[EVA] Evangelion Psychoanalysis

[Evan Horan]

>A very interesting article:
>"(...)
>This document was made based on the Manual of Mental Disorders and mainly
>the basic concepts of the psychoanalytical theory of FREUD.
>(...)
>Rei, Asuka, Shinji: Super-ego, Id, Ego:
>One interpretation that can be made concerning these characters is that
>Shinji represents the ego; that is, the visible face of the mind, the
>personality and the result of the balance of the other mental forces. Asuka
>is the Id; desires and instincts without censorship. In other words, the
>part of a person that only cares about what he wants, without concern for
>the consequences. Finally, Rei takes the place of the super-ego, the judge
>for the ego; it censors and imposes social morals beyond its own desires. 
>In
>this case the ego is dominated by the super-ego (typical in depressive
>people). For this reason, Rei appears in the "visions" of Shinji, asking 
>him
>things like "Did you try to understand?". Also she slapped him when he said
>negative things about his father.
>Asuka simply thinks that Shinji is a repressed idiot, typical of the id and
>also of Asuka.
>Libido and Thanatos:
>Another interpretation that can be done if we take into account some 
>details
>of the movie "The End of Evangelion", it is that Shinji continues
>corresponding to the Ego, but Asuka and Rei pass to represent the impulses
>of life and death that are defined, respectively, as tendencies or 
>instincts
>toward the creation and the movement toward destruction and absolute rest.
>(...)"
>
>the rest:
>Characters (basic)
>Asuka and the 15th angel Arael (basic)
>AT field - Mechanism of Repression (basic)
>Oedipus/Electra Complex (basic)
>Oral stage (basic)
>Rei, Asuka, Shinji: Super-ego, Id, Ego (advanced)
>Libido and Thanatos (advanced)
>Asuka-Libido (pulsations of life) (advanced)
>Kaworu-Narcissist Libido (advanced)
>Rei-Thanatos (pulsations of death) and the Plan of Human Complementation
>(experts)

Not to mention the fact that the various hair colours of the cast and the 
colours of other objects relate to this theory:

Asuka; red - excitment, phisical vitality, intensity, explosive beginnings, 
violence, heat, blood, sex, passion, love, anger, desire, frustration, the 
id.
Rei; blue - mental clarity, insight, truth, neutrality, detachment from 
emotion, faith, hope, the superego.
Misato; purple - universal understanding, spiritual knowing, spiritual 
healing, mother [EVA Unit-01].
Ritsuko; yellow - illumination, intellect, humor.
Kaworu; white - the superconciousness, purity, enlightenment, ecstacy, joy.
Shinji; brown - animalistic nature, the earth [EoE].
LCL; orange - purification of impurities, creative urges, physical and 
emotional healing [EoE].

All of this information can be found in the "Dreams for Dummies" pocket 
book.

-Evan

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