A DANGEROUS METHOD
(Name)
(Institutional Affiliation)
(Date)
This paper looks at the movie; A Dangerous Method directed by David Cronenberge is based on true life events that happened on the eve of the World War 1. This movie brings out the theories, techniques, and the central characters in the early history of psychoanalysis. It brings out the effectiveness of psychoanalysis method and shows the risks and dangers encountered when entering the unconscious mind. This movie takes a look at these through the life of Carl Jung who was one of the founding fathers of psychoanalysis. It also takes a glimpse into the turbulent relationship between a doctor, his mentor, and his patient. The paper will begin by giving a short
…show more content…
Jung and Dr. Feud start having a father-son relationship. Dr. Feud hopes that Dr. Jung will be his successor but a deep rift develops when Dr. Jung moves away from Dr. Feud’s belief that even though psychoanalysis can reveal the cause of psychological problems, it cannot cure a patient. He was also willing to go beyond Freud’s concept psychic determinism and sexuality, and bring ideas that include religion, premonitions, supernatural, and telepathy.
This movie brings out some interesting facts about psychoanalysis. Doctors in this field are different from others because they attempt to have rationale on the irrationality of emotions. The main aim is to analyze why behaviors deviate from the normal norm. This film shows a main idea of clinical psychology. People can go through profound amount of suffering which from outside sources or self-imposed. This movie successfully brings out the depth of emotional suffering that one can go through and brings out therapy in action. Cronenberg brings out the extent of sufferings that a patient goes through. Sabina’s behavior is seen moving from relative calmness into a violent behavior. Her eyes are seen poping out of her head, her limbs convulse, and her jaw spasms in a non-human way. Her mind tortures her in a way that this manifests physically. Dr. Jung uses his treatment “talking cure” to help Sabina find out the source of her hysteria. This treatment helps her answer the question why her mind is torturing
Psychoanalysis was introduced by Sigmund Freud and included a thorough self-analysis. The self-analysis allows the patient to have a better understanding of their unconscious attitudes that they have been experiencing. Most of the time, unconscious repression is impacting conscious attitudes and actions. The treatment is used to help the patient help themselves through a self-analysis of their unconscious mind, thus bringing the unconscious to the conscious. The psychoanalysis of a character from a novel uncovers the underlying meanings for their actions that may not have been noticeable during the first read through. It allows the reader to have a better understanding of what was happening unconsciously with the character that was influencing their actions throughout the novel. Therefore, I chose to psychoanalyze Dr. Marina Singh from “State of Wonder” by Ann Patchett. While reading “State of Wonder,” I was interested in Marina’s character and the influence her childhood had on her after so many years. Throughout the novel, different traumas of Marina’s life are brought up. The first trauma was her father leaving and then later from her mistake in medical school. I chose to focus on her father leaving and the repression that resulted. Marina’s trauma is important to her character understanding as it influences the direction she takes as a character in the
Psychoanalytic criticism originated in the work of Austrian psychoanalyst Sigmund Freud, who pioneered the technique of psychoanalysis. Freud developed a language that described, a model that explained, and a theory that encompassed human psychology. His theories are directly and indirectly concerned with the nature of the unconscious mind. Through his multiple case studies, Freud managed to find convincing evidence that most of our actions are motivated by psychological forces over which we have very limited control (Guerin 127). One of Freud’s most important contributions to the study of the psyche is his theory of repression: the unconscious mind is a repository of repressed desires,
Undoubtedly Sigmund Freud is the father of psychoanalysis. He was an influential thinker of the early twentieth century who elaborated the theory that the mind is a complex energy-system and the structural investigation of which is the proper province of psychology. Freud articulated and refined the concepts of the unconscious, infantile sexuality and repression and he proposed tripartite account of the mind ‘s structure, all as part of a radically new conceptual and therapeutic frame of reference for the understanding of human psychological development and the treatment of abnormal mental conditions. Freudian approach can be
Cardinal’s narration of psychoanalysis treatment is celebrated as one of the best accounts. In the introduction, Bruno Bettelheim praises The Words to Say It: “of all accounts of
The influence of psychoanalysis became persuasive in the twentieth century. This film, “The Cabinet of Dr Caligari” shows us the influence of this psychological theory by doubting how scary human may become under the shadow of insanity or unconsciousness (in this case insanity). We can clearly see that through the entire film the use of all visual elements like paintings, lights, shadows, twisted building to persuade us, the audience, into the world of insanity to bring psychoanalysis theme which he wants us to
Psychologist, psychoanalyst, doctor of medicine, and author, Sigmund Freud’s contributions to the world of science and psychology were far from limited. The self and widely regarded scientist was born in Friedberg in 1856 where he lived before moving to Vienna, Germany, where he would later produce founding revelations at the birth of psychology as a science. From his beginnings, Freud focused on psychopathology and the conscious mind (Jones, 1949). The renowned “Father of Psychoanalysis” created a pathway and a foundation for psychology, influencing the world of psychology from its birth to modern day practice. Freud’s delve into the unconscious, dreams, psychosexual development, and the id, ego, and super-ego, are just a limited number of his studies that greatly influenced numerous psychologists and theories of modern psychology. One of his earliest practices and most accredited work dealt with psychoanalysis specifically. Though this practice is seldom used in modern psychology in the treatment of psychological disorders, it assuredly carried great influence in the development of modern practices of psychological theories. Freud’s creation of psychoanalysis exceeded his professional career, influencing modern psychologists and theories, one specifically being ego psychology, that was founded in the mid 20th century of modern
