The story‚ "Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been" by Joyce Carol Oates is truly littered with conventions of Psychoanalysis. Freud developed a list of defense mechanisms used by the human subconscious in order to deal with issues too intense for the conscious mind. These strategies of the psyche are translated into symbols scattered throughout this work. These symbols are expressed through the characters of Connie‚ and Arnold Friend. The first convention is denial. Denial is when the subconscious
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step. We use our senses‚ our past experiences‚ our imaginations‚ etc. 3. We‚ as critics and as listeners of those critics‚ must not be so quick to dismiss the opposing view. Although it may not be taken lightly as a certain point in time‚ Matthew Goulish brilliantly states that anything can become a work of art over time. In reference with the glass example‚ a work of art can be seen as unappealing or unmoving like a solid‚ but as we develop the skills to understand the artwork overtime‚ it can be
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