Oedipus complex in Sons and lovers Sigmund Freud introduced two theories‚ one is Oedipus complex and other is Electra complex. Sigmund Freud’s theory‚ the Oedipus complex takes its name from the Greek play Oedipus Rex. In the play Oedipus is prophesied to murder his father‚ marry his mother and have sex with her and he does this unwittingly. The strong attraction of a child to the parent of the opposite sex and envy or jealous feelings toward the parent
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I have chosen the artwork Judith Decapitating Holofernes by Artemisia Gentileschi in 1620. The reason I chose this painting is because of the graphic nature and the history behind the painting. The painting is 6’ 6 ⅜” x 5’ 3 ¾” oil on canvas located at the Uffizi Gallery in Florence‚ Italy. The painting shows two women (Judith and her maidservant) holding down and cutting off the head of Holofernes. This is clear because of the sword that Judith is holding near his neck and the blood that is painted
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Mayra Perez ENG 201 July 2‚ 2013 The Lover Book vs. Film Marguerite Duras publishes The Lover in 1884. A book that becomes one of the best sellers she had written. Almost a decade later it was adapted to film (1992). Both the book and the film are set in French Indochina and tell the love story of a French young girl and a Chinese man in 1929. In both versions‚ the love affair between a white and Chinese people is a taboo. Thus‚ their romance starts with an economic interest because the French
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The Demon Lover is a story written by Elizabeth Bowen which leaves a really big question‚ is the character of the story in a psychological trauma or is she being chase by and actual eidolon. This story is quite ambiguous‚ personally I like to think it’s a ghost story‚ just read the title‚ DEMON lover. For me this is a clear indication that the main character is being haunted by a spectral spirit. Subsequently‚ there are many evidences in the story that make me think that there is a ghost chasing
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In Robert’s Browning’s Porphyria’s Lover‚ published in 1836‚ what seems to be a normal love poem takes a shocking turn when the narrator strangles his lover. Naturally‚ critics of Porphyria’s Lover tend to discuss the speaker’s psychotic state as he shifts between reality and fantasy during his tale of murder. In her critical essay‚ Uma Kukathas argues that the speaker cannot be trusted to present with total accuracy the events he describes because of his psychotic state‚ which requires the reader
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they went.The white community abused of their power and treated them as animals. In consequence of this‚ Richard Wright created Native Son. The book is about of all of the Biggers Richard Wright had encountered when he lived in Chicago and Bigger represented all of them and how being a black person meant in this time. While many others wouldn’t agreed of Bigger’s action‚ Richard Wright‚ the author of Native Son illustrates the struggles of a
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it has also the power to blind‚ imprison and destroy. -Ralph Elision- Education is not a product: mark‚ diploma‚ job‚ money -- in that order: it’s a process‚ a never-ending one. -Bel Kaufman- During last week‚ I read 2 excerpts from Richard Wright and Malcolm X’ autobiographical writing. The interesting part is the authors both got self- educated by reading books while they were in tough situations because of racism. Although the way they accessed to education was different‚ they had a strong
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The story "The Demon’s Lover” written by Elizabeth Bowen is a story were you can see ambiguity at its finest. In this case there are two ways to interpret the story‚ there is the psychological and the spiritual way of interpreting the plot of the story. The setting is in the city of London during the London Blitz meaning that it was during World War II. In my opinion I think that Mrs. Drover is suffering from a psychological disorder or trauma caused by the war. Mrs. Drover is the main character
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attention to the important part fate plays in the lives of the lovers. Romeo is portrayed a hopeless romantic. At first he is depressed about his one sided love towards Rosaline‚ his love is ‘brawling’ as if love were his enemy and his hate is ‘loving’ because he’s in love with Rosaline despite her indifference. This string of paradoxes shows that Romeo knows that love is both sweet and painful. He uses the ‘fire sparkling in lovers eyes’ to symbolize the passion you feel in love and the ‘loving
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3 March 12‚ 2014 The Promise In the short story “The Demon Lover‚” written by Elizabeth Bowen‚ she describes a story of a middle aged woman who had made a promise with her fiancé twenty-five years ago. It begins by Mrs. Kathleen Drover coming back to her old bombed house in London to pick up a few things left behind. While she was there‚ Mrs. Drover finds a letter which makes her recall of her soldier fiancé twenty-five years ago and the promise that he made her make. After she had read the letter
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