Collective Unconscious and Characterization of Berenger as the Victim of Collective Unconscious

Abstract: The present article is a study of character of Berenger in Ionesco’s play the Rhinoceros. In fact he is a victim of collective unconscious. The collective unconscious is very significant in the psychology of Jung. It is generated and fashioned by us all. This indicates that it is in each of us like a massive container of the archetypes of the entire humanity. It is reachable by everyone. Berenger is different in the play from others. He does not act according to collective unconscious that many people share. When other characters act according to the norms of collective unconscious, Beregner does not, this makes him different from others and he stands and resists temptation. Others change to their animalistic form while he remains human. In fact, he is a victim of the collective unconscious which makes him suffer loneliness among crowd of people

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Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
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Online-Ressource
Language
Englisch
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Veröffentlichungsversion
begutachtet (peer reviewed)
In: International Letters of Social and Humanistic Sciences (2015) 60 ; 128-133

Event
Veröffentlichung
(where)
Mannheim
(when)
2015
Creator
Moqari, Shaqayeq
Elahipanah, Nooshin

DOI
10.18052/www.scipress.com/ILSHS.60.128
URN
urn:nbn:de:101:1-2019072713160238935831
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Open Access; Open Access; Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
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  • Moqari, Shaqayeq
  • Elahipanah, Nooshin

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  • 2015

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