Abstract
The thesis tries to analyze Mrs. Strickland’s marital tragedy in The Moon and Sixpence from the perspective of Jungian archetypal theory. After a careful and thorough study of Mrs. Strickland’s four archetypes: anima (animus), persona, shadow and self, it is found that it was Mrs. Strickland’s self who was controlled by her persona that led to her failure in marriage.
Highlights
The thesis tries to analyze Mrs Strickland’s marital tragedy in The Moon and Sixpence from the perspective of Jungian archetypal theory
In his work Researches into the Phenomenology of Self, Jung mentioned four important archetypes: anima and animus, the persona, the shadow, the self
Mr Strickland’s Marriage Tragedy In The Moon and Sixpence, Mrs Strickland lived a perfect life in the other people’s eyes, since she had a good husband with a mild temper and a decent job in the bank, and two brilliant children
Summary
In The Moon and Sixpence, Mrs Strickland lived a perfect life in the other people’s eyes, since she had a good husband with a mild temper and a decent job in the bank, and two brilliant children. She was still abandoned by her husband suddenly after a 17-year-long marriage. Such a long marriage with two adorable children should not break up at one night, but it happened to Mrs Strickland. The author tries to search for the reasons causing her unhappy marriage according to a study of her archetypes
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