Proceedings of the 2018 2nd International Conference on Education Science and Economic Management (ICESEM 2018)

Exploring Anne’s Dual Personality in “The Diary of Anne Frank” under the Guidance of Freud’s Theory of Personality Structure

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Shaojun Duan
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Shaojun Duan
Available Online August 2018.
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10.2991/icesem-18.2018.127How to use a DOI?
Keywords
The Diary of Anne Frank; Anne’s id; Anne’s ego; Anne’s superego; Dual personality
Abstract

“The Diary of Anne Frank” is a private diary written by a Jewish girl Anne Frank during World War II, recording the events in the two years when Franks and two other families hiding in "secret attachments" to avoid Nazi persecution. Anne Frank is the main character in the diary, so we can know more about her, especially what she thought and what she did etc. Under the guidance of Freud’s theory of personality structure, this article will explore Anne’s true identity, ego and superego to disclose “two Annes” and her dual personality. Furthermore, this article also discusses the social and family factors affecting Anne’s personality, hoping to help readers to appreciate this book in a better way and realize the suffering of the common people in war, as a result, evoking their passion for peace.

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Volume Title
Proceedings of the 2018 2nd International Conference on Education Science and Economic Management (ICESEM 2018)
Series
Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research
Publication Date
August 2018
ISBN
10.2991/icesem-18.2018.127
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2352-5398
DOI
10.2991/icesem-18.2018.127How to use a DOI?
Copyright
© 2018, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.
Open Access
This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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