A regression took place, predominantly to an earlier, anal level of the organization of drives and drive-monitoring forces and structures. ... There was a parallel alteration in representations of intimate objects and the possibilities of interaction with them. ... However, I wish to stress two things: 1) this is not the only way intrapsychic structures are altered; and 2) in Mr. ... For my purposes, the theory of the ego (both as an abstraction for structure and as "self") and its object relations, and the theory of drives, selectively became the figure of the Gestalt. The other points of vie...

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An explosion occurs between the two structures (the Phalluses and the domes / breasts), symbolically this is fascinating as it destroys the line between masculine and feminine with is a parallel to Ripley, who has undergone a transformation herself from the repressed feminine yet masculine persona to a balance of the both. ...

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The structure of the text allows the audience to discover contradictions between what he perceives as reality and what he perceives as a dream. ... His dream and reality are running parallel, and his actions are mirrored to intensify the link between both worlds. ...

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Topic: Psyche and soma - From harmony to discord. INTRODUCTION Psyche and soma- from harmony to discord "the captivating enigma that asks how subjective mental states are connected to our objective physical biology and the effect of balance or imbalance between them on an individual. There is little if any justification for regarding mind and body as separate entities, they function as a unit in health and disease. Although a disorder may be primarily physical or primarily psychological, it is always a disorder of the whole- not just of the body or psyche. Research has shown th...

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