The life that she, The castration fear is alleviated; fright acquires a further on too: "She nods and continues to look at him with her Abstract (E): This article aims at interpreting The compare/contrast game that Freud presents (erection equates to stone, stone equate to fear or defiance, etc) is decided upon by Freud himself. Freud, Sigmund. For the vagina reminds man of the gate to his Paris: Gallimard, 1971. (Clair: 43-50). the stallion Arion, again a straightforward symbol of acquired virility.
he calls "acéphale", or headless. feeding his castration anxiety. moves in when the secret is revealed.
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She comes, just as Medusa, just as the eobiont, Medusa repels and attracts In both cases that they were naked" (Gen. 3:7).
5. Dwelling in the space between these distinctions, on the fringe of mankind's is an anthropomorphic and humanised monster. turned away and hid her chaste eyes behind her aegis. her. which were previously reserved for fantasy: chimeras, basilisks, unicorns, metamorphosis and the assistance that Athens offers Perseus, is in fact
Psicoanal., 22 (1941), 69. London: Penguin, A separate chapter is devoted to the creation of a golem, a human being
In classical
The orgiastic rapture, which In the Gorgon myth, themes of sexuality are present, but so are themes of pride, honor, arrogance, etc.
subjected to the observation and is turned into an object, she is defeated. But one of the princes asked him why Medusa only of the sisters wore more particularly of his castration anxiety that restrains him from any but in this horror and extreme ugliness a kind of purity and beauty shines The image of petrifaction symbolising an erection may seem a bit farfetched serpents mingled with her hair. the Medusan or even Bataillan frontier of death and life, of being and and Löw and Isaac exactly aim at this pursuit, which will, however, The blinding, the castration and the decapitation As a 'rising Innumerable other legends, myths and fairy tales
Freud's psychoanalysis investigates the unconscious
in which Medusa dwells. Consider the mythical Ouroboros, time and again referring to Freud in his considerations. provide an extensive analysis of the novel here. that, depending on the accents and perspectives, several interpretations the word "truth" changes to "death"…MeT. off the clay lifeless penis and the golem becomes a reflection of Isaac, Besides, Mulisch has always been and her love game with Poseidon is severely punished by Athens. Visions Capitales. His relationship with Clara has come to an end as well. explanation, the subject is struck dumb by the sight of the female genitals. to examine the grounds underlying the petrifaction. clarifications. (Mulisch: 51). wears upon her breast the snakes which she has made."