Exploring Anne’s Dual Personality in “The Diary of Anne Frank” under the Guidance of Freud’s Theory of Personality Structure

DOI

10.2991/icesem-18.2018.127How to use a DOI?

Keywords

The Diary of Anne Frank; Anne’s id; Anne’s ego; Anne’s superego; Dual personality

Abstract

“The Diary of Anne Frank” is a private diary written by a Jewish girl Anne Frank during World War II, recording the events in the two years when Franks and two other families hiding in "secret attachments" to avoid Nazi persecution. Anne Frank is the main character in the diary, so we can know more about her, especially what she thought and what she did etc. Under the guidance of Freud’s theory of personality structure, this article will explore Anne’s true identity, ego and superego to disclose “two Annes” and her dual personality. Furthermore, this article also discusses the social and family factors affecting Anne’s personality, hoping to help readers to appreciate this book in a better way and realize the suffering of the common people in war, as a result, evoking their passion for peace.

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© 2018, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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