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What is the psychodynamic perspective?
The attempt to explain personality, motivation and mental disorders by focusing on unconscious determinants of behavior.
Who is Sigmund Freud? aka us;)
Father of the psychoanalytic theory.
What is the main focus on the psychodynamic perspective?
The unconscious mind.
What are some of the psychological aspects of Elsa's character in the movie?
- Attitude
- Feeling
- Emotion
- Human Motivation
What is Hans' possible diagnosis?
Narcissism & a Sociopath
How did Freud die?
Assisted suicide.
What does Freud compare the human mind to?
An iceberg.
What are some of the dilemmas Elsa faced?
- Isolation (locking herself in her room)
- Repression (wearing a “magic glove” to restrain her powers)
- abandoning communal life (fleeing to a mountain where she can let instincts flow freely)
What is a possible mental disorder Elsa could have?
Anxiety.
Explanation:
It is stemming from her fear of being different. The film explores loneliness. The two sisters are kept locked up during their childhood to protect them from Elsa's dangerous powers. Whilst locked away, their parents drown at sea.
What is a possible diagnosis for Anna?
Impulsive-control disorder.
Analyze Elsa using the psychodynamic perspective
From the outside, Elsa looks poised, regal and reserved, but in reality, she lives in fear as she wrestles with a mighty secret. She was born with the power to create ice and snow. It's a beautiful ability, but also extremely dangerous. Haunted by the moment her magic nearly killed her younger sister, Anna, Elsa isolated herself, spending every waking minute trying to suppress her growing powers. Her mounting emotions trigger the magic, accidentally setting off the eternal winter that she can't stop. She fears she's becoming a monster and that no one, not even her sister, can help her.
What is/are the moral/s of the movie?
What is our behavior guided by?
A large part of our mind we can't see or control.
What does the lyric "Let it go. Let it go" imply?
Isolation -
Explanation:
In this lyric, she experiments with her magical powers and further attempts to find ways to manage her psychic pain, this time with splitting the division of the self into purely “good” or “bad”. By splitting, individuals are able to deny negative aspects of the self. These aspects are often projected into others. In Elsa’s case, this projection is represented by her having created not only Olaf, the lovable and humorous snowman, who might be said to contain all her “good” qualities, but also the ice monster that forcibly removes Anna from the ice palace a violent and frightening creation that characterizes Elsa’s “bad” qualities.
“It's time to see what I can do, to test the limits and breakthrough No right, no wrong, no rules for me I'm free.” What do those lyrics imply?
When Elsa goes on to sing that she no longer cares what others think of her, she appears to have been freed from the social anxiety she felt at the beginning of the movie.
What is "Frozen" a metaphor for?
"Frozen" uses the idea of magic powers as a metaphor for coming of age, a time when feelings are raw, unpredictable, terrifying and new.