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The mental process has three level those are; unconscious mind, preconscious mind, and conscious mind. Freud in Eagleton 437 declares that
human mind mostly is mastered by unconscious which is the key to understanding human behaviour Minderop 13. Freud believed that most of behaviours are
caused by thoughts, ideas, and wishes that appear in person’s brain but are not easily accessible by the conscious part Boeree 279. Conscious is a man
awareness and has the minor role in psychoanalysis theory itself. Although has the minor role, the conscious is the only part of human mind that can accessible
directly by a man Feist and Feist 31. For further explanation, Eagleton noted that psychoanalysis is not only a
theory of the human mind but a practice for curing those who are considered mentally ill or disturbed. Such cures, for Freud, are not achieved just by
explaining what is wrong with his patients and revealing his unconscious motivations Eagleton 138. So after almost 2 decades describe that the portrayal
of psychic strife was the conflict between conscious and unconscious forces. Then, during the 1920s, Freud introduced a three-part structural model. This
division of the personality is divided into three structures. Although did not supplant the topographic model, but it helped Freud explain mental images
according to their functions or purposes Feist and Feist 33.