Sigmund Freud's Theory Of Personality Analysis

Introduction The paper presents one of the major books that have been studied and analyzed through different critical perspective which is One Thousand and One Nights. The study depends only on two stories which are" Ala al-Din : The Marriage of Badr al-Budur " and "Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves”. The study aims to give an interpretation of the Freudian concept , Theory of Personality, and provides an application study on the two stories. The theory of Personality is very important in the development of the events and characters of each story. It helps the reader to understand the plots and the characters. In Freud 's theory, the mind is divided into three components: the ego (conscious mind and sense of self, from the Latin word

Rather, we must examine how the person perceives both the environment and his or her role in it.

Psychologists Dollard and Miller (1950), develop their theory of personality stressing the importance of learning. It is based on a small number of simple processes, observable, and elements. Your personality can change from day to day and month to month, then, is composed of habits. You differ from your friends because your prior experiences differ. Your personality can be expected to change with future experiences. The structure of Freud 's concept of personality , "id , ego, and superego", is collapsed in this theory into behaviors and habits. Freud 's concept become drives in this theory. Where Freud highlights childhood experiences, the behaviorists emphasize the effects of more recent and new experiences. Both emphasize the long-term stability of the consequences of past and old

The sultan was hardly to blame for breaking faith with Ala –Din. In fact , he spend two months listened to Wazir 's son and after ten weeks , he betrothed the beautiful Badr Al-Budur to Wazir 's son. In that time Ala al-Din was so sad and he could not eat, he hid his head from the world under the sheet of his bed . Ala al-Din was miserable because and he felt that he lost Bader Al-Budur. So, his mind think of what he will do. His id likes to take action of revenge. On the other hand , his ego tells him about the consequences of the action. His superego tells him as you like, but you be in a trouble situation . When Ala al-Din 's mother finds his son in this situation, her id tells her to support him. Her ego tells her to bring the magic Lamp for his son and asks him to hold it . The magic Lamp will enable him to talk to the an ifret. In that time, his id depends on the Ifret to make a trouble for Wazir 's son. His ego asks him to think deeply before he takes the action. When he likes to take the action against the son of Wazir , his superego tells that this is your right but, you have to do a plan. His superego suggests to use an old brass lamp to bring an Ifrit. The Ifrit will support him in getting rid from Wazir 's son . The Ifrit comes every night and carries Wazir 's son seventh miles out of the city . The Sultan says to Wazir 's son that his daughter had been