Attempt any TWO questions. Please note that you are free to choose any fictional character from popular culture as you deem fit, however should you have trouble selecting characters, I am suggesting a few that you might want to explore. There are no marks for character selection so feel free to use any character from literally anywhere or use the ones I have identified.
1. Using an example of a fictional character, explain how Adler’s theories of inferiority feelings, compensation, striving for superiority, style of life and birth order may have played out in the character’s personality development.
Examples:
Ishaan Awasthi (Taare Zameen Par)
Chris Gardner (The Pursuit of Happyness)
Daenerys Targaryen (Game of Thrones)
2. Select any TWO fictional characters. Identify and explain the manifestation of myriad Jungian archetypes as embodied by those characters. Archetypes that you may explore can include Shadow, Anima, Animus, Persona, Hero, Mother, Wise Old Man, Child, Trickster. Keep in mind that the list of these archetypes is not exhaustive, not all character will manifest all these archetypes and conversely, you may want to explore other archetypes not mentioned here.
Examples:
Daenerys Targaryen
Jon Snow
Jaime Lannister
Albus Dumbledore
Severus Snape
Gandalf
Aragorn
Joker
Hermione Granger
3. Select any THREE fictional characters and discuss their personalities in the light of three personalities (Compliant, Aggressive & Detached) as envisioned by Karen Horney. Keep in mind that one character must be explored against only one personality type considering that the three personality types are largely incompatible with each other.
Examples:
Compliant Personality: Tom Hansen (500 Days of Summer)
Aggressive Personality: Jordan Belfort (The Wolf of Wall Street)
Detached Personality: Chistopher McCandless (Into the Wild)
4. Using any one fictional character, explain their character traits as arising from their fixations on Freud’s stages of Psychosexual Development.
Examples:
Any character from Girl Interrupted, The Breakfast Club, 3 Idiots, Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara
Norman Bates (Psycho)
Will Hunting (Good Will Hunting)
Alex DeLarge (A Clockwork Orange)
Haider (Shahid Kapoor in Haider)
Veera or Mahabir (Alia Bhatt and Randeep Hooda in Highway)
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