Take 3 different terms from psychological/mythological/archetypal criticism and apply each to three of the stories poems below, so you'll have 3 separate responses here--a quote and an illustration of that quote for three of the literary readings below. Don't forget to use specific quotes from the stories/poems too.
If you use Psychological criticism, use one of the bold terms below:
• defense mechanisms-ways of avoiding the painful recognition of undesirable thoughts and feelings
• displacement-when unconscious desires and thoughts are seen in conscious thoughts or dreams through an association with something that symbolically represents another person or event
• ego-the rational part of the psyche that operates on the reality principle
• id-the part of the psyche that contains instincts and desires, often unconscious, that motivate human behavior according to the pleasure principle; it encourages us to instantly gratify our impulses
• Electra complex-the strong attachment of a daughter to her father, such that she is willing to do anything for his affection; counterpart to the Oedipus complex
• Oedipus complex-the strong attachment of a son to his mother, such that he is willing to do anything for her affection; counterpart to the Electra complex
• phallic symbol-an image that represents a penis
• projection-the perception in other people of unacknowledged negative feelings about oneself
• repressed-blocked from conscious thought but retained in the subconscious
• sublimation-the transformation of feelings into something more acceptable
• superego-the part of the psyche that stores information about the dictates and values first of our parents and later of the society in which we live; the conscience
• transference-the shifting of uncomfortable feelings and emotions about one person, such as a parent, to another, less authoritative figure, such as a co-worker or a therapist
• yonic symbol-an image that represents a vagina
Use Bold terms below if you analyze using Archetypal/mythological criticism:
• anima-the life-force or soul, which contains both masculine and feminine qualities
• archetypes-recurring patterns and figures that help create the structure of a literary work
• collective unconscious-the component of the psyche that contains universal, ancestral human memories that take the form of archetypes and myths passed down through generations
• individuation-a healthy mental state in which all the parts of the psyche are balanced
• monomyth-the hero's journey
• myths-another term for archetype that refers more specifically to universal stories
• persona-the face we display to the world
• personal conscious-the component of the psyche that is aware of the present world
• personal unconscious-the component of the psyche that stores personal memories
• shadow-our darker side, which we fear and try to repress
Readings you must choose from:
Edgar Allen Poe, "The Cask of Amontillado," 108-114. It is also available here: Cask
• D.H. Lawrence, "The Rocking-Horse Winner: Rocking Horse
• Raymond Carver, "Cathedral," p. 34-46 (see also the supplementary critical material on this story on pages 48-55)
• Sylvia Plath, "Daddy," 705-706; Emily Dickinson, "Because I Could Not Stop For Death," 566; Andrew Marvell, "To His Coy Mistress," 505-506