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Julius Caesar and Freud’s Totem and Taboo
| Content Provider | Scilit |
|---|---|
| Author | Bergmann, Martin S. Green, André |
| Copyright Year | 2018 |
| Description | From a psychoanalytic perspective, Julius Caesar is an oedipal play. Harold Bloom noted the affinity between Julius Caesar and Sigmund Freud's Totem and Taboo but regarded Totem and Taboo as a rewriting of Julius Caesar. William Shakespeare transplanted Freud's “primal horde” into a highly civilised world. Julius Caesar has a unique place in Shakespeare's work. According to Freud, civilisation began after the murder of the primal father; according to Shakespeare highly civilised men committed the murder. Julius Caesar can be contrasted with another play Don Carlos by Friedrich Schiller, and made into an opera by Giuseppe Verdi, who clearly sided with the son rather than the father. Julius Caesar is an amazing creation: its central theme is the oedipal wish but it takes place without any expression of sexual or aggressive wishes. When Brutus and Cassius together with the conspirators kill Julius Caesar, the two are in very different relationships to him. Book Name: The Unconscious in Shakespeare's Plays |
| Related Links | https://content.taylorfrancis.com/books/download?dac=C2018-0-78829-8&isbn=9780429483608&format=googlePreviewPdf |
| Ending Page | 115 |
| Page Count | 15 |
| Starting Page | 101 |
| DOI | 10.4324/9780429483608-7 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited |
| Publisher Date | 2018-05-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Book Name: The Unconscious in Shakespeare's Plays Murder Caesar Julius Totem and Taboo Primal Oedipal Civilised |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Chapter |
