IJFANS International Journal of Food and Nutritional Sciences

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PSYCHOANALYSIS OF EDMUND IN “THE LION, TH WITCH AND THE WARDROBE”

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R. JEBA PRINA,Dr. P. SELVA PRIYA

Abstract

The main objective of this paper is to analyse the character of Edmund The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe” on the basis of psychoanalysis literary theory more specifically on the Freud’s division of human psyche into the id, ego and superego. Edmund is fulfilled the stereotype of the other typical middle child role. From betrayed beast to Narnian knight, Edmund is an example of a middle child who overcame inferiority and matured. The paper analyses upon premises in which that how id throughout a person’s life tries to overpower and struggles to win over by negating all the laws and restrictions, how ego keep contesting to maintain a balance between the id and the superego, and how this complexity of relationship between psychology and morality.

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