TITLE:
An Interpretation of Mrs. Strickland’s Tragic Marriage in The Moon and Sixpence from the Perspective of Jungian Archetypal Theory
AUTHORS:
Yanhui Wang
KEYWORDS:
The Moon and Sixpence, Jungian Archetypal Theory, Marital Tragedy
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Journal of Social Sciences,
Vol.5 No.4,
April
25,
2017
ABSTRACT: The
thesis tries to analyze Mrs. Strickland’s marital tragedy in The Moon and Sixpence from the perspective of Jungian archetypal
theory. After a careful and thorough study of Mrs. Strickland’s four
archetypes: anima (animus), persona, shadow
and self, it is found that it was Mrs. Strickland’s self who was controlled by
her persona that led to her failure in marriage.