Реферат: Master Builder Freudian Symbols Essay Research Paper

While the initial description is rather self-explanatory, the most interesting section can be

detected through the symbols used in the description. She carries with her a lengthy stick

which is an obvious phallic symbol, and serves to represent her obsession with the male

genitalia. In addition, her clothing is that of a sailors? which can easily be paralleled to

water – the symbol for amniotic fluid. Indeed, this very deliberate depiction of Hilda?s

sexuality cannot be easily ignored.

Even the flowers in Mrs. Solness? garden are used to symbolize and contrast the

beauty and lust within Hilda and Mrs. Solness. Coming up from the garden with a

bouquet of flowers, Hilda asks Mrs. Solness, ?don?t you go down even once in a while

and visit all those lovely things? (Ibsen 2002)? Mrs. Solness replies that, ?it?s grown so

strange to me, all of it. I?m almost frightened of seeing it again? (Ibsen 2005). She is

quite unable to appreciate the innocent sexuality of the garden because her age and her

experiences have caused her to become disassociated with sex and love and hope. The

death of her children and the perceived infidelity of her husband has given her an

inoculation against the powerful beauty within the garden.

And yet, the fact that Hilda is referred to as ?princess? and not ?queen? creates a

very distinct dichotomy between the role she plays and the role Mrs. Solness plays with

regard to Solness. While there is evidence to support that Mrs. Solness can be Halvard?s

mother figure, Hilda can only be the opposite. Solness tells Hilda, ?the princess shall

have her castle? (Ibsen 2588). Rather than give her the title of queen (and mother), she is

given the role of the innocent child (princess).

While many of the symbols in the play portray the sensuality of the characters,

there are still more symbols which serve as windows into the psychological minds of the

characters. For example, the castle, churches, and books represent the three components

of personality: the id, ego, and superego. The castles in the sky symbolize the id for

Hilda initially and Solness eventually. The id is the part of the personality containing

energy with sexual and/or aggressive instincts; the pleasure principle. Hilda expresses

her desire for a sexual relationship with Halvard through her wish for a castle in the air

and similarly, Halvard imagines that the kingdom will allow him to give in to his