THE BALANCE OF DORIAN GRAY’S STRUCTURE OF PERSONALITY IN OSCAR WILDE’S NOVEL THE PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY: A STUDY OF PSYCHOANALYSIS

Background of the study
Human lives with their desire though some of their desire are failed to deliver because of the norms border. As a human, we live in a community and it is impossible to do as we please. Norms play the role as law where it limits our behavior and make the standard law points about what we can do or what we cannot do. This law usually opposes our desire. When we choose to follow our desire rather than the norms, our society will see us as a bad person. It is because they belive that life has to be bordered by norms and people cannot do as they please without considering their social
Close Reading
In this step, the writer found
ID : sexuality, desire, anxiety, fear of death, fear lost his handsomeness
EGO : the moment when he decided to stab his picture
SUPEREGO : the moment before he influnced by henry 2. Determine the focus
The social influenced to the personality of Dorian Gray paleng 3. Find the theory
Psychoanalisis
4. Find the tenets
Structure of personality 5. Analyse the problem 6. Define the conclusion

ANALYSIS According to Sigmund Freud theory, personality consists of three elements, which are known as the id, the ego, and the superego that work together to create complex human behaviour. The id is an unconscious aspect of personality which includes the instinctive and primitive behaviour. The ego is the aspect of personality which is responsible for dealing with reality that develops from the id and expresses it in the acceptable way in the real world. The superego is the aspect of personality which incorperate moral standards and ideals that we learn from our parents and society to provide guidelines for making judgement. (Thortorn) In novel The Picture of Dorian Gray, those three terms works strongly at the main character, Dorian Gray. The first time he comes to London, he is very happy in his new place and