Psychoanalytic Theory Key Terms
ID: Contains a reservoir of unconscious psychic energy that strives to satisfy basic and aggressive drives. The id operates on the pleasure principle, demanding immediate gratification.
EGO: The largely conscious, "executive" part of personality that mediates among the demands of the id, superego, and reality.
SUPEREGO: The part of personality that represents internalized ideas and provides standards for judgement(the conscience) and for future aspirations.
Modernism Key Terms
Bold experimentation in style and form representing the fragmentation of society.
Disillusionment: The feeling of disappointment resulting from the discovery that something is not as good as one believed it to be.
Rejection of tradition.
Hemingway Hero: Heroes who are flawed and disillusioned, but they show “grace under pressure” (endurance, honor, courage)
The Great Gatsby Key Terms
East Egg: Neighborhood where the rich people with family money and prestige live.
West Egg: Adjacent to East Egg but where the newly found wealthy people live.
ID: Contains a reservoir of unconscious psychic energy that strives to satisfy basic and aggressive drives. The id operates on the pleasure principle, demanding immediate gratification.
EGO: The largely conscious, "executive" part of personality that mediates among the demands of the id, superego, and reality.
SUPEREGO: The part of personality that represents internalized ideas and provides standards for judgement(the conscience) and for future aspirations.
Modernism Key Terms
Bold experimentation in style and form representing the fragmentation of society.
Disillusionment: The feeling of disappointment resulting from the discovery that something is not as good as one believed it to be.
Rejection of tradition.
Hemingway Hero: Heroes who are flawed and disillusioned, but they show “grace under pressure” (endurance, honor, courage)
The Great Gatsby Key Terms
East Egg: Neighborhood where the rich people with family money and prestige live.
West Egg: Adjacent to East Egg but where the newly found wealthy people live.