Abstract
This study aims to read the psyche of the male character Clegg in John Fowles' novel The Collector, focusing on the phenomena of 'collection' and 'desire' through Carl Gustav Jung's analytical psychology. Clegg's distorted love aligns with Jung's 'shadow,' the dark unconscious content. The butterfly, symbolizing the 'soul' in Greek, according to Jung, represents the ideal feminine 'anima' in Clegg's unconscious, directed at Miranda. Yet, Clegg's love hides behind the 'persona' mask. His compulsive collection and possessiveness fail to accept his dark side and project its shadow. Unveiling the mask of 'persona', love turns into repulsion, projecting the repressed negative mother archetype in Clegg's unconscious. The negative mother archetype connects to Erich Neumann's 'terrible mother archetype,' symbolizing the womb akin to a grave. Trapped in the negative mother-complex, Clegg regresses into selfrationalization and fails to integrate his shadow.
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