Abstract
“Who am I?” and “Who are you?” are questions that express an existing opposition as well as an intertwined relation between the self and the external other (social, professional, and political surrounding), as well as internal other (repressed thoughts, desires, and fears). As an external reality as well as an internalized concept, the other has a direct effect on the formation and development of the self. Through an “interlocking series of relationships” (Scharff 13) that are incorporated into the psychic organization of any individual, the other shapes the becoming of the self and the development of personal identity. As a consequence, personal identity finds its representation in one’s actions and reactions as well as in often repressed and (un)familiar psychological qualities that constitute a part of our unconscious.
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Reuber, A. (2012). Identity Crisis and Personality Disorders in Edgar Allan Poe’s “William Wilson” (1839), David Fincher’s Fight Club (1999), and James Mangold’s Identity (2003). In: Perry, D.R., Sederholm, C.H. (eds) Adapting Poe. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137041982_8
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