1. Psychoanalytic Reading of Poe's Oval Portrait
... quot;, "Dream work" and "Ideal Female complex" in this short story. Furthermore, this paper examines the psychological themes, motifs and symbols available in the story. The whole thing happening in the story will be presented as a dream analysis of the narrator. In addition, the Gothic tradition in ... an innate "Oedipus complex" in Poe himself later strengthened by the evidences in his writing as his portrayal of other women as evil and not having the ideality of his beloved mother. Moreover it can also refer to Madonna/whore complex defining anyone like your mother in ... manners as a...
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