Paralleling this personality, Lacan provides his theory of the Law of the Father or the Phallus. ... Along with the particulars of the Psychoanalytic Theory produced from Lacan and Freud, the specific structure and supporting details of the initial story complete the belief of being completely structured from this theory. The psychological conditions of the protagonist, Paul, are easy to spot if readers of this story can see that it parallels unfortunate children in our American society. ...

• Word Count: 1349
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

This idea will be proven in discussion of Freudian theories of the human being, the role that society plays in refining human behaviour and the necessity of law, penalties and structure to prevent unacceptable comportment. ... In the novel, the boys were stranded on an island with no social structure. ... The recent events in Baghdad and other Iraqi cities can be easily paralleled to the loss of stability on the island in "Lord Of The Flies". ... This proves that this type of immoral behavior tends to take takes place in any society which faces a loss ...

• Word Count: 1356
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

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...

• Word Count: 1675
• Approx Pages: 7
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

It would be wrong to say that Golding did not use the Freudian mind structure as a basis for this novel, as the similarities among the 3 parts and Jack, Ralph, and Piggy are uncanny; the names of the characters and names of Freudian counterparts could probably be used interchangeably. The Id's lack of rational or emotional values is directly paralleled to Jack's unnecessary hunting, murders, and destruction. ...

• Word Count: 736
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

Virginia Woolf intentionally used nouns, verbs, small descriptions that are very typical Freudian symbols, and even the structure of the short story fits into the psychoanalytic theory. ... The two parallel parts describe the same, but on different levels of consciousness. ...

• Word Count: 1085
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

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. ...

• Word Count: 1552
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

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. ...

• Word Count: 1104
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

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...

• Word Count: 2608
• Approx Pages: 10
• Grade Level: Undergraduate