psychological persepective of the play "justice"
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Psychological Perspectives
Psychology is the study of human mind and behaviour.
Psychological Criticism focus on the mental process of the author.
When one projects one’s own mind onto someone else is called Psychological Projection.
Born on 14 august 1867 at Kingston Hill in England.
Trained as a barrister, 1890.
Bitter experience in law.
He travelled abroad.
Looked after family’s shipping business .
In 1895, affair with Ada Nemesis; wife of his cousin, Major Arthur Galsworthy.
Father stood against the relationship.
After the divorce, they married on 23, September 1905 and stayed together till his death in 1933.
Author, John Galsworthy
Bitter experience in law.
Illegal love affair between John Galsworthy and Ada Arthur.
Ada was his relative; older than John Galsworthy.
Tragic punishment to Falderfor 3 years. (his 2 months in prison under suspect)
Illegal love affair between Falder and Ruth Honeywill.
Ruth is also in the form of his relative and she is older than him. (pg 27- Twenty-six)‘Through my married sister’. (pg 31 Falder , twenty-three )
The play, ‘Justice’
Father’s disapproval.
Separation for 10 years.
Divorce problem.
He lived with her till his death.
James disapproval‘No good can come of this connection’. Pg 72, 73
Separation for 3 years.
Divorce problem ‘she could apply to the Court for separation order.’
Falder lived only for Ruth, ‘I’m sure she’s all I’ve got.
Sigmund Freud (1856 – 1939), an Austrian neurologist is the father of Psychoanalysis.
A method of analyzing the mind based on revealing and investigating the role of the unconscious mind.
He divided human mind into three types: Id, ego, and super-ego.
Id : State of mind which works to satisfy basic needs, urges, and desires; kind of pleasure seeking state.
Ego : Tries to be moral due to the civilization . Forced to live a idealistic life.
Super-ego : suppress the id and makes ego more moralistic by cutting off human bond and worldly pleasure.
Honeywill ill-treats Ruth, ‘he tried to cut my throat last night.’
Psychoanalysis of the action :
Basically Honeywill was a drunkard, ‘He’s on his drink again’. The indifference started..‘ever since my first was born’. Honeywill has the chances of getting Korsakoff ’ssyndrome, causes damage to brain due to heavy alcohol consumption, resulting in memory loss, invention of memories due to blackouts, leading to the stage of apathy .
Ruth unhappy married life + Falder emotionally weak = Immoral love.
Psychoanalysis of this immoral love:
Falder, ‘he’s got no father and mother’, a loner . He is empathetic to Ruth, by helping her he feels like a man and alive. He falls into the problem of Ruth. He feels pity for her and that changes into love. ‘tragic infatuation’ .
‘the work of four minutes- four mad minutes’.
Psychoanalysis of the crime act:
Pg 31 – pathetic condition of Ruth.
‘simply couldn’t fix my mind on anything.’
‘I was out of my senses for the fear that he’d do it again.’
The effect of Solitary confinement on Falder:
Silence – the only companion.
He sleeps ‘between 2 ‘o’ clock and getting up’s the worst time’..
‘he knocks about like a wild beast in the morning’.
The change in action from ‘like an animal pacing its cage’ to ‘ flings himself at his door.’
Prison - ‘If it wasn’t for drinks and women’.
‘he began knocking the children about…I wouldn’t go back if he were dying.’
‘it was starvation for the children too.’
Psychoanalysis for the exploitation:
Human mind is basically polygamous, being monogamous differentiates us from animals, here the employer is an animal.
Was a patient inside suffering from schizophernia –mental disorder due to unemployment, poverty and homelessness.
Twice he tried to commit suicide, ‘I wanted to chuck myself under a bus’…‘I might as well chucked myself into the river’. But he lives for Ruth, ‘I’d save her’. He committed crime for her.
Lost his hope. ‘what is it? You’ve not been-’
‘Lorna Doone’
A romantic novel
which Falder used
to read during his
solitary
confinement.
No hope to be alive
Lover criminal
Loner lover
Poor childhoodweak mind
Wrong decision
Immoral love
crimeVictim of
the society
failure
Hidden Tragedy –the children
Future - Victims or
Criminals
Healthy relationship
Healthy Family
Healthy Generation
