As cited in Freud, 1949, the principle tenets on which the psychoanalytic theory are based are the three forces of the psychical apparatus: the id, the ego, and the superego. ... The superego is said to act as a guide for a person's behavior. ...
Freud stated that in self-defense of their Oedipus complex, children develop an influential conscience called the superego (Berger 272). The superego's goal is to apply values, morals and standards of one's parents. At an early age, a child develops a superego through interactions with the parents. ...
Others approached Lord of the Flies through the theories of the psychoanalyst Sigmund Freud, who taught that the human mind was the site of a constant battle among different impulses-the id (instinctual needs and desires), the ego (the conscious, rational mind), and the superego (the sense of conscience and morality). ...
