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    The narrator of Edgar Allan Poe’s 1843 story “The Black Cat” insists that his tale of horror is “a series of mere household events” (348); this insistence forms the basis of much of the criticism of this story. Critics have risen to the narrator’s challenge to reduce these events to “the commonplace” and the “ordinary” (254) in their efforts to propose a motive for the narrator’s violence.1 Exploring the story through the lens of gender construction offers an additional perspective on this

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    Psychoanalysis and feminism In ‘’ Macbeth’’ William Shakespeare is one of the best writers of the Renaissance. He is unforgettable person and admired by young and older people. His works are used in mass media and popular culture. His plays are always alive in art‚ television‚ theatre. In the essay there would be discussed the most popular female character found in his play " Macbeth"- Lady Macbeth. She is an extraordinary example of the person who was analysed by psychoanalysis. One of the person

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    the story to connect with our attentiveness. For instance‚ most of Edgar Allan Poe’s stories represents a sort of revelation‚ however it is loaded with deceitful self-defense and extraordinary arguing with the readers. In one of his texts‚ “The Black Cat”‚ Poe

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    the every day reader takes a look into a book its the ardent features that grab them and entice them into reading the rest. In "Black Cat" Edgar Allen Poe explores indredulous emotion. Poe often uses the work of strong words to entisify parts of the story. As Edgar Allen Poe proceeds through the murder he gives out to his wife‚ she proves herself in the front of the cat‚ saving its life. Poe’s words irrevokebly changes the way his writing makes the reader feel. "Goaded by the interference into a

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    Psychoanalysis is one of the many parts of Psychology that Sigmund Freud‚ who was the father of Psychotherapy‚ had created for the advancement of Psychology. Psychoanalysis is a system used to analyze how the unconscious and conscious mind interact together. The aim of finding this interaction between the two parts of our mind is to make the unconscious mind conscious‚ thus gaining insight into how we think and to treat or possibly cure fears and anxieties. When using psychoanalysis on yourself or

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    Every good story has interesting main characters that the reader can follow. This includes the stories of “Young Goodman Brown” by Nathaniel Hawthorne and “The Black Cat” by Edgar Allan Poe. Both stories have their main characters change towards the end of their respective stories. In addition‚ both stories can be centered around the theme of losing innocence as both characters partake in actions that they thought they would never do or see. In fact‚ both characters are similar in the fact that they

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    Psychoanalysis helps the client to uncover and resolve unconscious conflicts and to strengthen the ego by redirecting energy to conscious processes. What methods does Dr. Donavan use to achieve this goal? How effective is it with Helen? In reviewing the case study of Helen and watching the therapy session online it became apparent that Helen was still struggling with feelings of the “benign neglect” she experienced as a child. Murdock (2009) in quoting Sigmund Freud “maintained that the forces

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    ENGL 2342.MS1 27 May 2014 The Psychoanalysis of Walter Mitty In James Thurber’s “The Secret Life of Walter Mitty”‚ the character Walter Mitty suffers from posttraumatic stress disorder. He is continuously imagining himself in alternate realities throughout the story‚ most of which are reflected around war. The different fantasies that he imagines himself in are driving a Navy hydroplane‚ performing an intense medical operation‚ being put on trial in a courtroom‚ flying an Air Force jet‚ and

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    In the short story‚ “The Black Cat” by Edgar Allan Poe‚ the narrator was sane during his wife’s murder. The narrator had several pets for many years and was happy to be with his wife‚ until he started to abuse alcohol. His alcohol abuse led to the abuse of his pets and wife‚ eventually leading to his wife’s “murder‚”which is what the narrator called it when he committed the crime. Alcoholism does not make a man insane‚ the narrator knew what he was doing and he knew that it was wrong‚ unlike a person

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    “The Tell Tale Heart” and “The Black Cat” are both very similar in writing technique and multiple plot characteristics‚ but there also some differences as well. One of the main differences between these two short stories is the way the reader finds out the ending of the plot. In “The Black Cat”‚ the narrator tells that he has committed a crime at the beginning of the story by saying “But tomorrow I die‚ and to-day I would unburden my soul. My immediate purpose is to place before the world‚ plainly

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