A theme that has been frequently discussed in our class during this past month is theid?,ego?, andsuperego? of characters in stories. Several stories we have read share this theme within them. Some people might be confused with the real meaning of this theme. Id? stands for what a person wants to do. It is about basic human needs and desires such as hunger, greed, lust, safety, etc. Superego is what a person ought to do. It is the big picture. Last but not least, anego? is basically choosing between the above two. Some people may lean more toward the Id in their actions than others. What this theme is basically saying is that everyone has a different personality no matter how you look at it. .
One of the stories we have read that shows this theme isThe Use of Force?. This story was about a doctor who is unexpectedly dealing with a very hard to handle patient. The doctor was nice to the little girl at first and politely asked her to open her mouth for inspection. It demonstrated that his superego was active and that he really somewhat cared about this girl. Id? finally kicked in when the doctor was actually enjoying torturing this little girl by getting her to pry her mouth open. This story showed that at any minute yourid? could overpower thesuperego? or vice versa. It all depends on your surroundings.
Next, the story calledEnemies? also had an example of this theme. This story was about another doctor that has been asked for help in the most inconvenient time. His son had just died and a man came to his door asking to go somewhere. Hisid? was leaning towards the action of asking the man to leave but his superego came into effect. He talked to the man and he told the doctor that his wife had just had a heart attack. They both learn at the end that she was faking the heart attack and that his wife was cheating on him. They were both surprised and the doctor was a bit angry that his time did basically get wasted.
He categorized the mental processes into three groups: id, ego, and superego. ... The id, the ego and the superego are all dependent on each other. ... Where the id only seeks its desires, the ego is concern with reality. The ego is the balance between the Id and the Superego. ... The difference between the Id and the Ego is that the Id acts on impulse, while the Ego deals with the reality. ...
Freud divided personality into three components: the id, ego, and superego. ... The ego mediates between the id and the external world. ... My id, ego, and superego are in constant battle all the time. ... Just as I start to relax, my superego jumps in to the battle. ... My ego wins this battle. ...
The three different ego states are the Id, Ego and Superego. The first ego state I will discuss is the Superego. ... The Id is at the complete other end from the Superego. ... This is the midpoint between the Superego and Id. ... The Id, Ego and Superego are the three ego states that the mind acts out of. ...
Freud's theory breaks the "unconscious"" mind into three impulses: Id, Ego, and Superego. ... The ego is the kind that tries to find middle ground between the Id and superego. ... The Id, ego and superego are put to use through the main characters of the story. ... The Ego impulse is the type that tries to find middle ground between the Id and Superego. ... The Id, Ego and Superego are all impulses proved by Feud and now Golding. ...
He's the mind behind the concept that every human has an id, ego, and superego. ... The superego is the oppressor of the id and represents our morals. The ego is the mediator between id and superego. ... These weaknesses are shown when the ego struggles to satisfy the id without overstepping the superego. ... The id and superego are constantly fighting. ...
In William Golding's Lord of the Flies Jack represents the ID, Piggy the Superego and the Ego is portrayed by Ralph. ... There is a constant struggle to harmonize the demands of the ID and the idealism of the Superego. Enter the Ego. ... To the Ego, the Superego sometimes becomes tiresome though. ... Lord of the Flies is a Freudian blueprint of the human mind, wherein Ralph is the Ego, Piggy is the Superego and Jack is the ID. ...
The superego tries very hard to keep the id in line. ... Piggy helps Ralph realize that without the control of the ego, the id will run wild. ... Piggy is killed; the id has now taken over the superego. Ralph is the ego; he tries as best as he can to negotiate the disagreements between the greedy demands of the id and the fears of the superego. ... He is able to listen and control the id and the superego. ...
His internal conflict between his three psychic zones - the id, the ego, and the superego " illustrates how an internal war leads him to his downfall. ... If the id is the source of desires for a pleasurable satisfaction and the ego is the real life, then the superego is the source of discipline and morality. ... The character of Macbeth rapidly shifts to his id, from his ego and his superego though all of them are equally in an internal conflict within Macbeth's mind. Macbeth is in touch with his id, ego, and superego with the different aspects of his personality changing at differ...
