Psychological projection of the author is seen.. Psychoanalysis of the characters are studied...

2. Psychological Perspectives

3.  Psychology is the study of human mind and
behaviour.
 Psychological Criticism focus on the mental process
of the author.
 When one projects one’s own mind onto someone else
is called Psychological Projection.

5.  Born on 14 august 1867 at
Kingston Hill in
England.
 Trained as a barrister,
1890.
 Bitter experience in law.
 He travelled abroad.
 Looked after family’s
shipping business .

6.  In 1895, affair with Ada
Nemesis; wife of his
cousin, Major Arthur
Galsworthy.
 Father stood against the
relationship.
 After the divorce, they
married on
23, September 1905 and
stayed together till his
death in 1933.

7. Author, John Galsworthy The play, ‘Justice’
 Bitter experience in law.  Tragic punishment to Falder
for 3 years. (his 2 months in
prison under suspect)
 Illegal love affair  Illegal love affair between
between John Falder and Ruth Honeywill.
Galsworthy and Ada  Ruth is also in the form of his
relative and she is older than
Arthur. him. (pg 27- Twenty-
 Ada was his relative; six)‘Through my married
older than John sister’. (pg 31 Falder , twenty-
three )
Galsworthy.

8.  Father’s disapproval.  James disapproval
‘No good can come of
this connection’. Pg 72,
73
 Separation for 10 years.  Separation for 3 years.
 Divorce problem.  Divorce problem ‘she
could apply to the Court
for separation order.’
 He lived with her till his  Falder lived only for
death. Ruth, ‘I’m sure she’s all
I’ve got.

9.  Sigmund Freud (1856 – 1939), an Austrian neurologist
is the father of Psychoanalysis.
 A method of analyzing the mind based on revealing
and investigating the role of the unconscious mind.
 He divided human mind into three types: Id, ego, and
super-ego.

10.  Id : State of mind which
works to satisfy basic
needs, urges, and
desires; kind of pleasure
seeking state.
 Ego : Tries to be moral
due to the civilization .
Forced to live a idealistic
life.
 Super-ego : suppress the
id and makes ego more
moralistic by cutting off
human bond and worldly
pleasure.

12.  Honeywill ill-treats Ruth, ‘he tried to cut my throat
last night.’
Psychoanalysis of the action :
Basically Honeywill was a drunkard, ‘He’s on his drink
again’. The indifference started..‘ever since my first was
born’. Honeywill has the chances of getting Korsakoff’s
syndrome, causes damage to brain due to heavy alcohol
consumption, resulting in memory loss, invention of
memories due to blackouts, leading to the stage of
apathy .

14.  Ruth unhappy married life + Falder emotionally weak
= Immoral love.
Psychoanalysis of this immoral love:
Falder, ‘he’s got no father and mother’, a loner . He is
empathetic to Ruth, by helping her he feels like a man
and alive. He falls into the problem of Ruth. He feels pity
for her and that changes into love. ‘tragic infatuation’ .

16.  ‘the work of four minutes- four mad minutes’.
Psychoanalysis of the crime act:
Pg 31 – pathetic condition of Ruth.
‘simply couldn’t fix my mind on anything.’
‘I was out of my senses for the fear that he’d do it again.’

18. The effect of Solitary confinement on Falder:
 Silence – the only companion.
 He sleeps ‘between 2 ‘o’ clock and getting up’s the
worst time’..
 ‘he knocks about like a wild beast in the morning’.
 The change in action from ‘like an animal pacing its
cage’ to ‘ flings himself at his door.’
Prison - ‘If it wasn’t for drinks and women’.

20.  ‘he began knocking the children about…I wouldn’t go
back if he were dying.’
 ‘it was starvation for the children too.’
Psychoanalysis for the exploitation:
Human mind is basically polygamous, being
monogamous differentiates us from animals, here the
employer is an animal.

22.  Was a patient inside suffering from schizophernia –
mental disorder due to unemployment, poverty and
homelessness.
 Twice he tried to commit suicide, ‘I wanted to chuck
myself under a bus’…‘I might as well chucked myself
into the river’. But he lives for Ruth, ‘I’d save her’. He
committed crime for her.
 Lost his hope. ‘what is it? You’ve not been-’

23. ‘Lorna Doone’
A romantic novel
which Falder used
to read during his
solitary
confinement.

24. No hope to be
alive
Lover
criminal
Loner lover
Poor
childhood
weak mind

26. Wrong
decision
Immoral
failure
love
Victim of
crime
the society

27. Hidden Tragedy –
the children
Future - Victims or
Criminals

28. Healthy
relationship

29. Healthy
Family

30. Healthy
Generation