Carl Jung

Writers such as Robert E. Howard, Fritz Leiber, Michael Moorcock, Karl Edward Wagner, and even J.R.R. Tolkien laid the groundwork for a modern literary genre that is often called Sword and Sorcery, but which might better be called “Heroic Fantasy.” These authors established the broad tropes of the genre for today’s times, but we must…

Carl Gustav Jung (1875-1961) was born on July 26, in the small village of Kesswil on Lake Constance. He was named after his grandfather, a professor of medicine at the University of Basel. He was the oldest child and only surviving son of a Swiss Reform pastor. Carl attended the University of Basel and decided…

Joseph Conrad’s novel, The Secret Sharer, delves into the depths of mystery, isolation, duality, darkness, and silence through the perspective of a sea captain. The title and opening paragraphs foreshadow the thematic and image patterns that permeate the story. Additionally, the introduction of the novel introduces dialectics, particularly the struggle between the individual and society….

It was late December, the drifts were piling up in collusion against the rails of the porch. Little could be discerned above the sound of the wind, wrapping itself around the northeast corner of the house. Restless, it continued to bully what remained of the brittle branches of last summer’s honeysuckle, a loose shutter, and…

Carl Jung, an analytical psychologist, stated that “archetypes are a tendency or instinctive trend in the human unconscious to express certain motifs or themes” (“Dreams, Health, Yoga, Mind & Spirit”). In the play Cat on a Hot Tin Roof by Tennessee Williams, Williams uses many archetypal images and personas, such as the tragic hero or…

Part 1: Chart Theory 1: Jungian Analytical Theory Theory 2: Alderian Theory Background Theory Focuses on mind, body, soul (Capuzzi, Gross, 2011) Carl Gustav Jung (founder) (Capuzzi, Gross, 2011) Physician (Capuzzi, Gross, 2011) Partners Jung and Freud (Capuzzi, Gross, 2011) Alfred Adler (Capuzzi, Gross, 2011) Understanding their surroundings (Capuzzi, Gross, 2011) Social environment (Capuzzi, Gross,…

            Psychology remains a relatively young discipline compared to the other natural sciences.  The field arose because Philosophers decided they wanted to conduct experiments using the scientific method to test their theories of the human brain and human behavior.  However, less than a hundred years ago, the forefathers of psychology still lacked a complete understanding…

Madame Bovary Essay, Research Paper It can be inferred that many adult females in today s society read love affair novels in order to obtain a sense of fulfilment. Furthermore, the thoughts and secret plans that are acquired from these function theoretical accounts are most frequently carried over into mundane life. While there is a…

The story “The Snake” by John Steinbeck revolves around the events involving a biologist named Dr. Phillips and a mysterious woman. Dr. Phillips was conducting an experiment on starfish when a woman with black entered his room in a mysterious manner. She approached him with the sole intention of purchasing a male rattlesnake from Dr….

Sigmund Freud and Carl Jung: similarities and differences in dream analysis Sigmund Freud and Carl Jung are two renowned psychoanalysts who contributed great work to the interpretation of dreams. Carl Jung began as a student of Sigmund Freud, but upon their first interactions he had doubts about the basis of Freud’s work stemming from a…