1. Repression
Based on Freud’s theory, repression is defined as: The forgetting or ignoring of unresolved conflicts, unadmitted desires, or
traumatic past events, so that they are forced out of conscious awareness and into the realm of the unconscious Barry, 1995: 96-97.
Repression is a kind of action in which a person tries to ignore or forget about something that bothers hisher mind. The process of repression happens
unconsciously. Whenever a person tries to repress memories of bad feelings or unpleasant events, those kind of memories are not vanished. They are
unconsciously kept in hisher unconsciousness.
2. Repressed Memory
Based on Robert Todd Carroll’s idea, repressed memory is defined as “the memory of a traumatic event unconsciously retained in mind, where it is said to
adversely affect conscious thought, desire, and action” http:skepdic.com, April 11, 2015.
When a person tries to repress traumatic or unpleasant experiences of hisher life, the memories of those experiences are not gone. These kind of memories are
kept in the character’s mind and unconsciously affect the person’s behavior.
3. Symbol
Based on Shaw’s idea, a symbol in literary works is defined as: Something used for, or regarded as, representing something else. More
specifically, a symbol is a word, phrase, or other expression having a complex of associated meanings; in this sense, a symbol is viewed as having
values different from those of whatever is being symbolized. …Many poets
have used the rose as a symbol of youth and beauty; a flag is a piece of cloth which stands for or is a symbol of a nation 1881: 367.
A thing can occasionally mean something else beyond its conventional
meaning. It depends on the agreement made by the individual or social aspects. When something is identified as having special values, it can be considered as a
symbol. A symbol generally comes in the form of something that has a strong relation with a significant event.
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