Veronika is afraid of her fate
50 Moreover, Veronika’s superego cannot control her id. Freud defines that the
superego represents our conscience and it includes the moral values of right and wrong that are largely instilled in us by our parents. Further, Freud explains that the
superego makes us feel guilty. In her decision to commit suicide and her suicide attempt Veronika never includes the moral values, Veronika does not consider that
her suicide attempt against the moral values. Moreover, Veronika does not feel guilty of her action to commit suicide and the bad impact caused by her suicide. Veronika
does not feel guilty of breaking the moral values. Veronika ignores all the bad impact of her suicide to the society and her parents. Veronika’s behavior of breaking the
moral values shows that her superego cannot influence her personality and her behaviors. Veronika’s superego cannot control her id. Veronika’s id has dominated
her superego. The thanatos has played a big role that leads Veronika to keep on her plan to commit suicide even though she has to break the moral values that means she
ignores her superego. Freud defines that the id functions on pleasure principles, which dictates the
immediate satisfaction of drives. Veronika’s suicide attempt proves that Veronika is dictated by the id which functions on pleasure principles to satisfy that needs of the id
immediately. In the other words, Veronika’s suicide attempt is a way to fulfill the need of the id which operates at unconscious level of human personality.
Veronika’s decision to commit suicide and her suicide attempt is influenced by the id, especially the thanatos, a destructive drive. Veronika’s personality is
controlled by the thanatos drive. The example of how thanatos plays a big role to
51 Veronika’s behaviors can be seen from her plan to commit suicide. Veronika plans to
commit suicide by swallowing four packs of sleeping pills. Veronika knows that swallowing overdose of sleeping pills can damage her heart and kill her, but she still
swallows those four packs of sleeping pills. It shows that the thanatos has influenced Veronika’s personality that leads Veronika to an action of self-destructive.
In order to get the pills, Veronika pretends that she has a problem with her night sleep and complaints to her friend about it.
… In response to her complaints that she could no longer sleep at night, two friends of her managed to get hold of two packs each of a powerful drug, used
by musicians at a local nightclub p. 4. Veronika’s effort to get the pills proves that her unconscious desire of self-
destruction affects her behaviors. Veronika has to tell a lie to her friend by pretending of having a problem with her sleep. Veronika’s desire to fulfill the thanatos need
leads Veronika to break the reality principles and the moral values. Veronika has to lie her friend in order to get the pills that later she will use those four packs of
sleeping pills to destroy herself and give her pleasure feeling. The id makes Veronika does not feel guilty of lying her friend. Veronika’s id is very dominant in her
personality and it makes her ignores her ego and superego. As the consequences of her failure in committing suicide, Veronika must live
in a asylum called Villete. Villete is the famous lunatic asylum in Slovenia. Living in an asylum brings a new environment to Veronika’s life. The environment of Villete is
completely different from Veronika’s former environment. In the asylum, the insane people are free to act the way they want. Veronika is one of the insane people who