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From Mirror Theory to Oedipus Complex: A Lacanian Interpretation of Night, Mother
LIU Mu-zi
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DOI:10.17265/2159-5836/2024.09.002
North China Electric Power University, Beijing, China
Jacques Lacan reinterpreted Freud’s psychoanalytic theory based on Saussure’s linguistics, and his theories such as the Mirror stage and the Oedipus complex had a significant impact on contemporary psychoanalysis. In the play Night, Mother, the reasons for Jessie’s tragedy are diverse, among which the excessive protection of Jessie by her mother Thelma is an important reason for Jessie’s tragedy. Starting from Lacan’s Mirror stage theory and the Oedipus complex, this paper will explore how this intimate but heavy maternal love influenced Jessie’s path to finding her true “ego”.
Mirror stage, Oedipus complex, mother-daughter relationships, identity construction
Journal of Literature and Art Studies, September 2024, Vol. 14, No. 9, 759-764
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