Psychoanalysis In The Wizard Of Oz

Whenever Rapunzel glances in the mirror, she is either faced with the possibility of her identity being something else (secretly a Princess as she reveals herself wearing a crown). In contrast, Mother Gothel the evil witch, can be seen obsessed with her looks and “unresisting” of a mirror, which contributes to a new Disney ideology: “being obsessed with appearances is bad.” This may be a progressive development, but it may also be a form of shaming the girl who enjoys looking her best. Merida’s imperfectly perfect curls are uncontrollable, a fine allusion to her personality. When she mirror gazes at herself, after being stuffed into a dress that she can hardly breath

173). Mrs. Putnam doesn’t realise that the reason of her children’s deaths could just be her fault or health issues. So when the witch trials started she believed the deaths were caused by witchcraft. When Mr. and Mrs.Putnam visited Betty they noticed that their daughter was in the same state as Betty. Mrs.Putnam starts to get ideas after seeing Betty.

Nevertheless, That Thing You Do! engages the audience in a very realistic “rags-to-riches-to-oblivion story” (Rodger Ebert). This style of story is appealing to a wide audience, as it makes fame seemingly feasible because of similar situational opportunities, simply a hit song away. The growing reputation the Wonders received was fascinating, seeing it from a different perspective. The rapid fame was a phenomenon of the era, exemplary by The Beatles, and embodiment of such a spradic occurrence was done elegantly yet humorous in Hank’s film.

A little girl, named Sophia walker, was given a small doll by her parents. The doll was gift from her great grandmother who had sadly passed on. Sophia was instantly unsettled by the doll, which has murderous black eyes which seemed to follow you around the room with an unfavourable grin on its face. Sophia, had the impression that she had to accept the doll, as she was well raised and didn 't want to upset her parents by not taking it. Her parents told her that the doll 's name was Suzie, which made Sophia even more scared of it.

The short story “Two Kinds” by Amy Tan explains a mother and daughter relationship that has many differences within a conflict in the story. The narrator demonstrates that the mother and the daughter do not agree with the same aspect on life. Since the mother wants her daughter to be perfect, the daughter refuses to make her mother’s wishes come true. Her mother wanted the narrator to become the perfect traditional daughter, but the narrator’s differences triggered with her mother. An indication from the story is, “Unlike my mother, I did not believe I could be anything I wanted to be, I could only be me” (137).

It shows this idea by showing discrimination against a poor woman who probably didn’t have enough to buy a dress for herself, as her two stepsisters do. And as said before she shouldn’t have to change her appearance and become someone she’s not just so someone could like or even look at her the way Prince Charming does. Its harmful in the long run to the audience because many girls might not have nice cloths due to economic situations but that should not lower their self- esteem or self-

7. Which character (or characters) do you believe is the greatest influence on Esperanza and her life? How did they influence her? Use evidence from three different vignettes to prove your claims. The characters that I think influenced Esperanza in the book her mom because whenever she had a problem or if something was going on in her life and if she thought something was wrong but people still did it like when tito’s friends took her friends key and said they wouldn’t give it back unless she would give each of them a kiss for them back and she did not think that they should make her do that to get her keys back.

This analysis of The Awakening by Kate Chopin (1899) will use the psychoanalytic image of the mother as a starting point for Edna’s journey of self-realization which is symbolized in physical “Rooms.” As Edna travels to and from the Island and the different “Rooms” she uncovers and develops her personality but ultimately the journey leads to demise. Her demise is because her rooms are tied to her mother, and she is never able to succeed in her Room as Woolf would have wanted because it is tied to the mother, and not the patriarchal father who represents money and creative power. The symbolism of the mother as a Room parallels the concept of a room in A Room of One’s Own (1929) by Virginia Woolf. The physical and metaphorical “Room” in Edna’s

Being meek and not knowing the power of the Silver Slippers she did what the Witch commanded. The Yellow Winkies lived in the palace and had been slaves for a very long time. They were much like the Munchkins except they were dressed in Yellow. The Wicked Witch had a great longing to capture the Silver Slippers for herself. She devised a plan to trip Dorothy.

Because of Pearl, Hester has no chance at a happy life, but Pearl brings her happiness. Pearl is almost like a paradox. This role of her being an antagonistic protagonist creates a paradox within the already complex and unusual child. The symbol of Pearl plays an important part in the novel The Scarlet Letter. She is a reminder of her mother 's sin and antagonist toward Hester, as well.