Psychoanalytic Film Theory

The study of the mind

When was Freud born?

What part
of the
mind did

1856

The Unconscious mind

Freud say affects us without us knowing?

Why does our unconscious mind cause problems later on in life?
What are the three subdivisions of the mind?
Because it can cause some kind of mental illness without us knowing it was
the compressed memories.
conscious mind

Pre conscious mind

Unconscious mind

Id

Ego

Super Ego

Male characters-Id (wants the money for the info) and ego (wants to kill the
alien)
Alien Id (wants to kill the humans, trying to survive)
Ash the robot Ego
Woman going back for the cat near ending Super Ego

How can we apply this to Alien?

What is the metaphorical meaning of castration anxiety?

The fear of emasculation in both the literal and metaphorical sense.

In the metaphorical sense, castration