A Psychoanalytic Interpretation : Jay Gatsby’s Id, Superego, Ego, and Core Issues

A Psychoanalytic Interpretation : Jay Gatsby’s Id, Superego, Ego, and Core Issues

The present essay attempts a psychoanalytic interpretation of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s Jay Gatsby’s id, superego, ego, and core issues. The first stage of the paper offers an analysis of Gatsby’s id, superego and ego; and finds that the id largely rules his behaviour, with few instances where the ego t...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Miranda O'Shea, Flavia
Format: Others
Language:English
Published: Högskolan Kristianstad, Fakulteten för lärarutbildning 2019
Subjects:
The Great Gatsby
psychoanalysis
psychoanalytic criticism
id ego superego
fear of abandonment
low self-esteem
insecure sense of self
Jay Gatsby
General Literature Studies
Litteraturvetenskap
Online Access:http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hkr:diva-20170

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