In the novella, Stevenson present the conflict between good and Evil in many different ways. He relates the book to him self as he claims ” Jekyll had more than a father’s interest; Hyde had more than a son’s indifference”, this quote means that Jekyll cared much about things but Hyde however lack interest and care.

SUPEREGO – The part of the self that is guided by moral, rules, and a sense of right and wrong; the conscience. The SUPEREGO “keeps us on the straight and narrow.” Freud’s theories can be seen in Stevenson’s novel, Dr. Jekyll and Mr.

According to Freud psychoanalytic theory, the id is the primitive and instinctual part of the mind that contains sexual and aggressive drives and hidden memories, the super-ego operates as a moral conscience, and the ego is the realistic part that mediates between the desires of the id and the super-ego.

Your ego is your conscious mind, the part of your identity that you consider your “self.” If you say someone has “a big ego,” then you are saying he is too full of himself.

An example of ego is the way that you look at yourself. An example of ego is thinking you are the smartest person on earth. The self; the individual as self-aware. Ego is a conglomeration of recurring thought forms and conditioned mental-emotional patterns that are invested with a sense of I, a sense of self.

10 Reasons Why ‘Too Much Ego’ Will Ruin Your Life

• It makes you less compassionate.
• It pushes people away from you.
• It stops you from growing.
• It blocks love from coming into your life.
• It makes you irrational.
• It makes you competitive in an unhealthy way.
• It makes you critical.
• It makes you greedy.

10 Signs Your Ego is in Control

• You feel elevated from gossiping about other people’s flaws.
• You find yourself in a feisty discussion and you just can’t back down until you have ‘won’ the argument.
• You constantly compare yourself to other people who you feel are better than you (better looking, more intelligent, happier, more wealthy)

One study found that over-exerting your ego can lead to exhaustion, and therefore it can deplete your willpower to stick to healthy habits. Instead of vulnerability, people with unhealthy egos experience fear and defensiveness. “The ego works against us is when it pushes us into fear and scarcity,” said Bentley.