-Explains the patterns of behavior of a character

I. What are the behaviors motivated by?a. Desiresb. Fearsc. Conflictsd. Needse. Attitudef. Role of the family

a. Oedipal / Electra Complexb. Sibling rivalry

• Dreams are symbols-Latent content is the real message

a. displacement (stand-in person)b. condensation (stand-in conflict)

We create the characters, the symbols, and the meaning (so what does that say about us: Reader Response Critical Theory)

Phallic-symbols are images of the maleYonic- symbols are images of the female

• Death– Crisis and trauma– Principal organizer of our psychological

experience– Death is the ultimate abandonment

• We die alone; hence religion• Leads into fear of abandonment which causes fear

of loss and then of course fear of intimacy• All lead into fear of life to fear of risk OR the total

opposite:– Thanatos is our death drive: causes self-

destructive behaviors• Death work

– Natural and unavoidable

Emotional and Biological Death-loss of nay kind- “If I don’t feel anything, then I can’t get hurt”

a. isolationb. fascinationc. projection

*This occurs in all of us to a certain degree

Sexuality-Eros is our sex drive

a. A part of our personality/identity-Clearest and consistent barometer of our

psychological statea. how, why, when, amount, what, who

-Our culture defines these rules (super-ego)

-Libido is our sexual energy-Male genital envy

i. all the power that goes to men than women don’t get

-Castration Anxietyi. losing that male power: dominationii. To be like a female/less than the male stereo-type

a. these both are our cultural (super-ego) gender roles

EGO-conscious self-referees between the id

and the super-ego-society vs us

a. what we want

ID vs Super-Ego-Id is our instincts

a. devoted to desire and does not care about the consequences

i. desires forbidden things

-Super-ego is our internalized values and taboos

i. makes us feel guilty because we are told we should/ should not