From Repression to Wholeness: A Jungian Analysis of Anima Integration and Individuation in Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter
In Nathaniel Hawthorne’s (1967) The Scarlet Letter, Arthur Dimmesdale, a minister in the church of New England, commits adultery with Hester Prynne but hides his sin from the public. He thinks that revealing the secret will mar his name and fame in the society. He is afraid of losing his reputation in his congregation and among his colleagues. From a Jungian lens, Dimmesdale strives to look pious and holy in the eyes of the public that is symbolic of overdeveloped persona. However, overdeveloped persona is achieved at the cost of suppressing the anima. Anima, in Jungian psychoanalysis is ‘the spring of life’. When Dimmesdale loses connection with Anima; the spring of life, his personality becomes lop-sided and his life turns into hell. However, through the process of individuation, connecting to the spring of life leads to wholeness in the personality and happiness in the life of Dimmesdale.
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(1) Muhammad Bilal Khan
Lecturer, Department of English, Gomal University, Dera Ismail Khan, KP, Pakistan.
(2) Inam Ullah
Lecturer, Department of English, GDC No.1, Dera Ismail Khan, KP, Pakistan.
(3) Abdul Qayyum
Assistant Professor, Department of English, GDC No.1, Dera Ismail Khan, KP, Pakistan.
Cite this article
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APA : Khan, M. B., Ullah, I., & Qayyum, A. (2024). From Repression to Wholeness: A Jungian Analysis of Anima Integration and Individuation in Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter. Global Social Sciences Review, IX(III), 71-77. https://doi.org/10.31703/gssr.2024(IX-III).08
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CHICAGO : Khan, Muhammad Bilal, Inam Ullah, and Abdul Qayyum. 2024. "From Repression to Wholeness: A Jungian Analysis of Anima Integration and Individuation in Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter." Global Social Sciences Review, IX (III): 71-77 doi: 10.31703/gssr.2024(IX-III).08
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HARVARD : KHAN, M. B., ULLAH, I. & QAYYUM, A. 2024. From Repression to Wholeness: A Jungian Analysis of Anima Integration and Individuation in Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter. Global Social Sciences Review, IX, 71-77.
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MHRA : Khan, Muhammad Bilal, Inam Ullah, and Abdul Qayyum. 2024. "From Repression to Wholeness: A Jungian Analysis of Anima Integration and Individuation in Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter." Global Social Sciences Review, IX: 71-77
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MLA : Khan, Muhammad Bilal, Inam Ullah, and Abdul Qayyum. "From Repression to Wholeness: A Jungian Analysis of Anima Integration and Individuation in Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter." Global Social Sciences Review, IX.III (2024): 71-77 Print.
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OXFORD : Khan, Muhammad Bilal, Ullah, Inam, and Qayyum, Abdul (2024), "From Repression to Wholeness: A Jungian Analysis of Anima Integration and Individuation in Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter", Global Social Sciences Review, IX (III), 71-77
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TURABIAN : Khan, Muhammad Bilal, Inam Ullah, and Abdul Qayyum. "From Repression to Wholeness: A Jungian Analysis of Anima Integration and Individuation in Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter." Global Social Sciences Review IX, no. III (2024): 71-77. https://doi.org/10.31703/gssr.2024(IX-III).08