LITERATURE QUESTIONS
LITERARY THEORY AND CRITICISM
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[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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a. It contains secret instincts and desires that are repressed.
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It is the only significant aspect of the human psyche.
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It can never be accessed.
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All of the above answers are correct.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Freud viewed the unconscious as a repository for socially unacceptable ideas, anxiety-producing wishes or desires, traumatic memories, and painful emotions put out of mind by the mechanism of repression.
Detailed explanation-2: -Desire and unconscious go hand in hand for Freud. The Freudian notion of desire is early linked to the effort toward motility and the difference between what is found and what is sought: negativity and lack that drive the indestructible pursuit of desire. Unconscious desire is then the core of our being.
Detailed explanation-3: -Sigmund Freud originally developed the concept of repression as part of his psychoanalytic theory. Repression occurs when a thought, memory, or feeling is too painful for an individual, so the person unconsciously pushes the information out of consciousness and becomes unaware of its existence.