Carl Jung, throughout film in both our modern age today and film that dates back to the 1900’s we see glimpses and flashes of Jung’s study. However to the simple viewer, or should I say the average viewer these glimpses of Jung’s study are easily missed or mistaken for nothing more than a good idea or just another schizophrenic movie. Therefore for my connections piece I have chosen to have a closer look and analyse several films through the eyes of Carl Jung; specifically looking at his theory of the Jungian Archetypes and how these are each represented in film. The four films that I will be critically analysing are Black Swan directed by Darren Aronofsky 2010, Fight Club directed by David Fincher 1999, The Double directed by Richard Ayoade 2013 and The Machinist directed by Brad Anderson 2004. One thing that all these films have in common is their direct correlation with the Jungian Archetypes, where we see the shadow and persona struggle in a battle for transcendence; to achieve self enlightenment or self happiness. Carl Jung was born on July 26, 1875; it was not known then, but this young child was destined to become arguably the greatest psychologist to date, and his theories were going to change the world as they knew it. Carl Jung had come up with the idea of Jungian archetypes, this is where he theorised that we all are comprised of three different people within ourselves. These
This week’s class we discussed about analytical psychology pioneer, Carl Jung and his accomplishments to his approach to psychodynamic method. Carl Jung’s life begin in Switzerland in 1856 and as a child he grew up as an introvert which he seemed to accept his loneliness. Jung was a disciple of Freud which later their friendship ended due to his combined methods to religion and psychology which contributed to much criticism. We explore about his disappointment on his father as he believed he was weak, powerless, and to kind. His mother dealt with the occult and which he later in life studied matters of the occult which he later in life mixed spiritual philosophies and various religions. He also believed that his mother was emotionally unstable.
David Cronenberg's latest film, "A Dangerous Method," recounts the relationship between two psychiatry pioneers, Sigmund Freud and Carl Jung, in the early part of the 20th century. Michael Fassbender as Jung, Viggo Mortensen as Freud, and Keira Knightley as Jung’s patient and future psychoanalyst Sabina Spielrein. It's Jung around whom the story revolves, as a rising young intellect attempting to build on Freud's fledgling theories of psychoanalysis. In Cronenberg's version, we watch as their professional relationship evolves from student-teacher to one more like father-son, before eventually fracturing. Jung has a wife (Sarah Gadon) who spends most of the film either pregnant or lamenting that she's popped out yet
Psychoanalysis is a therapy and also a theory which was produced by Sigmund Freud. This therapy stress that human behavior and emotion are unconsciously cause by their past experience and drive in the unconscious part and the client doesn’t know them. The therapist always uses this therapy to help the client understand more emotion and
Sigmund Freud created strong theories in science and medicine that are still studied today. Freud was a neurologist who proposed many distinctive theories in psychiatry, all based upon the method of psychoanalysis. Some of his key concepts include the ego/superego/id, free association, trauma/fantasy, dream interpretation, and jokes and the unconscious. “Freud remained a determinist throughout his life, believing that all vital phenomena, including psychological phenomena like thoughts, feelings and phantasies, are rigidly determined by the principle of cause and effect” (Storr, 1989, p. 2). Through the discussion of those central concepts, Freud’s theory of psychoanalysis becomes clear as to how he construed human character.
In her article, author Barbra Creed discusses a wide range of theories and assumptions on Freud and his relation to modern cinema, memories, and the development of the original horror film. She begins by describing Freud and his obsession with horror. She briefly mentions some of his case histories that entail themes of sexual abuse, hysteria, bestiality, phobias, and perversity, but primarily continues to inform us of his hatred of cinema.
Psychoanalysis was the name given by Sigmund Freud to a system of interpretation and therapeutic treatment of psychological disorders. (McLeod, 2007) In particular, we present five key concepts on psychoanalytic therapy: structure of personality, psychosexual stages, defense mechanism, anxiety, and the unconscious mind.
Both Cinema and Psychoanalysis were born at the end of the 19th century. They share a common historical background shaped by the changes that modernity imposed over the Western societies. Perhaps, this is one of the reasons why psychoanalysis influenced cinema so much. At the time the brothers Lumière were screening the first results of the ‘cinematograph’, Freud and Joseph Breuer had recently published their studies on Hysteria (The Guardian, 2001). In this essay I will analyse how my way of understanding and reading films has changed because of the acknowledgement of Freud’s psychoanalytic theories and their influence on film. (Hill, Gibson, 1998)
Sigmund Freud along with Carl Jung are among the main pioneers of psychology, they can be viewed as the early founders and most influential thinkers, as they contributed significantly to the modern science of psychology. They earnestly searched to understand the human psychological frailties in their entire lives trying to address and understand the human’s internal changes and struggles. This paper will compare and contrast Feud’s theories to those of Jung. Though their theories differ, they have had a great impact on our discernment of the human mind and their influences have led to the successful development of the wide range of human distress (Bluhm, 2006).