Henry's Natural State

Janes superego and id seem to be in a lot of conflict especially in terms of her relationship. She has put off engaging in intercourse with her partner of two years because she was constantly reminded that losing one's virginity before marriage was a sin by her grandmother. Her grandmother was her primary source for providing morals and religious and social values as such. She faced a lot of internal conflict while with her boyfriend, but her superego always prevented her from breaking her vows to her grandmother and god. Her superego would sometimes even cause Jane to see and hear things reflecting her promise and her grandmother’s words which would eventually prevent her from giving into her sexual desires purposed by her id. Jane agreed to remaining a virgin until marriage and stuck through with her word and remained chaste until marriage. The imbalance between her superego and id caused a lot of anxiety for Jane as it would often make her hallucinate often, causing thoughts in her preconscious to unintentionally move to her conscious. In terms of the type of anxiety she faced when dealing with this aspect of her relationship, Freud labeled a conflict between the id and superego as both moral and neurotic anxiety as they both come into conflict with

In the movie Regarding Henry, Henry shows many examples of Id and superego. Henry was a very rude, self centered person. He only focused on work and not the things that really mattered like his daughter and his wife. However, henry got shot in the head and he survived. His life was forever changed after that.

In the movie Regarding Henry there is a man who has trouble getting his life back after a serious brain injury. This injury makes him lose all his memory, so he has to relearn everything he knew, like how to act and how to talk. But because he doesn't know better at first he acts with his id, which is his natural state.

When he was at the store and the burglar confronted him, he didn’t respond out of fear. Instead he tried to reason with the man. After the accident, he has a different perspective on his life and isn’t able to understand why he lived the way he did. Henry works hard to change the mistakes he made. For example, Henry acted very intentionally by going to visit the couple that he betrayed at the trial and gave them a document that declared that lied and they should have won. This revealed his Superego because it was the “moral principle”. Henry revealed his Superego less frequently, but it occurred variously before and after his traumatic

Before Henry is shot he is very critical. There is one scene where Henry is yelling at Rachel for spilling juice on the piano. Another scene is when Henry gets mad about the table because it is not what he wanted. After Henry was shot, his Superego was more prevalent. One example is when Rahel spilled her orange juice on the table; Rachel expected Henry to get mad because that is what normally would happen before Henry was shot, but Henry was not mad and to make Rachel feel better he spilled his orange juice on purpose. Another scene that shows Henry’s Superego is when Rachel was scared about going to her new school so Henry made up a story about his first day to make her feel better. This shows Henry’s superego because he is using his morals and did the right thing to make Rachel feel better. While in his office Henry realizes that the case he previously worked on had information that was not shown in court. His Superego kicks in and gives the information to the other

The first negative example of Henry’s id is when he lies in court in order to win the case. His ego focused so much on the thought of the success that he completely ignored the moralities of it all. He was too motivated by selfishness to care about the consequences of his lies. Another negative example of Henry’s id is when he apologizes to his daughter. In his apology, he begins to focus the conversation towards his case that day instead of caring for his daughter’s feelings; in this instance, his id shows noticeable inconsideration for others.

The movie Regarding Henry is about a middle aged man working as a lawyer who focuses more on his work than his family or relationships. But a tragic accident leads to him losing almost all of his memories and most of his functions, forcing him to recuperate and get back into his busy life. During the story of Regarding Henry, the Id and Superego are at a constant war to take control of Henry’s lifestyle, causing him to be a mess before and after his accident. In the movie Regarding Henry, Henry’s natural state is the pleasure wanting Id. Before his accident and after his accident, Henry’s Id is a large contributing factor to most of his actions throughout the story.

It manifests with Henry’s childlike state when he awakes from his long coma. It then manifests with him being immediate and unconditional friend to his physical trainer much like a child to his mother. Henrys Id again shows in his acceptance of mistakes. When Henrys daughter spills juice again in front of Henry, Henry immediately tells her that its ok and that he also make mistakes. This is the kind of immediate forgiveness that is usually found more in children, because they are ignorant to the damage that certain mistakes may cause. Henrys positive Id also springs up when he buys a puppy on a whim because it brings him happiness. Later he even stands on top of a bench in the city and kisses his wife because he is so in love with her and doesn't have a learned superego to tell him that he is uncomfortable with said

Sigmund Freud was the first human to suggest that everyone is unconscious. He identified that all humans had three parts that made up the personality; the id, ego and superego. The id operates on the pleasure principle, the ego operates on the reality principle, and the superego operates on the moral principle. In "Regarding Henry", Henry Turner is a fierce lawyer who operates only on pleasure that can be found in the moment. After his incident, he becomes a man of morality.

As Humans we have complex minds. Our conscious and actions are driven by three separate categories the id, ego, and superego. I believe that in this movie Henry’s natural state was his Id. Id is a childlike state. It is playful and is not manipulative. As the movie unfolds you begin to notice the contrast between his past and present personality traits.

The id is what causes your impulsive actions, the ego is what makes you step back and rationalize, and the superego is what controls your morals. Henry Turner spends a large majority of the movie operating on his superego. It makes him more loving and compassionate, contrary to how he acted while operating on his id. After the accident, his natural state is definitely his superego. This film helps to show how easily our personalities can be affected by certain events. It also shows that people seem to become a much better person when operating on their superego, not their id. It is much better to be thoughtful and rational than

Later the police knock on the doors of Henry’s home and informs his wife that Henry has been shot and is at the hospital. In the hospital he forgets what had happened he forgets pretty much everything that has happened. In thinking of the Id and superego effects I think in the first part of the movie Henry was Id but after he got shot he was more of a superego person being that the fact he was so controlling in the beginning of the movie and then he was so caring and nice after he was shot and had to go through rehab.If I had a to pick I would say that he was Superego because he was Id in the beginning and the rest of the movie he had a moral principle.In Sigmund Freud’s studies he was saying that he suggested that everyone has a large unconcious. Which means that we are aware of our conscious for example if you want a drink you go get a drink. Freud was very successful in his studies.This movie is to show how people have so many different personalities in life. He was this very controlling person in the beginning of the movie and then is a sweetheart after the accident he’s affectionate and fun very loving.He changed his ways with his wife and daughter he takes his wife’s hand out in public.He learns how an unscrupulous lawyer he was and decides to change his ways and quits his job as a

After Henry is out of the hospital, he finds some cash in a closet in his house. He grabs it and puts it in his pocket. He had no conscience while doing this, neither did he think about any consequences he might have. There was an instant urge to just take it, and he did. Henry also uses superego many times throughout the movie. He yells at his daughter, Rachel, and does not want to apologize. Sarah, his wife, gets mad at him and keeps telling him he needs to apologize to her. He realises that the right thing to do is go tell Rachel he’s sorry, even though he doesn’t want to. This shows him using his conscience and moral principle. At the end of the movie, he finds out he was cheating on his wife and that he was going to leave her for the other woman. He uses his superego to decide that he is going to stay with Sarah and be loyal to her now. He is using his morals, and he knows right from

Superego: This is that part of our psyche that determines how we think we should react in a given situation. This is the development of morals, what is right and what is wrong. It is a further development of control over the id response.

The word ‘id’ is a latin word meaning ‘it’. It is the unorganized part of the personality structure of a person that comprises of impulsive, basic, instinctual drives of a human being. It is the child – like portion of the mind. Of all the three components, id is the only component that is present from birth. Hence it represents bodily needs, wants, desires and impulses that do not care about the demands/expectations of reality and without any accordance to what is right or wrong. According to Freud, id is the unconscious part of the human mind seeking pleasure.