Eat me, drink me, love me; Laura, make much of me Lizzie offers herself as satisfaction for Laura's "passionate yearning" and "baulked desire"; an action that can be interpreted as more erotic than sacramental. ... He suggests that the sisters" relationship is not about a homosexual case of physical love between sisters but is opposed to heterosexual relationships, as an expression of the subconscious incestuous desire: All of us, however, have grown up with the unexpressed incest taboo which regulated the degree of physical contact we think appropriate between brothers and sisters, a...

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• Approx Pages: 13
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"Macbeth" "Marquis de Luc de Clapiers Vauvenargues once said, "The greatest evil which fortune can inflict on men is to endow them with small talents and great ambition." Although aspirations and dreams are a healthy standard among society as a whole, what happens when these desires gain an "any ...

• Word Count: 2918
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• Grade Level: High School

Victor's conscious behavior is clouded by his unconscious repressed desires, as he struggles with the Oedipus complex, defined as subconscious feelings in children of intense competition and even hatred toward the parent of the same sex, and feelings of romantic love toward the parent of the opposite sex, if these conflicting feelings are not successfully resolved, they contribute to neuroses in later life. ... Victor's true desire to give life is motivated by the yearning to regain his mother, yet his Creature becomes instead a mirror of his unconscious mind. ...

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• Approx Pages: 10
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Therefore, his terror seems to represent a sort of subconscious self-vision. ... While Victor praised his family and was quite concerned with their impressions and desires, he allowed his yearning for romantic fulfillment to cloud his identity and ruin his life. ...

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