Psychological Approach

 The Image of the Father

A reading of “My Kinsman, Major Molineux” and "I want to Know Why".

ONE WORDS:

1.       Who wrote the essay ‘The Image of the Father’?

Simon.O.Lesser.

2.       From whose story is the scene taken?

Nathaniel Hawthorne.

3.       What is the heading given for this essay and what does it indicate?

            A reading of “My Kinsman, Major Molineux”.

4.       “My Kinsman, Major Molineux” is Janus-faced according to which of the writers?

            Melvillle, Kafka, Dostoevsky, and Shakespeare.

5.       What impact does it create psychologically?

            It says one thing to the conscious mind and whispers another thing to the unconscious.

6.       Who is Robin’s relative whom he came to meet?

            Major Molineux.

7.       What about the climaxes of Hawthorne?

            They are of mental inebriety.

8.       What does it explain?

            It explains the youth’s bare-faced mockery of an elderly relative.

9.       How does Mr. Leavis regard “My Kinsman, Major Molineux”?

            He regards it as a prophetic forecast.

10.   Whose behavior is bizarre throughout the story?

           The behavior of ‘Robin’.

11.   What does the hidden implications do to the readers?

           It arises anxiety.

12.   How can one deal with those implications?

          To deal with it, one has to make use of the depth of psychology.

13.   What does Robin’s search of his illustrious relative resemble?

          It resembles to the personal experience of oneself.

14.   What has also Hawthorne represented through his character Robin?

         The present day’s significance of forgetting.

15.   How old was Robin?

          Robin was 18 years old.

16.   Who surmised Robin that it was his first visit to the town, which made Robin’s eye ‘eager’?

          The Ferryman.

17.   With whom was the first enquiry of Robin and how was it?

         With the kinsman; Reasonable alacrity.

18.   What is the persuasion of Robin?

         His lack of success does not make him impatient.

19.   What does the essay say to the conscious mind?

         It is about the story of an ambitious youth’s thwarted search for an influential relative.

20.   What does the essay say to the unconscious mind?

         To the unconscious, it is about the youth’s hostile and rebellious feelings for the relative - and for the father - and his wish to be free of adult domination.

21.   What is the similarity between Robin and us?

         The tendencies of Robin exist in all men.

22.   What does it destroy?

           Parental authority.

23.   What is the similarity between the two stories?

           The emotions felt by sons for their fathers that are displayed into surrogates.

24.   What does “My Kinsman, Major Molineux” facilitate?

           The expression of hostility.

25.   What about “I Want To Know Why”?

           It is realistic and more moving (such as a man as Jerry Tillford).

                                     Assignment by ,

                               M. ANTENET BLESSY

                                     I M.A English (A)