Erickson's psychosocial theory is a stage-oriented theory that states that society influences the personality, which develops through a series of crises (Papalia et al., 2001). When applying this theory to the characters in the movie, John is probably in the intimacy versus isolation stage. ... Jeff, though past the physical developmental stage, appears to be in an identity versus identity confusion stage. ... The mother, Beatrice, is in the stage of late adulthood that is known as integrity versus despair. ...

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Specifically, Stephanie Coontz, in "The Way We Never Were" (1992), refers to a „family drama‟ as "a staged play that contains any group of two or more persons who engage in ongoing intimacy and obligation, whether they do so because of birth, marriage, adoption or choice....

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