Task: After reading and viewing the page Applying Psychoanalytic Theory in a Character Analysis of The
Misfit, choose a character from one of the short stories you've read in this unit (you can use the same story
you analyzed in your first Unit 3 Discussion),USE THE STORM by kate chopin that you believe
demonstrates one or more of the Freudian defenses listed below.
selective perception
selective memory
denial
displacement (blaming)
projection
regression
fear of intimacy
fear of death or preoccupation with death
Then write two paragraphs describing how this character exhibits these traits. How do they show up in the
character's behavior or dialogue? Do they interfere with the character achieving his or her goals? Do they
shield or protect the character in some way? Consider the following questions which may help you to
develop your argument:
What do we see in the character's speech or behavior that is worth exploring?
How does the character relate to his or her past? To others? Towards the conflict within the story?
What might be an unresolved problem in the character's life?