Jungian reading

A Jungian Reading of Beowulf     This essay will propose an alternative means by which to examine the distinctive fusion of historical, mythological, and poetic elements that make up the whole of Beowulf.  Jeffrey Helterman, in a 1968 essay, “Beowulf: The Archetype Enters History,” first recognized Grendel as a representation of the Shadow archetype and identified Grendel’s mother as an archetypal Anima image; I wish to extend the scope of the reading by suggesting that the dragon, too, represents

A Jungian Reading of Beowulf          The epic poem, Beowulf, depicts the battles and victories of the Anglo-Saxon warrior Beowulf, over man-eating monsters. The noble defender, Beowulf, constantly fought monsters and beasts to rid the land of evil. The most significant of these monsters, Grendel, represents Beowulf's shadow, the Jungian archetype explored in the essay collection, Meeting the Shadow.   The character Grendel portrays the fallen self, which will assert itself violently

I, Aaron Abunu, would like make the argument that two jungian archetypes most conform to my own personality traits: the Sage and the Creator. The Sage, the characteristic of constantly seeking knowledge and information, is largely seen in how I entertain myself and my general outlook on life. The Creator, the trait of wanting to create and express their ideas through a medium, is seen in my skill set and as well as my interests. Overall, I feel that I am most represented by these two archetypes

Vertigo is a psychological thriller film directed by Alfred Hitchcock, with a key theme of voyeuristic fetish and erotic obsession. The male protagonist, Scottie is depicted as the dominator in a heterosexual relationship with two female characters: Judy, who fakes Madeleine to seduce Scottie and deceive him to make false testimony for a planned murder, and Midge, the confidante of Scottie who is secretly in love with him. Through the interactions with Scottie, Judy and Midge are portrayed as submissive

Societal Effects on the Macbeths Ambitions cloud the heads of those who then become irrational causing a loss of everything that makes one great. In Shakespeare’s The Tragedy of Macbeth the characters of Macbeth and Lady Macbeth chose crime and treachery over their own sanity creating a short lived life of guilt and misery. As the plot unfolds the dynamics of the couples’ broken relationship come to light with the lack of communication and plotting behind one another. With a brief appearance of

The Life and Work of C.G. Jung Reconsidered      In my original paper on Carl Gustav Jung, I took a rather skeptical view of the doctor and his work, for several reasons that I will reiterate. However, after studying further into his work, I realized that these objections only related to his early psychiatric cases, and I found myself to be far more intrigued and impressed by his later work and theories. While I had stated in my first consideration of Jung that, “there is a frustratingly limited

Throughout Cormac McCarthy’s Suttree, the title character is constantly evolving throughout adulthood. We first meet Suttree while he is in prison, a place where he has major conflicts with his inner self. By the end of his journey, Suttree is more unified and has found inner peace. Carl Jung is an analytical psychologist who has many theories based on the human unconscious. Jung’s premier psychological theory of archetypes where every person falls into different archetypes help to identify Suttree

1. Are the perspectives on religious experience presented in William James’ Varieties and in Jung compatible? Briefly explain and compare them. For William James, his perspective on religious experience was skeptical. He divided religion between institutional religion and personal religion. For institutional religion he made reference to the religious group or organization that plays a critical part in the culture of a society. Personal religion he defined as when an individual has a mystical

The Love Song of J.Alfred Prufrock - The Distress of J.Alfred Prufrock The human psyche is divided into three distinct aspects: the Persona, the Shadow, and the Anima/Animus; at least, it is according to Jungian Psychology. Drawing heavily on the theories developed by Freud, Jung's psychological concepts tell us that if these three facets are not properly integrated - that is, if one of the three is overly dominant, or repressed, or all three are in conflict with each other - then an individual's

Reflection on John Steinbeck's The Snake "The Snake" is a short story written by John Steinbeck. It tells about a biologist, Dr. Phillips and a mysterious woman. One day while Dr. Phillips was doing an experiment on starfish, a woman with black came into his room mysteriously. She came to him just wanting to buy a male rattlesnake from Dr. Phillips, the biologist. And then she asked Dr. Phillips to feed the male rattlesnake a rat so that she could watch the whole process. Then at last the women