Stephen continues his argumant, quoting from William Shakespeare's all the works. Because William was weak and controlled by his wife, Ann, he created in many of his works women who were stronger than their husbands or men, controlling them. These are stated persuasively by Stephen using fetish of his parents and why this is important was presented in the preceding report as he was still suffering from Oedipus complex existed in his unconscious. But at the end of the episode, we find that the William-Ann relation is a preliminary of that of Bloom-dlarion, which is cleverl^ designed by the author.

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Edward, Lavinia and Celia are the main character-, in this play. who were at first in the \→ ld of unconsciousness. t, radually the'are conscious of living in the dark, in the hell, in the spiritually dead world. They are struggling to escape from their world but they can't find the door through which they can Walk out. Reilly. a psychiatrist suggested two ways leading to the salvation of their souls. Here, the concept of unconsciousness by S, Freud is chiefly referred to and from this psycho-analytical standpoint, I pursued the psychological process of the main characters

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Macbeth has two distinct problems. First, it lacks a discernible correspondence between the man and his deed. \lacbeth's evil deeds can't be easily connected NNit h him who is, indeed, good-natured; honest, brave, honourable, conscientious and virtuous. Secondly, it has the criminal as its tragic hero. These problems seem to be solved from the point of 'the Oedipus complex' Nay, with the very viewpoint that Macbeth is motivated from the unconscious impulse stemming from the obscurer region of his mind, we can consider what he does in relation to what he is. Furthermore, it can be said that, because we have this impulse of our own, we can identify with him and experience the tragic world through which he struggles, without being divorced from him and becoming critics of him. Many other problems, however, remain unresolved by 'the Oedipus complex'; what is the misty mood hovering all over the work?what is the reality of the weird witches? why can they have such a great influence on Macbeth? why are the characters' speeches so illogical? These problems require consideration from an angle related with infants' internal experience prior to the Oedipal phase, I suppose. Julia Kristeva can be named as one of representative psychoanalysts who have laid emphasis on the early phase of childhood. And these problems can be worked out by her theories, which also make it clear what a mental attitude Shakespeare assumed in writing Mach

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East of Eden is the famous novel produced by Steinbeck, but it is difficult to say whether this fame has been due to the intrinsic literary merit of the book or not. This novel is a complicated and indecisive allegory of moral problems: the nature of good and evil, free will, and the meaning of human love in its spiritual rather than physical dimension. And this novel is the story of Cain-Abel which has been fixed for all time as part of universal human condition. together with its problems of rejected love. Charles and Caleb are Cain figures in a morality-drama which must continue as long as there are men. I think Steinbeck's point is that there is a criminal in every man in every generation. a Cain. I discuss further the reason for the similarity and the difference between Charles and Caleb, and relation between love and hatred.

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