1. Frankenstein, A Psychoanalytical Approach
Lacan describes a child's development during the pre-verbal stage the child enters the mirror or the imaginary order. ... A common result of this stage is that the infant realizes his hands are his own not just a disjointed thing that he views occasionally. Lacan tells us the imaginary stage is followed promptly by the oedipal stage. ... Lacan tells us that the oedipal stage occurs closely with the time words begin to be used as symbols to represent things, the linguistic/symbolic order. Collings argues that Victor never fully differentiated from his mother during the mirror/imaginary ...
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- Approx Pages: 10
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- Grade Level: Undergraduate