%0 Journal Article
%T A Transactional Analysis of the Character of Jim Harris in Eugene OĄŻNeillĄŻs All GodĄŻs Chillun Got Wings
%J -
%D 2018
%R http://dx.doi.org/10.3968/10555
%X Transactional analysis (TA), as a humanistic-existential tradition in psychology, originates in the contributions of psychiatrist Eric Berne to psychology in the late 1950s. This article involves the application of TA to Eugene OĄŻNeillĄŻs All GodĄŻs Chillun Got Wings, drawing on notions such as ego states, exteropsyche, archaeopsyche, neopsyche, contamination and cathexis. Applying TA to OĄŻNeillĄŻs play renders a new understanding of Jim HarrisĄŻs character, shedding light on the impact of the messages he receives and the ways he responds to them. With a behavioral as well as a historical analysis of his character, this study reveals the roots of JimĄŻs neuroticism, his cognitive dysfunctionality and his deep-seated inferiority complex. Our study also shows that his Adult capacity is contaminated by social stances that have been integrated into his psyche.
%K Transactional analysis
%K Eugene OĄŻNeill
%K Psychoanalysis
%K All GodĄŻs Chillun Got Wings
%K Jim Harris
%K Ego state
%K Cathexis
%U http://cscanada.net/index.php/sll/article/view/10555