed impulses which is where an individual directs their desires and impulses towards pleasurable instincts by excluding the desire of consciousness and holding or subduing it while unconscious of it. The third effect would be the double, which is state when a child sees multiple versions of themselves. In this essay I will
Although this short story -- one of the greatest in American Literature -- was published almost a century before Sigmund Freud, a renowned psychologist and psychoanalyst, published his works, Young Goodman Brown almost explicitly illustrates how Freudian psychology works. A lot of aspects of psychology are depicted in this short story.