1. Psychoanalytic Reading of Poe's Oval Portrait
The main focus will be the traces of Freud's ideas on the "Life and Death Drives", "Guilt Complex", "Fixation", "Sublimation", "Dream work" and "Ideal Female complex" in this short story. ... Sigmund Freud Psychology's most famous figure is also one of the most influential and controversial thinkers of the twentieth century. Sigmund Freud's work and theories helped shape our views of childhood, personality, memory, sexuality and therapy. Freud's major ideas are as follows: The Conscious and Unconscious Mind The I...
- Word Count: 3098
- Approx Pages: 12
- Has Bibliography
- Grade Level: Undergraduate